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Official October 2008 NPD Results
- Thread starter sonycowboy
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Opus Angelorum
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A Link to the Snitch said:
If I recall correctly it was a bit over 500K across all platforms (Wii, PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360).
EDIT
534,000 to be exact.
MikeE21286
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WretchedTruman
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yes, same time frame. And, of course, considering the fact that LittleBigPlanet hit retail in the last week of October in the U.S., I'd say it's pretty safe to assume that the game will be picked up by more than a few stragglers this month.gregor7777 said:
manueldelalas
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Tmac said:
Just when they solved the issue, it will appear again.
Poor Nintendo... =P
Private Hoffman
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gregor7777 said:
It could be an indication of sales because Uncharted was a relatively unknown, but high quality title that released at the end of the month amidst high competition, and through word of mouth the sales of the title grew as the season went on.
davepoobond
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is Gears of War 2 in November?
The Librarian
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Yes.davepoobond said:
Kill Your Masters
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Yes.davepoobond said:
gregor7777
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Private Hoffman said:
Hasn't Sony spent a truckload of money on LBP advertising? Ineffectual spending if you consider the game relatively unknown.
Private Hoffman
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Frillen said:
LBP was tracked for less days and sold better than Uncharted during its first month. Guns? Yeah, but no chainsaw, no excessive violence, no 600 pound main characters. People wrote it off as a Tomb Raider clone.
gregor7777 said:
If they have spent a truckload of money on LBP advertising, I've seen no evidence of it or they haven't started it yet.
I saw more Uncharted ads last November than I've seen LBP ads.
gregor7777
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Private Hoffman said:
I was thinking of this:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=333624&highlight=sony+advertising
Off to a pretty poor start on that one. And bad news for the rest of their titles if that's the biggest.
Private Hoffman
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gregor7777 said:
Actions speak louder than words. Again, if there has been a huge marketing budget (so far), I haven't seen it.
MotorStorm 2 and Resistance 2 have seen far more ad circulation, as did Uncharted last year.
Billboards the size of a dollar bill is what they spent it on I guess, because "little is big(planet)"!gregor7777 said:
Damn, I can't believe they were that stupid, the point of billboards is that people see them, people can't see small advertisments, it's like they made those advertisments for sackboy's.
Also the try-out locations and stores, which were closed days before release. Those fools should've sold the game there and kept that shit open, give the place a christmas theme, allow people to download special christmas Sackboy stuff etc.
A classic of example of: What were they thinking?
Private Hoffman said:
There have been way more LBP tv ads, they are airing on all sorts of channels (MTV, Spike, MSNBC, TBS), and before the game came out it was being promoted by Gamestop ads to get the free pre-order bonuses (first time I ever saw a Gamestop commerical)
I have seen 6 LBP ads just today, so to say its not being heavily advertised is not true if we are talking about TV. Uncharted barely ever got advertised on TV outside of the Playstation 3 ads were it was featured as one of many games alongside Blu-Ray.
But I think the problem is the ads is off, the ones I saw today had Sackboy running through a level and then jumping on a bus. But it really did not tell me what it was and to someone not in the know (aka "casual") they may look at it and thing WTF is that?
gregor7777
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markatisu said:
Same thing with their newest ad with the reflection. No mention of what the game is or what it's about.
How about we wait and see? As Hoffman and others have mentioned, maintaining strong sales through the Christmas season isn't unprecedented, and has been particularly common for a title of Little Big Planet's ilk.
As others have mentioned, it's less common for titles that got big advertising pushes at launch from large producers to take off later; it's also less common for games on the PS3 in general, both due to the low install base and general "hardcore" tilt of the system.
I believe that summarizes all of the relevant information we have. Now, we'll have to wait and see which of the above factors takes precedence.
As others have mentioned, it's less common for titles that got big advertising pushes at launch from large producers to take off later; it's also less common for games on the PS3 in general, both due to the low install base and general "hardcore" tilt of the system.
I believe that summarizes all of the relevant information we have. Now, we'll have to wait and see which of the above factors takes precedence.
Nooreo said:Forget home,secretps3game
Im gonna do what i should have done along time ago,Buy 360 and enjoy both worlds. I quit being sony's warrior D : <!!. Fable 2 i will have wild sex with you till this generation is over. And God of war 3 i am still thinking of you every night.
YES!! it feels good
How you like me now sony?!! > : D
Buy condoms, lots of them. While you're at it, buy Dead Space too (on either platform).
I'm surprised that Dead Space didn't get better sales to be honest. The game has great presentation and feels like a mix of Doom and Resident Evil 4. I've only finished the first level (was busy with Fable 2) but I'm enjoying it so far.
