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[Mpl90]

That leaves three other spots on the single SKU chart, right? Mario Party 9 is definitely on there. Prototype 2 (PS3) is likely. Not sure what the last spot would be. I hope it's Xenoblade.

Kid Icarus Uprising.

 

[Ridley327]

With Diablo 3 next week and Minecraft XBLA blowing the doors off this month, no need for the doom and gloom.

Since you'd be a fool to bet against the Rockstar hype machine, Max Payne 3 should do great numbers. Ghost Recon should put up respectable totals, as well.

 

[djplaeskool]

Prototype 2 and Kinect Star Wars at the top?

idontwanttoliveonthisplanetanymore.jpg

The fact that Xenoblade isn't even top ten can't possibly be good.

 

[Baconsammy]

To what, divide sales even further? Making niche titles multi-plat doesn't make sense.

Who gives a damn if you divide sales? Xenoblade would have had at least one more sale if it were on PS3 or 360. I dumped my Wii long ago, and won't buy another for one game. I'm going out on a limb and saying I'm not alone.

 

[criesofthepast]

The Show '12 in top 10 again! Nice.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Prototype 2? le sigh

 

[SolarPowered]

Prototype 1 launch numbers = 599,100
Prototype 2 launch numbers apparently > 236K (yet still #1 for the month)

Well, yikes... clearly the only game to make money in April was Trials Evolution.

What

Wow the US market is getting as bad as the UK with its bad taste. Star Wars Kinect and Prototype. I can't wait until next gen, we needs some new IPs and new ideas.

We need more polygons STAT. That'll solve everything.

 

[impact]

Thats true but considering its Kid Icarus an in its second month not too bad. 2 months in the top 10 is decent.

I'm glad MLB 12 has help up for two months too, Sony really deserves it. Best sports game franchise on the market.

 

[Hiro_Kunimi_80]

Kid Icarus Uprising.

more likely MLB the show ps3

 

[Rebel Leader]

No Xenoblade ??


Extange list anyway...

http://thewiredfish.wordpress.com/2...enoblade-outsell-japans-total-lifetime-sales/


"Well it’s already been a month since Xenoblade went on sale in the U.S. So far I’ve been thoroughly impressed with this game with each gaming session unintentionally becoming a marathon session. But how has Xenoblade done in terms of sales? According to ********* the game has sold a total of 220,503 copies in the U.S. Compare that to Japan’s totals sales of 159,000 copies sold, and Europe’s 176,000 copies sold, and you’ll see that the U.S. was the biggest contributor to the total sales of the game."

*******= VG everyone VG

 

[Madrugador]

Glad to see The Witcher 2 in the top ten. Congrats CD Project.

 

[BurntPork]

That leaves three other spots on the single SKU chart, right? Mario Party 9 is definitely on there. Prototype 2 (PS3) is likely. Not sure what the last spot would be. I hope it's Xenoblade.

It's Kid Icarus.

Wait. This means that SM3DL and MK7 aren't selling anymore. Wow. 3DS sub-100k?

 

[ZoddGutts]

Hopefully Nintendo would stop wasting their time on dead IP's like Icarus. Time to make another Star Fox game. Now that will sell millions!

 

[Ridley327]

*******= VG everyone VG

Holy shit :lol

If you weren't convinced of what a crock of shit Chartzzzzz was before, you will be now.

 

[antonz]

I'm glad MLB 12 has help up for two months too, Sony really deserves it. Best sports game franchise on the market.

Yeha. I mean I figure Icarus will limp to million sold world wide. Not Take your breath away amazing but considering its last entry was as long ago as it is and the basic newness of the franchise million is a decent redebut

 

[Mpl90]

It's Kid Icarus.

Wait. This means that SM3DL and MK7 aren't selling anymore. Wow. 3DS sub-100k?

...And here's your BurntPork back to its madness!!!

 

[outunderthestars]

Who gives a damn if you divide sales? Xenoblade would have had at least one more sale if it were on PS3 or 360. I dumped my Wii long ago, and won't buy another for one game. I'm going out on a limb and saying I'm not alone.

You say that as if they just hit a key on keyboard and a 360/ps3 version appears on screen. Going multi-platform adds a great deal of expense, especially if you are a smaller studio.

 

[UberTag]

more likely MLB the show ps3

This is much more likely. Microsoft does not acknowledge portable titles when it makes comments like "they had 7 out of the 10 selling console releases" for the month. Kid Icarus: Uprising is not considered a console title in their PRs.

Holy shit :lol
If you weren't convinced of what a crock of shit Chartzzzzz was before, you will be now.

They clearly didn't adjust their internal formula to extrapolate for retail exclusivity.
You can't get GameStop numbers leaked to you and then apply the same % rule for sales in the rest of the retail sector when the game isn't sold anywhere else.

 

[impact]

Hopefully Nintendo would stop wasting their time on dead IP's like Icarus. Time to make another Star Fox game. Now that will sell millions!

We should have sex

 

[B.K.]

No Xenoblade ??


Extange list anyway...

http://thewiredfish.wordpress.com/2...enoblade-outsell-japans-total-lifetime-sales/


"Well it’s already been a month since Xenoblade went on sale in the U.S. So far I’ve been thoroughly impressed with this game with each gaming session unintentionally becoming a marathon session. But how has Xenoblade done in terms of sales? According to ********* the game has sold a total of 220,503 copies in the U.S. Compare that to Japan’s totals sales of 159,000 copies sold, and Europe’s 176,000 copies sold, and you’ll see that the U.S. was the biggest contributor to the total sales of the game."

There's no way the game sold that much. Their source is ********. They're a banned site for a reason. They make up their numbers. The game probably didn't sell a quarter of that amount.

