PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Is A Successful Failure (The Jimquisition)
PUBG might have been a massive hit, but the behavior of the team behind it indicates it’s a failure in one very important way.
Tag: Sales
‘GTA V’ Stacks $6 Billion in Sales—More Than Any Movie Ever Released
If you grew up with a PlayStation 2, you’ll remember the sheer madness surrounding the release of Grand Theft Auto III. In an era of parental outrage and boycotts regarding violence and offensive content in entertainment, GTA 3 bore the brunt for the gaming industry. But the franchise has navigated its controversial identity sharply, focusing…
Steam Isn’t Fine: Indie Game Performs 20 Times Better On Switch Than Steam
The Nintendo Switch is becoming the indie platform of choice while Steam Direct has turned Valve’s storefront into a choked mess where games go to fail. Source article: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/03/16/blossom-tales-developers-avoid-closing-thanks-to-switch-sales-after-poor-steam-showing.aspx Source image for Steam releases: https://u.cubeupload.com/0TCFhm.jpg
Star Wars Battlefront II ‘Only’ Shipped 9 Million Copies, Microtransactions Return Soon
[UPDATE: Apparently the originally reported figures were incorrect. Battlefront II supposedly shipped 7 million, not 9 million, which is still a fuckton and obviously even more sad for poor Electronic Arts. Haha.] Electronic Arts expected Star Wars Battlefront II to have shipped ten million copies by now, and fell short…
Bugger Me, The Nintendo Switch Is Killing It (The Jimquisition)
Yours truly may have many negative things to say about Nintendo, but there’s no denying the Switch has had a phenomenal year. Also, Sterdust returns, and has something to say to Pro Wrestling Ego.
Loot Box Controversy Having No Impact On Game Sales
Inspired by an article (and the commentary that followed), I discuss the NPD’s suggestion that recent loot box backlash hasn’t damaged the industry… and why that doesn’t entirely matter. Read the article if you wish: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-25-npd-loot-box-controversy-having-no-impact-on-sales-potential
Circle Of Strife (The Jimquisition)
GameStop, it’s time to sit before The Jimquisition and listen to the charges brought before you. Lament, ye sinner, and may God have mercy ‘pon your rotten soul. Also, your Circle of Life thing is broken bullshit, as is your whole working relationship with the game industry. Shove THAT in…
Prepare For Titanfail (The Jimquisition)
Titanfall 2 is brilliant, but it doesn’t look like luck (or an audience) has been on its side. Let’s look at why it all fell apart, and why this is a shitty thing in the wider scheme of things.
A Nintendo Switch ‘Room Temperature’ Take (The Jimquisition)
Let’s jump aboard the Nintendo Switch content train and hump it. Hump it until our genitals bleed! Seriously though, we’re talking about Nintendo’s marketing this week, and the importance of visual communication when selling a product. Also, #PerformanceMatters n’ stuff!
How Consoles Broke The ‘Play Now’ Promise (The Jimquisition)
After spending almost an entire day downloading Mafia III on the PS4, I’m compelled to reflect on how consoles are lying inferior machines that properly fucked up. A harsh reflection, perhaps, but a bloody true one. Their makers consider themselves in competition with PC, so they’re asking for some harsh…
A Depressing Post-Mortem Of Battleborn (The Jimquisition)
Battleborn might go down in history as one of the most routinely humiliated big-budget games ever. The wrong place, the wrong time, the wrong everything. Nothing went right for a game Gearbox once described as a “big bet.” What really sucks is that it was a good bloody game!