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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 07:41:44 PM

Title: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 07:41:44 PM
Copy and pasted from GAF, which is hosted on EviLore's hamster wheel servers, taking 11 minutes to access a thread.

PlayStation 2 146.0K
PlayStation 3 491.8K
PSP 190.4K
Xbox 360 352.6K
Wii 462.8K
Nintendo DS 524.2K

HALO 3: ODST 360 MICROSOFT (CORP) Sep-09 1.52M 1
WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 442.9K
MADDEN NFL 10 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 289.6K
MARIO & LUIGI:BOWSER'S INSIDE STORY NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Sep-09 258.1K
THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* 360 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 254.0K
MADDEN NFL 10 PS3 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 246.5K
MARVEL:ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 2 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 236.0K
BATMAN:ARKHAM ASYLUM* PS3 SQUARE ENIX INC (CORP) Aug-09 212.5K
GUITAR HERO 5* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 210.8K
THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* WII MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 208.6K

Time to beat our dicks, ladies and gentlemen!
Title: Re: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: twerd on October 19, 2009, 07:43:31 PM
THE EVIL N-PIRE HAS FALLEN

EDIT: Time for a GAF quote
Quote from: AnIco
It's over for Microsoft, period. Microsoft lost their last ace, and that's the end of the 360's hopes and dreams.

It's not hyperbole, it's not fanboy drivel. It is LITERALLY it for 360. Microsoft has nothing left, nothing they can reveal tomorrow would fix the hole now created. There is no reason left for any one, hardcore or casual, to substantively invest in a 360. Except if they want to play Bungie's titles. Which will also come to the PS3 anyway once their Halo contract is up at some point.

The age of Microsoft in the US is done.
  :lol :lol

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Post by: Jansen on October 19, 2009, 07:43:55 PM
i thought there was suppose to be millions of ps2 owners on the fence just waiting to jump in at the magical price of $299?

:rofl
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 07:44:28 PM
Impressive showing for the PS3.

That top end version of the 360 should really be about 50 bucks cheaper than the PS3 at least if MS is serious about maintaing their sales lead.
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Post by: duckman2000 on October 19, 2009, 07:45:58 PM
Disgusting sales numbers for ODST.
Title: Re: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 07:46:48 PM
In before some loser proclaims that they don't care about sales.

No need to declare it to show how cool you are on a gaming message board, we got the hint all those other months.  You are truly the man now, dog!
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Post by: MCD on October 19, 2009, 07:47:07 PM
How much did Batman 360 sell?
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Post by: twerd on October 19, 2009, 07:48:17 PM
Is that a parody of the old Amirox's post?

yep, i'm pretty sure he made a $599 post when it was the cool thing to do.
Title: Re: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 07:49:29 PM
THE EVIL N-PIRE HAS FALLEN

EDIT: Time for a GAF quote
Quote from: AnIco
It's over for Microsoft, period. Microsoft lost their last ace, and that's the end of the 360's hopes and dreams.

It's not hyperbole, it's not fanboy drivel. It is LITERALLY it for 360. Microsoft has nothing left, nothing they can reveal tomorrow would fix the hole now created. There is no reason left for any one, hardcore or casual, to substantively invest in a 360. Except if they want to play Bungie's titles. Which will also come to the PS3 anyway once their Halo contract is up at some point.

The age of Microsoft in the US is done.
  :lol :lol



This is like Xmas for the Sony fanboys who have endured years of pain and abuse.

 :drake

Title: Re: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: Crushed on October 19, 2009, 07:50:25 PM
THE EVIL N-PIRE HAS FALLEN

EDIT: Time for a GAF quote
Quote from: AnIco
It's over for Microsoft, period. Microsoft lost their last ace, and that's the end of the 360's hopes and dreams.

It's not hyperbole, it's not fanboy drivel. It is LITERALLY it for 360. Microsoft has nothing left, nothing they can reveal tomorrow would fix the hole now created. There is no reason left for any one, hardcore or casual, to substantively invest in a 360. Except if they want to play Bungie's titles. Which will also come to the PS3 anyway once their Halo contract is up at some point.

The age of Microsoft in the US is done.
  :lol :lol



This is like Xmas for the Sony fanboys who have endured years of pain and abuse.

 :drake



and just like christmas, it only lasts one day
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Post by: Hollywood on October 19, 2009, 07:55:05 PM
Reminds me of that Gamecube Mario Kart bundle that barely took the lead for like a month. PS3 finally cuts the price and all they can manage is a meager 30,000 advantage over the Wii?  :lol

Welp, thats the videogame news hype for the month.
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Post by: Oblivion on October 19, 2009, 07:56:02 PM
Sorry, been living under a rock on the gaming side for a few months. What caused the massive spike in PS3 sales? Uncharted 2 couldn't have been that popular.
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Post by: Diunx on October 19, 2009, 07:56:33 PM
I'm gonna start following sales threads again :elephant :drake :solidsnake(smh)
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Post by: Crushed on October 19, 2009, 07:57:16 PM
Sorry, been living under a rock on the gaming side for a few months. What caused the massive spike in PS3 sales? Uncharted 2 couldn't have been that popular.

uh, a $299 slim model and uncharted 2
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Post by: pilonv1 on October 19, 2009, 07:57:45 PM
1.5m ODST is insane. Think of what the worldwide number must be

:drake @ Beatles beating GH5
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Post by: iconoclast on October 19, 2009, 08:00:12 PM
Sorry, been living under a rock on the gaming side for a few months. What caused the massive spike in PS3 sales? Uncharted 2 couldn't have been that popular.

uh, a $299 slim model and uncharted 2

This is September's numbers ???

Slim came out at the start of September.
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Post by: twerd on October 19, 2009, 08:00:24 PM
i'm so glad there is an EB version of NPD threads. i seriously can't trudge through robotnik's gifs. it's up there on the list of the worst things about neogaf right now.
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Post by: Oblivion on October 19, 2009, 08:00:31 PM
Oh, shit. Slim and a price drop? Goddamn, I'm out of the loop. :lol
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 19, 2009, 08:01:21 PM
Sorry, been living under a rock on the gaming side for a few months. What caused the massive spike in PS3 sales? Uncharted 2 couldn't have been that popular.

uh, a $299 slim model and uncharted 2

This is September's numbers ???

Slim came out at the start of September.

But Uncharted 2 didn't.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 08:02:03 PM
Slim came out officially on the 1st.  Some started selling it on the 25th of August, accounting for a good chunk of PS3 sales then.

This is the first full month where the PS3 could be considered to be priced at a competitive price point.

Sorry, been living under a rock on the gaming side for a few months. What caused the massive spike in PS3 sales? Uncharted 2 couldn't have been that popular.

uh, a $299 slim model and uncharted 2

This is September's numbers ???

Maybe they were buying their PS3s in advance for Uncharted 2.
Title: Re: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: iconoclast on October 19, 2009, 08:03:07 PM
Sorry, been living under a rock on the gaming side for a few months. What caused the massive spike in PS3 sales? Uncharted 2 couldn't have been that popular.

uh, a $299 slim model and uncharted 2

This is September's numbers ???

Slim came out at the start of September.

But Uncharted 2 didn't.

Oh yeah, I just realized that's probably what he meant.  :duh

UC2 won't be that popular, but I guess some people might think pre release hype might have caused the jump..........

edit for emphasis.
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Post by: pilonv1 on October 19, 2009, 08:03:59 PM
i want to punch everyone quoting that fucking gif
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Post by: Jansen on October 19, 2009, 08:05:06 PM
even at $299 and a redesign the ps3 could barely eek out 90k more than the month when mgs4 dropped.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 08:05:53 PM
That's on the high end of projections for the PS3 slim, but I'd be surprised to see Sony maintain that lead. Uncharted 2 and a hardware refresh were good timing, though.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on October 19, 2009, 08:06:59 PM
Wow, that's a lot of blu-ray players sold.
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 19, 2009, 08:07:09 PM
uncharrtttedd!!! rawr
Title: Re: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: twerd on October 19, 2009, 08:08:54 PM
uncharrtttedd!!! rawr

don't do this.
Title: Re: Get out your cocks, its NPD Time!
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 08:09:02 PM
The bump was expected but doesn't indicate strong interest from the public.  Going off the Top 10, except for Batman, the 360 versions of multiplatform games still outdid the PS3 versions.  No strong sales surge to reflect the hardware sales either but there could be from #11 on down but that doesn't seem too likely.  I'll stop here since we won't know the full list for a while but the sales were decent but nothing to really brag about.  However, once the 11-20 numbers come out, I doubt the story is much different.

Maybe I'm just a dumb xfag but this bump appeared to be a typical price drop bump - not a sign of turning tides or a game changing month.
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on October 19, 2009, 08:09:29 PM
Surprised to see Batman on there but then again I'm one of those that bought the PS3 version last month too.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 08:11:12 PM
Wow, that's a lot of blu-ray players sold.

