Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
"James Cameron’s Avatar managed to make the biggest possible splash back when it was released in 2009, becoming the top grossing film of all time. Most of this success came through the absolutely gorgeous and vibrant world of Pandora and giving movie-goers a familiar premise wrapped in such a pretty package. Despite having to wait thirteen years for a sequel film to be released, fans of video games shockingly only saw one game released back when the first film arrived and never since. Now, with promises of an open world making the best use of what Pandora has to offer, Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have released Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Now that players have a chance to explore elements of Pandora never seen before as a Na’vi, does this game manage to tap into the franchise’s potential?"
Ubisoft just announced its financial results for Q3 of the fiscal year 2023-2024 and confirmed a release window for Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, on top of a lot more information about the performance of its major games.
6.9 million digital and physical games were sold in the UK during December, an increase of 2% over the same period in 2022.
Just saw on the Sony CES that for the month of December they have 123 million monthly users on their platform.
Sonys not slowing down, no brakes on this train.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Did I do it right? That’s what all the cool kids say in the comments, right?
We know ps5 pounded XBOX in the UK and Europe. I want to see the numbers for the US where the series X received a 150 Dollar discount. Thats going to be very telling.
The discounts were so steep it would only seem appropriate if the Xbox was the best selling console. Even if it didn't one hopes that at the very least it is up YoY. Regardless of its place in the December totals, the most important metric will be where it is in respect to last holiday. I think overall for 2023, Xbox will be down YoY just based off of November.
TMG writers:
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora features a familiar open-world formula that is a perfect match for this adventure. I found myself itching to explore what’s beyond all those floating rocks. But if you’re not on board with how Ubisoft does open-world games, then you’ll be struggling with half of the game.
