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NPD Fallout: Uncharted Fails to Chart

Missing from the NPD November sales charts is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, which only managed 117,000 sales. To be fair, Uncharted did have a better first-month than Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (74,500 units), Warhawk (58,600 units) and Lair (46,500 units), but still fell behind Heavenly Sword's debut sales (139,000 units) in September.
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The Dude - 733 days 22 hours ago
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More bubbles for Jason
0.2 Potty Scotty | 733 days 18 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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sak500 - 733 days 16 hours ago
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Bubbles up for jason and all bubbling up jason
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Cusco - 734 days 12 hours ago
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Ah no worries. It didn't have that much advertisement at the time, now there's many commercials and it's on many people's "to buy" list. Only a matter of time before sales pick up :)
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v1c1ous - 734 days 12 hours ago
2 - i've said it before and i'll say it again
if a semi-decent game like lost planet can get a million sales while the 360 had low numbers, why couldn't a game with such hype like uncharted?

come on ps3 owners, START BUYING THEM GAMES!
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wangdiddy82 - 734 days 12 hours ago
3 - i have no clue why some people buy a ps3 if there not going to buy some of the best
games ever made.. And uncharted and ratchet are two amazing games.. I swear ps3 owners need to start buying more games or devs are going to stop making games for the system..
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wageslave - 733 days 20 hours ago
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Huh? People who own a PS3 dont buy Some of the Best Games Ever Made because, uhm, they wont play on the PS3.

You know that dont you? If you put a Wii or Xbox 360 game in the PS3 it wont work. THAT is why they arent buying those Best Games Ever Made.

Get it? Dont be obtuse pal, we all know what the metacritic scores are for PS3 exclusives, clearly "The Best Games" arent AVAILABLE on the PS3.

Stop being ridiculous.
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paracardium - 734 days 12 hours ago
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I really enjoy this game.. I don't consider this game a flop by any means. Xbots sure like to come over here a spew gossip like old women.
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Bonsai1214 - 734 days 12 hours ago
5 - this is an incredible shame
considering that Uncharted is one of the best titles of the year. i have no doubt that it'll eventually sell 1 million, but it is an incredible oddity that the ps3's attach rate is so low.

it easily trumps almost every other title released this year in terms of enjoyment and technology
5.1 Clinton514 | 734 days 12 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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The_Engineer - 734 days ago
5.2 - I own 36
Ps3 games and counting, Sony and those who dev for it have nothing to worry about.

so what other 360 title is mass effect competing with?? NONE

Uncharted has Heavenly Sword, Ratchet, Warhawk, FIFA08(looks and plays best on the 3),Unreal,COd4,etc.
UNcharteds numbers are @ half a million worldwide and they will go up,, there is no doubt about that.
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wageslave - 733 days 19 hours ago
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"Uncharted is one of the best titles of the year."

Maybe *your* favorite game, or more accuratley one of the best Exclusive titles for PS3 this year.

It is only one of the best if you consider your group of "Best" to include a dozen games.

Here ya go, go and see how Uncharted stacks up against what is "The Best" of the year:

http://www.metacritic.com/g...
1 Orange Box, The 2007 96
2 BioShock 2007 96
3 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007 94
6 Halo 3 2007 94
7 Rock Band 2007 93
8 Guitar Hero II 2007 92
9 Mass Effect 2007 91
11 Forza Motorsport 2 2007 90
13 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 2007 89
16 Virtua Fighter 5 2007 89

http://www.metacritic.com/g...
1 Super Mario Galaxy 2007 97
4 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 2007 90

http://www.metacritic.com/g...
1 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007 94
2 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The 2007 93
3 Rock Band 2007 92
4 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction 2007 89
5 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 2007 89

Now, tell us again that Uncharted should be in a Best of 2007 Games list? No, I dont think so.
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ElementX - 734 days 11 hours ago
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I dunno, but I crack up every time I see your posts posts posts posts posts posts posts posts posts posts
6.2 Big Jim | 734 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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PS3n360 - 734 days 8 hours ago
6.3 - haha
Unwanted: Drake's Foreskin. Funny but seriously this game is kick ass. kudos for originality though.
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Skerj - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Sony dropped the ball in advertising for this game, I only saw a brief gameplay snip in the onyx montage commercials. I know the commercial aired SOMEWHERE but to this day I still haven't seen it on TV.
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ThaGeNeCySt - 734 days 11 hours ago
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I've seen a strictly Uncharted commercial a few times... but i agree the game wasn't advertised enough and it pains me because Uncharted is THE PS3 game I wanted to succeed the most...
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FreedomReign - 734 days 11 hours ago
7.2 - In Canada
Uncharted is all over G4, and Spike TV, has been for well over a month. I've also seen the Uncharted commercials on all the network stations.

