Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Donos said:
I think these PAL threads are finally in the coffin, totally :-(
Btw, yay for Grand Slam Tennis still up there this week, awesome!
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PAL Charts - Week 27, 2009
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I think these PAL threads are finally in the coffin, totally :-(
Btw, yay for Grand Slam Tennis still up there this week, awesome!
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Dash Kappei said:
I think the dreadful holiday/demographic arguments just turned everyone off from the PAL discussions. That, and the lack of big releases.
radioheadrule83
Banned
marc^o^ said:
I think this one sentence testemonial has secured a sale from me. I'm not really a big tennis fan, but Wimbledon engrossed me this year, and I've been looking for a reason to get one of the M+ games other than Wii Sports Resort before it comes out so I have the device for each of my controllers! Cheers!
BishopLamont
Banned
Shame The Conduit didn't debut higher, hopefully it has the usual 2nd week bumpa instead of dieing off.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Hey Sho_, don't give doicare and the anti-minions that much credit 
Did we have any Wii core title at all making >#20 and then raise the week after?
Can't think of a single one, but I'm cloudy on the matter...
Yeah that's it
BishopLamont said:
Did we have any Wii core title at all making >#20 and then raise the week after?
Can't think of a single one, but I'm cloudy on the matter...
Dash Kappei said:Hey Sho_, don't give doicare and the anti-minions that much credit
Yeah that's it
Did we have any Wii core title at all making >#20 and then raise the week after?
Can't think of a single one, but I'm cloudy on the matter...
Despite what some might want to believe, the reasons why these pal threads are dead are:
1. Nobody can be bothered to take over from posting them each week in the first place.
2. We very rarely if ever get actual hardware or software numbers which severely limits what can be discussed.
3. We are half way through this generation and the 'natural order of things' has pretty much been set in stone and nothing has really changed in a long while.
4. Very few huge software releases have happened this year compared to last.
5. Nearly all vaguely interesting topics of conversation about pal sales have already been discussed and anything the slightest bit controversial gets jumped on by fanboys and no decent conversation can take place.
Of course i could post an up todate weekly weighted chart comparing spikes and dips in the charts to various things
lowlylowlycook
Member
doicare said:Despite what some might want to believe, the reasons why these pal threads are dead are:
1. Nobody can be bothered to take over from posting them each week in the first place.
2. We very rarely if ever get actual hardware or software numbers which severely limits what can be discussed.
3. We are half way through this generation and the 'natural order of things' has pretty much been set in stone and nothing has really changed in a long while.
4. Very few huge software releases have happened this year compared to last.
5. Nearly all vaguely interesting topics of conversation about pal sales have already been discussed and anything the slightest bit controversial gets jumped on by fanboys and no descent conversation can take place.
Of course i could post an up todate weekly weighted chart comparing spikes and dips in the charts to various things
Number 3 is very very wrong, supposedly.
lowlylowlycook
Member
doicare said:
The latter but DS sales have also supposedly plummeted.
lowlylowlycook said:
hmmm yeah, it's a bit of a weird one. The way this generation has panned is nothing like how i thought it would. I thought the 1,2,3 order from the previous generation would carry over to this one, even tho the wii had a very, very good start i thought it's 'novelty' would wane and the order of things would still be the same, but for over 2 years it didn't. Then as soon as i get round to thinking the wii is definitely going to be number 1 and is going to smash all kinds of records it's popularity starts to diminish. I'm not ready to call 'doom' on the wii just yet as it still hasn't had a single price drop, new colours or fully got into the swing of the 2nd/3rd generation of nintendo AAA games and worldwide it still easily out sells it's competition, but my original thoughts of this generation still might come true.
doicare said:Despite what some might want to believe, the reasons why these pal threads are dead are:
1. Nobody can be bothered to take over from posting them each week in the first place.
2. We very rarely if ever get actual hardware or software numbers which severely limits what can be discussed.
3. We are half way through this generation and the 'natural order of things' has pretty much been set in stone and nothing has really changed in a long while.
4. Very few huge software releases have happened this year compared to last.
5. Nearly all vaguely interesting topics of conversation about pal sales have already been discussed and anything the slightest bit controversial gets jumped on by fanboys and no decent conversation can take place.
Of course i could post an up todate weekly weighted chart comparing spikes and dips in the charts to various things
I would make that its harder to troll as the number one reason. Without numbers its harder to be "Haha you suck x sold 15 and y sold 10, I'm greater than you." Its insane something can barely sell one and half time more than something else but one is doing gangbusters and the other is bombing. Just compare the size of the three regions sales threads and what the majority of the post in each one are. Some of it has to do with where most people in GAF live but for example last months NPD moved really slow because it was harder to come up with "PS3 is doomed or Sony Sucks" post when the 360 barely out sold it for the month and when infamous actually made a top 10 debut. I'm too lazy but I would say over half the post in an NPD are either "haha sony" "wii third partys cant sell blah blah" "OMG DS" "such and such defense force"
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
doicare said:
Yeah but c'mon, I don't think even you can consider in the realm of possibility that PS3 gets the #1 spot when it's all said and done.
