lackblogger
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On this account, AAA products can not come to the console market.
You think everyone who plays computer games rushes out and buys the latest console as soon as its released?
total sales of ps4s (worldwide):
28/04/2106 - 40 million
31/07/2105 - 25 million
30/09/2014 - 13.5 million
13/11/2013 - 22/02/2014 - various release dates.
So its safe to conclude that sales average 1 million per month. Meaning that consoles have the same customer mindset. PS4 also vastly outsold all competitors. 1 million per month worldwide means that for any specific country, even the United States, monthly sales are only in the 100,000s of thousands.
When you consider that AAA game development and marketing is weighted to demand first week sales as their biggest consumer moment, and deciding factor on investment and success rating, again, appealing to older system requirements is more mass market than anything content-wise in the game.
The PC niche is precisely niche because it demands quality improvements at a faster rate than the console market. One of the best ways to piss off the PC AAA market is to release a game that is optimised for 3 year old consoles instead of current PC.
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