The total Software and Hardware for the week ending october 27th.
Farming Simulator 2013 (PC) number 1 software and 3ds number 1 hardware .
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.
“…make a bad game? Well shut you down. Make a good game? We still might shut you down.”
I got chills. It shouldn’t have come to this.
Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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.
Fantastic numbers this week for the Nintendo 3DS entertainment system.
The last few weeks of gaming have been very competitive as far as game releases, and competing sales go. It is nice to see Nintendo one more time land in the number 1 position with hardware units sold for the week. I am sure that the recent release of Nintendo DS entertainment system exclusive Pokemon Black and White 2 played a heavy handed role in making it all possible. It is also warming to see Nintendo's leading hand held further its install base, and sell upward of 22 million units worldwide with this much time left in the holiday season.
The fact the each Nintendo 3DS entertainment system is backward compatible with all last generation software offerings made it an easy choice for the consumer to support Pokemon with no hesitation. On a sadder note, it is unfortunate to see the New Super Mario Bros 2 has been pushed out of the top 10 after an extended healthy life on the charts. Though I predict a return to the bracket as we move closer to Christmas.
Rated E For Everyone
In the fake charts this week.
Farming simulator FTW!
Dark souls still going strong. Good to see
Too bad nobody bought Forza Horizon. Another great, critically acclaimed addition to the franchise that nobody buys. Why?
It's a shame someone can see more value in a game like MOH: W, than Forza Horizon.