To put it in perspective, FFVII had one of the largest marketing budgets of the gen, and it was one of the highest
selling games of the generation.
Could GTA IV possibly become the best -
selling game of this generation?
Not exact matches
get yourself a state
of the art stadium, get yourself best manager, get yourself the best players for all the positions money can buy, then have a great marketing team to
sell your great team which is wining silverware almost every year that will bring in new and better sponsorship = more money future
generation in return will buy your products and bring in bigger share
of the TV rights or cable the more
games you play in competitions the more gate money and TV and on and on,
«Grand Theft Auto V is now
sold in 95 million units worldwide, reflecting its status as the highest rating title
of the current console
generation and the must have
game for purchasers
of Play Station 4 and XBOX 1», CEO Strauss Zelnick told investors.
The PlayStation 4 is this
generation's best -
selling console, and is a wonderful combination
of power, performance and excellent
games.
Currently the best -
selling Wii U
game is Mario Kart 8 with around 5.5 million copies
sold but if Super Mario Maker continues at this pace it seems likely that it could quickly become the best -
selling title
of the Wii U
generation, cementing the fact that this
game should have been a launch title instead
of something released three years into the Wii U cycle.
Most recently Kyd scored Crytek's Sony VR and Oculus Rift virtual reality
game ROBINSON: THE JOURNEY, the # 1 Chinese fantasy / sci - fi movie CHRONICLES
OF THE GHOSTLY TRIBE (based on the best - selling Chinese novel «Ghost Blows Out The Light») directed by Lu Chuan (City of Life and Death, The Last Supper) and the Warner Bros. series MORTAL KOMBAT X: GENERATIONS directed by Garrett Warre
OF THE GHOSTLY TRIBE (based on the best -
selling Chinese novel «Ghost Blows Out The Light») directed by Lu Chuan (City
of Life and Death, The Last Supper) and the Warner Bros. series MORTAL KOMBAT X: GENERATIONS directed by Garrett Warre
of Life and Death, The Last Supper) and the Warner Bros. series MORTAL KOMBAT X:
GENERATIONS directed by Garrett Warren.
This followed one console
generation later and
of course had amazingly beautiful graphics, Heavy Rain took the helm as the developer's best
game yet, grabbing awards at gaming conventions including E3 as well as post release awards; showing
gamers yet again that they can
sell a top notch movie story while giving the players control.
Code Name S.T.E.A.M will be lucky if it ever reaches 100k sales, thus being the worst
selling Nintendo
game of the
generation.
Being able to play the last
generation's
games is a major
selling pont and gives any platform and already established base
of games.
Not every developer and surely not every
game, but this is one
of the BIGGER
games of this
generation, and this is the only CDPR
game on PS4, this would
sell more
games, i'm sure
of it.
The developers, Starbreeze Studios,
sold the IP to the publisher, 505 Games earlier this year for $ 500,000, it's clear that the publisher so the potential
of the
game and have ported the
game to next
generation consoles already!
Let \'s go back to a different time, a braver time, for an important lesson: back in the first
generation of videogame consoles,
games were
sold as their own consoles.
Cruis»n was insanely popular at the time, in fact the N64 (bad) port
of Cruis»n USA
sold 1.72 million units worldwide and it was the best
selling arcade racing
game conversion
of that
generation of consoles.
But we're also seeing fantastic engagement with console exclusives like Sea
of Thieves, the fastest -
selling Microsoft Studios new IP
of this console
generation, and PlayerUnknown» sBattlegrounds, whose new desert - themed map is now available to play on a dedicated test server ahead
of its launch in Xbox
Game Preview later in May.
Microsoft is going to have to take the lead
of selling gamers on the idea that the traditional 5 + year console
generation has given way to a more iterative model
of two years, similar to mobile platforms.
Descent, the third DLC pack for the best -
selling console video
game on next
generation platforms, Call
of Duty: Black Ops III, arrives first on PlayStation 4 on 12th July, with other next - gen platforms to follow.
It's the # 1
selling title at key retailers and it's also the most played
game on Xbox One and PS4 globally,» said Eric Hirshberg, CEO
of Activision Publishing, Inc. «As we've said before, we've got the best community
of fans in the world and we're thrilled they're coming with us to the next
generation.»
That intricacy alone may help KoF12 garner some playtime from busy
gamers but another
selling point is that aside from Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom on the Wii, KoF12 is the only tagteam style fighter for the new
generation of consoles.
But i
sold my wiiu and 3ds right after finishing those
games after all them hours, i will be picking up a 3ds when pokemon sun comes and
of course ill be getting
generations.
High speed broadband along with lower pricing and additional extras have allowed digital editions to reach an average 15 to 20 % attach rate and this percentage is set to continue growing in 2016 with many estimating that half
of all console and portable
games will be
sold via digital download by the end
of the
generation.
Looking back to last
generation we saw the Wii break records as the fastest
selling console
of all time,
selling through to both core and casual
gamers alike.
