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so resistance has now sold 2 million
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Son of Godzilla
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Thunderbear said:
You are joking right? Just use your head.
InterMoniker
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Who ever drew this should have made Cramer look crazier like REAL LIFE hahahahmethane47 said:
Resistance sent to die?
test_account
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AniHawk said:
I was just thinking about the same thing. I cant think of any other games that have this high attach rate. Amazing stuff!
Souldriver
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What the fück.Chiggs said:
This thread was off to a good start, but goddamn, the ridiculous statements keep rolling in at high speed.
duketogo88 said:
What are you whining about? This thread was made to talk about Resistence numbers, and considering you have people coming here praising its sales, I would assume one would want to make sure they're accurate. Otherwise, why bother praising at all? WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD OF LIES?!
number1jagsfan
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Deserves all the sales it gets i my opinion. ****ing brilliant game.
Chiggs
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Souldriver said:
Perhaps you can enlighten me as to what's so ridiculous about that statement? On a software-starved machine like the PS3, which coincidentally, the Xbox also happened to be, Resistance is a game that seems to be maintaining a steady rate of sales, while also maintaining player interest (like Halo). I imagine once the PS3 userbase grows, Resistance will attract newer players because of its quality, and not get lost in the 2nd generation shuffle.
Now, if I had bandied the phrase "Halo-killer" about, I could understand your adverse reaction.
Zombie James
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Sent to die question mark?
LiveFromKyoto
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Madman said:
Sure, but nobody's going to be cribbing gameplay elements from Killswitch. Gears implemented the ideas much better anyway.
I thought retailers like Wal-Mart are not included in NPD numbers? So I am wondering how anyone can claim these numbers are low when no one actually knows the total number sold? I personally hate shopping at the Walmart but if you live were I live you have no choice. I could buy through the mail but I think my UPS Driver is a heroin addict and he always drops packages at the wrong door.
reilo said:
What spin? People are just questioning the veracity of that statement. It's made all the more irregular considering Sony actually used the word 'sold' this time.
Edit: By the way, when did Sony fans care about sales again? I thought it was all about 'playing' games?
Yep, that was the last we saw solid numbers for Resistance on GAF, and that gave it a tie ratio of roughly 50%.Roders5 said:
I certainly don't believe it has sold 2 million to consumers WW (it's likely to retailers), I'm just curious why js edited. It's also odd that neither BBC nor the Times reported the alleged 2 million units comment in their articles on the apology.
Oblivion said:
That is spinning...
Company announces 'x' amount of 'y' sold.
Fanboys say 'but we cannot trust those numbers... it cannot be THAT good...'
Basically, it's trying to discredit the source of the statement rather than try to judge the statement at face value.
AdmiralViscen
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ResistanceStation is the new Halobox.
Thunderbear said:
Japan (~120,000)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128989&highlight=Japan
Europe (~600,000)
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/insomniacshooter/news.html?sid=6172233
Now add those up. You're telling me Resistance: FoM has ~1.2 million in a region where the PS3 has only sold 1.4 million total? Like I said, use your heads.
U.S. (144,000 in January, the last time it showed up in the top ten for NPD)
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/insomniacshooter/news.html?sid=6166199
If somebody cares to add more U.S. figures to Resistance, be my guest, but I'm fairly sure the last we saw of the game, it had barely crossed 500,000.
There's a long history of Sony giving BS in PRs and especially when it comes to sales. Their benchmarks are nowhere near the tallied results we get from official trackers. There's a reason we're so goddamn hesitant to give any props to them at all.
reilo said:
And it's not like they want to find the truth or that the truth is of importance to them (ex. Resistance's sales won't change any Gaffer's life, it might make some cry them self in sleep but that's it).
It's all about hoping for a doom and gloom worst case scenario.
Would be nice if people could be happy if games did well and we got rid of those who want game to performe worse in sales than they should.
LiveFromKyoto said:
Did you even play the game? Let me refresh your memory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqUknTO8VCM
It's Killswitch with a chainsaw.
careksims said:
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Resistance:
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Teh kind of love that last forever
And I want chu to be wit me
From tonight until teh end of time
You should know
Everywhere I go
You're always on mah mind
In my heart
In my soulololol baby
You're teh meaning in mah life
You're teh inspiration
You bring feelingz to mah life
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Wanna have u near me
I wanna have you hear me say yeah
No one needs u more than I
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When u wuv gamebattle
till teh end of time
when u wuv gamebattle
always on mah mind
number1jagsfan said:
Havne't had much face time with the game as I'm not a PS3 owner but I'm impressed by what little I've played.
This is really a boost of confidence for Insomniac on many levels IMO. I feel they got unfairly dragged into a brawl with Gears Of War seeing as they were released at more or less the same time.
I've always said that history would look more favourably on Resistance than Gears Of War. Likely due to the online multi player, but it's one franchise I'd really like to see grow.
I think with the first game under their belt, the sequel next Xmas will be a monster for Insomniac.
sullyj said:
:lol I love the windows that fellow GAFFERS give us into their lives.
no sarcasm
Merovingian
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**** IT
I played through both Resistance and Gears back to back about a month ago, and Resistance provided the superior single player campaign BY FAR. I dug that Gears was trying to go for something different, but felt that it fell flat at more than a few points. Resistance, in contrast, was a more by-the-numbers experience, but an exceedingly solid one.
UntoldDreams
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Jammy said:
Those are not cumulative numbers. In fact its just for January according to the article on Software sales.
Where is the rest of the data supporting your statement? Showing a single month of data particularly when Resistance was a launch title does not automagically lead to the conclusion you are stating.
Merovingian
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Mejilan said:
You should've tried Co-op. That's what's GOW is all about. 1st time i played it, i played in Co-op. The bomb man, the bomb....
chriskzoo said:
while that definately is eye-opening, the thing that set gears apart wasn't so much the cover system or any other in-game engine mechanic. admittedly, none of that was truly groundbreaking, but what makes it "revolutionary" in my eyes is the seamless online co-op features. it may seem trivial, but it is definately something we all would like to see more of, devs have seen this and it looks like more are making plans for it i.e. halo 3, haze, who knows what else. all in all, while it may be minor from a technical standpoint, it's a significant gesture in terms of the overall gaming experience.
edit: beaten by a minute 3;
AdmiralViscen
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UntoldDreams said:
He already credited the game with 350k or so in sales for the previous two months.
Do a search on GAF and find the info yourself if you don't believe him.
Ghengis Cohen
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Sorry to jump in on this but CliffyB himself said that Gears was cribbing ideas from Kill.Switch.LiveFromKyoto said:
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