American Sales: 360 Outsells PS3 while Lair & Warhawk Enter Top 10

Sales across the board were quite interesting this week. Compared to last week, hardware sales were up significantly, and the three current generation consoles (Wii/PS3/360) saw pretty big shakeups in their top ten software for the week:

1---Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
2---Bioshock
3---Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
4---Wii Sports
5---Madden NFL 08
6---Blue Dragon
7---Warhawk
8---Lair
9---Wii Play
10-Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

-Metroid Prime 3 had a much better launch week than Metroid Prime 2 did - 314k vs. 139k. This is even more impressive considering GC had 2x as many users in November 2004 as Wii has now, and that Prime 2 launched in November, while Prime 3 launched in August. If Galaxy and Brawl show the same type of generation to generation growth (2.25x better sales), then Nintendo is going to make alot of money.

- PS3 is approaching respectable Americas (US,Canada and a bit extra) sales. If it can do 55,000-60,000 a week for a while in the Americas, the business ecosystem of PS3 will improve quite a bit - at least in the West.

[MK_Red]

Metroid is a famous Nintendo game ans Metroid Prime 3 a famous sequel on the best selling next gen console Wii and yet it's sdebut is weaker than a new IP like BioShock.
Both are superb hardcore games but this proves one thing: Wii is becoming more and more casual and less hard-core. In a few weeks Metroid will leave top 10 while Wii Sports and Play remain forever.

[ItsDubC]

This is sales data for the week ending Sept 1st. Bioshock was released Aug 21st while Metroid Prime 3 was released Aug 27th (and actually in stores on Aug 28th). So while Bioshock was out for that entire week, MP3 wasn't. It began shipping on the 2nd day of the week and wasn't available in stores until the 3rd day.

Speaking on debuts, it would be more accurate to compare Bioshock's sales from Aug 21st-Aug 28th to MP3's sales from Aug 28th-Sept 4th (or even Aug 27th-Sept 3rd).

[jigaman]

Um..no its not becoming more casual and less hardcore. The launch sales don't suggest this..you have...and you have no credibility therefore your assumption is folly.

[nasim]

VGCHARTS data is completely unreliable.

How come x360 sold 78 000 units .The week before Last week saw the release of Bioshock and it sold just 64000 units then.

There is no way x360 could sell 78 000 units last week and Metroid Prime sold more than Bioshock (overall).

Metroid originally sold around 400 000 copies till date. there is no way Bioshock could sell over 400 000 copies?????

[cooke15]

Wii has a less hardcore userbase than GC? Yet MP3 doubled MP2's launch sales with half the usebase? interesting.

[Meus Renaissance]

Sales figures don't include the PSN downloads. Sony will probably release a figure of that in the upcoming weeks.

[Meus Renaissance]

Only one type of poster will disagree with that.

EDIT: lol @ disagrees.

[toughNAME]

we all know Warhawk is selling well

the main point here is even with Sonys two "AAA" titles...the 360 is still outselling the PS3

[MK_Red]

I was hoping for a bigger PS3 sales with Lair and Warhawk being released.

[Zhuk]

vgchartz is garbage, even GAF bans it

[ip-student]

Only go there if you want malware loaded onto your machine (I hate when web sites do that kind of crap).

[sak500]

"4 -
vgchartz is garbage, even GAF bans it "

Jeez, if it showed higher ps3 sales than it would have been, "see we told you ps3 would own 360" You sony retards have excuses just like sony has excuses for pos3. YOu hate IGN, Gamespot, EA, UBISOFT, EPIC, Gears, PSM, Paramount, Warner Bros, Toshiba, wtf else do you hate, oh yeah CAPCOM. You are like hell spawns of KEN following like mindless blind bats and trying to defend your precious POS3 machine against world's evil.

Wake up and smell the f(king coffee, your PS3 is nothing but an avg console with slightly better CPU and BD drive which will not make it churn out PIXAR quality games. SO STFU and stop crying and accept defeat.

[MANTIIS]

I suggest reading the "Microsoft is Rapidly Losing its Year Long Head Start in New Console Sales to Nintendo and Sony" article.

[xplosneer]

Defeat? From what? A console war that you like to start?

I was down with arguing with people at first but this war is getting annoying now.....

