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[Alcibiades]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/index.html?tag=gs_head_news

NCAA Football 2005
Publisher: EA Sports
Developer: EA Sports
Platform: PS2
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 07/12/2004

2 NCAA Football 2005
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: XBOX | Genre: Sports
release:
07/12/2004

3 Tales of Symphonia
Publisher: Namco | Platform: GC | Genre: Role-Playing
release:
07/13/2004

4 Spider-Man 2
Publisher: Activision | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Action
release:
06/28/2004

5 Spider-Man 2
Publisher: Activision | Platform: XBOX | Genre: Action
release:
06/28/2004

6 Spider-Man 2
Publisher: Activision | Platform: GC | Genre: Action
release:
06/28/2004

7 DRIV3R
Publisher: Atari | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Action
release:
06/21/2004

8 NCAA Football 2005
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: GC | Genre: Sports
release:
07/12/2004

9 Spider-Man 2
Publisher: Activision | Platform: GBA | Genre: Action
release:
06/28/2004

10 Karaoke Revolution Volume 2
Publisher: Konami | Platform: PS2 | Genre: Puzzle
release:
07/13/2004

Can't wait to see NFL 2k5 come in and take over next week...

 

[Wario64]

Wow, #3. That's pretty decent

 

[SantaC]

yeah that's pretty decent. Nobody expected this game to sell well especially without any advertisement.

 

[NotMSRP]

The artbook sold TOS!

 

[DMczaf]

8 NCAA Football 2005
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: GC | Genre: Sports
release:
07/12/2004

But Sega said no one buys sports games on GC

 

[Alcibiades]

8 NCAA Football 2005
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: GC | Genre: Sports
release:
07/12/2004

But Sega said no one buys sports games on GC

With no football competition on GCN, EA is going to clean up the profit share on this one...

Sure it will get outsold by the XBox and PS2 versions, but that's why their #1, they hit all markets...

 

[SantaC]

What would be considered a success in the US for ToS by Namco's standards? around 200,000k?

 

[NotMSRP]

I think 100k would even be a success.

 

[DDayton]

All this goes to prove is that, ultimately, good taste does not reign supreme.

Bah.

 

[Auron]

Did any of you notice that Tales is on "back-order" at EBGames.com. It's sold out.

 

[Wario64]

It's sold out in most places too, as shown in the other ToS thread

Pretty good sign for the game though

 

[Culex]

Did any of you notice that Tales is on "back-order" at EBGames.com. It's sold out.

Maybe this'll give Namco some more oompf into making more GC RPG's.

 

[MrCheez]

Go Tales, Go!!! 8D

 

[Justin Bailey]

Tales is the new Viewtiful Joe.

 

[Lonestar]

I bought #2 and 3 at the same time.

Been playing them since, but not in that same order

 

[Subitai]

Impressive. I hoped it faired as well at other outlets.

 

[Suikoguy]

Maybe this'll give Namco some more oompf into making more GC RPG's.

Or maybe just bring over Phantasia, which they have passed over THREE FUCKING TIMES

 

[Alcibiades]

remember this tracks sales for ONLINE only, so this probably represents something like .1% of the market, but at least it's something...

 

[Wario64]

Checked compusa.com

5 stores in a 49 mile radius, all sold out except for 1 store (which is in limited quantities)

Checked gamestop.com

4 stores in a 10 mile radius, all sold out except for 2 stores (each store only reporting 1-3 copies left)

I live in San Jose too, which is where Namco is based, so I assume we get restocks quicker

 

[SantaC]

http://www.tronixweb.com/

Top Sellers Averaged Every Sunday


July US Top Sellers

Tales of Symphonia GC
Chronicles of Riddick XB
Legend of Zelda 4 Swords Adv. GC
Mario Golf Advance Tour GBA
Front Mission 4 PS2

 

[MoxManiac]

It's kind of bizarre how well ToS is selling; I don't remember ToD or ToD2 pushing any kind of notable numbers.

 

[SantaC]

It's kind of bizarre how well ToS is selling; I don't remember ToD or ToD2 pushing any kind of notable numbers.

Maybe because everyone realized the Cube is so fucking starved on RPGs.

 

[Fifty]

remember this tracks sales for ONLINE only, so this probably represents something like .1% of the market, but at least it's something...

People seem more likely to buy a game that caters to the RPG crowd than a sports game online.

 

[ferricide]

It's kind of bizarre how well ToS is selling; I don't remember ToD or ToD2 pushing any kind of notable numbers.

very different market. markedly different game. much better release timing than either ToD release. and it's a better game than either of its predecessors, too.

it's nice to see. i think namco's pleased, as well. especially as they've probably already been hit with reorders from just about everyone. =)

 

[Rhindle]

remember this tracks sales for ONLINE only, so this probably represents something like .1% of the market, but at least it's something...

