Australian Sales Charts - Week Ending 27/03/05

Brendan

Australian Sales Charts - Week Ending 27/03/05 by Brendan

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David · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:51 pm�� Post subject:

I'm saddened and surprised that Resident Evil 4 is not in the charts, even though it was only out 2 shopping days over the period. It is vastly superior to every single game in the top 10.

Also, does EA have a vice like grip on the Australian charts? Even san andreas gets EA some cash per unit (Since it was built on Criterion's renderware licence, and EA bought Criterion last year)

GroovySamurai · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:55 pm�� Post subject:

After checking those charts I was going to post the same thing as you D.Lo, where the hell is Resident Evil?

Maybe it will do better with the standard edition..
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ObsoletE · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:34 pm�� Post subject:

i am surprised too that RE4 didn't hit the top ten...
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Blue Storm · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:41 pm�� Post subject:

Would have been nice if Nintendo advertised such a big name, non kiddie game that is a friggin good play. RE would be the sort of game that could show some 'casual' gamers Gamecube isn't the kids toy many think it is.

Hell, with the price of the GC now days some people would probably guy a GC just for RE4. But even I, the RE and Nintendo fan I am was had the game sneak up on me.
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David · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:17 pm�� Post subject:

ObsoletE · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:35 pm�� Post subject:

yeah i'd also like to know who buys these Sims games?

Playboy was always a game that was going to sell well for a week cos people like teh b00beys, but the sims?

every shop i go into with games has mountains of sims games instock, thats why they're number 1 all the time, EA simply ships more and more to the sellers...

bah... i hate EA... yet i'm forced to buy them since they own my favourite franchises...
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Brendan · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:57 pm�� Post subject:

Since that I searched two shopping centers for a non-EB copy of RE4 and couldn't find one (not because they sold out, but because they didn't order stock), I'm not at all surprised it's not in there. It's a real shame.

Jeremy · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:40 am�� Post subject:

1. You pretty much can't buy RE4 anywhere other than EB games and some Toys'r'us outlets.
2. Virtually no one owns a Gamecube anymore and no one wants to buy one for this game, even though it rocks to high heaven ...
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David · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:18 am�� Post subject:

How can no-one own a gamecube "anymore"? They've sold 150,000 GCNs in this country Where did they go?

Blue Storm · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:57 am�� Post subject:

Nintendo Gnomes took 'em.

I used to work at EB and you know who buys the Sims? Girl. Yes, that's right, the fairer sex is the root of all EA evil.
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ObsoletE · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:18 am�� Post subject:

i'm going to Perth's largest shopping centre today, out of interest i'm going to take a survey of the stores that stock/sell GC's, and in particular, RE4...

despite me being one of the non-buyers, the lack of it in the top-ten intrigues me...

as for The Sims:
yeah i know females are the major buyers/players of them (i think i read it was somewhere around 70% of all Sims players are female) but still, when you look at the number of units left on the shelves at game stores, it's not hard to realise that our "sales charts" are actually "shipping charts"

if you are still unconvinced, head to an EB during the 2 for $50 sale and see how many Sims units are on that table... at the 3 i've had a look at, i'd say about half the stock in the 2 for $50 area are Sims related...

Australia really needs to get a new method... although how to do that i have no idea...
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Blue Storm · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:39 am�� Post subject:

Depends, when I worked at EB we sometimes got as many as 10 copies of the Sims a day. It was the sort of game that would get good sales the first day but keep on keeping on even months after it came out. Even if there are lots there, doesn't mean they haven't sold a shit load previously.
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ObsoletE · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:09 pm�� Post subject:

ok well like i said i was going to, i undertook a survey of stores at WA's largest shopping centre (Carousel) to see who stocked GC games, and in particular, Resident Evil 4...

ok, well Carousel only has the following stores that stock games of any platform:
Myer (PC, PS2 and XBox only)
Kmart (All)
Target (All)
Sanity (Consoles only)
IN2 Music (Consoles Only)
EB (All)
Game Traders (All)
plus across the road there is:
Harvey Norman (All, surprisingly... it's the only HN i know of with nintendo gear)
Toy's R Us
JB Hifi (PS2 and Xbox only)

so, which stores didn't have RE4 in stock?

Myer (non nintendo stockist)
JB Hifi (non nintendo stockist)
Sanity (which have a shit collection of all consoles... only the platinum games)
IN2 Music (which have a shit collection of all consoles... only the platinum games)
and EB... and that was because they had sold out...

every other store had at least 1 copy of RE4 CE (well, the outer shell anyway) on shelves... and they still aren't in the top ten...

pretty odd i thought...
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Jeremy · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:07 pm�� Post subject:

Someone who I knew worked in EB once and he said that the majority of GC consoles that he sold were to Asians who were taking them back home.

I also know a large amount of people that since buying their GC consoles, traded them in not long after.

Even if 150 000 Cubes are out there, how many more PS2's and Xbox's are there?

Speaking of this, people are probably holding out for the PS2 version of RE4, just like they are in Japan.

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