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Kantor on 23 November 2009

Wow, Uncharted 2 really dropped in the UK.

Hopefully, it can hold up in the rest of Europe and America.



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darthdevidem01 on 23 November 2009
Zucas said:
Great start for Assassin's Creed 2, NSMB Wii, and Left 4 Dead 2. I don't think anyone expected them not to though. And according to the MVC article, Wii is continuing to have sales explode in that of UK with a lot of it due to the limited edition black Wii.


Now I see a lot of SILLY posts so let me correct something. All Wii games don't have legs. ACTUALLY, the majority of games don't have legs. It's never the case for really anything. But big mainstream products are generally able to sell over long periods of time. Take Halo 3 for instance. This is a huge mainstream property, especially in that of America. Thus it has been able to sell continuously over long periods of time... it will have a good holiday season as well to continue that. Super Smash Bros Brawl is another great example of this which is following similar trends.

People use legs as a way to justify when a game levels off. If your game is selling 10k a week that is not legs. That is nowhere near it. Games that sell well over time are ones that continue to sell well after the holiday season (NSMB DS, Mario Kart, Halo 3) and get HUGE boosts during that of the holiday season. Most of you can't name that many titles when you see those qualifications and that is the point. This is legs... a game that continues to sell like it was just released and that is what those kinds of titles do. That is why Halo is over 10 million, and Mario Kart and NSMB DS are coming in on 20 million. They have huge mainstream appeal.

For the case of NSMB Wii and Modern Warfare 2, it is no doubt that both are huge mainstream properties. I don't think too many will argue what is a bigger mainstream property, but both are going to sell well over a good 2 years to come... just like past games in both franchises have done. Which will end up selling more? Well considering MW2 is on multiple platforms it's a little unfair to discuss but still both will have great sales this holiday season tied in with their huge openers along with continued sales for the next couple of years.

As always Vg chartz best member sums up everything in the most fair & balanced way

agreed!



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bazmeistergen on 23 November 2009
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
psrock said:
BHR-3 said:
my god nsmb 1st week couldnt even outsell mw2 on the ps3 on its 2nd week wat is the userbase for those 2 consoles there again?

goodluck tiring to outsell mw2 lifetime

yes ps3 ftw

we said the same thing when GTA4 came out, I have eating crow ever since. Learn from history, Wii games have legs, long ones. I bet you it sells more next week.

More next week?Thats a pretty risky one right there lol.

Doubt it will even do the total amount of pre-orders.

It's not risky. If you look at pretty much every game of merit on the Wiii you wil find that its second week outsells the first in EU.



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FaRmLaNd on 23 November 2009
Grimes said:

If Wii games don't have legs, then what non-Wii games have legs???? Excluding DS games of course.

Pc games. Its not uncommon to see Starcraft in the top 20 in the US's pc charts and that games over 10 years old. Wow is still in the charts aswell.

Heres the results for september in the US.

01. (    ) Aion - NCsoft
02. (01) The Sims 3- Electronic Arts
03. (    ) Champions Online - Atari
04. (02) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King - Blizzard
05. (    ) Aion Collector's Edition - NCsoft
06. (04) Mumbo Jumbo Assortment - Mumbo Jumbo
07. (03) The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
08. (06) World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
09. (    ) Reel Deal Slots Treasures Of The Far East - Phantom EFX
10. (08) World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
11. (09) Spore - Electronic Arts
12. (    ) Grand Theft Auto IV - Take-Two
13. (11) Starcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
14. (    ) Zuma's Revenge - PopCap
15. (13) World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
16. (    ) Batman: Arkham Asylum - Square Enix
17. (19) Reel Deal Slots Adventure - Phantom EFX
18. (10) Nancy Drew: Ransom Of The Seven Ships - Her Interactive
19. (17) Civilization IV: Complete Edition - Take-Two
20. (    ) The Sims 2 University Life Collection - Electronic Arts

source http://www.edge-online.com/news/npd-september%E2%80%99s-top-20-pc-games

5 Blizzard games in the top 20. Starcraft is nearly 11 years old. Wow is nearly 5 years old. Not to mention the sims games which have comparable legs. Hell even spore is still in the top 20 despite the negative word of mouth it got.