[PS360WII]

"while GBA slowly continues to slowly die off with sales of 81k."
I don't get that statement for it's more than the 360 (78k), PS3(48k), PS2(around 50k), and PSP(around 50k). I guess maybe in comparison to the Wii (122k) and DS (111k) then it doesn't look to hot.

and so much for that one post about Metroid outselling Bioshocks release not sure how that guy figured 300k > 400k.... that's just bad math skills

[Pekka]

The sentence in article was:
"If these sales were sustained for four weeks, it would be a pretty interesting month - Wii would be at 490k(!), DS at 444k, 360 at 312k, PS2 at 220k, and both PS3 and PSP would see sales at 192k, while GBA slowly continues to slowly die off with sales of 81k. "

So GBA sales were only about 20k in their charts. He just speculated how much monthly sales could be according to these figures.

[PS360WII]

ah that makes sense then. Thanks for that for some reason I was having trouble with that one

[ktchong]

Lair & Warhawk are Top 10 in the PS3 games category, not the overall gaming sales.

Of course they'd be in the top 10... what other new PS3 games are there?

[MK_Red]

Lair and Warhawk are indeed among overall top 10. 8th and 7th. Added the overall top 10 to the description to avoid confusion as well as the link for software sales as alternative.

[ktchong]

Lair at #8, now that's a surprise.

Blue Dragon at #6, now that's a shock.

[MK_Red]

Agreed. I wasn't expecting Blue Dragon to make it to top 10 and was surely expecting to see Warhawk sell much more than Lair. But as Meus Interpretation said, these are retail sales and Warhawk's PSN sales might be way highers.
Still, I'm with you on both.

Another thing that surprised me was Metroid. I was expecting a half million sales at least for a sequel from a famous franchise on Wii, the hot chocolate console of these days.

[nice_cuppa]

when halo 3 hits its going to go bat sh!t crazy.

[nice_cuppa]

2---Bioshock
6---Blue Dragon

[Hugh Hefner]

Because these news are brought to you by Mk_Red... he is a Sony fanboy who disguises himself as an "objective" gamer... he could not have the title look entirely positive for the 360 since his Sony friends would have turned on him.

[MK_Red]

It's funny how when I write a totally PS3 story people say I'm a PS3 fanboy while when I write a 360 story they say I'm a totally 360 fanboy.

My first title had all 4: Metroid Prime 3, BioShock, Warhawk and Lair but it was too long and I shortened it and made it more meaningfull. Write now the title means "While 2 PS3 games enter top 10, Xbox 360 and it's games outsell both while both PS3 and 360 are being outsold by Wii and Wii games".
I believe you both agree that it's way too long and unsuitable.

Also, I love both PS3 / 360 and if anything, I'm an anti-Wii fanboy.
End of my rant :)

[fredy]

doesn't even OWN A PS3, You'd swear hes had all the games that have been out. I doubt he has a 360, So I WOnder WTF is he playing the Wii?

THIs guy is on every article posting FIRST.

MK do you evenplay games? or are you here just to sturr Fanboy Propogander?

[MK_Red]

Well, I have said before in blog and forums that I don't have PS3. Currently I only have Xbox 360 and I'm enjoying BioShock right now (Atlas is calling, gotta go).
But I do play Wii and 360 since I work at a local gaming magazine and we have the systems and so far, Wii has been the biggest disappointment for me except for the amazing Metroid Prime 3 and to a lesser extent Elebits and Rayman Raving Rabbids.

[power of Green]

You do own a 360?. Just alittle confusing when reading the Trasformer DVD/HD-DVD comment you made fist" in the Trasformers thread. You said you were angry at Paramount for releasing Trasformers on HD-DVD or going exclusive thus the comment I made saying "sence you own the 360 why not get the Add-on". You do not have a Blu-ray player or you would have the PS3 so this is telling me you do not own any console.

[MK_Red]

I don't have a PS3 but that doesn't mean I haven't chosen HD side. I'm with Blu-ray and that's why I made that comment.
Also, I like PS3 the most but I don't have one because I was waiting for Heavenly Sword and Lair. I'm planning to get both PS3 and Wii before end of September. (That sweet sweet Metroid Prime 3 finally persuaded me into getting Wii, everything about that game from story to controls to gameplay is awesome. The only better game I had seen this year that was better than Metroid 3 is BioShock which I play and worship right now :)

[resistance100]

I take it, it only includes the retail version of warhawk, i will be interested to see if sony release figures on how many people have downloaded it worldwide.

I know in europe for one there will be more downloads than retail, because the download version is out 2/3weeks before retail version is

[felidae]

nice to see Lair and Warhawk in the Top 10

[Ju]

Interesting. hah ? Despite the critics. And considering they start selling it on Friday, 08/31 (that's 3 days). Unannounced.

[ApocalypseShadow]

from a site that guesses.

real figures and worldwide figures would be more telling if you are going to do comparisons.

believing in vgchartz is like believing wikipedia.

.....................mag lev super train.................

[nice_cuppa]

360 Outsells PS3, 360 titles blue dragon and bioshock beat ps3 titles lair and warhawk !

its true.

tell me !

[Meus Renaissance]

Xbox 360 software titles will more than often out-sell most PS3 software titles because there are 6 times more Xbox 360's in the homes of Americans than PlayStation 3's. So you can't compare the quality of games using sales figures as justification.

EDIT: Someone disagreed with a basic factual comment. I suppose they agree with the opposite, which speaks volumes about their intelligence.

[PS360WII]

or it could be Wii, DS, and GBA top hardware sellers.

[MK_Red]

Well nice_cuppa, if you want a much better and more realistic title it would be "Wii and Wii games outsell both PS3/360 and their games".
There you have it.

[nice_cuppa]

how about putting that as the headline then ?

go on.

you said so your self.

get changing !

[MK_Red]

Well, I can't change it now. Maybe next time.

[BenzMoney]

"So you can't compare the quality of games using sales figures as justification."

So we can also agree that Lair shouldn't be qualified as a 'quality title' just because it sold, right?

[resistance100]

For PS3 to suceed all they need to do is stay close with 360 in america, not beat it, As once you add Euro and Jap sales. Ps3 will be winning over 360 each month. (saying that it already is, still i suspet 360 to have a good september/october

[Funky Town_TX]

If PS3 wins in total sales.

[Ju]

To make the PS3 win, Sony just needs to play the ace when the time is right, that is "$399".

[Rama26285]

I've never understood how Wii Sports are in these charts - doesn't it come with every single Wii console??

[ParaDise_LosT]

I'm Pretty Suprised Lair made it there at all...
I mean with all the Negative press surrounding it...
one wouldn't expect it to come to top 10....
but then again what other choises do people have besides That and Warhawk this month..

Glad to see Bioshock and Metroid Prime up there...
(Igot MP3 yesterday....It kicks ass :P )
but I'm pretty mad about the Wii Play and Wii Sports thing :\
and I'm even more pissed that someone mistakenly
took VGCHARTS seriously and post it as news :(........
Estimates only brings the Trolls out...
for some reason they don't like estimates......

[Daewoodrow]

I feel at this point I should point out that according to VGChartz, The 360 has been outselling the PS3 in Europe for two weeks running. I was considering posting that as an article, but eventually decided against it, seeing as the European VGChartz figures are not at all reliable.
Still, it means there is no evidence that PS3 sales are higher worldwide. According to VGChartz, it's now just Japan.

[Hugh Hefner]

I've read a few articles on how the 360 is beating the PS3 in sales in the UK, which is Europe's largest market. Yet somehow, you always see Sony fans claiming that the PS3 is leading the 360 in Europe, without any evidence to back up their claims. So far, Sony only has the Japanese market.

[THUNDERMARE]

Other than UK, PS3 has been outsell xbox 360 everywhere is EU.... is that translate to PS3 outsell 360 in Europe? I dont know, you got to add them up.

[fenderputty]

not even bad reviews of both Dragon games have slowed down the sales for the software. I was wondering if all the negative press online would affect sales but, it doesn't appear that IGN and the rest of the sites have that large of an impact on sales.

[Dannagar]

I expected Metroid Prime 3 to do better than 314,157 units in it's first week. That is a Major game from Nintendo and they have a high user base. Blue Dragon should have done better. It sold 200k in it's first week in Japan. Its good to see BioShock continues to sell well, it's a fantastic game. I personally thought WarHawk and Lair would do better. Although those figures don't include the downloadable WarHawk off of the PSN.

