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PAL Charts - Week 15, 2011

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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

18/Apr/2011

‘Zumba Fitness’ from 505 Games takes a second consecutive week at No1, sales down just 8% overall as the new Wii version only drops 10% over last week (90% of the sales) and the older 360 version actually climbs 14% over last week.

Lucasarts’ ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ climbs one place, back up to No2 (-12%) which is where it debuted 4 weeks ago. EA’s ‘Crysis 2’ drops one place to No3 (-32%) and the publisher actually has 4 titles in the Top 10 this week (one more than last week) – ‘FIFA 11’ climbs 8 places to No4 (+88%) thanks to retail promotion, ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters’ drops one place to No5 (-11%) and ‘Shift 2: Unleashed’ drops 5 places to No10 (-46%). Sandwiched in-between No 5 ‘Tiger’ and No10 ‘Shift’ are THQ’s ‘Homefront (-8%) stable at No6, Nintendo’s ‘Pokemon Black’ up one place to No7 (+17%), ‘Pokemon White’ also up one place to No8 (+13%) and Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ (+62%) up 4 places to No9. There were plenty of retailer deals to be had for the Easter holidays, such as Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4’ (+112%), up 12 places to No11 and Rockstar/Take 2’s ‘Red Dead Redemption’ (+458%) a re-entry at No13 and last seen in this chart back in week 4, 2011.

The only new SKUs within the Top 40 show as a re-entry, as Ubisoft’s 360 Kinect/PS3 Move versions of ‘Michael Jackson: The Experience’ join the late Nov10 versions on Wii/DS/PSP – the title re-enters at No15 (+324%) and the 360 version takes a commanding 64% of total sales, highest new entry on the Xbox 360 FP chart at No7.
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Week 15, 2011 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) WII Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
02 (02) 360 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
03 (06) NDS Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)
04 (07) NDS Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)
05 (03) 360 Homefront (Thq)
06 (10) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)
07 (27) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)
08 (26) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
09 (14) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
10 (22) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
11 (09) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)
12 (08) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)
13 (05) PS3 Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
14 (13) WII Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)
15 (__) PS3 Littlebigplanet 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
16 (11) 360 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)
17 (16) PS3 Homefront (Thq)
18 (30) 360 Bulletstorm (Electronic Arts)
19 (18) NDS Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)
20 (19) PS3 Motorstorm: Apocalypse (Sony Computer Ent.)
21 (__) 360 Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
22 (32) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)
23 (21) PS3 Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Ent.)
24 (04) 360 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
25 (__) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
26 (36) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
27 (28) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
28 (__) 360 Fable Iii (Microsoft)
29 (__) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
30 (15) 360 Wwe All Stars (Thq)
31 (33) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)
32 (__) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)
33 (__) PS3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
34 (17) PS3 Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)
35 (__) 360 Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Namco Bandai Games)
36 (__) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
37 (12) PS3 Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
38 (34) 360 Dragon Age Ii (Electronic Arts)
39 (__) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
40 (23) PC The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)


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Ireland:
Week 15, 2011 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Lucasarts)
02 (02) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (Electronic Arts)
03 (03) Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
04 (05) Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)
05 (07) Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)
06 (10) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
07 (04) Homefront (Thq)
08 (06) Wwe All Stars (Thq)
09 (09) Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
10 (12) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
11 (18) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
12 (08) Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
13 (11) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
14 (__) Wii Party (Nintendo)
15 (14) Art Academy (Nintendo)
16 (19) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
17 (13) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
18 (16) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
19 (__) Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix Europe)
20 (__) Halo: Reach (Microsoft)


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Denmark:
Week 15, 2011 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Activision Blizzard)
02 (03) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
04 (04) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
05 (10) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) The Sims 3: Late Night (Electronic Arts)
07 (06) The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)
08 (05) Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) Starcraft Ii: Wings Of Liberty (Activision Blizzard)
11 (08) Homefront (Thq)
12 (__) The Sims 3: Design & High-tech Stuff (Electronic Arts)
13 (__) Lego Ninjago: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
14 (07) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
15 (__) The Sims 3: Ambitions (Electronic Arts)
16 (__) Grand Theft Auto Iv: Complete Edition (Nordic Game Supply)
17 (__) Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
18 (__) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
19 (14) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
20 (__) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)


