ModNation Racers First Week Sales Are 'Very Low'

PS3Hype writes: 'ModNation Racers, in my opinion a brilliant game, it does unfortunately not so well in Europe. Not all people see the game as the Mario Kart on the PlayStation 3. In ModNation Racers you can create your own race tracks, and you can share those with friends or people all around the world.'

[darkequitus]

Maybe because because it was release around the same time as S/S and Blur. It does not mean it won't pick up later. Not all games start fast out of the blocks.

[Yi-Long]

... but no way I'm paying 60 euro for it! Especially not if they're also going to release paid DLC for it (not sure if they are, but considering LBP and many other titles, they probably will)

I'll wait till it drops to about 20 bucks orso.

[zootang]

@Don
Life must be difficult with one console

[Heartnet]

On Love Film you can buy it for £17...

[talltony]

off gohastings. Too good of deal to pass up!

[sikbeta]

@Don

Sorry but, WTF are you talking about? comparing sales of AW with MNR, 2 totally different games, for 2 different consoles

Poorly executed?

At least Explain Why...

Oh I get it, just trolling... and don't Worry about Sony, they know how to do their Job by themselves...

[The Wood]

the free stuff outweighs the 1 available dlc by an infinite amount. Show me 1 game this gen where you have more than 50 tracks on the first day......The campaign actually has a story and its got 4 player offline split or 2 split online. It downloads tracks in seconds to play (once the loadings done) Ive definitely paid more for less this gen...Nothing wrong with waiting for the p to drop but this game is definitely worth it

[nycredude]

Yeah I got it from Go Hasting for $40 and it just shipped!! Woohoo! I wonder if I could a make a track that goes upside down.

[Anon1974]

Some Dutch guy's take on incomplete vgchartz numbers? This is vgchartz. Their PS3 numbers have been wrong by almost a million for 6 months now. In what world are we critiquing weekly sales figures of anything off this site? And the guy's point? "This is a good game which is fun an people should buy it."

Wtf? How did this get approved?

[lovestospoodge]

you joined N4G and wrote 6 fanboy comments in the same span of ten minutes? jesus christ

[Biggest]

The paid DLC in LBP is usually something that doesn't change your game experience. The 2 DLC packs since LBP'S release that mattered did cost though.

[KiRBY3000]

and they say N4G is full of PS3 fanboys...

[Ult iMate]

I think, you're missing the whole point of PlayCreateShare ideology. You'll get a million additional tracks to race in about a year. For $60. What else do you want from an arcade racing game??

[thor]

Why the hell aren't you treating this as a full game? Why wouldn't you pay full price?

Did you pay full price for God of War 3?
Did you pay full price for Alan Wake?

So many games come with an 8-hour campaign mode and that's it! Why is it that people complain about LBP and MNR as though they should cost less? They offer MORE than your average game. I paid full price for CTR when it came out, because it was a full game well worth my money. So is MNR.

[klado]

EXACTLY...

And we have a winner...bunch of ignorant whoever nay say this.

[Yi-Long]

... when 'seconds' after they are released, there's DLC out that costs EXTRA.

That just means we're basically getting an incomplete game, with some games being more obvious and guilty than others.

No, I didn't pay full price for GOD3. No I didn't pay full price for Alan Wake. No I won't be paying full price for Fable 3, Super SF4, and I won't buy a game full price which has or will be DLC-milking.

Fable 2? I waited for the cheap GOTY edition. Fallout 3? Same thing. Gears of War 2? Ditto. Forza 3? Still waiting.

These are games that I would have bought full price when they were released, IF they had just announced that all coming DLC would be FREE. I would have spend 50-60 bucks on it.

Knowing there will be DLC coming that costs me money, I will just wait till it hits the bargain-bin, and buy other games instead.

I haven't bought ANY DLC (except actual GREAT DLC which really adds something, like the GTA4 chapters, although I just bought those on disc), and I will never ever support DLC-practices.

I buy a game for max. 50-60 euro, and that should be it.

[Monkey521]

I would hardly call MNR incomplete because they have paid add-on at the launch. It's only a costume and a car mod. O, and it costs $1.75 OMG THAT IS SO EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways, you don't have to buy those costumes/car mods to make the game complete, they are "extra feature" thus called *ADD-ONS*.

[Yi-Long]

... It's the principle that counts. If the DLC is ready at the time of release of the game, and they ask money for it, it's DLC milking.

I'm NOT going to support that DLC, and it also means I won;t be buying such games full price.

You guys can do whatever you like. I'm not going to support it.

It's indeed very little money, but I can also use that money, put it together with the money I save from not buying simular DLC-scams, to get another game from the bargain-bin.

[GodsHand]

$1.75 for the add-on. That's just the begining. Look at Little Big Planet, they have maybe over $40 worth of add-ons. It adds up. If you bought the game for $60, now it just became a $100 game with add-ons. They don't all add new modes or gameplay features, all it was is a new costume. Some of it may be worth it to some, and not to others. I personaly pay for some add-on content.