To be fair (and not to overstate it like some crazy people will do) the 360 may have a competitive price point issue if they try to stay at the same price point as the PS3. I bought my 360 way back when because it was cheaper than the PS3 and that is precisely why I bought it.

If someone were to ask me for advice on what they should buy right at this moment I would probably say a PS3 because they are both the same damn system with the samn damn games and one system has a blu-ray player in it. So you might as well buy the one with the free blu ray player if they are going to cost the same.  
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 19, 2009, 08:12:51 PM
Impressive showing for the PS3.

That top end version of the 360 should really be about 50 bucks cheaper than the PS3 at least if MS is serious about maintaing their sales lead.

i'd expect that to happen right after the holidays
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Post by: iconoclast on October 19, 2009, 08:13:56 PM
Based on completely anecdotal evidence, everyone I know who regularly buys the 360 version of games bought Batman on the PS3 for the exclusive DLC. I wouldn't be surprised if that was a swaying factor, coupled with Batman PS3 actually being more or less equivalent to the 360 version.
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Post by: Oblivion on October 19, 2009, 08:14:24 PM
The bump was expected but doesn't indicate strong interest from the public.  Going off the Top 10, except for Batman, the 360 versions of multiplatform games still outdid the PS3 versions.  No strong sales surge to reflect the hardware sales either but there could be from #11 on down but that doesn't seem too likely.  I'll stop here since we won't know the full list for a while but the sales were decent but nothing to really brag about.  However, once the 11-20 numbers come out, I doubt the story is much different.

Maybe I'm just a dumb xfag but this bump appeared to be a typical price drop bump - not a sign of turning tides or a game changing month.

Yeah, the chances of this being a sign of changing times is fairly slim (ha! okay, sorry...). Even the gamecube got a pretty decent spike when it dropped in price.

Though to be totally fair, you never know. PSP started kicking all sorts of ass last year in Japan when it got a price drop (and I think it was due to that PSP Go or whatever it's called).
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Post by: Kestastrophe on October 19, 2009, 08:14:35 PM
If someone were to ask me for advice on what they should buy right at this moment I would probably say a PS3 because they are both the same damn system with the samn damn games and one system has a blu-ray player in it. So you might as well buy the one with the free blu ray player if they are going to cost the same.  
PS3 is where the value is, but I don't think the experiences are the same. I've never played a single multiplayer game with PSN friends, despite the fact that I have 30+ on my list. Whereas I play 360 games with people here almost on a daily basis./casual empiricism
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 19, 2009, 08:16:13 PM
uncharted 2 is a genuinely awesome game

if they can maintain the level of quality this one set, i'm definitely on board for number 3
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Post by: Bebpo on October 19, 2009, 08:16:35 PM
I can't believe the ps3 version of rb sells less than the wii version :/ also low sales all around for the music games. Thought beatles would be a multimillion seller across the three.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 08:17:30 PM
If someone were to ask me for advice on what they should buy right at this moment I would probably say a PS3 because they are both the same damn system with the samn damn games and one system has a blu-ray player in it. So you might as well buy the one with the free blu ray player if they are going to cost the same.  
PS3 is where the value is, but I don't think the experiences are the same. I've never played a single multiplayer game with PSN friends, despite the fact that I have 30+ on my list. Whereas I play 360 games with people here almost on a daily basis./casual empiricism

I also think Xbox Live is a lot better than PSN but at least it isn't the complete blowout it was when the gen began. And while honestly something like that matters to the more hardcore portion of the audience like me, I don't think regular people factor this in at all when it comes to buying a new system.
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Post by: archie4208 on October 19, 2009, 08:17:52 PM
I can't believe the ps3 version of rb sells less than the wii version :/ also low sales all around for the music games. Thought beatles would be a multimillion seller across the three.

Music games are dying due to oversaturation, but I can't complain since I won an easy $10 off TheGreatDave. 8)
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on October 19, 2009, 08:19:50 PM
Based on completely anecdotal evidence, everyone I know who regularly buys the 360 version of games bought Batman on the PS3 for the exclusive DLC. I wouldn't be surprised if that was a swaying factor, coupled with Batman PS3 actually being more or less equivalent to the 360 version.

I don't get the appeal of the exclusive Batman DLC to be honest, but I guess I'm in the minority on this one.  Then again I never got the whole Link in Soul Calibur 2 thing either.
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Post by: M3wThr33 on October 19, 2009, 08:20:00 PM
The bump was expected but doesn't indicate strong interest from the public.  Going off the Top 10, except for Batman, the 360 versions of multiplatform games still outdid the PS3 versions.  No strong sales surge to reflect the hardware sales either but there could be from #11 on down but that doesn't seem too likely.  I'll stop here since we won't know the full list for a while but the sales were decent but nothing to really brag about.  However, once the 11-20 numbers come out, I doubt the story is much different.

Maybe I'm just a dumb xfag but this bump appeared to be a typical price drop bump - not a sign of turning tides or a game changing month.

Yeah, the chances of this being a sign of changing times is fairly slim (ha! okay, sorry...). Even the gamecube got a pretty decent spike when it dropped in price.

Though to be totally fair, you never know. PSP started kicking all sorts of ass last year in Japan when it got a price drop (and I think it was due to that PSP Go or whatever it's called).
Monster Hunter did it.

But I don't think anyone knows if the PS3 sales will keep up this way.
What are the big hits for the rest of the year? Modern Warfare 2? Are there any big 360 exclusives past Halo?
Seeing Madden and Batman shows less of a 360-favoritism. (I'm guessing Batman was just lucky to be alongside the pricedrop)
Looks like it's just Forza and L4D2.

Although Halo does always seem to have legs.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 08:22:30 PM
If someone were to asdamn games and one system has a blu-ray player in it. So you might as well buy the one with the free blu ray player if they are going to cost the same.  
PS3 is where the value is, but I don't think the experiences are the same. I've never played a single multiplayer game with PSN friends, despite the fact that I have 30+ on my list. Whereas I play 360 games with people here almost on a daily basis./casual empiricism
k me for advice on what they should buy right at this moment I would probably say a PS3 because they are both the same damn system with the samn
I also think Xbox Live is a lot better than PSN but at least it isn't the complete blowout it was when the gen began. And while honestly something like that matters to the more hardcore portion of the audience like me, I don't think regular people factor this in at all when it comes to buying a new system.

As someone that sold games for a living, XBL most certainly matters to the mainstream. Its far more easier and intuitive, and it offers stuff like Netflix and (soon) Facebook and Twitter. It's a big deal.

The PS3 has a lot of the same third-party support, but even that is inferior to what the 360 offers (game builds are often smoother, better looking, have larger communities), and Uncharted 2 is the system's first legitimately great first-party title. Microsoft already had Gears and Halo to lean on by this point, and regardless if it's on the PS3, Call of Duty is synonymous with Microsoft's platform as well.
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Post by: treythemovie on October 19, 2009, 08:24:04 PM
I find Rock Band: Beatles outselling Guitar Hero far more shocking than the PS3 sales.
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Post by: twerd on October 19, 2009, 08:24:53 PM
Uncharted 2 is the system's first legitimately great first-party title.
???

i think there's an easy explanation for why the higher sales don't mean higher buyer output, and that's because a lot of gamers are probably catching MGS4 and LBP used.

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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 08:25:02 PM
We always knew Rock Band was superior to Guitar Hero, how is that surprising?
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 08:25:26 PM
The bump was expected but doesn't indicate strong interest from the public.  Going off the Top 10, except for Batman, the 360 versions of multiplatform games still outdid the PS3 versions.

That's what I was thinking; the PS3 almost outsold the 360 2:1 yet the software sales (outside of AA's numbers) didn't reflect this at all. The only explanation is:

Wow, that's a lot of blu-ray players sold.

That's what I think too.  Kind of like there was a bump when Blu-Ray won the format wars in early 2008.  There appears to be quite a bit of people wanting it just for the player.  Software sales just don't show a big surge in demand for PS3 software, which means things will return to the previous performances soon, plus maybe 20,000 or 30,000 a month increase since it is cheaper.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 08:26:25 PM
Uncharted 2 is the system's first legitimately great first-party title.
???

i think there's an easy explanation for why the higher sales don't mean higher buyer output, and that's because a lot of gamers are probably catching MGS4 and LBP used.

What's the question mark? Metal Gear Solid 4 was pretty crummy, and Little Big Planet is appealing to a hardcore niche. Uncharted was pretty mediocre, but Naughty Dog brung it with the sequel.

Sony has a legitimate first-party title that can break into the mainstream.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 08:26:53 PM
If someone were to asdamn games and one system has a blu-ray player in it. So you might as well buy the one with the free blu ray player if they are going to cost the same.  
PS3 is where the value is, but I don't think the experiences are the same. I've never played a single multiplayer game with PSN friends, despite the fact that I have 30+ on my list. Whereas I play 360 games with people here almost on a daily basis./casual empiricism
k me for advice on what they should buy right at this moment I would probably say a PS3 because they are both the same damn system with the samn
I also think Xbox Live is a lot better than PSN but at least it isn't the complete blowout it was when the gen began. And while honestly something like that matters to the more hardcore portion of the audience like me, I don't think regular people factor this in at all when it comes to buying a new system.

