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[dammitmattt]

Are there any numbers for GTA Chinatown wars? Can we finally call it a bomb.

No. It sold just as much in its second month as its first month.

Hoping to see the Conduit and Ghostbusters on the list next month.

I wouldn't count on seeing The Conduit, but Tiger Woods and Ghostbusters should do very well.

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On another note, poor Boom Blox

what'd sacred 2 wind up selling on consoles

Probably about 3 copies.

EDIT: Beaten

 

[Mrbob]

Poor Grin.

Three games, three bombs.

 

[ghst]

Lets not make stupid comments on sales in a sales thread

just wait until gran turismo, then we'll be seeing some prreetty big changes around here.

 

[AniHawk]

what'd sacred 2 wind up selling on consoles

Not bad. Around 80k.

 

[Jon]

Honestly I am shocked Punch Out sold that well. A seemingly shallow game, with low replay value, for full price...any other game would have sold less than 100K. I am glad consumers picked it up because it turns out that it is a deeper game than initially expected and it is pretty damn fun.

 

[DogWelder]

just wait until gran turismo, then we'll be seeing some prreetty big changes around here.

Big changes in what way?

 

[laserbeam]

No. It sold just as much in its second month as its first month.



I wouldn't count on seeing The Conduit, but Tiger Woods and Ghostbusters should do very well.

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On another note, poor Boom Blox

Boom Blox didnt do so hot initially either but the legs made up for it. I could see it being the same though the box art for Party is horrible :/

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

Microsoft has basically bought mindshare for its key franchises.They have the money to waste and I cannot even begin to imagine how much they have spent to make Halo the thing it is.

You're right when it comes to Halo 2 and 3.

But Halo 1 didn't get the same treatment. At least not down here. Halo 1 became a phenomenon in many countries of it's own bat.

I still feel word of mouth is the best advertising money can't buy. I don't know about America, but Halo 1 had pretty much zero marketing in Australia, and yet became a SMASH thanks to word of mouth.

So much so it created the Xbox brand and caused it to catch up to the PS2 down here in a scary way.

800K consoles in 3 years compared to around 2 million PS2s at the time considering the year and a half head start Sony had, it was amazing.

At one stage the Xbox was outselling the PS2 on a month by month basis, so Sony rang random EB Stores in Melbourne doing fake customer calls, and almost every EB employee was recommending the Xbox over the PS2 and Sony threatened to pull the PS2 from EB Stores Australia wide :lol

 

[mujun]

Unlikely, this gen.

I'm interested to see how Forza 3 and GT5 do saleswise.

I think GT will go down, Forza will go up and GT will still outsell Forza.

 

[Concept17]

Not saying its gonna have a huge turn around or anything, but comparing PS3 sales to GC is fair at the same time-span, but I'm fairly certain the GC never costed 599...or 399. PS3 has primarily been hurt by its high price. But its also managed to sell ~22m at 400+ $.

 

[dammitmattt]

just wait until gran turismo, then we'll be seeing some prreetty big changes around here.

I've never, ever heard that before.

*Cue the "Wait For" chalkboard image

 

[Tobor]

UFC, that's the sport that's like wrestling but everyone pretends the outcomes aren't rigged, right?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I wouldn't count on seeing The Conduit, but Tiger Woods and Ghostbusters should do very well.

If Punch-Out can make the list at 157k, then the Conduit can because I suspect it'll do similarly. Who knows though, maybe the top ten will be more crammed next month and it'll miss the cut.

On another note, poor Boom Blox

Boom Blox will probably do very well over this year year. The first one was considered bomba and it still got a sequel and did very well.

 

[dammitmattt]

UFC, that's the sport that's like wrestling but everyone pretends the outcomes aren't rigged, right?

It's the sports where dudes cuddle on the canvas for 90% of each fight.

 

[Archie]

UFC, that's the sport that's like wrestling but everyone pretends the outcomes aren't rigged, right?

Are you suggesting UFC is fake? :lol

 

[Suburban Cowboy]

Would Wii's core titles sell any worse if it was built as a Gamecube 2.0? Obviously the install base would be much lower, but its core software titles seem on par with last generations

 

[Tobor]

Are you suggesting UFC is fake? :lol

I was being a smart ass.

It's the sports where dudes cuddle on the canvas for 90% of each fight.

No wonder it's so popular! Who doesn't love cuddling!

 

[Danthrax]

I wouldn't count on seeing The Conduit, but Tiger Woods and Ghostbusters should do very well.

I dunno. It looks like a game only needs to sell about 100k to make it in the top 10, and I think The Conduit has a shot at that.

 

[dammitmattt]

If Punch-Out can make the list at 157k, then the Conduit can because I suspect it'll do similarly. Who knows though, maybe the top ten will be more crammed next month and it'll miss the cut.

New IP targeted at core gamers vs. a remake of a well-known IP that appeals to everyone

It's a much different situation

Boom Blox will probably do very well over this year year. The first one was considered bomba and it still got a sequel and did very well.

EA has barely promoted this one. I predict that it does much worse.

 

[botticus]

If Punch-Out can make the list at 157k, then the Conduit can because I suspect it'll do similarly. Who knows though, maybe the top ten will be more crammed next month and it'll miss the cut.

We'll see what sort of marketing effort it gets.

 

[vesp]

Whoa at UFC (havent played it yet).

Big fat sadface at Infamous. It definitely deserves much better and I dont expect legs beyond maybe another 150-200k next month.

Punchout was also a pretty poor showing, but I expect it to have much better legs than most games.

 

[sciplore]

Totally forgot about this, been a while since I had npd sneak up on me. Of course my predictions were all over the place so I did terrible on my predictions.

