The ps3 software sales are just terrible. other than the cod games and mlb, absolutely nothing with legs (even just to 2008), even the exclusives. Killzone 2 is just a disaster, holy cow. I would love to see the npd charts 2.5 yrs after the ps2 launch for an ugly comparison.
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Nintendo's profits are down 66% on rapidly slumping Wii sales..."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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MS' Xbox division's revenues were down 12% year over year, but their loss was smaller compared to last year (indicating costs were lower) for the quarter.
They shipped 11.2 million Xbox 360 consoles during fiscal year 2009, which is up compared with 8.7 million Xbox 360 consoles during fiscal year 2008. They're in the black also $169M in profit the past 12 months."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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As for Sony, well..."cratering" is accurate.
PS3 and PSP slump, Wii hammered too
Sony latest earnings show that it continues to be hammered by the worldwide recession and strong yen, suffering a net loss of $390.5 million in the quarter that ended June 30.
The bright spot was Sony's motion picture division, which saw a 6.5 percent boost that was largely attributable to the relatively strong showing of "Angels & Demons" at the box office. But almost everything else, including TV, video game, and computer sales, was down in a big way.
In an article, The New York Times highlighted the 37.4 percent year-over-year slump in gaming and computer sales (Vaio PC). The article noted that PlayStation 3 game consoles were "particularly sluggish" and that software sales had dropped.
According to the report, Sony said it sold about 1.1 million PlayStation 3s and 1.3 million PlayStation Portables in the latest quarter, compared with 1.6 million PS3s and 3.7 million PSPs in the same period a year ago.
The wane in PSP sales is particularly brutal, although part of that slowdown may have been due to rumors earlier in the quarter that Sony would release a new PSP later in the year. (And sure, enough, the PSP Go was unveiled in June at E3.) Also, the constant spate of rumors involving the potential arrival of a new PS3 Slim certainly hasn't helped sales of the current game console.
On a more positive note, we recently attended a PlayStation preview in New York that highlighted the PSP Go and the exclusive titles available for both the PSP and PS3 platforms during the upcoming holiday-shopping season. Overall, it looked pretty good.
Sony can also be consoled by the fact that sales are also way down for the Wii, as Nintendo reported a 66 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on "slowing demand for its Wii console and a stronger yen."
Nintendo sold 2.23 million Wii consoles in the quarter, compared with 5.17 million the same quarter a year earlier.
However, Nintendo still posted a profit of $445 million and is forecasting that it will sell 26 million Wii consoles before year's end--along with 30 million DS handheld game players, which, by the way, is seeing increased competition from another handheld device. Nintendo didn't mention the PSP as the rival in its earning call, but rather Apple's iPhone."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Sony has started inserting obtrusive ads into PS3/PSN games...the "free ride" had to end sometime. In Wipeout HD, it substantially increases loading times. Note it's been removed for now due to backlash:
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Inserting ads into games people have paid for?
Hellgate: London had ads for Mythos posted in the subways. That was kind of cool because a) Mythos was a much better game than Hellgate, and b) it didn't change the load times in any real way. It just added to the atmosphere of the game and was a neat little in joke to fans.
Emulating Hellgate though is not advisable.John Brown did nothing wrong.
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"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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