As someone that sold games for a living, XBL most certainly matters to the mainstream. Its far more easier and intuitive, and it offers stuff like Netflix and (soon) Facebook and Twitter. It's a big deal.

The PS3 has a lot of the same third-party support, but even that is inferior to what the 360 offers (game builds are often smoother, better looking, have larger communities), and Uncharted 2 is the system's first legitimately great first-party title. Microsoft already had Gears and Halo to lean on by this point, and regardless if it's on the PS3, Call of Duty is synonymous with Microsoft's platform as well.

We shall see. I'm on the fence on what will be a big factor outside of price. It is not unexpected for the Ps3 to bolt ahead on the introduction of a new model and pricecut for that month. However I've been hearing that the PS3 is also selling pretty well this month. And if it can outsell the 360 in Nov and Dec that would be pretty impressive.  That is a big if though.
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 08:27:54 PM
did Batman PS3 outsell the 360 version?

and I was kinda hoping Infamous would get a boost because of the PS3  :-\.  Other than that, nothing really interesting there.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 08:28:41 PM
Uncharted 2 is the system's first legitimately great first-party title.
???

i think there's an easy explanation for why the higher sales don't mean higher buyer output, and that's because a lot of gamers are probably catching MGS4 and LBP used.



Used game sales predictions, along with European ChartTrack percentages and direct downloads, are just like Enron Accounting: just put down whatever number you think it did.
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on October 19, 2009, 08:33:44 PM
MGS4  :piss2

I haven't been wowed by much of anything Sony's first party has been producing this gen outside of Uncharted and Motorstorm 2, but it's not as if MS has been knocking them out of the ballpark either.  I've found a lot of the  multiplatform stuff to be much more entertaining.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on October 19, 2009, 08:38:19 PM
MGS4  :piss2

I haven't been wowed by much of anything Sony's first party has been producing this gen outside of Uncharted and Motorstorm 2, but it's not as if MS has been knocking them out of the ballpark either.  I've found a lot of the  multiplatform stuff to be much more entertaining.

Pretty much this.  The games I've had the most fun with so far this gen are Fallout 3 and Saint's Row 2, and while the 360 version of Fallout is definitely superior, you CAN play both games on either system.  I keep wishing that MS and Sony would quit flirting, get to fucking and birth gamers a system for next gen that can play all the games.*




*Obviously, Nintendo doesn't count as they don't make games.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 08:40:35 PM
Pretty much all the best games this gen are multiplat, but I feel that the ps3 exclusives are definitely more interesting these days. That said, both systems offer enough to own both imo.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 08:40:56 PM
Yeah, I pretty much agree that the third-party stuff has been better than the first-part stuff, but Microsoft has capitalized on Halo's brand strength and scored a major coup with Gears of War (regardless of whether or not you think it's great).

The real story is that Microsoft created a far superior online platform for its console, and that has allowed it to take a commanding lead in the States. That, and all the colossal fuck ups by Sony.
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Post by: iconoclast on October 19, 2009, 08:41:11 PM
MGS4  :piss2

I haven't been wowed by much of anything Sony's first party has been producing this gen outside of Uncharted and Motorstorm 2, but it's not as if MS has been knocking them out of the ballpark either.  I've found a lot of the  multiplatform stuff to be much more entertaining.

How is Motorstorm 2 compared to the first? Was it a major improvement, or just more of the same? I thought MS1 was kinda terrible, but if the second is a lot better or something I might pick it up this holiday. I've kinda ignored MS2 this entire time.
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 08:43:41 PM
MGS4  :piss2

I haven't been wowed by much of anything Sony's first party has been producing this gen outside of Uncharted and Motorstorm 2, but it's not as if MS has been knocking them out of the ballpark either.  I've found a lot of the  multiplatform stuff to be much more entertaining.

How is Motorstorm 2 compared to the first? Was it a major improvement, or just more of the same? I thought MS1 was kinda terrible, but if the second is a lot better or something I might pick it up this holiday. I've kinda ignored MS2 this entire time.

If you weren't a fan of the core racing, then you might not like Motorstorm 2 that much.  But MS2 is a huge improvement in terms of variety and a bunch of other words that are used to describe how it's a much better game with the same basic racing.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 19, 2009, 08:46:48 PM
did Batman PS3 outsell the 360 version?

360 outsold the PS3 version last month (August release).
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on October 19, 2009, 08:47:05 PM
MGS4  :piss2

I haven't been wowed by much of anything Sony's first party has been producing this gen outside of Uncharted and Motorstorm 2, but it's not as if MS has been knocking them out of the ballpark either.  I've found a lot of the  multiplatform stuff to be much more entertaining.

How is Motorstorm 2 compared to the first? Was it a major improvement, or just more of the same? I thought MS1 was kinda terrible, but if the second is a lot better or something I might pick it up this holiday. I've kinda ignored MS2 this entire time.

IMO, Motorstorm 2 is one of the best racing games out there and this is coming from someone that didn't really care for the first one.  The core gameplay hasn't been dramatically changed but they tweaked enough to where everything just feels right and the tracks are more interesting this time around, not to mention the loading has been dramatically shortened.  You should definitely give it a shot if you haven't played it yet and like those sort of games.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 08:47:49 PM
What about the online titles like Pixel Junk Eden or Wipeout? I think Sony does pretty well exclusive wise.
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Post by: iconoclast on October 19, 2009, 08:50:53 PM
IMO, Motorstorm 2 is one of the best racing games out there and this is coming from someone that didn't really care for the first one.  The core gameplay hasn't been dramatically changed but they tweaked enough to where everything just feels right and the tracks are more interesting this time around, not to mention the loading has been dramatically shortened.  You should definitely give it a shot if you haven't played it yet and like those sort of games.

Thank christ.

I love me a good (arcade) racer, so I'll probably give it a shot. Should be relatively cheap by the time I get it anyway.
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Post by: Grecco on October 19, 2009, 08:51:50 PM
We always knew Rock Band was superior to Guitar Hero, how is that surprising?

Because GHWT beat Rock Band 2 for instance when RB2 was the superior game?

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Post by: twerd on October 19, 2009, 08:53:29 PM
What about the online titles like Pixel Junk Eden or Wipeout? I think Sony does pretty well exclusive wise.
flower :bow2
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 08:54:14 PM
I have only played motorstorm 2's demo and that shit was hard. Is the final game as hard as that? :lol Please say yes.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 08:57:31 PM
Pretty much all the best games this gen are multiplat, but I feel that the ps3 exclusives are definitely more interesting these days. That said, both systems offer enough to own both imo.

With God of War 3 and GT 5 and Uncharted 2, I think the PS3 exclusives have reached parity or nudged ahead slightly but for the longest time it wasn't the case. Especially relative to what people actually want to buy.

Things like Little Big Planet, The Resistance series, or Ratchet and Clank titles have always been sort of over-rated imo on how Sony fans view those series, versus how the general public views them.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 08:58:11 PM
What about the online titles like Pixel Junk Eden or Wipeout? I think Sony does pretty well exclusive wise.

XBLA smokes anything the PSN offers up.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:00:15 PM
But most of what xbla offers are rereleases and remakes. Yes, you can play Ikuraga on xbla, but I have on Ikuraga on the dreamcast and gc. Sure, I can play Outrun 2006 on xbla, but I have that on xbox 1 and psp. Ditto to Rez and the other highly lauded xlba releases.

Stuff like Shadow Complex on xbla, actually unique and new ip's exclusively for xbla are rare. Most other awesome downloadable titles like Mega Man 9 or Bionic Commando: Rearmed are in no way exclusive to xbla, and in most cases, are better on other platforms due to xbla's shitty d-pad.
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 09:02:46 PM
Braid lol

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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:03:20 PM
Braid is on pc!

I forgot about the GTA4 dlc. I still haven't played TLAD. Waiting for the double pack. :punch
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on October 19, 2009, 09:03:53 PM
I have only played motorstorm 2's demo and that shit was hard. Is the final game as hard as that? :lol Please say yes.

Yeah, it can get pretty intense.  Some of the stuff in career mode will have you pulling your hair out, but in a good way. lol



If you're a Wipeout fan then I suppose the PSN version is a godsend but personally I could live without it.  The whole PSN vs XBLA is a wash, imo.  They're pretty much equal anymore.  

But I'll say this about Sony's first party software and/or exclusives though - this year they've got Uncharted 2 and Demon Soul.  That's two more games than I want from whatever the hell MS is offering this fall.
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Post by: MCD on October 19, 2009, 09:05:08 PM
PSN games  :lol

installan, huge patches and no mandatory demos.
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Post by: originalz on October 19, 2009, 09:05:55 PM
Until Sony can get shooters and visual novels on their system, the 360 is all I need for exclusives.

