Yakuzaice said:
Kasz216 said:
Yakuzaice said:
I'm pretty sure the 270k sold for Okami (PS2) was just NA. Lifetime Japanese sales plus the first month's sales in the US put it at above 270k sold to consumers. (media create and NPD)
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There never were exact NPD numbers. The only thing Motnana ever happened was a combination of Mediacrate and "Guessing".
The exact quote puts it at worldwide. I mean read the thing. It's obvious, he's talking about direct online sales, and shipped sales.
The game just bombed more then people thought.
There is no reason for him to quoute only US numbers when talking about how Okami bombed. Nor to add the occasional shipped thousand here or there as "sold to retailers".
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Ok here is what I wrote a few months back. There were Okami NPD numbers for September.
"Ok, I did a little looking around, and it seems that 270k number for Okami (PS2) is probably not worldwide.
In the Media Create top 500 2006, Okami sold 142,676.
In the 2007 list the "PS2 the Best" release sold 50,890.
For the US, NPD had it at 86,676 in September.
So that already brings us to 280k. Also considering the quote was "That 270,000 figure is a very organic figure. Okami's day-one figure was nowhere near that," It would seem unlikely that he is talking about worldwide figures if the first day was nowhere near that.
Even if the trackers are off it seems impossible that they would be so off that they would end up with a greater amount from one country + one month in another country."
And here are some links
Media Create Top 500 2006
Media Create Top 500 2007
NPD September
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Why would he be talking about US only when it was talking about world wide bomb and about how much Capcom wanted it to sell. It just doesn't add up.
Tracking games that sold small amounts often do lead to wider mistakes percentage wise. It's just how the process works. When talking about sales so low it's very possible they were just off.
