The latest Media Create data is in and it shows that the PS3 has sold a mere 4,800 units for week ending October 17. The 360 outsells it yet again, this time by 1,200 units whilst Wii, DS, PS2 and PSP show then both how it should be done.
Companies, particularly public companies like Microsoft, need to grow.
i mean its pretty simple, they spent close to 30 billion in acquiring activision, they thought they'd make it bk no problem, and that didnt happen.
its just shit that because of MS's miscalculation alot of people lost their jobs.
They are going to use AI for a large portion of the game development process. Upper management need bonuses and the shareholders need more money. So, people will lose their jobs.
They shouldn't have bought any studios. Some is okay...but they went on a shopping spree...stupid
The better question is why did Microsoft buy publishers for a service they were subsidizing they knew couldn't support.
And why are so many websites trying to make people feel sorry for Microsoft instead of truly criticizing the fact they are closing studios and killing jobs that would have been fine if Microsoft themselves hadn't gotten involved.
Quit feeling sorry for Microsoft and start feeling sorry for the industry and the all the gamers who are actually losing out.
THIS IS MICROSOFTS FAULT.
The first thing that happens after any major acquisition or merger is a consolidation of the whole new portfolio, which includes cutting any excess, bloat or portfolios that don't fit the larger MO of the big boy. So far, it's been par for the course with Microsoft and that's why gamers have been so against this acquisition. Tango Gameworks is the beginning. You think Microsoft wants to pay to keep small timers like Ninja Theory in business?
There is absolutely zero evidence to suggest that Microsoft will improve any of these studios, but plenty to suggest that they will get rid of what they don't need and hold onto the IP. The real agenda of the acquisition was always to acquire The Elder Scrolls, Diablo, Fallout, Call of Duty, Candy Crush etc. that will create millions in passive revenue stream for Microsoft regardless of where the games release. Microsoft simply wants their cut.
Because of Games Pass Microsoft has no interest in investing in new IP which is risky and requires creative talent they can neither nurture nor manage. Game Pass has also not grown in the way Microsoft expected it to, even post acquisitions. Therefore the logical thing to do, without serious money makers to release, is to cut as much cost as possible.
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The Japanese are aware of the LBP bundle and they are holding out.I congratulate them on their lucky purchase
Don't they think there may be a reason sales are so low.... Hmmmm could people be waiting on a certain bundle. A Little Big Planet bundle. If the sales are like this a few weeks from now there will be a problem. Although I highly doubt that will be the case.
Let the spin begin.. Every Sony fan will be here soon to make some really lame attempt to explain away what the rest of us already know. No price cuts, nothing fantastic to play, and few JRPG's. Not hard to see why they are declining when they are doing so little for their consumers over there...
360 is doing well. The 360 has been beating the PS3 for 18% of the year so far in Japan.
But why are the PS3 sales so low?
It must be people waiting for the LBP pack next Friday in Japan.
If it is not that the RPG boom is still going on.
Truth of the matter is that with the new bundles coming out, and the excitement around them, coupled with the PS3's large price, capital problems around the world, and no games before these bundle... it shudn't surprise anyone that the PS3 is selling badly.
it's no rocket science...
but wow at the PSP... it outsold everything else combined... by around double.