Uncharted 2 looks cool but not 35000yen cool.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 09:06:16 PM
But most of what xbla offers are rereleases and remakes. Yes, you can play Ikuraga on xbla, but I have on Ikuraga on the dreamcast and gc. Sure, I can play Outrun 2006 on xbla, but I have that on xbox 1 and psp. Ditto to Rez and the other highly lauded xlba releases.

Stuff like Shadow Complex on xbla, actually unique and new ip's exclusively for xbla are rare. Most other awesome downloadable titles like Mega Man 9 or Bionic Commando: Rearmed are in no way exclusive to xbla, and in most cases, are better on other platforms due to xbla's shitty d-pad.

Shadow Complex, Geometry Wars, Braid, Castle Crashers, etc.

... Yeah, Pixel Junk is so much better.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:06:36 PM
I'll agree that xbl is way better when it comes to download speed and shit. psn takes forever. Maybe it was my connection whenever I got on? I wouldn't doubt it.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:07:12 PM
But most of what xbla offers are rereleases and remakes. Yes, you can play Ikuraga on xbla, but I have on Ikuraga on the dreamcast and gc. Sure, I can play Outrun 2006 on xbla, but I have that on xbox 1 and psp. Ditto to Rez and the other highly lauded xlba releases.

Stuff like Shadow Complex on xbla, actually unique and new ip's exclusively for xbla are rare. Most other awesome downloadable titles like Mega Man 9 or Bionic Commando: Rearmed are in no way exclusive to xbla, and in most cases, are better on other platforms due to xbla's shitty d-pad.

Shadow Complex, Geometry Wars, Braid, Castle Crashers, etc.

... Yeah, Pixel Junk is so much better.

Castle Crashers is coming to ps3, Braid is on pc, Super Stardust HD > Geometry Wars
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:07:46 PM
But I'll say this about Sony's first party software and/or exclusives though - this year they've got Uncharted 2 and Demon Soul.  That's two more games than I want from whatever the hell MS is offering this fall.

Taste will always be subjective. Uncharted 2 indeed looks and is phenomenal but Demon's Soul wouldn't interest me at all. And I'm quite interested in Gay Tony and Forza 3.

And this thread is starting to turn into Game Wars which is a bit silly. There is plenty on both systems making them worth owning and playing and enjoying.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 09:08:57 PM
So because Braid was inevitably ported to the PC, it's somehow excluded? :lol

And Castle Crashers isn't even on PSN yet and only after 360 owners had it for a YEAR.

It's not on PSN, it's a XBLA title (which is what it was developed for). I won't go into all the indie titles developed for XBLA ('Splosion Man) and stuff like Trials HD. And all the awesome ports.

Super Stardust HD is pretty awesome. It was the first PS3 game I purchased.

... but it is no Geometry Wars 2.
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on October 19, 2009, 09:09:12 PM
Forgot about Gay Tony.  I guess I do want that. :p

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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:10:29 PM
:rock Gay Tony :rock
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 09:10:38 PM
Eh, I'm Grand Theft Auto'd out.
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 09:12:53 PM
Pretty much all the best games this gen are multiplat, but I feel that the ps3 exclusives are definitely more interesting these days. That said, both systems offer enough to own both imo.

With God of War 3 and GT 5 and Uncharted 2, I think the PS3 exclusives have reached parity or nudged ahead slightly but for the longest time it wasn't the case. Especially relative to what people actually want to buy.

Things like Little Big Planet, The Resistance series, or Ratchet and Clank titles have always been sort of over-rated imo on how Sony fans view those series, versus how the general public views them.

The general public sucks; fuck them.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:16:25 PM
I think often the general public is more on target about what is worth playing on the HD systems than the hardcore that populate message boards are since they often aren't basing their opinions on fanboyism but general enjoyment.

There are plenty of over-rated games on the 360 and PS3 that are messageboard favorites that I think are completely over-rated.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:17:09 PM
The Vice City look for Gay Tony makes me pumped. :punch VICE FUCKING CITY :punch

I thought I was all GTA'd out after Chinatown but, my friend got me talking about GTA4 and I actually want to replay it.  :-\

I think the general public is more often on target about what is worth playing on the HD systems than the hardcore that populate message boards are since they often aren't basing their opinions on fanboyism but general enjoyment.

There are plenty of over-rated games on the 360 and PS3 that are messageboard favorites that I think are completely over-rated.

Agreed there.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 09:20:00 PM
I think Microsoft blew their wad already for this generation.

From this point on, Sony has better 1st party exclusives coming out unless Microsoft has a lot of aces under their sleeves and that isn't really their policy.  I suppose you got Alan Wake, Halo Reach, and probably Gears of War 3 but what else?  Especially something with variety.  Maybe Forza 3 will blow up.  Maybe they can pull Bizarre away one more time to make PGR5 or in my dream world, DICE and Rallisport 3.  Sony on the other hand has exclusives of better variety: Uncharted 2, Gran Turismo 5, and God of War 3, among others.  Nothing too innovative but there is at least some variety there.

I imagine this is where the nine figure purchase of Rare was supposed to come into play but being as fucking worthless as they are, they're caught with their dicks in their hand.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:21:10 PM
MS seems to not want to have anything to do with Mistwalker anymore either.  :'(
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Post by: duckman2000 on October 19, 2009, 09:21:47 PM
The general public sucks; fuck them.

Pretty much
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:23:32 PM
The general public sucks; fuck them.

Pretty much

If a game like Little Big Planet is going to represent the hardcore elite then I would say the hardcore elite sucks. Fuck them.


It works both ways...
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Post by: Grecco on October 19, 2009, 09:24:31 PM
I think Microsoft blew their wad already for this generation.

From this point on, Sony has better 1st party exclusives coming out unless Microsoft has a lot of aces under their sleeves and that isn't really their policy.  I suppose you got Alan Wake, Halo Reach, and probably Gears of War 3 but what else?  Especially something with variety.  Maybe Forza 3 will blow up.  Maybe they can pull Bizarre away one more time to make PGR5 or in my dream world, DICE and Rallisport 3.  Sony on the other hand has exclusives of better variety: Uncharted 2, Gran Turismo 5, and God of War 3, among others.  Nothing too innovative but there is at least some variety there.

I imagine this is where the nine figure purchase of Rare was supposed to come into play but being as fucking worthless as they are, they're caught with their dicks in their hand.


So Sony has an action game a racing game and a third person shooter so that makes them more varied than Microsoft cause Microsoft has a third person shooter (2 of them actually), a racing game, and an action game(Fable 3)  I dont get that at all.
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Post by: M3wThr33 on October 19, 2009, 09:25:14 PM
So because Braid was inevitably ported to the PC, it's somehow excluded? :lol

And Castle Crashers isn't even on PSN yet and only after 360 owners had it for a YEAR.

It's not on PSN, it's a XBLA title (which is what it was developed for). I won't go into all the indie titles developed for XBLA ('Splosion Man) and stuff like Trials HD. And all the awesome ports.

Super Stardust HD is pretty awesome. It was the first PS3 game I purchased.

... but it is no Geometry Wars 2.

Actually, Castle Crashers was developed for the PSN WAYYYY back but Sony rejected it because it wasn't 'next-gen' enough. Hopefully the PSN version won't be plagued by the same shitty netcode the XBLA version had.
I played through most of the XBLA exclusives on PartnerNet at work and the best one probably was Hasbro Family Game Night. Everything else was forgettable for me. (I already have Trials 2 on Steam)
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:25:17 PM
I think Microsoft blew their wad already for this generation.

From this point on, Sony has better 1st party exclusives coming out unless Microsoft has a lot of aces under their sleeves and that isn't really their policy.  I suppose you got Alan Wake, Halo Reach, and probably Gears of War 3 but what else?  Especially something with variety.  Maybe Forza 3 will blow up.  Maybe they can pull Bizarre away one more time to make PGR5 or in my dream world, DICE and Rallisport 3.  Sony on the other hand has exclusives of better variety: Uncharted 2, Gran Turismo 5, and God of War 3, among others.  Nothing too innovative but there is at least some variety there.

I imagine this is where the nine figure purchase of Rare was supposed to come into play but being as fucking worthless as they are, they're caught with their dicks in their hand.


So Sony has an action game a racing game and a third person shooter so that makes them more varied than Microsoft cause Microsoft has a third person shooter (2 of them actually), a racing game, and an action game(Fable 3)  I dont get that at all.

He said "among others".
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 09:25:30 PM
Microsoft doesn't need anything else. Putting Halo on the cover of anything sells over a million units, and Gears of War is easily the biggest first-party franchise this generation.

I think Microsoft is done with Japan, though. It genuinely tried to reach out, they lost a ton of money as a result. Do what you're good at and they're good at making a frag box.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 09:26:45 PM
Is anyone really looking forward to Fable 3?
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:27:57 PM
Uh no. Isn't Fable 3 for that...thing with the talking kid?
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 09:28:43 PM
I think often the general public is more on target about what is worth playing on the HD systems than the hardcore that populate message boards are since they often aren't basing their opinions on fanboyism but general enjoyment.

There are plenty of over-rated games on the 360 and PS3 that are messageboard favorites that I think are completely over-rated.