Nintendo platforms aren't the only platforms with legs.



jonop on 23 November 2009
bazmeistergen said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
psrock said:
BHR-3 said:
my god nsmb 1st week couldnt even outsell mw2 on the ps3 on its 2nd week wat is the userbase for those 2 consoles there again?

goodluck tiring to outsell mw2 lifetime

yes ps3 ftw

we said the same thing when GTA4 came out, I have eating crow ever since. Learn from history, Wii games have legs, long ones. I bet you it sells more next week.

More next week?Thats a pretty risky one right there lol.

Doubt it will even do the total amount of pre-orders.

It's not risky. If you look at pretty much every game of merit on the Wiii you wil find that its second week outsells the first in EU.

Out of the top ten best selling wii games only mario and sonic at the olympic games rose in it's second week in EU. NSMB will definitly have good legs though. 



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Grimes on 23 November 2009
FaRmLaNd said:
Grimes said:

If Wii games don't have legs, then what non-Wii games have legs???? Excluding DS games of course.

Pc games. Its not uncommon to see Starcraft in the top 20 in the US's pc charts and that games over 10 years old. Wow is still in the charts aswell.

Heres the results for september in the US.

01. (    ) Aion - NCsoft
02. (01) The Sims 3- Electronic Arts
03. (    ) Champions Online - Atari
04. (02) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King - Blizzard
05. (    ) Aion Collector's Edition - NCsoft
06. (04) Mumbo Jumbo Assortment - Mumbo Jumbo
07. (03) The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
08. (06) World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
09. (    ) Reel Deal Slots Treasures Of The Far East - Phantom EFX
10. (08) World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
11. (09) Spore - Electronic Arts
12. (    ) Grand Theft Auto IV - Take-Two
13. (11) Starcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
14. (    ) Zuma's Revenge - PopCap
15. (13) World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
16. (    ) Batman: Arkham Asylum - Square Enix
17. (19) Reel Deal Slots Adventure - Phantom EFX
18. (10) Nancy Drew: Ransom Of The Seven Ships - Her Interactive
19. (17) Civilization IV: Complete Edition - Take-Two
20. (    ) The Sims 2 University Life Collection - Electronic Arts

source http://www.edge-online.com/news/npd-september%E2%80%99s-top-20-pc-games

5 Blizzard games in the top 20. Starcraft is nearly 11 years old. Wow is nearly 5 years old. Not to mention the sims games which have comparable legs. Hell even spore is still in the top 20 despite the negative word of mouth it got.

Nintendo platforms aren't the only platforms with legs.

 

I don't really count the individual system charts. How often do theese PC titles remain in the combined charts?

I'm not claiming that only Nintendo games have legs. But I would refute the opposite.



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bazmeistergen on 23 November 2009
jonop said:
bazmeistergen said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
psrock said:
BHR-3 said:
my god nsmb 1st week couldnt even outsell mw2 on the ps3 on its 2nd week wat is the userbase for those 2 consoles there again?

goodluck tiring to outsell mw2 lifetime

yes ps3 ftw

we said the same thing when GTA4 came out, I have eating crow ever since. Learn from history, Wii games have legs, long ones. I bet you it sells more next week.

More next week?Thats a pretty risky one right there lol.

Doubt it will even do the total amount of pre-orders.

It's not risky. If you look at pretty much every game of merit on the Wiii you wil find that its second week outsells the first in EU.

Out of the top ten best selling wii games only mario and sonic at the olympic games rose in it's second week in EU. NSMB will definitly have good legs though. 


Fair point, though I have to say nearly every Wii game I've bought has done better second week. The biggest games are normally slightly front-loaded due to pent up demand from the 'core'

I guess this means that Mario might not do better second week.

