Kombo writes: "the latest annual report of GameStop's vendor relations revealed this week that Nintendo publishes the largest portion of new games they sell by a sizable margin. This is another sign of Nintendo's uncanny ability to maintain strong game sales and how it has changed the balance of market share in the industry."
"23 percent of GameStop's non-used games are Nintendo-published titles. The closest competitor is Sony with 17 percent of the share. From there it goes down to Microsoft and Eletronic Arts (12 percent each) and then Activision with 11 percent. These five companies make up 75 percent of GameStop's new games business."
"In 2006 things were very different. Microsoft held the top spot with 14 percent, and collectively the top 10 made up only 65 percent of GameStop's new games business. Today it's 85 percent. It is very possible that Nintendo is the shifting force in those numbers."
"Every publisher today worries about their games sales eroding into second hand market after most new sales taper off after opening month. This is a problem that Nintendo has consistently avoided."
Many players find it easier to express themselves while playing games. Yet, over half of the surveyed gamers still play to relieve stress.
I wonder what place made this study, and it's Fandom, no wonder half of the people said that, I find it hilarious that Fandom of all places did manage to pull more than 50% for the argument of playing games for self expression
Honestly i don't believe this statistic. All we need is an executive to believe it and they'll focus more on how to "express" ourselves over good gameplay and further ruin gaming.
I actually just play to relax/have fun, get immersed in another world for a while and enjoy the story/characters, who the hell plays to "express themselves"? I can understand how that applies to say Minecraft, where you're actually making things, but I don't think you can apply this to most games.
Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.
It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.
Wolfenstein: The New Order launched 10 years ago today, but can it stand up to the modern FPS titles it inspired?
I disagree. Its still a fantastic game, with very good gunplay and a surprisingly loveable cast of characters and a good story trough many different and interesting setpieces
All The New Order needs for my tastes is a this gen enhancement patch.
I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player shooters.
Singleplayer shooters are still getting released every year, just look up "boomer shooters" and you'll find an an abundance of them. AAA fps campaigns, not so much.
Last year had Trepang2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Turbo Overkill, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Dread Templar, Sprawl and more
The games you mentioned are not from AAA developers. Wolfenstein likely had a budget that was probably as big as all those games you mentioned combined. I'm not knocking the new wave of retro shooters. I absolutely love them (I think some get much higher review scores than they deserve though). I just really wouldn't describe Wolfenstein as purely a boomer shooter based on the relatively cohesive story, with cut scenes and is fully voice acted. Full set piece moments.
AA development seems to be focused keeping the single player solo experience alive. But the big developers are only concerned about the MTX and milking players who enjoy multiplayer.
The age of AA shooters. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I like less expense, shorter games.
Weird all the Wolfenstein articles.
Can you guess what will be announced at Xbox showcase?
What Machine Games did with Wolfenstein franchise is awesome. The game play definitely to me , is still very fun to play !!!
1. Nintendo
2. Sony
3. Microsoft
4. EA :)
Aint it? There's actually a simple answer to the question: Nintendo understands value. I still get the urge to play Prime 3 or NSMB or Kart, Brawl is nearly an everyday thing. You don't sell back Nintendo games because you know you will want to play that game again.
The list goes on, really. Look at the VC. I just played through ALttP not too long ago, that sh!t is a masterpiece, Super Metroid, again, another game that like wine gets better with age. How many HD games get played like that? One look at the sales charts tells us an obvious answer.
I used to think it was only analysts like Pachter and Divninch or some other candy ass that was out of touch with the mainstream gamer. But its actually many of us on these very forums that are. Particularly the HD crowd. In fact, everything the HD crowd seems to loathe always seems to be a big hit haha. Mario Kart Wii 20m Wii Fit 20m Resort 15m NSMB 14m lol. And the things they like tend to be pretty meh. Uncharted 2 3m Mass Effect? about the same.
I feel its like that movie a Bronx Tale, where this guy would bet on horses and the gangsta's knew that if they bet on the same horse as this guy they lost. LoL.