But people who post on message boards aren't basing their opinions on fanboyism.  Even someone as well known to be a Sony fan as Kittanowy talks about how much Resistance 2 sucks.  And I'm sure there are some people out there that like Perfect Dark Zero, but I won't label them an Xbot or whatever.  There are definitely cases where people defend games because they're on their favored system (Wii Music, Lair, etc.) but it's kinda obvious which ones are sucking some corporate sack.

And I can honestly say that Far Cry 2 and Mirror's Edge are two of the best games this "gen" and both didn't quite hit with the general public.  They're not rare cases either.  As I said: fuck the general public.  Sales are almost always boring because the general public's buying happens hold no weight for how I feel about games; only thing as irrelevant are game critics.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 19, 2009, 09:29:35 PM
Uh no. Isn't Fable 3 for that...thing with the talking kid?

No, that was just a tech demo Molyneux did for Natal. Fable 2 sold so much that he is working on another installment, but Fable 2 was a rental - at best.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:30:20 PM
Uh no. Isn't Fable 3 for that...thing with the talking kid?

No. I'm no massive Fable guy but it will not be about Milo and even if it does have Natal support, its very much unlikely that specific game will suddenly drop controller support and be a natal only game.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 09:30:54 PM
MS seems to not want to have anything to do with Mistwalker anymore either.  :'(

Yeah, where are the JRPGs?  Blue Dragon didn't do too bad on 360, the sequel should have come out for it instead of on the DS where it ended up getting ignored.  They didn't light the sales charts on fire but the higher profile JRPGs seemed to bring in half a million a pop, not a failure by any means.

I suspect it is just a sign that third parties are focusing more on the west and cheaper cost of handheld software production.  Japan is now third behind the US and the UK.  It is dropping in relevance and I imagine this won't change anytime soon.
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Post by: Grecco on October 19, 2009, 09:31:36 PM
Is anyone really looking forward to Fable 3?

I am. I did enjoy Fable 2. I understand thats not the popular opinion i suppose


Quote
He said "among others".

Fine. Theres other Xbox exclusives too. (I dont buy the Sony is more varied thing)

Uh no. Isn't Fable 3 for that...thing with the talking kid?

No.
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:32:07 PM
Uh no. Isn't Fable 3 for that...thing with the talking kid?

No, that was just a tech demo Molyneux did for Natal. Fable 2 sold so much that he is working on another installment, but Fable 2 was a rental - at best.

Oh. I thought he confirmed Fable 3 was for Natal. Or something.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:32:20 PM
But people who post on message boards aren't basing their opinions on fanboyism.

There is a very good portion of the message board audience imo that is driven by fanboyism in the case of certain games and platforms. And that cat creature you named is one of the worst examples of it imo.

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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 09:32:57 PM
If a game like Little Big Planet is going to represent the hardcore elite then I would say the hardcore elite sucks. Fuck them.


It works both ways...

How does Little Big Planet of all games represent the hardcore elite? you were already throwing some hate at Demon's Soul.  That could work.  Then again, we haven't seen the sales; better hold off until we gets some juicy sales data.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on October 19, 2009, 09:33:27 PM
Eh, I'm Grand Theft Auto'd out.

:bow Saints Row 2 :bow2
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:34:41 PM
I actually think Demon's Souls is going to be a big hit. It is the first jrpg exclusive for the ps3 released in the west and even I know who probably wouldn't normally like that type of game are getting it and loving it.
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Post by: Grecco on October 19, 2009, 09:35:48 PM
Uh no. Isn't Fable 3 for that...thing with the talking kid?

No, that was just a tech demo Molyneux did for Natal. Fable 2 sold so much that he is working on another installment, but Fable 2 was a rental - at best.

Oh. I thought he confirmed Fable 3 was for Natal. Or something.

He said it might have Natal. Im pretty sure he said its with a controler though.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 09:36:27 PM
kittonwy has been far surpassed in terms of sfag fanboyism and has been for some time.  That's right, they are getting so bad that he's becoming one of the more rational Sony fans by comparison.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:37:16 PM
How does Little Big Planet of all games represent the hardcore elite? you were already throwing some hate at Demon's Soul.  That could work.  Then again, we haven't seen the sales; better hold off until we gets some juicy sales data.


It's a game that sold nowhere near the amount of hype or messageboard traffic generated that you would think it would have. And to boot I didn't think it was essentially a good platformer, the very thing it was supposed to be. And yet I still believe it was the top 5 or top 3 on the GAF goty list. So in that sense I side with the public. It was just another game among many of that year. Neat feature list and online sharing feature. Not an actual great game to play.

I could also name some 360 examples if you want equal balance.
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 09:38:29 PM
But people who post on message boards aren't basing their opinions on fanboyism.

There is a very good portion of the message board audience imo that is driven by fanboyism in the case of certain games and platforms. And that cat creature you named is one of the worst examples of it imo.



ya don't need to be throwing around "imo" everywhere.  I won't be mixing up your opinion for those of another.

I don't have a reply because I already said that it's fairly obvious whose opinoin to consider.

 
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:38:37 PM

Haaaaardly a JRPG.

It's made in Japan and it's an rpg.
 ???
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Post by: Joe Molotov on October 19, 2009, 09:38:50 PM
System Wars suck. It's all about Music Wars now.

:bow Rock Band :bow2

:piss Guitar Hero :piss2

Lego Rock Band vs. Band Hero next, start your trolling now!
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 09:39:43 PM
Will DJ Hero be able to secure an audience? I was interested in it until I found out it's going to be 120 or 200 bucks.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:40:59 PM
But people who post on message boards aren't basing their opinions on fanboyism.

There is a very good portion of the message board audience imo that is driven by fanboyism in the case of certain games and platforms. And that cat creature you named is one of the worst examples of it imo.



ya don't need to be throwing around "imo" everywhere.  I won't be mixing up your opinion for those of another.

I don't have a reply because I already said that it's fairly obvious whose opinoin to consider.

 

I always like to throw in "imo" because I always like to ground my posts and reinforce that it is indeed just my opinion and one opinion among a million potential opinions rather than the truth of the land. That's my posting quirk. It may be redundant but that's the way I roll.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on October 19, 2009, 09:41:38 PM
Uh no. Isn't Fable 3 for that...thing with the talking kid?

No, that was just a tech demo Molyneux did for Natal. Fable 2 sold so much that he is working on another installment, but Fable 2 was a rental - at best.

Oh. I thought he confirmed Fable 3 was for Natal. Or something.

He said it might have Natal. Im pretty sure he said its with a controler though.

I will never for the life of me understand why anyone listens to that idiot anymore.
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Post by: Rman on October 19, 2009, 09:42:57 PM

Haaaaardly a JRPG.

It's made in Japan and it's an rpg.
 ???

I think he means that it's more reminiscent of a dungeon crawler a la King's Field.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:43:49 PM
kittonwy has been far surpassed in terms of sfag fanboyism and has been for some time.  That's right, they are getting so bad that he's becoming one of the more rational Sony fans by comparison.

That is indeed scary because I think he is utterly awful. A fanboy with an annoying gimmick...

So if he is now the rational standard then  :bawl
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 09:44:28 PM
How does Little Big Planet of all games represent the hardcore elite? you were already throwing some hate at Demon's Soul.  That could work.  Then again, we haven't seen the sales; better hold off until we gets some juicy sales data.


It's a game that sold nowhere near the amount of hype or messageboard traffic generated that you would think it would have. And to boot I didn't think it was essentially a good platformer, the very thing it was supposed to be. And yet I still believe it was the top 5 or top 3 on the GAF goty list. So in that sense I side with the public. It was just another game among many of that year. Neat feature list and online sharing feature. Not an actual great game to play.

I could also name some 360 examples if you want equal balance.

You just let yourself fall prey to unrealistic expectations of others.  Again, it's easy to point out.  When someone says Killzone 2 will sell big because it's like Call of Duty, you know that person is loony.

And no need for 360 examples.  I wasn't trying to say anything even if it seemed like I was.  I'm not so forward to call someone out, and there is certainly no reason to change that for someone who I don't feel is leaning towards one side or another.  

I always like to throw in "imo" because I always like to ground my posts and reinforce that it is indeed just my opinion and one opinion among a million potential opinions rather than the truth of the land. That's my posting quirk. It may be redundant but that's the way I roll.

I could understand that if you're used to posting on gaf.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on October 19, 2009, 09:44:56 PM
I can't believe list wars broke out on EB. Let's get a hold of ourselves here.

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Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 19, 2009, 09:46:14 PM
PS3 barely outsold the Wii, and didn't beat the 360 by an impressive margin either. MS shouldn't be worried, the PS3 still has no games to sell it
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Post by: ToxicAdam on October 19, 2009, 09:48:12 PM
PS3 barely outsold the Wii, and didn't beat the 360 by an impressive margin either. MS shouldn't be worried, the PS3 still has no games to sell it


140k is a pretty significant margin.
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Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2009, 09:50:42 PM
I can't believe list wars broke out on EB. Let's get a hold of ourselves here.