[coolcut135]

@ Yi Long
the game is worth it. stop crying. does any game give u a million tracks and hundreds of car mods for $60. stop cryin and realize a good deal when u see it

[The Wood]

i understand your sentiment about release day dlc at a cost (makes me sick to my stomach that people fall for it) but i think you're being a bit 'wrong n strong' here. United front have allowed us to create and share an infinite amount of tracks and mods yet all you've focused on is the one cart and avatar....If thats milking then you may as well give up gaming this gen because as i said above the free far outweighs the cost ESPECIALLY since that same dlc could probably and already has been recreated JUST like the kratos, nathan drake, sackboy etc. I think you're being too harsh.. Dont miss out because of this

[sikbeta]

What a Shame, Game looks like Great FUN, I didn't pick it up yet, but I'll do it ASAP...

[APOFISBORICUA]

IT IT GREAT FUN. Anyways at first I was kind of skeptical about this game based on some reviews that really exagerated the load times. I picked it and it is just amazing. The control is the only complaint I have as it is kind of loose but a few races will get you controlling it like a pro. The game deserves full price purchase...you ignorant fools tell me. Wich game let you use thousands of characters with thousands of karts to race on thousands of tracks ( some even better than the ones included on the game) and let you create thousands more? GT5?? Forza?? Split Second?? Blur?? I wish you understand the value of this kind of games. The same endless replay value that anyone who have LBP knows and dont regret paying full price. Its kind of funny that some of you are willing to pay full price for short games like New Super Mario Bros Wii but are not willing to enjoy endless multiplayer fun with games like LBP and this. GAMERS TODAY!!!LOL!!

PEACE AND GAMING!!

[vhero]

As great as it is yet again its fallen to no advertising in the UK.. I have seen zero adverts on the TV or anything for the game. This is the difference between Sony exclusives and MS exclusives. MS will pump millions into advertising.. The problem is of course it's upto Sony to help the devs out with this as the devs are only small and cannot afford that kind of marketing. MS want to get ahead and pay millions for it where as Sony act smug and think.. We are gonna win in the end so why spend a crap load of money to get there?

[SOAD]

I live in the states and I've seen plenty of commercials of MNR, especially during the Eastern and Western Conference finals of the NBA on TNT. And those commercials must have cost Sony a lot of money, and there's a large amount of people watching these games, so Sony is definitely supporting MNR in some regions more than others.

[Wrathman]

MNR is a very casual game.this should be looked at as a warning shot to sony.who are trying and wanting to target the casual market with MOVE at the end of this year.it just proves that the system itself is not geared to the casual market.and frankly how could it be at such a high price.

worrying times for MOVE. safe to say MNR would have sold a ton of copies if it was on wii.

its also worth noting that this site also quotes vgchartz.

[avengers1978]

A high price witch is the same as the 360, oh wrathman why do you fail so much.

[N4BmpS]

He does it to get under people skin, he's like a cyber rash or tick that you want to get rid of but can't, cuz this site allows one bubble. He has no idea what he's talking about, if this title was on the Wii, there would be no guarantee that it would sell well considering it's made by a 3rd party dev and 3rd party's such as "United Front" might not do well as say Mario Kart.

Considering that he overlooked the fact that Natal is aiming hard at the casual market speaks in volumes in terms of how ignorant he is. Actually if you look at the build of hype for this game you could tell that it would have low first week sales(unfortunately), not every new IP is going to be an Assassins Creed. So that's my theory of why he fails so much(he's stupid).

[DigitalRaptor]

yeah, this is such a casual game, just like LBP is... -.-

Nice try, but all I see you doing is trying to make an assumption out of nothing. And then bringing in PS Move, just because you want it to fail. How is ModNation racers a casual game when it will have such a hardcore community like LBP, creating amazing tracks, mods etc?

[Tapewurm]

Lotta folks were lined up for the midnight launch of this title at my local Gamestop.....game is well worth the money......very addictive to say the least.....the gameplay and handling are amazing and actually take skill ....races aren't easy to win just by pressing a button and stearing.....strategy and actual thinking come into play here...very fun game...and the tools used to let u create stuff are amazing.....first game of this type that I actually like and will be playing pretty regular. Doubters don't doubt :)

[ProjectVulcan]

I completely agree. Little Big Planet is very much a similar user content driven experience. These games get better over time, much much better. Which is why i suppose LBP sales were villified as 'poor' and a 'flop' when it launched.

http://gaming.hexus.net/con...

To date, it has sold over 3 million copies.

http://uk.gamespot.com/news...

First weeks sales on PS3 are never a reliable guide to the potential success of a game, because word of mouth spreads. PS3 enjoys these slow burning sales that can be deceptive to the masses that seem to jump on the hype wagons of other games on other platforms, often only to be disappointed and sales abruptly drop.

