Rock Band 2 should sell really well this week

[disolitude]

mrstickball said:

disolitude said:

During my lunch break I went to get rockband 2. I work inside the biggest shopping area in downtown Toronto (Eatons center for the locals) and there is every type of store in a 5 kilometer radius.

I went to best buy first - rockband 2 sold out. They had lots of Too Human tho... :)

Went to eb next - sold out.

Went to future shop - got it!

Anywho, the fact that it is sold out in 2 of the biggest game stores around should indicate the game is meeting or exceding sales expectations.

Does anyone else, who possibly works in a game store... see that this game selling well?

 

disolitude -

If you go by MGC extrapolations (the website I get XBLA data from), Rock Band 2 is slated to sell anywhere from 400,000-500,000 units this week in North America.

This is far more than anecdotal. This is fact: Rock Band 2 has more players this week than Grand Theft Auto IV according to MGC. Very few games get to wedge themselves in the top-5 very quickly, but Rock Band 2 has. I would be shocked if it sold below 350,000 units. And lets not forget: the bundle isn't even out yet. RB2 could sell well over 1m copies before the bundles launch for the other systems.

Damn...Im lucky to have gotten a copy when i did.

I was looking around today and they are not available anywhere...

http://www.amazon.ca/Electronic-Arts-014633191141-Rock-Band/dp/B001BX6JUA/ref=pd_ts_zbw_vg_3234221_7?pf_rd_p=429746501&pf_rd_s=right-4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=3198031&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_r=1GN3KS8S5MFQ9A3M91B3

Ships in 1 - 2 months.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10110331&catid=23380&logon=&langid=EN

Out of stock

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10110331&logon=&langid=EN

Out of Stock

Maybe Canada got a weak shipment cause even MGS4 and Halo 3 were widely available here for months and months.