Note: You might have seen them, but if not the Game of the Day threads are now getting follow up articles, a big part of the articles is user input from the thread, so please give your thoughts with both your vote and comments. I’ll pick what I think are the best 3 reasoned arguments and put them in the article giving credit to the author and linking to their profile. So if you like to get profile views this would be a good way for you get some more.
Thread Description: In this series of threads I will be looking at games that have been released for at least 18 months, and then comparing how much first week, and first month sales make up of the total sales. In the second post there will be one of two polls, one for a game with strong legs (1st month sales make up less than 35% of total sales) and one for why a game was more frontloaded (1st month sales make up more than 35% of total sales) . With the thread description out the way here is today's Look at those Legs Game of the Day…
Game of the Day
Article to be posted on 9/25
Uncharted:Drake’s Fotune
| # of Copies Sold (millions) |
% of Total Sales | |
| First Week Sales | 0.13 | 5.20 |
| First Month Sales | 0.62 | 24.25 |
Description: Today’s Look at those Legs Game of the Day is the 2007 Playstation 3 title; Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. The game opened up relatively quietly with worldwide first week sales at 133,000. However; the game went on to become one of the systems premier titles and has now racked up a cumulative 2.56 million sales with just weeks to go before the sequel releases. So what allowed the game to become a hit despite a modest opening? Was it the bundles with the system, positive word out mouth? Or was it something else? Vote in the poll in the second post and then leave a comment letting us know what you think.
Previous Look at those Legs threads
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