Diablo III can't save May game sales

still people buying COD???? cmon.

There are a multitude of reasons for it though largely due to the subscription based models out there today. 

With subscription based models, people are inclined to stick with an existing title rather than try new titles. Despite how lackluster the game can become, people just aren't willing to drop a sub monthly fee to go on and purchase another title in that same month. They'll just continue to look for fun things to do in their sub choice. 

Another reason is the emergence of the free to play MMO which I believe DLC doesn't count as a game sale. 

Another reason may be that the NA market for gaming hasn't grown much at all as anticipated. Younger kids have about the same odds of being a gamer today as they did 20 years ago which doesn't bode well for future growth. A kid who isn't relegated to the indoors has a social life and friends that will likely spend far less time indoors. 

This is what happens when game publishers developers are all consolidated under a few giant publishers.  When the development of games is being run by out of touch MBA's and equally out of touch focus groups, you get the garbage we've been peddled over the last couple of years.  There's literally nothing coming up over the next 6 months that I'm even remotely interested in buying.  

Well i can't help but feel I'm beeing ripped and tricked with every new game that comes out. I haven't bough a game in a long time, and I don't plan to, for the reasons stated by others before me. That doesn't mean I don't satify my game hunger, but I'm not buying anything until I've tried it first and play mostly old games from 99-2006.

Keep increasing prices, develop silly games with commercial apprehensions and ask "why sales are down?"

Do you know about the economic crysis in Europe also all over the world? I don't think so.

games are supposed to be about people having fun.. not other people getting rich off those people... which is ALL that matters to THOSE people... 

this info is spread to help us all realize .. more and more .. that the only thing that matters, is what matters to the people who pull the strings... and that what matters most to THOSE people ... is that the infinite growth paradigm, continues to drive humanity in the wrong direction.  and some day, when there is no more oil... then what?  what games will there be?  probably the kind where we everyone goes out onto a field out under the sun, next to another field of solar arrays and plays for... oh my gosh... FUN and not money.

ahhh JibbaJabBa

No big deal. It's exactly what you'd expect as developers get ready for the next gen of consoles.

I spend my time playing more Indie games nowadays. The big players in the gaming industry over the last 5 years have definitely lost their way dumbing and stripping down games to try and aim for a more casual player with simplistic design and colourful user inferfaces to appease the less mentally challenged.

Diablo 3 is OK but like people said here, it becomes boring and repetitive in it's linearity and lack of randomness.

What are you suggesting? That making new games has an impact on game sales?

Next thing you're going to suggest is that quality has something to do with it too.

Lunacy.

I Love the monthly business reports that are done, interestingly enough would you say these are done for the benefit of us as consumers or for the developers?  If the latter happens to be true wouldn't that effectively eliminate the staff of this website to do reviews objectively?  Thoughts anyone?  

Also a thanks goes out on my behalf to all the consumers that are the cause of this latest slump, people who refuse to be nickel and dimed to death by DLC, and not supporting game designers who are actively putting out sub par products, i.e. Capcom, EA/Bioware, and also supporting the games that should be supported.  Keep up the good work and maybe some of these companies will start putting out complete products for you to purchase.

Sooo should i feel sad that an already incredible successful game isn't going to make as many millions and high unit marks as it did the month before after breaking the record for you know what???? 

Seriously, what's going to happen, they've already cashed out big time, broke some selling  record, and are pretty much set for life. Should i cry that they aren't gonna make much money as the month before??? I know this post was made for  certain reasons and there wasn't really any other tone this article could've gone; but seriously, who in the world of gaming gives a damn?

well everythings been stripped down, noobified, broken, drm's nonsense, bad writing, worse storylines, etc etc.

you cant mass produce art.   I miss the days when there were lots of smaller companies around.  I used to pickup new titles all the time.  Now i browse the $5 bin every so often, and even then i dont end up playing through half my games anymore.