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Little Big Planet fails to ship 1.4 million, westical's acc't buried in Nevada desert
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slicedking
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Very well deserved.
haha, nice title change.
haha, nice title change.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
New thread name is gold.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Holy shit at the thread title. See if there's any ET catridges while you're there westical 
BLaZiN PRopHeT
Member
BobsRevenge said:
the point im trying to make is its stupid to make a comment like he did when no one knows the budget for either game. i dont doubt Too human cost more but we would just be assuming.
Fenderputty
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BLaZiN PRopHeT said:
Even if we don't have the exact numbers, it's not really that hard to get a general idea. The amount of Dev time alone should be a dead giveaway. Size of teams? How about dropping UE3 and getting into a law suit with Epic. Then developing an engine of their own after dropping UE3. MS marketed the game as much as LBP as well.
Insane Metal
Member
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
test_account said:1.3 million shipped probably means that at least (or around) 1 million copies are sold to consumers. Not too bad in my opinion!
Maybe they mean sold to retailers, but i dont know if that changes anything though.
EDIT: I now see that thechristoph already mentioned the sold to retailers part
Remember that Sony used to actually count systems sitting in warehouses and still in the factories when reporting numbers.
Fenderputty
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BLaZiN PRopHeT said:
Ok buddy ... :lol
Son of Godzilla said:
Who made the stupid comment? At least mine was based off of an assumption that holds some water. I didn't just spout inflammatory shit our of my mouth like the person I was responding too.
BLaZiN PRopHeT
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Fenderputty said:
i dont get whats so funny but this is Gaf so whatever.
CrushDance
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Courtesy of bishoptl I suppose? :lol
I love LBP, I played it all the time back at home in Tokyo and I forgot my copy in my PS3. Luckily there was a Hollywood Video near my parent's home so I got a month rental pass and just got LBP because I couldn't live without it.
The only thing I dislike about LBP is the bad networking. It lags like a MOFO regardless of my location and my connection in Japan is fiber-optics like the one at my parent's place.
Please MM or Sony, fix the lag issues. I don't get how Burnout Paradise has NO LAG but contains 8 players, open world, and uses P2P.
Fix Lag and I will love LBP MORE! Oh, add more level packs...I beat the MGS level pack in less than an hour...
The only thing I dislike about LBP is the bad networking. It lags like a MOFO regardless of my location and my connection in Japan is fiber-optics like the one at my parent's place.
Please MM or Sony, fix the lag issues. I don't get how Burnout Paradise has NO LAG but contains 8 players, open world, and uses P2P.
Fix Lag and I will love LBP MORE! Oh, add more level packs...I beat the MGS level pack in less than an hour...
djblackice
Member
Zhuk said:
Can I post some of your stuff from N4G? I like your comments here better than the ones over there.
Flying_Phoenix
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Does this include bundle sales?
Pretty much. People forget that some games sell by legs while others sell on a 6 week basis. Not every game flops because it doesn't make the top 5, 10, or even 20 on the NPD. This is much like most Wii games. DDRHP, Z&W, RB, and BB didn't set the charts on fire at all during their first month of release however they eventually stayed at a consistent selling basis on the lower level of the charts to pull respectable numbers. I think people just, for some reason or another, want the game to fail because they are uncomfortable seeing the PS3 (a system defined as a software selling nightmare) pulled respectable numbers for this game. I see it similar to the same people who constantly claim that the Wii can't sell third parties and just stick their heads in the ground ignoring the contridicting events. "Let's ignore RE:UC, RB, GHIII, SatSR, RS, NMH, BB, and etc. and just jump on De Blob and Call of Duty." Same with the PS3 "Let's ignore MGS4, Uncharted, the at level selling multiplats and pick on this game instead."
I'm not saying that this game didn't perform what SONY intended. I mean it definately isn't the PS3's Wii Sports, Wii Fit, or even Wii Music. Though it has performed respectively and denying the evidence that it could have broken a million is just ludacrus.
test_account said:I think it was Soul Calibur 4:
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=30200
I dont know about Fallout 3 though.
Regarding the LBP numbers, the numbers we know for sure is:
USA: 356k (NPD) (215k in October and 141k in November)
UK: atleast 200k (ELSPA/Chart Track (i think so at least))
Japan: 71,873 (Famitsu) (based on 3 weeks of sales)
That is a total of 627,873.
These numbers does not include any numbers from the rest of Europe, not the numbers for the December NPD for USA, not the numbers for Canada, Australia and for the rest of the world. Little Big Planet has been out for about 2 months now. LBP hasnt exactly lighted up the sales charts in these territories as far as i know, but i would think that it is a relatively safe bet to say that something around 400k has been sold in the territories that i just mentioned since LBP was launched. That would make LBP sales somewhere around 1 million copies sold to consumers
Pretty much. People forget that some games sell by legs while others sell on a 6 week basis. Not every game flops because it doesn't make the top 5, 10, or even 20 on the NPD. This is much like most Wii games. DDRHP, Z&W, RB, and BB didn't set the charts on fire at all during their first month of release however they eventually stayed at a consistent selling basis on the lower level of the charts to pull respectable numbers. I think people just, for some reason or another, want the game to fail because they are uncomfortable seeing the PS3 (a system defined as a software selling nightmare) pulled respectable numbers for this game. I see it similar to the same people who constantly claim that the Wii can't sell third parties and just stick their heads in the ground ignoring the contridicting events. "Let's ignore RE:UC, RB, GHIII, SatSR, RS, NMH, BB, and etc. and just jump on De Blob and Call of Duty." Same with the PS3 "Let's ignore MGS4, Uncharted, the at level selling multiplats and pick on this game instead."