Have i personally bought this game yet? No. Too early. Will i pick it up when the price drops, and quality user content flow freely? Absolutely...

[avengers1978]

If I remeber correctly LBP didn't sell very well in the beging either but as more and more people heard about it there sales kept increasing and today LBP has sold great. I think the same will happen with MNR. I picked it up and it's great fun, and there is already a ton of user created content.

[OwNizzleD]

I agree with that. I already got a couple of my friends to pick it up and they love it too. I think word of mouth will sell a lot of copies.

[ceedubya9]

Every game isn't going to start out hot out of the gates. Not to mention the game came out in month of numerous heavy hitters. I think that this game will sell slowly over time, but still sell nonetheless.

[NewZealander]

ill wait till its in the bargain bin, im not saying its a bad game, but im not paying full price for a kart racer, too many other big games around demanding my cash at the moment.

[Christopher]

Does that mean that Alan Wake's sales of 80k was also 'very low'?

Honestly, how about we give the games some time to actually walk before we start booing them?

[chitownzown]

When did this game release? if I'm not mistaken it released on the 24th right. so after one day the sales are lackluster???

[Ilikegames76]

are 7 days in a week. Didn't this game just released on the 25th of May? It's just 2 days right now. In Asia, the game won't be released until a month later.

[Cevapi88]

is it just me or am i the only one having connection issues with the game...at times it will just disconnect from the server and joining friends fails numerous times...i just want to know if anyone else is having these issues...the game is great overall and making tracks will never get old...who knew playing on a generic round track with powerups every other turn would be awesome...everybody would be laughing their asses off as we get mowed down by neverending attacks....and we all get owned by the AI in the end bcuz no one is paying attention to the what position they are in :)

[TROLL EATER]

not surprising looks like a downloadable psn title

[stefanrenne]

I don't know. All PS3 Exclusives (most of them) are great games, but the sales stay low. If you compare it to games like Gears of War and Halo. I don't understand it :S

[PirateThom]

That's just it "if you compare it to Gears of War and Halo".

360 exclusives don't, for the most part, sell like those games either.

[n4gno]

you are right, and we have way more great exclusives on ps3, people can't buy every games.

[Aery]

Please, stop to compare to Halo/Gears.
About sale Halo is Halo. Period.
Lots of PS3 exclusive doing a great job, may happen some game don't sell good and this happen to X360 too with more hyped and good game (Alan Wake for example).

Still a very low numbers for ModNation and this is a bit sad.

[chrisnick]

gears was the new hotness on a new system(and the sawing of enemies was nuts) so it made sense that would sell the way it did halo 3 was a 3rd iteration of an already proven franchise on a new gen system so that also made sense. But what you have to look at as far as ps3 exclusives is a few things. 1-It's been 3.5 years and sony is STILL putting out first time titles from existing devs out (GT5,Last Guardian). 2-The majority of the heavy hitting ps3 exclusives are the first of this gen, excluding ucharted and resistance. 3-the head start makes any game on 360 sell well...IN AMERICA. 4- and I can't stress this enough...ps3's games, the full library has such huuge VARIATION any person can find a game they like on this system. I don't know how but this somehow bothers initial sales, the thing is though...it gives all the games great loooong legs. but ms clearly new which group they were going after when they made the 360...and had all of us buying those awesome IP's up while paying to use our own internet connections and making me replace my system every couple of months...still my favorite system till gears 2 though...9 month great exclusive droughts are a no-no.

[Jdoki]

Halo, and to a lesser extent Gears, are the exception, not the rule.

Halo is a great game, but with a 30million+ marketing budget behind it, it's gonna shift copies!

Most PS3 games are very long tail products. This contrasts with the 360 which seems to do exceptionally well on pre-orders and first day sales.

And this is no flame towards 360 owners (I am one myself) but PS3 owners have certainly had more pressures on their wallets!!

[madmonkey0]

xbox fans dont have any other choice, they either buy thoose games or have to settle for mediocre, ps3 gamers have a much broader range of higher quality games to choose from. 2 new exclusives this week alone, both very different.

[BeaArthur]

Kart racing is kind of an isolated market and doesn't have the audience of an arcade or sim racing game. I only tried the demo, but the customization was pretty fun.

[Biggest]

I picked it up last night and the game is a blast. But keep in mind I have kids and a wife that played SNES. The customization is a blast and a lot easier than expected. It sucks if they don't sell well over time. I'd love to see more from these guys.

[Ult iMate]

I believe Mario Kart sold 14 mil.
So the genre definately have the audience.
Arcade racing games were always more popular on consoles, if you look at the console racing games history.

[Arvis_Jaggamar]

It really seems like Mario Kart both defines and defies the genre, though. Nintendo made a fun, solid, multiplayer racer that also happens to be filled to the brim with nostalgia. People have fond memories of Mario Kart on the SNES, back when Kart racing wasn't even a genre. Believe it or not, that sense of sentimentality pushes sales farther than almost anything else.

