Where do you think the AAA industry is headed? I'm curious? Do you think the PS4 can carry the industry?
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NPD Sales Results for January 2014 [Up3: PS4/XB1 #1/#2 best selling; Poke/SM3DW/ALBW]
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Where do you think the AAA industry is headed? I'm curious? Do you think the PS4 can carry the industry?
I take it that it only tracked physical purchases and didn't include the trial+pedometer (Not like that would've helped all that much, I personally just bought a pedometer and synced it with what I had before)
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Hold me Aqua.
The Hermit
Member
wiifit U
its crazy low, but its been available since October for donwload and buying that Fit Meter for 20 bucks got you the full game. most of the people who had balance board and wanted WiiFit U did that, because I recall finding the Fit Meter a real pain.
Still Nintendo is completely bonkers if they think the future is "health" games.
AstroNut325
Member
I'm kind of glad that previous gen is declining fast. I hope that forces a faster transition to current gen.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
It's funny to see Microsoft and Sony switch roles from last generation. Now it's Microsoft's turn to either spin things so that they only talk about anything positive related to the numbers or not reply at all.
Sony looks to be in decent shape moving forward in relation to the PS4 but the fear is the console market as a whole may actually be shrinking. It's also worth noting Steam sales and now Playstation Plus may be to blame for the decrease in software revenue because now consumers are being trained to wait for either rock-bottom deals or games to become free.
Sony looks to be in decent shape moving forward in relation to the PS4 but the fear is the console market as a whole may actually be shrinking. It's also worth noting Steam sales and now Playstation Plus may be to blame for the decrease in software revenue because now consumers are being trained to wait for either rock-bottom deals or games to become free.
Kageshinzo
Member
I am envisioning a future where the video game industry has imploded and major publishers and developers have all but been wiped out.
And then, out of the tears and blood rise the third age of gaming. And middle-tier titles and consoles without the ZOMG AWESUM HARDWARE SPECSSS!!!111 emerge. Clean slate. Start from scratch.
And everything's fine again.
*dreams*
And then, out of the tears and blood rise the third age of gaming. And middle-tier titles and consoles without the ZOMG AWESUM HARDWARE SPECSSS!!!111 emerge. Clean slate. Start from scratch.
And everything's fine again.
*dreams*
I'd honestly be more worried about MS If the 360 sales pretty much die off and the Xbox One gets dominated by the PS4.
Steve Youngblood
Member
She's already holding Y2Kev.
Hey I like Indie games but it's not like they excel in every single genre nor is every indie game some amazing experience.
Retro gaming is where it's at anyways.
Lion Heart
Banned
Can someone link me to the 07 Jan NPD thread, I want a good laugh.
shinra-bansho
Member
Have there been any numbers posted on 2ch etc so we can get a clearer picture
?
Failing that... pie chart pretty please?
of just how bad everything is
Failing that... pie chart pretty please?
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
And then they say 'but America is the biggest market' as if that in some way negates sales in the entire world outside of America.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
<Sigh> I'll say this again: PS4's January #s are HIGHER than PS2's first January #s. PS4 is trending above the PS2. 6th gen was very lopsided but that didn't lead to a glut of subpar games or devs closing shop.
Yes, average game dev is higher cost today, but I'm seriously befuddled why people are taking these numbers and saying the console industry is dead/dying. It makes zero sense to me. XBO is about where OG XBox was in its first Jan. Wii U...probably below Gamecube but can't (hopefully) be that far off.
Right now it looks like PS4 will be picking up the slack from the other two, and I sure don't see the market collapsing. Maybe a reasonable contraction from last gen (Wii included), but I see a bump up in terms of core users and it's not like every casual's left the console market, either.
Since we're conceptually talking budget, I'd say things like most higher effort licensed titles or most non top tier Japanese games (Gungrave, Persona, or anything else like that with a budget clamp).
Cow Goes Moo
Member
f2p + mobile games aren't even that bad
price drop.
i'm surpised it sold that much, they gave it away for free to WiiU owners, and most other people into that kinda thing are not interested in buying a WiiU or any video game console for fitness
BlackBuzzard
Banned
I dont want to live in a world where mobile crap games run the industry.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Again, these are pre-Cranky Wii U numbers, everyone. Lets hold out the time of deaths until the February NPD
No different than the mid tier developers they replaced.
