
VGChartz has posted their NPD preview for February 2009.
Update:
The Official NPD Numbers are due next week, March 12nd. @ 6:30 PM EST

New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.

It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.

The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
From the begining I thought Killzone 2 timing was extremely weird. Dividing its hype into two months sounds ludicrous since they'd have only 2 days for February (where GTA TLATD helped the Xbox 360) and in March, they'd have to deal with Halo Wars, Star Ocean and the (recently announced) Resident Evil 5 Xbox edition.
vgchartz... lol
and quality for gamers at least is more important than some numbers. Sales for K2 will be decent to say the least.
make a decision based on what "sounds" good.;)
the truth will come out soon non-believers !
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We did it !
We kicked their alien butts !