-Arvis

[tdogchristy90]

Don't get me wrong it looks like a great game in its own right, being a cart racer. But I think it's being compared to LBP too much and thus compared to LBP it is pretty average. I will be picking it up when it lowers in price a little though.

[samich2007]

I hope it will sell better in the 2nd week. To sad to see this low sales. PSP version only sold 9,800 units in Europe :( But it is a great game! And this is sad for the developer of this game. I Also hope that the game will preform well in de US!

[yogaflame]

this is sonys weakness lack of advertising and skill to hype there game

[Kurisu]

I'd usually agree with this, but I live in the UK and I have seen Modnation Racers adverts plastered across the TV (Sky 1 during the finale of Lost!), and Modnation is also a sponsor of Pokemon on one of the kids TV channels!

[Davoh]

I've been seeing tons of ModNation Racers adverts and even when I was going to buy the game, the employee at the till said the tv advert looked good.

[yogaflame]

well maybe gamers really love there fps and shooters than unique games , sigh....

[Jdoki]

Agreed Kurisu.

This is the most heavily advertised PS3 games I have ever seen. Way more than GoW3 or any other PS3 exclusive to date.

Kinda surprising if the sales have been low, but tbh I'm not sure Kart games ever sell that well (outside of Mario Kart).

[SnakeShady]

it was release the same day of Red Dead Redemption. That's why the sales are low.

[samich2007]

Offcourse thats why! Damn, also with LBP Sony never chose the right release date. Always with big games on the same week... :(

[bjornbear]

because if RDR hadn't come out in may, i would have gotten Modnation Racers.

im sure many are on the same boat

still, PS exclusives always have legs...slow starting sales too

[Shendow]

Its not a shock, heck Split Second is a awesome game, Blur looks good and you got ModNation. Its kind of hard to get all of them for some people, I had ModNation preorder an paid off before it came out.

I got plans to get Split Second for both PS3 an 360, as for the retard 360 users saying sh!t about it's sells. I haven't seen anything out on the 360 selling well an RDR came out an sold better on PS3.

Guess good games are now only on PS3 (Well until Halo Reach comes out, one game for 360).

[ElementX]

I don't have any interest in this game and neither do any of my friends.

[Cartesian3D]

then why ....?

on topic: 3 games in same genre released S/S , Blur and MN .. dont expect people buy all of them .. they cannibalize their sales..

btw RDR was a big hit and released in the same day , but I think the first reason is bigger

[bjornbear]

=/

[peterdawa]

Im getting this game because of the fun factor. Hope more people get it.

[unrealgamer58]

Has the advertising been as huge in europe as it's been in na?

Let's just wait for ww sales

[doctorstrange]

There has been a pretty decent level of MNR advertising. The reason I believe that there were poor sales is the stiff competition (RDR, S/S and Blur)

[xg-ei8ht]

You could say the same about alot of games.

It's a great game and alot of fun, plus making tracks is sweet.

I could name another kart racer, so i will.

Mario Kart, the name sells.

If xbox made a racer called Halo kart, it would sell on the name alone.

[asdr3wsfas]

"Mario Kart, the name sells."

How'd it sell on gamecube? n64? That's what I thought.

[Aery]

There are a lot of stores where the game simply it's not available ...
Looks like this game is not "accepted" in Europe.

Anyway the game is awesome and these 50k players enjoy this game.

[get2sammyb]

It sucks because it's a really good game. It's been well marketed too. It's just that it's a niche title.

HOWEVER - I expect the game to have some decent legs. It'll likely float around the charts for some time, and then end up being bundled with systems. It's perfect for that.

Therefore, I wouldn't particularly worry about these sales results.

[spunnups]

Prepare to be bombarded with more shooters if people don't support unique titles such as Modnation.

[Wurider]

people don't want the game. Why do you guys figure that everything that SONY put out is gold. Sometimes games just don't sale for no other reason other than the fact people aren't interested. Not saying the game is bad but how many times has a movie flopped at the box office but when you saw it it was a pretty good movie.

Another point is knowing who you are selling the game to. For instance, Alan Wake is one of the best games I have played in a long time, but I don't expect for the sales to be that good because of the type of game it is. Modnation Racers seems targeted at a younger fanbase but PS3 owners aren't young children for the most part.

We need to support games like this or all games will be a fps/3ps shooter, a hack'n'slash or a sports title!!!

[Jdoki]

I think MNR will do well over time. LBP didn't exactly set the world on fire with first day / week / month sales, but ultimately sold good numbers, and more than enough to justify an amazing looking sequel.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, PS3 games seem to be very long tail.

[PS360_37]

its an awesome title, but you cannot expect good sales. The majority of people that are into games like this already have a similar game on the Wii.

