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Sky
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 We need that in smiley form. When have pc games outsold console games? LCD. |
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HaemishM
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Since those numbers don't show anything to do with direct downloads, they are completely useless. Go into your local EB Games, Gamestop or other software outlet. If you're lucky, you'll see maybe 20-30 titles outside of those top 10 sellers, and no more than 1 copy of those games. PC Gaming at the retail outlet is dead outside of big publishers who can afford to put boxes there. Best Buy's have lots of copies of stuff, but the variety isn't there.
PC developers need to embrace that niche with direct downloads NOW.
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schild
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TotalGaming.net is introducing their Steamlike variant with Sins of a Solar Empire. It looks very nice. Btw, having read up on that game, day 1 for me.
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Tebonas
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 Did I miss something? I always thought Stardock Central already is their digital distribution platform for quite some time. There is something new more Steamlike from them?
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schild
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Yea, their steamlike thing is coming soon to beta.
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Tebonas
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Peculiar. I always liked how Stardock worked. It will be interesting how and if they can improve it.
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Velorath
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Since those numbers don't show anything to do with direct downloads, they are completely useless.
I wouldn't say that. Being able to track direct downloads would boost some numbers up, sure, but overall it wouldn't make a huge difference. |
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HaemishM
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It might make a big difference, mainly because I didn't see the Orange Box on there. And I have to think that with digital downloads included, it would have sold at least 272k (which would tie it for 10th on that list).
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Velorath
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It might make a big difference, mainly because I didn't see the Orange Box on there. And I have to think that with digital downloads included, it would have sold at least 272k (which would tie it for 10th on that list).
To me, the possibility that with digital downloads included, Orange Box might have edged out a Sims 2 expansion for 10th place isn't a huge difference. |
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HaemishM
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It might restore (or create) my faith in gamer taste.
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Jain Zar
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Since those numbers don't show anything to do with direct downloads, they are completely useless. Go into your local EB Games, Gamestop or other software outlet. If you're lucky, you'll see maybe 20-30 titles outside of those top 10 sellers, and no more than 1 copy of those games. PC Gaming at the retail outlet is dead outside of big publishers who can afford to put boxes there. Best Buy's have lots of copies of stuff, but the variety isn't there.
PC developers need to embrace that niche with direct downloads NOW.
That to me, will kill ALL desire I have to play games on a computer. No hardcopy? NO FUCKING SALE. |
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HaemishM
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You won't be buying many non-big-publisher games in 5 years then. Maybe as little as 2 years.
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Sky
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It might restore (or create) my faith in gamer taste.
I doubt it. Taste is and always will be a niche thing. That's what makes it taste, something the masses lack. You're nuts about the no hard copy thing. I've bought a few downloads, but I'd much rather have the physical disk. With modern distribution methods, it doesn't make sense to stop physical distro. Retail b&m doesn't even enter into it with pc games, I buy my games on amazon. |
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schild
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I would pay $10 more than a digital download Every Single Time to get a box and a disc.
Don't even care about the manual.
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You're nuts about the no hard copy thing. I've bought a few downloads, but I'd much rather have the physical disk. With modern distribution methods, it doesn't make sense to stop physical distro. Retail b&m doesn't even enter into it with pc games, I buy my games on amazon.
With Amazon Prime (free 2 day shipping, and low price for 1 day shipping) now, I order just about all media through Amazon. It seems the books and games I like to buy just are not featured, nor available at the local retail establishments I used to support… …just easier to go clicky click and then it gets delivered to my door. I like to get hardcopy, at least a printed manual and/or command/control cheat sheet… …but they could give me a PDF download and that would be cool too (for a DL game)… …but I got enough game CD boxes to discard already… |
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Jain Zar
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You won't be buying many non-big-publisher games in 5 years then. Maybe as little as 2 years.
Well, it will save me money. The publishers need me more than I need them. |
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Kageru
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I really hope steam and digital distribution take of. Not because I like the method (I'd rather buy a box with a manual) or because I believe it will be cheaper but because it steals control of the PC market from the current retailers. I don't like the lack of competition, the tiny stock and unwillingness to stock anything but the most mainstream shooters. Specialist titles like Popcap games and Eve just don't have a path to retail survival leading to tiny shelves full of ghastly EA respins and soul-less adaptions of mainstream culture.
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Tebonas
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Digital distribution is the way for me to get the titles in English, which my retarded local retail outlets can't manage because they think everybody is too stupid to speak a foreign language. (Amazon Germany/Austria as well)
I'm tired of ordering everything from far away and having to wait for it.
