"A new listing has popped up on Amazon, but it is not any sort of normal game listing. In fact, this particular listing is for a DS cart containing 335 Nintendo DS games, each and every one of which is pirated." -- Nintendo Enthusiast.
One of the biggest releases of the year, Starfield, is days away from its full global release, with owners of its Premium and Constellation Editions already having had early access for a couple of days, and unsurprisingly, the excitement surrounding the space-faring RPG’s launch has resulted in increased hardware sales for Xbox as well.
It's to be expected software especially really hyped software always drives hardware sales and that's a fact! Xbox for many years has been lacking the software side so the hardware sales has always suffered..
We’ve heard this how many times?
“UK Xbox Sales Up 1000 Percent Following Xbox One S Launch“
“Xbox Series X sales increased by with 1335% after the showcase“
“Xbox Series X Saw 1000% Increase In Amazon Sales Thanks To Starfield“
Not hard to have a 1,000% increase when the base number is......... 2. I kid, I kid, but it's cool that they sold a couple of thousand consoles off the back of Starfield.
Well provide links if you’ve got them. Those are just quotes with no source lol
PeterOvo and GamingBolt are both as thick as each other. That percentage number does not mean the Xbox Series X has had an increase in sales of 1,056%. It means the percentage increase in Amazon sales rank; in other words if you look at the picture it actually says the Xbox was at 370 in the Amazon chart and now is at 32 - so a big leap to nearer the top of the chart. However this gives no indication of how many units the Xbox Series X had actually sold, although you can infer an increase. There’s nothing wrong with not understanding something - but it’s very wrong when stupid people make a song and dance because they think they are clever when in fact they are too stupid to know otherwise.
@VincentVanBro
“Well provide links if you’ve got them. Those are just quotes with no source lol“
Done.
“UK Xbox Sales Up 1000 Percent Following Xbox One S Launch“
https://www.ign.com/article...
“Xbox Series X sales increased by with 1335% after the showcase”
https://www.onmsft.com/news...
“Xbox Series X Saw 1000% Increase In Amazon Sales Thanks To Starfield“
https://www.gamereactor.eu/...
Jin,
OK, what is your point? at each one of these points, that was the increase.
"We’ve heard this how many times?"
I have as well, every single time any console gets an increase in sales, again, your point?
@bloop
Exactly. It was at rank “370”, that means sales were very low prior to this state. So 1000% (means x10) is relative to how many were being sold. Also this is a “snapshot”. Its momentary, not over a sustained period of time. Something like this can easily be fabricated by a smart company that holds shipments of consoles and delivers upon release of game. Lets see what the monthly sales say. Will it have “1000%” sales increase? No. It wont. That will tell us how significant the game actually was.
“OK, what is your point? at each one of these points, that was the increase.“
My point is that it only moves the needle for a short period then sales slow again. Meanwhile PS5 and Switch continue selling truckloads.
The metacritic review score for the Xbox version is dropping as well. Maybe they finally added IGN review score on there
They didn't make a good game, they didn't make the game. Starfield was already coming to Xbox.
The only thing MS will see is that buying up the multiplatform industry, locking away games from gamers instead of making them is the way to go.
This doesn’t tell them anything yet. Read my comment above. This is marketing plot.
Not saying good games dont sell consoles. But what Starfield did if anything will be seen once the real numbers come out for monthly sales.
Maybe someone should inform Phil Spencer and make him aware that quality games equals to more sales. For some weird reason this is such a hard concept to understand
I'm curious to what the numbers will end up being at the end of this month. That'll tell the story.
This is only a snapshot. It can easily be fabricated by causing a momentary delay in shipments of consoles for PR purposes. The monthly sales will tell the real numbers.
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This isn't helpful. It's just a series of screenshots. The writer could have at least picked out a few sales and wrote why they are decent sales in the first place then go on to screenshot the $%&& out it. Why should we care about this content if the writer doesn't?
Sigh~ I really wish some sites would verify the things they say.
1) A seller made the listing and it either got automatically approved or someone unaware of the illegal nature approved it. It will most likely get taken down soon and the seller will most likely be punished. It really isn't newsworthy when it happens, since it's impossible for Amazon to completely prevent it.
2) The listing doesn't say what type of card it is, so I don't know where the author got "this particular listing is for an R4 card".
3) "inserting pirated software into a 3DS system will cause the console to brick up, a circumstance which you probably want to avoid." As far as I'm aware, Nintendo has the power to do this and the terms of use say they can if they want to, but I've never heard of a single case where Nintendo bricked a console over using a flash cart.
Anyway, I don't see this lasting a day and I don't see anyone actually buying it.
I have to say, it's a bit hypocritical of me to not be concerned with movie/music piracy. But maybe that's because the console software industry is getting a bit precarious with the lack of good games, while music and movies are alive and well. Indie games are revolutionizing the reminder of the insignificance of graphics. There's a wave of console buyers that own Ps3's and 360's that now play on their phones and iPads. Despite Ps4 and 3ds doing well, software companies overall are not. The industry is becoming unrecognizable when you see how long these games take to make. Much more time, money, and resources is required. The market just isn't what it used to be, nor is the business. Selling/buying pirated games and "modding" are certainly not going to help the situation.
I'm telling you, this transition out of console gaming may not be over.
It's not sustainable, as painful as it has been. You have to admit, the great new games are fewer and farther between.
Lol wow
How the heck does a card contain 335 games?
You wonder why many studios closing down..