I know MNR is so much better and has so much more stuff, but from the eyes of the non-N4G fanboy consumers, this isn't a must buy.

[asdr3wsfas]

"but from the eyes of the non-N4G fanboy consumers"

None of the fanboys ever post here.

[peeps]

when i first saw modnation racers i was really excited. Then i played the beta and found myself rather dissapointed. I know it was a beta but i didn't believe that all my dislikes would be fixed by launch (and i don't believe they have been)

therefore it's a game i'm really on the fence about and as such haven't bought it. It may be one of those games i pick up in the near future in a sale perhaps (and it looks like that may happen sooner rather than later with low sales figures)

[yoghurt]

Great game, it will have legs no doubt about it, just like LBP

[Lucreto]

Paystation needed a good cart racer. I bough the game but I have yet to play it. I say I will be addicted lke I was in Crash Team Racing.

[Ares84PS3]

WTF is wrong with these people??? The week isn't over. I still have to pick up my copy. People have other things to do than run to GameStop on the first day a game comes out. People are still playing Red Dead Redemption.

[RoseSapphire]

I hear ya. Thanks for being the first to say it.

The game is great and like Little Big Planet, people will see their friends with it and need to get a copy.

[SPACEBALL 1]

maybe you guys should have read the article. it came out last week in europe. hence the european sales numbers.

[thief]

Week 1 sales worldwide: Uncharted 30k, Ratchet ToD 70k and LBP 110k

Cumulative sales so far? Uncharted close to 3 million (more than Mass Effect or Bioshock on the 360), Ratchet 2 million (double or more of Kameo or Banjo) and LBP close to 4 million (only Gears, CoD, GTA and Halo have sold more on 360 - all shooters, all mega franchises)

PS3 owners are not dumb sheep who blindly go out and buy the latest generic shooter (Halo or CoD typically) but if you are developing an innovative, non-shooter title you have to go for the PS3. Do you think Demon’s Souls or Heavy Rain would have been able to sell even 100k on the 360?

[madmonkey0]

well said, bubles!

[SPACEBALL 1]

"PS3 owners are not dumb sheep who blindly go out and buy the latest generic shooter"

right, since modern warfare 2 isnt the most played game on ps3. didnt the 15 dollar rip-off map pack do just as well on psn? if shooters werent the best selling games on ps3 as well you might have a point.

[thief]

Shooters do sell the most on PS3 – because they are the most popular genre, and offer the most options in multiplayer/co-op. The key difference is story-driven games, niche titles, and path-breaking, innovative titles by new developers ALSO sell well. LBP, Heavy Rain will sell > 2 million, a stealth and story-heavy game like MGS4 sold 6 million. Even niche RPGs like Demon’s souls and Valkyria are closing on 1 million now.

Bottomline is – don’t worry about Modnations. If they didn’t botch up the game (and reviews suggest not) they will sell 2 million plus

[samich2007]

Thats true...
Heavy Rain has sold more than 1 milion... not 100k? Or you mean first week?

[Killzone3Helghast]

even Haze is close to 1million copies sold..

Lol....

[SOAD]

Thief, if you can't say something nice about the PS3 without trashing the 360, what do you think that says about a person like you? Maybe you're the type of person that tries to step on other people in order to make himself feel better.

[Keltik82]

That was very well said. I'm buying it either today or tomorrow but Red Dead Redemption has it talons in me >.<

Btw, I agree with #25 of what Thief said.

[Nathan Drake2]

i knew it's gonna be flop in sales just like alan wake.

ATM on amazon US

modnation #6
alan wake #7

[SOAD]

Wait Wait Wait. Alan Wake is #7 in sales on Amazon and you're calling it a flop?

That's like being #7 on the NY times bestseller list and being called a flop. No wonder you only have 1 bubble.

[Arnon]

Yeah you keep hoping for that.

[Brklynty1]

It was just released at a bad time. Seriously, most gamers have budgeted themselves, its was either Red Dead Redemption or Mod Nation Racers, most went with RDR, those who are loaded got both. Simple really.

[madmonkey0]

i went for modnation racers and 3d dot heroes.

[HurstDarkStar]

ask all my friends if they was thinking of picking this up they said first time they heard of it and they saw e3. But if anybody on this site planning to pik this up BLITZKREED (PSN)

[SuperStrokey1123]

Its been out for 1 day here, lots of people on my friends list, my self included, were playign it too. Its a great game!

I love all the skins and racers people have made so far. GOt so many good ones right away. I can see this being a game with really long legs.

If they can make it so the load time is shorter then this game will really stay in my ps3 alot.

[CherryLu-Chan]

but think that, much like Mariokart has been a continual seller for the Wii, Modnation could well go on to keep on picking up sales.
I'd imagine especially so coming up to Christmas and would help market the console to a complete family dynamic.
Superb game - i'm really enjoying it.

