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I noticed this last week at my local Tesco Extra (flagship store).
There was no Nintendo hardware at all.
There was no Nintendo hardware at all.
Extra extra read all about it: "Forum gamers" think they know the gaming business, consider Nintendo dead.
Extra extra read all about it: "Forum gamers" think they know the gaming business, consider Nintendo dead.
Laugh all you want, but the industry as a whole is down. GTAV being a huge success doesn't change that. People won't buy a console for three games - they buy the games because they already have the platforms they run on.
it looks like the Wii U is going to be Nintendo's Saturn. came off of a highly sucessful predecessor and didn't even get its name known before being dropped everywhere outside japan.
It is cheap and has a lot of great games.During the summer in Cambridge, the PS2 and PSP sections are dragged out on display. International students apparently buy a lot of PS2 and PSP software.
Well, at least they seem to know it better than Nintendo.
it looks like the Wii U is going to be Nintendo's Saturn. came off of a highly sucessful predecessor and didn't even get its name known before being dropped everywhere outside japan.
You´re a extremely salty Nintendo "fan". Which makes your "predictions" even more funny.
Extra extra read all about it: "Forum gamers" think they know the gaming business, consider Nintendo dead.
you mean the same people who care far too much about graphical power and sales?
You know, maybe you should leave the thinking (and guessing) to horses - they have a bigger head after all.
GTAV's sales prove nothing. Millions of people already have PS3s and 360s and buy games for it - that's not really surprising and completely irrelevant. And for the record: I'm mostly a PC gamer, but I also own all consoles. Want my PSN ID or Live Gamertag?
you mean the same people who care far too much about graphical power and sales?
It is cheap and has a lot of great games.
IMHO, still a nice deal.
Tesco in general appears to have really cut down space for games. In my local one the 360 and PS3 get most of it and the rest is in below them. Its not much space to begin with.
Retailers are just continuing to react to the sales trends.
Exactly the same in all my local Tesco stores, just relegated to a small corner.
Go back to the last page and check out the 3DS software figures. It might move hardware, but the software sales are nothing to shout about.That doesn't explain why the 3DS is being treated in the same matter despite the fact that it's the best selling hardware in every region. Something shady is going on.
That doesn't explain why the 3DS is being treated in the same matter despite the fact that it's the best selling hardware in every region. Something shady is going on.
What the hell is that “We participate in a Civil Debt Recovery scheme” thing?
it looks like the Wii U is going to be Nintendo's Saturn. came off of a highly sucessful predecessor and didn't even get its name known before being dropped everywhere outside japan.
Just like people didn't bought a 360 to play Gears, or didn't bought a PS3 to play MGS4
Only chavs buy games from Tesco.
you say that in defence like the wiiu is selling well.you mean the same people who care far too much about graphical power and sales?
Laugh all you want, but the industry as a whole is down. GTAV being a huge success doesn't change that. People won't buy a console for three games - they buy the games because they already have the platforms they run on.
Is Nintendo's marketing significantly different in europe than the US? Because the 3DS failing alongside the Wii U in the UK while it does so much better in the other regions of the world is really strange, making me wonder if there's something wrong with the way the entire brand's perceived in the UK.
you say that in defence like the wiiu is selling well.
There is no Vita section in my local supermarkets. No hardware, no software. Nothing.How's the Vita section? That's been doing just as bad if not worse than WiiU.
Only chavs buy games from Tesco.
What a fucking stupid comment. What it you don't have a Game or Blockbuster nearby, and thus supermarkets are the only viable choice for games from a retail store? What if you're shopping on a Friday night and decide to shove the new release in your basket? What if they actually do competitive prices?!
Nope, no excuses. Obviously just chavs.
There is no Vita section in my local supermarkets. No hardware, no software. Nothing.
The Nintendo brand has been perceived exactly the same since the N64. The only blip in the timeline (the casual gamer explosion) is unlikely to ever happen again.
Will be interesting to see if x1/ps4 will do any better
Go back to the last page and check out the 3DS software figures. It might move hardware, but the software sales are nothing to shout about.
GTA V sales are proof that this industry is far from dead. PS4s amazing pre-order numbers are proof as well.You know, maybe you should leave the thinking (and guessing) to horses - they have a bigger head after all.
GTAV's sales prove nothing. Millions of people already have PS3s and 360s and buy games for it - that's not really surprising and completely irrelevant. And for the record: I'm mostly a PC gamer, but I also own all consoles. Want my PSN ID or Live Gamertag?
There is no Vita section in my local supermarkets. No hardware, no software. Nothing.
You must have missed the NPDs where that did not in fact really happen.
A game is a $60 investment. The main investment, the one for the system itself, already happened long ago for most customers. Millions of people buying GTAV for a system they already own doesn't mean the same people will buy millions of consoles to play GTAVI at some point.When your argument is that console gaming is dead, how could sales of a new console game possibly not be relevant?
GTA V sales are proof that this industry is far from dead. PS4s amazing pre-order numbers are proof as well.