Next-Gen BIZ features an in-depth analysis of September's US NPD figures by Matt Matthews. The 4-page analysis is organized into these sections:
* Recap of August hardware and software sales
* Analysis of September hardware sales for consoles and handhelds, and the LTD (launch-to-date) sales curve
* Analysis of September software sales for Halo 3, Madden NFL 08, Wii Play, The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass, Heavenly Sword, BioShock, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
* What it means for Microsoft, in terms of Halo 3 sales
* What it means for Nintendo, in terms of software sales and Wii supply
* What it means for Sony, in terms of PSP and PS3 sales
* Total industry sales and projection for the year end
* October sales outlook
"If you're not directly working on the game, go away" - former Retro world artist, Nate Purkeypile
Then there is Microsoft's approach which is just to piss in the wind and 95% of their stuff turns out bad. Developers might like that personally but you'll be out of a job quicker than you know it through badly shipped products.
First party Nintendo titles are held to a specific standard for a reason. It could be argued that both Sony and MS could benefit from doing the same, but you are right with MS nonchalant approach and "it scored well internally" and then putting out something like Redfall. Even Halo, MS' flagship series, wasn't overseen with the fine tooth comb to ensure it was top notch quality.
Nintendo first party games are very rarely duds, let alone non functional ones. You don't get that without a little (or a lot) of micromanaging. Is it annoying? No doubt. Their track record speaks for itself though and you can't deny that.
I think there is good evidence for both sides of that argument, really.
Japan Studio didn't have much oversight and that studio produced pure magic. Financially, it wasn't a cash cow studio, but I sense that anyone who played their games really felt the care and passion for their creation at work. Media Molecule is another one. I personally feel that Sony and Microsoft micromanagement tends to be overly negative. It might work for Nintendo because they're big on making a fun and engaging game first and entice people that way.
Sony as of late and Microsoft for at least two generations now, when they get into the micromanagement, it seems like a profoundly anxious experience.
i dunno if i agree with that.
i think some leeway is necessary to achieve atleast some sort of spectacle.
A new Halo 3 mod turns the iconic Master Chief into a Pokémon % Master as functional Pokeballs come to the game.
That is very impressive to skip the article here is the direct link to the video
https://x.com/GashnorOffici...
Full animiation then a code change to make the target that comes out of the ball to be in the same class unsc not a easy thing to do.
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Like I am saying for some time already:
"Finally, we face the elephant in the room: the PlayStation 3. Prior to its June price adjustments, Sony was moving 20,000 systems per week. The June price adjustments doubled sales initially and we assumed that they would level out near 30,000 systems per week, but instead have dropped dangerously close to 20,000 systems per week again.
Sony's response has been to adjust prices down again. They now offer a $500 80Gb model and a $400 40Gb model which lacks PlayStation 2 backward compatibility and a few extras ports. Anecdotally, the October price drop for the 80Gb model appears to have been less well planned than its June introduction, as fliers the week after the announced drop to $500 still reflected the higher $600 price.
The real problem for Sony and its PlayStation 3 is that the clock is running out. With each passing month, more and more owners of the 40 million PlayStation 2 systems sold in the United States are making a choice of a new videogame system. Judging from the sales numbers, many of those people are either choosing the Nintendo Wii or the Xbox 360. Each of those buyers is significantly less likely to purchase a PlayStation 3 once they've purchased a competitor's machine, especially as long as the PlayStation 3 remains at its current price.
Certainly the software picture could brighten Sony's fortunes in 2008, but one senses that it may be too little and too late."
See what the price cut of July did? Short peak in sales. The current price cut? Same story. Even though Ratchet will do good, Uncharted is an unknown IP, it will mostly sell games to those that own a PS3 mostly and will not shift that many PS3 units.
The best-selling PSP games add up to maybe 1% of the installed base??!!
What's going on?
Are people buying the PSP as a media player?
Why buy a portable gaming box but no games?
Odd...
Teh Wii iz a fad.
LMAO, it keeps increasing almost every damn month. I wanna see the numbers in November when Galaxy comes out.
Good numbers for Halo 3 and 360 too, this is going to keep the 360 more closer to the leader in the next months.
Halo 3 launched. That's about it.
LMFAO!!!! did u see that chart?!? PS3 has gotten OWND every single month for this entire year! in july it ALMOST cought up with the 100$ price drop but nope. LMFAO. eat that nasim!
how do u even dissagree with that? look at the pic!
http://n4g.com/industrynews...