Shanghai Oriental Pearl have said that the price of consoles, lack of big software titles, censorship from the Government and long approval times have been the primary reasons for the lack
of console sales in China.
Also one odd thing to note, the PS3 and PS4 titles sold well (Diablo 3 TLoU) but in
terms of console sales, the PS4 sales were down and PS3 massively down?
The Xbox One S is the newest video game console from Microsoft, and its release has propelled the company to the
top of the console sales chart in the past two months.
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.
Not just SEGA, but most Japanese gaming companies have a hard time finding their foothold in the industry due to the rise in mobile gaming in Japan and the
lack of console sales in that region.
Sega's team
manager of consoles sales announces new focus for the company; reveals Hong Kong and Taiwan make up 60 percent of Sega sales in the region.
When you consider the so many missteps that have occurred this gen from Microsoft these were nothing to do with setting a foundation for the future but just bad decisions that have lost it
millions of console sales and even greater numbers of players and game sales.
Realistically, they may have «won'the
battle of console sales, but lost the console war, as they are forced out of the business unable to make any money in it over a 10 year period.
To my knowledge, there's been only one console ever to buck the «first
year of console sales suck» trend: the Wii.
3rd party does it for the sake of money Sony or MS does it for the
sake of console sales and brand awareness.
And while the
peak of console sales coincides with the beginning of the «post-PC» era, it also just happens to coincide with the first price decreases of the last console generation, which seems to me like a more probable reason for the sales peak.
We may find ourselves walking into a Wal - Mart or a Best Buy to get our consoles in the world of the future, or we might be may be shopping at Sony and Microsoft stores (less likely Nintendo, as they don't have the range of products that Sony and Microsoft have), but either way, so long as console games are a multi-billion dollar business, you'll find plenty of people willing to take a
cut of the console sales.
We also learned that Xbox isn't making a profit
off of the console sales, Xbox Chief Phil Spencer pointing out that the «money - making part is in selling games.»
It was 2004, Nintendo was two years into the Gamecube's release and was well in third place in
terms of console sales and Nintendo's efforts to appeal to a more serious audience had not fared well with gamers.
Despite the large jump, Xenoblade Chronicles X debuted at number three on the charts, with Puzzle & Dragons on 3DS taking the top spot and the second going to Dragon Quest X on Wii U, which likely contributed to the large
number of console sales this week, as well.
They're about to drop the strongest console ever and be noticed in their main markets which make up 90 %
of console sales... While guys on forums bring up the rest of the world that make up 10.
PlayStation 4 accounted for 31 %
of the console sales, and PlayStation 3 only accounted for 1 %.
Sony is going into E3 2016 still being «King of the Mountain» for now in terms
of console sales, but this entire console generation has been somewhat lackluster.
In terms
of console sales, Nintendo Switch led the way by a substantial amount
In terms
of console sales, Nintendo Switch led the way by a substantial amount Hardware Sales Switch...
That's a really big number, especially considering that PUBG for Xbox One only came out last month, and that the total number
of console sales to date for the Xbox One is somewhere around 30 million based on current estimates.
For years Nintendo has been a dominate brand in terms
of console sales and software sales in Japan.