John Finch writes: "The caveat here is that the PlayStation 4 did sell those units while being available in more international markets, but the Xbox One was available in all its usual big hitters, such as the U.S., Europe and Australia. That leads me to believe that even if we adjusted Microsoft’s numbers, it would still be behind. Even more so when we consider the PS4 is still not available in its largest market, Japan. 7.2 million consoles were sold, which bodes well for home consoles as a platform. Those numbers are both impressive and exciting. There are a few things we can take away from these sales numbers."
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
If Sony had the money like M$ does, to crank up PS4 production two folds more there will be no shortage of supply.
I hope Sony uses the money they made during the last two months to crank up PS4 production and supply this January.
M$ has the money to make Xboxes many times over, but does not have the demand the PS4 has. Sony needs to loan some money to make moar PS4s to keep up with the demand because its not good for the chances they are loosing to make more money because tons of boxes are just sitting there taking advantage of the situation.
That's a crazy question to ask! Going by hype alone I still think the PS4 would still be able to push another 1 to 1.5 million before people would start to see the slowdown of associated with normal early adoption buyers, but that's not even taking in the 1.5 to 2 million back orders/pre-orders. If Sony had been able to keep up with production I believe the gap between the Xbox1 and the PS4 would at least be twice as big! Perhaps 2 1/2 times bigger.
Sony is obviously not keeping up with demand, so of course PS4 could have sold better…?
Microsoft's ability to manufacture more consoles only matters if they can sell more consoles.
Companies have to pay up from for manufacturing costs so they pay attention to demand and try get to a situation where they are only creating systems that retailers will purchase. To much production create a pile of liabilities.
Sony is in a great situation because it can convert its purchased stock into sales at a faster rate than Microsoft as evidenced by both companies global sales totals. Sony can order more supply from the manufacture without worrying about the cost because each unit created is essentially sold before if gets off the assembly line.
It will be within Microsoft's best interest to decrease production to meet current demand. Eventually, Sony will have to do the same thing.
*Looks at their success so far*
The better question is, did they really need to? They're rolling in green as it is.
Even if launch sale momentum doesn't last forever, they still got quite a bit of success out of this launch.