Following the thoroughly impressive August results from The NPD Group, Microsoft was the first of the big three console manufacturers to chime in on its performance for the month.
The main highlights were outlined by Microsoft as follows:
# Xbox 360 unit sales are up 63 percent, versus an 18 percent decline for PS3 and 5 percent decline for Wii month over month
# Xbox 360 outsells PS3 more than 2:1
# Xbox 360 software sales are more than PS3 and Wii software sales combined
# Madden NFL '08 on Xbox 360 outsold all other versions of the title, including the PS2 by more than 250,000 units, and PS3 by more than 560,000
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The fourth game in the ‘BioShock’ series has been in development for more than a decade
Bioshock is one of my favourites franchises. I love all 3 games and have played each several times. I even have a room in my house that is loosely decorated around the theme of Bioshock (with a Lighthouse, coral models and postcards styled as though they are from both Rapture and Columbus).
And yet I am going to find it extremely difficult to get even remotely excited about any future episode in the series after all the problems this has had in its development cycle.
Leave the franchise alone. Remaster them again if you have to. Then put whatever talent you have to use on something brand new.
Since ken levine isn't involved i'm not surprised what's going on. i'm more excited for his next game which looks like bioshock. Yet he still works under take2 and they are making bioshock 4 without him, strange situation.
Yes. Judas. Looks brilliant, but it's one of those games that seems to never have had a release date. Instead it's had release windows that keep getting pushed back.
Once it's ready, I'll be there for it though. Ken Levine is an excellent developer.
I get the feeling he dissolved Irrational Games simply so that 2k couldn't tell him what to do. It seems it will pay off, but I feel sorry for those who worked as part of Irrational before it was dissolved, who hadn't independently made a name for themselves.
"Remaster them again if you have to"
Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled
It sucks this game is in development hell because I love BioShock and would love a 4th game. I hope it turns out great, but I guess we'll see.
It's been in development hell since 2014. This is nothing new. It saddens me because it's one of my favorite series. At this point, Judas may end up releasing first.
Bioshock 4 (if it ever comes out) will probably still look and play like a Bioshock game, but without Kevin, it might miss that spark that made the originals so special. Honestly, Judas might end up feeling more like the real spiritual successor.
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Console Creatures writes, "The BioShock film at Netflix is still happening but with a reduced budget."
Remember there past attempts at game based show's i do heck i still remember that teenage resident evil trash fire.
It's 10 years too late for a BioShock film. The world of Rapture would have been perfect for a film. It's actually a good candidate for proper utilization of 3D, for increased depth rather than bullshit popping out of the screen. It could really show off the underwater city that way. But BioShock as a brand is so irrelevant these days that a film just doesn't make sense. Especially considering it would need a big budget and top notch effects to really take advantage of the IP.
i agree on the bigger budget. all the cgi they'd need for the background.
but i think it would work better as a show. a movie would be too short to establish the story
Netflix greenlights anything, so that shows me very little faith in the project. Enough to just crap something out as they're, more and more, known to do.
its where b movies go to live, its run by democrats , dont expect anything good from netflix
I'll laugh if it turns out to be better then the Borderlands movie
Ouch... Yeah.. kick'm while they are still down!
In addition, the company proudly stated that it maintained the Xbox 360's launch price point "for longer than any other console in videogame history holding the record at 21 months." The previous record was held by PS2 at 19 months.
They are boasting about ripping you off for longer even!
What is amazing to me and beautiful for 3rd party developers, is that regardless of who's numbers you believe in regards to total console sales....VG charts, NPD, Nextgenwars, ect.....THe fact remains that the 360 has sold more games than the Wii and the Ps3 combined....Think about that folks....let that sink in....
360 3rd party games consistantly sell more copies on the xbox 360 than the PC, ps3, ps2, and Wii.....
What do you think that tells developers? LOL.......
Thats why the 360 gets the most exclusives and the superior 3rd party games....Its simple math....
So we can debate of total console sales all day long....What we can't debate is which console has the best games and sells the most games....Its not even a debate...its a land slide in the 360's favor clearly. WOW
And Halo 3 will doubtless rake in some buys for the 360. Not to mention the best-selling game of the month (if not year).
Still, the Wii is looming over the 360 like a tidal wave. The 360's strategy is good, but MS will have a very difficult time holding off Nintendo this holiday season. We'll have to see.
@Below:
Huh? Your comment doesn't make any sense. You contradict yourself and then "Nintendo as a weapon" seems like babbling.
What I THINK you were trying to say is that the Wii isn't a next-gen console in that it doesn't compete with the 360. The way I see it, for every consumer that says "Will I buy a Wii or a 360?" the two are in the same market. Saying they're not competing- while done frequently nowadays- is complete BS.
they brag about not dropping the price the longest? wow what an awesome record MS! 'makes fart noise'
wish the premium was at 300