I'm not saying that this game didn't perform what SONY intended. I mean it definately isn't the PS3's Wii Sports, Wii Fit, or even Wii Music. Though it has performed respectively and denying the evidence that it could have broken a million is just ludacrus.
Fenderputty
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djblackice said:
I actually thought his blatant trolling over at N4G was better. It was more entertaining.
Did Westical get banned just for the ET comparison?
That's true. I forgot that it's been a good while since the game was out, so that does seem reasonable.
test_account said:I think it was Soul Calibur 4:
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=30200
I dont know about Fallout 3 though.
Regarding the LBP numbers, the numbers we know for sure is:
USA: 356k (NPD) (215k in October and 141k in November)
UK: atleast 200k (ELSPA/Chart Track (i think so at least))
Japan: 71,873 (Famitsu) (based on 3 weeks of sales)
That is a total of 627,873.
These numbers does not include any numbers from the rest of Europe, not the numbers for the December NPD for USA, not the numbers for Canada, Australia and for the rest of the world. Little Big Planet has been out for about 2 months now. LBP hasnt exactly lighted up the sales charts in these territories as far as i know, but i would think that it is a relatively safe bet to say that something around 400k has been sold in the territories that i just mentioned since LBP was launched. That would make LBP sales somewhere around 1 million copies sold to consumers
That's true. I forgot that it's been a good while since the game was out, so that does seem reasonable.
djblackice
Member
Fenderputty said:
Actually, I agree with you. Overe there he has no limits to an extent, here he has to be more careful.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Seriously, why was everyone expecting the game to hit millions so quickly? As long as it hits over 500,000 sold, that is good in my book for a niche, 2D platformer these days. Give it time and don't forget about price drops in the future. Then again, I don't know what it cost develop, but I would imagine that it didn't cost alot to make.
SaitoH said:
The hate and complaints are so minuscule compared to the general appreciation for the title. The amount of time spent dwelling/trolling the ridiculous minute really kills discussion. It's a problem that seems to have accelerated in the past month and bodes well for 2009 threads.
test_account said:Japan + US + UK is at 627,873 to be exact if i am not mistaken. I dont think we know any other numbers. The only updated numbers we have is from the UK. We are still missing the sales for December in the US, and all of Europe (except for the UK), Canada, Australia and in the rest of the world. I do agree that it might not have sold 700k in those territories by now, but around 400-500k, maybe?
But as you say, it is impossible to determaine for sure, so i am not saying that there arent many unsold LBP copies in the stores, but personally i think the sales of LBP will go at least "ok" in the near future, so i dont think that the retailers will end up with alot of unsold stocks of LBP, but time will tell
EDIT: Unfortunately i have no idea if retailers are running low on LBP stocks. I havnt checked too many stores myself, but i have seen LBP in stock in some store at least. That doesnt necessarily tells how it is on the bigger picture though :\
I think the important part for LBP is whether Sony is happy with the sales so far and will continue to support it in terms of bundles and additional content, and it seems things are looking pretty good for LBP, it's clear that LBP is very high quality product, and a highly acclaimed game critically with a lot of potential to grow.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
SaitoH said:
now sony fans truly know what it feels like to be a nintendo fan.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Looks like Westical got a kick in the testicle(s).
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Gaborn said:
Theres dozen of Gears of War 2 cases at the store i shop at.......... must be bomba.
test_account
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As Mojo already pointed out, i did mentioned the December numbers for the US as wellwomfalcs3 said:
I wonder how much Little Big Planet will sell in December in the US Ah ok, thanks for the info!TJ Spyke said:
I do think that LBP can have sold something around 1 million copies to consumer by now though I wrote alittle more detailed why i think so in these 2 posts:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14293577&postcount=73
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14293649&postcount=81
Ye, i agreeFlying_Phoenix said:
Oblivion said:
I think it should be interesting to see how Little Big Planet will contunie to sell. There were some rumors that LBP had sold 300k in the UK by now (see the latest PAL Charts thread here on NeoGaf), but we wont know if that is true or not until we get the ELSPA award numbers for January. We will probably get these numbers in about a month from now Fenderputty
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I wonder how many people bought the MGS4 package. For that matter, I wonder how many costumes have been sold as well.
Bearillusion
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Opiate said:
I have 2 Live silver accounts that I'm sure MS use in their PR.
Bearillusion
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theBishop said:
MM are a small team. Read the interview with them at IGN.
Salmonax said:
But according to the message boards, Sony's gonna sell off it gaming division in like two months, so the time for this paranoria and irritability to properly fester just isn't there. We need to accelerate it, like a virus. If I read it on a message board, it has to be true. Inside sources n stuff.