[Jeff257]

While I dont live in Europe. Im from the US I did buy this game yesterday and Ive had a blast with it so far. I think this will be a game that spreads by word of mouth. As more people create amazing mods, karts, and tracks and show them off to their friends then they will start buying it and spread it on to more people. This doesnt have to be a huge seller first week but it will be a strong seller over many months.

[Marty8370]

Not even been out a full week yet. Not all games have high front loaded sales, some can sell better over time.

@jack_burt0n - Why you compare 'Read Dead' to 'Modnation Racers' entirely different games.

[jack_burt0n]

It makes no difference, Red Dead was a huge release everything in may will suffer from it maybe apart from galaxy 2.

[Marty8370]

That would be the case if your comparing same genre. But when I go game shopping I don't go into a shop intending on buying a 'cart racer', and then buy a shooter/sandbox game.

[jack_burt0n]

People underestimated Red Dead crazy to release anything within a month of it but mod nation will have long legs for sure.

[onenut]

i knew it would be a flop
lol

[Brewski007]

I just bought rdr , i have to save up for this. as dlc becomes available im sure it'll pick up.

[keysy420]

cant wait till i get paid again to pick it up i did the dumb dumb and bought rdr right away i should have waited for modnation

[kvg88]

yet somehow this site has already calculated sales for the week?

I smell a dubious amount of BS

[ian72]

I think MNR hasn't sold great doe to the games coming out around the same time. Alan Wake, RDR, Blur, Split/second.
If it wasn't for RDR I might have got MNR. Will probably get it in a few weeks as Alpha Protocol is next on my games list.

[Dsnyder]

This game feels too much like LBP. In fact I think it only exist to make it easier for us to wait for LBP2. That game will be able to everything Mod nathion racers does and more so I will wait for that.

[redneck_smith]

360 FANBOY ARTICLE-DAMAGE CONTROL

[hiredhelp]

ITS SIMPLE you cant compare figures go by wot takes your fancy.and about price its worth every penny you cannot put a time on SP eaither because of the play share create. and many unlocks in the game just the create share alone will make this game a timeless game if you want it to be just like LBP. its amazing good little story line funny cut scenes.goals to do in each race to get unlocks. win xp points in online racers also pick up credits in tracks to use in vending machine to buy extra stuff. soo cool.

[jambabie69]

but for those of us who have both consoles, in a rough economy what do people expect? when a handful of good titles release so close to each other some of us can't drop that kinda cash right now for just "games".

alan wake i need to buy- 65 bucks
red dead i need to buy- 65 bucks
modnation i tried the demo yesterday and i liked it a lot, need to buy- 65 bucks

that alone is more than 200 bucks to lay out on games i'd love to buy right now but can't. i may have different reasons than many, but i bet i have one good reason in common with the majority out there- the economy still suckin ass, and lets face it times are still rough

don't take the too many games at once a "complaint" i like having a lot of new titles out there, but i can't pay for them all at once at full price. some of the titles i listed above will sell better over time, if we do get a "game drout" between now and this fall.

so this will be my last post on articles like this, because i feel like i have in a sense spoken for many with this post. it's just the way it is now...........

[garos82]

+bubbles

[bloodybutcher]

i didn't buy it because i'm playing RDR at the moment...besides my budget is a bit tight :/ oh well...maybe next month...

[madpuppy]

But, I couldn't resist the 3d dot heroes deal gamestop was having 27.02 after the coupon code.

[lelo2play]

Not surprising. I tried the beta... and i did not like it. After that a tried the demo and i still did not like it. Personally i think this game is way overhyped with some of it's review scores of 9's and 10's, and i guess a lot of people agree with me, by not buying the game.

I guess it's not my kind of game.

[table]

modnation is a very uninspired version of mario kart. No charm, no character, forgetable sound effects, forgetable gameplay. It's no wonder it wont sell.

[likedamaster]

Anyone in their right mind would have told you MNR is priced too high.

[ManiacMansion]

well, PS3 owners buy less games compared to 360 owners, thats why sony makes HD versions of every big titels from the PS2^^

[despair]

from what i saw a lot of European reviewers gave the game 7s and 6s in score which is ridiculous. This may have contributed to the lower sales.

[edoman20]

wow lots of sanbox and fps little kids this gen

Come on bring me killzone 2050 or halo 3000 or COD fuure warfare 4505405

Why be innnovative when you could be like UBI or activision and make tons of money milking franchises to death?

P A T E T H I C

Well europeans are retarded after all ==> economical crisis anyone?

[Dellis]

Game should had been 29.99

[Karum]

VG Chartz as the source so I already don't entirely trust it.

I expect sales to not be at their best very early on either though because of Red Dead Redemption. I picked up MNR from my local GAME last Friday where I know some of the staff, one is a friend I used to go to school with.....they had been quite busy that entire day because of RDR, it's what everyone had been coming in to buy.

If anything is hurting it's sales it'd down to a lack of marketing (I haven't seen a single MNR TV ad here in the UK) and RDR taking up sales.

