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Poor games Sales - OXCGN Looks At The Recession - It's not the issue, too many games are.

December 17, 2008 in Blog comments 5

OXCGN writer looks at the dismal sales of New IP and how some blame it on the recession, when in fact, game sales figures show an 18% increase of late. Most of the problem is the overabundance of games in such a short window of time. Making it almost impossible for New IP's to have a chance of establishing a following.

Check the article out and most definitely let OXCGN know your thoughts on the matter. Games need to be staggered over the year rather than pushed out all in one short period or window if developers and publishers want to see new IP's become franchises.

I’m no video games economist, and maybe the financial logic escapes me, but does anyone else think that publishing most top video games for one holiday season is just plain suicide?

Let’s look at poor EA. I never thought I’d ever call EA “poor”, but unlike many other developers these days who are pumping out mainly sequels, lately they have been trying new Intellectual Properties (IPs) like Mirror’s Edge and Dead Space. Apparently these games, though widely acclaimed by game reviewers and many gamers, have not done so well in the sales department.

According to the website Azentium.com:

“Both, despite having predicted to become million sellers, have bombed. Dead Space on the Xbox 360 came in at number 10 on NPD Group’s monthly chart in October with a total of two hundred thousand copies sold, while the PlayStation 3 version failed to chart at all within the top twenty. Mirror’s Edge also had a very starting month, with neither version of game charting in the month of November. Despite the holiday season traditionally being a good time to release and establish new intellectual properties, both Mirror’s Edge and Dead Space performed poorly.”
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    The Omega Dec 17, 08
    There's a typo in the title. The author stated that there are too many games, not too many gamers like you stated.

    And yeah, there are so many games coming out nowadays that it would be impossible to keep up with everything, so people spend their money on few games they know or figure will be good for awhile, and certain games that come out of nowhere and surprise people with their good reviews are looked past.
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    Sindrak Dec 17, 08
    I can see how that's possible. My video game to buy list used to be small and manageable, but lately it has been slowly getting bigger and bigger... I think it's up to around 80 now, and that's going all the way back to early last year if I can still find them somewhere. Time to make some more tough choices and trim it down some more. >_
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    XboxOZ360 Dec 18, 08
    Yes quite true, but the edit didn't last long and the item was approved faster than I had a chance to edit it out . . bugger . .
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    Sayyed* Dec 18, 08
    I think this is true. Because if gaming is in a recession how can games like gears and fallout 3 sell more then 3 million. Shame for some of the new IP's. Devs should have been more smart about it. Fall release's aren't always the best. There are 9 other months that are a big dry streak for gaming.

    I wish a lot of devs would read this.
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    Gameroz Dec 19, 08
    So do I. The last thing we want is only sequels and also asking us to shell out a fortune on all their releases at this time of the year with so many other things to buy is a bit much. They are asking for games to be bought later at budget prices.

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