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Netherlands:
Week 15, 2011

01 (05) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
02 (03) [NDS] Pokemon White (Nintendo)
03 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Black (Nintendo)
04 (02) [PC] The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)
05 (01) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
06 (06) [PS3] Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
08 (__) [WII] Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
09 (09) [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii (Nintendo)
10 (08) [360] Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)


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France:
Week 14, 2011

01 (02) [PS3] Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
02 (__) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
03 (05) [NDS] Pokemon White (Nintendo)
04 (__) [NDS] Pokemon Black (Nintendo)
05 (04) [PS3] Shift 2 Unleashed (Electronic Arts)


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Spain :



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Italy :
Week 14, 2011

01 (02) [NDS] Pokemon Black (Nintendo)
02 (04) [NDS] Pokemon White (Nintendo
03 (01) [PS3] Crysis 2 Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
04 (06) [PS3] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
05 (07) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
06 (03) [360] Crysis 2 Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
07 (__) [360] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
08 (09) [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Nintendo)
09 (05) [PS3] Shift 2: Unleashed Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
10 (10) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)


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Norway:



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Finland:



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Sweden:
Week 15, 2011

01 (02) [WII] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
02 (03) [PC] The Sims: Medieval
03 (01) [WII] Zumba Fitness
04 (20) [PC] StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
05 (04) [PS3] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
06 (08) [NDS] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
07 (07) [360] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
08 (__) [NDS] Lego Ninjago
09 (05) [PS3] Crysis 2
10 (06) [360] Crysis 2
11 (11) [PS3] Fifa 11
12 (12) [360] Fifa 11
13 (09) [PC] Rift
14 (15) [PC] World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
15 (10) [PC] Crysis 2
16 (13) [NDS] Pokemon White
17 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros
18 (__) [PS3] NHL 11
19 (19) [NDS] Pokemon Black
20 (14) [PC] The Sims 3


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Germany :
Week 15, 2011

01 (01) [NDS] Pokemon White (Nintendo)
02 (03) [NDS] Pokemon Black (Nintendo)
03 (06) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
04 (10) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
05 (02) [PS3] Crysis 2 Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
06 (__) [NDS] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-land Mayhem (Nintendo)
07 (04) [WII] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Lucas Arts)
08 (09) [NDS] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Lucas Arts)
09 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
10 (__) [NDS] Lego Ninjago: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)


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Australia :



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New Zealand :



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Nordic Chart (Denmark + Finland + Norway + Sweden)
Week 15, 2011

01 (01) Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
02 (02) Crysis 2
03 (06) FIFA 11
04 (04) Call Of Duty: Black Ops
05 (__) Zumba Fitness
06 (12) New Super Mario Bros
07 (11) Battlefield Bad Company 2
08 (08) The Sims 3
09 (09) Lego Ninjago
10 (04) The Sims 3: Medieval
11 (03) Shift 2: Unleashed
12 (15) NHL 11
13 (13) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
14 (10) Dragon Age 2
15 (14) Pokemon White
16 (19) Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga
17 (09) Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
18 (__) Mario Kart
19 (16) Pokemon Black
20 (__) StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

Last week= week 13

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Any information on the 3DS launch date ? Japan and america already got them...come on NoE, when will it be released in europe ?
 
Wow Crysis 2 and Homefront doing the business on 360.

Zumba.... lol. Surprised there is only one version of Michael Jackson: The Experience charting.

Whats with all the re-entries like LBP2, RDR, Fable III, Kinect Sports ?!
 
Phonomezer said:
Wow Crysis 2 and Homefront doing the business on 360.

Zumba.... lol. Surprised there is only one version of Michael Jackson: The Experience charting.

Whats with all the re-entries like LBP2, RDR, Fable III, Kinect Sports ?!
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LBP2 is on sale for £19.99 at Gamestation. Not sure about the others...
 
Crysis and Homefront really benefited from nothing coming out for weeks (on the HD consoles) after their respective releases, except for Tiger Woods and Lego Star Wars. Next week is Portal 2 vs. Mortal Kombat vs. SOCOM vs. Conduit 2, so they'll both get bumped down.

