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Mike_L on 25 February 2018
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JRPGfan said: 
Mike_L said:

Update:

Capcom: Monster Hunter: World fastest selling Capcom game ever
Nintendo: Breath of the Wild fastest selling Zelda game ever + Odyssey fastest selling 3D Mario game ever
Square Enix: Final Fantasy XV fastest selling Final Fantasy game ever
Sega: Persona 5 best selling Persona game ever
Blizzard: Overwatch best selling Blizzard console game ever
Sony: Uncharted 4 fastest selling Sony game ever + Horizon: Zero Dawn fastest selling new Sony IP ever
Bandai Namco: Dark Souls III fastest selling Bandai Namco game in the west ever
Ubisoft: The Division fastest selling Ubisoft game ever + fastest selling new IP ever
Bethesda: Fallout 4 fastest selling Bethesda game ever
Warner Games: Batman Arkham Knight fastest selling Warner game ever
Activision: Destiny 2nd fastest selling new IP ever
Take-Two: Grand Theft Auto V 3rd best selling game ever with 90 mill sold
Microsoft: Minecraft 2nd best selling game ever with 144 mill sold

All that doom and gloom, before this gen started.
Really doesnt look like the video game industry is in a bad place at all.

Agreed. The console industry is thriving. I even forgot a recent success (Bandai Namco's Dragon Ball FighterZ being the fastest selling DB game ever).

Dedicated handhelds seem to lose market share these years due to mobile gaming but I think that was inevitably giving that the phone (a device that we always carry around) can provide gaming on the go.

If PS4 ends up at 120 mill, XB1 only needs to sell 52.7 mill in order for them to reach PS3 and XB360 combined (172.7 mill). Additionally, I think Switch has a good chance to match Wii's success (101.64 mill).

 

Software numbers seems to be better than ever as well (link).