See as time passes
a game sales drop we might see some PS4 bigger titles when they are 3 to 4 years old.
According to NPD data released earlier this week U.S. retail video
game sales dropped 34 % in January to just $ 750 million.
During February video
games sales dropped 15 % in the United States.
Not exact matches
The arrival of Nintendo's Wii U last year didn't invigorate
game sales, which research firm NPD Group said have
dropped 9 per cent over last year.
Despite the profit
drop this quarter, Sony upgraded its
games profit guidance for the full year by 5.9 percent and
sales by 4.8 percent.
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.
What we need is a new manger with new ideas / fresh impetus / not affriaid to change things tactically in
games / subs before 70 mins / stop rewarding mediocre players with contracts and get
drop them / get rid / and have the balls in the transfer market to spend some money with the owners to back him who don't sit their rubbing their hands with the profits we make in
sales etc the each year!!
Indeed, in a 2011 analysis of
game sales from 2004 to 2008, A. Scott Cunningham of Baylor University, Benjamin Engelsttter of the Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany, and Michael R. Ward of the University of Texas at Arlington found that higher rates of violent
game sales actually coincided with a
drop in crimes, especially violent crimes.
«I could see some people worrying about
sales dropping off after the holiday,» Schafer tells Kotaku, «but I haven't seen that yet with Costume Quest... I suppose the safest bet might be to make a
game that's not tied to a holiday, and then make holiday - themed DLC,» adds Schafer.
This week's Deals With Gold
sale on Xbox Live
drops the price on the Xbox One edition of Dragon Age: Inquisition, giving you a chance to explore the Hinterlands and join in the
game's featured co-op mode for only $ 35.99.
All
games drop off to around 10 % / 20 % of their launch
sales..
The various Nintendo Switch
games in the Top 20 all saw an increase in
sales this week (despite the
drop in Hardware
sales), thanks to the public holiday on Friday and the recent launch of Super Mario Odyssey bringing in lots of new users hungry for
games.
That's quite interesting, because Nintendo Switch
sales did slightly
drop once again: that means this particular
game isn't as visibly impacted by them as other Nintendo Switch
games in the Top 20 from Media Create.
When we saw Doom
drop to $ 35.99 last week in Steam's 2016 Summer
Sale, we thought there was no way a 2 month old top selling
game could get cheaper on PC... Au contraire.
Some of these
games rarely go on
sale, a couple are
dropping to their lowest prices yet, and at least one is on
sale for the first time ever.
Also remember that the 3ds didn't pick up
sales for a while as well and it was also not selling as much as the ds either but eventually, after the
game lineup and price
drop, it is beating the vita like no tomorrow
Pikmin 3, Wonderfull 101, e3 Games, Wii fit U,
Game and Wario, Mario kart (possibly), Holiday season
sales, Price
drop USA?
It's pretty clear the new Nintendo Switch owners were more interested in Kirby Star Allies and Splatoon 2, though it's not like the other Nintendo Switch
games in the Top 20 saw a major
drop in
sales or anything.
Ubisoft executive director for EMEA territories Alain Corre called for a Wii U price
drop in March to help Wii U
game sales.
Foursaken Media's genre mashup Heroes and Castles 2 [$ 1.99] launched about a month and a half ago, but if you've been unwilling to
drop the initial two bucks on the
game, or its more recent 99 cents
sale price, then Foursaken has you covered with the just - released Heroes and Castles 2 Free [Free].
If
sales don't remain steady in the upcoming weeks (one of the slowest periods for video
games sales in Japan), retailers will have no choice but to resort to price
drops to get rid of remaining units... It's particularly true for the Robot Kit, which is by far the least popular kit of the two.
Unfortunately, as of today only their most recent premium effort This War of Mine [$ 14.99] is on
sale for $ 2.99, however the fact that all of their
games are on
sale on Android and their Twitter suggests that this is also applicable for iOS, there is a chance that other apps such as Anomaly 2 [$ 4.99] and Anomaly Defenders [$ 4.99] may also
drop in price soon...
Several SEGA
games also received permanent price
drops on Xbox Live, so while they aren't
sales, it's still good to know.
The title's first two weeks at No. 1 were at launch, and as the
game releases start to slow down, it's clambered back up in spite of a
drop in
sales of 41 % week - on - week, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
Unfortunately, those were not enough to compensate for the
drop in
sales for previously released
games -LRB-- 69 000 units).
Unfortunately, Detective Pikachu saw another
drop in
sales during its third week on the market, but that's to be expected for this kind of
game.
