MS wont drop until the back to school freebie 360 deal is done.
So I'm going to guess Nintendo followed by sony , followed by MS .
MS might be bold and not drop this year
Maybe MS will rely on those '$100 Xbox 360's?', any ideas how well they're moving those bundles?
It's getting ridiculous how long they're holding the price up, I wonder what their ideas are? Maybe they're trying to position the Xbox brand as the premiere brand in the U.S.A.?
It's getting ridiculous how long they're holding the price up, I wonder what their ideas are? Maybe they're trying to position the Xbox brand as the premiere brand in the U.S.A.?
Ehh, it's just from semiaccurate's oban rumors. many including myself figure he got next gen confused with current gen. exactly what form it would take i have no idea, just an assumption.
i am sure ms has some sort of cost reduced/slimmer xbox on the way, a few months behind sony like last time.
i wouldn't think it's including RAM on the chip!
i am sure ms has some sort of cost reduced/slimmer xbox on the way, a few months behind sony like last time.
i wouldn't think it's including RAM on the chip!
Wasn't that particular story made up by Charlie "Fiction" Demejeran?
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_July_2009
From JULY 2009: NDS - 538,900 Wii - 252,500 Xbox 360 - 202,900 PSP - 122,800 PS3 - 121,800
Im not seeing any concern for 360/PS3 sales. There havent been even any AAA for months unlike deep into 2013.
Handhelds have naturally collapsed and will be niche like dedicated music players. Western publishers bailed to mobile platforms because they made no money on DS or PSP. Nintendo is $700m in the red since launching 3DS so another gen of handhelds will be even more difficult proposition to make money
From JULY 2009: NDS - 538,900 Wii - 252,500 Xbox 360 - 202,900 PSP - 122,800 PS3 - 121,800
Im not seeing any concern for 360/PS3 sales. There havent been even any AAA for months unlike deep into 2013.
Handhelds have naturally collapsed and will be niche like dedicated music players. Western publishers bailed to mobile platforms because they made no money on DS or PSP. Nintendo is $700m in the red since launching 3DS so another gen of handhelds will be even more difficult proposition to make money
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Well it's the gold rush concept that so many businesses compete on. A new market comes along and everyone tries to be the first to standout for money. The problem is that only a few handful succeed and thrive in that market, it becomes so overcrowded that they ignore the existing market that has an audience waiting to part with their money. Even in that new market they have to find or create a niche to remain relevant.
The PSP and DS (or even the 3DS and Vita) still have a market to cater to, it's just not as easy to make large amounts of money on. Mobile platforms are large and steady growing, but into what? Who has control of this space and how will it evolve and change as time goes on?
Even then that's still assuming that consoles and dedicated gaming devices won't incorporate the elements of the mobile space in the long run. They will provide different mobile apps and other multimedia content, but will be considered dedicated gaming platforms by focusing mostly on gaming-oriented content. In any market a business has to standout and maintain an identity for itself in order to remain competitive, no matter what there will always be an audience with differentiating interests and needs.
That's kinda true in every market. It's certainly true of the consoles and handhelds!
The rush of small-fry hoping for a cut leads to a few chance successes, like Zynga and Rovio, but after the dust settles you'll be left with a few big players funding the very costly development of large-scale games and a load of indies filling up the rest of the library. It'll be no different to any other creative market. It makes sense to gold-rush, because whoever stakes the claim gains the position of superiority from which to dominate for the next 20+ years. And if the market is moving that way, to a new gold-field, one questions the wisdom of releasing an old-school product. Didn't Sony see this shift and think it wiser to not release a simple handheld console? As a mature player you have the option to cater to your known market, but with everyone leaving you'll be left as the store-keeper to a ghost-town.
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Anybody else shocked at Dead Island? I found the game to be extremely entertaining, a lot like Borderlands without the humor, but to still be in the top 10 almost a full year after launch?
How can that be correct?
How can that be correct?
Digital sales wouldn't be in the totals used to collate these top 10's.
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