EA subscribes to NPD reports which has retail sold sales data for consoles as they come directly from retailers.. VGChartz explained their methodology before - they simply call a few retail locations and guesstimate what it may have sold across the country.
I think the emphasis on having RPG elements allowing for customization and upgrades on your bike personalizing etc. has real potential as a hook a la axe in god of war or pip boy in fallout, etc.
Sonys been pretty smart on timing these releases for the most part. With red dead coming out later this yr pushing it to early next yr will give it a better chance of success.. of course release window is only one factor as it really falls on Bend to deliver a quality game.
They are jumping the gun here a bit. If it completely falls off the npd this month then I wouldn't call it a success.
I think microsofts typical pattern has been near the end of their console cycle they start holding their first party releases back to try to launch heavy on the next gen console vs sonys approach has been to just release games as they become ready.
How come they don't report on the base Xbox one's resolution any more like the X is all there is.. I mean the base is what the vast majority of Xbox owners own as well as the base PS4 and what attributes for a decent chunk of sales...
Lightning Well I think you kinda missed the point of the demo afterwards you see that you only made a fraction of the choices available - gives you some perspective and chance to try different chocies
Obsecure not following ur logic either - if it sold less month over month from last yr but hardware spending increased how is that a success?
Higher Consumer spending does not equate to increased profits as the hardware cost to manufacturer is more.. so the profit margin would remain relatively flat but less quantity was sold. Not quite sure where/how u r defining success
sd not following ur logic it could have sold worse quantity wise month over month but dollar spending is higher because of the huge price point difference
Of course Xbox hardware spending increased due to the Xbox one X vs Xbox one base/s it's price difference is almost doubled.
So they could effectively have sold less units than last yr and still have a spending increase.
Wasn't this guy known as the troll of Neogaf?
Your quite wrong. You get what you pay for - Microsoft is basically giving away their games because they know they are half baked games with plans to sell dlc down the road.
Your going to see similar theme with crackdown like Sea of thieves
No marketing or advertisement deal with Microsoft per randy pitchford.
Yep Starfield will be revealed for sure.
While quantic is not a first party studio they are a 2nd party studio. I think the biggest thing going for this game is it's underhyped at the moment and in a position to blow everyone away if they can deliver successfully.
Here is Shu complementing msft for making onto Rolling stone a few months back:
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I agree with the sentiment that if there was a game worthy of praise Shu would say something like he did for breath of the wild.
Lol at the title...wtf. Xbox is the best console if u don't care about such things like video games?
"Babysitting is not fun, stop putting it in video games"
Uhh who the f are you to pretend to speak on behalf of the community? No one thinks GOW is a baby sitting sim just look at the 94 meta critic score across 80 outlets.
Xpear if your on chapter 6 you must have gotten into the kingdom building and battlefield skirmishes didn't u find these change ups interesting? It certinaly has keep my interest level high giving me a change of pace when the same old encounters start getting repetitive.
Agree a big difference. Seems like journal entires with small texts are an age old issue...If I recall correctly, devs had an interesting way of handling the first Ni No kuni's journal entires small text by giving a magnifying glass you can move around to enlarge.