The
drop for Splatoon 2 is even softer -LRB--15 %), which is a good sign as we've entered a pretty slow period for video
game sales.
well i feel the same way but honey when u want something thts to expensive and u want it bad u ai nt got no choice but no to get it see i have a nintendo DSIxl and an ipod so if i keep up my ipod and
game then thts shows me thats i might get it but if i do nt get he ipad which i know mygranny goin pay for it lik she did with ipod and
game then i know shemight pay 500 lik she did for her cell phone so if she say no then im goin be lik ok so u wont pay 500 for a big electronic but u can pay for a small thing u can get ayway but thts what i wouls say but i have no argue because christmas is coming soon and u can wait by showing your mom tht your grades are good then just do nt think to hard or get the big ipad because if u think hard then your mind is going to go to something else then your goona want bot so im jsut waiting till christmas or im may the
sale cause it might
drop to 300 in may the
sale so i only got a couple months to wait inless i wait to the
sale becaues my bp - day in july so te
sale in may thats going to be an early birthday gift so thanks for lettn me read this and sorry to take time but hey advise always help
The
sale promises to
drop prices in a slew of categories including video
games and electronics.
You know soon as
sales start to
drop in the slightest Cony will through in a free
game to keep them going..
So far this is merely a price
drop and
game incentive to help promote
sales.
Rockstar Games» Red Dead Redemption reclaims 2nd position after
dropping to 4th last week, even though total
sales of the
game are down 13 percent week - on - week.
Your suggesting that people are naming a winner a year in and say it's pathetic, but, ironically your giving kudos for 2 weeks of
sales with heavy advertising, 2 - 3 free
games and another price
drop just before Christmas?!
Futhermore, the PS4 version has disappeared off Dengeki's charts, which means the
game's
sales have
dropped below what they track.
Yes, the
sales have
dropped a bit, but I think that it will stabilise and there will still be a selection of good value
games magazines out there carrying well written editorial.
Continuing on with all the Christmas deals and
sales all over the place, Polarbit has just announced that they have
dropped the price of all of their
games on the Amazon App Store to a measly $ 0.99 for a limited time.
Perhaps most striking was his suggestion that the
drop in
sales of video
games in 2009 compared with 2008 (down 6.3 % worldwide, according to Screen Digest) might simply have been due to an inferior crop of
games, rather than the recession.
If they bring the
games and
drop some prices going forward they may be able to salvage it, but it certainly won't be setting
sales charts on fire.
Not only will it
drop the price of the PS4 Basic, parents will like grab the cheaper consoles for their kids and thus push
game sales higher.
Left 4 Dead 2 @ 75 % off / $ 4.99 — This
game almost always on
sale about once a month and never really
drops below this price.
I was mereley pointing out that a LOT of people defended the Vita left and right while
sales struggled and they merely said wait for the price to
drop, or wait for the
games.
Microsoft has seen a drastic
drop in the
sales of their
games since last generation, Sony on the other hand has since the opposite, a huge increase in software
sales, along with a huge increase in overall user - base compared to Microsoft, so it makes less sense for them to put out a service like this and give away their
games for a smaller chunk of cash.
All MS can do right now is hope to capitalize on those who absolutely need the best looking versions of
games, and in the real world, that amounts to a rather small portion of the market, and I'd wager a lot of them already own a system, if not a PS4P, so hoping they
drop $ 500 on a console isn't going to drive any long term
sales.
If you don't want a
game right now, wait for a price
drop and another
sale, that is usually what I do.
Video
games in Japan continued to
drop off in value in 2015, as both console and software
sales contracted.
Diablo III became the first PC
game to lead US videogame
sales since Starcraft II two years ago, but it wasn't enough to prevent
sales from suffering a 28 %
drop from May 2011 to May 2012, according to the NPD Group.
We're seeing this reflected in a 35 per cent dip in
sales week - on - week, which is astounding for a
game in its second week, as the
drop is usually much more severe, particularly for a single - player
game.
Just like Media Create, Dengeki report a harsh
drop in
sales for both Hardware and Software for the week following the Golden Week (that didn't see the release of a single
game):
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.
Otherwise, the only real option you have for a new boost of visibility after the
game drops off the New Releases page on the eShop is to discount it, and we all know how well that went for the AppStore and Steam — it just drove prices down and a lot of people got so used to buy
games on
sale that it became the norm for developers to set their prices based on the fact that the bulk of their units will be sold at a discount of 50 % or more.