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Forums - Sales Discussion - LBP Week 1 Sales (NA) -- 164K -- Good or Bad??

heruamon on 28 October 2008

What's with this...Next week will be higher crap? I'm sorry, but last time i checked, most (if not all) Triple A marketed title have HUGE first weeks and then your legs kick in...I've NEVER EVER heard of a lukewarm first week and then a MONSTER second week...can somebody provide me an example in ANY entertainment industry...be it Film, Music, or Gaming? 165K first day in the US is good, and it's looking at 500K for week one, but I doubt we will see an increase for next week in NA. Endwar is coming out as well, and so is Gears 2, which will mostly be the priority for dual console owners.



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darthdevidem01 on 28 October 2008
HappySqurriel said:

Honestly, this is far better than I was expecting being that Ratchet and Clank only sold 77,000 in its first week of sales in North America.

How can you even compare the two.....

@Heruamon

for gods sake READ THE OP!

I gave everyone reasonable reasons to weigh up their arguments look at evidences & then post!

 



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zexen_lowe on 28 October 2008
Fernando said:
It sold about the same as Wii Music in Japan...

Eeehhh, no, it sold 60K more with much less availability




BULLDOGG on 28 October 2008

i think it did pretty good for one day of Gamestop sales.



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Kingdizzii on 28 October 2008

Well the one thing I do think is that this is no KH game ala not head strong, this one should have very good legs. 1.5M LTD worldwide sounds about right for this game, will probably make Sony back all the advertising money.

If the release dates have gone shoddy then next week should match this week.



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superchunk on 28 October 2008
leo-j said:
@superchunk

Are you and the other people in this thread blind?

No offense, but thats what it looks like

blind? What are you referring to?

 



kutasek on 28 October 2008
makingmusic476 said:
leo-j said:
@superchunk

Are you and the other people in this thread blind?

No offense, but thats what it looks like

 

I swear, it's like nobody knows the game was recalled.  This had to have been the most supply constrained launch of a game...ever

You can't cure stupid, i guess. It's half baked launch, what do people expect.



theprof00 on 28 October 2008
CGI-Quality said:
uuummm only PREORDER copies have been selling. The game's actual release date is October 29 which is tomorrow. That 164k is mainly preorder customers, so some people in this thread are EXTREMELY misinformed.

actually, those aren't even preorders. Those are the leaked copies.

 



psrock on 28 October 2008
heruamon said:
What's with this...Next week will be higher crap? I'm sorry, but last time i checked, most (if not all) Triple A marketed title have HUGE first weeks and then your legs kick in...I've NEVER EVER heard of a lukewarm first week and then a MONSTER second week...can somebody provide me an example in ANY entertainment industry...be it Film, Music, or Gaming? 165K first day in the US is good, and it's looking at 500K for week one, but I doubt we will see an increase for next week in NA. Endwar is coming out as well, and so is Gears 2, which will mostly be the priority for dual console owners.

 

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makingmusic476 on 28 October 2008
heruamon said:
What's with this...Next week will be higher crap? I'm sorry, but last time i checked, most (if not all) Triple A marketed title have HUGE first weeks and then your legs kick in...I've NEVER EVER heard of a lukewarm first week and then a MONSTER second week...can somebody provide me an example in ANY entertainment industry...be it Film, Music, or Gaming? 165K first day in the US is good, and it's looking at 500K for week one, but I doubt we will see an increase for next week in NA. Endwar is coming out as well, and so is Gears 2, which will mostly be the priority for dual console owners.

 

THE GAME WASN'T ON SALE THIS WEEK.   IT WAS RECALLED.  IT ONLY WENT ON SALE THIS PAST SATURDAY, ONLY AT SOME GAMESTOPS, AND ONLY FOR THE FEW WHO PRE-ORDERED THE GAME. 

Get this through your heads.  >_<