Canada: 4000 PS3 MGS4 bundles sold out

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SWA_JM_Obi-Wan on 18 May 2008

FishyJoe said:
Then why are you arguing with me for something I never said?

I actually havent been. Your original statement made you sound like you were being condiscending about weather MGS would have any sales impact at all. since then i have you clarified your post I have been agreeing with you.

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BKK2 on 18 May 2008

FishyJoe said:

BKK2 said:

FishyJoe said:

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FishyJoe said:

The GTAIV hardware numbers shocked a lot of people for sure. MGS4 could also, I'm just not sure who it will shock.

Need I remind people there were stories of the GTAIV bundles being sold out too.

Although after seeing the NPD numbers for april this is true, but shouldn't we wait for the May numbers before jumping on that bandwagon. I think it's safe to say we do not yet have a clear picture of the GTA sales effect quite yet. If may's numbers come in Big, Statements like this look foolish.

Actually, I'm talking about the European numbers, since the GTAIV bundle was only available there AFAIK. While we did see a decent rise in sales, there certainly wasn't a massive spike in sales.

And neither VGC or NPD showed a massive spike in sales. So even if May sales improve, it's probably not going to be anywhere near what some people predicted.

I'm not saying there won't be a good rise in sales for MGS4, but if anything is to be learned, you shouldn't count your chickens before they are hatched. Especially some of the bigger fanboys were way off, see the GTAIV is the death of the Wii thread for reference.

Hardware sales spiked a lot more in UK than in US:

GTA IV week sales spike:

US: 360 +54%
UK: 360: +125%, PS3: +127%

What part of my statement are you not understanding?

Where did I say I didn't understand? I didn't bold any of your statement or contradict any of your post, I was just adding some data to the debate.

My point was that the European bundle increased hardware sales a lot more in Europe than the bundle-less hardware sales increased in NA.

Anyway, bored of this forum now, have fun.

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