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[Alcibiades]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/index.html?tag=gs_head_news

1 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: GCN | Genre: WILD-CRAZY FUN!
release:
Release Date: 10/11/2004

2 NBA Live 2005
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Sports
release:
09/28/2004
3 ESPN NBA 2K5
Publisher: Sega | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Sports
release:
09/30/2004
4 Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Publisher: Activision | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Sports
release:
10/04/2004
5 Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
Publisher: Microsoft | Platform: XBOX | Genre: Strategy
release:
10/12/2004
6 FIFA Soccer 2005
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Sports
release:
10/12/2004
7 ESPN NBA 2K5
Publisher: Sega | Platform: XBOX | Genre: Sports
release:
09/28/2004
8 Mortal Kombat: Deception
Publisher: Midway | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Action
release:
10/04/2004
9 X-Men Legends
Publisher: Activision | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Role-Playing
release:
09/21/2004
10 Mortal Kombat: Deception
Publisher: Midway | Platform: XBOX | Genre: Action
release:
10/04/2004

 

[Deku Tree]

I didn't expect that! But it's nice to see Nintendo put down the sports game even if only for a week.

 

[borghe]

Paper Mario = pure fun

well, except for Chapter 3 which kind of got tedious... funny, but man I was glad to be done with that one.

 

[belgurdo]

From hot shit to off the chart in barely over a month. Maybe for Fable 1.5 BBB will spend 4 years making a game instead of typing speeches for Molyneux

 

[king zell]

well deserved

 

[Wario64]

So do people still think PM2 will sell only 300k in its lifetime?

 

[Alcibiades]

I didn't expect that! But it's nice to see Nintendo put down the sports game even if only for a week.

oh, this is just the beginning...

Paper Mario is on it's way to 1 million in sales, and Donkey Konga is already facing shortages in many stores, expect these two titles to outperform mild expectations...

If Nintendo can find a way to ship >500,000 Donkey Konga's they'll all be gone before Christmas. Hopefully they'll ship even more than 1/2 million...

 

[AniHawk]

So do people still think PM2 will sell only 300k in its lifetime?

I'll still stand by my 500k number or whatever the hell it was.

 

[Sagitario]

1 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: GCN | Genre: WILD-CRAZY FUN!
release:
Release Date: 10/11/2004

It's funny because it's true :lol

 

[sonycowboy]

Unfortunately, for tracking and prediction purposes, the ebgames.com listing is useless.

It never matches up with actual NPD.

Same for amazon.com, gamefly, or home-essentials rental lists.

Oh, for the days of the Best Buy numbers.

 

[krypt0nian]

From hot shit to off the chart in barely over a month. Maybe for Fable 1.5 BBB will spend 4 years making a game instead of typing speeches for Molyneux

Its got no legs...

 

[Odysseus]

The Mario name should help it stay in the top ten longer than Pikmin 2. That game lasted all of one week.

 

[AniHawk]

Oh, for the days of the Best Buy numbers.

I sent out Metatron's instructions to efra since it kept asking for a manager. Maybe it's only an east coast thing.

 

[Alcibiades]

if Paper Mario and Donkey Konga are hits at stores like EB and Gamestop which basically push PS2 and XBox stuff mostly, it's something to take note of.

I imagine the games are doing even better at places like Toys 'R Us, Kay-Bee and Wal-Mart, where kids/family audiences are more likely to shop...

 

[Alcibiades]

I sent out Metatron's instructions to efra since it kept asking for a manager. Maybe it's only an east coast thing.

even since I came back to school in late August, I haven't been working...

that said, I know it's possible for me to have done it in summer '03, because I trained with access into the green screen and was before they switched to the new system, the problem was I didn't have SKU numbers handy and didn't know I had to go district by district...

it's very time-consuming...

I really need to learn to drive and get a car so I can ask for transfers back-and-forth between college/hometown Best Buy's... (college-town Best Buy wants me to work over holidays but I really want to spend some time at home cause I got things to do)...

 

[SantaC]

go paper mario! I am loving the game.

 

[suikodan]

oh, this is just the beginning...

Paper Mario is on it's way to 1 million in sales, and Donkey Konga is already facing shortages in many stores, expect these two titles to outperform mild expectations...

I always find you entertainting