[PS360WII]

Well I think the sales figures are about right. Blue Dragon appeals more towards Japan for that's the games they like while here in the states it's a bit of a side note. Wii owners aren't the type to go hunting down new releases the day/week they come out. From what I've seen it seems like it's just a steady flow. So with that said lets hope for another 300k week for Metroid.

[Rooftrellen]

There's, what? 4.5 million Wii consoles in NA?

In the first week, and not the whole week, 300k games sold accounts for 15% of Wii owners.

Getting your game to 15% of people who have your console in the first week is better than most games do in their life (at the end of the day, PS2 has never done it yet, and, most likely, never will.)

The only thing for MP3 is that its not so popular outside of America. Still, its well on its way to becoming a million seller, and quite possibly well over when Wii supply catches demand.

Be suprised by the "low" sales all you want. I see a game selling to over 10% of possible buyers and well on its way to being in the million seller club, and that's not bad.

[Ju]

Yeah, but 15% of 44Mio would be 6.6Mio.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

That's how it's gonna be this holiday. I say if PS3 can stay within 200k monthly they're lucky. Halo 3 will be the big one.

It's good to see PS3 selling respectivly, but XBOX 360 will be selling amazing with Halo 3.

[DEADEND]

Your absolutely right but the thing is for how long? Most hardcore fans of HALO already have a 360 and most people who are on the side line(PS2 owners who haven't bought a PS3)aren't fans of HALO. I know HALO is going to sell like crazy but I'm not to sure about the game selling that many units if thats what your getting at.

[Ju]

As long as the PS3 numbers are competitive with the 360, I see no reason, why Sony would change their strategy. They can't beat Ninti and with Halo this season, it would be foolish to try to win against the 360 this year.
But staying in touch will broaden the install base, the price will allow to break even fast ("break even" any xbot fany read this ?) next year, and a lower PS3 price incl. bigger game library - and what ? a Halo-4 competition ? - nah - will own 2008.
I have no doubt, that M$ will win this season. But, come on, they have 1 year head start and a 20% cheaper product. Anything else would be a surprise - and still they'll loose against the Wii. M$ should pull ahead instead, but it seems they can't.
The Wii will start dying as soon as the number of HD TVs will reach a critical mass, maybe earlier then later.

[felidae]

The first year with the ps3 is much better than the first year with my 360.

Kameo, Condemned, Perfect Dark Zero, NFS:MW, ... and the list goes on with average games like these. Until Oblivion and Gears of War came out,there was nothing spectacular or even innovative, like Lair with the motion controls.

PS3 users get games like Resistance, Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Uncharted, Warhawk, Home, UT3, Haze, Echochrome, Little Big Planet ..... wow, so many amazing games.

I really don't know why everybody's bashing the PS3 for it having no games when there are 3 x as much good games as there have been for the 360 in it's first generation.

Maybe some multiplatform games look better on the 360 but that's just because the devs didn't spend enough time with the PS3.

After all, it's a matter of taste.

I work in a local videogame store and if there are parents with children and they tell me that the kids like to play PS2, then what do you think we will tell them to buy for the next-generation? Yeah, right. PS3 - not 360.

It's just a fact that there are more shooting games for adults than anything else. 17% ??? maybe. But the rest of the games are not diverse enough to attract all kinds of gamers - like games for the PS2/3 do.

How many units sold the first xbox? i think the same will happen to the 360. When the PS3 starts to show it's full potential - there will be enough to play for everyone.

I have some fun with my 360 but after Halo 3 ... i really don't know what the system is good for, sorry.

Maybe Mass Effect will convince me .. we'll see!

[tatotiburon]

i don't remember any AAA xbox title getting a 4/10 review, LIAR sucks big time, HS hardly get an 8/10, and the kids will buy a Wii. Resistance 8/10, Motostorm 8/10, Warhawk 8/10, LAIR 4/10 (the suckests game of the year), you want innovative? buy a wii!. And the rest wait for their release. PS3 still has no games. Bioshock 9/10, Halo 3 those are real games.

[nasim]

RESISTANCE has a review average of 88%

www.gamerankings.com

WARHAWK is an AAA experience
www.ign.com

MOTORSTORM makes any of ur x360 game look like a Wii game .even ur 2 year old game doesnt compare itself to MOTORSTORM.

