Who cares about U.K. sales figures? It's an insignificant market on its own. I'm really not sure why GameSpot is highlighting the U.K. exclusively when the console launched in the rest of Europe on the November 30th too..not just the U.K.
I swear, Europeans do themselves a huge disservice by releasing separate sales figures.
I'm an American, and in my terms that would be as if I single out "Great Wii U sales.. in the Alabama game market (Yeaa!)". My point is we need to see total European Union region sales in order to get a more clear picture of how the the launch went, not just one small country.
Why do developers insist on such stupid (and horribly fake) sounding names?
They might as well have named him John Johnson (or flip it to Johnson John, doesn't really matter). And to make matters worse, he shares his surname with the infamously generic Jet Brody. Are they brothers or something?
I forgot about that. Miyamoto got a Prince of Asturias award for communication and humanities(something like that) and I didn't see mentioned on any major gaming site.
You know what? I'm taking the plunge. I don't care, I'm buying a PS Vita. Screw it.
I don't care how terrible Sony is at supporting their own console. I don't care about how they seem to actively not want to succeed, I'm getting it simply because I like it.
Though, I'm not certain if I'll be playing it much simply because it has few games. Period.
Ubisoft, this story doesn't really make any sense. And I'll tell you why.
It portrays the Spanish Empire as having invaded Louisiana, which it actually didn't do. It was handed over peacefully by France to Spain, not invaded. British Florida was invaded by the Spanish, however.
It also portrays the Spanish as having re-enslaved the free mulatto population, which to my knowledge never happened. What gives Ubisoft?
Remember, both France and Spain were Catholic and both shared the same relatively relaxed views on African Slavery. Culturally they were no different.
And last but not least, the rebellion itself was not in support of free blacks and the poor and oppressed. Rather, the rebellion was mostly a bunch of wealthy German settlers who didn't want to share their food stockpile with the new arrivals from French Canada. The Spanish wanted to feed them with said stockpile.
The French actually had the Louisiana territory in worst shape than anyone else (Spain, then the US) with rampant starvation. So again, what gives Ubisoft?
@abHS4L88 @alrepairs Generations was a super awesome game! It may have been short but it was of very high quality, the 3D re-imagining of Chemical Plant Zone was the best thing ever. I loved it, it made me forgive Sega for what they did to Sonic from 2006-2008, it was almost as if Dr. Robotnik became CEO of Sega and tried his best to diminish the very valuable Sonic brand on purpose .
It's serves as a valuable lesson for all game companies: Don't destroy your key brands or you'll end up restructuring and not being able to afford to publish Bayonetta 2 on your own. xD
@burgeg @destiny_falcon If you look at it from the perspective of someone that's new to the Tekken series though, you gotta admit that it looks pretty insane...lol
Is this a "prediction" or is it a warning that publishers will be more aggressive about forcing digital downloads down consumers throats in the near future...?
I think it's more wishful thinking than the "wave of the future". I don't think the majority will abandon physical games that soon. Broadband is required and not everyone can afford it. (PSP GO comes to mind)
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