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[cvxfreak]

platform title publisher Sep. 4 sales shipment sold
PS2 BioHazard Outbreak File 2 Capcom 53,396 30.7%
PS2 King of Colosseum 2 Spike 23,088 62.3%
PS2 Dororo Sega 20,272 20.4%
PS2 Viewtiful Joe: A New Hope Capcom 8,682 unknown
PS2 Shika 4 Ankh 5,815 unknown

Viewtiful Joe's original GameCube release sold 23,873 on its first day, compared with 8,682 copies for the PS2 edition.

Source: Quiter , Yosouoh

 

[The Faceless Master]

PS2 King of Colosseum 2 Spike 23,088 62.3%

awesome, sold almost 2/3 of the shipment

 

[DMczaf]

PS2 Viewtiful Joe: A New Hope Capcom 8,682 unknown

:lol

 

[cvxfreak]

:lol

My words exactly. Capcom had nothing to gain from the PS2 version, at least in Japan.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

LOL @ capcom. THeir office manager is no doubt quivering in his/her boots. All that time for the port + dante and this?! They might have to rethink this port policy or this belief that their games aren't performing on the Cube. Next up... more Street Fighter and Megaman games.

:yawn:

LOL @ doro numbers and OUTBreak numbers. Online is KING!!!

 

[Grubdog]

PS2 Viewtiful Joe: A New Hope Capcom 8,682 unknown

:lol :lol :lol

 

[DSN2K]

PS2 Viewtiful Joe: A New Hope Capcom 8,682 unknown

:lol

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Ok...so I guess most gamers in Japan don't like Viewtiful Joe. That solves that mystery. Now my question is why bother making a tv show off a game that hasn't sold that well on two systems? Was it just his personality? He is a great character, but not that popular by the looks of it.

 

[jarrod]

Joe managed around 70-80k total on GameCube in Japan... that's not too bad actually considering it's budget, genre, platform and the marketplace.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Joe managed around 70-80k total on GameCube in Japan... that's not too bad actually considering it's budget, genre, platform and the marketplace.

Thats true, I guess I just expect more from such an awesome game. I can't lie and say I'm not disappointed...I thought for sure the PS2 version would get some nice sales.

 

[Link316]

PS2 Viewtiful Joe: A New Hope Capcom 8,682 unknown

good for them (the PS2 userbase) cause this was nothing more than an attempt to salvage the poor sales of a GC game

 

[cvxfreak]

good for them (the PS2 userbase) cause this was nothing more than an attempt to salvage the poor sales of a GC game

Oh please, shut UP.

(Anyone who wants the details, just ask)

 

[jarrod]

good for them (the PS2 userbase) cause this was nothing more than an attempt to salvage the poor sales of a GC game

Most PS2 games don't sell 70-80k in Japan.

 

[evil ways]

Damn, so Spike only shipped around 40,000 copies of KOC II? That explains why almost every online retailer has it on backorder and expect another shipment in a week.

Now I know why my order says "Ships in 7-14 days".

 

[Mr Gump]

CAPBOMB

 

[Wario64]

I wonder how many people bought Biohazard just for the DMC 3 demo

p.s. DMC3 demo is pretty hawt

 

[cvxfreak]

CAPBOMB

Well, Outbreak 2 was in development at the same time as OB1, and VJ was a port, so I guess Capcom escapes with few scratches.

 

[AniHawk]

good for them (the PS2 userbase)

They could have bought a great game! Nice to know that crisis has been averted!

 

[cvxfreak]

They could have bought a great game! Nice to know that crisis
has been averted!

Yep, it's all about the crap!

 

[The Faceless Master]

it will be interesting to see the vj2 sales...

 

[cvxfreak]

it will be interesting to see the vj2 sales...

I think Capcom will ship more GC versions based on these sales alone.

 

[ferricide]

PS2 Dororo Sega 20,272 20.4%

seems like shops ordered in unwarranted amounts of dororo, however.
wonder why?

 

[Meier]

I'm actually rather impressed with that Dororo number, poor sales percentage aside. It will probably do about 42k or so its first week and just might end up around 100k... a level I was certainly not expecting for it.

 

[Bebpo]

seems like shops ordered in unwarranted amounts of dororo, however.
wonder why?

I'm guessing because it's based on a famous manga that a lot of people are familiar with.

I was up until 5am last night playing it and while the game has serious hit detection, shoddy camera issues it's actually the most fun I've had with a Sega game in a while. The story and presentation are way above Sega's usual budget level...I guess they got everyone to work cheaply

 

[u_neek]

My words exactly. Capcom had nothing to gain from the PS2 version, at least in Japan.

It's gonna flop in NA and Europe too..