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October's NPD results are in and a big winner is Uncharted 2, with 537,000 units sold.
But with exclusives like Wii Fit Plus in second (441,000) and Wii Sports Resort in fourth (314,000) Nintendo's Wii has regained dominance in the US, and shifted a meaty 506,900 units.
Last month's leader, Sony's PS3, finished as second best console (320,600), while Microsoft's Xbox 360 had to be content with third (249,700).
Borderlands proved to be a strong October seller in third (418,000), as did - predictably - NBA 2K10 (Xbox 360: 311,000 / PS3: 213,000), Halo 3: ODST (271,000) and Forza Motorsport 3 (175,000) - despite a late October launch.
DS game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is in ninth (169,000) and FIFA Soccer 10 drummed up surprising support (Xbox 360: 156,000) to finish 10th. Must be those college kids. Or David Beckham.
Elsewhere, PSP posted poor results (174,600) in the face of the PSPgo launch (1st October), and was easily trounced by Nintendo's DS (457,600). PS2, as old as the Earth itself, bottomed the pile (117,800).
October also represented a worrying start for Activision's DJ Hero campaign, as all four SKUs - PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 - combined to sell a measly 122,000 units.
Brutal Legend also missed out, but by a much slimmer margin (Xbox 360: 150,000 / PS3: 66,000).
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Unfortunately I didn't like Brutal Legend that much (to the extent that I sold it in without finishing), despite loving Psychonauts and the earlier Schafer games. It was funny but the gameplay, especially the stage battles, really didn't do much for me; so I can't say 'unfair!' at Brutal Legend's chart position as vehemently as I would have at Psychonauts if it were similarly placed...
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markymark22
13/11/09 @ 09:39
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The 360 sells a nice bit more multi format titles in the us. I'd love to know about the rest of the world cause i know here in ireland the ps3 seems to be running away with it at this time. Small country though. I assume the rest of europe is similar?
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markymark22
13/11/09 @ 09:39
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The 360 sells a nice bit more multi format titles in the us. I'd love to know about the rest of the world cause i know here in ireland the ps3 seems to be running away with it at this time. Small country though. I assume the rest of europe is similar?
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Ninja_Tino
13/11/09 @ 10:01
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I wish Brutal Legend was more of a Zelda clone, know what I mean? Poor Tim and co.
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RobotRocker
13/11/09 @ 10:42
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Everyone should remember that 216,000 sales overall isnt that bad and it has already eclipsed sales for Psychonauts in its first few months. And since 360 to PC porting is fairly straight forward, sales are decent and the RTS concept would do better on PC. I can see DF going ahead with a PC port.
/Psychonauts is £6 on GOG at the minute for the PC. Go get it or its turtle soup for everyone //Soup made of turtles ///TURTLES THAT YOU LOVE! |
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Doctor_What
13/11/09 @ 10:42
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EG: could you post the whole chart so we can see it in a glance please? The commentary is great, but sometimes I just want to see the numbers. Thanks!
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Ninja_Tino
13/11/09 @ 11:01
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xentar, don't feel too spoilt when you play the first one, or you'll be sorely disappointed. It's not a patch on its sequel (although don't get me wrong, it's still a fantastic game).
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@twoism
Brutal Legend isn't an adventure game, it's an rts. @ninja Yeah I had hoped more normal gameplay a la gta instead of the rts things. Also hoped on what more humor. @robotrocker Psychonauts would have been one of my favorite all time games if it hadn't been for the last level. Still the milkman conspiracy is my favorite level in a game. |
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makeamazing
13/11/09 @ 13:09
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Excellent of UC2... currently GOTY for me, after being disappointed by MW2, only AC2 can beat it... hope its good regardless :)
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@ TruWari3r
I see it more as an action adventure with RTS elements, but it is first and foremost an adventure game, much like TS' other titles, which is what SHOULD be giving it broad appeal, and yet it doesn't. Despite a lot of gamers being fans of rock music and Jack Black promoting it like crazy. But who knows, maybe most are waiting to pick it up during after-xmas sales. |
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muscleblade
13/11/09 @ 14:18
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Brutal Legend was a good game - not great. 7/10 from me.
Borderlands was better imo. |
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makeamazing
13/11/09 @ 19:46
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@ronuds, yes but the game has done 1.4 million copies in a matter of weeks, so its not just the 500k figure, which is still very nice. UC2 is going to get to 2 million no problem.
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makeamazing
13/11/09 @ 22:55
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Guess i wasnt clear, what i meant was its going to do 2m very soon...the original had been out quite a while...
That's decent, but compare that to the highest selling games this generation and it pales in comparison. Well if we look at the highest selling games of this generation, the majority of them are Wii games, so I'm not sure of the comparison :). If we look at other games, yes that maybe the case forsome top selling games, anything over 1.5 million is considered pretty good these days... , but are you saying that its a failure because it doesnt match something like MW2 or GTA etc etc? Selling over 2m would suggest commercial success and its pretty much had critical success. I tip it to be a close call between this and MW2 to be game of the year (imho MW2 doesnt deserve it, but others might disagree).
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man.the.king
16/11/09 @ 04:15
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@makeamazing
"...after being disappointed by MW2..." I was a bit disappointed by MW2 as well, although I think the real reason for this was that I was kinda spoilt by the superlative experience afforded by Uncharted 2 (imo one of the best and most entertaining games of this generation), and for me, the experience of playing MW2 (both SP & MP) paled in comparison with that of Uncharted 2 (SP & MP). |
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