You'd need a PSP in Japan kind of thing to happen wordlwide and for the Wii to stop selling altogether, again, worldwide.
It seems more than a loooong shot to me, I don't think we need a Garaph's chart comparison to have a glimps of how far fetched of an idea that is... no, scratch that, I meant that we don't need a chart to tell us when something's actually impossible to happen.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Busaiku said:
Can you give us that figure?
frankie_baby
Member
bttb said:
bloody hell @ mario kart wii, thats over 2 million
edit - and wii fit even higher, wow
manualmartin
Neo Member
Hi, I'm new at Neogaf as a registered user, but been a frequent visitor. I like the PAL chart treads since they're a great compilation of all European charts and an indicator of whats popular around in Europe.
I registered to be able to contribute, since I've seen some charts missing. For a starter the Swiss chart (http://www.siea.ch/charts/) for week 28, which unfortunaly lacks a multiformat chart:
DS
1. POKEMON PLATINUM
2. MARIO KART
3. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS
4. ICE AGE 3
5. MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
PC
1. SIMS 3
2. ANNO 1404
3. LANDWIRTSCHAFTS-SIMULATOR 2009
4. CALL OF JUAREZ 2
5. AGE OF EMPIRES III (GOLD)
Playstation Portable
1. FIFA 09 (PLATINUM)
2. MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE
3. WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2009 (PLATINUM ALPINE)
4. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
5. NEED FOR SPEED - MOST WANTED 5-1-0 (PLATINUM)
PS2
1. FIFA 09 (PLATINUM)
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
3. NEED FOR SPEED UNDERCOVER
4. ICE AGE 3
5. WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2009 (PLATINUM)
PS3
1. CALL OF JUAREZ 2
2. VIRTUA TENNIS 2009
3. FIFA 09
4. FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4
5. PROTOTYPE
Wii
1. EA SPORTS GRAND SLAM TENNIS
2. MARIO KART - INCL. WHEEL
3. WII-FIT WITH BALANCE BOARD
4. WII PLAY + REMOTE CONT.
5. VIRTUA TENNIS 2009
XBOX 360
1. CALL OF JUAREZ 2
2. PROTOTYPE
3. FIFA 09 (CLASSICS)
4. FABLE 2
5. TOP SPIN 3
I registered to be able to contribute, since I've seen some charts missing. For a starter the Swiss chart (http://www.siea.ch/charts/) for week 28, which unfortunaly lacks a multiformat chart:
DS
1. POKEMON PLATINUM
2. MARIO KART
3. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS
4. ICE AGE 3
5. MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
PC
1. SIMS 3
2. ANNO 1404
3. LANDWIRTSCHAFTS-SIMULATOR 2009
4. CALL OF JUAREZ 2
5. AGE OF EMPIRES III (GOLD)
Playstation Portable
1. FIFA 09 (PLATINUM)
2. MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE
3. WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2009 (PLATINUM ALPINE)
4. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
5. NEED FOR SPEED - MOST WANTED 5-1-0 (PLATINUM)
PS2
1. FIFA 09 (PLATINUM)
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
3. NEED FOR SPEED UNDERCOVER
4. ICE AGE 3
5. WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2009 (PLATINUM)
PS3
1. CALL OF JUAREZ 2
2. VIRTUA TENNIS 2009
3. FIFA 09
4. FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4
5. PROTOTYPE
Wii
1. EA SPORTS GRAND SLAM TENNIS
2. MARIO KART - INCL. WHEEL
3. WII-FIT WITH BALANCE BOARD
4. WII PLAY + REMOTE CONT.
5. VIRTUA TENNIS 2009
XBOX 360
1. CALL OF JUAREZ 2
2. PROTOTYPE
3. FIFA 09 (CLASSICS)
4. FABLE 2
5. TOP SPIN 3
slaughterking
Member
And the new UK charts (week 29):
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
Cosmonaut X
Member
...and The Conduit is out of the Top 40, and dropping two places in the Wii-only chart. No sign of a second-week bounce, and likely no legs. Shame, as it's a reasonable FPS title. Maybe some advertising next time, Sega?
frankie_baby
Member
thats a real shame though i suppose i'm part of the problem as i aint picked it up yet, i'll probably wait for the now inevitable price dropCosmonaut X said: