Bloomberg did manage to score January 2007 sales numbers for the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The numbers were handed to Bloomberg from Credit Suisse, who got their numbers from NPD.
Quick recap:
Nintendo Wii: 436,000
Xbox 360: 294,000
PlayStation 3: 244,000
Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
It was worrisome to begin with.
It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.
I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.
It's pretty ridiculous.
Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.
Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.
Helldivers 2 manages just fine…
Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.
Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.
Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.
Nameer from eXputer: "Some exceptions aside, I don't think the battle pass is a net positive for gaming with how they're implemented in most live service titles."
I like the way Helldivers 2 does battle passes. It allows you to make purchases on each level of the battle pass and gives you the option of choosing which item to unlock first. The more purchases you make using medals the further you progress. There is no timer and you can earn medals towards purchasing stuff via personal orders and Major orders.
I haven't played much live service games that have battle passes but I remember some games that have battle passes where you progress through it linearly using an exp system. What makes it really bad is that the battle pass will have like 50 or more levels with the cooler stuff being closer to the end. They also have an in-game shop that sells exp boosters so you can reach the end of the pass before it refreshes. Everyone ilse will have to grind their way through.
battle pass in fortnite is perfect; buy one and it buys the rest for every other season as it gives you more money than the first cost. so 8.50 and season ends with you getting 13.00, it pays for the next and you have some pocket change to save up for cash shop. All of which is optional
Not far behind? That's only USA numbers.
50k extra for 360 is about 20% of the PS3 sales.
And the 360 already has a headstart of about 11 million units sold. It's very hard to catch up this way. Even if PS3 sold 50k more then the 360 it would take 10 months to catch up with 500k up to the headstart of 11 million 360's out there.
That's insane. And we haven't even accounted sales in Europe, Australia and other parts of the world with it. PS3 won't be able to catch up at least for a long, long time
its 8 mill not 11 mill to start with and watch out here we come babe.. hahahaha, eyo TheMart I'll buy out ur 360 for $5 to throw it back on ur junk head, comn its not too late, u still have chance to get $5 for it, hahahahaha, its wonderfull to be a Sony fan...
why is it surprising that the 360 didn't take in more??? the console is older... i say the bigger surprise is that even with the availability of the ps3 it didn't beat the 360 in sales. It is expected with the wii because it is super hot right now, but for the 360 to still be beating the ps3 in sales is downright silly.
The PS3 and Xbox360 wore beaten by a thing called the wii!LOL!!
You would think that a new console which has only been out for a very short while would be totally out selling one which has been out for over a year. I think Sony should take a look at the Wii sales as to what they should be selling.
Being a very happy 360 owner myself I say keep up the stella work MS and Kudos to Nintendo, I tip my hat to thee.