LBP seemingly performed poorly early on though and look at how many units it ended up shifting...ModNation will do just fine over time which is what I'd expect Sony have been predicting themselves.

[iPirates]

Am I just insane, or didn't this game launch like yesterday? Maybe I'm reading something wrong...

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[lucifon]

May 21st in the EU

[eyeDEVOUR]

i gotta say the demo was very limited and not to impressive..i just imagined it would be cheaper and perhaps downloadable aswell so ill probably pass on it...

[claterz]

It's not the game that has limits, it's your imagination =)

[lucifon]

No surprise what so ever. A single-console kart racer with creation features being released in the busiest month of the year so far where 2 other racers are hitting within those 2 weeks, and on the same day as Red Dead. Correct me if I'm wrong but that just sounds like your sending it to die right there. Poor move on Sony's behalf, i'm pretty sure if they had given it a few more weeks then released the sales would be significantly better.

[jack_burt0n]

bubs+ for truth

[Croaker]

I agree with you on that. Sony should've waited about a month. Nothing great is coming out between now and late August, imo. I don't know if May will be the busiest month of this year though. We still have the fall/winter months and so many big titles set to come out during the fall/winter months. But you may be right there as well.

@Brian.

It's because it's Sony and it is first party. So folks just expect Sony's game to move a million units or more within the first week. I know one game that will achieve just that. GT5. That game will probably move 3 million units in its first week.

[BrianC6234]

Here we go again. This game just came out this week. How can they have first week sales on a brand new game? People said this about LittleBigPlanet too and it's sold over three million copies now. This isn't the movies. Games don't have to sell millions the first week to sell well.

[slaymanio1]

WOW I tough that VG chart totality lost it's credibility for not updating the real numbers...and there's still people using that CRAPPY website...LOL

[AutoCad]

Not worth 65 to me...
Ill wait until i finish playing RDR And UFC till i buy this game.

[Croaker]

I picked this up at midnight at my local GameStop for my wife. She loves LBP and loves this game too. I do as well. We've been having so much fun racing each other and making mods, karts, and tracks.
This game needs some more time is all. Mod Nation is a new IP and it wasn't marketed very well imo.
We both can't wait for LBP2.

[dizzleK]

didn't it just come out yesterday?

[clarkdef]

All I gotta say on this is. In LBP you can craft anything, and in MNR it just feels like your moving around furniture.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

Personally the track editor is as impressive as LBP, but this isn't the same as LBP...especially not LBP2. Being a racing game, it has certain conventions. These conventions can be seen as limiting, but they define the genre. Why would you want to make a logic machine in a racing game?

Ironically, LBP's depth is limiting. It is no where near as accessible as ModNation. Still both are among the freshest and brightest games we've seen this gen.

[Cmoney]

as if losing 5 billion dollars on the ps3 wasnt bad enough, now another marquee title bombs. First MAG, then White Knight Chronicles, now Modnation fiasco. Very sad day for sony

[n4gno]

bots are real jokes...

uncharted 2, gow3, heayvy rain, etc etc etc etc blurays and so on say hello.

31 market share "sony is doooooomed" pooo sad delusional ms fans :)

[tripewire]

Should we give him a round of applause for trying?

Dude. I appreciate your enthusiasm for the PS3's demise. But maybe you should channel that energy into...I dunno.... Getting a job? Moving out of home?

[Capdastaro]

To be honest I'm not surprised...

I work at Gamestation and we usually spend a good deal of time putting up new displays, posters, floor stickers and other forms of advertising all around the stores when new games which are expected to sell such as exclusives or big budget blockbusters that are due to come out. But whenever a Sony exclusive comes along we never receive any forms of advertising to push the game. I can remember only putting up posters around the store for MGS4, R&C and we wore Sackboy T-shirts for the release of LBP. Compare that to the whole van full of life sized Master Chiefs, posters, wall mounts, stickers etc we got to promote the upcoming release of Halo 3 and other what Nintendo, Microsoft and EA etc give us to help push some SKU. They seem to rely on the stores itself to push the game for them. Evidently, this sometimes doesn't work as fast as anticipated.

It's the same on the TV, there is very little advertising from Sony game wise, they just seem to focus on pushing the PSP for some reason, in the UK atleast anyway.

Fun little game though, worth a purchase.

[SephireX]

Modnation looks like a great game and I hope it sells well. However, there are so many great games out nowadays that unless a new game is from a popular already-existing franchise or it gets excellent reviews or both, it likely won't sell well. Modnation did get great reviews but its something new and different and it may take a while for gamers to fully acknowledge it.

[Jason143]

didnt know the week was over. time flys

[darkdoom3000]

I totally underestimated this game,
it looked ok at E3. that demo made me to a total 180. its such a fun game. the hub is awesome, reminds me of crash3.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Consumers are missing out then. This is one of the most complete packages I've played in a LONG time.

