2010 started quickly with the release of "Mass Effect 2" but, last season didn't met the expectations of the game players except brand new game of the huge series: "Fallout New Vegas” which, wasn't graded much by critics unlike "Fallout 3". This status of the game market reflect the games sales which dropped 2% to $24.7 billion.
However, 2011 is still new and may change everything. Unlike last year, this year has too much expectations and anticipations by the audience because of the announcements of the big guns.
The first wave of the bombardment is going to happen in March. "Fable 3", "Dragon Age 2" and "Witcher 2: The Assassins of Kings" which are the three of the greatest RPG sequels will be in the front line at the battlefield. Moreover "Shogun 2: Total War", the last game of the one of the best RTS game series in all time, will start the invasion of the shelves in March. Last but not the least, "Crysis 2" which was the sequel of the best seller game "Crysis" will be on the shelves in this March.
Why wait for the March? Even though it is not a bombardment the scout battalions already released, like one of the most anticipated MMORPG, which is "DC Universe Online". Also there are rumors like "Diablo 3 and games, which don't have a specific release date like "Deus Ex: Human Evaluation" maybe show themselves in 2011. Also, important DLCs for "Fallout New Vegas" and expansions like "The Sims Medieval" will offer more for the games, which are already in the field. However, the outcome won't be decided until the end because another big sequels like "Mass Effect 3", "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and "Batman: Arkham City" will show themselves at the last quarter of the 2011.
With the rising of the inflation, dropping sale rates and decreasing buying power around the world, will these games can beat each other and find themselves a buyer? It is uncertain and these games will be able to face a delay but with the financial status of the game market and the power of these brand names, we will definitely see a very bloody battle soon.
1/19/2011
1/09/2011
Big Pocket of Duty
Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops earned a milestone by gaining 1 billion dollar revenue since the game released on November 9. According to the Gamespot:
"In the first 24 hours, 5.6 million gamers answered the latest Call of Duty for a total of $360 million in sales. Within the first five days, Black Ops sales had reached $650 million. Those numbers trumped last year's opening for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which posted a 4.7 million unit, $310 million one-day total and reached $550 million in five days."
Even though Call of Duty is a shooting game not a RPG, I still want to the write about this success. Because this achievement may effect not just RPG but, entire game industry as well.
You may want to know how this is going to effect the game market? The reason is simple. Activison's Call of Duty: Black Ops is one of the products that earn so much money in so litle time that, achievement can be compared with the James Cameron's Avatar Movie. Also, this success shows the accomplishment of a game that one can make on the sales chart.
Of course, best selling is not a new thing for the game industry. If I remember right, GTA 4 gained nearly 155 million dollar at their first three day. Also, everyone knows about how Blizzard earn more than 1 million dollars in every month thanks to the World of Warcraft.
However, I believe that no game has earned 1 billion dollar so quickly in the entire history of game business. This maybe a sign that game industry will become the most profitable market in the entertainment business.
On the other hand, there is always a downside. Recently, Best Buy announced that their entertainment software sales down 15.4 percent in the last 14 months. Also for the last holiday season their sale down 1.6 percent since last year. But according to the news, Best Buy already have problems about decrease in the sales of the other departments. So this decrease do not show the real potential of the game market.
"In the first 24 hours, 5.6 million gamers answered the latest Call of Duty for a total of $360 million in sales. Within the first five days, Black Ops sales had reached $650 million. Those numbers trumped last year's opening for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which posted a 4.7 million unit, $310 million one-day total and reached $550 million in five days."
Even though Call of Duty is a shooting game not a RPG, I still want to the write about this success. Because this achievement may effect not just RPG but, entire game industry as well.
You may want to know how this is going to effect the game market? The reason is simple. Activison's Call of Duty: Black Ops is one of the products that earn so much money in so litle time that, achievement can be compared with the James Cameron's Avatar Movie. Also, this success shows the accomplishment of a game that one can make on the sales chart.
Of course, best selling is not a new thing for the game industry. If I remember right, GTA 4 gained nearly 155 million dollar at their first three day. Also, everyone knows about how Blizzard earn more than 1 million dollars in every month thanks to the World of Warcraft.
However, I believe that no game has earned 1 billion dollar so quickly in the entire history of game business. This maybe a sign that game industry will become the most profitable market in the entertainment business.
On the other hand, there is always a downside. Recently, Best Buy announced that their entertainment software sales down 15.4 percent in the last 14 months. Also for the last holiday season their sale down 1.6 percent since last year. But according to the news, Best Buy already have problems about decrease in the sales of the other departments. So this decrease do not show the real potential of the game market.
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