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bugrimmar on 06 December 2009

i doubt this is real. it could be just a mistake. i'm pretty sure it's heavily overtracked. strategy rpgs don't have such a market in america.



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Kantor on 06 December 2009
bugrimmar said:
i doubt this is real. it could be just a mistake. i'm pretty sure it's heavily overtracked. strategy rpgs don't have such a market in america.

THREE different reasons? Really? Why can't you just accept that it sold well?

Unless that was a parody, in which case, well done.



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atma998 on 06 December 2009
CGI-Quality said:
Has a 3rd place console ever done these things before?


Nintendo Gamecube?



The_God_of_War on 06 December 2009

Neat. Demons Souls did good too (35K).



  

bugrimmar on 06 December 2009
Kantor said:
bugrimmar said:
i doubt this is real. it could be just a mistake. i'm pretty sure it's heavily overtracked. strategy rpgs don't have such a market in america.

THREE different reasons? Really? Why can't you just accept that it sold well?

Unless that was a parody, in which case, well done.

think about it. a year old game in a niche genre suddenly quadrupling it's sales with no bundling, no advertising, and no extra peripheral. must be a mistake.



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ethomaz on 06 December 2009

Nice game, nice sales and deserve hit 1 million.



Rainbird on 06 December 2009
bugrimmar said:
Kantor said:
bugrimmar said:
i doubt this is real. it could be just a mistake. i'm pretty sure it's heavily overtracked. strategy rpgs don't have such a market in america.

THREE different reasons? Really? Why can't you just accept that it sold well?

Unless that was a parody, in which case, well done.

think about it. an old game suddenly quadrupling it's sales with no bundling, no advertising, and no extra peripheral. must be a mistake.

The PS3 sold a ridiculous amount of hardware, and with the game being hyped up in its community, is there not reason to believe that a lot of these went out and bought a PS3 along with the game?



Kantor on 06 December 2009
atma998 said:
CGI-Quality said:
Has a 3rd place console ever done these things before?


Nintendo Gamecube?

Not quite.

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=GC&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=DC&reg3=All&weeks=211&weekly=1

Interesting to note: This is the highest sales week for the PS3 since it launched. Christmas should be even higher.



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Ghazi4 on 06 December 2009

ok ill buy it if i have enough money lol




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jarrod on 06 December 2009
bugrimmar said:
Kantor said:
bugrimmar said:
i doubt this is real. it could be just a mistake. i'm pretty sure it's heavily overtracked. strategy rpgs don't have such a market in america.

THREE different reasons? Really? Why can't you just accept that it sold well?

Unless that was a parody, in which case, well done.

think about it. a year old game in a niche genre suddenly quadrupling it's sales with no bundling, no advertising, and no extra peripheral. must be a mistake.

It'd be nice to get a new NPD leak... the only ones we have so far do show VGC with a pattern of comparable overtracking though...

Opening month: 33k (VGC has 53k for the same period)

ltd through Jan 2009: 74k (VGC has 98k for the same period)

 

...VGC also has Japan slightly overtracked (220k) going by Famitsu (199k), though it's possible the BEST version may have climbed a bit off the charts in the 2nd half with the slim surge.  We'll know for sure when we get the top 500 next spring.