I mean it's up 1% YoY overall because of the new consoles so no, it's not the worst ever. Who's to say what happens next year though...
Edit: Lol down 1%. My bad. um. sure.
MS can still turn the tides in the US, obviously, and I suspect that the marketing machine that will accompany Titanfall launch combined with the heavily rumoured price cut will do wonders for their machine in the North American charts. However, unless they miraculously (Not going to happen, for obvious reasons) manage to double PS4 numbers in the following months, the worldwide gap will be largely in favor of the latter. Europe and Asia are a lost cause...
I still can't figure out what the heck non-wearables are supposed to be...
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
HOLY fuck
Console games =
Not really - you're talking about Wii Fit U here - a sequel to a game that was only popular with an audience that existed on the Wii.
NullPointer
Member
Ironically, this'd be the best chance of establishing a 1080p @ 60fps standard. Smaller budget/scale games that aren't trying to one up each other on the frame-chugging Bay-scale of bombasticism.
Imperfected
Member
I hope you're not suggesting that publishers should think about making games with more restrained budgets and releasing them at lower price points for smaller target audiences. I mean, maybe if we had some kind of success story in that regard we could use to recommend such strategies, but where would we find one?
In your avatar? Maybe your custom title?
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
PS4 sold double what XB1 sold?
Hmmmmmm
I wonder what this means going forward as supply continues to surpass demand.
I predicted that the Jan. and Feb. NPD would be very telling, because there would finally be enough supply for us to get the real story.
This seems to vindicate that theory.
February should be even more telling. Of course this doesn't mean doom and gloom for XB1 by any means, Its still selling well and its not a Wii U situation, but it makes you wonder if the PS4 can achieve real domination going forward.
We'll see. This is very interesting news none-the-less.
Hmmmmmm
I wonder what this means going forward as supply continues to surpass demand.
I predicted that the Jan. and Feb. NPD would be very telling, because there would finally be enough supply for us to get the real story.
This seems to vindicate that theory.
February should be even more telling. Of course this doesn't mean doom and gloom for XB1 by any means, Its still selling well and its not a Wii U situation, but it makes you wonder if the PS4 can achieve real domination going forward.
We'll see. This is very interesting news none-the-less.
Butts-a-plenty
Banned
such a beautiful top 10.
He was referring to the HW sales, not Wii Fitt U.
opticalmace
Member
360 under 50k? I would have never guessed that. I'm very surprised.
mario_O
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Neuromancer
Member
I have a WiiU and I have to be honest, I'm not even sure what WiiFitU is.
Difference is there's still every incentive to develop for both Xbone and PS4. So at the very least, it'll continue to get multiplatform games with PS4. Nintendo doesn't have that luxury and has no real western 3rd party support for either of it's platforms. At the least, it has japanese 3rd party support on the 3DS.
Have to wonder why 3DS numbers are declining though. It's not like it didn't have holiday titles.
I mean, saying you're more worried about MS is pretty ludicrous when you consider they dwarf Nintendo and could weather a dry patch here or there. They can also be aggressive with a price cut for that precise reason.
prag16
Banned
Hmm. Does NPD track accessories? Any LTD fit meter numbers, cream?
Last gen hardware finally flat-lined. It's a miracle they lasted 7/8 years to begin with.
The handheld market imploding has been coming for awhile, and with the Wii U and Xbox One's face plant out the gate things look dire for everybody making games.
Get those PS4's on shelves and hope they fly off
The handheld market imploding has been coming for awhile, and with the Wii U and Xbox One's face plant out the gate things look dire for everybody making games.
Get those PS4's on shelves and hope they fly off
3DS is in need of a price cut. Dedicated handhelds should be $100-$150 for the mass market, maybe a bit higher at launch. Nintendo are suffering because they made the elementary mistake of targeting a $249 launch price. $169 is too high for three years in but a price cut hurts their bottom line.
not to mention the reports of their people wanting them to kill off the Xbox division thats even more fuel to the fire
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
The market is not going to spend $300+ to play a new Donkey Kong game.