The American figures are not in yet so we can turn our eye to the European and Other (Oceanic Region) hardware figures. According to the infamous VGChartz, the only source for hardware figures outside that of North America - all consoles had a significant drop in sales in comparison to last week's holiday period, some as much by 50%. However, the console wars ensues with the PlayStation 3 on the heels of Nintendo's best selling Wii although most likely due to supply constraints. The PS2, and PSP are still strong however many will be surprised at Microsoft's numbers. No guesses as to which handheld dismissed the rest of the pack.
This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
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" -
nice to see Europeans (and worldwide) still buying PS3 console.
UK is still the one PS3 has to beat. They should be able to crack it by August. Then Sony have PS3 dominating Europe.
DS: -44%
Wii: -39%
PS3: -32%
PS2: -26%
PSP: -34%
360: -34%
Ps3 7,439,788 1 Year
Xbox 360 10,194,334 2 Years.
Hardware Sales, 29th Dec 2007
Japan America Others Total
DS n/a 443,046 460,913 903,95 9
Wii n/a 325,762 284,155 609,9 17
PS3 n/a 143,771 246,814 390,5 85
PSP n/a 150,238 184,693 334,9 31
360 n/a 188,145 142,155 330,3 00
I'm lovin' my shiny new PS3...game on and Happy New Year...