At best, this is like the Grenada of list wars.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on October 19, 2009, 09:52:10 PM
It would be impressive if it outsold the 360 by that much every month from here on, but one month isn't really a big deal.
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Post by: pilonv1 on October 19, 2009, 09:52:41 PM
DJ Hero is going to die a massive painful death.

First party titles no longer matter unelss you're on Wii then you should be shitting yourself about competing with them.

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140k is a pretty significant margin.

So they caught up like two months of superior 360 sales? WOW Only 2 more years and they might be even!
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Post by: Don Flamenco on October 19, 2009, 09:53:07 PM
smh eb, smh   :drakeshakinghishead

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Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 19, 2009, 09:54:28 PM
It would be impressive if it outsold the 360 by that much every month from here on, but one month isn't really a big deal.

This

MS is still in the drivers seat, at least for next-gen consoles.
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Post by: Jansen on October 19, 2009, 09:56:23 PM
i fucking love demon's souls but lets be real here - it isn't going to be a big hit.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 09:56:28 PM
I can't believe list wars broke out on EB. Let's get a hold of ourselves here.

Yeah but they'll never get out of hand because we don't have a large asspie contingency here.  We got EmCeeGrammar but I don't think he rolls that way.

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To be fair it was Willco's doing.

Leprosy, I say.

With your new Icon powers, I assumed you could leper him at will.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 09:57:09 PM
As far as future software devlopment, I'm not nearly as bleak on the future of the 360 versus the PS3 as some. People have always said that the PS3 exclusives would pull them ahead and that has never been the case. What has pulled them ahead is price parity and potentially more features out of the box meaning a blu-ray player. I think people tend to overplay the strength of the sony exclusives.

In the first quarter alone Microsoft has Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, and Splinter Cell.

That being said it's a fact that Sony has a stronger first party stable of developers than Microsoft who has had to rely on buying exclusives rather than creating them from their stable outside of Halo of course. That is a weakness and something Microsoft really needs to improve on.
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Post by: duckman2000 on October 19, 2009, 09:57:57 PM
Four fucking pages. Look at yourselves.
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Post by: Robo on October 19, 2009, 09:58:27 PM
Time to delete the Gaming Forum.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 09:59:34 PM
As far as future software devlopment, I'm not nearly as bleak on the future of the 360 versus the PS3 as some. People have always said that the PS3 exclusives would pull them ahead and that has never been the case. What has pulled them ahead is price parity and potentially more features out of the box meaning a blu-ray player. I think people tend to overplay the strength of the sony exclusives.

In the first quarter alone Microsoft has Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, and Splinter Cell.

That being said it's a fact that Sony has a stronger first party stable of developers than Microsoft who has had to rely on buying exclusives rather than creating them from their stable outside of Halo of course. That is a weakness and something Microsoft really needs to improve on.

Didn't they spend a couple hundred million dollars on Rare a few years back?
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 19, 2009, 10:00:31 PM
Wrap this up, T EXP.

Consider it done, friend.
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Post by: demi on October 19, 2009, 11:36:24 PM
Dead Space Extraction - 9K
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny - 26K
GT - 18K
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - 201K
Scribblenauts - 193K
MURAMASA - 35K
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Post by: MCD on October 19, 2009, 11:43:19 PM
good posts by Stoney Mason and Willco, stop baaaawing and locking threads u old sluts.
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Post by: Draft on October 19, 2009, 11:43:33 PM
Dead Space Extraction - 9K
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny - 26K
GT - 18K
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - 201K
Scribblenauts - 193K
MURAMASA - 35K
:lol

Wow, some nuclear bombs in there.
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Post by: pilonv1 on October 19, 2009, 11:43:41 PM
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GT - 18K

PSP? :lol Well it was released Oct 1st or something

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Dead Space Extraction - 9K

I don't even know why people try on Wii now.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2009, 11:47:17 PM
I posted this in the beatles thread but its really more at home in this thread.

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With this month's NPD figures showing that Harmonix's The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Neversoft's Guitar Hero V, Beatles publisher MTV Games wants to set the record straight on some misconceptions about music games and the Activision/MTV battle.

"We outsold them two-to-one on a revenue basis and we outperformed on a unit basis as well, despite the fact that they had an eight-day advantage, and were giving away free software," said MTV Games general manager Scott Guthrie to Gamasutra, referencing Activision's offer of a free copy of Van Halen with Guitar Hero V. "At the end of the day, The Beatles: Rock Band clearly outperformed them, and we're not done yet. We're anticipating a very successful holiday period."

The Beatles outsold Guitar Hero V by about 20 percent on a unit basis, according to further NPD data sourced by IndustryGamers, but Guthrie's claim to Gamasutra of doubled revenue suggests Beatles consumers may have been willing to spend more on the game's multi-instrument bundle -- suggesting in turn that the game may have attracted more new consumers who don't already have plastic instruments in their home.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25708
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Post by: twerd on October 19, 2009, 11:49:24 PM

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Dead Space Extraction - 9K

I don't even know why people try on Wii now.
look, dead space extraction is a great game, but i'd hardly call a on-rails shooter really trying.
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Post by: Don Flamenco on October 19, 2009, 11:55:44 PM
holy fuck 9k :lol
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2009, 11:57:56 PM
:lol 9k
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Post by: pilonv1 on October 19, 2009, 11:59:31 PM
Quote from: Jackson
200k isn't flying, it's barely breaking even.

scribblenauts problems - marketing budget and too much time spent on GAF

re: Dead Space, it had like 4 days sales or something.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on October 19, 2009, 11:59:55 PM
Dead Space Extraction - 9K
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny - 26K
GT - 18K
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - 201K
Scribblenauts - 193K
MURAMASA - 35K

:rofl
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Post by: cool breeze on October 20, 2009, 12:03:04 AM
checking the release date, Dead Space Wii came out on the 29th.  GT and Motorstorm (posted in the other thread) were releaed on Oct 1st.  Did they factor in the first week of October since the NPDs were late or something?
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Post by: Enl on October 20, 2009, 12:04:00 AM
Muramasa did better than I thought it would.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 20, 2009, 12:07:05 AM
checking the release date, Dead Space Wii came out on the 29th.  GT and Motorstorm (posted in the other thread) were releaed on Oct 1st.  Did they factor in the first week of October since the NPDs were late or something?

NPD Coverage: August 30-October 3

5 week NPD.
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Post by: Jansen on October 20, 2009, 12:08:23 AM
the reporting period ended oct. 3

beaten :'(

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Post by: cool breeze on October 20, 2009, 12:08:59 AM
checking the release date, Dead Space Wii came out on the 29th.  GT and Motorstorm (posted in the other thread) were releaed on Oct 1st.  Did they factor in the first week of October since the NPDs were late or something?

NPD Coverage: August 30-October 3

5 week NPD.

Makes sense then.

I'm proud to be part of the 3k Motorstorm PSP buyers  :usacry

btw, what about Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2? I forgot that was out in September.
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Post by: pilonv1 on October 20, 2009, 12:09:46 AM
checking the release date, Dead Space Wii came out on the 29th.  GT and Motorstorm (posted in the other thread) were releaed on Oct 1st.  Did they factor in the first week of October since the NPDs were late or something?

Month closed on the 3rd or 4th, I dont know what date NPD uses though.
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Post by: demi on October 20, 2009, 12:11:02 AM
Pinball Hall of Fame <3k

People have no god damn taste anymore.

Do you have NPD numbers? Can you PM me Star Wars Republic Heroes?
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Post by: Jansen on October 20, 2009, 12:11:36 AM
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/699283/guitar-hero-5-outselling-the-beatles-rock-band.html

"Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division at Activision, told the Financial Times it had seen no impact from the heavily-marketed Beatles game. 'It did not affect our sales'. He added that Guitar Hero outsold Rock Band by four to one in the US and nine to one in other markets."

lol?

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btw, what about Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2? I forgot that was out in September.

must of been an ultra-bomb

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<38k

why do devs even bother releasing late ports?
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Post by: drew on October 20, 2009, 12:12:01 AM
In before some loser proclaims that they don't care about sales.

