frankie_baby
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not surprising, seems pretty much no shops were actually selling it
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PAL Charts - Week 13, 2013
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not surprising, seems pretty much no shops were actually selling it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2013/apr/02/games-xbox
Missing 3% from LEs (UKIE only give top 4 SKU %), so these should be slightly higher.
Bioshock Infinite;
X360 (64%) ~83k
PS3 (28%) ~36k
PC (5%) ~6.5k
Missing 3% from LEs (UKIE only give top 4 SKU %), so these should be slightly higher.
Bioshock Infinite;
X360 (64%) ~83k
PS3 (28%) ~36k
PC (5%) ~6.5k
I am not that shocked but at the same time isnt this game virtually impossible to find @ retail?
frankie_baby
Member
i was in town last week, neither game or hmv had it
feint_ruled
Member
Don't think the Vita version is particularly easy to find at retail either, but it's been a steady ~10% since launch. Very sad to see such effort by Criterion wasted.
Miles Quaritch
Member
You're right. Still, not bad overall for both BS2 and Infinite.
AHA-Lambda
Member
This, got mine on Steam when prior I was a day one console buyer for Bioshock 1 & 2.
Red Chocobo
Banned
How depressing.
Here you go, Sony. I made Sly 4 look more appealing to the public. Now re-release it like this and you'll sell millions.
Here you go, Sony. I made Sly 4 look more appealing to the public. Now re-release it like this and you'll sell millions.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Replace the word soldiers with zombies and you've just added a few more million 
How depressing.
Here you go, Sony. I made Sly 4 look more appealing to the public. Now re-release it like this and you'll sell millions.
It sold pretty good in NA so edit your boxart to have PEGI 18 instead of the ESRB!
frankie_baby
Member
hardcore buyers would yeah, but need for speed sells a tonne to casual buyers, if they dont see it they wont buy it
How much of a "casual audience" does the Wii U even have? Can't be all that big in the UK.
frankie_baby
Member
i'd imagine its not very big but it probably represents a noticable percentage at least, on the plus side seems need for speed has done decent (position wise at least) on the eshop chart
Patrick Bateman
Member
Nope it wasn't in stock at Amazon or Shopto for most of last week either. Not in Game, HMV or the local supermarkets. I did try and buy it, honest guv!
Now having got the disagreement part out of the way, I don't find this particularly reassuring in the way some seem to. It's not that I don't believe it would have sold much better had it been available. That is fairly self evident*. The fact most retailers either didn't bother stocking it or assumed very few copies would be enough is worrying.
* Accepting of course that the plural of anecdote is data..
The Vita was released a few weeks ago for Persona 4 Golden to chart and since then was promptly pulled from all stores.
velvet_nitemare
Member
Why would it be a noticeable percentage?
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
I bought the last copy of Monster Hunter 3DS in my local GAME earlier. I know it was the last one, because the sales guy had to hunt around for it (even though I'd phoned ahead) and seemed determined to repeatedly tell me it was DEFINITELY THE LAST COPY.. as well as this particular gem:
"All games in the UK are now sold on the basis of pre-orders, so we won't be getting any more copies in either."
Too many fails to unravel, but this is GAME we're talking about here. Was on my lunch break and felt scummy being in there anyway, so no time to stand around pointing/laughing. UK games retail is on a fast track to nowhere.
"All games in the UK are now sold on the basis of pre-orders, so we won't be getting any more copies in either."
Too many fails to unravel, but this is GAME we're talking about here. Was on my lunch break and felt scummy being in there anyway, so no time to stand around pointing/laughing. UK games retail is on a fast track to nowhere.
Wrestlemania
Banned
Amazon not having stock is exactly why I bought the eShop version.
How did it do in NA? I thought it did under 100K on PS3 and that was at 39.99.
CaptainTiptop
Member
The only retail release on Vita last week was Sly Cooper, which is also a cross-buy title.
frankie_baby
Member
i doubt its over 150k yet
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
I think Bioshock Infinite needs to do a good bit better than Bioshock 2 to really be considered a success considering how long it was in development for.
Hopefully this isn't a sign that will do about the same.
Hopefully this isn't a sign that will do about the same.
Baconsammy
Banned
In a world where even kids coming in last place get a trophy, yay!
