Quarterly revenues down 25% for Finnish giant; Sony Ericsson handset sales down 43%
Two of the biggest mobile phone firms foolish enough not to have invented the iPhone have delivered very bad news this morning, with both Nokia and Sony Ericsson suffering declines in sales and revenues.
Nokia has posted revenues of 9.9 billion Euros for Q2'09, down 25 per cent year-on-year, but up seven per cent from Q1. The company has also cut its H2'09 operating profit margin forecast for its handset unit to 11.3 per cent from 13-19 per cent previously.
Dark and Light Mobile, the highly anticipated survival game by Snail Games, has released its open beta today on April 18, 2024. The beta test is available for Android and iOS devices in the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
Farlight 84 will get the V2.2 update, and the test servers for the next versions are up and running. This update will bring multiple good changes and new features to the game. One such new thing is that the game is revamping the Battle Pass.
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.
I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.
It's pretty ridiculous.
Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.
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.
crikt. they have phone plans for 35 bucks a month!!!
how is this video games related?
gee i wonder why nokia's sales revenue has decreased over the past few weeks. nokia selling the islamic republic regime of iran software and devices to track down signals of cell phones to find and capture innocent iranian civilians trying to let their voices be heard. shame on you nokia and serves u right
Ericssons have always been crap, Nokias on the other hand have always been making good phones, they're just lacking a revolutionary OS like Andriod.
Nokia+Andriod FTW.
My next phone is going to be a Nokia. The N97.
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