Due to intense reaction to gamingfront.net's previous article 'Is The Xbox 360 In Real Trouble?', the site felt the need to explain the numbers used to justify the article. No spin just numbers. The Xbox 360 is in real trouble!
Gamingfront.net wrote the article after reading a examination of the numbers done by the awesome website Gamasutra.com. The following is a direct quote from that article:
"Gamasutra examined data provided by the three major platform holders -- Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo -- to stitch together a full picture of just how the market share has changed from 2007 to 2008, and how Microsoft made less money with its Xbox 360 business in 2008 than in the previous year."
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GL: "Staff writer Shaz reflects on his small library of physical games he's kept throughout the decades, and how a recent move made him nostalgic."
I lost my drive for collecting physical games due to many discs lacking the whole complete game. Instead, of collecting games I started collected figurines.
I am a collector have a room dedicated with a couple original arcade cabinets, physical game library, old and new consoles and controllers backlit with LED lighting. It’s very cool to have but with emulation being so strong and prevalent, I sometimes feel foolish because the hobby is expensive and like another said, the full game is not always on the disc. Could probably spend more wisely but I enjoy it.
Most games are usually on disc still. Of course you got you publishers that are hit and miss, Activision, ubisoft, ea, Microsoft, where the rest of the game needs downloaded.
Take that crappy xbox fanboys. Real facts and numbers to prove a point.
Wow. With 360 fanboys so obsessed with sales numbers, attach rates, and adoption curves, these cold, hard numbers are hard to ignore...
People will still find a way to argue them in their favor though. Even when MS explains to their shareholders that they sold more consoles, but made LESS money than the previous year.
"Bu-bu-but the price-cut!", you say. Well 2 price-cuts in one year will certainly take a chunk out of the bottom line. Some might even say that it looks, oh, what is the word...desperate?
Honestly, Sony and MS should just team up at this point. MS can't seem to make successful hardware - even after 3 years (*glares at disc-read error 360 sitting, contentedly, in the living room). And Sony, well they don't seem to grasp the concept of actually MARKETING their software. 3 million spent on what? Internet banners? That's great for tech-saavy enthusiasts, but Jane and Joe will never see Killzone 2 anywhere in-between their "Heroes" prime-time viewings.
A great epiphany came to me in my last post... Of a united console future. The marketing of MS wed with the 1st party/ engineering of Sony.
Playbox forever!
I kid, I kid (though it would be nice).
Cheers,
- C
I think out of all the consoles the 360 is the one possibly in danger in 2009. Sony is gearing up with some of the most exceptional AAA games along with an inevitable price cut. The PSN will have a much bigger library of full games that the 360 can't match along with lag less multiplayer online goodness.
More third party support for the ps3 and HOME, and keep in mind it is all free of charge. The momentum will be strong for the ps3 with so many games that it could survive just of the exclusives like everyone month of the year. Nintendo will do what they've done this whole gen. But Microsoft really needs to justify why people should care about the console with announcements of their exclusive games for 2009.
Everybody knows that price is the only factor this gen but they need some form of momentum to keep them going for 2009 and beyond. There is not a single game that can push console sales for the 360 as of yet while the ps3 has several console movers in 2009.
It seems like the shoe is on the opposite foot now that 360 owners are the ones saying wait for "X" games to be announced by Microsoft at GDC/E3 etc etc. Don't forget that Sony also has a couple unannounced games for 2009 that is sure to further strengthen their line up. As have stated many times before gamers are the real winners so i hope Microsoft comes to the 360 owners aid soon.
how there are NO 360 fantards in here. Know why? Because the article states facts, and xbots just hate facts, especially negative facts about their failed console.