But again what's driven that is less corporate cleverness and much more that our labels create the highest quality of properties that defy normal behavior
in console transition period.
[A short post-scriptum for the European version: boooooy if the Playstation 2
console transition years was the time where that «Pool of Recurrent Voice Actors» started to become the one only way to dub games!
I wouldn't worry as much about a rushed game, as I would about how Game Freak will decide to handle the
radical console transition, and about how they'll handle the poorer habits that Gen VII displayed.
They have lost something from
their console transition — specifically, an over-eager auto - aim that made controller shooting surprisingly easy.
Ubisoft reported a year - over-year decline in earnings for the third quarter of its 2013 - 14 fiscal year today, and blamed the «
console transition» for the drop.
Unfortunately, the high - resolution image only confirms what we saw... The center - stack - to - center -
console transition is simply awful.
«With
every console transition, people ask if there will be another console transition or another successful console platform.
«Everyone was expecting us to make Modern Warfare 4, which would have been the safe thing to do,» said executive producer Mark Rubin, «We saw
the console transition as the perfect opportunity to start a new chapter for Call of Duty.
Not only are we in the midst of
a console transition, but the mobile market has gone through a maturing phase, and a variety of new platforms have gained prominence.
We also have some trends in
the console transition working in our favor with a lot of next - gen consoles that we open during the holidays.
During the second quarter, the physical console category continued to experience double - digit declines, and GameStop continued to gain share as we approach
the console transitions.
Every console transition, I hear about the death of the console game.
«We saw
the console transition as the perfect opportunity to start a new chapter for Call of Duty.
Activision had earlier mentioned that they don't expect Call of Duty: Ghosts to match Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops 2 in sales due to
console transition and that's exactly what has happened.
Not to mention not being on Steam... Or are we just feeling
this console transition too where sales always slow down?
«There's
a console transition coming and naturally, everyone wants to see what new possibilities that will unleash in the games.
As a fan of Bandai Namco's Tekken series since the launch of the 3rd game back on the original PlayStation, I've followed the series through four numbered installments, several spin - offs, numerous guest characters and three
console transitions.
Activision's CEO blamed disappointing platform - wide sales of Call of Duty: Ghosts on «the challenges of
the console transition year» rather than on consumer apathy at an inert series.
He added: «Our quantitative consumer research indicates that hesitation amongst past club pre-orders is primarily due to not knowing which platform they will be playing on, which is natural at this time in
the console transition.»
«The issues we previously identified, including increased competition in the second half of the year and uncertainties surrounding
the console transition, remain on the horizon.
While the two promotions don't overlap disabled gamers interested in making
the console transition have a more affordable chance to pick up the console before the rush of game releases begins.
Speaking to investors during an earnings call, as reported by CVG, Bobby Kotick said that
every console transition had seen an increase in costs, and expects there to be no exception with the next Xbox and PS4.
Another reason for waiting is to see how
this console transition pans out.