Slow thread tonight might cruise in whenever creamsugar post numbers or the top 20 get posted.

 

[dammitmattt]

I dunno. It looks like a game only needs to sell about 100k to make it in the top 10, and I think The Conduit has a shot at that.

Not next month. It will be a lot bigger than May.

 

[Halvie]

Anyone seen top 20 numbers for PS3 or 360? Wondering if the SFIV sale might have made it pop up again this month...blows my mind that UFC did that much better then SF in its first month....

Thought inFamous was going to do a good deal better than 175k. Most of my local stores were out or only had a copy or two left in stock(checked before it was June). Guess they didn't order that many.

 

[Shurs]

We'll see what sort of marketing effort it gets.

One is a Nintendo published property with nostalgia in its corner, one is a new IP published by Sega that doesn't feature Sonic. Let's keep it real.

 

[ggnoobIGN]

Not next month. It will be a lot bigger than May.

Isn't summer the slow period?


Anyways, Conduit comes out the 26th, but I still see it doing well. I could maybe crack the bottom of the top 10.

 

[AniHawk]

The Conduit aint doin' shit.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

We'll see what sort of marketing effort it gets.

IGN Wii GAME OF E3 2007

IGN BEST GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY

IGN EDITOR'S CHOICE

GAMESPOT "OK for a Wii game I guess" AWARD

 

[laserbeam]

The Conduit aint doin' shit.

 

[Shig]

The Conduit aint doin' shit.

This. People that are interested in first person shooters aren't looking to Wii games for their fix.

 

[shintoki]

I think Uncharted bombed harder than that.

Oh! Or Banjo-Kazooie. It fell in on itself like a dying star. It may have even killed Rare.

Banjo wasn't a bomb, It was brought out back and shot even before it released.

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

GAMESPOT "OK for a Wii game I guess" AWARD

Ok this one made me laugh pretty hard :lol :lol :lol

 

[Danthrax]

IGN Wii GAME OF E3 2007

IGN BEST GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY

IGN EDITOR'S CHOICE

GAMESPOT "OK for a Wii game I guess" AWARD

:lol

 

[dammitmattt]

IGN Wii GAME OF E3 2007

IGN BEST GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY

IGN EDITOR'S CHOICE

GAMESPOT "OK for a Wii game I guess" AWARD

You know what marketing is, right? It's not random online awards. I guess you were joking?

Isn't summer the slow period?

Anyways, Conduit comes out the 26th, but I still see it doing well. I could maybe crack the bottom of the top 10.

Not as slow as late spring because the sports games start coming out. Prototype will be big across two platforms, Tiger will be big across 2-3 platforms, Ghostbusters will be big, and you'll see some holdover from titles in this month's top ten.

 

[devilhawk]

Not saying its gonna have a huge turn around or anything, but comparing PS3 sales to GC is fair at the same time-span, but I'm fairly certain the GC never costed 599...or 399. PS3 has primarily been hurt by its high price. But its also managed to sell ~22m at 400+ $.

Interesting. Thank you for this novel insight.

 

[Opiate]

I think it's very unlikely that The Conduit will do well.

 

[Fuzzy]

I think it's very unlikely that The Conduit will do well.

+/- MadWorld's first month? :lol

 

[devilhawk]

I think it's very unlikely that The Conduit will do well.

I hope it does. In this case lets be realistic. It isn't going to light up the sales charts. It might slowly accumulate some decent sales as the year goes on, though, but that may be optimistic.

 

[Brofist]

The Conduit aint doin' shit.

Anyone believing it would actually sell was in denial.

 

[dammitmattt]

Anyone believing it would actually sell was in denial.

Paging donny....what was your last guess? 200k?+

 

[Beer Monkey]

360 will be going into its 4th year in November 2009. It needs to be at $150 or $175 at that time.

It will have completed its fourth year (when Xbox completed its fourth year, 360 launched) and will be starting its fifth year.

Xbox was actually 1.5 years old when it dropped to $179, and 2.5 years old when it dropped to $149. That's what you need to do when you get your ass kicked. Of course, that's also a big part of why Xbox was killed after it completed its fourth year; it was a money pit.

 

[boiled goose]

I wish the wii fit, ea active, and wii play weren't included in the top 10. It's not that I'm dissing them or anything, but 2 aren't really games, and 1 is a controller. It's not very instructive to me as a gamer. I'm not dissing them either, I'm probably buying a wii and ea active for the wife and I, but I'm buying it as an exercise tool, not a game.

havent played sports active yet,

but wii fit is very clearly a game...

 

[Evlar]

No. It sold just as much in its second month as its first month.

Did it really? Good! I was one of those lucky purchasers. It's a polished, fun game and welcome addition for fleshing out the DS library.

 

[Aaron Strife]

I think it's very unlikely that The Conduit will do well.

Will probably do better than MadWorld but nothing super successful.

I could see it topping a million. Maybe.

 

[jibblypop]

Nice to see Punch out and Infamous in there.
Boo to UFC and x-men.

 

[freddy]

This seems to support my theory that the Wii's greatest competition is the DS.

DS sales up and Wii down. ;O)

 

[SapientWolf]

I think it's very unlikely that The Conduit will do well.

I hope the match making is good, because I was playing against some skilled player at E3 (I think it was one of the devs) and it was like walking into a rape room.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I wanna know how well Bionic Commando did on 360 vs. PS3. That oughta be interesting.

 

[wRATH2x]

Yaaaaaayyyyyyy a MamaRobotnick gif!!!!

 

[BishopLamont]

PUNCH OUT!! (Wii) 156.9K

So there's only 156.9k truly "loyal" Nintendo fanboys in America. That's a surprise.