No need to declare it to show how cool you are on a gaming message board, we got the hint all those other months.  You are truly the man now, dog!

go easy on that armchair, big boy :-*
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Post by: demi on October 20, 2009, 12:13:01 AM
Oh, oops. Well, if you have # access I am interested in that game.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 20, 2009, 12:13:21 AM
Also this

BEST-SELLING US GAME SOFTWARE: JAN. 2000-AUG. 2009

RANK / TITLE (YEAR) / PLATFORM(S) / UNIT SALES

1 / Wii Play with Remote (2006) / Wii / 11.1 million
2 / Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007) / PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 / 10.3 million
3 / Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) / PS2, Xbox/ 9.8 million
4 / Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) / DS, PS3, Xbox 360 / 8.5 million
5 / Wii Fit with Balance Board (2008) / Wii / 7.9 million
6 / Madden NFL 07 (2006) / GC, GBA, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360
7/ Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) / PS2, Xbox
8 / Madden NFL 08 (2007) / GC, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360,
9 / Call of Duty: World at War (2008) / DS, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
10 / Halo 2 (2004) / Xbox

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/puzzle/wiiplay/news.html?sid=6233163
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Post by: Sho Nuff on October 20, 2009, 12:14:21 AM
Pinball hall of fame had like no copies shipped in the first place. I haven't seen a single copy on a shelf ever
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Post by: demi on October 20, 2009, 12:15:15 AM
Pinball hall of fame had like no copies shipped in the first place. I haven't seen a single copy on a shelf ever

I actually saw some when I was at TRU a couple days ago.
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Post by: drew on October 20, 2009, 12:18:44 AM
liar

they have their games in a plexiglass version of fort knox behind the counter

you must have the eyes of an eagle
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Post by: demi on October 20, 2009, 12:20:07 AM
Or they have a nice ticket system going on, and the chances of someone actually buying it are slim to none. I take chances...
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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:24:05 AM
This thread sucks, but notables:

Alan Wake doesn't deserve to be mentioned with Halo Reach & Gears 3.  A horror mystery game?  Yeah that's really going to sell millions and move systems because it was "made by the makers of max payne"  ::)  It'll be great for the hardcore gamers, but it's not a major exclusive for sales.

Uncharted 2 isn't either.  Maybe it's a better game than Uncharted 1, but it's not going to perform that differently.  It's the same game that only sold to the Sfans in the first place in a new location with gameplay upgrades.  There's no reason why it'll be "break into the mainstream".

Sony has no exclusive on the PS3 with broad mainstream appeal like Halo and Gears.  They will next year with GT5 and GoW3, but right now they have good exclusives, just not mainstream average joe appeal exclusives.  MS has lots of good exclusives, but only Halo and Gears are average joe appeal system mover exclusives.  

And XBLA and PSN both have some AAA downloadable exclusive titles.  They're both great though PSN needs DEMOS and PICTURES.  I can't believe you don't even get a fucking screenshot every week when some random PSN game you've never heard of goes on sale for $10.  Yeah I'm going to spend $10 on a paragraph of text  ::) 
/note PSN Japan has pictures for everything they sell.  Hence why I buy a good amount of Japan PSN games and almost no US PSN ones.
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Post by: drew on October 20, 2009, 12:25:05 AM
i wouldnt be surprised if they had some kind of modified nerf shotgun lying under that counter

i wouldnt take any chances there
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Post by: Himu on October 20, 2009, 12:26:22 AM
uncharted 2 is not average joe mainstream appeal exclusive? motorstorm isn't average joe exclusive?
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Post by: demi on October 20, 2009, 12:26:39 AM
Not really, Himuro
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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:27:07 AM
Oh and I don't want to defend but PSP software sales numbers, but they are getting more pointless by the month as the numbers aren't including the PSN store and now that is the ONLY place PSPGo people are buying games and where a decent amount of normal PSP owners buy games.  I don't have any idea what a game like GT PSP will sell, but I'm sure it sold more than 18k.
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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:28:30 AM
uncharted 2 is not average joe mainstream appeal exclusive? motorstorm isn't average joe exclusive?

The first one wasn't obviously because it didn't sell to them even.  Why would the 2nd one suddenly be?  I dunno, Motorstorm didn't sell millions

Ask some random dude on the street what's motorstorm or Uncharted and they'll go  ??? but they might have heard of HALO or maybe even GEARS OF WAR.
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Post by: Jansen on October 20, 2009, 12:32:05 AM
 
Oh and I don't want to defend but PSP software sales numbers, but they are getting more pointless by the month as the numbers aren't including the PSN store and now that is the ONLY place PSPGo people are buying games and where a decent amount of normal PSP owners buy games.  I don't have any idea what a game like GT PSP will sell, but I'm sure it sold more than 18k.

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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:33:28 AM
Oh and I don't want to defend but PSP software sales numbers, but they are getting more pointless by the month as the numbers aren't including the PSN store and now that is the ONLY place PSPGo people are buying games and where a decent amount of normal PSP owners buy games.  I don't have any idea what a game like GT PSP will sell, but I'm sure it sold more than 18k.

:spin :spin :spin

Ok, so every game PSPGo owners buy don't actually count and are just make believe.   ::)
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Post by: MCD on October 20, 2009, 12:38:33 AM
vgchartz

smh jin.
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Post by: Jansen on October 20, 2009, 12:38:38 AM
don't sink to posting chartzzz numbers!
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Post by: Himu on October 20, 2009, 12:42:03 AM
uncharted 2 is not average joe mainstream appeal exclusive? motorstorm isn't average joe exclusive?

The first one wasn't obviously because it didn't sell to them even.  Why would the 2nd one suddenly be?  I dunno, Motorstorm didn't sell millions

Ask some random dude on the street what's motorstorm or Uncharted and they'll go  ??? but they might have heard of HALO or maybe even GEARS OF WAR.

All the people at my school who play games are interested in Uncharted 2. They just don't have ps3s.
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Post by: Bocsius on October 20, 2009, 12:43:03 AM
The PS3 number in and of itself is not overly impressive, considering the price drop and model change, but neither is the 360 number in the face of Pro SKU liquidation and a price drop on the Elite. ODST doesn't appear to be much of a system seller, which isn't surprising since the Halo crowd has been entrenched for years.

I'm not exactly giddy if I'm Sony, but Microsoft shouldn't be comfortable either. 350K over 5 weeks with a price, shall we say, reshuffling isn't a strong performance. I agree with what a poster earlier in the thread said, Microsoft may need to make a bolder statement to regain their price advantage over Sony (among similar SKUs), and probably shave $20 or so off the Arcade. $50 would be better, but I sort of doubt the arcade gets to $149 until its final price drop.
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Post by: iconoclast on October 20, 2009, 12:43:36 AM
< 38k for Sigma 2.

Hayashi on seppuku watch.
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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:43:38 AM
Well if Sony did it, good for them.  I don't know how they suddenly got a public who didn't care about the first one interested in a sequel, but congrats to them.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 20, 2009, 12:44:54 AM
Taking out the most important feature of the game will cripple it.  Gran Turismo PSP is an exercise in "rope a dope."  I'm still assuming that most of this game was done in 2004 and 2005, shelved for a while, and then slapped together in a few months to shove out the door to hold GT fans off until GT5.

Also, yeah, the numbers will be higher than 18k.  Question is by how much.  Until there is a solid, reliable way of tracking unique downloads off of PSN from an independent source, we have nothing reliable to go off of.
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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:45:50 AM
The PS3 number in and of itself is not overly impressive, considering the price drop and model change, but neither is the 360 number in the face of Pro SKU liquidation and a price drop on the Elite. ODST doesn't appear to be much of a system seller, which isn't surprising since the Halo crowd has been entrenched for years.

I'm not exactly giddy if I'm Sony, but Microsoft shouldn't be comfortable either. 350K over 5 weeks with a price, shall we say, reshuffling isn't a strong performance. I agree with what a poster earlier in the thread said, Microsoft may need to make a bolder statement to regain their price advantage over Sony (among similar SKUs), and probably shave $20 or so off the Arcade. $50 would be better, but I sort of doubt the arcade gets to $149 until its final price drop.

They're doing fine in a recession and over halfway through a generation that's on its way out.  The userbase is just split across the platforms.  If you added the PS3/X360/Wii numbers together each month you'd still see a strong hardware sales generation.  Last time it was the PS2 and....nothing.  Now it's split.  Plus two handhelds, one being ultra strong.


Taking out the most important feature of the game will cripple it.  Gran Turismo PSP is an exercise in "rope a dope."

Also, yeah, the numbers will be higher than 18k.  Question is by how much.  Until there is a solid, reliable way of tracking unique downloads off of PSN from an independent source, we have nothing reliable to go off of.

Yeah.  I'm not saying the PSN numbers will save PSP games.  But it's a matter of fact they are being underballed on charts whether it's NPD or Media-create and we have no way of knowing what PSP games really sell.
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Post by: MCD on October 20, 2009, 12:46:11 AM
ODST sold pretty damn well for a quick patch job.

Sigma 2  :lol

next time try to add more blood and less tits, Hayashi.
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Post by: Jansen on October 20, 2009, 12:46:40 AM
why don't you just pull numbers out of your own ass if you're going to post shit from vgchartzz?

and i think the chances of seeing ninja gaiden 3 are very low. hope i'm wrong :'(
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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:47:43 AM
i think the chances of seeing ninja gaiden 3 are very low. hope i'm wrong :'(

You shit on Sigma 1/2 and you want NG3 by the same team...make up your mind!

/plus at this rate it'd be PS3 exclusive on the Sigma engine, lol.
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Post by: MCD on October 20, 2009, 12:48:44 AM
NOW WITH MORE LOADING AND TEARING FOR ALL
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Post by: Bocsius on October 20, 2009, 12:48:46 AM
Well if Sony did it, good for them.  I don't know how they suddenly got a public who didn't care about the first one interested in a sequel, but congrats to them.

