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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

  Japan Others Americas Worldwide
Uncharted 2's First Week's Sales 54,193 362,221 421,155 837,569
Hardware change from previous week -1,179 -3,373 26,300 21,748
% Hardware change from previous week -3.92 -2.46 33.37 8.83

Description: When Uncharted: Drake's Fortune released back in 2007, it had a modest opening week, before going on to sale over 2.5 million copies due to strong sustained sales. When Uncharted 2: Among Thieves launched five weeks ago, its first week was anything but small, with the first week total coming in at ~840,000. In the Americas Uncharted 2's release week also saw a 33% increase in PS3 hardware sales. In Other's and Japan the PS3 actually experinced slight drops. But worldwide, hardware sales increased by 8.83% over the previous week. In the previous weeks the PS3 had been steadily declining after the release of the Slim model and price cut. So was Uncharted 2 the reason PS3 hardware increased for the week? If so why do you think Uncharted 2 was able to move systems? Vote in the poll then leave a comment letting us know what you think.

Column1 Japan Others Americas Worldwide
Uncharted 2's First Week's Sales 54,193 362,221 421,155 837,569
Hardware change from previous week -1,179 -3,373 26,300 21,748
% Hardware change from previous week -3.92 -2.46 33.37 8.83

                                             

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