Michael Jackson is the first new Kinect game to chart in a while.

cw_sasuke said:
Any information on the 3DS launch date ? Japan and america already got them...come on NoE, when will it be released in europe ?
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We europeans are still not used to having simultaneous releases.
People are waiting the usual three/six months to buy the 3DS.
 
With regards to the 3DS I know this is purely anecdotal evidence but this is the first time ever I've seen a major console/handheld release and I don't know not even one person that bought one, both my brothers aged 12 and 14 don't care either, they are addicted to their iTouch's, they also said that no one they know in school went and bought a 3ds either and they attend a rather large secondary school, it really is quite surprising.
 
Cronen said:
RDR is also £19.99 and I think that AC Brotherhood is £29.99!
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Brotherhood was around £19.99 earlier in the week, as well as the Da Vinci edition for £20.99 at GAME.co.uk.
 
The first week of availablity of DS software -

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (FULL PRICE), WEEK ENDING 12 March 2005

LW TW Title Developer Label Publisher
--- 1 GRAN TURISMO 4 POLYPHONY DIGITAL SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
1 2 METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER KCE JAPAN KONAMI KONAMI
--- 3 FIFA STREET EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
--- 4 SUPER MARIO 64 DS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
--- 5 THE SIMS 2: UNIVERSITY MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
--- 6 WARIO WARE TOUCHED! NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 7 MERCENARIES PANDEMIC STUDIOS LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
3 8 STAR WARS: REPUBLIC COMMANDO LUCASARTS LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
4 9 SONIC MEGA COLLECTION PLUS SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA UK
--- 10 RAYMAN DS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
6 11 THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE HEAVY IRON STUDIOS THQ THQ
--- 12 ASPHALT: URBAN GT GAMELOFT UBISOFT UBISOFT
5 13 GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
30 14 THE URBZ: SIMS IN THE CITY GRIPTONITE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
25 15 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2005 EA SPORTS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
11 16 PLAYBOY: THE MANSION CYBERLORE STUDIOS UBISOFT UBISOFT
--- 17 POKEMON DASH NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 18 NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND 2 BLACK BOX GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
12 19 FIFA 2005 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 20 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 4 KCE TOKYO KONAMI KONAMI
13 21 THE INCREDIBLES HEAVY IRON STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE THQ
--- 22 ROBOTS GRIPTONITE SIERRA VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES
10 23 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2004-2005 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 24 STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC 2 OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
--- 25 PROJECT RUB SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA UK
--- 26 PROJECT: SNOWBLIND CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS
14 27 ACE COMBAT: SQUADRON LEADER NAMCO NAMCO SONY COMPUTER ENT.
15 28 ODDWORLD: STRANGER'S WRATH ODDWORLD INHABITANTS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
--- 29 SPIDER-MAN 2 VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
--- 30 GTR FIA GT RACING GAME SIMBIN ATARI ATARI
16 31 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2005 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA UK
20 32 THE SIMS 2 MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
--- 33 ZOO KEEPER SUCCESS IGNITION IGNITION
--- 34 POLARIUM NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 35 HALF-LIFE 2 VALVE SIERRA VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES
--- 36 KILLZONE GUERRILLA GAMES SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
39 37 LMA MANAGER 2005 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
24 38 COLD FEAR DARKWORKS UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 39 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE ALTRON THQ THQ
23 40 WWE SMACKDOWN! VS RAW YUKE'S THQ THQ

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (FULL PRICE), WEEK ENDING 12 March 2005
 
360 software more dominate than usual in the UK. Microsoft's strategy to be essentially propped up by 3rd party software in the absence of any meaningful exclusives is paying dividends, meanwhile Sony can't buy a home run these days, God knows they've tried.
 
I think that's the time when Nintendo needs to rethink their strategy. Mobile games cost less and capture the same crowd and now it shows in actual numbers.
 
Aha, must have looked like something was missing without it.

Opus Angelorum said:
I was in GAME at the weekend and they were pushing the 3DS really hard.
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They dropped their street price to 199 last time I looked, not sure if it's a permanent thing.
 
