"The Echoes" published in their last number the charts French hardware over the first quarter 2007.
These numbers are the hardware sales from January until March this year. The PS3 launched in March, but the other consoles were being sold throughout this period.
Sales hardware in France (1st quarter 2007)
1. DS 260.000
2. Wii 144.000
3. PS2 92.000
4. PSP 90.000
5. PS3 81.000
6. Xbox 360 43.000
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
if this is all they can do with such a new product how bad will the sales be next tine ???
"charts French hardware over the first quarter 2007. "
That's right, the launch included. The launch sold well to fanboys, after that declined. UK dropped 82% in the second week, and even more after that. French not much difference.
So wait untill the 2nd and 3rd quarter. You'll see the PS3 dropping to all time lows.
"1. DS 260.000
2. Wii 144.000
3. PS2 92.000
4. PSP 90.000 "
Selling because they're cheap...
@ the dude below
Isn't the number of PS3 sales in this list or news then? IT IS
So if I want to talk about it, I will. Not you nor anyone else will decide about that.
You can discuss or think otherwise but for the rest ssshhhhh
I'm not impressed by these numbers. I guess they don't play that much games in France... these numbers wouldn't make a dent in the overral... we are talking about PS3 27K per month, XBox 360 14K per month... hardly anything to make a party over it.
@Raist - Explain to me what "Sales hardware in France (1st quarter 2007)" and how many months there is in a quarter? Now divide the number of sales for the PS3 during the quater by number of months in a quater.
Then again, I totally forgot that Sony failed to release the console as promised last year. So, I think they are only counting 1 month.
I think sales are great. But hardly will help Sony get to the 100,000,000 mark as they say they are. Still, globably the 360 is selling more, which means they are NOT catching up.
thats great news for sony. And hey have japan too..the 360 will never dominate..
all consoles sold really well. it's a good start for the ps3. and for the 360 - this system is been around for a long time and has still strong sales.
i don't care much about nintendo's products but i think .... "IT PRINTS MONEEYYY"
the wii isn't playing in the same league like 360 and ps3 but it's good that it exists ... once i have kids, i don't want them to play some God or Gears of War.