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Desroko on 15 May 2008
Kyros said:
it seems like the right type of genre o.O; What happened?


It didn't have a recognizable name like Mario at the Olympics or was descriptive like Carnival games. Nintendo conquered the casual market and left the people who read reviews behind.

But on a more serious note Boom Blox just doesn't sound like fun. You are knocking crates around. Awesome. I am not saying that its a bad game but it certainly doesn'T sound very exciting.

Yeah, there's not even any blood. Dood, that's so gay.



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plzdontbanme on 15 May 2008

That game won't have legs. It's 3rd party. It's not cheap. It's over.

Price cut Zack and Wiki style in 2 months that boost sales by only 10k then another price cut blah blah blah.



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supermario128 on 15 May 2008

Most people probably don't even know what the game is about like myself.




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Frodaddyg on 15 May 2008
lenardo1 said:
I've seen commercials for Boom Blox at least twice a day on jetix/disney cartoon channel.

This would explain why despite the "advertising", the sales wouldn't be strong right away. Channels like that aren't targetting people who themselves have disposable income. Turns out little kids generally need their parents to buy stuff for them, and can't see a commercial and go buy it themselves.

If, like GTA, your ad is running on a major network, like Comedy Central, ESPN, or something of that ilk, then you'll get more people of sufficient age that see it and may decide to go out and buy it themselves. Disney Cartoon channel watchers probably can't take their big wheel to the local mall and plop down $50 for a game at will.



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DKII on 15 May 2008

Boom Blox isn't really the type of game you go pick up Day 1 like Mario Kart or Smash. It's more of a when-I-feel-like-it thing.



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Foshoryuken on 15 May 2008

The Wii trend is ovaaaaahh!!



amp316 on 15 May 2008

This game will sell 25K a week next week and the week after that too. This is the type of game that will sell a little for a lond time because of word of mouth. It is a really good game.



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akuma587 on 15 May 2008

Man, talk about bad attach rates. Even ludicrously bad/niche games on the 360 usually manage 40k on their opening week in the U.S.



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DMeisterJ on 15 May 2008
Neos said:
hunter_alien said:
Neos said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@soriku

Like it or not the wii is never really going to get the BLOCKBUSTER 3rd party stuff like GTA IV ---- 6 million 1 week

AC & COD4 -- 400K launches....900K 2 consoles combined (AS also being a NEW IP)

and so on

damnit! now i'm never gonna get a crap game like AC on my console! damnit!

Let me guess , you never played it but you still bash the game because it did better than most 3rd party Wii games ...

 

BB did badly no matter how we look at the numbers . Could it have legs ? Possible , it wouldenmt be uncommon for a Wii game but the truth is that first week sales are bad ... and I mean real bad ...

 


 haha i did, on my bro's 360. It's repetive and boring.


So true.

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Frodaddyg on 15 May 2008
DMeisterJ said:
 

All games have a 4 day first week, that's no excuse.


Not entirely true. Some games get pre-shipped and street dated, like GTA/Halo/Madden, etc. Those basically get two extra days (all day Tuesday and Wednesday) compared to a game like Boom Blox or other smaller releases that don't usually ship until Monday or Tuesday and often don't see shelves until Wednesday or Thursday.

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