Ultimately, it was the best
selling game in its
generation of consoles.
Knowing the convenience
of digital
games convinced me to embrace digital downloads this current console
generation, which ultimately led to me
selling nearly all
of my physical video
games, especially all
of the cartridge
games for which I could find ROMs.
The Godfather
game sold 4 million units on last
generation of consoles and the remake on this
generation, are good enough to warrant Electronic Arts to make the «Godfather 2»
game.
Additionally, Sea
of Thieves made the # 2 spot in March's NPD report, making it Rare's fastest -
selling game since 1995 and Microsoft's fastest -
selling new first - party IP this
generation.
God
of War > has become not only one
of the best
games of this year, but
of this
generation as the fasting
selling PS4 exclusive and one
of its highest rated exclusives on the platform.
The console was the lowest -
selling system
of the 6th
generation (minus the SEGA Dreamcast), but it still managed to build a solid library
of hit
games and is fondly remembered by
gamers all over the world.
The biggest
selling point
of remasters are the opportunity to introduce
games to a new
generation of gamers.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Salvation, the fourth DLC pack for Call
of Duty ®: Black Ops III, the best -
selling console video
game on next
generation platforms *, will arrive first on PlayStation 4 on September 6, with other next - gen platforms to follow **.
Salvation Completes An Epic Season
of Content for the Best -
Selling Console Video
Game on Next
Generation Platforms * read more
SANTA MONICA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Descent, the third DLC pack for Call
of Duty: Black Ops III, the best -
selling console video
game on next
generation platforms *, is available today, first on PlayStation 4 with other next - gen platforms to follow **.
Moving on, high definition remastered versions
of beloved older titles have
sold well this
generation as classics like God
of War, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, Halo, Banjo - Kazooie, Tony Hawk, and plenty
of other
games have returned looking better than ever to compete against new releases.
With Steam, LucasArts and the original developers get to show off (and
sell, which IS kind
of a big deal compared to SCUMMVM) their
game to a whole new
generation and Steam just says «Sure, just give us a little bit off the top, we really don't care as long as it doesn't break people's computers.»
This is likely due not only to the fact that PlayStation 4 is the best -
selling console
of this
generation, but also due to it being the only place that you can play the
game in VR currently.
The
game is compatible with all
of the Nintendo 3DS family
of systems including the New Nintendo 3DS XL Monster Hunter
Generations Edition, which also launched today (
game and hardware
sold separately).
According to the NPD Group, the Wii surpassed the Xbox 360 to become the best -
selling «next
generation» home video
game console in Canada with 813,000 units
sold by April 1, 2008, and had been the best -
selling home console for 13
of the previous 17 months.
And finally: you ask why with all their people they won't create a new
generation console Action RPG... because that sort
of game would never
sell on the Xbone or PS4 — the audience for those consoles is much more interested in «mature» software.
Hailed by critics and consumers alike as the best - looking and most realistic racing
game of this, or any other
generation, Forza Motorsport 5 has been embraced by Xbox One fans worldwide, becoming the best -
selling racing
game by console attach over the past decade.
Forza is the best -
selling racing franchise
of the current video
game console
generation — more than 10 million
gamers have played Forza
games on Xbox One so far.
Alongside the Arari 2600 and Colecovision, the Intellivision was one
of the best -
selling game consoles
of the second
generation of video
game consoles.
Being able to offer that kind
of content is where Nintendo dominates, with Fils - Aime pointing out that a total
of fourteen out
of the twenty best
selling games this
generation being on the companies gaming devices.
The epic role playing
game sold over 11 million copies around the world, making a
generation of gamers familiar with the streets
of Midgar and fans
of chocobos.
The Wii, the Xbox 360, and the PS3 all
sold quite well during the last
generation, because all
of them had good, exclusive
games.
Rare's jolly old pirate
game Sea
of Thieves has become Microsoft's fastest -
selling new IP
of the Xbox One
generation, and is already the best -
selling Microsoft Studios
game on Windows 10.
Had Home been positioned up front as a freemium gaming platform — and had launched with the wide array
of third - party
games currently available — it really would have been a major
selling point for owning a PS3 at the onset
of this console
generation.
Grand Theft Auto V remains the highest rated
game of the current console
generation and a must - have title for
gamers on both console and PC with
sell - in now surpassing 75 million units.
Super Mario Odyssey was one
of the biggest
games of 2017,
selling millions
of copies and becoming one
of the highest rated
games of this
generation...
In the current 8th
generation of video
game consoles Sony has
sold over 70 million PlayStation 4 units and Nintendo made a miraculous comeback with the Nintendo Switch
selling 14 million units in one year.
Surveys continue to show that
gamers are still attached to the possibility
of buying
games on physical discs — not least because they can then
sell them (a practice that the
games industry hates), and due to their persistent hard disk space issues, although it's only the current
generation of consoles which has insisted on installing entire contents
of Blu - ray discs onto hard disks.