Sentences with phrase «console launches of»

For the GameCube and the Wii, the two previous Nintendo console launches of my adult life, I stood in line on launch night to make sure I got mine as soon as possible.

Just a mere three weeks after the console launch of the Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unchained, Paul Sage leaves the project to become Creative Director for an unknown project at Gearbox Software.

In celebration of the console launch of Farming Simulator 15, an official launch trailer has also been released.

EB Games merchandising director, Shane Stockwell, had previously told Kotaku that for EB the Xbox One was the biggest console launch of all time while the PS4 launch was merely «one of» the biggest.

With the worldwide console launch of The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited on June 9th just a little over six weeks away, tomorrow we're kicking off the pre-launch festivities with the console beta.

Daybreak Game Company details the upcoming console launch of the free - to - play massively multiplayer online shooter over at the PlayStation Blog.

The Dreamcast nails it as the greatest console launch of all time, but Xbox 360 is on course to be almost as good, they suggest.

Prepare for battle against Flesh Hounds, werewolves and other monstrosities with the upcoming console launch of Slain: Back from Hell, from the collaboration of independent game publisher Digerati Distribution & Marketing and indie game developers Andrew Gilmour & 22nd Century Toys.

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That's a pretty high number to reach, given that previously released consoles like the PlayStation 4 took 17 months to sell 22.3 million units, and that's the best - selling console launch of this last generation by far.

To celebrate the console launch of Star Trek Online: Season 12 — Reckoning, MMO - Play is teaming up with Perfect World Entertainment to give 5 lucky winners a Tal Shiar Adapted Battlecruisers For The Xbox One version of the game.These ultra-exclusive T6 starships are normally only available through the Lobi Crystal Consortium.

With the console launch of The Sims 4 slated for next month, EA Access subscribers on the Xbox One will also receive a Play First Trial for the simulation game before its launch.

Not exact matches

But Nintendo's hybrid gaming system — it's part - handheld, part - home console, hence the name — has topped the charts in four of the last six months since its launch in March 2017, NPD Group says.

Just before its release of Nintendo's Switch console this March, we wrote that a failed launch could push the storied firm out of the hardware business altogether.

Fans have been asking for Nintendo to make just such a Pokémon game for one of its home consoles basically since Pokémon launched.

Some could argue that the PlayStation's launch put a damper on Nintendo and its console business (and it most certainly led to the beginning of the end for Sega's hardware business).

The phenomenal numbers put Super Mario Odyssey on the path to becoming the best selling game for the Switch, Nintendo's latest gaming console; fans are buying it even faster than they bought The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a launch title that was heralded as one of the best games in the Zelda franchise's history.

Japan's Nintendo said it will release a short video later on Thursday of the next - generation game console it plans to launch globally in March — an announcement that sent its shares up more than 4 %.

Moreover, ahead of launch, the console doesn't even have a digital storefront (Nintendo's «eShop»).

The same can be said of the Xbox One — the two video game consoles were announced and launched in 2013 with similar specs and target audiences.

The launch of the Switch, the company's latest console, has gone exceptionally well, with retailers unable to keep the system in stock, even though we're still months away from the peak buying season for video game hardware and software.

The company expects to have 50 titles available for the new console between its November launch and the end of March, including Super Mario Bros. and Activision's blockbuster Call of Duty Black Ops 2.

Nintendo has sold just 12.6 million units of its latest - generation console, the Wii U, since that device's launch in 2012.

Beyond the new label, the ESRB has also launched a website dedicated to educating parents on various aspects of gaming — from parental control instructions for each console, to information about how various online services work, and all sorts of other stuff.

And as the recent, technically troubled launch of publisher / developer Blizzard's record - selling Diablo III for PC suggests, it isn't clear that the industry has the database and server muscle to handle multiple AAA games (such as Call of Duty) being sold digitally for the much larger console market.

Nintendo has struggled in the gaming console market, following a disappointing run of its Wii U console, which sold only about 13.36 million units as of September 2016 since its launch in late 2012.

Those of us at the launch were pretty weary by the end, after a seemingly endless cavalcade of developers talking up the upcoming new console.

The sequel, Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, was created with a smaller team and took less time to make, and it also saw a sales bump being one of the launch titles for Sony's new Vita handheld console, all of which made it a considerably more profitable project.

While they may decide to add new designs or secretly update some components, console makers haven't traditionally launched meaningful upgrades in the middle of a console's lifecycle.

Many PC gamers upgrade components more quickly than companies launch new consoles, providing them all the benefits of new hardware sooner than their console - based counterparts.

Raines said GameStop expects this fall's debut of the PS4 and Xbox One to make for the biggest console launch in history, while Microsoft announced that pre-orders for the third - generation Xbox have sold out faster than both the original Xbox and Xbox 360, which was released in 2005 and has been the bestselling console for the past two years.

But reviewers were reporting on the issue ahead of the console's launch, as seen in this video from the popular YouTube gaming channel GameXplain:

We don't yet know exactly how successful the Friday launch of Nintendo's new Switch console / handheld was.

And it's pinning its hopes on Friday's launch of Switch, a video game console that is intended to reverse a string of failed and mediocre releases that have raised serious questions about the iconic company.

That's the first direct recognition of the issue from Nintendo since the console launched on March 3.

Microsoft noted that it sold roughly three times what the Xbox 360 did at launch and owners picked up an average of 2.1 games per console.

Despite this drop in average number of games being sold for each system, the sales results for the latest consoles remain very strong eight months after launch.

Comparing the launch this past year with the previous launch of the Xbox 360 and PS3, console sales in Canada have never been stronger.

When the Commission launched a new logo instead of implementing the recommendations made by the Supreme Court after the 2013 election petition, I consoled myself with the belief that the logo may be the start of reforms at the EC.

Nintendo launched its Wii U, complete with a tablet - like game controller that doubles as a second screen, last November, well ahead of Microsoft and Sony in order to get a jump on rivals and boost its sagging console fortunes.

Inferior to its Xbox counterpart in just about every way imaginable, and is undoubtedly one of the most disappointing games available for Microsoft's new console at launch.

Disney Infinity is a candidate as a potential family hit of this year otherwise dominated by the launch of the new console.

The coming year, of course, should be more interesting, with Nintendo launching its new Switch console next month.

[Playstation Network] For the first time ever, Infinity Ward's 2003 award - winning game that launched a franchise comes to consoles in Call of Duty Classic.

Nintendo Land is the perfect bundle game for the imminent launch of the new Nintendo console.

Nintendo's successor to the Wii is the first new console launched in six years and represents the first entry in the eighth generation of videogame consoles (with new Xbox and PlayStation devices expected to follow in 2013 - 14).

Easily one of the greatest launch titles in gaming history, the first new console Zelda game since 2011's Skyward Sword (and the first Zelda game to debut in HD) introduces new features like a massive open - world Hyrule, nonlinear gameplay (go anywhere and solve challenges — or goof off — in any order), and some voice acting.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time with the PC version of Injustice, and when the console version of Injustice 2 launched with a PC port in sight, my heart sank.

After Mario 64, I'd say Luigi's Mansion was the second best launch game of all time (on any console).

There's no denying that 2017 has been a great year for video games, with no shortage of success for Microsoft, including the release of the Xbox One X. Despite a lackluster lineup of games when the powerful console launched in October, next year is set to deliver some heavy hitting titles.