IGN writes:
The yearly NPD numbers for 2007 are in, and to no one's surprise, the PlayStation 3 remains solidly in last place in hardware sales. Though numbers were up during the holiday shopping season, percentage gains of course raised for all three current-gen systems, gaining Sony little ground in the current console war.
Sony's three currently supported systems, the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PSP, were all outside by the Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS during 2007, with the DS leading hardware sales with 8.5 million total units sold. The annual 2007 hardware sales numbers were as follows:
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.
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.
Nameer from eXputer: "Some exceptions aside, I don't think the battle pass is a net positive for gaming with how they're implemented in most live service titles."
I like the way Helldivers 2 does battle passes. It allows you to make purchases on each level of the battle pass and gives you the option of choosing which item to unlock first. The more purchases you make using medals the further you progress. There is no timer and you can earn medals towards purchasing stuff via personal orders and Major orders.
I haven't played much live service games that have battle passes but I remember some games that have battle passes where you progress through it linearly using an exp system. What makes it really bad is that the battle pass will have like 50 or more levels with the cooler stuff being closer to the end. They also have an in-game shop that sells exp boosters so you can reach the end of the pass before it refreshes. Everyone ilse will have to grind their way through.
battle pass in fortnite is perfect; buy one and it buys the rest for every other season as it gives you more money than the first cost. so 8.50 and season ends with you getting 13.00, it pays for the next and you have some pocket change to save up for cash shop. All of which is optional
Everyone read: US SALES K?
More tears about it...
The ps3 was out sold ethis year. Face it.
Us, Uk, World wide.....
Reason 1) The 360 had a lower price point
Reason 2) The ps3 only went on sale in Europe in March
Reason 3) The grounds gain did not begin until Much of the year was over and the $400.00 ps3 was released
Reason 4) When the ps3 out sold the 360 is was not enough to make up for the 3 month head start in Europe, the poor sales in Japan( remember the ps3 was selling around 9K in Japan for most of the years to the 360's 2,500) and the 3 months head start,
Face it and stop complaining. @008 is looking like a great year for the ps3. All of the grea ps3 games are scheduled to be released this year along with amazing multipat games. Just enjoy but please stop crying.
Im not surprised with this, it might lag behind in us but its doing great everywhere else... but with great games coming outt this year ps3 might be able to close the gap and might be behind a couple 100 000 units.
I'm getting pretty pumped about the PS3. It's putting up respectable numbers now in the United States, which is the consoles weakness.
Worldwide it's doing better.
And the best part is that I only see the PS3 getting better and better. While the 360 has pretty much reached it's prime.
PS3 had excellent attatch rates in December (like 4 games) and killed hd dvd in one holiday. AC (over 400k in U.S. december), COD 4 (522k in U.S. december alone), both close to 2 million. PES, FIFA, NFS over 1 million...First party games right at 1 million. What more can they ask for when October was the start of outselling 360 worldwide each week and October/November was the start of huge first party AAA games?