Source: Dean Takahashi's Blog page.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 installed base of consoles sold is expected to grow from 10 million in 2006 to 19.8 million by the end of 2007 and 30.4 million by the end of 2008. The PS 3 suffered from launch problems but IDC expects it and all of the consoles to be successful. The PS 3 is expected to grow to 11.7 million by the end of 2007 and 24.5 million by the end of 2008. The Wii is expected to hit 13.3 million by the end of 2007 and 32.1 million by the en dof 2008. Between those three platforms, the market share in 2008 comes out to 35 percent for Microsoft, 28 percent for Sony, and 37 percent for Nintendo.
The Outerhaven writes: Split/Second was the explosive arcade racing game that outshone Ridge Racer and Burnout. That is, until Disney shut it all down before a sequel could happen.
As a kid i had some heart attacks playing this game. The soundtrack right on point with those close calls. I love this game.
Agreed. I still love it and play it often. Still sucks that Disney was like, nah... this game didn't do well, when it did well against other racers and reviewed well.
Split/Second was one of the game I enjoyed playing. In fact it's still the most popular video on my YouTube channel. It's a gameplay of Split/Second posted 15 years ago. This past month 25 people viewed it. Split/Second is a favourite amongst racing gamers worldwide.
This game was super awesome and hella fun playing split-screen with the homie. Trashing your friend’s car during split-screen competition using one of those QuickTime events was so funny haha
Even as the company sets out to overhaul the very definition of Xbox, cuts at its studios risk creating a negative image reminiscent of EA's worst era
I appreciate the article but this guy must be living in a delayed universe, The reputation was ruined 10+ years ago and hasn't recovered since. As such people have voted with their wallets and stopped buying Xbox products in large amounts.
Their reputation was lost way before that. From the moment Microsoft said they entering the console business, we all knew it would be a downgrade.
That's not true at all the OG Xbox had drive and they had hunger and they wanted to accomplish something. It was a great console.
they didn't quite reach their goals and they gave up prematurely because they couldn't win. It was halfway through the Xbox 360 when kinect released and that was when they lost their way and we're a rudderless ship ever since
In all fairness, Xbox had some great games with online play, Xbox 360 even better. Xbox consoles started to die with the Xbox One. Ditch consoles for the PC and PS.
@Bathyj hard to compute ay. Xbox was never better than a PC and that's all they ever were. A demo box. Doesn't get more true than that.
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Rumors of Turn 10 being either shut down or hit with massive lay offs is on the horizon.
The issue is MS will do something right only to do something very, very wrong. And they do this what seems calculative at this point. Doesn't matter what they do the Investors and leadership want more and more money an endless bottomless pit of purr insatiable greed. A company that acts like it's broke or hurting is what really, really infuriates me. They've surpassed apple again well over 3 trillion who acts like they're a million dollar company is fk stupid. Pivots and changes for no reason and can't do things for more than a year with out a pivot or changing their metrics.
That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest.
Isn't the point that it's irrelevant how profitable MS is, the suits have decided it's time that the Xbox division started making them money. Hence the layoffs, the pivots.
That wouldn't surprise me, as motorsport has been heading down hill since the great number 4. Where as playground have consistently put out better games. I think the two studios will be merged under playground games banner.
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Ross Scott—also known as Accursed Farms on YouTube—has been fighting tooth and nail for almost a full year to help spearhead game preservation. Starting after it was announced that Ubisoft's The Crew would be shutting down, permanently ending support for the game, Scott launched the "Stop Killing Games" initiative.
That makes a twofold deadline for the Stop Killing Games initiative. Or, at least, one headed up by Scott: The UK petition, which ends July 14, and the EU Citizens' Initiative, which ends July 3.
If you live in the EU then Please sign this or our game ownership rights and game preservation is
at stake. I know there isnt much time left but please consider signing the petition
People whine and in the end don't do a thing. Then whine more when they get screwed some more smh. If this makes it then it'll be monumental for consumers. That Pirate software guy was no help either smh.
Even if Sony wins the console war by 2010. This time around will be better than what Nintendo or Microsoft can ever hoped. If the PS3 would cost $200-$300 the story would be a lot different.
Isn't a forecast normally based on existing trends that have been weighted for variables that could significantly alter these trends as they're projected over time? PS3 nearly catching Wii by the of 2007 strikes me as less of a forecast & more of a prediction. Were Sony to drop the HDD & BD-ROM in favor of a $299 SKU this might be possible, but short of that I'd say the future for PS3 doesn't look too bright, ever. MS has a new rev. of the 360 coming which has me wondering if they might shift the price of existing SKUs to the left & the new one to the right. I'm sure developers are going to concentrate their efforts on consoles where they stand a fighting chance to see a return on their investment. And by 2011 MS & Nintendo will be talking Next Generation, if not sooner, leaving us with a PS3 that's been so back ended with debt that we're either going to be stuck with a dated console for another 5 years or be forced to terminate our lease early by upgrading to a PS4 that rivals the price of an Alienware PC.
what would change there was a price drop for the 360
I don't know about the Wii.
It's selling now, but it lacks good software. I mean the sport games are nice, but it's not able to hold up with that alone. What's else what is a AAA title?
I think the sales will see a slowdown, especially when more and more people get HDTVs in their houses and want HD gaming (PS3/360).
The 360 beating the PS3 the coming time is an easy fact. The PS3 on top in 2011? Oh hell that's when the next gen consoles will be getting out! 360 will lead in HD consoles, that's for sure. Thus it will get more exclusives etc.
about right. I sure hope Micro$oft announces the release date and price of the black HDMI enabled 360 at GDC 07 !? :~]