Case said:yea, i dont know why Activision felt the need to run that series into the ground.
Their first mistake was selling it at full price.
Case said:yea, i dont know why Activision felt the need to run that series into the ground.
Kagari said:No one cares about GH Aerosmith ^_^
Private Hoffman said:You do realize that producing a "slim PS3" is the result of the fabrication process size getting smaller, right?
It's not anywhere near small enough at 65 nm to produce a change in the size of the PS3.
Private Hoffman said:This decision baffles me as well.
They're already making some decent coin on selling a PS3 at $500....if it genuinely does cost more to manufacture the system with BC, then allow consumers to pay for that premium.
I don't understand the push to do away with BC...
Apparently this is one of Kaz Hirai's decisions, and it's a genuinely boneheaded one, too.
KernelPanic said:It seems they wanted to cut every last bit of cost out of the system. It would only cost them $20-30 per unit to include BC, but it seems that's $20-30 they can't afford.
KernelPanic said:According to interviews with Jack Tretton, the decision to cut BC was made very high up. It seems they wanted to cut every last bit of cost out of the system. It would only cost them $20-30 per unit to include BC, but it seems that's $20-30 they can't afford.
This little factoid gets pulled out every now and then when discussing PS3 BC despite the fact that the job posting was ancient and we've seen absolutely nothing else which supports it since.carlosp said:It will return next year for sure as some kind of software solution. Sony hired some engineers just for this task at the beginning of 2008. The decision was made to ensure the PS3 software sales.
This little factoid gets pulled out every now and then when discussing PS3 BC despite the fact that the job posting was ancient and we've seen absolutely nothing else which supports it since.
"I would like to have had it in there, but Sony's collective strategy determined we could afford to lose it. We've now gone down that road, and we're not going back."
ZealousD said:No Wii's
No Mario Karts
No WiiFits
80GB PS3's are still iffy on their stock
360's are slow to move even after the price drop
Civilization Revolution finally seems to be back in stock.
Soul Calibur IV is going to do very well. It's going to kick the pants off VF5 and DOA4 as the best selling fighter this gen.
Jammy said:Super Smash Bros. Brawl?
*runs*
ZealousD said:Sorry, traditional fighter.
good, SC is way better than VF or DOAZealousD said:Soul Calibur IV is going to do very well. It's going to kick the pants off VF5 and DOA4 as the best selling fighter this gen.
ZealousD said:No Wii's
No Mario Karts
No WiiFits
80GB PS3's are still iffy on their stock
360's are slow to move even after the price drop
Civilization Revolution finally seems to be back in stock.
Soul Calibur IV is going to do very well. It's going to kick the pants off VF5 and DOA4 as the best selling fighter this gen.
Diseased Yak said:Question for you retail guys: Do you think Civ:Rev hasn't shipped enough copies, or is it simply that popular?
I really hope it's the latter, it deserves it. I had no trouble picking up my copy on release day, but ever since I've only seen it once (PS3 version) on the shelves. Otherwise, it's sold out every time I check the local shops.
Kagari said:PS3 version definitely got undershipped.
mr_bishiuk said:Presumably because retailers didn't order enougth based on estimates in turn based on preorders. Seems to mr Civ rev was an unexpected hit, my local gamestation here in the UK seems to run out of stock regularly.
spwolf said:smaller games dont really have preorders, hence 95% of games would be undershipped.
A lot of it comes from what publisher expects from the game as well as retailer.
mr_bishiuk said:I would have thought the retailer decides how many copies of a game it buys? The publisher then looks at these orders and decides how many it will produce, hence why devs regularly state how important preorders are.
Stumpokapow said:Retailers decide how many copies to buy based on pre-orders and expected non-preorder volume. Publishers try to raise that amount or arm-twist the buy numbers and are sometimes successful. Publishers order a production run based on the sales-to-retailers and their ability to get a production order (sales > production ability: ruh-roh. production ability > sales: sometimes useful).
It's a little bit of both. The differential between retailer orders and publisher expectations impacts the quickness and preparedness publishers are for restocks. Capcom did not expect restocks for Phoenix Wright, so it took a month the first time that happened. On the other hand, briskly selling games are restocked on a week-by-week basis.
Plus, individual stores are restocked by distributors/chains so it's possible that while GameStop has many units of a piece of software, a store in the GameStop chain has none.
So there's a lot of links in the process and if they're not synchronized you get kinks suchs that the right amount of inventory is not available.
6. Fable 2 - 28
1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - 92
Star Wars Force Unleashed: 92 (53 360, 20 PS3, 14 Wii, 4 PSP, 1 PS2)
Madden 2009: 61 (29 360, 21 PS3, 7 PS2, 2 Wii, 2 PSP)
Jtyettis said:No Gears 2 numbers after their promotion this weekend, tsk tsk.
Going to be a seller.
That is just amazing.
Kagari said:That promotion was a bit silly. No one showed up for ours.
AniHawk said:Madden 2009: 61 (29 360, 21 PS3, 7 PS2, 2 Wii, 2 PSP)
Forgot about Gears 2. Added it.Jtyettis said:No Gears 2 numbers after their promotion this weekend, tsk tsk.
AniHawk said:2. Gears of War 2 - 76
AniHawk said:Forgot about Gears 2. Added it.
Kagari said:Trade in a old model DS or a GBA SP and get a DS Lite for $89.99.
AniHawk said:Forgot about Gears 2. Added it.
2. Gears of War 2 - 76
Ashhong said:employee discount or anything stack on top of it?
Kagari said:What area are you in?
AniHawk said:Sonic Unleashed: 9 (4 Wii, 3 360, 1 PS3, 1 PS2)
Vanish said:wait, is it 100% confirmed that the $500 80gb ps3 bundle is being discontinued as soon as the new $400 80gb ps3 comes out?
AniHawk said:Little Big Planet: 7
O_O Damn, Gears 2 is gunna shit on Resistance 2AniHawk said:2. Gears of War 2 - 76
Case said:O_O Damn, Gears 2 is gunna shit on Resistance 2
Jammy said:This was pretty much a given. Resistance was only a 2 million seller worldwide.
fixed.gantz85 said:Gears of War: 4.7 million worldwide as of 30 May 2008 (YES, it's shitaku, but it's official MS press release : http://kotaku.com/5011999/gears-re+issue-confirmed-details-will-not-surprise-you)
Resistance: More than 2 million worldwide as of 15 June 2007 (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PPE8KG0&;show_article=1)
Gears is about twice the game that Resistance 2 is worldwide. In the USA though, it's king.
gogogow said:fixed.
Only released for 2 1/2 months in Europe.
Should be much more by now, I would say closer to 3 million.
No, it wasnt, not until much later and it was limited (60GB version).Jammy said:It was bundled, wasn't it?