Videogame Industry on Verge of Imploding?

actually, if we\'re comparing console gaming to what it was 10 years ago

there is NO contest

console games are shite compared to what they were

[censored]!!!

Actually, the US has always been the biggest market for Shenmue. Shenmue sold over 500k in the US and Shenmue II stands as ther highest imported game of all time.

I still stand to think that Shenmue II can sell around 150k on XBox. I pray for a runaway success, but I doubt it will happen. I know I will be pushing the game for anyone who loves adventure games this holiday season.

btw, the end of DBGT rocked, Blade? Those were the good ole days.


Eric Jacob

Ok lets see.Almost non existing sales in japan,a few in US and nothing in Europe.....hmmm.

Releasing it on PS2 would have been wiser.More sales in japan,more sales in US and if Sega wanted to more sales in Europe.

What are they thinking?Perhaps they dont beleive they can make a good port on PS2 due to programable VRAM and AA?

AB: Well, I never saw the end of DBZ.. although I do know that Goku uses the Spirit Bomb to beat Buu.

I was referring to the Spirit Bomb in the Frieza saga. Now those were th\' good old days!

Putting it on PS2 would turn it into a jaggy AND blurry mess. A sight not too commonly seen.

Shenmue II sales in Japan = 200k+, European sales were 100K plus. I don\'t see how this goes as \'almost nonexistant\' :rolleyes:

Blade, in DBZ, Goku only uses the Genki Dama with power collected from the planet, in the finale of DBGT, SS Gogeta 4 uses the power of the universe to win.


Eric Jacob

[Bobs_Hardware]

Non-existant on the X-Box  

/me claps hands slowly

Who would of thought it, gaming snobbery is alive and well.

People Games are not Fine Wines or pieces of art work.

they are a Form of Entertainment thats purely down the the Individual whether the like or dislike.

If something is Entertaining then surely it must be Entertainment- **Peter Kay line(from the sunday show) i know but it gets the point
across

I mean as other people has said, you can’t judge and industry purely on the sales and current situation of one gaming series.

Also you can’t blame the public for buying games that in your eyes seam inferior to ones you like.

God some people in here seam to forget the simple economic of Supply and Demand, people will buy what ever game they like and I know in some cases they make big mistakes (points at  the Blind rush to get Turok evolution)  

true that for every superb game a developer pushes out, there are a hand full of duff ones, but i think you wil find that the profit made from a single "Army men" type game is enough to add to the develop and produce the next MGS or HALO



But the way I like to think of it is that through this confusion ,some games do get their merit (like GTA3 for example which hasn’t even dropped out of the best selling charts since its launch) well done to DMA NOW ROCKSTAR NORTH well done.  

Originally posted by AlteredBeast

Blade, in DBZ, Goku only uses the Genki Dama with power collected from the planet, in the finale of DBGT, SS Gogeta 4 uses the power of the universe to win.


Eric Jacob

oh p.s

God .... Eric...why am i not suprised that your a Dragon B*llocks Z fan ! i bet you even have the bed cover sheets you SAD\'O !


footnote
------------
**Peter kay is a well know and highly funny British Comedian , if you can get a hold of his series called "phenoix Nights" then do because its GREAT !

Putting it on PS2 would turn it into a jaggy AND blurry mess.

altered, im dissapointed you would stereotype as such

tsk tsk, yer not turning into a graphics tart, are you?

oh, and 150,000 - 200,000 copies sold is shit
how many millions were spent in development?

Silent Hill3 doesnt look blurry and jaggy.Thats for sure.

and neither does ANY ps2 title that the devs put proper care in thier product

AB: In the Frieza saga, Goku gathers the Spirit Bomb (AKA Genki Dama) from Namek and neighboring planets.

Which, of course, isn\'t "this galaxy" as I said in my original post.. but whatever. I like the Frieza saga GD more.

ooseven, I used to watch it BEFORE it came to America. It wasn\'t a fad with me, nor an obsession, but I had watched the movie on the International Channel as a kid, and later, upon seeing it on the internet, started buying Japanese fansubs. DBZ and DBGT are great series.

Blade - I forgot about that.

mm - 150 - 250k isn\'t shit when you have your development and advertising paid for, along with a cash bonus for letting MS publish it. That is to say it is all profit, they don\'t receive the publishing money, but they got a nice money hat from MS.


Eric Jacob

so it all adds up to no shenmue 3  

just look what happened to JGRF

I swear, in order to be an executive at a videogame company, you have to be mildly retarded or an old senile guy. Preferrably both.

/me shrugs at the morons around the world