We'll see next week

 



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Aj_habfan on 23 November 2009

Heey, 2 PSP games! Cooool.



psrock on 23 November 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
Zucas said:
Great start for Assassin's Creed 2, NSMB Wii, and Left 4 Dead 2. I don't think anyone expected them not to though. And according to the MVC article, Wii is continuing to have sales explode in that of UK with a lot of it due to the limited edition black Wii.


Now I see a lot of SILLY posts so let me correct something. All Wii games don't have legs. ACTUALLY, the majority of games don't have legs. It's never the case for really anything. But big mainstream products are generally able to sell over long periods of time. Take Halo 3 for instance. This is a huge mainstream property, especially in that of America. Thus it has been able to sell continuously over long periods of time... it will have a good holiday season as well to continue that. Super Smash Bros Brawl is another great example of this which is following similar trends.

People use legs as a way to justify when a game levels off. If your game is selling 10k a week that is not legs. That is nowhere near it. Games that sell well over time are ones that continue to sell well after the holiday season (NSMB DS, Mario Kart, Halo 3) and get HUGE boosts during that of the holiday season. Most of you can't name that many titles when you see those qualifications and that is the point. This is legs... a game that continues to sell like it was just released and that is what those kinds of titles do. That is why Halo is over 10 million, and Mario Kart and NSMB DS are coming in on 20 million. They have huge mainstream appeal.

For the case of NSMB Wii and Modern Warfare 2, it is no doubt that both are huge mainstream properties. I don't think too many will argue what is a bigger mainstream property, but both are going to sell well over a good 2 years to come... just like past games in both franchises have done. Which will end up selling more? Well considering MW2 is on multiple platforms it's a little unfair to discuss but still both will have great sales this holiday season tied in with their huge openers along with continued sales for the next couple of years.

As always Vg chartz best member sums up everything in the most fair & balanced way

agreed!

If i go by what you said just because Darth agreed with since he couldnt stand up to his own argument, no one ps3 games have ever had legs then.



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darthdevidem01 on 23 November 2009
psrock said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Zucas said:
Great start for Assassin's Creed 2, NSMB Wii, and Left 4 Dead 2. I don't think anyone expected them not to though. And according to the MVC article, Wii is continuing to have sales explode in that of UK with a lot of it due to the limited edition black Wii.


Now I see a lot of SILLY posts so let me correct something. All Wii games don't have legs. ACTUALLY, the majority of games don't have legs. It's never the case for really anything. But big mainstream products are generally able to sell over long periods of time. Take Halo 3 for instance. This is a huge mainstream property, especially in that of America. Thus it has been able to sell continuously over long periods of time... it will have a good holiday season as well to continue that. Super Smash Bros Brawl is another great example of this which is following similar trends.

People use legs as a way to justify when a game levels off. If your game is selling 10k a week that is not legs. That is nowhere near it. Games that sell well over time are ones that continue to sell well after the holiday season (NSMB DS, Mario Kart, Halo 3) and get HUGE boosts during that of the holiday season. Most of you can't name that many titles when you see those qualifications and that is the point. This is legs... a game that continues to sell like it was just released and that is what those kinds of titles do. That is why Halo is over 10 million, and Mario Kart and NSMB DS are coming in on 20 million. They have huge mainstream appeal.

For the case of NSMB Wii and Modern Warfare 2, it is no doubt that both are huge mainstream properties. I don't think too many will argue what is a bigger mainstream property, but both are going to sell well over a good 2 years to come... just like past games in both franchises have done. Which will end up selling more? Well considering MW2 is on multiple platforms it's a little unfair to discuss but still both will have great sales this holiday season tied in with their huge openers along with continued sales for the next couple of years.

As always Vg chartz best member sums up everything in the most fair & balanced way

agreed!

If i go by what you said just because Darth agreed with since he couldnt stand up to his own argument, no one ps3 games have ever had legs then.

haha, bitter aren't we

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?id=2852983

I'm still waiting for a list Ps Rock....give it to me

And besides COD4, no PS3 game has really had legs.....uncharted 1 might squeek through



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