while Game Boy Color sales rose 331%
What the?? Don't these people know there's a bigger, better, backwards compatible system out there now?
Looks like it's pretty close though. I'd like to know what Halo's total numbers are.
I always thought the GC was gonna edge out the Xbox in sales, but not by this much.
Huh???
Xbox in first 9 days: 556,000 units + 1.32 million games
GC in first 7 days : 469,000 units + 810,000 games
Looks like a dead heat to me. XBOX is selling quite a bit more games, as the library is bigger.
With both launches being deemed overwhelming successes, and the PS2 still chugging along, I would say console gaming is having quite a good year.
469,000 is the number of GCs in the first week
810,000 is the number of software units in that week
556,000 is the number of Xboxen in the first 9 days.
186,000 is the number of Xboxen from the 18th - 24th
97,000 is the number of Halo units in the same time span.
1.32 million games have been sold for Xbox in the first 9 days.
There's clearly something missing from these numbers. Did MS sell any XBox to rental?? The Nintendo numbers last week stated something like 500K to retailers in US, 100K to Canada/Latin America, and 75,000 to rental stores.
If these numbers are correct, they're saying only 395K of the 500K GC at retail sold during the first week. That just doesn't equate to the total lack of both at retail these past two weeks.
If these numbers are correct, they're saying only 395K of the 500K GC at retail sold during the first week. That just doesn't equate to the total lack of both at retail these past two weeks.
I still don't buy the whole 'total lack' thing. Places like Samsclub.com have been selling XBoxes regularly, which means at any given time they are sitting somewhere in the distribution pipeline (trucks, warehouses, distribution centers), and a friend of mine from Detroit says there are Gamecubes for sale in certain stores EVERY day in his area.
Plus they are just estimates.
Nonetheless, all is well in the world of games
Ya think so? Developers are failing left, right & centre, and a lot are finding it hard to get new contracts. Publishers aren't making any money & finding it hard to appease their shareholders. Development costs are spiraling out of control.
Brian, are you talking about PC developers? I'm willing to bet that the majority of the game developer failures are PC game developers, not console developers.
Nope. Game developers in general are getting squeezed.
Ya think so? Developers are failing left, right & centre, and a lot are finding it hard to get new contracts. Publishers aren't making any money & finding it hard to appease their shareholders. Development costs are spiraling out of control.
Some of it reminds me of 1984 (the game crash, not the movie). Lots of games on the market, but 90% of them aren't worth a second look.
(the game crash, not the movie)
You know this is a home theater forum when the (bad) movie is mentioned before the classic book.
I'd believe it. Gone are the days when a game could be made in months. Now everything has production cycles of a year or more. And budgets for games routinely go into the millions.
It definitely doesn't have to be that way for every game. Right now, there's a strong push for 'bigger, better' which driving profits out of studios. A lot of teams are attempting to make games on the Japanese scale without the infrastructure to support it.
It's not just about having huge teams of resources - that's relatively easy to get - it's the management & efficient use of them. Right now, generally we're not getting it right in the West. Neither's Japan generally either though (Hello, Mr SquareSoft!).
I'm no business expert, but I see the effects affecting my friends & co-workers. I expected at least one big well known publisher to fold this year. I know a couple of well established UK developers are flying close to the wire 'betting the farm' on their Christmas releases this year. I know a lot of firms have 'trimmed the fat' incredibly this year on perks, pay & staffing. I know a lot of good people in this industry who've laid off in the last few months.
Just last week Teque allegedly closed its doors after completing Popstar Maker on the PSX for Eidos, for instance. Konami's profits dropped 78% on a 20% /increase/ of sales.
You know this is a home theater forum when the (bad) movie is mentioned before the classic book.
Damn, you busted me.
And no, I'm not an idiot, but I do tend to follow a 'movie' mindset around here.