Latest UK Charts (w/e 18/04/09)

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Kiran wrote:
Rog wrote:Killzone 2 is such a flop. One million sold for a title so hyped up and it's already at 28 in our chart. Word of mouth hasn't done it any favours.

Do you think so?

Looking at it from another point of view, it's been on the chart for around 2 months since release, any other PS3 or 360 games released the same week that are still in the chart?

Surely he means in regards to how much it cost to initially develop it.

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Zellery wrote:
Kiran wrote:
Rog wrote:Killzone 2 is such a flop. One million sold for a title so hyped up and it's already at 28 in our chart. Word of mouth hasn't done it any favours.

Do you think so?

Looking at it from another point of view, it's been on the chart for around 2 months since release, any other PS3 or 360 games released the same week that are still in the chart?

Surely he means in regards to how much it cost to initially develop it.

That's how I read it.

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Kiran wrote:
Rog wrote:Killzone 2 is such a flop. One million sold for a title so hyped up and it's already at 28 in our chart. Word of mouth hasn't done it any favours.

Do you think so?

Looking at it from another point of view, it's been on the chart for around 2 months since release, any other PS3 or 360 games released the same week that are still in the chart?

More than 20 of the 27 games that sold more than it last week have been on the charts longer than it...its not good, put it that way.

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Zellery wrote:Surely he means in regards to how much it cost to initially develop it.

Maybe, but there is no formula that states revenue = development costs X a

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HSH28 wrote:More than 20 of the 27 games that sold more than it last week have been on the charts longer than it...its not good, put it that way.

Yes, but how many of those 20 are Wii, DS, bundles or discounted games? (I did originally say out of PS3 and 360 releases, Wii and DS is a different market).

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It's a financial flop, put it that way.

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Kiran wrote:
HSH28 wrote:More than 20 of the 27 games that sold more than it last week have been on the charts longer than it...its not good, put it that way.

Yes, but how many of those 20 are Wii, DS, bundles or discounted games? (I did originally say out of PS3 and 360 releases, Wii and DS is a different market).

Even if you limit it, its still something like 10 games that have been on the charts a whole hell of a lot longer selling more.

And I don't think counting the Wii and DS as a 'different market' makes much sense...I mean a different market in that they sell a lot more to more people...but they are all videogames.

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HSH28 wrote:
And I don't think counting the Wii and DS as a 'different market' makes much sense...I mean a different market in that they sell a lot more to more people...but they are all videogames.

Well, I do, and that's why I said it. Wii and DS have the biggest user base so it's more difficult to compare the relative success in the charts.

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Kiran wrote:
HSH28 wrote:
And I don't think counting the Wii and DS as a 'different market' makes much sense...I mean a different market in that they sell a lot more to more people...but they are all videogames.

Well, I do, and that's why I said it. Wii and DS have the biggest user base so it's more difficult to compare the relative success in the charts.

And you would have said the same thing about PS2 games last generation?

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Little Big Planet returns!

KZ2 surely has legs.

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DeadFish wrote:KZ2 surely has legs.

Well, it's certainly running away from a decent chart position.

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Any other game, & Killzone 2 would be classed as a solid success. But then most games don't cost €25 million.

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HSH28 wrote:And you would have said the same thing about PS2 games last generation?

Yes, if we were to compare GC and XBox sales performance to PS2 games. Best judge of a games relative success is probably how well it fares on the platform's individual chart.

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Eighthours wrote:
DeadFish wrote:KZ2 surely has legs.

Well, it's certainly running away from a decent chart position.

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I think Killzone 2 had got to 1.41 million sales as of last week, it will continue to sell with the hardware for a very long time and will make money through DLC as well. It will turn a profit I'm sure and the technology bonus to the rest of the first party devs is invaluable.

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SALES SHARE BY FORMAT (UNITS)                  SALES SHARE BY FORMAT (VALUE)
 1. Nintendo Wii          20.1%                 1. Xbox 360              23.9%
 2. Xbox 360              19.7%                 2. PlayStation 3         20.9%
 3. Nintendo DS           19.5%                 3. Nintendo Wii          19.0%
 4. PC                    17.3%                 4. PC                    16.6%
 5. PlayStation 3         16.7%                 5. Nintendo DS           15.2%
 6. PlayStation 2          3.3%                 6. PSP                    2.0%
 7. PSP                    3.2%                 7. PlayStation 2          1.8%
 8. Apple Mac              0.2%                 8. Apple Mac              0.5%
 9. Others                 0.0%                 9. Others                 0.0%

SOFTWARE SHARE BY COMPANY (UNITS)              SOFTWARE SHARE BY COMPANY (VALUE)
 1. Nintendo              13.6%                 1. Nintendo              14.9%
 2. Electronic Arts        9.4%                 2. Capcom                11.4%
 3. Ubisoft                9.2%                 3. Microsoft              9.6%
 4. Capcom                 7.9%                 4. Ubisoft                8.0%
 5. Sony                   6.8%                 5. Electronic Arts        7.8%
 6. Sega                   6.7%                 6. Sony                   7.6%
 7. Activision Blizzard    6.3%                 7. Activision Blizzard    6.4%
 8. Microsoft              5.6%                 8. Sega                   6.2%
 9. THQ                    4.2%                 9. THQ                    3.9%
10. Take 2                 3.8%                10. Symantec               3.7%

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Symantec

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Rik wrote:I think Killzone 2 had got to 1.41 million sales as of last week, it will continue to sell with the hardware for a very long time and will make money through DLC as well. It will turn a profit I'm sure and the technology bonus to the rest of the first party devs is invaluable.

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