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It looks like it's time to force myself to start loving shooters and sports games, not much success outside of them these days.
Well, I think those PS3 numbers are a pretty big disappointment; if it sold ~550k during the Black Friday, it did pathetic numbers for the rest of the month. The Vita numbers are an embarrassment and there isn't much of anything to help it right now besides a potentially small bump from an official price cut bundle, but they've really missed the mark by not getting that out before the shopping season really started. Software is up in the air right now too. Their holiday games were a complete and utter failure. LittleBigPlanet Karting? I'd be surprised if people even knew this game existed. No marketing from Sony... because they absolutely fucking suck at it. Those All-Stars number really say it all... absolutely horrible. Not a good November for Sony. Pretty horrible, if I think.
Microsoft on the other hand, must be really happy. With numbers like that, they don't have much reason to really rush the next Xbox. The U.S is the market for them now. They can take the time they need. Sony on the other hand might be a little more pressed now.
It goes by year. Fifa 12 for 2012...
I think it's actually FIFA 20. 25 if you count the FIFA World Cup series. 28 if you count the UEFA Euro Cup games. Or 32 if you count the FIFA Streets. It's going to be very silly if you include the FIFA Football Managers too (which frankly doesn't even make a little sense), then you are at way over 40.
told you guys. i remembered months back i said 360 BO II will sell more than H4.
It looks like it's time to force myself to start loving shooters and sports games, not much success outside of them these days.
What do you think lifetime sales will be? I'm thinking Halo 4 is going to be pretty front loaded, so I'd say 6 million worldwide...a far cry from the 9-11 million they managed under Reach and Halo 3.
He was counting sequels.
The recent release is Fifa 13 btw.
What about Versus XIII.next year has
the last of us
beyond: two souls
sly cooper 4
god of fwour
puppeteer
the last guardian (presumably it still exists)
it's a good sendoff for the system, but they're still going to be hurting. considering they're leaving the vita where it is (as a media moleculemobile), they're probably gearing up behind the ps4 more than anything.
it's a good sendoff for the system, but they're still going to be hurting. considering they're leaving the vita where it is (as a media moleculemobile), they're probably gearing up behind the ps4 more than anything.
What about Versus XIII.
It looks like it's time to force myself to start loving shooters and sports games, not much success outside of them these days.
The overall number looks worse than last year (better than I expected, though). Recession really hurts, doesn't it?
I'm wondering whether the game industry as a whole (including mobile phone games) is declining or not.
You expect Versus XIII in 2013? Ha!
Expect a 2014 multiplatform release at the very end of the PS3 / 360 lifecycle.
ps3 < wii + ds
See the first post.
PSN/XBLA/Steam got you covered.
PSN/XBLA/Steam got you covered.
ps3 < wii + ds
See the first post.
I don't think anyone actually believed that Halo 4 would outsell BO2 on 360, or at least not anyone who follows NPD's at all . That clears that up, but BO2 being #1 could still put it in a pretty wide range under/over previous years.
next year has
the last of us
beyond: two souls
sly cooper 4
god of fwour
puppeteer
the last guardian (presumably it still exists)
it's a good sendoff for the system, but they're still going to be hurting. considering they're leaving the vita where it is (as a media moleculemobile), they're probably gearing up behind the ps4 more than anything.
You port now to build and define an audience. That's how COD went from COD3 selling 20k on PS3 in 2006 to Blops 2 selling over 1m this month.Also, when you see AC3 apparently breaking a million on both PS3 and 360, while it's not even able to break 100k (I'm not even sure if it hit 50k) on the Wii U, it's easy to understand why so many 3rd parties seem to be very hesitant to jump on the ship. Of course, the Wii U is a new console with a negligible user-base but ... that's exactly the problem. Releasing a Wii U version ultimately doesn't make a difference. I doubt this is going to change over the next months.
If things don't pick up, next gen is going to be hell for developers and publishers.
Kinda crazy that this month is down from last year with a brand new console launch
He said less than 790k so who knows what the actual number is. we need better clues lol.790k seems a high cealing compared to what Microsoft seemed to imply (650k).
People that buy consoles day 1 are the fans. Of course mario's attach rate is going to be high...even though it's not nearly as high as it should be considering we know what a zelda day one release could do. And what exactly is mario competing with right now? ZombiU? Now is the time that attach rates would be high. As the userbase increases and varies, they go down. Calling out attach rates about sales or fatigue is absolutely pointless on all accounts. Nobody divided all Wii game sales in half because it had twice the consoles sold or quadruples the Vita's software sales, and they shouldn't...it would be a completely dumb and desperate thing to do.Not really. Read my post above.
790k seems a high cealing compared to what Microsoft seemed to imply (650k).
Nintendo's marketing has been terrible. I don't think many people outside the core gamers even know that it is a new console, or even that it exists.
Wii U sold out? Stock seems to be replenishing quickly then. Saw a few Deluxes and the white ones in stock at the Hollywood Target recently.
Is there a reason why the reporting period ends at November 24?
He said less than 790k so who knows what the actual number is. we need better clues lol.
If I had to predict I'd say almost every one of those will bomb. The Last of Us is the only one that could buck the trend. God of War will probably be a mild hit, which would be a disappointment for the franchise. Beyond Two Souls, Sly Cooper, Puppeteer, all mega bombs.
And that's happening in January 2013. So stay alert.That's how the 4-4-5 retail calendar is.
It's not really based on the actual dates. It just keeps going 4-4-5 and is eventually corrected by a 53 week year.
He said less than 790k so who knows what the actual number is. we need better clues lol.
Microsoft said "nearly 2x" not " 2x"
Wii U sold out? Stock seems to be replenishing quickly then. Saw a few Deluxes and the white ones in stock at the Hollywood Target recently.
If thats the case then what the heck was Greenberg going on about nearly "2x". Maybe he's not good at math lol.It's closer to 790k, if not creamsugar didn't use Wiii+NDS
At least Sony are supporting their console with first party titles. In comparison MS don't seem to give a shit. Although with sales like that perhaps it makes sense to cream off third party license fees.