How are the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 performing against themselves and each other when compared to previous years? VGChartz shows data representing the global sales through to consumers, and change in sales performance, of each of the three home consoles over comparable periods during 2007, 2008 and 2009. They also show the marketshare for each of the consoles over the same periods.
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Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
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Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.
I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5
Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.
Very interesting stuff right here.
"The 360 continues its trend of improving year on year since launch. The improvement in performance has been reducing over the last few months however and now stands at approximately 20% up year on year for the year to date. The late 2008 price cut continues to have an impact well into 2009."
"The Wii and the PS3 have had a similar performance, in percentage terms, this year. Both started the year roughly flat compared to 2008 but have declined slowly but surely as the year has moved on. It is interesting to note that this is the first year since launch that the Wii has been below 50% market share."
a financial news site, http://247wallst.com/, asked the question, why is microsoft in the devices market anyway?
Here is a quote from the article:
Microsoft’s “appendix”, its devices business, which is dominated by its Xbox products, lost $130 million. Revenue at the division dropped from $1.59 billion to $1.19 billion, which raises the question, once again, of why Microsoft is in the device business at all.
the truth is the xbox is like the $300 million seinfeld ads. While the xbox is selling well, their profit dropped by its marketing expenses (including the money spent on exclusivity etc)
here is another one from ars:
Online services were brutalized, with the operating loss widening to $730 million. That's up from $575 million last quarter, and a 50 percent increase of the loss seen last year. Ads are way down, with the possible exception of Microsoft's own campaign for Bing, and the impact was obvious. Entertainment was down by a quarter in revenue terms, and lost about $130 million, about $100 million worse than last quarter. Console sales were up, but discounts and promotions meant that those Xboxes earned less for Microsoft. In news that will shock no one, the Zune continued to struggle.
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the way it looks if microsoft continues to cut prices, make deals, pay for exclusivity, over market.. they will bleed even more.
Good to see the 360 up year-on-year.But the thing is as long as this recession continues, the sales increases will bottom out and eventually drop.So lets hope this recession comes to and end soon because too many companies have gone under and too many jobs have been lost.
You do realize that the ED division made a profit for the fiscal year right? That would be 2 years in a row. It will only go up from here.
So according to this information, the PS3 did better the first half of this year than the 360 did the first half of last year. I don't recall there being any "360 is failing" articles, so can we please cut it out the with "PS3 is failing" articles now? Thanks.