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PAL Charts - Week 39, 2009

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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

28/Sep/2009

It’s the last week of September, the end of Quarter 3 and the market receives a well-timed boost from 2 format-specific titles debuting at No’s 1 and 2. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 ‘Halo 3: ODST’ debuts at No1 exactly 2 years after ‘Halo 3’.

The aforementioned ‘Halo 3: ODST’ was released on Tuesday 22nd September and such was the demand that it sold 64% of its week 1 sell-through in the first 24 hours. It ranks at No12 in terms of biggest week 1 sell-though for a single format title. ‘Halo 3’ debuted on Wednesday 26th September 2007 with Day 1 accounting for 65% of its initial week, but week 1 sales of ‘Halo 3’ were far greater which explains why that title is currently the 4th biggest single format title ranked by week 1 sell-through (behind ‘GTA: San Andreas’ PS2, ‘GTA IV’ 360 then ‘GTA IV’ PS3).

The other big single format launch this week is Nintendo’s DS ‘Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box’ which debuts at No2, one place higher than that ever achieved by the original ‘Professor Layton And The Curious Village’ which this week enjoys a sales uplift of 36% and climbs 5 places to No18. Last week’s No1 is forced down to No3 even though EA’s ‘Need For Speed: Shift’ enjoys a sales surge of 7% over last week. Also new this week is Activision Blizzard’s ‘Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2’ debuting at No7 and NCSoft just miss out on the Top 10 as PC MMO ‘Aion’ debuts at No11. The last new entry is EA’s ‘MySims Agents’, in at No16 on DS & Wii.
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Week 39, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) 360 Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)
02 (__) NDS Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
03 (01) PS3 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
04 (02) 360 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
05 (03) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06 (10) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)
07 (__) PC Aion (Ncsoft Europe)
08 (12) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
09 (__) 360 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Activision Blizzard)
10 (07) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)
11 (06) 360 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)
12 (15) PS3 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)
13 (14) 360 Wet (Bethesda Softworks)
14 (08) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)
15 (04) 360 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
16 (36) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
17 (09) WII Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)
18 (22) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
19 (__) PS3 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Activision Blizzard)
20 (05) PS3 Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
21 (11) PS3 Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)
22 (13) PC Championship Manager 2010 (Eidos)
23 (19) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
24 (__) NDS Mysims Agents (Electronic Arts)
25 (32) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
26 (__) NDS Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades (Activision Blizzard)
27 (29) PS3 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)
28 (33) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
29 (37) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)
30 (27) WII Ashes Cricket 2009 (Codemasters)
31 (__) WII Toy Story Mania! (Disney Interactive Studios)
32 (25) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)
33 (23) PS3 Il2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (505 Games)
34 (30) PS3 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)
35 (38) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)
36 (__) 360 Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)
37 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
38 (24) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
39 (40) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)
40 (20) WII The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)


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Ireland:
Week 39, 2009 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)
02 (__) Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
03 (01) Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
04 (02) Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)
05 (05) Quantum Of Solace (Activision Blizzard)
06 (06) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft)
07 (08) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
08 (__) Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (Activision Blizzard)
09 (03) Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)
10 (10) Wet (Bethesda Softworks)
11 (04) Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
12 (__) Mysims Agents (Electronic Arts)
13 (__) Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades (Activision Blizzard)
14 (15) Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
15 (07) The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)
16 (__) Aion (Ncsoft Europe)
17 (17) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
18 (09) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)
19 (12) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
20 (16) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)


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Denmark:
Week 39, 2009 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)
03 (04) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
04 (03) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (08) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
06 (__) Aion (Pan Vision)
07 (02) Pixeline 11: Stjernestøv (Krea Medie)
08 (05) Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Blizzard)
09 (10) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
10 (11) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
11 (06) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
12 (09) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
13 (15) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
14 (16) Batman: Arkham Asylum (Ubisoft)
15 (12) G-force (K.e. Media)
16 (18) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
17 (13) Mini Ninjas (Ubisoft)
18 (__) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
19 (19) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
20 (__) Warcraft Iii: Reign Of Chaos (Activision Blizzard)


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Netherlands:
Week 39, 2009

01 (__) [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
02 (01) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
03 (03) [PS3] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
04 (09) [360] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
05 (02) [PS3] Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
06 (__) [PC] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PC] Aion Tower of Eternity (Foreign Media Games)
09 (05) [360] Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
10 (__) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)


