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Why I Think Big Console Game Sales are Down

Eurogamer's Wesley Yin-Poole writes: Here's what's clear: big console game sales are down. Titanfall 2, Watch Dogs 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Dishonored 2 and more all failed to even match the sales of their predecessors at launch. People I've spoken to in the UK retail business are in panic mode. The PS4 has been a huge success. Xbox One is doing well. What's going on?

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Retroman2704d ago

(My Personal Opinion )

1. Could it be gamers Tired of no full game, constantly downloading rest of it?
2. Or the sequel not as good as the Hype claim it is.
3. Or gamers tired of open world games?

I say All 3 ......

KyRo2704d ago

Open world games is up there for me. As beautiful as devs make these open worlds, the mission structure is always the same. Its boring and ruined MGSV so nuch for me personally.

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_-EDMIX-_2704d ago

@burn- you actually don't need to play Metal Gear Solid 5 open world you simply could just select all the missions....

I personally never even played Metal Gear Solid 5 open world I actually just went mission to Mission...soooooo yea.

When you're playing at Mission by Mission the open areas are actually not that different then the previous Metal Gear Solid games ie Peace Walker, Metal Gear Solid 3.

Hoffmann2704d ago

4. A stronger competition than ever before through indie games that were once a wave a 8bit retro-style games and just some outstanding games like Limbo but grew up in the industry.

Big games of the past found their successors with City Skylines (Sim City), Stardew Valley (Harvest Moon), Redout (WipeOut,Extreme G)

If even a game like Stardew Valley that looks like a Super Nintendo game from over 20 years ago can sell over a million copies in just a few months, it looks like a lot of consumers have no problem with outdated graphics in favor of a game experience they can't find in the latest big budget shooter, no matter how good it is.

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_-EDMIX-_2704d ago

I'm sure all those reasons are part of it but I think the ultimate reason might simply be those games were not as good as people might have believed them to be.

I don't even understand the statement of console sales being down for those games considering Final Fantasy 15 just broke a crapload of Records, so did Battlefield 1.

I don't think it has anything to do with watch dogs being open world I think it simply has to do with people possibly not liking what they played of Watch Dogs 1 and caring over that feeling to the second game and not purchasing.

LamerTamer2704d ago (Edited 2704d ago )

It could be open world games, but not because we are tired of them. It could be because they take a lot of time. IfI am going to start Fallout 4 I will not be ready for another game for a long while. If I buy FO4, WD2, Skyrim remastered I will be done for months.

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Hoffmann2704d ago (Edited 2704d ago )

After reading that FFXV sold 5 Million units in a few days I can't take this article and its point very seriously.

Big games still sell millions, but not every big game can do it, do to people getting tired of some peticular game formulars.

thorstein2704d ago

Exactly. It is an Opinion piece, but the question that should be answered is: Are Console Game Sales Down?

Yes, but last year (the last year for PS3 and X360 games) last gen systems sold a total of 125,000,000 games.
This year: @38,000,000.

PSP and DS in 2015: 10,000,000
In 2016: 2,400,000

When 2 major consoles no longer are supported with software and two handhelds drop out, of course there is going to be a decline in software sales.

More lack of journalistic integrity and well researched ideas hidden behind the word "Opinion."

RememberThe3572703d ago

I wouldn't call this a lack of integrity. You just happened to think of an interesting point. I'm sure your analysis is closer to what industry analysts are saying to publishers. But this is an interesting idea to chew on.

iTechHeads2704d ago

FFXV Shipped 5 Million To Retailers. (emphasis on SHIPPED)

Hoffmann2703d ago

ohhh. Thought they were sold already!

snoopgg2704d ago

I think the price of games has alot to do with it.

ShaunCameron2704d ago

So what was last-gen's excuse?

Redx1652704d ago

Last Gen's excuse was that games had much more content then they do now while also being very innovating.

_-EDMIX-_2704d ago

@red- can you give examples? Because to my understanding The Witcher 3 is far more a larger and more content packed than the first two Witcher games combined

In fact I'd argue that most of the sequels were seeing today are much more larger and more content packed than their previous entries last generation.

You're going to have to give some very solid examples to prove your point you can't just go off of a general assumption.

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Hedstrom2704d ago (Edited 2704d ago )

I would think its a lack of hype, not much of the games that have released this fall has had me excited. BF1 is the exceptionell for me, and its all because its set in a diffrent time. Im tired of Sci-fi, so the new cod and Titanfall doesnt really appeal. The style of watchdogs is to pubertal for me, it tries to hard. Mafia 3 just flew under the radar, and stayed there. And you have 2 new Slim modells, a pro and VR that are competing for the money.

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popyto2704d ago

would be interested to see how the sales were after black friday weekend. Releasing a game 2-3 weeks before the biggest sales event of the year cant help with initial sales. COD down from £70 for the legacy to £49, titanfall from £44 to £28, Tomb raider 20th £44 to £25 and thats just what I picked up.

May be gamers are just bieng more savvy, its already an expensive time of year but when people know that within a month they can essentially get 2 for 1 games with a little patience why wouldn't they.

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Fluke_Skywalker76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

Never say never, I really didn't expect to ever see Space Marine 2 and 12 years later its almost here.
So there is still hope for all these games.

Chocoburger76d ago

I've completed 5 of the games on the list, but the author forgot to include Advent Rising. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but it bombed hard, and the two sequels never got made. It was Mass Effect, a console generation before Mass Effect.

The game is buggy and unpolished, it needed a few more months of development, but the potential was there. At the end of the game, you have all these super abilities, I remember the stomp attack that created a shockwave being especially powerful.

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I personally think days gone will recieve some sort of sequel at some point. I'm personally also hoping it's not the rumored multiplayer online stuff. I'd think most that enjoyed it would rather thisnto.

Knightofelemia76d ago

Sony needs to dust off Sly Cooper and Days Gone so needs a sequel two of my favorite Sony titles. Bulletstorm I love great game wish it also got a sequel. And I wish Namco would finally give Enslaved a sequel another great game.

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isarai104d ago

Dude I was absolutely loving that game till the aimless backtracking started becoming the norm and I quit 😅

badboyz09104d ago

lol I beat it 4 months ago I loved it. Old school vibes what gaming is missing.

Rebel_Scum104d ago

Honestly anyone who hasnt played this by 2024 should get on it.

isarai104d ago

A man who never eats pork buns is never a whole man!

Ninver104d ago (Edited 104d ago )

Absolutely. It's a breath of fresh air. I played it so many times.

REDGUM105d ago (Edited 105d ago )

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