| Naum said: Wait.. GTA CW have only 24 hours of sales and you already call it a flop??....wow...just...wow. |
GTA franchise with console over 40million userbase and first day sales are about 40k. It is disappointing no matter how you spin it.
Why were people expecting huge launch sales on a device that has sold hardly any units of "Mature" software before? CoD, Ninja Gaiden, Dementium, Moon, Resident Evil and any other M title has barely sold. This game isn't releasing to an existing demographic. This game is going to create that demographic (along with the DSi). I'm hereby betting that this game will be in the top 15 during Christmas 09. Any takers?
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Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
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What does "compared to userbase" mean? I mean I read people write this on numerous occasions (mostly as a dig at the Wii or rationalization of why a successful game is really a flop in disguise..like W@W. Was God of War a flop on the PS2 because "compared to its userbase" of 120m the game sold a measly 2m..what kind of logic is that?...Also I expect gta:cw to hit the million mark before too long.
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DMeisterJ said:
Seconded. Why this game is on the DS is beyond me. Given how well LCS and VCS sold, R* better hope to god that the game has some beautiful legs. Oh well, now I can just wait for the GTA: SAS we all know is coming.
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Wow, ridiculous. Why move Final Fantasy to PS1? Or Metal Gear? Why move GTA to 360? It's a good business strategy to spread your risk over several platforms. Especially DS with 100 million userbase.
Besides, this is the usual "mature games don't sell on Nintendo platforms" meme which will sound completely stupid in a number of weeks. DS has the most diverse userbase of any console ever. Especially a GTA, with a huge casual appeal, will do very well over time.
MANUELF said:
But is a lot less hyped game, isn't 3D and everyone thought it was a cash-in.
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And here comes the excuses. :) GTA is a big franchise, it should sell a lot more.
the game is amazing, kids don't even know it exists, they'll buy it once they see it on stores
also, it's true that most GTA for Ps2/PSP owners are kids who do not even play the story, just go around they city and shoot people or get cars, most people don't even know you are supposed to play a story
that's why i consider GTA as more casual than hard core, so i think it will sell a lot on Ds, and could have really huge sales on Wii (something like Mario Kart)
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Brain Training sold slightly over 30,000 copies in its first week in Europe, and will soon have sold 9 million copies in Europe.
I doubt GTA will sell anywhere near that many copies, but it shows the kind of legs a DS game can have.
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Capcom's Resident Evil 5 has managed to hold firm at the top of the UK all format charts during a successful second week since release.
Yet Sega’s MadWorld, according to data provided by GfK ChartTrack, has barely made a dent in the top 40, limping in at number 34.
MadWorld’s disappointing turnout could be explained by the title being released on the sixth day into Chart-Track’s Sun-Sat week, yet by comparison three of the last four UK number ones had been released on a Friday.
Worse still for Sega, five games sit above MadWorld in the on the Wii’s full-price chart this week. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games sits in fifth on the Wii chart, behind Mario Kart Wii, Mario Power Tennis, Sonic and the Black Knight and, of course, Wii Fit.
Wii Fit, however, was the only exclusive Wii title that made the all-format top ten. A 9 percent sales dip sees the title hold second, while that small loss sees it gain ground on Resident Evil 5, which itself sees sales slide by 52 percent.
Prior to getting knocked off the top spot by Street Fighter IV, Wii Fit was just two successful weeks away from becoming Nintendo’s all-time longest serving UK number one. Since the release of Street Fighter 4 back in mid-February, the title has seen Killzone 2, Halo Wars and Empire Total War jump above it.
Yet as the weeks progressed, Wii Fit’s evergreen appeal saw it slowly inch its way back up the charts, quietly passing the big-hitters as they fell from a PR-surged rush to the top. In early March the game was fourth; a week later, third. As Resident Evil 5 launched, Nintendo’s balance-board-bundled title rose above its peers to second.
During that time Resident Evil 5 was outselling Wii Fit by 5-1. Today that gap has narrowed to 2.7-1.
Not only does Wii Fit’s reluctance to fall down the charts demonstrate the game’s own long-term appeal, it also highlights again how lucrative an extended audience can be.
On the week of Mother’s Day, three DS titles entered the UK top ten. Continued advertising campaigns saw Professor Layton climb up one place to third, while the original Brain Training sees a 117 percent sales spike, taking the title from 21st to eighth.
That other DS title, Rockstar’s GTA Chinatown Wars, manages to sits above the three-year-old Brain Training by entering the UK charts at sixth, but whether it has met Rockstar’s own expectations is another story entirely. Chart-Track reports that Chinatown Wars' debut week has only seen half the sales of the previous handheld GTA title; Vice City Stories for the PSP.
Both Chinatown Wars and MadWorld place perspective on the Nintendo's dichotomised audience, as both core-targeted titles have likely underperformed from their respective publisher’s internal estimates. Both can, of course, still yield a profit.
The highest new entry this week is THQ’s heavily-advertised WWE Legends of Wrestlemania, which sits at fourth with sales split evenly across PS3 and Xbox 360. In fifth is Tom Clancy’s HAWX, while Street Fighter IV sales climb 48 percent due to a retailer promotion, taking the title up from thirteenth to seventh.
FIFA 09 and World At War remain glued together. Both titles climbed two places each last week, after both falling one place each the week prior. Still with EA’s soccer sim edging just above Activision’s shooter, this week both games drop three places to ninth and tenth.
Killzone 2, Empire Total War and Halo Wars all fall out of the top ten.
UK All Format top ten for the week ended March 21 according to GfK Chart-Track:
1. Resident Evil 5
2. Wii Fit
3. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
4. WWE Legends of Wrestlemania
5. Tom Clancy HAWX
6. GTA: Chinatown Wars
7. Street Fighter 4
8. Brain Training
9. FIFA 09
10. Call of Duty World at War
Last week
UK 2009 chart history
Again guys, who would it sell to initially? Go to the games profile, look up DS games by sales and look for the highest selling "M" game. GTA CW isn't selling to an existing userbase. It's the game that will bring that userbase in to the fold, meaning we'll probably see a successful future for other more "adult" DS games as well.
Christmas 09, top 15. Stand by it.
I'm a mod, come to me if there's mod'n to do.
Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
| stof said: Again guys, who would it sell to initially? Go to the games profile, look up DS games by sales and look for the highest selling "M" game. GTA CW isn't selling to an existing userbase. It's the game that will bring that userbase in to the fold, meaning we'll probably see a successful future for other more "adult" DS games as well. Christmas 09, top 15. Stand by it. |
So are you saying that ds is for kids or what? That is confusing.
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