It's all EB Games sales, AFAIK.

 

[Gruco]

It's kind of bizarre how well ToS is selling; I don't remember ToD or ToD2 pushing any kind of notable numbers.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. Interesting that the game is probably doing better than it would have on PS2.

 

[SantaC]

I think Namco timed the US ToS release perfectly. There's no AAA competition at this time of year.

 

[MoxManiac]

I don't buy the arguement that it's because the GC is RPG starved. I would think most people who care about RPGs wouldn't be GCN only.

Release timing seems like a good theory, though. It's definitely a far better game than previous installments, I agree.

 

[Alcibiades]

It's all EB Games sales, AFAIK.

videogames.com links to ebgames.com where it refers to where the figures come from, so AFAIK, it's ONLINE only...

also, it somehow says "13-19th", so somehow it's counting today, and I doubt they could gather store figures for their nationwide stores all that easily in a short amount of time...

I think they may even to the whole "averaging" thing using their Top Ten daily and not even use unit sales for these charts...

 

[Culex]

I remember some figure going around during one NPD thread that EB represented something around 10% of the gaming market.

 

[Alcibiades]

I remember some figure going around during one NPD thread that EB represented something around 10% of the gaming market.

and I think probably 5% of their sales are online, so basically about .5% of the NPD estimates...

 

[Wario64]

We need Best Buy numbers again

 

[Rhindle]

videogames.com links to ebgames.com where it refers to where the figures come from, so AFAIK, it's ONLINE only...

also, it somehow says "13-19th", so somehow it's counting today, and I doubt they could gather store figures for their nationwide stores all that easily in a short amount of time...

Yeah, they can. The POS terminals at stores report sales and inventory immediately to corporate. This is true for most major chains, and its also true for major music retailers.

 

[ferricide]

I don't buy the arguement that it's because the GC is RPG starved. I would think most people who care about RPGs wouldn't be GCN only.

they definitely wouldn't be. i think this game probably appeals (and why should it not?) to zelda fans, which is just about everyone who owns the console. given that it's been a while since wind waker and a while till the new one, why not try symphonia?

 

[Alcibiades]

they definitely wouldn't be. i think this game probably appeals (and why should it not?) to zelda fans, which is just about everyone who owns the console. given that it's been a while since wind waker and a while till the new one, why not try symphonia?

what about Four Swords Adventure, I'm sure that attracted some Zelda fans (I think A Link to the past has sold over a million on GBA, and about 1.6 million for The Wind Waker, and I'm sure some of these people know each other, and there are a ton of connectivity cables out there, and Crystal Chronicles has sold about 300,000)...

so expect some good sales for Four Swords Adventure...

 

[DDayton]

I think there's been a lot of "grass roots" hype for the game... not sure what I'm basing this on, but it does seem to have a lot of interest from GC gamers who aren't big RPG fans.

 

[Gruco]

I think there's been a lot of "grass roots" hype for the game... not sure what I'm basing this on, but it does seem to have a lot of interest from GC gamers who aren't big RPG fans.

I actually think this, in conjuction with the GC-RPG starved theory explains most of it.

 

[DDayton]

Well, I've been running into a lot of GC fans I know... folks who normally DON'T buy RPGs... and they are eager to get ToS.

I know, it's all anecdotal.

 

[GDGF]

So is there ever going to be a commercial for the game then? I thought Namco said not, but since the game is a much bigger success than they thought it would be....

 

[MoccaJava]

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Well, I've been running into a lot of GC fans I know... folks who normally DON'T buy RPGs... and they are eager to get ToS.

It's battle system is veyr appealing.


And that really sucks how so many of you haven't played Phantasia. One of my favorite SNES games. Great game; really enjoyed the characters too.

 

[Wario64]

If Namco was smart, they would bring ToP over to the states!

 

[madara]

Typical usa boring taste, no surprise it got beat by sports game. Still good to see it up there though.

 

[SyNapSe]

http://www.tronixweb.com/

Top Sellers Averaged Every Sunday


July US Top Sellers

Tales of Symphonia GC
Chronicles of Riddick XB
Legend of Zelda 4 Swords Adv. GC
Mario Golf Advance Tour GBA
Front Mission 4 PS2

Did you look at the other polls on this site?

The Ten Best Sellers of 2003

Animal Crossing GC
XenoSaga PS2
Legend of Zelda Windwaker GC
F-Zero GX GC
Soul Calibur II GC
Star Wars Knights of the Old Rep. XB
Dead of Alive Xtreme Volley Ball XB
Final Fantasy X-2 PS2
Panzer Dragoon Orta XB
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance GBA


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