Analysts said part of the reason for the sales decline may be because it launched on two
less console platforms versus the first title.
Not exact matches
He adds, «But there's still very good business to be done on the
less glamorous
platforms — look at PlayStation 2, it's still selling bucket - loads of
consoles and bucket - loads of games, though they've got to be the right games for the right
platform.»
The way that Destiny has evolved since its release in 2014 is
less of a game and more of a
platform, being built - on and expanded on month - by - month to a player base that is hungry for more content and is unlike anything else we've seen on
console.
With that
console, we will have brought Battlefield 4 to no
less than five
platforms.
Multiple development sources have claimed that Nintendo's upcoming Wii U
platform is noticeably
less powerful than the current high - end
consoles, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
Ironically, this is something that both Sony and Nintendo understand and now with the PS4 Sony are encouraging an open
console platform, that will be behind supporting indie self - publishing in a great way, whilst Microsoft seems to be
less concerned with the market potential that the indie scene has to offer.
That accounts for a 66 percent attach rate, which is almost unheard of for a
console game, and it's still
less than half of Mario's predicted interest on a single mobile
platform.
PC owners will claim that as a rule their
platform has the edge over
consoles in all games, but with BF3, the difference in quality between PCs and
consoles is
less pronounced in the multiplayer than it is in the game's campaign, provided players load the HD install available for the Xbox 360.
It's possible that Scorpio could see Microsoft taking a page from PC gaming's playbook — focusing
less on exclusive titles, and more on offering a powerful
platform that will run third - party games better than any other
console.