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HappySqurriel on 16 January 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
@happy squirell

but the thing is

I didn't think ANYONE cared about Mortal Kombat anymore

 

Series like Mortal Kombat and Sonic that tried really hard to be "Cool" in the early 90s ended up aging pretty poorly, but there is still a ton of people who have very fond memories of these games. When there is a crossover with another series that has amazing popularity (Mario because of the DS/Wii’s popularity, DC Universe because of recent success with Superman and Batman movies) this adds a new found relevance to these series and their old fanbase becomes interested.



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darthdevidem01 on 16 January 2009
HappySqurriel said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@happy squirell

but the thing is

I didn't think ANYONE cared about Mortal Kombat anymore

 

Series like Mortal Kombat and Sonic that tried really hard to be "Cool" in the early 90s ended up aging pretty poorly, but there is still a ton of people who have very fond memories of these games. When there is a crossover with another series that has amazing popularity (Mario because of the DS/Wii’s popularity, DC Universe because of recent success with Superman and Batman movies) this adds a new found relevance to these series and their old fanbase becomes interested.

ok

but surely you mean Spider-Man.....superman returns was a flop commercially....lol

 



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HappySqurriel on 16 January 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
HappySqurriel said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@happy squirell

but the thing is

I didn't think ANYONE cared about Mortal Kombat anymore

 

Series like Mortal Kombat and Sonic that tried really hard to be "Cool" in the early 90s ended up aging pretty poorly, but there is still a ton of people who have very fond memories of these games. When there is a crossover with another series that has amazing popularity (Mario because of the DS/Wii’s popularity, DC Universe because of recent success with Superman and Batman movies) this adds a new found relevance to these series and their old fanbase becomes interested.

ok

but surely you mean Spider-Man.....superman returns was a flop commercially....lol

 

 

Its domestic box-office was  $200,081,192 (#89 All-Time)
Its worldwide box-office was $391,081,192 (#101 All-Time) 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman06.htm

 



blazinhead89 on 16 January 2009

Tekken is the best fighter, /Thread



AE86 on 16 January 2009
--OkeyDokey-- said:
Because LBP is a failure, as is the PS3.

Is that what you wanted?

 

Also because it doesn't start with "Wii".

Which is what you really wanted.



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Seece on 16 January 2009

I bought MK VS DC, 3 other people on my friends list who I didn't know liked MK bought it too, you should all play it before calling it a POS.



 

Dgc1808 on 17 January 2009

Because this Gen has been nothing but "shocking"....



4 ≈ One

tombi123 on 17 January 2009

Because NPD overtracked MK vs DC and undertracked LBP just like they undertracked Wii



richardhutnik on 17 January 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
BTW what it MK vs DC?

Considering it is VG Chartz, maybe it is Mario Kart vs DreamCast.  It is a game that pits the entire Dreamcast lineup of characters vs those in Mario Kart, in an all out mini-game competition, that also includes Kart Racing.  And please don't let Sega see this or they will think about doing it, to come up with the last nail in Sonic's coffin.  Wait, maybe that isn't a bad idea.  Sega could then sell Mario to Nintendo, and Nintendo do a decent Sonic game.

Ok, anyone here want to debate whether or not MK vs DC will outsell Killzone 2?

 



Aj_habfan on 17 January 2009

Well I wouldn't just single out LBP, your title makes it seem like LBP failed so miserably that even MK vs DC beat it.

MK vs DC was #2 on the PS3 list (LBP #3), I really don't know it beat out every other game on PS3 besides Call of Duty. Vgchartz numbers make sense, but I guess we were really undertracking it.