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« Last Edit: February 02, 2008, 05:01:45 PM by Tebonas »
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01./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,248 / 1,283,000
02./00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 76,669 / NEW
03./00. [PS2] Lucky Star: Misasagi Sakura Gakuen Sakura Fuji Festival (Kadokawa Shoten) - 71,512 / NEW
04./02. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 50,169 / 140,000
05./04. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 25,788 / 2,714,000
06./03. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 21,840 / 1,581,000
07./05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 20,606 / 1,555,000
08./00. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco) - 19,598 / 138,000
09./00. [PSP] Yggdra Union (Sting) - 17,304 / NEW
10./06. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 15,332 / 746,000 4 NDS games. 3 PSP Games. 1 Wii Game. 1 Wii Application. 1 PS2 game. Interesting. annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd. Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 79,370 | 88,575 | 531,882 | 21,704,933
2. PSP - 77,933 | 79,923 | 472,249 | 8,073,843
3. WII - 74,544 | 81,638 | 448,509 | 5,064,669
4. PS3 - 34,363 | 38,117 | 175,570 | 1,817,246
5. PS2 - 11,364 | 13,539 | 71,412 | 20,998,449
6. 360 - 4,296 | 4,552 | 23,301 | 530,642 It's on like donkey kong between the PSP and DS. Wii is still a juggernaut (Wii Sports and Wii Fit lol). Mario Galaxy might as well not have been released in japan. |
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schild
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oh god this week was hot 01. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 820,000 / NEW
02. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3) - 205,000 / NEW
03. Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2) - 117,000 / NEW
04. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi (PS2) - 114,000 / NEW
05. Wii Fit (Wii) - 73,000 / 1,356,000
06. Disgaea 3 (PS3) - 55,000 / NEW
07. Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) - 40,000 / NEW
08. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) - 34,000 / 175,000
09. Assassin's Creed (PS3) - 28,000 / NEW
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP) - 26,000 / 102,000 oh wait what is that? 2 Wii games, 3 PS3 games, 2 PS2 games, 1 DS game, 1 PSP game, 1 360 game? wait, wat? the psp outsold the ds this week? YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT GAMES SELL SYSTEMS? O RLY? Don't fuck this up, Sony. Do NOT fuck it up. |
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Velorath
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That first Wii game on the list pretty much outsold the other 9 games combined.
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Margalis
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Honestly it's surprising to me that the NDS is selling as well as it is. I'd figure that anyone who wants one has one already.
Japan has been moving more towards portable games for a while now, but this generation really seem to have solidified that.
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schild
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That first Wii game on the list pretty much outsold the other 9 games combined.
It's one of those oddities in Japan. Like Monster Hunter. I don't even want to know what MH3 will do on the Wii. (edit: by oddity, I mean it bursts out of the gate, most games in Japan don't... burst like that, it's a slow burn on the competition, like Professor Layton or Brain Training or Monster Hunter portable (the PS2 ones do incredibly well in their first weeks iirc). |
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Velorath
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If I'm not mistaken, NPD numbers are due up tomorrow at 1pm pst on GAF tomorrow (I mention this as I won't around to post them up here).
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Velorath
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Sony had a good January hardware-wise, while the 360 and Nintendo just about split the software sales: Nintendo Wii 274k
PlayStation 3 269k
PlayStation 2 264k
Nintendo DS 251k
Sony PSP 230k
Xbox 360 230k
Top 10 software from Wired:
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) 1 330.9K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 298.1K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ WIREACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 3 239.6K
360 ROCK BAND SPECIAL ED BUNDLE MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS NOV 2007 TEEN (T) 4 183.8K
360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ WIREACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 5 182.7K
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 6 172K
360 BURNOUT PARADISE ELECTRONIC ARTS JAN 2008 EVERYONE 10+ (E10+) 7 144.1K
PS3 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) 8 140K
NDS MARIO PARTY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 9 138.5K
NDS MARIO AND SONIC: OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA OF AMERICA JAN 2008 EVERYONE (E) 10 133K |
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schild
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Nice.
Sony had no real releases in January. At all. Not even PS2.
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Velorath
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Nice.
Sony had no real releases in January. At all. Not even PS2.
Nobody really did. All the games on the top 10 software list are old releases. As far as hardware goes, MS is still reporting supply constraints on Premium and Elite models, and Nintendo of course still can't keep the Wii in stock. Not to take anything away from the PS3 though. Those are some pretty good numbers for January. |
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schild
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Sony has also ramped up production. Are the Japanese numbers out yet? My network connection is dick right now.
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Velorath
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Sony has also ramped up production. Are the Japanese numbers out yet? My network connection is dick right now.
