I forgot aboot those.
did you read the article? it wasn't even 40% of the console revenue let alone total.
The wii had the largest console revenue, and it wasn't even at 30% of the revenue.
If they do slow support, it would probably be more of a cutback than a complete stop. For smaller games that they don't expect huge sales for they might not find it worth the royalties/development cost.
apple?
I know it's more complicated than that, but if they did support the PS3 less, they aren't going to sit on their hands and not invest anywhere else.
They might increase PC support or put some more money into Wii/DS development. idk what they'd do. I definitely know they wouldn't shrink one investment without investing the money somewhere else.
you pretend like if they stopped developing for sony platforms they wouldn't put the costs used on sony platforms towards something else to make up the revenue.
a business cares about money. HOLD THE PRESSES.
You know who else cares more about the money than you? Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft... You name the publisher, and I guarantee they care more about your money than you.
And I'm sure they've had plenty of closed door meetings to talk about it with them. If you think this is the first time Activision's said this to sony, you're pretty naive.
It doesn't really matter as much as you think. You can't just look at exchange rate because there are other licensing fees, taxes, and tariffs that have to be dealt with when dealing abroad.
Not to mention nobody knows how many more 360's and wiis would sell if activision did drop PS3. If Activision dropped PS3s, there would be very few people ready to buy a PS3 as their only console. It would start to be a secondary console just to play exclusives on. Then think of the impact on...
not most. A couple do, but a lot of them are well outsold.
Red faction's being outsold almost 2:1 on the 360 right now.
UFC undisputed is around 4:3(30%), terminator salvation is outselling around 7:6(16%), Fuel around 3:2 (50%), Chronicles of Riddick around 5:3 (60%), Guitar Hero Metallica around 2:1. Even GTA4 now is around 5:4 (25%).
Not really neck and neck for a lot of them.
It's not their fault there games aren't showing the same returns as other platforms.
"Is the Sony Fan *SO* detached from reality even the CEO of Activision cant tell him something?"
so true...
For those who don't know, revenue barely matters. If the 13% of the revenue they make off the PS3 costs them 40% of their costs, it won't matter.
And anyone who thinks sony doesn't need activision is completely dumb. They're the single largest third party publisher/developer. They control a lot more than the CoD series. They own the right...
you mean besides an actual pet...
ON TOPIC. I like the amount of customization with the pet with the fur manipulation and stuff. Looked very cool.
And ju, the eye uses 3d approximation. It doesn't sense 3d space.
I disagree with this guy. Asheron's Call was released the same year as EQ, and AO had already been in development for almost 4 years when EQ was released.
EQ can be credited a lot for what MMOs are and were, but MMOs and more than likely WoW would still be here with or without EQ.
DS bundles are hot too.
Most of what's shown is from the tech demo. A lot of the stuff being used is probably being reused from Crysis, and isn't designed with console strengths in mind.
I'd wait to see how it looks down the line.
I meant to 2015 as their primary console. Apologies for the poorly worded comment.
It may last till 2015 in a support role like the PS2 to the PS3, but I doubt anybody (even at M$) thinks the 360 can last that long as their primary console.
9/10 of the people who mention the 360 are sony supporters yelling at "360 fans".
The 360 wasn't even mentioned in the first page of comments till mario and zuper brought it up.
When did M$ promise that the 360 would last till 2015? We'd probably have a new xbox already if the economy didn't suck.
No piece of technology won't be outdated after 10 years. When's the last time you saw someone with a first generation ipod? And those still play music just as good as a brand new ipod.
Gametrailers didn't let any games without gameplay footage or a demo in any of the prize nominations except for the "ones to watch" category.
GT5 wasn't in it because it wasn't playable, not because it's worse. Just like Dante's Inferno wasn't in anything except that and why a bunch of FPS's were left out of the best fps category.
MMOs are Activision's biggest earner BY FAR! it's not even a competition.
@"What new IP's? If they have all these new great ideas up their sleeves, where are they? "
singularity is coming later this year. Prototype just came out. Blur is coming later this year.