Global numbers for October 25th
Global Hardware Numbers: NA - EU - JP - Weekly Total - WW Total
PS4 - 108,677 - 135,197 - 8,478 - 301,449 - 12,405,876
3DS - 48,606 - 62,560 - 98,318 - 223,460 - 45,728,570
XOne - 71,907 - 38,642 - 904 - 138,810 - 6,224,626
WiiU - 26,026 - 17,783 - 3,847 - 51,442 - 7,247,536
PS3 - 11,437 - 23,604 - 4,975 - 50,696 - 83,617,004
X360 - 21,097 - 11,149 - 89 - 37,776 - 83,391,639
PSV - 2,572 - 7,050 - 12,848 - 26,782 - 9,009,244
Wii - 4,109 - 4,617 - 69 - 9,860 - 100,835,944
All available May 5.
Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.
Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.
Makes you think…
I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.
It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.
I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.
I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).
From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.
But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.
Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!
Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.
I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.
Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.
Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
Well, it's practically a year since each console launched, and it's fair to say that the sales trend is now being firmly established regarding both next gen consoles.
It's also the big Christmas holiday season, with soo many awesome games and not enough money to go round. It's show time for both consoles - Microsoft kicking it off with Halo:MCC and a temporary XboxOne price cut; Sony counter attacking with GTA V bundle, LB3 bundle, and the Playstation Experience Event.
Even with the Xbox One price Cut and with Halo:MCC, I'm not convinced that Microsoft will "win" the holiday season. They might break even with PS4 sales, but I doubt they will outsell Sony.
Well, whatever side of the 'war' you prefer to play your games, it's going to be one of the most fun holiday seasons for gamers.
PS4: It's just clobbering everyone in EU. You can add the sales of all the other consoles together (+160k) and the PS4 would still be close. That's insane, and the reason why the PS4 has all but won this generation. There's no other console making this kind of headroom in EU, and the return of the PS2 is a real thing in EU at least.
3DS: Numbers for the 3DS are going to be high for the remainder of the year. Smash was released, the New 3DS was released in JP, the 2DS went on sale for $79 recently (Nov.), and Pokemon is on the way. The handheld is set for a great holiday.
XBO: The console has made a comeback, and is no longer in a 3 way competition with the Wii U and PS3, which is good news for MS and the XBO. It's doing ok in EU, but the US is it's true battleground, and I'm really looking forward to NPD for November to see if the $50 price drop and game bundles will finally help the XBO win NPD for the holidays.
Wii U: Sales got little bump thanks to Bayonetta 2 Western release, but sales are still on the lower end, and IMO Nintendo were the ones who needed the price drop this holiday as well (but more than likely they're waiting for Smash, then have a price drop early next year).
PS3: Keep on coasting along.
360: Keep on sailing along.
PSV: Once again I don't know if PSTV sales are included in this, but if they are it's a wrap for Vita in NA. EU gets PSTV later in November, and considering the PS4 is crushing things over there, there's a slight chance PSTV could have an impact there, but if not it's a wrap for Sony's dedicated handheld division for the foreseeable future, while they focus on Smart-phones and Tablets. The only saving grace left is a PS4 + PSTV bundle for the holidays with 6 games that show crossbuy / crossplay off well (Don't Starve, Escape Plan, Fez, Flower, Hotline Miami, Unfinished Swan) for $479.
Wii: ...
Bayonetta: It's good to see that Bayonetta did ok in NA, but it's unfortunate that the game as a whole isn't going to do well. All the great reviews, all the hype, and all the boasting of it being a Nintendo exclusive, yet once again Nintendo fans proved that they don't care about Mature games / 3rd party games. All they want are Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, etc..., and it's good to see that Nintendo and some 3rd parties have realized that and are now doing collaborative efforts to make unique spin-offs of Nintendo IP's as 3rd party exclusives rather than wasting their time and money with established 3rd party ports and exclusives.
People need to be aware that for some odd reason VGC decided to reduce the PS4 numbers by 200k this week It WAS 12.3m last week, they sold 300k this week, but it's only gone up to 12.4m. Now add that to the fact they still haven't fully adjusted for Sony's official announcement of 10 million sold, to the sum of 200k - 250k undertracked, and we have the REAL number of around 12.8m - 12.9m PS4s sold. With Black Friday looming, I'm expecting Sony to announce 15m PS4s sold at the December Playstation event.
It's going to be interesting to see, now this has been posted on N4Gs, whether they adjust the figures on VGC. It's just something I've been keeping my eye on for a while.
man if PS4 outsells the xbox one in america in NOVEMBER,i will truly feel a bit sorry(just a bit)for all you xbox fans lol xbox one has all the tools it needs to outsell the PS4 this november and it it dosent meet that goal that has to be a new record for failure.
-$50 price cut across all SKU's
-other great deals such as trade in PS360 and get it for $250
-halo MCC
-sunset overdrive
-COD AW themed xbox one 1 TB bundle
-assasins creed unity bundle
-$50 pricecut/cod/halo/assassins creed marketing
And if it does outsell PS4 in November what then? PS4 is going to go back to outselling it. xbox one will be dry until sept of next year,with only fable legends coming out early 2015 and it dosent even have a release date,meanwhile we will have bloodborne,the order 1886,the tomorow children, rachet and clank,mlb the show early next year.
if xbox one dosent outsell the PS4 this november its pretty dam official the PS4 is the PS2's succesor. im so glad playstation is leading this console gen, it means great things for us playstation fans, i did not like last gen as much as PS2 gen.
Wow. The first Xbox One game that made the list is all the way down at #23....