The lead of Nintendo Co.'s Wii home video game system slimmed to less than 2-to-1 against Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 in the latest Japan retail sales data.
Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the Wii sold 26,181 units between Sept. 10 and Sept. 16. By comparison, the PS3 sold 13,101 units in the same period.
While many gaming layoffs are cruel, Tango Gameworks being culled after Hi-Fi Rush doesn't even make sense.
Good read. I think the point is important. Cuz the message it sends is, make a bad game? Well shut you down. Make a good game? We still might shut you down. How the fuck are you supposed to feel any sense of job security under those conditions. The level of core incompetence at play in the upper levels of this industry is staggering. This is common sense shit. You can’t chase trends on a 2 year cycle when games take fucking 6-8 years to make. Just let artists fucking art for gods sake. They don’t understand the basic principle that they’re all haggling for the same slice of fucking pie and the market will not bear it. Find a different fucking pie.
Might be a great game but it clearly did not make enough money to justify having the team make another game (under the MS umbrella).
It's never been just about whether your game is good or bad. The industry is full of great/underrated games that have a cult following or critical acclaim, but that fail to make great sales. Sad but true. It's a high stakes game, and at the end of the day, companies have to be profitable and make profitable investments. At the very least, there has to be the expectation of a long-term profit even if not profitable today. That goes for anything, no matter if the company is gigantic or a tiny mom-and-pop. We don't have to like it, but our buying habits played a hand in creating this monster.
I will keep harping that the industry has overreached its actual market and that it will implode. That implosion is already starting.
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This looks like a great way to play.
Rocksmith+, the award winning music-learning app that teaches you guitar and piano with thousands of hit songs, is coming to PlayStation and Steam on June 6, and is available to wishlist now on both platforms.
Erm..hasn't Ninty been moving more consoles to the West?
I.e. taking JPN's shipments and sending 'em overseas?
ps3's sold in Japan 1,143,798 as of September 3, 2007
wii's sold in Japan 3,530,000 as of September 9, 2007
360's sold in Japan 420,000 as of July 18, 2007
Is it possible that PS3 could turn the tide against the wii in Japan?. I notice though that PSP is number 1 and that might have affected the wii sales. I notice that the wii significantly dropped instead of PS3 gaining.So Still not good figures for PS3 imo. MS on the other hand seriously need to do something if they plan to have future in Japan.
The ONLY thing MS could do to win Japan is buy Capcom and Square Enix.
Of course, if you buy those two...you pretty much own the market.
"latest japanese sales show wii outselling 360 50:1 or 75:1."
or in this weeks case:
"latest japanese sales show wii outselling 360 26:1."
but every week there is a japanese article paring wii to ps3.and for those that say,it's expected that microsoft would lose in japan.
i think microsoft has more billions than sony and nintendo.there would be no excuse of 1000-2000 a week in system sales.especially having a year on the market to themselves.GameBoy Micro and GBA sp combined almost sold as many as 360.just WOW.
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