The latest UK Software charts have been released.
Here's the Top 40.
Title Format Label Publisher
1 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
2 DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
4 MARIO PARTY 8 WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
5 MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 ASSASSIN'S CREED XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
7 NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET PS2 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 SUPER MARIO GALAXY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SING IT! PS2 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS 10 THE SIMPSONS GAME PS2 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
11 COOKING MAMA DS 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
12 BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: WII DEGREE WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 FIFA 08 PS2 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 SIGHT TRAINING DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
15 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
16 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
17 NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
18 THE SIMPSONS GAME DS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
19 HALO 3 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
20 RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS 2 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
21 FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
22 LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
23 UNCHARTED: DRAKE'S FORTUNE PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY
24 VIVA PIÑATA XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
25 NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
26 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 PS2 KONAMI KONAMI
27 KANE & LYNCH: DEAD MEN XB360 EIDOS EIDOS
28 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008 PS2 THQ THQ
29 FIFA 08 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
30 BIG BRAIN ACADEMY DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 FIFA 08 PSP EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
32 RESIDENT EVIL: THE UMBRELLA CHRONICLES WII CAPCOM NINTENDO
33 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 XB360 KONAMI KONAMI
34 ASSASSIN'S CREED PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
35 FIFA 08 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
36 THE GOLDEN COMPASS WII SEGA SEGA
37 DEAL OR NO DEAL DS MINDSCAPE KOCH MEDIA
38 MASS EFFECT XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
39 42 ALL-TIME CLASSICS DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
40 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK XB360 REDOCTANE ACTIVISION
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.
Nameer from eXputer: "Some exceptions aside, I don't think the battle pass is a net positive for gaming with how they're implemented in most live service titles."
I like the way Helldivers 2 does battle passes. It allows you to make purchases on each level of the battle pass and gives you the option of choosing which item to unlock first. The more purchases you make using medals the further you progress. There is no timer and you can earn medals towards purchasing stuff via personal orders and Major orders.
I haven't played much live service games that have battle passes but I remember some games that have battle passes where you progress through it linearly using an exp system. What makes it really bad is that the battle pass will have like 50 or more levels with the cooler stuff being closer to the end. They also have an in-game shop that sells exp boosters so you can reach the end of the pass before it refreshes. Everyone ilse will have to grind their way through.
battle pass in fortnite is perfect; buy one and it buys the rest for every other season as it gives you more money than the first cost. so 8.50 and season ends with you getting 13.00, it pays for the next and you have some pocket change to save up for cash shop. All of which is optional
Sony is taking actions as video by Moore’s Law is Dead, has been issued with a copyright claim.
And people say it's all fake because Sony haven't said anything 😂 conveniently forget the PS4 Pro was only announced 2 months before release.
Digital foundry put a video out saying what he leaked was exactly what they also knew about the PS5 PRO. So no it's not just stuff he made up
Aye because they'd go to the effort of copyright claiming it if it didn't exist 🙃😂 you'd have to be a special kind to be thinking its not a thing by now
U mean the specs that we'll established digital foundry which said these are the actual specs published a video on 2 weeks ago I mean they are only one of most trusted sites for tech information but they just made up a video for the sake of it
I would love for it all to be fake, but lots of people are saying they've seen/heard the same thing. But, man, we 100% don't need mid-gen upgrades when we're failing hard to optimize current hardware.
if I recall Sony lowered sales expectations for PS5 earlier this year. if that is the case we won't hear anything about a Pro until next year or shortly before/when it's dropping. After all, if the Pro was dropping this year/fiscal year they wouldn't have lowered expectations.
As for squashing rumors. Yeah, shit like this prevents potential buyers from adopting now, just like slim rumors in the past. It only makes sense to keep things under wraps from a business perspective. Despite living in a technological age of unfettered access to information we don't need to know whats going on behind closed doors be that at Sony, Nintendo, MS, or amongst any development studios. When the steak is done we shall feast.