Then again, our cable providers are in a perpetual state of monopoly, and they in large part control the commercial programming.

This may explain why Sony is doing so much better in Canada then the States. Virtual deadheat in November.
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Skerj - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Ahh ok, I don't watch G4 anymore nor have I ever really watched SpikeTV. I guess that's why I haven't seen it. I figured it would have played on Adult Swim or Comedy Central by now.
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FPS nut - 734 days 11 hours ago
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What a shame.
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Lex Luthor - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Now we know why it was called Uncharted.

Anyway, dismal sales for the game sony fanboys hyped as a system seller(LMAO)and bashed 360 for to no end. As expected when the game finally came out they were too broke to buy the game.

I could of sworn uncharted was meant to sell consoles, silly me. Especially after all the adverts.

Edit: @ Clit-ton, please don't cry, you only have yourselves to blame.

Another flop to sonys list.
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toughNAME - 734 days 11 hours ago
9.2 - Clinton
You don't have any right to call anyone a sheep

I mean look at your posts in this thread alone

why are you so vigorously defending Uncharted?

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It's just a game man, whether it flops or not it has no effect on your life
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razer - 734 days 11 hours ago
10 - Shame..
After seeing a Uncharted commercial every 15 minutes on some stations.. It's not like they didn't advertise.. Got the new EGM and it had a 3 page fold-out ad for the game right on the first page.. Halo 3 didn't even do that..

The game is GREAT and it deserves better sales.. Maybe the next one should be multiplatform so these hard working dev's can get a return on their investment? Of course this will get disagree's, but how sad it is for these devs when they have families to feed and not breaking even on their games. You know what happens to studios when they don't make profitable games?? Ask FASA.

Filet B3yond!
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xplosneer - 733 days 16 hours ago
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Big Shame, very great game. Unfortunately it was Uncharted, literally.
But it will probably not go multiplatform, because Naughty Dog is either Sony owned or very close to Sony(and insomniac, which is also close to Sony).

You know what? I call for a mass price reduction in games to $50. I mean Xbox games are on DVD and Wii games are on DVD yet Xbox games are $10 higher. I wish it would go back to PS2 prices cause I would buy a lot more games(By the way, I already own 10 for my PS3, and about 30 for my PS2, but it doesn't make it any difference. Oh, I own Uncharted and R&C too)
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Meus Renaissance - 734 days 11 hours ago
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When it comes to buying games, evidently most PS3 owners are complete twats. They probably play that duck game all day long.

And to the children above hating and mocking this game; shame on you. You're not gamers but just a bunch of fanboys with salt up their anus.
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razer - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Salt up their anus!!

You are right, this game deserves credit and not to be mocked. We have enough "shovelware" we should be celebrating the devs that put the time and effort into making great cinematic games.. Leave the mocking to the "Vampire Rains" and "Medal of Honors" of the industry.
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Covenant - 734 days 11 hours ago
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"Salt in the anus..."

Or sand in their vaginas...to quote from South Park. :)

Seriously, I agree with both of you: Why isn't this selling? After suffering through months of bad ports and half-@ssed efforts, PS3 owners finally get a couple of great, AAA games...and then, they don't sell. WTF?
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sheng long - 734 days 11 hours ago
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I did my part and purchased the game. not much more i can do since i can't really afford to purchase more than 1 copy.
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Lex Luthor - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Didn't Crazzyman say Mass Effect was a flop?
Foot say hello to mouth.
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jcgamer - 734 days 11 hours ago
13.1 - @Lex Luthor
YES, he did...where IS Crazzy Man?...*chirps* *crickets*...lol

