Sentences with phrase «say the console market»

Superdata said the console market has yet to take off in China; the firm's PC digital revenues report frequently comments on that market's importance, so we may see a change soon.

Not exact matches

«The home console market was still pretty small then,» Pachter says.

Christine Arrington, senior analyst for games at IHS Technology, says that while Apple TV isn't worrying the console market just yet, it could eventually establish itself as a real player in that space.

Albert Penello, senior director of marketing for Xbox 360, said that while Microsoft is well positioned to take advantage of the cloud with its online Xbox Live service, consoles still have a bright future.

Even when not announcing a new console, Sony and Microsoft frequently use major AAA titles to push the marketing of their systems, even if the title isn't an exclusive or the developers of said game have their own panel.

That being said, the console games market is in a state of upheaval, so establishing a new game franchise requires a considerable amount of will, determination, and love.

«Nintendo Switch is the fastest - selling home console in history, and Nintendo is not taking our foot off the gas in 2018,» said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Last month, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said that Nintendo was to blame for sluggish sales, highlighting the company's «relaxed» marketing efforts and the lack of «one single software» to sell the console's differences.

One Kia official says the automaker set its sights squarely on market - leader Dodge Caravan, and the minivan sports several successful features from other products as well — such as the Honda Odyssey center console fold - out tray.

Sony will start producing the next generation of consoles later this year and the first devices will appear on the market in 2012, said some sources from the publication DigiTimes.

Well this is a surprise... MS statement - «As the best - selling console in the U.S. in April, fans set record April sales and engagement for Xbox One last month,» Xbox marketing boss Mike Nichols said.

First, Williams talked about Nintendo's dominating hardware sales in relation to their console's software sales saying, «For all the success of the Wii, you're starting to see the trend emerging in Wii markets of software prices going lower and lower.»

Doesn't say much for Microsoft's marketing if they are just barely outselling a ten year old console.

Now hardware marketing director John Koller is saying that the svelte new 120 GB PS3 will be sending the remainder of its husky brethren to join the 20, 40, and 60 GB models in Sony's ever - expanding console graveyard.

And I don't say that to be mean, because Xi3's design looks pretty sweet at the moment, a small modular computer that can fit neatly beside your TV and appeal to the console market who enjoy simply being able to plug it in and get playing.

However, Adam McGowan, the Marketing Director at Playlogic said, «Infernal was always designed with a console release in mind...» That being said, perhaps the addition of a subtitle means the addition of content.

Honestly they are just trying to find a way to counter sony's marketing deal and exclusive early DLC for Destiny 2 They are doing this by saying «Hey we have the cheapest way you can play destiny 2 and get a console to play it buy ours» and I think thats pretty smart because thats pretty much the only way your going to counter what Sony is doing and have something for the consumer to think about and stop on.

When asked if the PS3 is going to remain the most expensive console on the market, SCEE boss David Reeves said, «I think it will, yes.

«NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 brings the highly successful NARUTO SHIPPUDEN anime series straight to the hands of console gamers,» said Carlson Choi, VP of Marketing for NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc..

«Your saying power doesn't matter, so your telling me that if microsoft start hurling out the exclusives to the rate what sony have this gen,» But that will never happen, they may indeed up their console exclusive output, but they will never go back to full exclusives as they want the PC market as well.

«We understand that Switch fans enjoy using their consoles in a variety of environments, so we've designed our products to ensure the best protection with minimal impact on its portability,» said Chris Arbogast, Nyko's Director of Sales and Marketing.

«By way of further clarifying some recent statements made in the press, Ubisoft wants to reaffirm that it strongly supports the PSP, which holds a unique place in the market, addressing dedicated gamers and offering unprecedented power in a portable console,» an unnamed spokesperson was quoted as saying.

«At Buka, we're always looking for new and exciting opportunities to help developers expand their markets, especially onto consoles,» said Aleksander Mikhailov, CEO of Buka Entertainment.

The Dreamcast's US launch was a spectacular one to say the least: great games, great marketing and a great console.

«We've got a plan to do Godus on consoles, because if we do it well, I'd love to have the core gamers from the console market in the mix of the millions of people playing in this world,» he said.

