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NPD Sales Results for June 2009
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ThatObviousUser
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AceBandage said:
The Quantum3 engine they were pushing so hard was actually just a port of their last-gen tech. There was an IGN ('nache) interview where they revealed that they had Quantum4 for PS3 and 360, but decided to upscale 3 because Wii couldn't handle 4.
It has plenty of pretty effects but at it's core it's pretty much a PS2 game engine. Going by dev tech alone, Conduit was probably pretty cheap to make. The costliest aspect of The Conduit was probably all the advertising Sega poured into it.
EmCeeGramr
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matt casamassina is probably making comforting phone calls and visits to the hvs studios right now
Patriotsbball5460
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Angeles said:
So thats why they've been giving away so many copies of that over twitter...
ksamedi said:
It's been selling pretty consistently, actually. Very small drop from last month. Same deal with Rhythm Heaven (though Rhythm Heaven has been selling more and it's catching up).
EDIT: I take that back. Since July was a longer month, the drops were a bit bigger than I thought. Overall numbers are close for CTW month to month.
speculawyer said:
What do you mean? You can enter redeem codes online.
I buy my Microsoft Points from Amazon now since I don't have my credit card attached to my XBL account (and don't want to either). You get the code emailed to you right away and you can just copy and paste into Xbox.com to redeem. Sure beats buying those cards at the store.
Patriotsbball5460
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AniHawk said:
what? wheres the actual numbers?
Danthrax said:
Would the conduit have been better reviewed had it been on the 360 or the PS3 looking like it did and with the same maps and online set up that it did? It's not a huge surprise that the conduit didn't sell, it's an unknown IP made by a no-name developer, and it really didn't seem like it had a hook or something that really stood out.
AceBandage
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Rhindle said:
Actually, given how just bizarre and out of left field many announcements are, they don't.
They are still completely boggled at how to approach the Wii, and just keep throwing stuff out there. Same as they've been doing since day one.
Patriotsbball5460
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AniHawk said:
haha, sorry, spelling error i said "no" instead of "know", my bad
boiled goose
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Patriotsbball5460 said:
before you go any further....
he gets full npd numbers
ThatObviousUser
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Kittonwy said:
That I can agree with.
markatisu said:
HVS was never going to publish it themselves, and on top of that they've never self-published any of their retail games. They simply didn't have the cash.
I do wonder if this will become their top-selling game though. And for the record, I have always thought Red Steel 2 would be a better gauge of third-party Wii success, as it's an established franchise from a big developer. I know, moving goalposts, etc. except it's not.
Patriotsbball5460
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bhhawks78 said:
most likely not, it might outsell the ps3 version of cod4, but defiantly not the 360 versions, ill give you that
EmCeeGramr
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It should be 190-200k at this point, shouldn't it?ksamedi said:
Spider_Jerusalem
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Which are multiplat games and not nearly hyped from the fanbase like infamous was. As I said, exclusives aren't anymore what they used to be: in the past, it looked like great hardcore fans hype for a game could be easily reflected in great public sales, while today it isn't like this anymore.DeadGzuz said:
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amtentori said:
Oh well thank you then...
AniHawk said:
You could have just told me that from the beginning, lol
boiled goose
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AniHawk said:
thank you, that was helpful.
Angeles said:
...wat?
Edit: if you are trying to call it a good game i'd disagree with you wholeheartedly, just as generic/bland/insanely bad story/sloppy controls.....just like conduit but... fucking gorgeous. one of the few games this year i bought day 1, Ebay 2 days later and regretted every minute of playtime.
Fair enough, but when I say "long term view" I'm not borrowing from a press release, although it may sound like something out of one. It's more about my vague insubstantial feeling from comparing the software releases (and other things) between a company like Activision and a company like EA. I'll admit I'm not one to read over annual reports, I tend to skip to the cliff notes in those threads, and then promptly forget the cliff notes and go and play games.Opiate said:
Most gamers that have been around a while will remember the "evil" EA, the EA Spouse blog, sequels with little improvement, anti trust cases, buying and dismantling beloved studios, wikipedia editing, I could go on. I think John Riccitiello has done a lot to turn these things around. They have a long list of excellent new IPs on a variety of platforms, great support of independent developers through EA partners, improvements in employee satisfaction, active involvement in the community, and the PC fanboy in me loves their new stance on DRM and the fact that the CEO recognises that the PC market is actually growing.
Do their financial results suggest that any of these improvements have had any benefit? Perhaps not, I don't know, I'm just an IT guy who loves games so I don't know a thing about finance. EA is a big ship, and they've attempted to turn it around in an economic storm. In an industry where project lengths are often three years long, I'd like to think that a "long term view" can be more than mere corporate speak and that the seeds their planting now will come to bear fruit when times are a little brighter. Perhaps they won't, but what I do know is that very often over the last few years I've been really enjoying a game and looked down to see an EA logo on the cover.
On the Activision side I see a reliance on a small number of IPs and little attempt to innovate. This is a probably the worst month to try and make this point given than a new Activision IP has just topped the NPDs, but I'm sure we can agree that this is an exception. Will their philosophy of a small number of IPs with a large amount of sequels pay off? It certainly is for now. How sustainable is that philosophy? Selfishly I'd like to think it isn't.
laserbeam said:
They pulled MadWorld ads super quick, HoTD Overkill ads kept running for a bout a month.
If SEGA is not seeing what they want they will pull the ads, if this game truly was a massive bomba we wont see the commercials after the next week or so. If we do then its most likely doing well or the bare min to keep paying for prime time air
EmCeeGramr
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AniHawk said:
durr, i messed up at maffs
The Faceless Master
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GTA:SA PS2 > KZ2 > Halo WarsJDSN said:
Patriotsbball5460
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AniHawk said:
I wouldn't be surprised if Halo Wars outsold it here in the US, not by much i would imagine though, its just too bad, imo Killzone 2 deserved better than what sales it did get, especially should have got more than halo wars...just my opinion.
But I would be shocked if halo wars outsold it worldwide, but yes, i know, this is an american sales focused thread, so ill leave it at that
Interesting, FPS games usually aren't the type of games to have any legs (unless you're Halo), so it'll be interesting to track Conduit's movement in the next month to see if it actually has legs or performs as expected from a typical FPS game trend.laserbeam said:
Since Sega is still showing the ads, I guess they're betting that the Conduit might have legs.
They're Sega though, so their decision usually is pretty doubtful. :lol