I don't think there's going to be a massive surge for Uncharted 2 over the original on the whole, but it may have a strong debut similar to God of War 2 versus God of War 1. GoW really took off when it hit $20, which doesn't happen as often as you might think. Those latecomers seemed to turn out in force for the sequel when it released. I don't know what kind of legs Uncharted has had, but it's possible the sequel could follow a similar pattern.

That said, I personally don't believe in-generation sequels are game changers, particularly this late into a generation. I think the system sellers that are known properties and sequels push systems at the beginning of a generation, within the first year or two. What pushes systems late into a generation are the lower prices, overall catalogs, and the fresh idea that seemingly comes out of nowhere.
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Post by: M3wThr33 on October 20, 2009, 12:49:46 AM
i think the chances of seeing ninja gaiden 3 are very low. hope i'm wrong :'(

The team is half gone, and MS probably has 0 interest in funding a game that's exactly the same shit AGAIN that will be ported to another console a year later.
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Post by: Don Flamenco on October 20, 2009, 12:51:04 AM
NOW WITH MORE LOADING AND TEARING FOR ALL


Also just kind of a boring game in general.  It's like the smaller battles from the first one with the lamer AI from the second one and absolutely no good boss battles.  Come to think of it, i'm trading that shit in towards borderlands tomorrow...
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Post by: Jansen on October 20, 2009, 12:52:01 AM
don't think i shat on sigma 2 after playing it. sigma 1 on the other hand can take its loading and burn in hell!

I just pulled one, 600k or more by next NPD.

seems like a realistic prediction
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Post by: MCD on October 20, 2009, 12:52:31 AM
should have bought it used like me.

it's good to have friends.
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Post by: Himu on October 20, 2009, 12:52:36 AM
NOW WITH MORE LOADING AND TEARING FOR ALL


Also just kind of a boring game in general.  It's like the smaller battles from the first one with the lamer AI from the second one and absolutely no good boss battles.  Come to think of it, i'm trading that shit in towards borderlands tomorrow...

I thought you liked Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2? :(
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Post by: Jansen on October 20, 2009, 12:55:04 AM
should have just rented it like me   8)
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Post by: MCD on October 20, 2009, 12:55:56 AM
That's why I need your smug cock, Jansen hon.
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Post by: Bebpo on October 20, 2009, 12:57:02 AM
I dunno, I'm enjoying Sigma 1 for the $13 I paid for it.  I'm sure I'll enjoy Sigma 2 for the $13 I'll pay for it next year.  Don't really want a NG3 by Hayashi though.  Too bad Itagaki said he made the best action game he'd ever make with NG2.  Would've liked to see him make an original action game at Platinum.
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Post by: pilonv1 on October 20, 2009, 01:00:28 AM
(*pulled from vgchartzzz and it equivalents, but it should give you a rough idea)

:dur
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Post by: Don Flamenco on October 20, 2009, 01:01:24 AM
NOW WITH MORE LOADING AND TEARING FOR ALL


Also just kind of a boring game in general.  It's like the smaller battles from the first one with the lamer AI from the second one and absolutely no good boss battles.  Come to think of it, i'm trading that shit in towards borderlands tomorrow...

I thought you liked Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2? :(

it's solid, but I just kinda burned through it and went back to Sigma 1.  I have a lot more fun when I play Black/Sigma 1.

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omg  forget all those numbers I posted, none of them are confirmed (meaning they're all from the chartzzzzz).

So, this is what being an sfag feels like. smh.

good jon, epid fail
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 20, 2009, 01:10:53 AM
This is what happens when you rely on news aggregation sites. When I found out it was too late.

It will definitely sell better than the first and a first month of 600k too 700k for the NPD isn't too bad a prediction.

The general issue from a sales perspective (and not a gamer perpsective) is that for whatever reason Sony hasn't been able to create a franchise like Gears or Halo that is able to both explode out of the gate and rack up sales over a long period of time to become a mega blockbuster. The Fable series sells about as well as some of the top Sony franchises to put things in perspective. 
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Post by: Bocsius on October 20, 2009, 01:20:26 AM
Let's not speak of Fable II. :piss2
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 20, 2009, 01:26:33 AM
iirc, the only exclusive that outsold Fable II on the PS3 is MGS4.

Fable 2 sold about 2.6 million by around March of this year. That's more than Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 sold even though they are in a much more hot genre for this gen.

Once again not about subjective taste as people will come down on either side of that. Just noting that for what ever reason Sony has a harder time creating that grand slam selling hit for the mass of consumers.

Gran Turismo of course seemingly has a good chance of being that title if it still has the same pull it use to. 
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Post by: Meier on October 20, 2009, 01:46:37 AM
Oh and I don't want to defend but PSP software sales numbers, but they are getting more pointless by the month as the numbers aren't including the PSN store and now that is the ONLY place PSPGo people are buying games and where a decent amount of normal PSP owners buy games.  I don't have any idea what a game like GT PSP will sell, but I'm sure it sold more than 18k.

:spin :spin :spin

Ok, so every game PSPGo owners buy don't actually count and are just make believe.   ::)
Wasn't there a recent report that the NPD would start tracking digital sales too?  Not sure to what extent they will get buy in from the console manufacturers but they're hoping to remedy this disconnect.
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Post by: Purple Filth on October 20, 2009, 02:01:36 AM
Oh and I don't want to defend but PSP software sales numbers, but they are getting more pointless by the month as the numbers aren't including the PSN store and now that is the ONLY place PSPGo people are buying games and where a decent amount of normal PSP owners buy games.  I don't have any idea what a game like GT PSP will sell, but I'm sure it sold more than 18k.

:spin :spin :spin

Ok, so every game PSPGo owners buy don't actually count and are just make believe.   ::)
Wasn't there a recent report that the NPD would start tracking digital sales too?  Not sure to what extent they will get buy in from the console manufacturers but they're hoping to remedy this disconnect.


they want to but i'm not hearing any involvement from some of the major players themselves (MS, Sony, Apple, Valve, Nintendo).
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Post by: maxy on October 20, 2009, 02:03:05 AM
Xbots destroyed...in hardware
But in software we absolutely dominate...2.5 million software units in top 10...Halo ODST :bow2

Lots of bombas this month,just going to laugh at one

NGS2 :piss2 :lol

As for Uncharted 2 predictions,NPD data from June this year shows that Uncharted is somewhere between 500 and 750k,in 1.5 years...just saying

As for the future predictions,not sure about Alan Wake,but Mass Effect and Splinter Cell are going to be huuge.
Bioshock 2 also,leaked NPD data has shown almost 9:1 ratio,360:PS3...expect it to be heavily skewed towards 360


As for PSP DD sales,if they where good Sony would be trumpeting.
Unofficial DD sales on the other hand...
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Post by: Bildi on October 20, 2009, 02:20:51 AM
I was surprised the Xbox sold so well being that it isn't the Wii and it didn't have a redesign and price cut.  I guess Gaylo made a difference though.
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Post by: duckman2000 on October 20, 2009, 02:21:19 AM
But in software we absolutely dominate...2.5 million software units in top 10...Halo ODST :bow2

Yeah, Xtards should probably be a bit embarrassed by that. Then again, Stards will have plenty to feel embarrassed about when it's revealed that both Infamous and Uncharted 2 fail to become "hits."

I was surprised the Xbox sold so well being that it isn't the Wii and it didn't have a redesign and price cut.  I guess Gaylo made a difference though.

It did have a price cut. Well, SKU reconfiguration.
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Post by: demi on October 20, 2009, 03:11:07 AM
Shut up Borys, pretend you dont want to go back to GAF
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Post by: Purple Filth on October 20, 2009, 03:29:39 AM
But in software we absolutely dominate...2.5 million software units in top 10...Halo ODST :bow2

Yeah, Xtards should probably be a bit embarrassed by that. Then again, Stards will have plenty to feel embarrassed about when it's revealed that both Infamous and Uncharted 2 fail to become "hits."


yea wont be surprised if UC2 doesn't do well.

looking to see how Demons soul does, putting my highest range at 90k
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Post by: The Sceneman on October 20, 2009, 03:30:09 AM
how the fuck is Batman doing so good on PS3, fuck these distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

As an xfag I'm pretty gutted about Sonys impressive showing here. I guess its time to don my x-helmet and get ready for war....
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Post by: The Sceneman on October 20, 2009, 03:31:05 AM
So we finally turned EB into GAF.

Meh.

GoW3 isn't exactly mainstream
, Bebpo.

lol. If it makes you feel better about liking it, sure go ahead
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Post by: Bildi on October 20, 2009, 03:37:06 AM
As an xfag I'm pretty gutted about Sonys impressive showing here. I guess its time to don my x-helmet and get ready for war....

I'm sure things will be back to normal in a month or so. :)
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Post by: The Sceneman on October 20, 2009, 03:43:20 AM
 :american (http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u173/train28/xflag.gif)

In M$ we trust
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 20, 2009, 03:57:11 AM
hey, if this rate of ps3 sales keeps up, the ps3 will pass the 360 in almost five years! :o