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kplee on 02 November 2008

LittleBigPlant (Chi/Eng version) was out on Friday in the afternoon or evening (depends on shops) and when I asked at night in some shops it was already sold out.

Then I went to some shops in the weekend and it was either out of stock or the price were marked up.  SRP is US$42 but they marked up to around US$50!

I didn't expect it sells so well in Hong Kong as it is not the type of games popular for Hong Kong gamers.

I am lucky that I could buy it for US$42 with a folder as gift.

BTW, I also found that quite a few Western tourists bought PS3 in Hong Kong.  It is around US$370.



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outlawauron on 02 November 2008

Neat. I'm sure it'll very well in Europe on this week's charts.



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TuPadre on 02 November 2008

of course will sell good, its LBP



Smashchu2 on 02 November 2008

It's done well so far. It will be interesting to see where it is when it levels off.



ZenfoldorVGI on 03 November 2008

With the Japanese predictions, the first week numbers of this game could be very interesting...

It might be huge...and it might not.



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Sephiroth357 on 03 November 2008

Its huge everywhere!

It's too bad I haven't had my chance to buy this game.




konnichiwa on 03 November 2008

You have an idea how much copies there are? If I have to believe the brother of my gf a local magazine stated 4.000 copies shipped?






Noobie on 03 November 2008
konnichiwa said:
You have an idea how much copies there are? If I have to believe the brother of my gf a local magazine stated 4.000 copies shipped?

if its only 4000 then its no surprise that they are sold out. :)



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BKK2 on 03 November 2008
Noobie said:
konnichiwa said:
You have an idea how much copies there are? If I have to believe the brother of my gf a local magazine stated 4.000 copies shipped?

if its only 4000 then its no surprise that they are sold out. :)

Hong Kong only has a population of 7m.

Hong Kong's Retail Games Market to Reach $72 Million in '08 – GfK

Leading research firm GfK Asia has released new data on the retail games market in Hong Kong. Software and hardware sales are both expected to grow in 2009.

The researchers at GfK Asia have released their first retail games software measurement for Hong Kong, adding to its coverage in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Retail sales of games in Hong Kong this year are expected to total about $72 million or roughly 1.9 million boxed units sold. Furthermore, GfK is forecasting "steady growth for 2009 estimating a minimum of 15% growth in this competitive market."

So what types of games do people in Hong Kong play? GfK said the top three genres were action, sports and shooting. Portable gaming is also huge, accounting for 31 percent of the physical games market.

In terms of hardware, GfK estimates that the console hardware market in Hong Kong will be worth about $189 million this year; the research firm expects a minimum of 720,000 units to be sold. Additionally, for 2009 hardware sales are forecast to grow about 10 percent in both units and value, GfK said.

"Historically we have seen how books, music and movies integrate into human lifestyle as a form of entertainment or knowledge. We have now come to an era where games will soon move into the main stream of our lifestyle as one of the core entertainment segments," GfK Asia Commercial Director, Stanley Kee commented. "In a digital world with mobility as a key focus in both work and play; games software is poised to fit into the new age lifestyle well among the many options available for consumers. The beautiful thing about games as a form of entertainment is that it is interactive, unlike books, movies and music, the real and the virtual world seems to co-exist at the same time which really brings excitement to consumers."

He continued, "Due to Asia's less organized sales distribution routes , games software retail sales can be challenging with an estimated universe of over 500 shops in Hong Kong, more than 1000 shops in Taiwan, about 1000 shops in Korea and more than 400 shops in Singapore. Publishers, Developers and Hardware suppliers need to be armed with knowledge and insight to better map the long term potential of Asian consumer needs."

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Blog for Hong Kong video game sales:

http://www.gamenews.com.hk/



Kantor on 03 November 2008
kplee said:

LittleBigPlant (Chi/Eng version) was out on Friday in the afternoon or evening (depends on shops) and when I asked at night in some shops it was already sold out.

Then I went to some shops in the weekend and it was either out of stock or the price were marked up.  SRP is US$42 but they marked up to around US$50!

I didn't expect it sells so well in Hong Kong as it is not the type of games popular for Hong Kong gamers.

I am lucky that I could buy it for US$42 with a folder as gift.

BTW, I also found that quite a few Western tourists bought PS3 in Hong Kong.  It is around US$370.

I'm guessing you mean 370 Hong Kong dollars, which is US$47.44. Where I live, converted into US$, it would be $46.27.

 



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