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Holiday BOMBA: Playstation AllStars Charts 38th Week 1 UK
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Really?
grimshawish
Banned
Terrible, is there a link to the thread for this?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502979
The biggest irony is that uncharted and jak had a sale in EU based on playstation all stars theme and they charted lol
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Yeah, I guess we can now assume there will never be a sequel to this.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I take it no modders out there to polish the game?
GlamFM
Banned
sure.
grimshawish
Banned
Vita v.sold 8k< in the US.
PS3 80,000<
So...thats fucking shockingly bad... :/
PS3 80,000<
So...thats fucking shockingly bad... :/
The Vita version sold that.
Vita version only. Still awful, but no PS3 numbers so far.
AnkiRendan
Member
The Vita version. I don't see why this is so surprising. It's the VITA.
grimshawish
Banned
Ah sorry, edited.
AnkiRendan
Member
Yeah...bomba. Oh well. Hope it has decent legs, I guess.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Sadly, I think this game was born without legs :|
Haunted
Member
See, and that's why the site is banned.US numbers:
Off by over 50k to actual numbers. Terrible guesswork. Watch them retroactively change their numbers to reflect the real numbers, too (at least that's what ioi used to do, I haven't visited the site for a while).
Don't worry, you guys. The free Kat DLC in Jan will save it!
Who was going to buy the Vita version separately when Sony gives it for free if you buy the PS3 version?
It doesn't even look right from a random number perspective. Way too many 8s and 9s, not enough 1s and 2s.
who would own a vita that doesn't own a ps3
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It's called superbot patching the game, all that's needed.
Is that including PSN sales?
Ok I laughed.....and cried a bit.
no but it doesn't matter. way bomba
nckillthegrimace
Member
I did not like the beta at all, but there's still something depressing about those numbers. Is this the worst bomb (relative to expectations) of the Fall 2012 games?
without numbers of the other games we'll never know. probably up there though
Lbp karting probably did worse
Can't say I'm surprised. Bigger names probably would have affected it... slightly. Odd how I've been hearing that this was one of Sony's biggest games this year.
Yeah, honestly.
Got a link?
nhlducks35
Member
Just go the NPD thread
Sony really should have done a better job with marketing. There were long stretches with no media coming out, and the push for it at launch could've been better.
Napalm_Frank
Member
I feel so bad for SB. PSASBR is my GOTY and these numbers are beginning to seem lower than my worst fears. I can only pray the game has some legs.
I think Wonderbook was bigger focus for Sony and TLOU was probably originally planned as their big holiday ''hardcore'' title but after U3 I can see Sony cuttin ND some slack.
I looked it over and only saw that it didn't crack top ten- I'm trying to find the ~80k figure source.
HamPster PamPster
Member
Under 80k?
I look forward to this being on PS+ in a few months
I look forward to this being on PS+ in a few months
I didn't either, but if you look at creamsugar's post history, he's been giving out numbers for the past few months. Look at page 12 or something where everyone's quoting him. No official official statement on it though.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Under 80k?
I look forward to this being on PS+ in a few months
Nah it's not gonna be there for a while. They will probably do a sale/pricedrop in a few months.
It should be a PS3 and Vita pack-in.
Having played the game for a little while, I can't say I'm that surprised. I would even go as far to say it didn't deserve good sales.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad game. In fact I think it's surprisigly fun. I'm enjoying it more than I thought it would be and I think it's quite well balanced bar Kratos. I'm even playing online and I never play online games! It's just that everything I worried about the game in the months I've been following has come out exactly as I feared. Basically the gameplay is good. Everything else? Not so much. And it's not so much the characters. Sure I would have loved the likes of Wander, Cloud or Snake. It's the presentation.
All the menu's are completely bland. They're almost lifeless. Just a plain background with a random character render. There's no charm to it. I hoped for backgrounds and excerpts from their franchises that would remind me of locations in games, the ones that weren't viable for stages.
The music isn't ideal either. Sure there are some good pieces, but by and large it fails to deliver. I wanted to hear the best of music from random games all over the place. At best I get the main theme and a couple of alternates for victory music. Nothing in menus
But my biggest complaint is the story mode. From the beginning what I wanted more than anything else was a big encompassing campaign. Characters to interact with each other and for the fan service to be played up. For the cutscenes to he fun and engaging. But instead we get some crappy arcade mode with a few half assed scenes.
Sure they may have got the gameplay right, but everything else is mediocre. I saw this game when it was announced as a celebration of PlayStation. It should have been full of fan service. The game should invoke nostalgia and make me play with a smile on my face. I'm not even bothered about the characters and have said several times I would have been happy with just first party.
As an overall package this came up woefully short. We didn't get a celebration of PlayStation franchises and characters. We just got a 4 player brawler that just happends to feature those characters
Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad game. In fact I think it's surprisigly fun. I'm enjoying it more than I thought it would be and I think it's quite well balanced bar Kratos. I'm even playing online and I never play online games! It's just that everything I worried about the game in the months I've been following has come out exactly as I feared. Basically the gameplay is good. Everything else? Not so much. And it's not so much the characters. Sure I would have loved the likes of Wander, Cloud or Snake. It's the presentation.
All the menu's are completely bland. They're almost lifeless. Just a plain background with a random character render. There's no charm to it. I hoped for backgrounds and excerpts from their franchises that would remind me of locations in games, the ones that weren't viable for stages.
The music isn't ideal either. Sure there are some good pieces, but by and large it fails to deliver. I wanted to hear the best of music from random games all over the place. At best I get the main theme and a couple of alternates for victory music. Nothing in menus
But my biggest complaint is the story mode. From the beginning what I wanted more than anything else was a big encompassing campaign. Characters to interact with each other and for the fan service to be played up. For the cutscenes to he fun and engaging. But instead we get some crappy arcade mode with a few half assed scenes.
Sure they may have got the gameplay right, but everything else is mediocre. I saw this game when it was announced as a celebration of PlayStation. It should have been full of fan service. The game should invoke nostalgia and make me play with a smile on my face. I'm not even bothered about the characters and have said several times I would have been happy with just first party.
As an overall package this came up woefully short. We didn't get a celebration of PlayStation franchises and characters. We just got a 4 player brawler that just happends to feature those characters
You share my exact complaints with the game.
Story mode is barebones, items/stages are only from a couple of franchises. Very little celebration of Playstation across the three generations.
yurinka
Member
Did it had a bundle or special edition with sales not included here? Do these numbers include digital sales?
I don't think they ever have. I also don't expect the Vita-only version to sell considering it's free with the PS3 copy.
Agent X
Gold Member
I agree. I also didn't like the beta, but even I'm surprised this game didn't do at least a little better in sales.
I've seen a TV commercial, but I don't think it properly conveyed what the game was about. It was clearly inspired by last year's famous "Michael" commercial, but it looks more like a continuation of that commercial's theme rather than an advertisement for an actual video game.
The fatal flaw for the ad spot was that they didn't even show any footage from the game. Someone who wasn't already aware of PSASBR would not have known this was about a new video game.