UBS Investment Research analyst Michael Wallace assessed the PlayStation 3 and Wii launch plans of a number of US publishers in a note to investors yesterday, and not all of the news was positive.
While Wallace noted that software sales were already up by about 3 per cent for the year so far, he warned that the delay of the European release of Sony's system may have a negative impact on some companies' bottom lines this year.
Wallace had expected Sony to ship about 500,000 PS3 systems to Europe by the end of the year, but with the system not expected to be released here until March 2007, he worries about the impact it will have on US publishers. Apart from having 500,000 fewer consumers to sell their games to, publishers may decide to delay games that had been expected this year into 2007 to take advantage of what will be a larger user base.
K-Pop Academy is an upcoming pop star management simulator from the game studio that brought you Tsuki’s Odyssey and Campfire Cat Café.
Salman from Tech4Gamers writes "Mortal Kombat 9 revived the series from a low point after bringing it back to 2D combat. It marked a new high-point for the franchise due to its incredible roster, exciting cinematic story mode, and high-octane combat."
Shaolin Monks is a forgotten gem. I would love to see a new one, or a remake of the old.
That game was actually goated. It was the first time ever that I actually tried to get good at a fighting game. Unfortunately the online connection was so dogshit it made it hard to enjoy and eventually I gave up. Haven't really played much fighting games since.
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.
No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo
I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.
Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.
of course it will affect games.
and probably for this reason some games would be delayed...
This is going to confuse and add fuel to the 1st wave 2nd wave flame wars even more.
Developers like visual concepts are trying to hype their launch games. They have invested millions in ps3 developement and have to fight for a measily 500k install base for sales. Thats why you hear devs talking about how ground breaking their games are. They need the hype to get fight for every sale. Resistance is the same way. 22 gigs of data. Giving niave gamers the impression that its a huge game with next gen gameplay. When in actuality the people who have played it and talked about it...have said its a standard fast and furios FPS. Not as good as previous FPS's. Fear, Unreal, Halo, Half Life, ect. Just a clone with low textures according to hands on discussions. But they try to hype it with the 22 gigs and can't be done on the 360. Watch when the games come out and get reviewed. Then the truth will be known and seen by all. Yes the ps3 will have good games. But they won't be any better than 360 games and Gears of war and Bio Shock will be on a totally different level...with sales and consumer hype.
who would have ever guessed that? not trashing you news bot, keep contributing to the site. just not exactly earth shattering news that delays could cause problems or have effects.