More people would probably buy new IP's if 1) Devs/publishers bothered doing good advertising and 2) if CoD didn't exist, 'cause all the mindless drones keep buying it every year and it overshadows everything.

Still waiting on Mirror's Edge 2.

Mirrors Edge 2 Game Informer's unexpected cover story? I can only hope.

Must have more new IPs

and sequels to old games from like PS1 and PS2 for example

I love new IPs.

who doesnt love new games, you'd have to hate gaming otherwise.

The majority of people reading this article- and most of the people here on n4g- are up to taking on new IPs. It's true that there are probably a couple of one-trick ponies hiding in the herd, but I think most of us can do more than gallop at full speed.

The trick is to get the people that aren't as dedicated to gaming as we are to play new stuff. It requires the ability to find games that might interest, say, a CoD-only player, while being neither too much LIKE CoD, nor too different. It would be hard, for example, to get somebody who only plays shooters to understand the beauty that is Flower.

After they've branched off and tried a few things outside their comfort zone- and assuming they liked what they saw- they'd then start to explore gaming on their own, and give a title like Professor Layton a chance. Once it becomes apparent to them that great gaming experiences exist outside of the norm, they'll be more likely to take a shot on a new IP. And that, in turn, will increase the popularity of less popular stuff, like Catherine.

It's a long, tough row to hoe, but given that the end result is an improved gaming industry, I think it's worth it.

some people like OLD school gaming and dont like FPS and mmo's MAYBE thats why all the complaint here now.

I'm always open to new ips so as my fellow hardcore gamers but with the tremendous take over of casual players really good AAA Ips have the risk of being looked over , (or not made) but thats not solely the case Dead Island (while not perfect) got turned into a franchise over night The reason? Well easy, the game simply looked good and wasn't over hyped it was somewhat under hyped, it turned out to be a surprisingly good game based off a familiar elements to make a fun and addicting game and original. But 20 years ago new Ips was the thing to do. 20 years later Money got in the way of brilliant thinking.

This is why I love the Vita's launch lineup. A lot of new ip's i can't wait to try especially gravity rush.

i dont know about anyone else but im always looking foward to new ips, or any new game

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau