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Bodhesatva said:

Ratchet and Clank and Heavenly Sword were both bundled with the PS3 at different times.

Without those bundles, I'm not sure either game would have made it (particularly Heavenly Sword). It really depends on whether Sony bites the bullet and puts the game in a bundle.

They were only bundled in Europe for a small amount of time.



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outlawauron said:
Bodhesatva said:

Ratchet and Clank and Heavenly Sword were both bundled with the PS3 at different times.

Without those bundles, I'm not sure either game would have made it (particularly Heavenly Sword). It really depends on whether Sony bites the bullet and puts the game in a bundle.

They were only bundled in Europe for a small amount of time.

And wasn't that the promotion where you chose a game from a certain selection.



papflesje said:
Aren't most games released with only a few days of sales?

Yes, but that never stops people from saying it about every new game that comes out.



it might crack the 2 million mark with some holiday bundles



outlawauron said:
Bodhesatva said:

Ratchet and Clank and Heavenly Sword were both bundled with the PS3 at different times.

Without those bundles, I'm not sure either game would have made it (particularly Heavenly Sword). It really depends on whether Sony bites the bullet and puts the game in a bundle.

They were only bundled in Europe for a small amount of time.

Look at their sales history: it's very clear when their bundle began, because sales spiked up very suddenly. Here's Heavenly Sword:


http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Heavenly+Sword+-+PS3&reg2=All&game2=&reg3=All&game3=&weeks=100&weekly=1

It's difficult to know how long the bundles lasted, because it's entirely plausible that, 4 weeks after the promotion, the game was still in unsold PS3 boxes that were produced during the offer but had not yet been sold.

Pretty clearly this has a noticable effect, Outlaw. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that this game will definitely make it if it is bundled, but may not make it if it doesn't. It still could, but may not. Army of Two is a reasonable comparison:

http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=13641&region=All

This was a game that was never bundled with the system and started with comparable first week sales of 160k. It is now currently at .85 million. With slightly higher initial sales (about 12% higher) inFamous could make it without any help, but it may not.



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Lol I was expecting 120k.




Thanks bod for poving HS wold have reached 1mil without bundling.

http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Heavenly+Sword+-+PS3&reg2=All&game2=&reg3=All&game3=&weeks=100

HS at 1 million when sales start to raise.



Those spikes were also during the holiday seasons of 2007 and 2008.



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I tried to buy this game here in Bergen, Norway but It was sold out everywhere.



JEDE3 said:
Thanks bod for poving HS wold have reached 1mil without bundling.

http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Heavenly+Sword+-+PS3®2=All&game2=®3=All&game3=&weeks=100

HS at 1 million when sales start to raise.

This is incorrect. Heavenly Sword was bundled 4 months after release in Jan/February of 2008. I'm not a huge fan of passive/agressive behavior, especially when you're absolutely wrong, as you are here.

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