brain_stew
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nli10 said:
As soon as I saw that price advertised I knew it was going to shoot up the charts. The only thing that was ever going to hold it back was how many Gamestation could stock.
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As soon as I saw that price advertised I knew it was going to shoot up the charts. The only thing that was ever going to hold it back was how many Gamestation could stock.
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Twix said:
I think somebody does what you just did every week.
AltogetherAndrews
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Agent Icebeezy said:
One day though, that's not a long time on the market. Typically a lot of the sales happen in the first days, but yeah... one day.
flipping_heck said:yep.. haha.. i was surprised when i went into work and Mario Party 8 got replaced by PGR4 i think
Yesterday some lady was complaining on the phone about why Mario Party wasn't in the half-price deal anymore and why Gamestation was still advertising the deal on TV.
Technically if they came into the store and asked about the deal when buying the game you could price down it for them...
Sage00 said:
99.9% on Fridays
only exception is special releases. And chart Counts only Friday And Sat sales - Sundays go to next weeks.
I agree with you. All the same pieces were in place: a dramatic TV ad, the November positioning, the TV show tied to it - and then none of it got pushed hard. The show was mentioned in one PR that I can find and there's little push now that the game is out. I understand that Microsoft wanted to broaden their message this year (last year is was all about Gears) but Mass Effect feels a bit swept under the rug.Agent Icebeezy said:
Opus Angelorum
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GhaleonEB said:
Sent to die along with PGR4.
Sage00 said:
You must be joking, Uncharted has had tonnes of advertising chucked at it, even on Channel 4, that and Ratchet were given a major marketing push by SCEE, to no avail it seems.
SMG is now in short supply, so next week will see it fall, only to see it hit number 1 the week after as stocks pile in, Mario and Sonic being at Number 1 is frankly scary, and Mario Party will stay high up til Christmas, sadly.
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Stop It said:
Is the Wii in China yet. I bet Mario and Sonic would sell there just for nationalistic pride.
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Twix said:truth has to be said
It's the truth, and it's also almost never been the harbinger of an upswing in sales the next week. The same thing happened with Ratchet and the next week it charted even lower. See Also: Mass Effect.
brain_stew
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Stop It said:
Why? Its widely cited as being the Wii's best minigame collection and it also feature's gaming's two most recogniseable mascot's. Good game + aimed at right demographic + reogniseable mascots + huge TV push was always going to be a recipe for success.
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GhaleonEB said:
Hope springs eternal.
Opus Angelorum
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GhaleonEB said:
Well NeoGAF does implore people to believe...
Visualante
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Homework for this week: Prepare a joke about Uncharted's position.
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LJ11 said:
Supposedly they had some stuff on the sci-fi channels.
BenjaminBirdie
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Agent Icebeezy said:
Yeah, they did a whole special on Sci Fi.
Psychotext
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To those that don't know... that's $90+ for a game.justjohn said:
After playing the first couple hours, I can see why. This game looks great and seems like it would be a crowd pleaser. However, I can see where the poor review scores are coming from as well. If every single assassination mission requires me to do the same tasks beforehand, it might get old quickly. Thank goodness for rentals.Loudninja said:
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Stop It said:
My homeland is so full of fail and Wii's right now! Fail and Wii's, Wii's and Fail! Oh and PS2's
read the fucking post. its not about advertising. 45 pounds is very expensive for a video game. most third party games cost £35 to £39. also if you take a look at most online retailers a cheaper uncharted is selling really well.Stop It said:
sony needs to take a serious look at their prices, i dont know if its the retailers forcing them to make those high prices or they're trying to be greedy, but its really not working.
Opus Angelorum
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justjohn said:
Indeed in-store is £45, online is £32.
Feral Youth
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ram said:
Fixed.
Frillen said:
Not surprising really, the ads they have of it are quite ridiculously cg heavy with like 3 seconds of gameplay.
All of these are interesting. Uncharted sells as well/bad as links crossbow training. Assassins creed on ps3 taking a huge drop (come on ps3 owners what are you buying!). Lastly it's nice to see mario still holding up well there, and pretty crappy showing for Mass effect thats one bid drop.
mr_bishiuk
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Magicpaint said:
Yer its only the 2nd most pushed game on the TV after SMG!!
frankie_baby
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deepbrown said:
2 days
BenjaminBirdie
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frankie_baby said:
Out of curiosity, has there ever been a title that charted better in its second week than its first in the UK? (Not several weeks after, where bundles could come into play, but the second week, after this infamous 2 days.)