Sentences with phrase «expected console sales»

Sony has released its financial figures for Q1 fiscal year 2013, and as expected the console sales are in a decline due to the next - generation...

In addition, there is earnings upside given the higher than expected console sales, healthy product pipeline, and improving margins.

The stocks have all done well behind higher than expected console sales, but which if any of these stocks is the best way to play the current console cycle and for the long - term.

Higher than expected console sales, increases the user base, and should drive strong sales at the game manufactures.

Not exact matches

Other factors included sluggish sales of arcade game consoles and slower - than - expected sales of the high - definition game Sleeping Dogs.

That's to be expected, although it nearly has half a million sales after just a month, which is awesome for a home console game in Japan.

Not too surprising, as buying both the game and the console is pretty expensive, but we did expect a small increase in sales.

With the home console market being revitalized, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and digital sales are expected to grow, while an expansion for mobile games is also predicted, especially in China.

Speaking of the worldwide market, digital sales of both console games and smartphone games are expanding, and further growth is expected in the future.

As expected, Nintendo did ship a loooot more Nintendo Switch consoles for the launch of Super Mario Odyssey, with sales topping 126 000 units.

Since taking this stand, sales of game consoles and hand - held devices have done nothing but decline... so much so that it is expected mobile gaming will all but replace them in 2015.

- Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace Research Institute - Mr. Kimishima said he would remain at Nintendo as an adviser and assist the new CEO along with Shigeru Miyamoto - Mr. Kimishima said it was getting difficult for him to fly around due to his age - better - than - expected sales momentum of the Switch console made him decide it was time to pass the baton - Mr. Furukawa said he hoped to bring the Switch to a wider audience and pointed to Nintendo Labo - also said he wants to turn smartphone games into a revenue pillar for the company - Kimishima said stay tuned for many unannounced titles for the Switch

General uptick in sales from a new console release I'd expect, and likely, MS could win a month, or maybe two with it, but I wouldn't say it's because they suddenly have a huge influx of new users, rather a set of users who are buying in for a second time.

«No matter how big the install base is, there's no point in expecting higher sales if the install base isn't interested in the games» Pokemon Go... «They make more money waiting for the smart and open - minded multi-console gamers to pick up a console for their games, than they would waiting for a scant 500k (at best) to pick up a less - realistic - looking game on consoles where other third party games, like Battlefield, already have dibs on their wallets» What happens when Nintendo stops making consoles, where will you go?

Naturally, they are expecting the sales to be even less than that, amidst all the concerns of a shrinking video game console market.

Michael Patcher is known for making bold remarks about expected sales and expected performance of any given console, game and whatnot.

Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition launched in August on next - and current - gen consoles with better - than - expected sales.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 video game console and its portable cousin, the PSP, are selling faster than expected and are poised to meet full - year sales targets even if the current economic crisis hurts holiday demand, Sony said on Wednesday.

In conversation with Samuel at Rezzed, chief creative director Tameem Antoniades said that while he and his team expected Hellblade's sales to excel on console — the overall split was closer than anticipated.

As expected, the increase in sales is mostly due to bigger shipments, as both consoles completely sold out at launch, making it hard to gauge interest for each console.

The analyst compares the expected sales to that of PS4 and Xbox One although some others suggest that the console doesn't even need to beat them in order to succeed.

Going forward, Sony anticipates a drop in console sales but expects revenue to be offset by game sales.

That being said, I do expect Nintendo to achieve its target for software sales on Switch due to the high install base of the console and big titles like Dragon Quest XI coming out in Japan.

I'm expecting the number of PS4 & XB1 grey imports to decline this year as legal console sales finally take the lead.

It expects the hybrid console to outsell the Wii U's lifetime sales of 13.56 million, which took place in the span of five years, before its first year in the market is over, raising the sales forecast from 10 million to 14 million.

Recent sales for the Switch is nowhere as good as its launch period, but then what do you expect from a console that practically sold in the first seven days?

Microsoft and Sony have not yet released holiday sales numbers for their consoles, but they are not expected to outperform the Switch.

Software sales on the console are also expected to grow.

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.

Super Mario Odyssey, expected to be released during the 2017 holiday season, will look to drive up Nintendo Switch sales for the period similar to how The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild generated interest for the hybrid console upon its launch.

Considering the explosion of the video games industry, expect the game design salary scale to rise with the increase of sales in the console, hand held, and PC markets.

Further, while the new console cycle has started strongly and demand for next - generation games was higher than expected, the retail demand for prior - generation games declined at a faster pace than the growth of retail sales for next - generation titles, resulting in the overall decline in sales in the retail distribution channels, down 7 % in North America & Europe YOY.

According to Square Enix, the boost is largely owed to higher - than - expected console game sales — Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Final Fantasy XIII - 2 were cited in particular — along with growth on the web and smartphone side.

The launch of several high profile exclusives increased console sales even further in 2017 and that trend is expected to continue this year when God of War, Spider - Man and Days Gone all debut at retailers across the globe.

With the recent news that the Xbox One S will release on August 2, we expect the console will boost much - needed sales for the tech giant Microsoft.

Before they launched its successor, Wii U, they repeated many times over that they expected every customer who bought a Wii to upgrade to Wii U. Four years later, the console has yet to reach 13 million sales.

Kimishima restated that his concerns about Wii U's potential had been misconstrued, but not before confirming that one of Nintendo's sales projections at the time expected Wii U to sell nearly 100 million consoles — over seven times their current lifetime sales projections.

Still, the proof is in the pudding, so expect to see plenty of headlines in the near future about sales amounts of both consoles and the game itself surrounding its release.

As a result, attention simply moved from the Wii to HD - capable consoles, which caused Wii sales to decline each year, and caused PS3 and Xbox 360 sales to peak much later than you'd expect in a typical console sales cycle.

Now, turning to our expectations for fiscal 2018: we expect sales of current generation consoles to continue to be strong, with the installed base growing to 105 million consoles by the end of calendar 2017, up from 79 million the prior year.

As you would expect the sales were dominated by the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles with the latter just edging out Sony's best for market share (54 %).

We expect an increase in sales of grey market consoles as the global launch of new consoles occurs prior to the official entry into China.

Typically, most consoles reach their peak in sales during their third year, so I think it's safe to say that we can expect something similar with Wii U in 2015.

In any case, I expect double - digit percentage dollar sales growth to be a common theme in both hardware and console software reporting through the rest of 2017.

«Turning to our expectations for fiscal 2019, we expect sales of current - generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony to continue to be strong,» he said, «with the installed base growing to 130 million consoles by the end of calendar 2018 from 103 million at the end of calendar 2017.»

Sure, you might have made a lot more money by putting it on other consoles, but since the game's sales have been lower than expected, then what was the point?

I agree with Chris» points above; booth consoles have performed ok, but past the expected loyalty sales they've not really been earth shattering.

The Switch, Nintendo's latest hybrid console is doing pretty well for the company, which expects it to outdo the Wii U's lifetime sales within a year.

The good news is that Nintendo has committed to producing and shipping the SNES Classic throughout 2017, but if the new retro console is even close to as popular as the NES Classic, you can expect to see it on Amazon and eBay at a huge markup within hours of the console going on sale.

As expected, strong Switch console and game sales helped the company record an operating profit of >>