Software totals for the month of April have come in from the NPD Group today, and things are looking bleaker than ever for Sony's next-generation machine. Following a strong month of sales in March, the PS3 faltered slightly in April, with only one title making it into the top 20. The PS3's best-selling game in April was the port of F.E.A.R., with 45,846 units sold.
Other than F.E.A.R., the next best-selling PlayStation 3 titles were Motorstorm and Spider-Man 3: Collector's Edition, which came in at 25 and 26 respectively. The big winner for the month was apparently Nintendo, who had the top two best-selling games overall with Super Paper Mario and Wii Play. The Xbox 360 also had a strong month for software, with Guitar Hero 2 continuing to sell well. PlayStation 2 software also fared well for the month, God of War II and Guitar Hero 2 both retained their sales momentum.
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
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."
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.
Noticed a trend that multiplatform that was released for both xbox360 and Ps2 always go neck in neck in sales.
That means those PS2 fans are probably not planning to go get a 360 or ps3 anytime soon because they are fine with a 'inferior' version. just thought i throw that trend that i noticed in there.
PS2 gamers will have plenty to do while the PS3 improves and comes up with more games:)
But I'll still game on my PS3!
Multiple titles for Wii, 360, and that old warhorse, PS2. PS3 follows a very successful March with an OK April; things could be worse next month, as the only major PS3 titles for May are MLB: The Show (very good) and Pirates and Surf's Up (meh). There are some good titles forthcoming for the PS3 this summer (Lair, for one), as well as the other systems. I think we'll see this mix hold up for a while.
:/ Wish more games would come out already for the xbox 360.
Ive given up on buying lair does not look that good.
Heavenly sword though is looking better than ever.
El Oh El !!!!!
That picture is MAD funny....HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHA
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