ELSPA has declared that the British videogames industry hit an "all time high" in 2006 with a 7 per cent increase in the number of games sold - bringing the total figure to 65.1 million units.
All-formats sales totalled GBP 1.36 billion - a new record, according to ELSPA, and an increase of 1 per cent over the figure for 2005.
The majority of console games purchased were for PlayStation 2, followed by Xbox 360, Xbox, Wii and GameCube. PC titles did well, with software sales up 7 per cent - making 2006 the platform's "best year ever".
Diehard GameFAN writes: "The past few weeks have been weak for the Playstation Store. For two straight weeks, we had weak updates with little content. Then last week, we had an update with a lot of content, most of which sucked. This week brings us a bunch of demos, including a couple of high-profile ones, some interesting sales, a new Qore episode, and a new game."
"While it doesn't quite fulfill our wish list of PSP games we'd most want to purchase by download and run from a single Memory Stick, D3 Publisher's "classic" catalog is coming to PlayStation Store (the PC one) this September. Props for being ahead of the curve. Up for digital delivery will be:"
And they are already thinking of rolling out downloadable PSP titles? The only way I can see this being effective is for those who like to "pirate" their games, or create backups on memory sticks.
Get your PSone classics up to par first, and then we can talk about downloading PSP games...
would be kool if you could play it on the ps3 as well for big screen and comfy controller
Man, I want Metal Gear Solid on the Canadian (hopefully!) and Amerian PSN Store more than anything.
Today Ubisoft confirmed that the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game, based on the upcoming CGI film, is in development for Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, PC, GBA, DS, GameCube and Wii. The game is being developed by Ubisoft's Montreal and Quebec City studios, and will be available on March 13, 2007.
How good is PS3's backward compatability with PS2 games? If it is really good, then it should be possible for PS3 owners to play the PS2 game.
If you want to get technical about it, any PS2 game made now should be playable on the PS3 unless of the developers purposely made the game incompatible. In a way, it could be said that PS3 owners should be able to play it as well.
Just a thought! (Yea, Yea I hear the fanboys coming now. Not every single game has to be a graphical work of art on the PS3 or Xbox 360. If it is fun and has good gameplay who cares. Yes, it would be nice to have a next-gen version but the PS3 is still pretty new and is a very different beast compared the PS2 - in contrast to the relationship between the Wii and Gamecube which are super similar easier to port to.)
i understand the Xbox1 not getting this game since the Xbox1 is basically no longer supported, but why the PS3 too? hmm... maybe they know that it won't be as profitable since there aren't that many PS3s out there right now and cost developement. PS2 will do just fine i suppose.
PS2 sells prove that it isnt just about specification.
Microsoft thought the xbox1 would outsell the ps2 because it had better graphics, but the ps2 did better because it had a better range of software.
Microsoft thought the xbox360 would outsell the ps2 because it had better graphics, but the ps2 is still doing better because it has a better range of software, that appeals to mainstream and not just the homo fanboys like John Carmack kissing the bum of Bill Gates.
homo fanboys?
personally i didnt like the xbox much either, same as the PS2 in my opinion. But the only reason why the PS2 outsold is the casual gamer market. Those people that think a 'new game' is a re-hash of an old EA sports game with a new title, or those people that buy a game just becasue it has blood in it as blood in a game obviously makes it an adult game.