By the time games are actually made to take advantage of the pro spec's the ps6 will be released or close to it.
Just announce it already! I want to preorder one asap. But in reality they don’t want to lessen PS5 sales until Pro is ready to launch so I understand the business part of it. September is probably when they announce it with an early November launch like the PS4 Pro
Pro won't lessen sales sames ps4 pro never and the ps4 pro was more relevant at the time cos move to 4k this not needed
Yea, my brother got his PS4 (coz of a good deal) after the PS4 Pro's release.
^^same here. I got a base 4 for only $100 off a guy who bought the Pro. then a few months later I found a guy on craigslist selling a pro for $100 because it was left behind by his former roommate who moved out. That was the beginning of my obsession to buy up the different variants of the PS4 that were released.
As of now I am really only missing the 500m one and the gold slim but otherwise I have pretty much all the other retail ones. https://consolevariations.c...
Anyone with 4K that appreciates 60fps is gonna disagree about it not being needed.
DLSS is a god send for Nvidia, and there's been nothing like it for AMD...yet ...
They will announce it around E3 timeframe about May-June whenever they do a showcase for the year.
I don't think it will pll still haven't seen the potential of ps5 yet
agreed, but it might sell if they announce some 1st party games to lead the way. if people see the difference with the base version they can move on. for my sake I am still gaming mainly on PS4 (still not finished with RDR2 due to lack of gaming time). I have a huge backlog on PS5 I am hoping to get into.
why? game makers havnt even come close to maxing out current spec yet, were getting al lthese new TFlops and game maker are making crappy remakes not worthy of the ps3
People keep saying that, yet we still have games running at near HD resolutions, 30fps, and ray tracing features turned off.
I would take that video and upload a torrent of it, fuck that copyright bullshit. If your going to do something that has a chance of being taken down, make a torrent first share it. Then Sony or any other company is helpless and you can laugh in their faces, taunting them to try to take it down 🤣
As much as the PS4 Pro didn't represent a major % in the playerbase, announcing a 'better' model will hinder sales from the 'base' model. They are right, business-wise.
The PS3 bombs.
My advise to Sony. Make good games about the concepts that are hot right now or that people care about.
People right now like futuristic shooters, zombies, horror, street crime. This games theme was too cheesy in my opinion.
ChartTracks data goes up to the 8th. The Uncharted was released on the 7th.
Give people chance to buy it.
It isn't a big secret that the 360 has the highest games attach rate. It sells more software than the Wii and the PS3 combined.
This website is funny sometimes. The legion of Sony zealots that infest it are always claiming Blu-ray's victory when it comes to disk/software sales.
But they fail to apply the same logic when it comes to disk/software sales for a games console. The defenition of irony if you ask me.
Uncharted was released on Friday the 7th, aswell as Singstar. This chart stops on the 8th. Although the software sales for the PLAYSTATION 3, in my opinion, have been very disappointing it is unfair and criminal to slant off Uncharted and the PLAYSTATION 3 with such a cheap headline.
A person above me said the same thing, yet was disagreed with which gives a suggestion of the people involved with this article. But I suppose with the lack of negativity surrounding Sony's console as of late, desperate measures to try and mock it and dismiss it because of people's insecurities, or abnormal personal hatred for Sony, have resulted in desperately cheap tactics.
Ratchet & Clank bombed and although I don't expect Uncharted to make an impact with sales, we should wait to judge by at least giving it a week instead of 24hours. This is such a stupid submission it is unreal. Mass Effect dropped from 16th last week, to 38th yet Uncharted is considered to have "bombed".
EDIT: To those who are disagreeing, you make me laugh. Honestly.
Usually the games that don't do well are usually the best like for example Okami and Suikoden series. Legendary games but they bombed in the charts.
I am getting this game for Christmas and it looks great even if it fails most charts give a week before they are placed on a top 40.
Or we could ignore the spot for uncharted and laugh at Mass Effect.