well not entirely. so the ps3 sales actually increased during that time but games like socom 4 and motorstorm apocalypse definitely suffered from this heavily. thats why you see the 3d bundle with motorstorm since it did not sell nearly as well as the previous two ps3 verisions even though it got good reviews.
i was at first thinking its competely ridiculous that all of those games woudlnt outsell geow3 but maybe its not as crazy as it sounds. gears has 1.3 mill preorders and the ign guy said it will sell 2.5 mill first month. gears 2 sold about 2 mill first month in us.
So 2.5 mill is not a bad guess especially given the strong preorder numbers. uncharted 2 sold about 700k so a 1 million for uncharted 3 is definitely possible. resistance 2 sold 400 k so maybe 500k for resistance ...
the title refers to a bet between ign members where one argues that gears of war 3 first month US only sales will outsell first month us only sales of uncharted 3, resistance 3, socom 4, playstation move heroes, motorstorm apocaypse and thats it i believe.
i think uncharted golden abyss will be the key launch title but i also think sounds shape will be the surprise hit of any vita launch title given its extremely positive response at e3. it could be the lumines of psp launch
they definitely focus on very niche games which is good for diversity in the gaming market. you could also argue that they are smarter than they are brave. there are definitely hardcore jrpg fans in america, albeit small but they are definitely more likely to buy more games and other associated accessories like guides compared to other gaming demographics.
by being one of the few publishers that focus on this specific group, xseeds taps into a small but extremely steady amo...
This is the list of unannounced ps3 games by first and 2nd party studiosfrom what i gathered
Quantic dreams - 2 ps3 games funded by sony, one trademarked as infraworld recently and the other as fiv5. cage (founder of qd) has stated that there would be no sequel to heavy rain so we know these are new ips
Superbot entertainment
Just listed above to be working on ps3 exclusive that is combat heavy
SCe london is working on a large AAA ch...
level 5 was the primary developer for the two ps3 games and the psp verision was done by matrix software, a third party dev. bleach soul resurccion was done by a company called eighting (develops bleach psp games). demon souls was done by from software. they havent really done any full fledge ps3 title because of the bigger psp importance in japan which shifts their attention there. during the early days of the ps3, sce japan made quite a bit of titles although most of them were psn games li...
scej (japenese playstation division) doesnt buy studios based on their past actions. Theres two developers in japan owned by sony, sce japan studio and polphony digital. now sce japan studio includes team ico (ico, sotc, and last guardian) and team siren (siren devs that are working on gravity daze) along with other teams that are not credited in the games.
I think i read once japan studios has like 400 employees. Both these studios were founded by sony and since then no jp ...
this is just the american owned developers for sony. guerilla games is owned by sony but it is based in europe along with media molecule,etc
how much do you think sony bought them for? im thinking 40 million maybe
that was a pretty insulting article. i would think a big gaming site like kotaku would have a little class and at least report the facts without any ridicule.
so a price drop is extremely possible now probably at gamescom. does anyone think sony should have a vita/ps3 bundle. if the ps3 drops in price its probably $50 so 250 for the ps3 and 250 for the vita. they could take a slight loss here so the ps3/vita compatibility takes off. good idea or not?
great news. i think the rumor is sucker punch is making a new ip, hopefully we'll see this gen.
wow if true thats way sooner than everyone thought. i was thinking november the earliest but if europe is getting in 2011 then japan and na will definitely get it in 2011
Anyone think a price cut is coming? Not due to this news but based on current bundles. Sony already offered a ps3 bundle with cod bo for $300 so that means they might have a $50 price cut for a standalone model with a bigger hd.
Is it two separate ps3 projects or just two separate jobs for the same project in the last paragraph?
"On top of the canceled games, Johnson’s profile reveals – rather unsurprisingly – that Santa Monica are working on unannounced PS3 projects:
(unannounced title) – PS3 – Sound Designer
(unannounced title) – PS3 – additional sound design"
I think the rumor is already going on that gow4 is in the works and i definitely saw a j...
This article does have valid points but it so clearly biased that it does offer any counter arguments or give the entire picture. The article mentions how iphone is taking gamers away from the consoles. Not entirely true. These people are the ones who probably never played console gaming or very little of it. These people are not the key demographic that console particularly attract.
Yes recent hardware sales have been down compared to past years during these times of mont...
only disgaea 1&2 were ported to psp so 3 would be the next logical one
i think their most famous western game was steambot chronicles for ps2. they made a psp spinoff later and a ps3 sequel was planned but canceled. the site also says they are making a 3ds game so its likely they are not closing down anytime soon. i think maybe the cost of keeping up the home spaces and the games were too much so they decided to cut them.
The steambot chroncile creator there left recently and made his own company called granzella, which is making a smarphone ga...
does anyone know if dontnod entertainment game is still funded by sony. this article said there were rumors that it might not be anymore?