Zumba Fitness (3+) Wii (90) Xbox 360 (10)
Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (7+) Wii (25) Xbox 360 (23) DS (23) PS3 (17)
Crysis 2 (18+) Xbox 360 (60) PS3 (33)
Fifa 11 (3+) Xbox 360 (49) PS3 (30) DS (7) PSP (6)
Tiger Woods Pga Tour 12: The Masters (3+) Xbox 360 (50) PS3 (43) Wii (7)
Homefront (15+) Xbox 360 (59) PS3 (38) PC (2)
Pokemon Black Version (3+) DS (100)
Pokemon White Version (3+) DS (100)
Call Of Duty: Black Ops (18+) Xbox 360 (49) PS3 (37) Wii (7) PC(5)
Shift 2: Unleashed (3+) Xbox 360 (55) PS3 (43) PC (2)

Multiplatform splits. Random question, Wii used to be a dominant Tiger Woods SKU, why is it doing so poorly now?
 
cw_sasuke said:
Any information on the 3DS launch date ? Japan and america already got them...come on NoE, when will it be released in europe ?
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The day the price was announced my thought was that no matter what the software, it needs to drop in price and stand by what I said. Egg on my face if Mario Kart 3DS releases this year when 3DS is still £190 and it starts selling like hotcakes but Nintendogs which is already out has not done anything.

Did my usual last week, went to Sainsburys to get some cookies and muffins followed by GAME which is literally 30 seconds away from there. Black Ops, FIFA, Assassins, Reach were all for under £25 at GAME but the shocker for me was Shift 2, games not even been out for a month yet and it was down to £25. That is a bomba if I've ever seen one, did the first not ship something stupid like 5 million? Too many NFS games in too little time.
 
The launch of 3DS here in UK is a shamble. The marketing sucks, The TV ads is not informative, The stores are not handling it pretty well and casuals actually thinks its just another DS re-relases. Nintendo dropped the ball with its biggest market in Europe.
 
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Pokemon Black Version (3+) DS (100)
Pokemon White Version (3+) DS (100)
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Nice percentage of the DS version ;)


szaromir said:
Multiplatform splits. Random question, Wii used to be a dominant Tiger Woods SKU, why is it doing so poorly now?
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I've been wondering the same thing. Only thing i can guess is that in the begining more casual players bought it for the Wii due to the motion control, and these people might be happy enough with one version of Tiger Woods.
 
cw_sasuke said:
Any information on the 3DS launch date ? Japan and america already got them...come on NoE, when will it be released in europe ?
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For hell's sake, this joke has been justified for the second week in a row. It hurts more each time. The 3DS is nowhere to be seen :o
 
faridmon said:
The launch of 3DS here in UK is a shamble. The marketing sucks, The TV ads is not informative, The stores are not handling it pretty well and casuals actually thinks its just another DS re-relases. Nintendo dropped the ball with its biggest market in Europe.
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Pretty much.

So many DS iterations and poor marketing mean people are confused.
 
People easily get confused about consoles so that's not an excuse. When DS came out everyone was like wtf is this? People have to be motivated to learn, and the way you do that is through amazing games.
 
I don't think its the games. The 3D gimmick behind it scares people away. They think its just a DS with 3D, and tbh, who can blame them?

Packaging is near identical lol
 
Jokeropia said:
3DS games will chart when some are actually released. Zelda for example.
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Something should chart before that. Newowners will need something to play eventually. Can't imagine the bottom of the top 40 list are putting up big numbers.
 
The masses might think the 3DS is nothing more than an expensive DS revision. Who can blame them...

Blame Nintendo.
 
Second said:
The masses may think the 3DS is nothing more than an expensive DS revision. Who can blame them...

Blame Nintendo.
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Blame Apple more like, seriously, kids are more interested in iTouch's and iPhones these days not the 3ds, the 3ds is complete fail imo, awful design, expensive system/games, terrible battery life, practically non existent multi-media features, and also ok you've got a nub/slider now but then your back to the same problem the PSP had if you want to play any serious games on the system.
 
cw_sasuke said:
Any information on the 3DS launch date ? Japan and america already got them...come on NoE, when will it be released in europe ?
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We totally didn't have that joke on the last thread. Well done.

faridmon said:
The launch of 3DS here in UK is a shamble. The marketing sucks, The TV ads is not informative, The stores are not handling it pretty well and casuals actually thinks its just another DS re-relases. Nintendo dropped the ball with its biggest market in Europe.
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Same here. Pretty much anyone thinks it's just a new DS and they already have one. They do have it on display on most stores though, and to my surprise, the 3D slider was all the way down on 2 of them...

