NPD Fallout: Uncharted Fails to Chart

Snukadaman - 735 days 6 hours ago

Uncharted in my opinion had plenty of press, just like heavenly sword,lair and even ratchet and clank. The owners of the ps3 are there....but in north america they are not buying games no matter how many people say it is good.

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DrPirate - 735 days 6 hours ago

PS3 owner buying trends stink.

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Kleptic - 735 days 6 hours ago

I don't know what the deal is...I was saying in an earlier article how I already own 9 games, and bought the PS3 in march...with several more in on the near horizon...

Only mistake I made was buying Vegas, but at that point I only owned Resistance and Motorstorm, both of which I had played the absolute crap out of...

and that Warhawk thing was debunked a while ago...Sony only released information on the retail version, which didn't fair as well (that was the 58,000 its first month or whatever...the leaderboards had 78,000 within the first few days...combining the PSN download and retail versions, the title did perfectly fine considering its online only...and next weeks expansion should spur some additional sales assuming they do a decent bundle...still pissed they are charging for it though; numerous interviews had Jobe going on about not nickle and diming us to death with it...

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actas123 - 735 days 6 hours ago

I think its time for video games on both platforms to go back to the 49.99 and 39.99 dollars mark.. Paying 60 dollars for a video game no matter what it is is just "not smart" and thats my opinion. I think all gamers should buy less video games, that way publishers will lower prices on new releases..

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Real Gambler - 735 days 6 hours ago

Years ago, background music was done by one man on a cheap synthetiser. Today, you get an orchestra. Do you feel like going back to those endless 7 note melody again? Not me.

Years ago, you had no graphical artist... The programmer would sit down, draw a 20 pixels (huge, pixels, huge!) something that looked like a two legged human, and made those sprites glide across the screen. Background was blue, or green... Want to go back? Not me.

I'm willing to pay more today, because we are far from the team of 20 programmers working in a basement somewhere. I didn't buy Uncharted. I may eventually, but I had to choose. I bought COD4, Assassin and Eye of Judgment. Needless to say, my PS3 has been running non stop since then. So I don't think Uncharted didn't sell because of the price. There was simply too much too choose from. I'm sure it will sell decently, months after months. Next game on my list is UT3... Yep, didn't buy it yet. May wait until Christmas break since I don't have much play time now. But sure enough, if the big spring games get postponed, I'll have all eyes on Uncharted.

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Xbox is the BEST - 735 days 5 hours ago

are buying Blu Ray movies

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TUFFnNYC - 735 days 5 hours ago

I know that for now PS3 owners are not buying games. But heres my take. I am not rich. So every game that comes out for PS3 i cannot get even though i want to. And PS3 owners have been a little swamped with games these past couple of months. I know i cant afford them all. I plan on getting Uncharted, UT3, Assasins Creed, COD4. Right now all i have is MLB 07, R:FoM and Warhawk. Why? Im a college student supporting myself. But thats just me. As with PS3 owners. You can say that they only use the PS3 for bluray but people used the PS2 for dvd's and now in its 7th year its still selling like McDonalds Snack wraps. The same will happen for the PS3. Mark my words.

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eagle21 - 735 days 3 hours ago

It has more legs than Naomi Campbell and PS3 is outselling 360 software in EU week ending Dec.8. Assassin's Creed sold 1 million copies on PS3, COD4 over 1 million copies on PS3 in 3 weeks worldwide. COD4 and Assassin's also outsold Mass Effect and Halo 3 on 360 in November. Even Mario Galaxy! Sorry if PS3 owners wanted in on those games in bulk too. But with only 2.6 million PS3's in N.A. it's gonna give and take. But when they finish? Uncharted will be their top pick. So what if Uncharted sold 400k (waiting for EU numbers) in less than 1 month? You sound so dumb it's unreal. It sold 50k last week in U.S. By X-mas Uncharted should be 450k in U.S. alone and 800k worldwide. Sony needs no help, that belongs to 360's international agenda (sorry). 7.2 million PS3's sold and counting. Not to mention the ass wooping hd-dvd gets..PS3 is making it happen. You are blind and arrogant.

Also...1up is talking about the top 10 american software. PS3 and Ps2 has great numbers on this list. Why do you think 360 was outsold worldwide? Games like Uncharted and Ratchet that's why....who would've thought?

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Snukadaman - 735 days 2 hours ago

eagle21...im talking too you...no one insulted you ps3 fans...lets show some respect and not be a friggan child with the name calling...my point is this....if orange box for the xbox 360 can sell 300k in one week..what the hell is going on where ps3's best games cant even hit 300k in 6-7 weeks...i promise you developers look at those numbers...soon some of them will figure out it doesnt pay too make a exclusive game for the ps3 when in fact exclusives sell quite poorly. and please lets not go with the usual excuses of "ohh the ps3 isnt at 14 million like the xbox". at this time last year gears of war happend too sell 1 million copies in less than 3 weeks...on the xbox 360 with 1 million more consoles then the ps3 has now at 4 million.