EDIT: And that disagree is probably him! I knew you would show up! In some form...lol...and if it isn't him, what? Leave some feedback...you scared?
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skagrerrrr - 734 days 11 hours ago
14 - C'mon guys
support gaming, buy those games
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eagle21 - 734 days 11 hours ago
15 - Nov. 19 debut, this game is not 1 month old. I smell xbox bias.
come back after xmas..it's the best game out. Assassins and COD4 were top choice on PS3 that week. Ratchet (Oct. 23) is 500k and Uncharted (Nov. 19 and Dec. 7) is close to 400k worldwide and waiting for EU launch numbers. Warhawk is a download. And all will cross 1 million.
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The Round Peg - 734 days 11 hours ago
15.1 - That's not an excuse for not hitting the charts
A lot of games on the NPD November chart are not one month old.

Assassin's Creed. Super Mario Galaxy. Mass Effect. Etc. They all launched in the middle of the months. Most games that hit the charts launch in the middle of the month. But they still hit the charts. Assassin's Creed Xbox 360 version hits the chart INDIVIDUALLY.
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Xbox is the BEST - 734 days 10 hours ago
15.2 - Eagle21
Warhawk is at 310K no way in hell is it going to reach 1 million this year. If you have Warhawk pull up the stats
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Covenant - 734 days 11 hours ago
16 - From a 360 fan (but not a fanboy):
That's a damn shame...PS3 owners, BUY THIS GAME!

I finally got to play it, and it was one of the better gaming experiences I've had this year. Other than some minor camera issues, it's a quality gaming experience, and should be doing better.

First Ratchet, and now this...can anyone give me a valid reason why it's not selling? Maybe the boost in PS3 sales will help it in December and after Christmas.

If not, well...Naughty Dog could always port it to the 360... :) (A fella can hope, can't he?)

EDIT: Whoever gave me bubble #10: Thanks.
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ThaGeNeCySt - 734 days 11 hours ago
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that was me

RETURN THE LOVE PLEASE!!! :)
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Covenant - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Done. Thanks again.
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toughNAME - 734 days 11 hours ago
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nasim/shmee/tanod do you have multiple personality disorder or something?
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jcgamer - 734 days 10 hours ago
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LOL...Uncharted is selling at respectable numbers though...I don't want to quote Vgchartz because they messed up Mass Effect's numbers so much...
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Relcom - 734 days 11 hours ago
18 - Uncharted is a great game
So if some people didn't buy this its there loss, simply as that. This game is not graded on sales, its graded on how good it is and it is 90%+ game. Go ahead and let the corporations call it a failure because of sales, but GAMERS should praise this game.
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wageslave - 733 days 19 hours ago
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You're wrong. It's not a "90%+ game". It is a 8.9 / 10 game. no more. No less.

That is the metacritic score. Maybe _you_ like it, but opinions are like arseholes and all that.

The opinion of the industry is 8.9 / 10. Pretty good, but not amoung the best of the year really...
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Rice - 734 days 11 hours ago
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i dont carre about the sales, im still buying this game.
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Covenant - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Isn't that what it's supposed to be about? The GAMES.

One of my favorite games for the original Xbox, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, barely sold...but it ranks as one of my favorite games of all-time.

If the game appeals to you, buy it.
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Raptors - 734 days 11 hours ago
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Its actually sad that the game didn't do well. I haven't played it but I saw someone else playing and its beautiful. But this brings up the question, are people buying the ps3 for movies or games?
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theriongod - 734 days 8 hours ago
20.2 - you need grammer training
How can anyone take you seriously whenever you cannot even check your grammer??? I do not know. Seriously, You make a valid beef, but, check your grammer. You sound like an illeducated trailer park hick.
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BIGBAER - 734 days 7 hours ago
20.3 - Theriongod, "illeducated" is not a word....
It is two words: "ill" and "educated."

A hyphenated version would be acceptable in your usage: ill-educated. Combining the two into a single word--without use of a hyphen, is not acceptable however.

Also, "grammer" is spelled g-r-a-m-m-a-r (grammar).

And, don't let your bigotry show by assuming people who live in trailer parks are uneducated. It's a bad and incorrect cliche.
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