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France:
Week 38, 2009

01 (__) [PS3] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
03 (__) [360] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
04 (02) [PS3] Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
05 (04) [360] Colin Mcrae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)



Week 38
Week 37
Week 36
Week 35
Week 34
 
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Sweden :
Week 39, 2009

01 (__) [360] Halo ODST
02 (__) [PC] Aion: The Tower of Eternity
03 (01) [360] NHL 10
04 (02) [PS3] NHL 10
05 (03) [PS3] Need for Speed: Shift
06 (05) [Wii] Wii Sports: Resort
07 (04) [360] Need for Speed: Shift
08 (07) [PS3] Little Big Planet
09 (10) [PC] The Sims 3
10 (06) [360] Guitar Hero 5
11 (08) [PS3] Guitar Hero 5
12 (09) [PS3] Colin McRae Dirt 2
13 (14) [PC] World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
14 (__) [360] Guitar Hero Aerosmith
15 (17) [PC] Batman Arkham Asylum
16 (__) [PC] Counter-Strike 1: Anthology
17 (19) [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
18 (12) [PS2] Guitar Hero 5
19 (__) [PS3] Call of Duty: World at War
20 (__) [PC] World of Warcraft


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Germany:
Week 39, 2009

01 (04) [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
02 (01) [PS3] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) [NDS] Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
04 (03) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
05 (02) [360] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
06 (06) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
07 (07) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
08 (08) [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
09 (__) [NDS] Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
10 (09) [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)


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Australia:
Week 39, 2009

01 (__) [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
02 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
03 (02) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
04 (03) [PS3] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [NDS] Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
06 (08) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
07 (__) [360] Halo 3: ODST Limited Edition (Microsoft)
08 (__) [PC] Aion: Tower of Eternity (NCSoft)
09 (10) [360] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
10 (07) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)


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New Zealand :
Week 39, 2009

01 (__) [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
02 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
03 (04) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
04 (02) [PS3] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [WII] Mario Kart W/Wheel (Nintendo)
06 (05) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07 (__) [360] Halo 3: ODST Le (Microsoft)
08 (__) [360] Wolfenstein (Activision)
09 (__) [PC] Alion ()
10 (07) [PS2] Rock band (S/W) (Electronic Arts)


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How did 360/PS3 Dead Space do in the UK charts?

Edit: I'll answer my own Q...

360 version debuted at no. 10 in the individual format charts, PS3 version at 16 in w/e 25 Oct 2008.

Number 6 in combined chart.
 
Oxx said:
How did 360/PS3 Dead Space do in the UK charts?
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Week 1 (w/e 25 Oct 2008)
10 - 360 DEAD SPACE
16 - PS3 DEAD SPACE

Week 2 (w/e 01 Nov 2008)
21 - 360 DEAD SPACE
28 - PS3 DEAD SPACE

Doesn't look like either version was seen again after week 2.

Decent I suppose. Dead Space is an amazing game. I've not picked up Extraction yet but definitely intend to.

Oh, see you caught week 1.
 
GarthVaderUK said:
I had no idea Dead Space: Extraction was out here last week, looks like it bombed.
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They fucked up the launch a bit, the official release was supposed to be the october 1st.
 
The PS3 version of Batman is still holding its spot, though the 360 version isn't toooooo far behind. Yesterday was the first time I got to see the Joker DLC in action though and it does look awesome, so I guess it really does count when it's done well.

Layton's debut makes me smile. So many people I know were eagerly awaiting it here, after the first one being quite the sleeper hit.
 
[Nintex] said:
Seriously, I don't want to hear Wii owners complain about third party software ever again if this bombs worldwide. It's an amazing game.
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i dont want to be a troll but maybe they should add party to it :D The audience is the less informed audience and they usually decide by the titel and cover (check the Wii sales for Ninja Breadman if you dont believe ah and ofcourse the top ten) so giving it a good cover and good name with party on it should help boost the sales.
 
obaidr said:
i dont want to be a troll but maybe they should add party to it :D The audience is the less informed audience and they usually decide by the titel and cover (check the Wii sales for Ninja Breadman if you dont believe ah and ofcourse the top ten) so giving it a good cover and good name with party on it should help boost the sales.
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DEAD PARTY: Extraction?

