Sentences with phrase «increased console sales»

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.

Finally, we talk about Xbox's increased console sales and we list our top five PlayStation 4 games that we've played so far.

One could blame it on the port's overall shoddiness, but in reality, even if Space Harrier was arcade - perfect, Nintendo's brilliant marketing and ever - increasing console sales overshadowed anything Sega tried to do to combat it.

Not exact matches

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.).

While software sales were down, the release of several blockbuster consoles over the holidays — including the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — resulted in a 99.8 percent increase in hardware sales during the period.

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).

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.»

Reports have shown that the Xbox One exclusive TitanFall has been increasing sales on Microsoft's next gen console.

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

While hardware sales are down, games sold for the console increased from nearly 218 million to about 247 million this fiscal year.

Square Enix said the launch of Final Fantasy 15 and the PlayStation 4 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider as well as strong download sales of catalogue titles had sparked the increase in net sales and operating income in the area of console games.

Despite the Switch's annual success, PlayStation 4 was the top - selling console for the month of February, while the 55 percent increase in hardware spending year - over-year can be attributed to the Switch and Xbox One, meaning PlayStation 4's February 2018 sales remained consistent with its February 2017 sales.

With The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as its major launch title, the Switch quickly rose to the top of console sales charts and dramatically increased Nintendo's revenue.

It's where game developers and console makers reveal new products, show real time game play and basically hawk their wares in an attempt to increase sales for the upcoming year.

If console sales continue to surpass forecasts, and the installed base increases, it is positive for video game manufacturers and the stocks.

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

«Xbox One console sales in the U.S. increased 63 percent in April 2015 compared to April 2014 and Xbox Live comparisons showed the number of active global users (Xbox One and Xbox 360) grew 24 percent.

Choosing to stay behind the technology curve increases costs for developers porting games to the systems and often isn't worth the lower than average sales of their games on a Nintendo console.

That shows rather well in what demand the console is while MS makes price cuts in an attempt to increase sales and retailers making even further cuts to reduce the amount of stock they have sitting around.

Looking at how each of the consoles fared this year versus their sales last year, Nintendo (981,000) and Microsoft (777,000) both saw an increase while Sony (466,000) went down by 88,000 units.

The sales of the SNES is lower because of the increased competition from other video game manufacturers trying to latch onto Nintendo's coattails which dovetailed into the N64 sales which are lower because of the prohibitive cost of the console, games and the 3rd parties abandoning ship.

I already said that the Wii was an anomaly (for a long standing console maker), a once in a lifetime huge increase in sales from a previous console version.

Nintendo stands to lose more than they gain by doing that, because they'd lose sales of hardware, (which by default is a substantial chunk of change, due to each console sold being worth at least 6 $ 50 games) for a miniscule increase in software, from people who's interest in games like Breath of the Wild would immediately die once the next Witcher hits their console.

Even if it didn't increase sales for the console, the other consoles could have EASILY compensated for it.

Revenue increased due to higher PS4 software sales, including digital ones, added to contribution from PlayStation VR (which had sold 1 million units by the beginning of June), partly offset by the semi-recent price cut for the console.

In an interview with Reuters today, Jeff Bell, head of global marketing for Microsoft's games division, reveals that due to increasing European dominance and unrelenting global Wii shortages, the Xbox 360 may see even more console sales in 2008 than in 2007.

- Nintendo is selling three physical Switch games for every console sold in the UK and Spain - this matches the performance of Wii - Nintendo says the Switch's global tie - ratio is 3.6 - 78 % of Nintendo Switch games are sold in boxes, by comparison only 47 % of PS4 games are sold physically - the only blips in Switch sales have occurred during moments of stock shortages - there was a significant spike in hardware sales around the launch of Super Mario Odyssey - across Spain and the UK, 469,000 Switch consoles have been sold for the first 36 weeks of its life - this is about 49 % of what the Wii managed to do over the same period (which launched over Christmas)- this is 300 % of what the Wii U managed to achieve - Switch may grow significantly again if Nintendo continues its trend of updating the hardware with new iterations - there is currently enough stock to satisfy demand at the moment - if demand increases for the holiday season, GAME says «we don't have a warehouse full of stock ready to go.»