Xenoblade's a second party title. Nintendo own Monolith Soft.

Wouldn't it be a first party title? Except for the few shares of the company that Takahashi, Hoone, and Sugiura have, Nintendo fully owns Monolithsoft.

 

[wrowa]

Who gives a damn if you divide sales? Xenoblade would have had at least one more sale if it were on PS3 or 360. I dumped my Wii long ago, and won't buy another for one game. I'm going out on a limb and saying I'm not alone.

The publishers? Even a port costs money, if all the port does is dividing the sales between two plattforms the port isn't profitable.

And why do we even talk about this? Xenoblade is a Nintendo published game by a developer that's owned by Nintendo. A port is and was always out of the question.

 

[BurntPork]

...And here's your BurntPork back to its madness!!!

lol

Okay, but definitely sub-150k.

 

[Baconsammy]

You say that as if they just hit a key on keyboard and a 360/ps3 version appears on screen. Going multi-platform adds a great deal of expense, especially if you are a smaller studio.

No, I said that in response to someone saying making RPGs multiconsole is a bad thing. It isn't.

 

[transience]

Yeah, I think it's safe to call Trials 2 the #1 game this month. I look forward to the day that NPD or someone can track digital distribution.

 

[Chris1964]

Wait. This means that SM3DL and MK7 aren't selling anymore.

How longer we'll keep admiring you is the the big question.

 

[Mpl90]

This is much more likely. Microsoft does not acknowledge portable titles when it makes comments like "they had 7 out of the 10 selling console releases" for the month. Kid Icarus: Uprising is not considered a console title in their PRs.

Oh, really. So 3D Land and MK7 can be in individual SKU top 10 without problems.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Wait, there's a Prototype 2 and it released last month? This is the first I'm hearing of it.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Holy shit :lol

If you weren't convinced of what a crock of shit Chartzzzzz was before, you will be now.

That site could have been a great tool to look up VG sales, but in the end it was garbage.

 

[Kusagari]

Who gives a damn if you divide sales? Xenoblade would have had at least one more sale if it were on PS3 or 360. I dumped my Wii long ago, and won't buy another for one game. I'm going out on a limb and saying I'm not alone.

Going multi platform is kind of hard when you're owned by Nintendo.

 

[Alebrije]

There's no way the game sold that much. Their source is ********. They're a banned site for a reason. They make up their numbers. The game probably didn't sell a quarter of that amount.

I wasn´t aware of that....so then maybe Xenoblade sold 50,000-70,000.....

 

[jman2050]

It's Kid Icarus.

Wait. This means that SM3DL and MK7 aren't selling anymore. Wow. 3DS sub-100k?

Stop this.

We keep explaining it to you month after month.

 

[Mpl90]

Going multi platform is kind of hard when you're owned by Nintendo.

...Or it's just a much more original way to say "Nintendo going third party!"

 

[darkside31337]

Yeah, I think it's safe to call Trials 2 the #1 game this month. I look forward to the day that NPD or someone can track digital distribution.

If you wanted to go down that road then Angry Birds Space is the #1 game of the month. By eons.

 

[jetjevons]

Typo in the OP: 360 was 236,000 not 238,000

But all other consoles were less?

 

[Nirolak]

Typo in the OP: 360 was 236,000 not 238,000

Sorry I was doing that on my phone as my internet blew up the moment the results came out.

 

[Ridley327]

I wasn´t aware of that....so then maybe Xenoblade sold 50,000-70,000.....

Those numbers are certainly much more believable than 200k, that's for sure.

 

[Instro]

Xeno didn't make 3rd, shocking. It probably still did well though.

 

[transience]

If you wanted to go down that road then Angry Birds Space is the #1 game of the month. By eons.

Oh, yeah, definitely. The top 10 would probably all be IOS at that point.

 

[ffdgh]

"Uprising for 3DS "ranked among the top 10 SKU's for the month, and would have made the list if we were reporting on SKU rather than total title level."

That's great to hear. hope it keeps selling

 

[feint_ruled]

According to Eurogamer, Xenoblade is excluded as it is retailer exclusive?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ips-kinect-star-wars-to-top-of-april-us-chart

 

[Rebel Leader]

Those numbers are certainly much more believable than 200k, that's for sure.

and he's gone.. =(

---

Xenoblade ... T_T you do not deserve such low sales

 

[FoneBone]

Until now.

It took me wayyyyyyyyyy too long to get that joke.

 

[impact]

Those numbers are certainly much more believable than 200k, that's for sure.

Still a disgusting number considering the quality of the game. Mario Party selling more is literally a crime.

 

[Loudninja]

Why was Xenoblade only available at Gamestop?

 

[jetjevons]

Oh, yeah, definitely. The top 10 would probably all be IOS at that point.

It's what gamers are playing nowadays I hear.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Max Payne 3 will save us

It'll give some respite for a month and will then find its way through the GameStop trade in cycle.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Kid Icarus still doing bad. No wonder there not doing a sequel.

Icarus should be around 500k WW as of now.

Wow, so bad. Amirite?

 

[Brofist]

2 and 6 are so wrong, expected but still wrong and sad D:

How's Witcher 2 sad, unless you mean it should have been higher?

 

[Baconsammy]

According to Eurogamer, Xenoblade is excluded as it is retailer exclusive?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ips-kinect-star-wars-to-top-of-april-us-chart

Console exclusive and retailer exclusive. The recipe for high sales.

 

[Ridley327]

According to Eurogamer, Xenoblade is excluded as it is retailer exclusive?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ips-kinect-star-wars-to-top-of-april-us-chart

They can do that? How strange.