FEAR 2 debuts at #2 in UK charts

Funny, if it was a ps3 exclusive that debuted at 15 you and many others would be saying it did in fact bomb.

@tmac: Well, it didn't exactly 'bomb', but 10th for one week (let's use the real chart, please) is hardly a storming success. If it's still somewhere in the top whatever next week, great - if not, we can start using the 'b' word. I noticed there was a poster for this outside HMV too - one of, like, two games advertised at a time - so it's not like they aren't promoting it.

@original post: There are plenty of Wii owners who'd like 'hardcore' games, as in games that aren't minigame collections or film/TV tie-ins, but don't like 'hardcore' games, as in three-hour lightgun gorefests with reportedly tacky humour. Kind of interesting how there's really not that much in the middle in Wii, at least in terms of games that are actually good; you go straight from WarioWare to House of the Dead, MadWorld, No More Heroes etc...

The charts you're referencing are for specific consoles. Fear 2 placed second when you add up all copies sold across all platforms. Guess it depends on how you want to look at it.

Seeing as how everyone reports NPD and Media Create numbers by units instead of combined platforms, it seems a bit retarded of Joystiq to suddenly do otherwise.
...but then, if they didn't, how else could Jem Alexander piss all over 'casual' games?

I prefer to take the NPD way and not Activision's "Guitar Hero-various" way

samfish

The reason why Joystiq did this, was because they simple wanted to not give credit to the good sales of Overkill.

In reality, Overkill sold a lot more than for example the PS3 version of Fear. Of course, Joystiq wont give to Overkill that credit.

Just look at this line: "Considering the number of Wii owners clamoring for hardcore games, they don't seem to be buying them when they actually appear." you guys should tell that to PS3 owners: there isn't a single PS3 game on the Top 10.

Oh come on Fernando. Its not like Call of Duty sold almost 3 times as many copies on the Wii in one month than on the PS3 over 3 months because M-rated games just don't sell on the Wii. If some one like James or Jem says it often enough that makes it a fact!

"Seeing as how everyone reports NPD and Media Create numbers by units instead of combined platforms, it seems a bit retarded of Joystiq to suddenly do otherwise.
...but then, if they didn't, how else could Jem Alexander piss all over 'casual' games?"


Well samfish, every other site, Gamasutra, Kotaku, NeoGAF, Destructoid... posted the individual sales, and everyone is very happy to see Overkill in the Top 10 (which by the way, was released last friday in the UK).

Joystiq is the only place using the combined consoles sales, and I bet it was only to include the obligatory Wii bashing.

I mean, I can expect this kind of unprofessionalism by Kotaku, really. But no. It was by Joystiq. And it's a shame.

It merely shows the individuality expressed by joystiq authors, i think. Two of 'em, specifically, who seem to enjoy their little snide assaults on Nintendo.

Makes it easy to know which articles to take seriously, though

Actually the reason it isnt going the NPD way is because it's UK charts, so obviously they have a completely different system for tracking.

Although i must add, it's a cheap shot against hardcore games when House of the Dead is your poster boy; an arcade relic that hasnt been relevant to most gamers for a long time.

The UK charts show multiple ways. The standard way has ALWAYS been to show the individual units sold...not group multi-plat games together. That's the way every other tracking firm AND news outlet reports it.
It just seems bizarre to suddenly show the more inaccurate way, especially when the entire newspost is basically dedicated to taking a shot at the Wii.

Then again, the Wii's install base is 1000x bigger than both the PS3s and the 360s install...

then again, the UK also went batshit insane over Big Beach Sports

AI2x

By that logic, games like God of War 2 are the biggest bombs ever... it managed to sell only 2 million copies with an install base of 120 million.

The House of the Dead: Overkill sold extremely good. It was at number 10. Problem is that the list that Joystiq linked is a list with the games combined by platforms.

Or its 2x bigger (maybe)? And when you add PC install base, that changes everything.