I'm not so sure..:P
 
obaidr said:
i dont want to be a troll but maybe they should add party to it :D The audience is the less informed audience and they usually decide by the titel and cover (check the Wii sales for Ninja Breadman if you dont believe ah and ofcourse the top ten) so giving it a good cover and good name with party on it should help boost the sales.
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I am not sure whether they decide on the basis of the cover or rather (or additionally) on the basis of word of mouth. At least, that seems to be right for titles like the Wii series, so there is reason to believe the same holds true for other titles. I think the Wii public is more educated than some of us are willing to believe, in that they just don't rush out to buy games, but rather wait and try the games at other people's homes and then get enthusiastic. Of course, this is nothing more than conjecture.

On Dead Space Extraction, wasn't it only available at the end of the week? (and very badly advertised at that) If so, then it might not be surprising that it did not chart. I don't think it will light the charts anyway, but with any luck it will crawl towards a decent amount of sales, so EA can be satisfied with their little experiment.
 
GarthVaderUK said:
I had no idea Dead Space: Extraction was out here last week, looks like it bombed.
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Still, it could have done a lot worse. At least it even entered the Wii only charts and at number 16 to boot (many first party games don't even chart as high as that). Plus as said the stealth release a week early doesn't help matters either (when it falls dramatically next week I'll have to come up with a different excuse)
 
obaidr said:
i dont want to be a troll but maybe they should add party to it :D The audience is the less informed audience and they usually decide by the titel and cover (check the Wii sales for Ninja Breadman if you dont believe ah and ofcourse the top ten) so giving it a good cover and good name with party on it should help boost the sales.
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Oh for fucks sake. Do you really want to go there? REALLY?
 
[Nintex] said:
Seriously, I don't want to hear Wii owners complain about third party software ever again if this bombs worldwide. It's an amazing game.
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It has nothing to do with Wii owners. Most of the people who are aware of the Dead Space brand have purchased one of the HD consoles or a well-built PC. It is mostly those people who should have bought this game.

I don't get it : multi-console owning ratio is that low in the UK ? Or was the original Dead Space an issue itself ?
 
Kenka said:
It has nothing to do with Wii owners. Most of the people who are aware of the Dead Space brand have purchased one of the HD consoles or a well-built PC. It is mostly those people who should have bought this game.

I don't get it : multi-console owning ratio is that low in the UK ? Or was the original Dead Space an issue itself ?
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I own a Wii but can't be arsed getting the Wii game when I've got Batman to finish and ODST to plough through before Uncharted 2 releases in just a few weeks. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
 
Perhaps people just prefer non-guided experiences (yeah I know, HOTD did well). I'm not surprised that an on-rail prequel to a game on HD systems doesn't debut well, but if it's a good game it will probably pick up some steam through word of mouth.
 
pswii60 said:
I own a Wii but can't be arsed getting the Wii game when I've got Batman to finish and ODST to plough through before Uncharted 2 releases in just a few weeks. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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Dead Space not "high profile" enough ?


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What the hell was EA's idea when they decided : "hey, let's develop an entry of one of the most promising but fragile intellectual properties, alienate our fan audiance by cross-dressing it in a lightgun shooter and propose it to another audiance who has virtually no will to play it" ?

So pissed off. Did EA really think that they may attract casual players with this ? They will lose money and shut any future Dead Space developments for the next decade or so. I am the loser in this weird marketing shitstorm.
 
Dead space EX is out?!? I haven't heard a thing. Wow.

I've been burned by On Rails before: RE:UC I'm looking at you. So i'm reluctant to jump in. I usually like exploring myself, give me the illusion of control.
 
Kenka said:
Dead Space not "high profile" enough ?


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What the hell was EA's idea when they decided : "hey, let's develop an entry of one of the most promising but fragile intellectual properties, alienate our fan audiance by cross-dressing it in a lightgun shooter and propose it to another audiance who has virtually no will to play it" ?

So pissed off. Did EA really think that they may attract casual palyers with this ? They will lose money and shut any future Dead Space developments for the next decade or so. I am the loser in this weird marketing shitstorm.
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I think Dead Space: Extraction started development before Dead Space was released. They also had a movie, comics, they were pretty serious about turning Dead Space into a franchise and it certainly has potential.
 
obaidr said:
i dont want to be a troll but maybe they should add party to it :D The audience is the less informed audience and they usually decide by the titel and cover (check the Wii sales for Ninja Breadman if you dont believe ah and ofcourse the top ten) so giving it a good cover and good name with party on it should help boost the sales.
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Can you please link me to the sales of Ninja Breadman?
 
