There's lots of rumours and speculation about whether or not the PS3 is a complete sales flop over here in the UK, following increasing worries about stock levels in the US.
“I thoroughly enjoy retro-style games and with that, Magic Orbz modernises the classic brick breaking formula and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.
Richard writes: "Now was the right time to release the Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S update. It just could have been more."
They aren't going to give more. We are talking about a company that has rereleased an 13 year old game at least 5 times.
Of course you can still pre order it because there's plenty of units to go around at launch in Europe, unlike america and wii's launch. This is the dumbest article I have ever seen...
The advertising hasn't even started in Europe yet eather has kiosks,that will get things moving even more and the main factor Motorstorm and F1 will be there now, EU will be really impressed and GDC will change everything anyway... Expect to see alot of games that look just as good and better than the final build of Motorstorm...
Like you Simmo I too reside in the UK. I personally think that in order for the PS3 to sell well in UK the price will need to be dropped. as it stands after all the devout fans have purchased theirs the sales will slow down because the average Joe Bloggs consumer probably won't want to part with that much money in order to own one.
I also think that in my opinion Blu Ray in the UK, will only appeal to the hardcore High Def movie fans, for the extra cost it doesn't really offer enough of a difference to normal DVD, yeah ok so its better quality on a large HD TV, but not everyone owns them (yet).
I could of course be completely wrong and if I am then I'll stand corrected.
When is everyone going to realize this, that the Blu-Ray DVD drive is not just for movies, it is the main format that all games are built on. The Blu-ray disk is used to give developers more space to build on allowing for much larger and longer games, not to mention the 8 SPE's built into the PS3 to handle the various calculations used in AI, lighting, player motion and many many other things. I have a PS3, I love the system, it offers more right now in the ways of a computer, home entertainment movie player and Game console. I suggest to those who are eyeing the PS3 with extreme interest to go out and try and get one, you will be surprised. Think of it this way, sony will continue to support the PS3 with updates that keep upgrading your system with new and innovative features. Take the chance, the PS3 is worth the price. As for the price drop, I can't see one coming as soon as everyone hopes because, even though they may shrink the cost of manufacturing the chips it doesn't mean they will shrink the price, they will keep it steady for a bit yet to build back some of the cash they have lost per console sold. I say take your gaming to a new level buy one, experience the system, and if you don't like it, sell it, but give it a try.
Of these BS articles, when I'm at work checking this site i would prefer to see real news.
well couldnt the same be said about the 360? is the 360 a sales dud? then say how its not doing so well in japan. this goes both ways.