darthdevidem01 on 08 December 2009
| Zucas said: Well I'll give my take: Sales Success- There were a lot of good things about this year when it comes to sales wise. When it comes to systems, the winners are Wii, DS, and PS3 Slim. Why the Wii? Well despite slowing the summer it set record numbers in the early part of the year and was reinvigorated with a pricecut. Truly spectacular sales as it even looks to better PS2 in its comparative year as it stays on a trend of outdoing the PS2. DS is easy one. DS despite being in the market for over 5 years now is still able to put up record numbers throughout the year. Tie that in with a successful DSi launch with led to the biggest Black Friday week sales EVER. Finally, PS3 Slim as it has continuously sold well since it came out as Sony was able to put itself in a position to at least compete. Now when we come to software the sales successes were Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, UFC: Undisputed, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Resident Evil 5, Dragon Quest IX, Pokemon Heartgold/SoulSilver, and Halo 3: ODST. Definitely been a strong year for the big expected titles but had a few surprised hits such as UFC and Batman games. Sales Flops- when it comes to hardware there has been only one flop this year and that was the PSP Go. Despite PSP still being somewhat competitive, Sony released a higher priced PSP Go that was trying to be more like an iPhone than a video game console. Customers responded by continuously picking up DSis and PSP 3000s. Tie that in with a marketing campaign that didn't exist and you may have one of the biggest commercial flops since that of the Virtual Boy. On software side the blaring ones are Fight Night Round 4, Brutal Legend, The Conduit, and almost all PSP games. FNR 4 was easily just a disaster for EA as based off the success of the first one and the hype for it, it disappointed by not giving the fans what they wanted. Brutal Legend was another example of a great new IP of an idea that failed to make it to the hearts of the mainstream as it got overlooked for titles such as Uncharted 2 and Borderlands. The Conduit was a hyped well funded Wii project that got denied big time marketing and didn't prove to the loyal fanbase that it was the definite Wii shooter. Finally, PSP games in general bombed and crashed throughout the entire year, even big 1st party Sony franchises. Piracy, a failed PSP Go, PSP 3000 slowing, anda dominant DS not only made PSP hardware crash but the software as well. Overall Sales Winner- DS and it's not question about it. DS sold boatloads of hardware in its 5th full year on the market with software successes left and right. Nintendo started to bring some big Japanese properties over and they started to succeed in the west. Really being a developer in 2009, the DS was your best choice. Runnerups are 360 software, 1st Party Nintendo, and PS3 Slim. Overall Sales Loser- PSP, namely the PSP Go. There is nothing that even comes close the disappointment that was the PSP Go as Sony watched as their once competitive handheld product faded into oblivion. Really nothing left to say about it. Yea that's just the sales one haha. If had to big a winner I would pick Nintendo as Wii and DS are still huge hits with some huge software sales from the company to boot. However, unlike you, I can pick a clear loser and that is the PSP. That is the only reason I'm probably not going to give dual winning to both Ninty and Sony just because while Sony did a great job with a PS3 they did an equally bad job with PSP. But I do agree that the 360 has been steady the entire year and despite all that's gone on, MS has kept the 360 important in the eyes of the consumer. |
Once again perfect post
