Sony is looking good man.

Insiders coming with sources that Playstation will rise.

Can't give you the source because freaking Neogaf crash like usual during E3.

Serpico

4285 Posts

June 10 2013 16:18 GMT

#1909

On June 11 2013 01:18 FakeDeath wrote:
Sony is looking good man.

Insiders coming with sources that Playstation will rise.

Can't give you the source because freaking Neogaf crash like usual during E3.

well, CBOAT was right about world of tanks so far. Also Keighley said XBONE launches in novemvber

Elwar

953 Posts

June 10 2013 16:21 GMT

#1910

A CG trailer for Kinect Sports....just why. I mean I get that they hope Kinect v2 can revitalise casual sales, but why make a CG trailer for a game that no one cares about the graphics to begin with :S

FakeDeath

Malaysia6060 Posts

June 10 2013 16:22 GMT

#1911

On June 11 2013 01:18 Serpico wrote:

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well, CBOAT was right about world of tanks so far. Also Keighley said XBONE launches in novemvber

CBOAT is right man.
That guy has a crazy good record about these type of stuff.
Some sick insider.

Based on his sources, the DRM issues is much worse than we actually thought.
Also, Microsoft buyed out the third party publisher to not mention PS4 games.

Kronen

United States732 Posts

June 10 2013 16:23 GMT

#1912

Any good commentary streams expected to go up? these gamespot talking heads just feel entirely too pre-purchased.

s3rp

Germany3192 Posts

June 10 2013 16:27 GMT

#1913

On June 11 2013 01:23 Kronen wrote:
Any good commentary streams expected to go up? these gamespot talking heads just feel entirely too pre-purchased.

There's a gamestation youtube livestream with a few people going on . ( Jesse Cox , Dogder to name a few )

, qualify of it i don't know.

Kronen

United States732 Posts

June 10 2013 16:30 GMT

#1914

On June 11 2013 01:27 s3rp wrote:

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There's a gamestation youtube livestream with a few people going on . ( Jesse Cox , Dogder to name a few )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyuM6rDFy3Q , qualify of it i don't know.

that will suit nicely! wish it had TB, oh well.

TheRabidDeer

United States3806 Posts

June 10 2013 16:36 GMT

#1915

On June 10 2013 19:13 LeaD wrote:

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On June 10 2013 06:07 Millitron wrote:

On June 10 2013 05:53 BlueBird. wrote:

On June 10 2013 05:10 Millitron wrote:

On June 10 2013 05:04 Catch]22 wrote:
Well, if used games are important to you, you aren't a big revenue source for Microsoft. And if you never buy used games you dont care, so they don't really risk a lot by making it difficult for you.

Surely people who buy used games also buy some new games as well. Turning them away is a bad idea, especially when as we've seen, they're going after the motion-sensing crowd. So they sell a copy of Xbox Fit or Xbox Bowling to everyone, and then never sell anything else again, just like what happened with the Wii. Only the Xbox One will cost way more than the Wii did, so it won't even sell that many of those.

They're driving away the audience that buys lots of games for years so they can get the audience that buys a single motion sensing gimmick game. It's a huge mistake, and I can't believe they're doing it, considering Nintendo did basically the same thing last generation, and ended up reporting their first quarterly loss over it.

The original Wii crushed Xbox 360 and PS3 when you talk about console numbers, it really wasn't even close, so that's why their doing it, it's hard to argue with the numbers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(seventh_generation)#Comparison) .

Microsoft wants a piece of that pie

The problem with Nintendo numbers is the Wii U was not good enough, I don't know who decided to release the Wii U as is, but it was obviously a misstep, they tried to reach back out to core video game players somewhat with it, and they failed doing so, and the casual wii users did not see enough there to justify buying a new system.'

The xboxone kinect is a large enough leap, it should attract people to it, just not sure how many, and I agree, the price point is really important.

Yes, the Wii sold lots and lots of consoles, but aside from selling Wii Fit's to old people, it sold basically no games. Nintendo DID report their first quarterly loss after the Wii, that's indisputable.

What are you talking about? Mario Kart wii sold over 30 million copies, that's the second highest selling game ever, then there's the Mario Galaxy games, which are sitting around 16-17 million sold, New Super Mario Bros at 26.92 million, Zelda at around 4-5 million..the list goes on. I could find others if you like, but the Wii made way more profit than Xbox or PS3 did in selling games and as a console. Nintendo reported it's first quarterly loss because

A) They were in development of a new console, RND is pretty expensive and the company is prepared for these losses
B) The biggest reason is do to the yen depreciation and
C) The 3DS wasn't doing too well at the time either, now it's booming.
Probably other reasons too that someone with a better business acumen could go into.

People keep harping about the Wii U "failing", but in reality it's sold just as well if not better than the PS3 and Xbox360 did in their first year and people are a lot more conscious of their wallet with the recession nowadays than they were in 2005/2006. The Wii U is perfectly fine, it's actually innovative and has a lot more power than current generation systems, even though ignorant people tell you otherwise. I could make a huge post about the specs and how they work, but I rather not do that unless someone specifically asks, plus there is plenty of data for it out there anyways.

Gamers are always about "what's going on now" rather than looking at the entire picture, the Wii U will be fine just like the 3DS is after all the doom and gloom it got.

The Wii was successful and the 3DS is successful as of the price drop. The Wii U has been worse than the PS3 (which if I recall, was plagued with production issues and what was called low sales numbers)

The Wii U sold 3.45 million as of march 31st of its first year
The PS3 sold 3.61 million as of march 31st of its first year (was not released in the EU until march either though)
The xbox 360 sold 3.2 million (cant find the shipped number, likely around that of the PS3) as of march 31st of its first year
The Wii sold 5.84 million (again, cant find shipped number) as of march 31st of its first year

The Wii U is failing pretty miserably, especially in the most recent months. It had decent initial sales, but they dropped off a cliff pretty quick. To give you an idea of HOW much of a cliff, they only sold about 390k units from January 1 to March 31.

The Wii U is "innovative" in the same sense as the dreamcast, and it doesnt have a "lot" more power than the current gen, it is roughly gauged at 2x as powerful as current gen which is lackluster since the current gen is 7 years old. If the Wii U gets like a $50 price drop it could see sales rise again like the 3DS after its ~$100 price drop.