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Demotruk on 18 January 2010

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Various/GTA:+Chinatown+Wars+(iPhone)/feature.asp?c=17839

 

This article comparing the various versions of GTA CTW seems to blatantly lie about the sales of the PSP version in order to maintain the myth that the DS version did not sell because DS is too kiddy. In the first section about the DS version:

"For some inexplicable reason, sales of Chinatown Wars on the DS have been quite disappointing, even though it received standing applause from the media. Perhaps the original platform wasn't where the GTAgamers were hanging out?"

Ok, sales were not stellar. It did chart though, as you can see here:

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=110032&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=12

It also charted on NPD.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23246

In the section about the PSP version:

"Sales of the DS version of Chinatown Wars suggested that the hardcore don't have a Nintendo handheld in their pockets, but the arrival of Huang Lee on Sony's device was met with the sound of millions of PSP's having the dust blown off them."

Really? Then, on the week of it's release, where is it?

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=110032&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=43

And on NPD?

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=26079



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Arius Dion on 18 January 2010

Any wacko can be called a gaming journalist these days huh?



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Grimes on 18 January 2010

Why rely on facts when you can make them up?



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

Cypher1980 on 18 January 2010

Facts are so 1960's man.

We live in the media age

Remember make your pseudo facts both vague and unattributable. Welcome to Spin City baby.



SaviorX on 18 January 2010
Grimes said:
Why rely on facts when you can make them up?

LOL that seems to be working for them haha



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Galaki on 19 January 2010

And the sheeples will swallow all up as absolute truth.



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johnsobas on 19 January 2010

as much as people want to talk about it being a late port, the PSP version sold 1/3 as much as the DS version. People didn't want that type of GTA game. Will they be that dissapointed with 1 million in sales for the DS version?? Even in Japan where handhelds are big people didn't buy it, and console GTAs have done pretty well there.



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jarrod on 19 January 2010
johnsobas said:
as much as people want to talk about it being a late port, the PSP version sold 1/3 as much as the DS version. 

Less than that according to NPD.  They had CTW DS at 74,000 it's first month and CTW PSP under 10,000 it's first month.



forest-spirit on 19 January 2010

I blame piracy. :P



twesterm on 19 January 2010

Research is overrated, you get more hits when you just make the facts fit your theory.