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Army of Two sales figures bring shock, no awe

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The NPD Group has released the latest 360 software sales figures for the U.S.A., and there are a couple of surprises in there. While no one's going to be confused by a top three consisting of GTAIV, Call of Duty IV and Madden, the games in fourth and fifth place are Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Army of Two, respectively. If nothing else this comprehensively proves that Americans really, really like guns.

But it also proves that in the face of being the only new franchise in the top five and receiving merely good-to-average review scores, Army of Two still went on to sell some 900,000 copies in the US. Our guess is that to some the lure of co-op is so strong it makes the game itself seem like virtual wrapping paper. Brr.
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SL1M DADDY - 468 days ago
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1 - I liked AOT for one reason...
Co-op. It was ok, not great. I did like the bling factor to your guns too I guess. It was kind of cool to bling out the big guns.
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joydestroy - 467 days 13 hours ago
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ArmyofTwo rocked. i played through the entire campaign with a random guy on XBL one morning after work.

co-op and online functionality are almost certainly needed if you have hopes for your game to be a AAA title. if you don't have either, your game better be balls to the wall the best of it's genre at the time it releases or it's an automatic flop.
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littlenuthead - 468 days ago
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personally didn't like this one, rented it & took it back after a long day on it, but rainbow2 doesn't surprise me great game
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season007 - 468 days ago
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"If nothing else this comprehensively proves that Americans really, really like guns."

LOL...
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acetw1n - 468 days ago
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4 - I like this game, When's the sequel coming
I traded in uncharted to get this game,
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nonAsianDroid - 468 days ago
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uncharted is way better than army of two, I hated army of two
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acetw1n - 467 days 22 hours ago
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4.2 - yes uncharted is better
but it has low replay value ,and no multiplayer
me and my friends can always play AoT.
Upgrading guns is always fun and we can also take on other people online plus I have downloaded free levels that are pretty cool.
dont get me wrong when uncharted 2 comes out i will be getting that, but i will probolly trade it in for army of two sequel.
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ceedubya9 - 467 days 22 hours ago
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4.3 - A co-op Uncharted
Would rock hard.
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DARK WITNESS - 467 days 23 hours ago
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of course what they didn't account for was the 800,000 copies that were taken back to the shops after a week.

i went and got the game thinking it would be good. i played about half of the game and took it back.

There are not many games in my collection that i would say i have not finished, but this is one of them.
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Phaqutomb - 467 days 23 hours ago
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sad to say i beat the game. and played it online one or two time. it sat collecting dust just until i traded it in recently.
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borgome - 467 days 23 hours ago
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6 - The game...
was absolute garbae plain and simple. Barely worthy of demo download, let alone a rent.
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angel199x - 467 days 23 hours ago
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I'm glad R6V2 is still up there, I played all those games but I keep coming back to the terrorist hunt.. it just never gets old for me. :)
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No FanS Land - 467 days 22 hours ago
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It says ubisoft's Rainbow six vegas 2 and army of two. Army of two is EA montreal production not ubisosft
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FantasyStar - 467 days 22 hours ago
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10 - Longer Gameplay
That would've kept AoT high in sales. $60 for a 5-6 hour game, regardless of co-op or isn't worth it.
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FCOLitsjustagame - 467 days 21 hours ago
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I liked AOT but glad I borrowed it. However I will probably pick it up for my collection once its cheap. I think it would be worth a replay.
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QQcrybaby - 467 days 15 hours ago
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12 - Why is he surprised?
The game is a fun co-op shooter. Maybe the hippy author can cry about the sales more.
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