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yushire on 17 June 2008
Soriku said:
If the company is satisfied, that's all that matters. Screw the analysts.
This is really what I want to say, as long as the company made the game was happy with the outcome, nothing else matters. Most of these games arent frontloaded anyway.

 

 



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trestres on 17 June 2008

@Montana: And yet you defend a Sony troll. I find that annoying from you, I just had to tell you.



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HappySqurriel on 17 June 2008

MySims sold 75,000 units in September of 2007 (In North America) and is now a Million seller worldwide ...
Sonic and the Secret Rings sold 51,000 units in February of 2007 (In North America) and is now a Million seller worldwide ...
Carnivale Games sold 38,000 units in August of 2007 (In North America) and is now a Million seller worldwide ...
Game Party sold 7,000 units in November of 2007 (In North America) and has sold over 750,000 units ...
High School Musical: Sing It sold 26,000 units in November of 2007 (In North America) and has sold over 750,000 units ...
Cooking Mama sold 31,000 units in March of 2007 (In North America) and has sold over 750,000 units ...

I could continue by listing games on the DS that appeal to the non-'Core' gamer crowd, but I think I have made my point



Bodhesatva on 17 June 2008

I agree with Pachter on this one, actually. Boom Blox did get marketing; I just don't think EA knows how to market a game or sell it (the name is wrong, for starters).



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The Ghost of RubangB on 17 June 2008

So the game's already made a profit, the company's already happy with its sales, it's getting great reviews, and the sales are basically the same every week, and analysts and Joystiq are still bitching and moaning?

This game's fun as hell, especially with the level editor.



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sc94597 on 17 June 2008
yushire said:
^^ ^^

Is that from the NPD snake?

Why do you call viper snake?

 



CDiablo on 17 June 2008
Bodhesatva said:

I agree with Pachter on this one, actually. Boom Blox did get marketing; I just don't think EA knows how to market a game or sell it (the name is wrong, for starters).

 

What marketing? No TV ads......the only ad I saw was the trailer on the Wii demo chanel.



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FishyJoe on 17 June 2008

I wonder if the 'analysts' will give credit to Indy Wii for being the best selling of all the platforms? I don't have very high expectations, I'm sure they'll find some other game to prove bad sales.



Ail on 17 June 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
So the game's already made a profit, the company's already happy with its sales, it's getting great reviews, and the sales are basically the same every week, and analysts and Joystiq are still bitching and moaning?

This game's fun as hell, especially with the level editor.

 

 Where exactly did you get that the game already made a profit ?

EA CEO might have said it met expectations, he sure didn't say it made a profit....



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Bodhesatva on 17 June 2008
CDiablo said:
Bodhesatva said:

I agree with Pachter on this one, actually. Boom Blox did get marketing; I just don't think EA knows how to market a game or sell it (the name is wrong, for starters).

 

What marketing? No TV ads......the only ad I saw was the trailer on the Wii demo chanel.

 

Then you weren't watching the right shows. EA did advertise this on television: they put the ads on kid's cartoons. Their logic was that hardcore players would buy it regardless -- it's the kids they need to convince.



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