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ClaudeLv250 on 23 October 2008
shams said:
I was going to buy it... but saw WarioLand Shake at the same time - and for $10 less. So I picked that up instead. Sorry De Blob - maybe next time (I go shopping for games!).

Why did De Blob cost more?

 



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twesterm on 23 October 2008

I bought the game but I've yet to even open it. -_-

Come December I'll have time to get back to all those games I skipped. Of course I saw that and I still haven't opened God of War II yet (I say it for $15 a few years ago >_>).



 

famousringo on 23 October 2008

Sales History

Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 0.00m 0.06m 0.05m 0.11m
Week 1 n/a 18,403 9,102 27,505
Week 2 n/a 16,934 14,191 31,125
Week 3 n/a 21,494 12,329 33,823
Week 4 n/a n/a 16,975 16,975

 

Current evidence shows that while launch sales of de Blob were underwhelming, sales have been flat and are even slowly accelerating. This is pretty damn unusual, and suggests that the long-term prospects of this game are pretty good. I wouldn't be surprised to see it slow-burn its way to gold.



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Kyros on 23 October 2008

De Blob Sales (at least in AUS) are a huge disappointment


To be honest I am not so surprised. Kids want to have adventures. They want to be cowboys, astronauts whatever not some blob that makes the world more colorful.



famousringo on 23 October 2008
Kyros said:
De Blob Sales (at least in AUS) are a huge disappointment


To be honest I am not so surprised. Kids want to have adventures. They want to be cowboys, astronauts whatever not some blob that makes the world more colorful.

 

And failing all of that, kids want to be a sponge which lives at the bottom of the ocean and works at a fast food restuarant.



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tabsina on 23 October 2008

nobody.. NOBODY.. gets to complain about a lack of wii games when they get games like this and don't buy it... argh



stof on 23 October 2008
Kyros said:
De Blob Sales (at least in AUS) are a huge disappointment


To be honest I am not so surprised. Kids want to have adventures. They want to be cowboys, astronauts whatever not some blob that makes the world more colorful.

 

 

I was going to say "Which explains the massive success of the cowboy videogame genre, but I'll go with Ringo's answer instead.



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BengaBenga on 23 October 2008

3 weeks in the top 10 is hardly a dissapointment imo. Here in Europe it's selling pretty well as far as I can see from shops.

MediaMarkt had it at #2, behind Brawl. And there's ots of exposure for the game.

I think the game is doing fine and will profit from the low amount of AAA games this holiday.



thanny on 23 October 2008

newest charts - it is out of top 10 wii altogether unfortunately.

http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/?pageid=article&t=13435



 

 

 

 

 

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