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R M Spender - 735 days ago

did anyone disagree with his comment. clowns,,,,

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Lucreto - 734 days 23 hours ago

Well the attach rate is poor but it will improve. If you bought a $600 Playstation you will be a little short on money. We need to wait a year or so for things to improve. We are comparing our current attach rates to a console that came out a year later where people have already gotten over the inital price and are buying games.

That and the 360 has so many AAA games this year it would be higher.

Who is disagreeing with me is it the 360 fanboys or the PS3 fanboys.

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robep3 - 734 days 19 hours ago

HI ALL
What thr figs REALLY SAY IF YOU BOTHER TO LOOK AT LINK GIVEN
UNCHARTED ONLY AVAILABLE 2 WEEKS REPEAT 2 WEEKS OF THE MONTH!!!

http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...

EXTRACT FROM THIS.

PlayStation 3 may be commonly pinned as a Blu-ray platform, but that doesn't mean those owners aren't interested in actually playing games; the 444,000 copies of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sold on PS3 last month are a testament to this. In arguably the month's biggest disappointment, Naughty Dog's PS3 debut, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, not only failed to show up in the top ten software sales for November, but only managed 117,000 sales, according to the NPD Group, during the two weeks it was available last month.

ALMOST HALF A MILLION COD, 117,000 UNCHARTED AND WE STILL KICKED
HD-DVD IN THE BUTT PS3 OWNERS HAVE MORE CASH TO SPEND THAN XBOTS!!!

ROB.

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Sarick - 734 days 18 hours ago

@Real Gamer

What you've said about games costing more to make is true but you've missed something. I the old days games where more of a nitch audience. Today you can't walk down the street and meet someone who hasn't played a video game. Cost are higher but the install base is also many many times larger.

Lets look at PC games they're still selling for roughly $40-$50.
This is where the companies make games and sell the consoles at a loss planning to make money off royalties and add on hardware.

I think your making the mistake that you'll get better games if you throw money at developers.

I've seen how well throwing money around works. If McRonald's hires minimum wage employees then decides to give them $10 an hour using profits from $10 Big McRonalds it doesn't make the product better. It just means less people will buy the burgers and McRonalds is throwing money around irrationality.

Proof of concept the PS3 60g had a slow launch as Sony thought everyone would pay $600 for high quality hardware.

Also don't forget aren't a few of the EA games for the PS3 $60? If your concept of $60 games = higher quality games then... Seriously wtf is up with EA?

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Snukadaman - 734 days 14 hours ago

everyone who wanted it bought it the first day it was available...what your observation does is show how more anemic ps3 owners purchase games considering they had 2 weeks too pick up the game...and only 177 people decided it was worth 60 bucks....

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travelguy2k - 734 days 10 hours ago

GREAT!!! since it released so late in the month its really no mare than its first week. In my book a month is 30 days, not 11 or so...

Sorry @ below, saying the same thing, i'll give you a bubble for sayin first though.

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Legend - 734 days 7 hours ago

Most PS3 owners rent single player adventure titles these days.

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The Round Peg - 735 days 7 hours ago

"Unofficially", Uncharted was released earlier than the official street date and about one week before Mass Effect. (Mass Effect's broken street date is already taken into consideration.) So both had really been out for more than 3 weeks in November - I'm sure the sales made during the street date was broken was counted into the NPD data as November sales.

Mass Effect managed to hit number 6 on the NPD November chart, and Mass Effect is a Western RPG - a niche genre.

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Danja - 735 days 7 hours ago

Uncharted was officially released on NOV.19th..Gamestop started selling the game on Nov 16th...most ppl did not buy the game until after or on Nov 19th...so don't even try to spin it around

Uncharted had no hype..well compared to Mass Effect...and the 360 userbase is bigger than the PS3's for now that is..so didn't you expect Mass Effect to sell more..*common sense dude*...actually everyone expected Mass Effect to do bigger numbers than it did...

Uncharted should have long legs this holiday season Sony needs to just push the game like it did RFOM..

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rich13er - 735 days 6 hours ago

that PS3 owners would be jumping at the chance to pick up a game that has been getting good reviews. I was thinking about maybe picking it up. but with Mass effect, Rockband, AC, Guitar Hero 3 the funds dried up. Maybe thats the problem to many other MUST have games came out a little before it.

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jcgamer - 735 days 5 hours ago

Why are you way up here answering to me? I'm "down there"...lol...props for showing your face, but that's about all you're gonna get from me...still talking junk, you ain't no real gamer...saying Mass Effect is a total flop as a game...lol...no need to talk to you anymore...you wouldn't know a real game if it was staring you in your face!

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Danja - 735 days 5 hours ago

I think 'Wil4hire' recognises a good game when it hits him...he loves 'UNCHARTED'

Uncharted is a better game than Mass Effect even though they can't really be compared *different genres*...Uncharted blows every 360 game to date out the water dude..

so tell me what makes Mass Effect so Great..is it a good game to certain ppl yes..but not everyone who bought the game is satisified with it...everyone who has played Uncharted has nothing but good to say about it..