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lowrider007 said:
Blame Apple more like, seriously, kids are more interested in iTouch's and iPhones these days not the 3ds, the 3ds is complete fail imo, awful design, expensive system/games, terrible battery life, practically non existent multi-media features, and also ok you've got a nub/slider now but then your back to the same problem the PSP had if you want to play any serious games on the system.
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The lineup is lackluster right now, thats why most consumers arent interested. The will change once some heavy hitters are relased, as for multi media features we should get more access to 3D content with the following update....

Metalmurphy said:
We totally didn't have that joke on the last thread. Well done.
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Could be i cant read every thread on GAF ;-)
 
lowrider007 said:
Blame Apple more like, seriously, kids are more interested in iTouch's and iPhones these days not the 3ds, the 3ds is complete fail imo, awful design, expensive system/games, terrible battery life, practically non existent multi-media features, and also ok you've got a nub/slider now but then your back to the same problem the PSP had if you want to play any serious games on the system.
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I think Iwata was drunk when he gave that thing a green light.
 
The problem with people thinking it's just an iteration of the DS is also addressed with the release of some worthwhile games. Such as for example when the next Pokemon comes and people realize they need a 3DS to play it.
 
Wow at the 3DS.

A real lousy game lineup and a high price means this things beginning to get quite a stink around it.

I wonder if Nintendo is thinking about taking some decisive action. I hope they don't think Zelda:Oot is going to make a dent.
 
Raist said:
I think Iwata was drunk when he gave that thing a green light.
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Now that we're beginning to move past Yamauchi's brainchild - motion control and touch screen -I'm starting to wonder if Iwata lacks that killer instinct.

He messed up Nintendo's greatest commercial console success by refusing to moneyhat developers (hey, everybody else was doing it) and now his strategy is coming a cropper in the handheld market that was the one sure thing for Nintendo.

Having said that, the handheld market is Nintendo's to lose; and if they do, well, there's the NGP and Monster Hunter waiting in the wings.
 
Dabanton said:
Wow at the 3DS.

A real lousy game lineup and a high price means this things beginning to get quite a stink around it.

I wonder if Nintendo is thinking about taking some decisive action. I hope they don't think Zelda:Oot is going to make a dent.
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Of course Zelda is going to help. Even more so will be the sudden chain of games afterwards, Starfox,Resident evil etc all coming out one after another.

Popular franchises in rapid succession do more for sales than no new games and a lineup most arent interested in at launch.
 
antonz said:
Of course Zelda is going to help. Even more so will be the sudden chain of games afterwards, Starfox,Resident evil etc all coming out one after another.

Popular franchises in rapid succession do more for sales than no new games and a lineup most arent interested in at launch.
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It'll take me some convincing that N64 remakes (in particular) and blockbuster RE games on a small screen will turn the tide for this thing. It will have some effect, sure, but I'm thinking limited.

I think the MAJOR thing that will cause uptake of the 3DS is for Nintendo to call time on DS. It's been on the market for 7 years and it's time has come and gone. In other words, drop the price of DSi and XL - substantially - to bargain basement levels (to target women, children and seniors) and drop the price of 3DS everywhere and include Pilotwings as a pack-in (sorry AR Cards are a gimmick and no substitute for a pack-in game).

Sony realised the PS2 was hampering sales of PS3 and this is what they HAD to do to get sales to pick up to acceptable levels.

Nintendo have a window of opportunity of only a few months before the NGP arrives. Better to do it now and build a substantial lead.
 
M.I.S. said:
Nintendo have a window of opportunity of only a few months before the NGP arrives. Better to do it now and build a substantial lead.
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If the 3DS fell flat on its face I don't expect the NGP to do any better.

As for the 3DS failing somewhat, remember in the Iwata Asks articles it was clear they didn't know where to go with this so they brought in Konno to fix it. I don't think it'll be a DS like success but I don't think it'll fail given Nintendo's great first party support. Nintendo should've just had better software at launch after announcing the thing with Zelda, Metal Gear and more.
 
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