The hardware numbers are out: Wii - 81,737
PSP - 75,912
Nintendo DS - 60,464
PlayStation 3 - 23,985
PlayStation 2 - 11,038
Xbox 360 - 3,615 I haven't seen any translations of the software numbers yet, although I'm pretty sure that's Smash Bros. up there at the top of the list. |
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schild
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OK, that's a little more than "just outselling" the DS.
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Velorath
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JP software numbers: 01./01. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 252,000 / 1,071,000
02./00. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Ambition, The Axis' Threat (Bandai-Namco) - 123,000 / NEW
03./05. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 65,000 / 1,421,000
04./02. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 32,000 / 237,000
05./08. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 26,000 / 200,000
06./11. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 21,000 / 2,759,000
07./00. [NDS] L, the Prologue to Death Note: Rasen's Trap (Konami) - 20,000 / NEW
08./12. [WII] Family Ski (Bandai-Namco) - 18,000 / 42,000
09./03. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (Bandai-Namco) - 17,000 / 133,000
10./13. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 16,000 / 1,617,000
11./14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
12./21. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
13./10. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami)
14./06. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software)
15./20. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
16./09. [PS3] Assassin's Creed (Ubi Soft)
17./04. [PS2] Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (Banpresto)
18./17. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5)
19./19. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
20./22. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)
21./18. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
22./31. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
23./26. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
24./28. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
25./29. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
26./00. [WII] Major Wii Throw! Gyro Ball!! (Takara-Tomy)
27./25. [NDS] After-School Boy (Konami)
28./24. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
29./32. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
30./30. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo) |
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schild
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ahhhhhhhhhhh right
the special edition gundam psp came out this week.
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Jain Zar
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I take it that's for that Ghiren's Greed sounding game?
(Possibly a sequel to it? I dunno, its another game we won't ever get.)
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Velorath
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Interesting week for JP hardware sales for the week ending 3/2. Particularly because even with no new releases, the PSP remained at the top of the sales charts, beating out the Wii and the DS. 1. PSP - 73,706
2. WII - 64,535
3. NDS - 51,922
4. PS3 - 13,520
5. PS2 - 10,986
6. 360 - 2,282 Software sales were a little less interesting except to show once again that the PS2 is still capable of having games debut at #1. 01./00. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai-Namco) - 149,846 / NEW
02./01. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 67,007 / 1,358,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 64,429 / 1,610,000
04./00. [NDS] Soma Bringer (Nintendo) - 50,844 / NEW
05./00. [360] The Idolm@ster: Live for You! (Bandai-Namco) - 43,697 / NEW
06./02. [NDS] Etrian Odyssey II: The Royal Grail (Atlus) - 24,664 / 94,000
07./04. [PSP] Musou Orochi (Koei) - 24,350 / 71,000
08./05. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (Marvelous Entertainment) - 22,213 / 67,000
09./09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 21,140 / 2,820,000
10./06. [WII] Winning Eleven Play Maker 2008 (Konami) - 16,918 / 53,000
11./00. [NDS] Keroro Gunsou 3: Adventure in the Sky! (Bandai-Namco)
12./11. [WII] Family Ski (Bandai-Namco)
13./12. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
14./10. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
15./00. [NDS] Jirou Akagawa Mystery: Nocturne: The Invited Killer (Marvelous Entertainment)
16./16. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
17./07. [PS3] Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom)
18./14. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
19./27. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
20./28. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
21./20. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
22./00. [PS2] Final Approach 2: 1st Priority (Oaks Soft)
23./21. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
24./22. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Ambition, The Axis' Threat (Bandai-Namco)
25./30. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami)
26./13. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 2nd Season (Konami)
27./15. [PS2] Poison Pink (Banpresto)
28./34. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
29./32. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5)
30./25. [NDS] Naruto: Shippuuden Dairansen! Kage Bunshin Emaki (Takara-Tomy)
31./00. [WII] National Decoration Truck Festival (Jaleco)
32./19. [NDS] L, the Prologue to Death Note: Rasen's Trap (Konami)
33./38. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)
34./36. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
35./42. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
36./45. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
37./37. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
38./18. [PS3] Burnout Paradise (EA)
39./49. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
40./00. [PS2] Moonties (GungHo Works)
41./50. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
42./00. [PSP] MyStylist (Sony)
43./33. [NDS] Digimon Championship (Bandai-Namco)
44./48. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
45./46. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
46./00. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
47./00. [PS2] Petit Four (Idea Factory)
48./41. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software)
49./00. [PS2] Aerial Planet (Nippon Ichi Software)
50./35. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (Bandai-Namco) |
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