Motorstorm got 8.9 /10 from GAygn as well and got the editor's choice.

Resistance has the best MP found in any FPS

NGS is an AAA experience.

LAIR is only possible on ps3 and despite biased reviews by 1up/GAY GN and GAYSPOT LAIR sold well.

a single dragon in LAIR contains way more poly than an entire scene in GEARS.

LAIR would sell well in all continents

Your low powered garbage box 360 games would only sell in NA.

and x360 is dead in Both EU and JAPAN

@LIGHTNING

ur GAYLO 3 wont move any extra x360

Those who want GAYLO3 ---a cartoon FPS featuring powerranger KIDS in green diapers, already have x360.

KO ps3???????????

LOL

firstly u have to be in a position to knock it out.

the ps2 owners would be switching to ps3 but not to LOW POWERED 100% defective x360 with no games (bioshock and Gears are on PC as well).

when the ps3 is slashed to 400$ ---ur garbage box 360 wont exist anymore in NA ,EU and JAPAN

no sane person would buy x360 for a UT3 downgraded GEARS and cartoon HALO3

[VirusE]

Nasim do you just make this crap up on the fly? You do realize that lair has an average of 57% of metacritic right? You parents must be proud of your extreme lack of intelligence and outrageous levels of bias.

[mandrake]

I wouldn't waste a penny on it myself, but I do hope other people get suckered into buying Lair, and a lot of them too. Factor 5 was not equal to its ambitions this time, but I think if they're given a second chance, Lair 2 may turn out to be the game that Lair 1 was supposed to be. I can see what the developers were reaching for and I don't want them to give up on that grand vision.

[DeZimatoR]

lol vgchartz....

Enough said I think ;)

[Dannagar]

That is why you are called a fanboy! In your first year with the Xbox 360, there were far more games than 6 games you've mentioned. What about Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Call of Duty 2? Of course, Most of the Playstation 3 titles that you are so impressed with aren't even out. So how can you say that your experience is better?

Just repeat after me! I am a fan boy. I am bias. It doesn't matter how crappy the Playstation 3 is, I'm still going to love it. It doesn't matter how piss poor the games are, I'm still going to love them. No matter how poorly the PS3 does, I'm still going to defend it.

[bung tickler]

and bubble for you sir. +1

[xplosneer]

He doesn't like SHOOTERS!

People have these things called OPINIONS.
Besides Viva Piniata, can you name a really GREAT game on Xbox 360 not shooters?

I'm just speaking for IDC here, I love shooters.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I'm a PS3 fan and I have my butt cheeks sticking out. I'm getting ready for the H bomb. I actually wish it would come sooner.

Time to find out if the bite matches the bark. I'll just say this, if you're gonna kill us, make sure we are all the way dead, ALL THE WAY.

This is your chance to kick us in the butt while we bend over for you. Make sure the kick is hard enough. Because if not, it's gonna cost you.

[ukilnme]

You take this stuff way too seriously. Relax and be a true gamer. This applies to all that are like you.

[smack]

This guy is right. The Halo train is on it's way, and it is MS' real chance to K.O. the PS3 in NA. If they fail, then the 360 and PS3 will be fighting until the next generation of consoles is released.

What I can't understand is why all of the Sony and MS fans are busy bashing each other, while the Wii is kicking the crap out of them both.

I don't typically quote movies, but like Ricky Bobby said, "If you ain't first your last." Just like everyone else here, I cannot fathom why people are buying the Wii.

[bung tickler]

im a 360 fan however i dont want M$ to kill off the ps3 in the US... why? cuz compitition is GOOD. it means better things for both sides. so live on ps3, live on.

[eagle21]

plenty of ps3 titles in the top 50. Lair did well for a friday release. Warhawk will stay a top seller, with Heavenly Sword. PS3 is doing well in every territory. Wii continues hardware dominance.

[PimpHandHappy]

Because i know most the friends i had on my psn(25-30ppl) are playing warhwawk. I have only two ppl that dont have it yet but they have told me they want it. All these ppl where from Vegas and RFOM.

cant wait to play HS

good days for gamers

peace

[snittolo]

I know VG charts are estimates but how do they have lair on there? Unless I'm a complete moron talking about this (In Canada at least)LAIR was not released untill tuesday so how is there #'s already by thursday lol.

