Video game sales hit three-year low in US

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"Established Franchises" #

Posted Friday 12th June 2009 21:36 GMT

"June 2009 may be looking up with the release of good number of games based on established franchises"

Games with recognizable brand names and boring gameplay are our best sellers? And they blame it on the economy. Thanks EA.

Ian 11

No suprise #

Posted Friday 12th June 2009 21:36 GMT

It was a weak month for games, just look at the titles listed. UFC was about the only thing that came out and all the Wii titles are ancient.

There weren't any real new AAA releases for that month so people cutting spending has nothing to do with it. If there's nothing new worth buying how can they expect decent sales figures?

armyknife

The Answer is in the game's name #

Posted Friday 12th June 2009 22:43 GMT

Less to do with an economic downturn and more to do with this; how many of the games listed are new, rather than just another exercise in milking a franchise/series.

*Pirate because I'd guess a lot of people cant even be bothered to steal Gridiron 09 etc.

blem wit

Sure, blame economy... #

Posted Saturday 13th June 2009 22:51 GMT

...not the horrible games that have been shoved down players throats.

Does anyone remeber a single awesome game being released this year?

Colin Wilson

Pre-orders ? #

Posted Saturday 13th June 2009 22:59 GMT

I wonder how far up the rank Natural Selection 2 would be based on pre-orders...

Something like 97% of all purchasers went for the more expensive "Special Edition" variant at $40 rather than $20 for the standard release.

That's some going for an as-yet unreleased successor to the original free Half-Life mod, which holds the title of "my most played game" - far outstripping my time with Elite (I got to "Deadly") and Frontier (yes, i'm an old-b'stard !)

http://www.naturalselection2.com

"I liked the original so much, I bought the Special Edition"

zerofool2005