Unless they have a good reason to have their games stay exclusive to just one console, they can port as they please to increase sales.

He also went on to say that by driving the console's install base, software sales will increase as well

The low console sales in general however could be due to Japan's increasing interest in the handheld market, but regardless, the PlayStation 4 is likely under performing in a market they hoped to excel in.

It could be that the developers are aiming for a staggered console release to increase the sales tail of a game.

Jap developers will prefer Nintendo handheld, look at Dragon Quest sales on the 3ds, and the original DS... look at monster hunter sales on the 3ds... every game you seen for the 3ds will now have newer versions with newer hd graphics so now when jap developers make a ps4 game they do not have to think about how they will downgrade it to fit on the NX... with the NX being more powerful than the Vita, and Wii U.... if it use the Tegra 2 chip it will be right next to ps4 1.8 teraflops or higher, but most likely if they use that, Nintendo might underclock it to increase battery power, but lets say they lock it to ps4 1.8 teraflops... every game for ps4 will be on the NX... and this is where the fear comes from... the 3ds have many exclusives, only thing that hold it back was graphics, now that wont be the issue in the NX... look how they announce Dragon quest 11 for NX already... Square Enix is thinking about money... and which console sold most of their games... the 3ds... so do not be surprised every big game from Square Enix and other Japanese developers come to the NX... and if they are anything like CAPCOM they will rather save money and make their game for one console aka the NX like they do with Monster Hunter... me personally I can not wait to see all my favorite games on the 3ds in better graphics... i am a RPG lover and the 3ds have some classics that I love... only thing Nintendo have to worry about is how Western and European side of the world will feel about the new handheld... Japan will love it, handheld sell the most, so it wont take long for NX to pass ps4 sales... but if they can get the attention of western and european... then Sony have reasons to worry and their fans

Sales started strong and attracted high profile games such as Persona 4 Golden, LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted and Gravity Rush, however, momentum was soon lost against the increasing popularity in mobile and tablet gaming and Nintendo's own portable console, the 3DS.

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.

While official sales numbers have not been released, Nintendo did state via a press release that sales of the Wii U console increased 340 % from October.

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.

The combination of increased figure sales and the introduction of amiibo cards meant that the amiibo and accessories division is now generating around half as much as Nintendo's home console hardware segment.

The average selling price of home console software increased slightly this year as lower priced Wii software sales declined and higher priced Wii U software sales increased.

It was an enormous hit, helping to bring about an unprecedented year - on - year increase in sales of Xbox 360 hardware, and a correspondingly huge influence on the direction of Microsoft's third Xbox console, which was coming together slowly in the shadows.

The sales of Xbox One have dramatically increased after the release of the 500 GB and 1 TB versions of the Xbox One S, leaving the PlayStation 4 behind in the console market race.

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.

Hardware sales are forecasted to be down this year despite an increase in 8th gen home console unit sales.

With only a few weeks until Christmas, console sales in Japan are clearly benefiting from the strong period of sales, with both Nintendo Switch and PS4 getting big increases compared to previous weeks.

Together, Sony, Microsoft and Nintento continued to outperform the global console market, earning an increasing share of revenues through third - party sales in their online stores.

The patience of PlayStation 3 owners is wearing thin as retailers are reporting a 200 % increase in PlayStation 3 trade - ins, usually for Xbox 360 consoles, as well as sales slumps for PSN points cards and fewer multiplatform game sales for PS3.

The sales increased in the following months, and Coleco's console versions of the game managed to sell 6 million cartridges in total, earning the profit of $ 153 million.

A pretty steep increase in sales after release, followed by a steady decline over the rest of its lifespan.3 Apple didn't have to release an iPhone in 2002 to cause the PS2 to peak; that's just how consoles sell.

If you ask me, the increase in used game sales over the current generation of consoles is directly related to the quality of games produced.

Capcom's digital content business, which covers console, PC and mobile games, managed a sales increase of # 238.4 million (37,510 million yen), up 7.2 per cent from the same term last year.

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.