[THUNDERMARE]

well that puzzles me too, that's why i'm alittle skeptic about this chart.
But heym I bought LAIR yesterday, I feel that It deserve more than 50/100.... I think graphic and story wise it deserve 70. Game play is a little hard to grab, but once did, one can be an ace sky guard in no time.

[Ju]

Started selling it last Friday in the US.

[jcgamer]

just think how the top 200 software chart will look after Christmas...pretty sweet if you ask me

[power of Green]

Are you ok man?.

[marc 1975]

dont forget you will have spyro ha ha ha

[TheMART]

So the 360 sells 78k

and the PS3 48k

A week... so that's 30k a week outselling. Damn that one month in July really was the only month the PS3 sold good this year. Back to the situation like the first 6 months of 2007. THe 360 outselling the PS3 in USA, and even world wide.

[Mars Attacker]

The gap continues to grow rather than shrink. With loads of AAA games for Christmas (and the new chipset) the 360 will really increase the gap by January. This just means less and less exclusives for the PS3 and more bad 360 ports.

If you were a software developer, which console would you want to invest millions in? They are in the business to make money, not to make fanboys happy. Looking at the console sales and attach rates, I be writing games for the PS2 and 360.

[power of Green]

I'm having trouble disifering your reply.

Whats spyro?.

[marc 1975]

u must remember it i don't know why i wrote it .. must be goin crazy.. what it was my mate had spyro and i had goldeneye .. and he thought spyro was a bet blah blah god it complicated :)

[BIadestarX]

ohh wow... Xbox 360 selling almost 2:1 better than the PS3... if we apply the same fanboy principle about blu-ray winning over HD DVD 2:1... which is, "HD DVD is dead"... then I guess the PS3 is also dead...

[Cartesian3D]

add more than 34% dead 360 s. now. I think PS3 is not dead..

Remember yourself after E3 ... and its american chart IDiot not entire WORLD... in japan Ps3 outselling 360 more than 10 :1 ..

[BIadestarX]

WOW.. you make it sound big when you say 10:1... but failed to mention the numbers... it's funny that PS3 sells in Japan + US still not close to close the gap in terms of sells the xbox 360 have against the PS3 only in the US.

[Cartesian3D]

add 34% DEAD 360..

u r right about numbers.. but dont forgot 100% faulty hardware ... sooner or later in 2009 or even in 2008 u wont see any 360 owner without RROD...

I had my 360 just for 6 month W/O ROD .. may be u r a Lucky 360 owner.. :P .. I will see your comments after TGS ( Biggest Game show this year )

[razer]

I smell a new PS3 fanboy tactic coming on...

Now it's "%34 dead 360" so the PS3 is winning!!!

Wow, just wow!

[xplosneer]

It's been shown that it's definately over 5%, I say 34% is a pretty dang high I'm gonna make a random guess and say 20%.

[cooke15]

Interesting how you title mentions Lair and Warhawk but not the top seller :|

[Xi]

these charts don't prove anything.

the 360 will extend it's lead over xmas but the gap will close once in 2008 when the ps3 gets it's first AAA title.

[felidae]

who cares about sales? in the end, ps3 will be the winner for sure.

[IRONMAN_X57]

360 outsells because they always blow up, salted

[FelicityOldGamer]

Wii is killing all!

:)

[mirroredderorrim]

People need to realize that time, circumstance and *price* determine how a console will do each week and or month.

Sales figures for all three systems fluctuate all the time. They could be inconsistent for awhile and go back to being steady, or just fall.

I think PS3 will do very well with console sales this christmas, but in terms of sofwate I think 360 will trounce Sony.

Just my two cents.

[Witty Comment]

Price point drives units sold.

[RINGOFDEATH]

30% to 40% of the 360 owners are ending up having hardware failures .

[FadeToBlack]

Lair in the top 10 LoL.

[FirstknighT]

It's good to see that Bioshock has sold half a million copies. Looks like people have been reading the reviews. An easy million game seller.

360 for the next gen win!

[Bolts]

LMAO @ Blue Dragon and Lair. Way to go guys, way to go.

[sumfood4u]

But MPC 3 & Warhawk is something that stay on yur mind even during sleep. That the type of effect of game that says man this $hit is tight!