[Nintex] said:
I think Dead Space: Extraction started development before Dead Space was released. They also had a movie, comics, they were pretty serious about turning Dead Space into a franchise and it certainly has potential.
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Probably this, they obviously expected more from the franchise.
 
I had absolutely no idea Dead Space: Extraction was even out now. I was in GAME last weekend and nope, not a sausage about its release.
 
Kenka said:
So pissed off. Did EA really think that they may attract casual palyers with this ?
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IIRC they wanted to see if they could attract 'hardcore' players with it, not casual. It was part of their "is there a hardcore market on wii, or does everyone just play these games on their ps3/360s?" test.

Maybe it will do better during the week it was meant to be released in though. And just cos it didn't chart doesn't necessarily mean it did HORRIBLY. Software sales will have been higher the last few weeks since the slim & elite price drop so it's probably harder to chart now than it might have been at other periods.
 
Holy crap @ the number of PS3 titles on the list. It seems PS3 Slim owners are actually buying software as well. It seems Sony will have very nice holiday sales in the UK.
 
DS: Extraction not out in one of the busiest Dublin Game stores.

Just checked on my lunch.

Maybe it is a spotty release, I doubt it is sold out.
 
Vagabundo said:
DS: Extraction not out in one of the busiest Dublin Game stores.

Just checked on my lunch.

Maybe it is a spotty release, I doubt it is sold out.
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Great minds think alike!

Checked a Game in Dublin for it too over lunch - no sign of it.

I think it probably got released accidentally by some retailers early, but not in enough volume to hit the chart. I don't think it's been released, even, just some broken street dates here and there.
 
Averon said:
Holy crap @ the number of PS3 titles on the list. It seems PS3 Slim owners are actually buying software as well. It seems Sony will have very nice holiday sales in the UK.
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Yeah, I've noticed that. PS3 slim owners are buying software like crazy.
 
DMeisterJ said:
Yeah, I've noticed that. PS3 slim owners are buying software like crazy.
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It's had the most # of titles each of the past three weeks, but 360 went ahead on the weighted chart this week. Still a big uptick since week 36 for PS3, though.
 
[Nintex] said:
Seriously, I don't want to hear Wii owners complain about third party software ever again if this bombs worldwide. It's an amazing game.
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I thought that DS didn't do so sell on the HD systems either. Even if it did it is not going to sell on Wii just because it is a light gun game. It is not my type of game anyway. I would rather see something LKS sell well so I have other reasons to not want to hear Wii owners complain.

Bunch of punks they are.
 
Averon said:
Holy crap @ the number of PS3 titles on the list. It seems PS3 Slim owners are actually buying software as well. It seems Sony will have very nice holiday sales in the UK.
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are they picking up classic titles, or just new stuff?
 
mckmas8808 said:
PS3 Slim in da house.
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It must be noted that most of them are near the bottom 11-20 while the 360 is more in the top 10. Not sure if this is that good. Then again maybe the Slim people are picking a wide selection of titles instead of the big blockbusters?
 
squicken said:
Is GH5 really cheap, or is RB: The Beatles just bombing? I never would have thought RB: The Beatles would do so bad :(
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Just bombing. Having a single artist release even if its the Bealtes, restricts your potential audience especially when the average age of user base of the HD consoles cares little for the Beatles.

GH5 with its setlist of artists deriving from 2000-2009, has a far greater appeal to this demographic IMO.
Some people like all the readers of the RB thread hate this, but its makes perfect sense to me.
 
mrklaw said:
are they picking up classic titles, or just new stuff?
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New (MP) titles are either close, or with PS3 ahead, and they're picking up recently old titles (KZ2) or new editions (LBP GOTY), and they're picking up oldies (FarCry 2).

Lots of diversity there.
 
navanman said:
Just bombing. Having a single artist release even if its the Bealtes, restricts your potential audience especially when the average age of user base of the HD consoles cares little for the Beatles.

GH5 with its setlist of artists deriving from 2000-2009, has a far greater appeal to this demographic IMO.
Some people like all the readers of the RB thread hate this, but its makes perfect sense to me.
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RB is non existent in Europe, a lot of it comes from that, so no need really to over-analyze it.
 
spwolf said:
RB is non existent in Europe, a lot of it comes from that, so no need really to over-analyze it.
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The whole premise of Beatles Rock Band is that the popularity of the Beatles would overcome the name brand advantage that GH has.
 
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