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NPD November 2011 Sales Results [Update 7: Skyrim, CoD Wii, PC Retail Sales Up 57%]
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and zelda
ShockingAlberto
Member
Yeah, the 360 version of Zelda really phoned it in.
oops didn't read slow enough....
but good work with skyward and the 99$wii from Nintendo.....
what other releases where on the month of u2 release?
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
..are you sure you have the right disc in the system?
Hilarious
Ass is like a yearly blockbuster super hero movie. It works well with the casual market, I guess they really like their big-budget, movie-like, series.
And the marketing is good, they associate the game with sports stars and we know sports games are the most casual friendly genre (and they are released yearly too).
And the marketing is good, they associate the game with sports stars and we know sports games are the most casual friendly genre (and they are released yearly too).
Launching the CoD Elite subscription service was one of the smartest things Activision has done IMO. It's going to keep that userbase "locked in", downloading every map pack and playing CoD all year round right up until the sequel. When Black Ops 2 (or whatever) comes out next year they'll go "Double XP for Elite members! Earlier unlocks!" etc and everyone lines up at midnight to buy the game and renew their Elite subscription.
I think Elite will be a key part of keeping the CoD franchise relevant/huge.
maybe he was agreeing with you and saying they are too similar
ShockingAlberto
Member
More to do, likeable character, the cities all had more personality than anything in AC1, the game wasn't trying to be completely overbearing in it story like AC1 was (so many long and mandatory cutscenes with no sense of direction in AC1), generally better pacing.
I dunno what to tell you, it was like night and day for me. Whereas AC1 was a terrible game, AC2 was a great one. I like Brotherhood a little less and Revelations a lot less.
Clay Davis
Member
hes not wrong. if you cant see the huge differences between the two, time to check you have the right disc in the drive or stop playing.
AC2, much like the two most recent ones, takes a while to get going.
Only Borderlands.
I think you have a very high idea of Sony pockets. They have a very large activity, lots of divsions but most of them are losing money or very thin on profits, nothing in common with Apple/MS/Nintendo. Sony is the most likely to lose on the game of spending a lot. Microsoft is the most likely to win at that game. nintendo could go either way but they refuse to play that game, which means they will be safe.
I have to admit that I didn't play AC2 up till a few weeks ago (just platinum'd it last week). What started as slight curiosity for the series and mild dislike for Ezio (he was kind of a douche at the start) turned into pure enjoyment for the gameplay and admiration for Ezio. I didn't expect to like the game since the first was a bit boring. The gameplay mechanic is also quite annoying at times (some of the jumps and platforming are frustrating to say the least) but the overall experience was memorable. WTF @ the main plot though.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Call of Duty is what every publisher wants their non-MMORPG published game to be. It is similar to how every non-WoW MMORPG wants to be like WoW.
Alx
Member
The core gameplay is the same, you just have more moves/weapons/allies, and you'll find more side missions or activities (hunt for treasures, buy shops, upgrade your home city, solve secret puzzles...). There will also be levels focusing more on platforming, which didn't exist in the first episode.
AC2 basically solved what most people complained about in AC1, aka being repetitive. But I supose that if you only want to go through the story while killing everybody in your path, you won't notice most of the differences.
and they always fail to.
Wow, the PS3 did a lot better than I expected. The 360...well....blew them out of the water. And now the Wii sits in 3rd place after obliterating its competition for the 1st few years. It's still nice to see that while they are "cooling off" (relatively speaking) that they're still posting some outstanding numbers.
Phonomezer
Banned
Both Mario 3D Land and Halo Anniversary are in the single SKU top 10.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Still it's pretty easy to see why devs want their games to run on anything that can run them.
Especially when they look at CoD numbers.
Give it a few more hours and the differences become apparent, particularly in terms of mission structure and combat. If you still can't see the vast difference between the two games after that then I don't know what to say, really.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
There are bugs preventing, so we need to wait for a patch to reveal the numbers.
9/10
yeah but what about the 360/pc numbers
get2sammyb
Member
Good numbers all around really. XBOX sales definitely outstanding, but the other wasn't expecting PS3 to do a unit over 700k, so the number they actually posted is very strong.
Strong performance for Uncharted 3 too. And obviously Call Of Duty is a monster.
Strong performance for Uncharted 3 too. And obviously Call Of Duty is a monster.
Whilst i agree it is a disappointing result, what second tier franchises sell 1m first month?
Although I don't consider Uncharted to be second tier.
Psychotext
Member
I'm not sure I'd say it's on fire. NDS did 1500k on its own last year. 3DS and NDS combined only did 1145k this year... and price is hardly holding back the 3DS.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
the 3DS will truly be unstoppable when the next Pokemon comes out, we all know it
not so weird when you consider how much the power of unlockables and XP and frantic online levelling up can appeal to the moronic masses
CoD pulled a WoW, pure and simple. Total mass market appeal in one single strike and boom, you've got your billion cash cow
not so weird when you consider how much the power of unlockables and XP and frantic online levelling up can appeal to the moronic masses
CoD pulled a WoW, pure and simple. Total mass market appeal in one single strike and boom, you've got your billion cash cow
bundles are not counted i think?
Femmeworth
Banned
One aspect that needs to return for AC3 is the player-driven approach to assassinations. That's the one element that I sorely miss from the original game.
Honestly outside of neogaf I don't know anyone who cares about the Desmond side of the story even 5% as much as the Ezio story. In 2/brotherhood my girlfriend would get mad every time she was pushed back into Desmond's body. AC:R might be her favorite game in the series so far just because the desmond parts are so tiny.
Very good eye candy though. The settings are everything to me in AC. The first one got me on Templars and the Holy Land. The second one on the Renaissance. I was a bit sceptical about Brotherhood but the amount of stuff they made for that game made it well worth the $60. I haven't played Revelations yet but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be floored by the sheer amount of stuff they made for that game too.
I never cared for Ezio. In terms of characters I always preferred Altaïr, but what it all comes down to is the worlds the people at Ubisoft create.
Kermit The Frog
Banned
Huh? I doubt Battlefield will overtake Madden. Just look at BF3, that game was massively overshipped.