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Demotruk on 26 December 2008

A game with legs is one who's lifetime sales chart does not look roughly like this:
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You'll see what I mean here:

http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=New+Super+Mario+Bros+-+DS&reg2=All&game2=Pokemon+Diamond+/+Pearl+-+DS&reg3=All&game3=Halo+3+-+X360&weeks=150

Which of these three does not have legs?



A game I'm developing with some friends:

www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm

It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.

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cebrian on 26 December 2008

Total Sales 0.57m 2.11m 3.68m 6.36m
Week 1 66,939 97,734 100,276 264,949
Week 2 42,218 74,776 169,208 286,202
Week 3 41,832 104,651 265,983 412,466
Week 4 61,988 74,282 311,746 448,016
Week 5 101,772 122,349 311,742 535,863

A game that sells constantly better in the first five weeks could be a definition as well?

Guess the game



Bitmap Frogs on 26 December 2008
atma998 said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
atma998 said:
Bitmap Frogs said:

Legs

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http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=New+Super+Mario+Bros+-+DS®2=All&game2=®3=All&game3=&weeks=150

 

 New Super Mario Bros. is bundled too.

 

Generally bundled (ala Wii Sports) or seasonally?

Hmmm not sure about this one but it still bundled.

 

 

Retailer-only bundles or limited seasonal bundles wouldn't change things way too much.





Current-gen game collection uploaded on the profile, full of win and good games; also most of my PC games. Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts 1982-2008 (Requiescat In Pace).

atma998 on 26 December 2008
cebrian said:
Total Sales 0.57m 2.11m 3.68m 6.36m
Week 1 66,939 97,734 100,276 264,949
Week 2 42,218 74,776 169,208 286,202
Week 3 41,832 104,651 265,983 412,466
Week 4 61,988 74,282 311,746 448,016
Week 5 101,772 122,349 311,742 535,863

A game that sells constantly better in the first five weeks could be a definition as well?

Guess the game

It depends if it's due to Christmas time or not I guess.

 



Louie on 26 December 2008
Bitmap Frogs said:
atma998 said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
atma998 said:
Bitmap Frogs said:

Legs

=

http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=New+Super+Mario+Bros+-+DS®2=All&game2=®3=All&game3=&weeks=150

 

 New Super Mario Bros. is bundled too.

 

Generally bundled (ala Wii Sports) or seasonally?

Hmmm not sure about this one but it still bundled.

 

 

Retailer-only bundles or limited seasonal bundles wouldn't change things way too much.

 

It isn't bundled in Europe as far as I know and bundles in the US are nothing official. Maybe 1/10th 5% of its weekly sales were from bundles last week and maybe 1% (probably even less) of its LTD sales are from bundled units.

 

New Super Mario Bros. definitely is a great example of legs and surely not a game that got its sales from bundles.



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Louie on 26 December 2008
cebrian said:
Total Sales 0.57m 2.11m 3.68m 6.36m
Week 1 66,939 97,734 100,276 264,949
Week 2 42,218 74,776 169,208 286,202
Week 3 41,832 104,651 265,983 412,466
Week 4 61,988 74,282 311,746 448,016
Week 5 101,772 122,349 311,742 535,863

A game that sells constantly better in the first five weeks could be a definition as well?

Guess the game

 

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii version)



Slimebeast on 26 December 2008

* Holiday boost - applies to all games, but especially kiddie & family oriented titles

* Many PS3's are sold with LBP bundled

* LPB already on a sale - many VGC members have reported it's sold at budget price in many European countries (and NA?). Not in Sweden though.



atma998 on 26 December 2008
Slimebeast said:
* Holiday boost

* Many PS3's are sold with LBP bundled

* LPB already on a sale - many VGC members have reported it's sold at budget price in many European countries. Not in Sweden though.

 

 Yeah everybody knows that except maybe some delusional PS3 fanboys who really think LBP have great legs.



Lord N on 26 December 2008

Where is LBP bundled?

AS far as Uncharted goes, that game hasn't seen any significant manufacturer bundling until the 160GB PS3 a few months ago.

 

Consoles owned: Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, PSP, DS, PS3

Louie on 26 December 2008
Lord N said:

Where is LBP bundled?

AS far as Uncharted goes, that game hasn't seen any significant manufacturer bundling until the 160GB PS3 a few months ago.

 

It is bundled in Europe, together with the 80GB PS3.