BishopLamont
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Jesus christ talk about milking, the first game came out like 5 months ago. :/markatisu said:
TheGreatDave
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BishopLamont said:
I wouldn't be surprised if both games were completed around the same time. It's basically just a different tracklist, no different from the PS2 Singstars.
I wonder if Decades will be big though. I'm a big GH fan and I won't get it. I imagine a lot of On Tour's customers hated it.
TheGreatDave
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HK-47 said:
Well, you have to buy it to hate it
It was as good as a DS GH could be but so uncomfortable to play.TheGreatDave said:
Well the first one continued to sell long past the first two months, you usually don't sell 1 million copies of something and then bomb the next.
I know I will be picking it up, it has a track listing thats supreme to the 1st game in every way and allows the ability to share music between the two games for vs mode
The complaints about it are so overblown, I still play it to this day but you cant play it for extended sessions
Which is why the on the go version I think will sell better, people only play 1-2 songs before they are off their break or want to do something else
Segata Sanshiro
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I'm going to pick up Decades, as I rather enjoyed On Tour. With a peripheral like that, though, the difference between a good time and a bad time can rely on something as random as the shape and size of your hand/fingers.
TheGreatDave
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I just hate the frets. I'd rather just play with the DS buttons. The strums are fantastic in the game though.
dammitmattt
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TheGreatDave said:
Why play the DS version when you've got the real thing? I still don't understand the appeal of Guitar Hero DS to anyone but little kids.
Bending_Unit_22
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I'll second markatisu there, I have seen a ton of LBP commercials. That and Motorstorm.Private Hoffman said:
Oh come now Opiate, that's the rational thing to do. Should people do the rational thing then how would we know who gets to make fun of whom next month?Opiate said:
I have no interest in GH of any type myself, but I can certainly see why non-kids would be interested in the DS version even as an only version. Namely it's portable, but perhaps they like the little 4 button thing, or maybe they just hate the guitar controller or think it looks stupider or more kiddy. Then again it could be a horrible toned down version and they're masochists.dammitmattt said:
Zombie James
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Hellraizer said:
Yet it still went on to sell 1.2 million+ copies worldwide, at that was the number as of February 2008:
A Link to the Snitch said:
360 wins the first round
Courtesy of gamespot.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6201179.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;2
Numbers for GHWT:
Xbox 360 191,049
Wii 182,845
PlayStation 3 96,657
PlayStation 2 63,462
Rock Band 2:
360 119,569
PS3 118,559
For the lulz
Unfortunately, October was not nearly as kind to the third instrument-based rhythm game released during the month, Rock Revolution. According to NPD figures, Konami's critically savaged game sold less than 3,000 units across the entirety of the country during the month. According to the data, the game sold 1,442 for the 360, 816 for the PS3, 666 for the DS, and only two copies for the Wii.
OldJadedGamer
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_leech_ said:
Wasn't Uncharted bundled with the system in Europe? I'm pretty sure they are counting those as "sales".
link said:
This doesn't make any sense since NPD only covers North America so if you look at the NPD charts, you won't see WW numbers.
Mrbob said:
Wow about 9k separate the 360 and the Wii, and the PS3 and PS2 got slaughtered in comparison (even if you combined the two it would still fall 20k-30k short)
Jan NPD should prove interesting since Rock Band 2 will release on Wii and we will get to line it up against the others (Rock Band 1 for Wii has sold more than 500k as of Sept 2008)
I have seen many more adults playing it then kids, its a fun excursion that does not require you to bring out the guitars and have to turn your living room into a stage
I play mine at work and on long trips (we live in the midwest, everything is a long trip), I have all the other versions of GH and RB but when you just want to play 1-3 songs to pass time or just because you feel like it then its far easier to boot up the DS
BLaZiN PRopHeT
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_leech_ said:
According to this Top 100 Selling Uncharted was at 730k at the end of December last year between NA and EU.
OldJadedGamer
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donny2112 said:Maybe they meant VG instead of NPD.
Edit:
Yep, it's a VGC number through February.
Nice... their source for their numbers is the Chartzzzzzzzzzzzzz?
Give me a second while I "lol".
bafflewaffle
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HK-47 said:
Pokeymans Ranger 2
shykyoichi
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HK-47 said:
Chrono Trigger?
BishopLamont
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Have you played it?dammitmattt said:
Third parties on the Wii doesn't sell!Mrbob said:
Thunder Monkey
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Dax01 said:
...Hellraizer said:
At the exact same minute.
BishopLamont
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Ah the classic artificial shortage trick, guess they followed Nintendo's example. :lolkottila said: