Sentences with phrase «on console sales»

It's worth noting that for the most part, console makers as a whole don't rely on console sales to make money.

One of the reforms was to lift the ban on console sales and so the Government created a trial period where they would allow games consoles to be made within the Shanghai free trade zone to be distributed across China, subject to standard local inspections on multimedia goods.

After a nearly fifteen - year ban on console sales, Chinese developers have finally started to test the waters.

Like Mario Kart 8 back in May, Super Smash Bros. looks to be an enormous boon to the Wii U. Forging ahead into the holiday period, Nintendo will no doubt be hoping to replicate the demonstrably huge bolstering impact venerable series can have on console sales.

Nintendo's development teams focus on creating the best experience they possibly can rather than what effect a delay will have on console sales.

Microsoft and Sony lost money on every console sale for a while to cement market.

Not exact matches

Nintendo Switch sales set a new company record in the console's first two days on U.S. store shelves, Nintendo (NTDOY) of America president Reggie Fils - Aime told New York Times report Nick Wingfield.

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

Shares of GameStop are falling on weak holiday sales, while Nintendo shares are also down on its new «Switch» console pricing.

It's the fastest - selling Nintendo console of all time: Nintendo sold just shy of 15 million Switch consoles in its first nine months on sale.

Sony's PlayStation 4 is in a strong position: Over 70 million consoles have been sold, putting Sony in first place by a long shot, and a relatively new PS4 console is on sale for the other 6.93 billion people who don't own one yet.

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 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 company's Wii U console has proven to be a failure, software sales have been disappointing, and on mobile, the company's earlier forays have left much to be desired.

Thursday's announcement follows similar price cuts of the console in Asia, including its home market Japan, and adds pressure on rival Microsoft (MSFT), whose Xbox One system has lagged the PlayStation 4 in global sales.

That already exceeds sales of 13.56 million consoles for the Wii U that was on the market from late 2012 through 2017.

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.

Kinect, launched on Nov 4 as an add - on for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, has seen its sales on the rise after it hit the gray market in China two weeks after its official launch.

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.

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).

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.

The lack of sales on the individual consoles could be attributed to the fact that Diablo 3 was released for console a while after the PC release.

For Diablo, the sales on each individual console were much less than the PC release, but all - together, the sales between the four consoles (PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One) did end up being roughly the same as the PC numbers.

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.

Perhaps some consumers are waiting on the Xbox One X, a 4K capable console upgrade that will release in November for $ 499, but I tend to believe that isn't the biggest factor in Xbox One's lagging U.S. sales.

Reliable NPD sales data leaker Welfare on NeoGAF has revealed likely close to final sales results for the U.S. console market in June.

The launch of Splatoon had a pretty positive impact on Wii U sales, allowing the console to become the best - selling platform in Japan... something that didn't happen very often since launch!

It's still too early to say or comment on the lifetime sales figure of Nintendo Switch, but the fact that we can't ignore is that since it's release in March 2017, Nintendo Switch has been the best selling consoles for multiple times in the US (according to the NPD), the most recent month being October 2017.

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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.

As reported by SuperData, the recently released Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for Sony's PlayStation 4 was among the top grossing console titles, although only being on sale for one day in June.

The most important news was an update on PS4 hardware sales: there are now 60 million PS4 consoles in the wild, and software sales are eight times that.

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.

This is definitely on the low end of sales for the series (in fact, it's the worst - selling entry so far), but it's not too surprising given the audience is yet to fully transition to the Nintendo Switch (which remains an expensive console).

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

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

PS4 and Xbox One are great and powerful consoles but that is not reason to talk crap on the Switch, especially since the Switch is outpacing both consoles in sales because it does what those other two can't.

Update: We've added Best Buy's great deal on the Star Wars Battlefront bundle, as well as its console exclusives on sale for just $ 20.

Maybe there simply isn't a big enough audience for such a JRPG on Nintendo Switch yet (the console is still pretty hard to find in stores), in which case we could witness steady sales in the next few weeks and months.

As for the Nintendo 3DS, sales dropped once again, but as usual, the drop isn't really all that bad... because the console has been on «low but steady» mode for a few months already!

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.

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

«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.

This product image released by Microsoft shows the new XBox One entertainment console that will go on sale later this year.

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?

As the console enters its third year on sale, third - party publishers have all but deserted.

I hear they're very great iOS ports, but if they play better / offer more features on another console, the sale may not be worth it.

Compare that to Twilight Princess sales of 7M on two consoles.