The time may well soon be upon us when game publishers either have to start making interesting titles again; stop using bricks'n'mortar retail or simply charge £0.01 on Day One and make lots of money via DLC. That's if a recent report that AAA game sales are in the gutter is true.
MCV reports that, "Sales of triple-A video games have reached an all-time low...The UK games retail market is 25 per cent down compared with last year. And publishers are aghast by the performances of major sequels."
In terms of numbers, "According to retail sources, this year’s major new games are selling between 10,000 to 48,000 during their first week on sale. By comparison, in the same period last year the big brands were shifting between 35,000 to 80,000 units."
Ouch. Why is this the case? Discuss it in the Forum. We all want to know!
Source: MCV
MCV reports that, "Sales of triple-A video games have reached an all-time low...The UK games retail market is 25 per cent down compared with last year. And publishers are aghast by the performances of major sequels."
In terms of numbers, "According to retail sources, this year’s major new games are selling between 10,000 to 48,000 during their first week on sale. By comparison, in the same period last year the big brands were shifting between 35,000 to 80,000 units."
Ouch. Why is this the case? Discuss it in the Forum. We all want to know!
Source: MCV
Comments
DoctorDee 23 Feb 2012 11:40
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Sales of triple A is not actually all that representative of spend and market value though is it? What about total sales, including mobile devices?
dave 23 Feb 2012 13:34
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call of duty modern warefare 3 sucks gurella dick. its so bad that i dumped that s**t and re purched old school duty 2 and 3 and started kicken Nazi ass again. Canadian's love killin Nazi's and have always been good at it :)