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BKK2 on 18 April 2009
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Seneque said:
BKK2 said:
hunter_alien said:
I wonder if it will even chart :| lets hope so :D

China Town? Of course it will chart. This is UK ... GTAland.

It's fairly disapoiting so far, but still in a decent positition, we have to see how good it's legs are, GTA normally has great legs (see IV 360 version), admittedly that's helped by DLC, but it's still hitting a lot of EU charts.

Anyway, IMO GTA:CW first week / month sales aren't so great, but it's way too early to call it a bomb. I expect it to be profitable for T2, but maybe not enough for a sequel.

As for Madworld, after seeing UK charts I didn't think 66k was that bad for US. It still underperformed though. To be honest I don't think it would do much better on another platform ... too niche.

A lot of people debating if "core games" can succeed on Wii now. I think they can, but not generic violent games. Where are all the platformers on Wii? PC Kid, wonderboy, alex kidd? How about all the old school shmups? I know X360 is king of the hardcore shmups, but surely there's still a market for old school side scrollers?

I don't get Wii devs, especially trying to outdo realistic PS360 games, so many genres you can choose on Wii, no need to try to emulate PS360 FPS success. Funny thing is, only Sega have games on Wi that I'm interested in, never thought I'd say that 15 years ago ... Sega really are fantastic this gen, shame the meta scores don't translate to profit.

I think he was talking about "Phantasy Star Portable" (hunter_alien = PSP supporter), but, still, nice post.

So, for "Phantasy Star Portable", to be honest, I'm not even certain it will chart into the PSP top 10. I see 2 major reasons for the success of this title in Japan : it was released on one of the hottest platform there and it's a portable multiplayer RPG ("Monster Hunter Portable" like). This style of game seems adapted to the Japanese way of life, but I don't think it equates the british's habits. And since the PSP seems stuck in a niche in the UK... (I mean, to be able to enjoy the game, not only do you need to have a PSP, you need to have friends with a PSP! That's statistically quite a problem.)

Ah yeah, my bad. Sorry hunter alien, but PSO has close to no chance of making top 40 this week. It's the most noticable release in a very slow week which is why they mentioned it. You have to check the individual  PSP format chart for niche games like this.

Incidentally, I never could afford PS1 when I was a kid (master system fanboy), but am considering playing it now that I got "sonic's genesis collection" ...