The video game console cycle typically lasts about five years before a new generation of hardware hits the market. Sony brought the PS3 to market more than six years after its predecessor, the PlayStation 2, debuted. By contrast, Microsoft replaced its original Xbox with the Xbox 360 after just four years.
IDC predicts the worldwide installed base of PS3 consoles will reach 23.8 million this year, up from 8.5 million last year. It projects Xbox 360 hitting 26.3 million, vs. 17.8 million in 2007.
Both, however, will trail Nintendo's value-priced Wii video game console, which is targeting casual gamers instead of the hard-core gamers Sony and Microsoft are pursuing. IDC forecasts the Wii reaching a worldwide installed base this year of 43.7 million, compared with 19.9 million last year.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."
Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.
Still a good game though.
3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them
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God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best
Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...
5, 3, 1, 4, 2.
I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.
But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me
Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
It was worrisome to begin with.
It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.
I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.
It's pretty ridiculous.
Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.
Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.
Helldivers 2 manages just fine…
Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.
Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.
Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.
cause yesterday, you said: "do u know how many years it's going to take the ??? to catch up to the ???....lol"
More like months....
there's no doubt that the PS3 has a ton of momentum right now, but it will be interesting to see if Wii sales ever slow down.
I just don't get it, why is it that cheapest Xbox 360 model starting at $279.99 (only $30 bucks more than the Wii) isn't selling 300,000+ units every month in the United States.
The Xbox 360 just BARELY outsold the PS3 in April by just 900 consoles and in May, the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 by 20,000+ units and the Playstation 3 still is the more expensive console selling at a $400+ dollar price point for the cheapest console. It's obvious that people are choosing the Playstation 3 for a reason and I think that it's because a lot of the Playstation brand loyalty is remaining intact.
But I do believe that Sony could easily outsell the Xbox 360 by just staying out in the market longer just like the Analyst stated. Microsoft said that the Xbox 360 will have "a longer tail" than the first Xbox, but I honestly don't expect the 360 to be out on the market for no more than 4-5 more years. The PS3 will be out on the market for another 7-8 years at least due to the 10 year lifecycle and because of the fact that the PS3 is literally future proof.
the real question is will the WII even last 5 years. they just released all their exclusives and all we are left with getting now is shovelware.
Goddam where do they find these analysts? In the rehab centres?
If the ps3 wants to get to 23.5 mill sold by the end of 2008, they will need to sell 11.5 million units in the next six months. (oh dear)
Someone at IDC has been smoking the crack pipe and will be looking for a new job shortly methinks ;P