Hardware:
360 - 156,249 (+69%)
DS - 146,104 (+16%)
Wii - 67,938 (-8%)
PS3 - 55,063 (-3%)
PSP - 29,063 (-35%)
PS2 - 9,687 (-2%)
Software:
1 - (360) Halo: Reach - 3,006,170
2 - (Wii) Wii Sports - 67,938
3 - (Wii) Wii Sports Resort - 67,204
4 - (PSP) Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - 65,079
5 - (PS3) Sports Champions - 63,402
After laying off almost 2,000 people, Xbox finds itself in a position at odds with the community-first image it has cultivated for itself.
lol I’m not a big MS gamer but Sony and a number of others have laid off ton of people as well. Where are the ridiculous articles about them not being your friend? Gaming news is such a joke and these sites wonder why they have to beg for money/patreons or flood with 5x more ads.
ok here is a reality check. Tech companies have been firing thousands of employees the last couple of years.
I find it odd that the percentage of employees sacked from MS
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"Microsoft announced approximately 1,900 job cuts across its gaming division, including Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax, and Xbox. 8.6% of its colossal 22,000-strong global workforce. "
is worth writing an article condemning the company, when Sony Interactive fired 8% of its workforce (900 people approximately).
https://news.crunchbase.com...
Is the writer concerned about the percentage of the workforce fired or the number of employees?
Lets not forget that Unity laid off 25 percent of its workforce (1800 people) and Discord laid off 17 percent of its employees.
You also have to take into account the AI issue reported in the article. MS is heavily invested in A.I. They have invested in Open A.I (chatgpt 4+Dalle 3), in Abu Dhabi’s G42 and in French AI company Mistral.
These LLMs have already replaced thousands of jobs as A.I usage becomes more common
https://www.cbsnews.com/new...
https://www.theverge.com/20...
https://tech.co/news/compan...
This is the new reality. Even nvidia CEO said that games will fully A.I generated.
https://www.pcgamer.com/sof...
Nevertheless, no company should be ever viewed as "your friend". MS had numerous anti consumer practices in place and the same is true for Sony (not only in video game space) and Nintendo (60$ dollar games without permanent discounts, remasters of 10 year old game with full price, no console price cuts, expensive joy cons which are prone to drift, to name but a few).
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Caotic in here. . .LOL!!
PEACE, PEACE and Gaming!!
3 million for REACH when the expansion named ODST sold more than 2... someting is wrong... ohh yeah that must be a Halo tiring syndrome.
wow 360 is still selling well. Must be the halo commercials. There is one of them playing every damn 30 min lol. Eventhough i dont like the halo franchise i give them credit, they make really good commercials.
Does anyone know when the move marketing will start¿ Its sad cause they barely put out the move at the target i work at but no kiosk explaining what it is. To the casual consumer they will take a glance at it and walk past it.
Is VG Chartz ever close?