Amidst discussions of the rumoured price drop from Sony in the 1up studio, developers reveal that 360 software sales in Europe, outside the UK, are "tanking" to the extreme point that publishers and developers are considering to not even release games in Europe outside the UK, much like how Infinity Ward are rumoured to be releasing CoD4: Modern Warfare only on the PlayStation 3 in Asia.
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"As a developer - and as a player - it's always sad and it always sucks to see studios close and devs lose their jobs. I really hope all those people land on their feet, because I know our indusutry is better with them in it," Patel tells the outlet. "As for me and how I look at things, I guess first and foremost: I don't believe in living in fear," the Avowed director.
Then gets shut down the next day. They should know better than to talk crazy like that.
We all knew the UK was Microsoft's strongest ally in their European drive but I hadn't expected other countries to be so difficult that publishers are considering to stop releasing there.
Recently, Eidos of Europe, announced a $60mill loss in sales because of the cost of developing next-gen games. I sympathise with these publishers, they're getting creamed this generation.
I've said it several times previously over the past few days, I am seriously starting to doubt the success rate of Microsoft's Xbox 360 outside North America. ChartTrack UK, the credible analysts in the UK that monitor hardware and software sales and covered the PS3 launch, said that the sales between the two consoles in general in 2007 were comparable - which puts more doubt into exactly how strong the Xbox 360 is in the UK nevermind Europe as a whole. And with the rumoured price drop of Sony's machine, no bets will be taken to see who is more likely going to win this territory.
i dont get it, how come we see reports saying the 360 outsells the ps3 in Europe apart from spain and pourtagal, 1up trying to get hits
this explains why the PS2 consoles to games ratio is uneven. Europeans don't game hard as Americans. I mean 50% of PS2 sales were from Europe and we have more consoles sold that games in the PS2 generation.
Failing in Europe...PS3 murdering it in sales
Failing in Japan...Gameboy colour murdering it in sales
Doing ok in US...Americans are idiots who buy 1 thing...guns
Some people assume its selling well and others assume its not. I am going to go with the opinion that it sells well in EU due to the fact that the majority of sales figures show that it's doing rather well in EU outside of the UK except for a few countries. I don't know what to believe anymore. If you think it sells well, think that. If not, think that. These types of articles don't mean much to me anymore.