The new Laguna?
shinra-bansho
Member
Oh, new concrete numbers. Post redacted.
Bony Manifesto
Member
Yeah, it's as good a debut as you can reasonably expect from a Wii U game. Unfortunate that it was upstaged by Luigi's Mansion 2, which I don't think anyone thought would do quite so well - not least of all Nintendo, who don't seem to have promoted it at all.
I didn't even know the game was out already.
grimshawish
Banned
...am not sure about this at all.
shinra-bansho
Member
On further inspection my extrapolations quite a bit off, given we have new numbers based on Bioshock.
If Bioshock PC is 6.5K, FIFA 360 can't be more than 11K and is probably less than that. Still not that bad for Lego City all things considered.
Baconsammy
Banned
Not bad only applies if it sits at that number for weeks. If it pulls a Monster Hunter and puts up shitty numbers for one week and then tumbles off the chart, then yeah that's bad. Even with all things considered.
Can't wait to see next gen FIFA.
Bony Manifesto
Member
Well, that's just my perception of it. Although I'm fully aware that I'm not in the demographic for that game, so they may well have focused their promotion elsewhere. Still, I didn't even realise the game was out until today!
That's splitting hairs really. Number 8 in the charts is impressive, no matter what the precise figure is.
French chart is up, with MH3U 3DS at no. 4.
http://www.sell.fr/top
Also, in the Danish chart, MH Wii U is no. 13, and 3DS is no. 19. Curious. http://www.gfkhitlist.com/game.aspx
http://www.sell.fr/top
Also, in the Danish chart, MH Wii U is no. 13, and 3DS is no. 19. Curious. http://www.gfkhitlist.com/game.aspx
is Lego not counted in these french charts? I mean not in the TOP3 of WiiU games in France is strange
Patrick Bateman
Member
Nice!
Germany
1.Luigi's Mansion 2 - 3DS (NEU)
2.BioShock: Infinite - PS3 (NEU)
3.BioShock: Infinite - PC (NEU)
4.BioShock: Infinite - Xbox 360 (NEU)
5.SimCity - PC (2)
6.StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm - PC (3)
7.Tomb Raider - PS3 (4)
8.Lego City Undercover - Limited Edition - Wii U (NEU)
9.Die Sims 3: Wildes Studentenleben - PC (10)
10.New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS (12)
Wow at Luigi! Outselling Bioshock.
Sim City still holding up. EA is doing a lot of marketing right now. TV spot is pretty funny. Wii U back in the charts. Monster Hunter gone.
Fun Facts: Army of Two is on #55 PS3 and on #89 360.
But the predecessors weren't released here because of the USK, so nobody knows that franchise.
Gears of War:Judgement down to #20.
1.Luigi's Mansion 2 - 3DS (NEU)
2.BioShock: Infinite - PS3 (NEU)
3.BioShock: Infinite - PC (NEU)
4.BioShock: Infinite - Xbox 360 (NEU)
5.SimCity - PC (2)
6.StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm - PC (3)
7.Tomb Raider - PS3 (4)
8.Lego City Undercover - Limited Edition - Wii U (NEU)
9.Die Sims 3: Wildes Studentenleben - PC (10)
10.New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS (12)
Wow at Luigi! Outselling Bioshock.
Sim City still holding up. EA is doing a lot of marketing right now. TV spot is pretty funny. Wii U back in the charts. Monster Hunter gone.
Fun Facts: Army of Two is on #55 PS3 and on #89 360.
But the predecessors weren't released here because of the USK, so nobody knows that franchise.
Gears of War:Judgement down to #20.
Luigi...higher than Bioshock?!?
mg:What about MH? Probably it's out of top 10 due to many brand new releases, it should be just out of it, no?
Bruno MB
Member
Thanks, I can't find the console sales charts in gamona, did they stop posting them?
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Great news for BShock.
GOW:A is dropping like a meteor
For once we can agree on something Crusty
GOW:A is dropping like a meteor
For once we can agree on something Crusty
grimshawish
Banned
Luigi...higher than Bioshock?!?
What about MH? Probably it's out of top 10 due to many brand new releases, it should be just out of it, no?
Someone should really make a new threas. Bad for Bio and am bored of the '3ds isn't doing well in Europe' malark.
They release it tomorow, I think.