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tordavis - 735 days 3 hours ago

Mass Effect IS a great game. Have you played it or are you just on the outside looking in? Drakes is awesome too. Saying it blows every 360 title out of the water is far fetched. Is it as fun as Gears or does it just look better? PS3 fanboys tend to equate graphics with overall gameplay. Just because Drakes looks better than any console game, doesn't mean it's actually better. You are however, entitled to your opinion.

Here's a very open-minded review of Mass Effect. He touches on the flaws and the greatness. Yes, ME is a great game.

http://www.thebitbag.com/in...

Anyways, Sony fanboys seem to think that the world is going to explode PS3's next year with MGS4 and FFXIII. Not a single bit of new gameplay footage has been released for FFXIII yet people are banking on it. Why is that? Anyways, PS3 will do great next year but I doubt it's just going to up and pass 360 and Wii. What we are dealing with here folks is a 3 system market and it's going to stay that way until the next generation. You will see no system failures or console war losers this generation.

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XGamer - 734 days 19 hours ago

This is sad numbers as Uncharted is the ps3's best game out.

At this rate the ps3 won't sell a million copies of a game ever.

The xbox 360 was already selling millions by now at this point in it's cycle. Developers aren't going to be crossing over to the ps3 with numbers like this, they'll re running away.

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Danja - 735 days 7 hours ago

it funny you call the PS3 a bomb , when you actually traded in ur PS3 for an actual ticking time bomb... I hope you have fun when you get those 3 RROD...it's only a matter of time...

ahh btw I see you've taken my advice by changing ur avatar...lol...

@Harry

dude you seriously don't need to write a freakin essay in every post ppl aint gonna read it..atleast break it up into paragraphs makes it easier on the eyes...lol

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toughNAME - 735 days 6 hours ago

it seems like every other commercial I see is for Uncharted

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ruibing - 735 days 5 hours ago

Yeah I know, I bought one from Best Buy over Thanksgiving and most of my friends with PS3s have it as well. But I guess everyone has their own tastes.

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PS3n360 - 735 days 4 hours ago

Uncharted really is worth buyin a PS3 for. I know a lot 360 gamers are usually the hardcore open minded sort at least I try to be. The 360 has so many awesome games that I love, I just love great games period. Uncharted single player beats any single player action game on 360 for graphics story and gameplay. If it had even mediocre multiplayer it would be my most favourite game ever. It is neck and neck with gears of war for me and that says alot because I am a multiplayer whore and usually dont even play through single player games. If you call yourself a gamer at least try uncharted, whats the worst that could happen?

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raub - 735 days 7 hours ago

bye bye bubbles

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FPS nut - 735 days 6 hours ago

bye bye to your bubbles raub

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jcgamer - 735 days 6 hours ago

Sony Fanboys WERE in fact saying "Mass Eflop" jokes, he ain't lyin'...in fact, where IS Crazzy Man and wil4hire...Where u at! Where u at! Talking all that yin-yang Wu-Tang...lol...bubbles up Jason 360, don't worry...

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tatotiburon - 735 days 6 hours ago

bubbles for you jason...keep it up.

Anyway i really like Uncharted, its sad to see it flop, sorry four you devs, take my advice: Jump In.

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toughNAME - 735 days 6 hours ago

but i'm not going to change your bubbles in any way because you said 'Droid'..

..which is pretty much the Sony equivalent to 'xbot' the stupidest word on all the internets

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Jason 360 - 735 days 5 hours ago

I don't know what you guys are so angry for, I could go back to the good ole days when I was a pr!ck in every post. I thought that comment was kinda "light" compaired to what I can do. Putting my 360 fanboy aside for a sec, you guys do need to start buying more games. Do you realy think devs don't notice these numbers? That is the 1st, 2nd and last thing they see, they are not in the buisness of making games for a whoping 60,000 copies sold. Did you guys see the numbers for COD4? now is it realy that suprising to you that devs make the 360 their lead platform? Buy buying the movies your helping the future of Blu-Ray and hurting the future of games. Are you "gamers" or movie buffs?

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UrbanJabroni - 735 days 3 hours ago

+ bubbles to Jason

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tordavis - 735 days 3 hours ago

It's not the n4g PS3 owners that aren't buying games, it's those bastards buying PS3's for Blu-Ray players that aren't buying games.

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Tru2U - 735 days 1 hour ago

If you don't have anything intelligent to say just take your comments outside and spray paint them on a wall.

Take a look at the comment from PS3n360 and learn from him. Tru gamers play games not consoles!

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Drillin - 734 days 22 hours ago

Dont worry I got your back also + bubble for you. Sick of seeing these Sony fanboys try and take bubbles away just because they get their feelings hurt by what someone said against their console.

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raub - 734 days 17 hours ago

guess i should have explained a little better, but i wasn't going to take them, i don t take anyones, infact most of the other people who everyone hates i think are just funny, i was just saying that a lot of people aren t going to like what ya said ;)

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