«On a time - aligned basis through the first 10 months on the market, Nintendo Switch has sold more consoles than any other platform in history,» NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said.

«Over the first 50 months in market for each console, the combined hardware installed base of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One now exceeds that of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by 18 percent, and that of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox by 4 percent,» said Piscatella.

Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft, said that many Xbox 360 and PS3 owners told Ubisoft they wanted to play the new Rayman game on their current consoles.

Microsoft's own Phil Spencer has been quoted as saying that the Xbox One X is «not for everyone», looking at the Xbox One S as their market - aimed more affordable console.

«As our first entry into the console market, we're absolutely ecstatic to see the success of Neverwinter on Xbox One,» said Perfect World CEO Bryan Huang.

That's not to say, however, that i don't want them to be more competitive in the console market, and third party support would help there.

Speaking to the NYTimes, Nolan Bushnell, whose own company fell out of the console manufacturing market as Nintendo grew to prominence, said he believes it is the end of an era for the gaming giant and consoles in general.

«It's Ubisoft's objective to continue to meet the needs of consumers who have not yet made the move to the new console generation,» said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Ubisoft.

«We are thrilled to bring one of our most expansive ONE PIECE games to the PC and a whole new generation of consoles,» said Dennis Lee, Director of Brand Marketing at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. «ONE PIECE: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition offers a treasure trove of content for gamers looking for an exhilarating action - adventure game.».

I have to say, it's somewhat refreshing to see all these new consoles rushing out to the market.

Matthew DiPietro, VP of Marketing, Twitch said: To date, Destiny is the biggest console game launch of the year on Twitch.

He says, «We're nearing the possibility of real console - quality on mobile devices, and it will be interesting to see how that is best leveraged in making games that appeal to both the mainstream market and the more hardcore player.»

Those with more prudence will say there are way too many factors... power being one of them... which leads to a console being successful or not, and I'd wager a lot of it comes down to brand trust and marketing... both of which Sony has in spades right now, whereas MS has very little trust with Spencers primary job being to build that... and probably one of their worst overall marketing campaigns for Xbox since the original... I mean, «best line up in XBox history»... seriously?

That being said, the console market is in a state of upheaval, so establishing a new game franchise requires a considerable amount of will, determination, and love.

«Sleeping Dogs was a huge success and bringing it to the new generation of consoles was an easy decision» said Jon Brooke, Vice President of Brand and European Marketing at Square Enix Europe.

But like I've been saying for the longest, it makes no sense for MS to go head to head with Sony in the console race, because they almost always on the losing side (the 360 lost in overall sales, but it was a win for MS and marketing share.

Is it fair to say that console gamers are often easily mislead by hype / marketing more than PC gamers?

«From Activision's point of view the relatively slow burn of this generations console market and the transition towards increasingly digital delivery is major risk for their business — like any traditional publisher — so it makes sense to consolidate their position by acquiring one of the giants of mobile gaming,» says smartphone industry veteran Oscar Clark, now at Unity.

«I expect it to impact on Nintendo's earnings,» he said, adding that the push into mobile would also open up emerging markets where consoles had struggled to take off.

He said something like, «Why would we put Gran Turismo on a console that has zero units in the market when there are 150 million PlayStation 3s out there?»

Speaking to Siliconera at GDC, Nintendo of America's senior manager of marketing Damon Baker said the console firm was showing off nine games during the week, but that there were another 17 in the pipeline that had already been submitted and would be out in the next two months.

Fils - Aime says that strategy is an opportunity to «leverage the literal billions of devices out there, devices that are available in markets where Nintendo dedicated systems aren't available» and create games that are truly accessible, especially to folks who may not be able to purchase a home console (or a ticket to Universal, for that matter).

He says, «The game market in 2018 is likely to be split fairly evenly between console, PC, and mobile platforms.»

The growing cost of console development, allied to a shrinking domestic market, have made these games increasingly unviable without international success,» said David McCarthy of Cybird, a Tokyo - based developer.

It's impossible to know how many consoles have been imported into the country, but having looked at some data from Niko Partners, spoken to retailers and others in the industry, I'm confident enough to say that the grey market will have accounted for an additional 1.5 million unit sales leading to a total of 2 million PS4's & XB1's installed in the country.