[n4gno]

It's sad if this mario kart killer (more speed, and unlimited tracks !) don't sell like...a mario kart.

people today are really big sheeps, marketing and hype make everything (it's the same thing when you see halo vs others better fps, or mario vs better plateform, etc)

[NYC_Gamer]

it was released around alot of hyped games...but the sales will pick up

[ReBurn]

Game's hella fun. More people should be playing it.

[Numark]

bought the game and it is wonderful, even though there are some minor presentation issues. My biggest problem with the game is 2 things. One is I get disconnected constantly and I have never had that problem with my xbox or my ps3. Just during this game. And finding online xp games are very hard which is unfortunate.

But I expect sales to pick up. Fun game

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

the HOME like lobby with crazy kart racers flying around and all being online gamers... SO AWESOME!!!!. My girlfriend took 2 hours just making her character and kart last night... this game exceeded my expectations by far... but I do agree the load times are attrocious!

[R2-JD]

This article and almost every comment here is a complete joke... THE GAME CAME OUT YESTERDAY!!! It hasn't even been out for a week.

The game is great.

JD

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

I raced the Marina 25 times this evening. Came in 8th the first ten races (nailing the ramp before the finish is a beyotch). Started to consistently make fourth and fifth then finally got second.

I rule.

And so does this game. The track editor is sooo intuitive, moreso than your ModCharacter. I was impressed with ...

WTF you reading this...Download the demo and see for yourself and then get the game.

[danielle007]

I don't think that Sony fueled the hype-train like they did for LBP. A lot of the people that came into GameStop hadn't really heard much about it, if at all, when I asked if they wanted to pre-order it ..

I might pick it up eventually. I'm not the biggest into racers like mario kart, but i might give it a try.

[squallheart]

wait didnt it barely come out in the states. I am actually planning on picking up two copies one for me and one for my younger brother

[Skyreno]

Well tell Truth i sold my Red dead redemption game got bored and bought modnationracer loving every second :)

[Dorfdad]

The Problem with Mod Nation is it's well to disconnected.. Way to many loading screens (sorry to say again) I played last night and it took me 30 minutes to race 3 tracks online (3 laps each).

Mario Kart is seamless no loading screens like this and it uses quality. Mod Nation is just a LBP clone with some Kart Racing tossed in. It will not be a system seller or 3 million title.

[PandaJenkins]

I believe it is all RDR's fault, this can be applied to all the other games releasing atm. I am sure if most people had to pick one game lately they would have got that.

[NnT3291]

Maybe because of Red Dead Redemption

[GIJeff]

when you launch the same day as Red Dead Redemption your initial sales are going to be low. I would not blame it on blur or split second. Gamers buy games. I don't know anyone who ONLY buys racing games. I got RDR, and as soon as I can spend another 60 without getting yelled at, MNR on PSP and PS3 will be mine.

[tripewire]

This.

[mochi]

Good news for everyone^^

[yojoe26]

Hmm. Hope this isn't true on the sales of this game. I have not been able to put it down for the last two days! In my opinion this game totally leaves Mario Kart in the dust in just about every single way. My ONLY complaint thus far would be the atrociously long load times; but once the game loads gameplay is fast, frenetic, challenging, and most of all, FUN! If I had to score this game I would give it a 9.5 out of 10. Deduct .5 a point for the long load times and the little "mini" load times that occur on the tracks (after a crash or such). Go buy this game PS3 owners and show Sony and United Front Games that it is profitable for them to fund these kinds of games and provide us with quality exclusives!!!

[Pika-pie]

I played the demo, not a fan of it in the slightest.

[tripewire]

Well it pretty much released day and date with Red Dead.

Thats where my money went. But Ill be buying MNR when I've paid some bills off.

I mean come on. Red Dead has a huge marketing push, its made by the guys that did GTA, and people want to wonder why sales of a cartoony cart racer are not so strong?

[Jazz4108]

It did not release with red dead....that would be allen wake....mod nation released against ufc.

[kasasensei]

I like the creative side, but not the game play. Just like LBP in fact.
I will buy it in a few months, after a serious price drop. Something like 20-25€/£ for the ps3 version.

[BYE]

Maybe this will make Sony rethink their useless "play, create, share" strategy.

[wolfceek]

like it of not this isn't mario cart and doesn't even come close. I love little big planet and sony pushed mod nation as a little big planet. the problem is simple. the racing sucks. you cant stay on course for even a few seconds without hitting walls . thats not racing or fun. games that want to be mario cart should make them like mario cart. you can drive forever and fast as long as someone else doesnt screw you up and even then your not bouncing off walls every second like another dumd racer wipeout. so build all the cars and tracts you want but dont expect to be able to have fun on them

[brew]

try drifting!

[PSNTomaz]

Its beeen a week already? Could had sworn there were 2 release dates for this game? Are they only counting the Euro sales?