Sentences with phrase «game console sales»

Xbox One, Microsoft's advanced all - in - one games and entertainment system, was touted as the first device of its kind available for purchase through authorised vendors on the mainland since foreign video game console sales were banned there in 2000.

While analysts predicted that game console sales in general will fall in 2009, Hall argued «Nintendo's big advantages are disappearing» amid price reductions of the Xbox 360 and rumors of Sony unveiling a motion - sensing wireless controller.

Data from Media Create revealed that the Nintendo Switch has broken a long - standing video game console sales record in Japan that was previously held by the PlayStation 2.

In the grand scheme of game console sales, four million units is not a bad number to achieve in just over four months.

The announcement comes a week before the biggest selling day of the year, Black Friday, and in the wake of increasing momentum for Xbox 360, which led U.S. video game console sales for the past four months.

Not exact matches

The Nintendo Switch video game console bested its rivals, Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4, to be the top selling console in August, according to new sales estimates from the NPD Group.

The diminutive console will come with more than 20 games and go on sale for $ 80, the company confirmed on its website.

That means Sony can enjoy the higher profits that come with game and accessory sales while continuing to sell new consoles, thus increasing its userbase (which increases its number of potential game buyers, etc.).

That brings up an interesting chicken - or - the - egg question: are publishers waiting until there are more Xbox One and PS4 consoles in the wild to maximize their sales, and if so, why would anyone buy the machines if there aren't many games to play on them?

The newer console did get a sales bump this holiday season thanks to new Zelda and Mario games, but sales were amazingly lower than last year.

The floodgates to China's gaming market have opened with the lift of a 14 - year ban on the manufacture and sale of video game consoles.

The game's console sales have finally surpassed the Mac and Windows PC editions, Geuder added.

Sony Corp. said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec. 6 helped by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.

TOKYO (Reuters)- Sony Corp said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec 6 helped by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.

The Japanese electronics and entertainment company posted quarterly profit that topped analyst estimates, thanks to demand for smartphone camera chips, a healthy music business and brisk sales of PlayStation 4 consoles and games.

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.

There are potential areas of growth, including increasing the tie ratio between games and consoles, which will improve as platform libraries (games) grow, and accessory sales, which will depend on a myriad of factors, including the continued push towards new market opportunities (e.g., toy - based games).

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

I honestly bought a PS4 because it was on sale for $ 200 on Amazon and there were games on it I wanted to play, and then right after I noticed most the games I wanted to play had come out on other consoles I had.

Halo either deserves a» 10» or a» 0»:» 10» if you base the score on sales; the game's capacity in attracting new gamers to this form of electronic entertainment; on the measure of how much of a camoufalging influence «hype» can have on the actual quality of a product; and on the potential for single game to save a video game console.

Then third parties could port games more easily, driving console sales due to a larger selection of games, etc..

We are sure Sony does not mind as a PSP game has been bested by another on the same hardware, which should be driving up even more sales of the handled console.

Still, for Soul Calibur fans who would like to play the game on their Wii U, hopefully sales for the console will pick up enough for Namco Bandai to consider it worth publishing for.

For other consoles, they simply launched the game «crude» and waited for some results to decide what they would do to improve it; they didn't see sales, so they quit.

The BIU (Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware) has published the September sales data for Germany's top 20 PC and console games.

According to the sales data shared by GFK Chark Track, the game had the best launch for a console exclusive this year beating the likes of games like Horizon Zero Dawn and Nioh.

With its huge selection of games, movies, TV shows, and more, the PlayStation Store is home to plenty of opportunity for PlayStation console owners to try out new experiences on the cheap thanks to sales, with the European store's latest sale discounting dozens of items for under $ 20.

New stats from SuperData show how much money the biggest console games are making from digital full game sales, microtransactions and DLC.

IHS is also optimistic about the PS4's overall profitability saying that «lower research and development costs for PlayStation 4 hardware, additional revenue streams from online service subscriptions and a more aggressive transition to higher margin digital content sales are combining to strengthen Sony's games business outlook even in the face of increased competition from cheap Android consoles and alternative devices eating into consumers» gaming time, including smartphones and tablets.»

Switch sales numbers are well above other consoles right now, despite the lack of games.

Its the same problem with 3DS, which had no games at the start = > no games = > no sales = > but also = > no developer starting making gamse when the console / device sells as bad as PS4 does.

People keep blaiming low console sales in Japan, on that Japanese gamers are more into handhelds than consoles.

That just goes to show what having a strong game catalogue can do for console sales.

Virtua Fighter 5 shoots Sony to the top of the Japan game sales chart, marking the console's first number one

Nintendo has a lot of games coming out this that they think are going to push console sales.

While Fable Anniversary had a mixed reception on the Xbox 360, it was still a game that many people would love to play and so far most games that have been ported over to the PC from their console counter part with Alan Wake being the strongest advocate to prove this true, we can only hope that Steam sales of Fable Anniversary are enough to open MIcrosoft's eyes towards the presence of the PC gaming community and hopefully be encouraged to release first party studio titles such as Halo 5 to the PC along side the Xbox One.

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.

This gave a boost to Wii U consoles sales in Japan as well, jumping from 13k to 18k within the same week, but will the game continue to sell?

Fire Emblem games sell anywhere between around 500,000 to 1,000,000 add Shin Megami Tensei to the mix and all the hype, great coverage and promotions, it'll likely sell well and may boost console sales.

Aside from my personal personal opinion, I think a (major) Pokémon game on Wii U will greatly boost the console sales.

Fallout 4, Doom and Dishonoured 2 are all in Game's console bundles, so that probably explains the sales boost.

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

As far as console games go in Japan, I think 325k for SMG is pretty darn good, remember, Sales went down in japan with the so called «gamers drift», Oh well, I told them many times, revise your pricing scheme people... games are way too expensive, they are not selling enough because people want to get them but can't, they don't have the money... Anyway..

«The game is almost out, with the console version going on sale around the world on Friday, January 26,» said Monster Hunter: World producer Ryozo Tsujimoto.

The 360 version was also on the forefront of online play for console fighting games, and yet it was a sales disappointment.

PlayStation console owners are in no short supply of great games to enjoy thanks to a bustling spring season with games like NieR: Automata and Persona 5, but there's never a bad time to enjoy a recent favorite as well, as the PlayStation Store is currently offering in its latest Flash Sale.

This one is holding rather well so far, and sales on the long run promise to be interesting: are they going to go up as more Nintendo Switch consoles are shipped to retailers, or they will just slowly fade away, as the game is replaced by new, more popular releases?

Steam has perfected the art of the sale when it comes to making sure games are both affordable and accessible, but neither of the big three players in the console market have come close to offering what it can do.

If you include online shop sales, I believe the numbers revise to Nintendo sold 11.6 games / console, 360 sold 10.8 games / console, and PS3 sold 10.1 games / console.

I wasn't trying to sound so negative, and I see the importance of games and sales of consoles right now, so I know tropical freeze was the right choice.