These guys are a USED retailer. They don't make $hit on new HW or SW. Their money is made through used games and systems. Any data on used attach rate would be necessary to make any comment on 'revenue' IMO.
Totally agree. If it's pulled off as well as Lego Star Wars, then keep them coming. My gf, mom, little brother and sister all love these games.
Just like releasing a console a year earlier than the competition, it has its pros and cons. They stuffed the shelves last year to make their numbers better, which made them look good last year and VERY bad this year, it has its pros and cons. And right now the bad side is showing their head.
If I owned a company and saw that PS3's weren't selling, but that 360's were I would order 2 shipments of PS3's and one of 360's...
Wait... why in the world why I ever do that?
Are you even a developer? The best 'high level' languages are C# and Java IMO. Any language where you have to allocate memory and de-allocate for even basic objects is not 'the best High Level Language there is'.
Gameplay looks so sick. I'm gonna install and replay Jedi Outcast again this weekend for my fix...
I thought GTA3 was too big once you got to the third island, and I got bored. VC I couldn't put down and felt it had the perfect blend of size, missions, and other stuff to do. After completing the first 1/3 of SA I was bored. It was too big, I was sick of doing stupid stuff like eating and weight lifting. Hopefully they go back to something closer to VC in scope.
Game for game COD4 is AT LEAST on par w/ Bioshock. Great multiplayer, good (short) single player vs Great single player, lacking in multiplayer.
But my hat has to go to COD4 because they made this GREAT game on not one, not two, but three systems, all looking equally good, and most importantly all playing equally well. The devs should be rewarded for putting out such a stellar game for multiple systems.
They would have made it more like DMC1, where there was actual skill in doing the combos. 2,3 & now 4 are all the same button mashers. It was REALLY hard in 1, if you played on hard and tried to pull off some of those crazy combos.
As good and as fun as GTA4 will be, I am going to wait for a while before purchasing, just like all the other GTA's. If it gets more comparisons to VC than SA, maybe I'll pick it up sooner, but I didn't like SA really at all and will wait to pick this up. I still need to finish Gears, Bioshock, Mass Effect, COD4, AC, UT3 and keep plugging away at Oblivion. Should keep me busy until MGS.
How are returned boxes handled through the store? Say I buy an Elite and a year later it dies, but because I bought the 2 yr plan I just go to Best Buy and get a new one. What happens to that box I brought to Best Buy? Is it refurbed in house? Is it sent to M$ to be fixed? What does M$ do with these? Do they count the one I took off the shelves as 'sold' and the one I brought back as 'sold'? I've been looking at these numbers for a while and no one will tell me how these are actually c...
Go there for all your free DL needs. Worried about copyright? Well, these are all LIVE tracks recorded by users like you. Permission is given to the recorders to be distributed for free. I haven't bought a CD that wasn't directly from the band for years. Any other music I DL for free from archive.org.
Note that most bands that allow this sort of thing are making most of their money on live shows, not CD's, and allow the recorder to set up their equipment to get a good sound....
I'm in the US and I don't see HVB anymore for DL. I can see the demos and the add ons, but the game itself isn't on the store anymore. It would be a shame if they stopped supporting this game because it is awesome.
As a side note, just DL everyday shooter and my gf says she wants to trip and watch me play it. lol.
Very well thought out +bubbles for you sir.
Seriously, don't go there... Halo 3, while it is a good game, is basically Halo 2 w/ a new coat of paint and what were the avg scores? How many copies did it sell? Not saying I don't like it, because I do, but devs do this all the time.
But neither one of these 'sales' would be reported in their gaming division... so your point is...?
Exactly what I was thinking. 2 controllers for 2 single player games. hmmm.... go figure.
But on average, meaning they can triple or quadruple in one or two months (MGS, GT, FF13) and be neck in neck all the others and easily catch up.
If the 360 sells 8 Mil consoles and the PS3 can sell the same amount as last year, but also get a boost from the aforementioned games then it is very possible to avg twice as many over the course of the year.
You're really missing out on some good games then. Have you tried any of the arcade games on the PSN? HVB, Everyday Shooter, Super Stardust HD, Super Puzzle Fighter... Not to mention the plethora of regular games to play and you say you got more enjoyment out of this in a half hour? I'll just assume you don't even own a PS3.
It has been my most anticipated game since I bought my PS3, Dec 2006...