Hopefully this will teach people that making quality games is worth it.de Blob has sold about 500k
I doubt it sold that much. Unfortunately, THQ probably won't ever issue a statement about the numbers.
Not too shabby. It should do at least 700,000 total in 2009. Christmas sales will also help it.
[QUOTE=''DaLegendKilla92'']According to vgchartz.com, the THQ game has sold approximately 500,000 copies after 11 weeks on the market. Sales rates have increased for the past few weeks and even saw minor boosts in Japan, as their holiday season picks up steam.
At the rate it is selling now, it could carry on to sell a million copies during 2009. I think that the success of this game was completely due to word of mouth and its obvious quality. I'm assuming most of the hardcore (stupid term) gamers bought it within the first month of its release, with several hundred ''curious'' new gamers picking up the game along with them. People got to talking, and de Blob began picking up speed and has now become a hit.
THQ already expressed that they were pleased with the games sales about a month ago, so they must be estatic now. I don't think THQ has many franchises of its own, so they should be haapy with the potential success this game may have if turned into a franchise. The developer, Blue Tongue, has done a good job and has succeeded in making a strong product.
Congratulations. There is another Wii game you can burn off the ''flop list''. [/QUOTE] I hope it sells more.
Nice. I really want to play this game, if I get money/gift card for Christmas I might pick it up. Cool to see good game=good sales.
Wow. Surprised to see such a unique game sell so well.Still I'm sure the great amount of advertising helped.May pick it up when it gets cheaper :P
Actually, while word of mouth is extremely important to new franchises, I think what helped this game the most was the advertising. I saw so many commercials for de Blob a couple months ago.When are publishers going to learn that advertising is the best way to sell on Wii?Look at Shaun White compared to Skate it:Shaun White (Advertised): 420,000 Skate It (Not advertised): 50,000.They both came out at roughly the same time, both use the balance board, both similar genres, and both recieved good reviews. The only difference is advertising.
[QUOTE=''helium_flash'']I doubt it sold that much. Unfortunately, THQ probably won't ever issue a statement about the numbers.[/QUOTE]
They use numbers from NPD, MediaCreate and such. :| Why would you doubt them?
[QUOTE=''Wintry_Flutist''][QUOTE=''helium_flash'']I doubt it sold that much. Unfortunately, THQ probably won't ever issue a statement about the numbers.[/QUOTE] They use numbers from NPD, MediaCreate and such. :| Why would you doubt them?[/QUOTE]Because they have been drastically wrong before. I would like to see some real numbers rather than what vgchartz predicts.And you are saying that NPD and MediaCreate give them numbers? Why would they do that?
This and animal crossing are gonna be the first games I pick up when I get my wii. De blog looks so fun.
[QUOTE=''helium_flash''][QUOTE=''Wintry_Flutist''][QUOTE=''helium_flash'']I doubt it sold that much. Unfortunately, THQ probably won't ever issue a statement about the numbers.[/QUOTE] They use numbers from NPD, MediaCreate and such. :| Why would you doubt them?[/QUOTE]Because they have been drastically wrong before. I would like to see some real numbers rather than what vgchartz predicts.And you are saying that NPD and MediaCreate give them numbers? Why would they do that? [/QUOTE]NPD, MediaCreate and other research groups release that info weekly or monthly. VG Chartz just keeps track of it... They'll only be wrong if NPD/MC/Other doesn't release info. Do you think they're making up or predicting broken numbers such as those?
I will now express my reaction to this news in pictorial form.
[QUOTE=''Wintry_Flutist''][QUOTE=''helium_flash''][QUOTE=''Wintry_Flutist''] They use numbers from NPD, MediaCreate and such. :| Why would you doubt them?[/QUOTE]Because they have been drastically wrong before. I would like to see some real numbers rather than what vgchartz predicts.And you are saying that NPD and MediaCreate give them numbers? Why would they do that? [/QUOTE]NPD, MediaCreate and other research groups release that info weekly or monthly. VG Chartz just keeps track of it... They'll only be wrong if NPD/MC/Other doesn't release info. Do you think they're making up or predicting broken numbers such as those?[/QUOTE]I'd like to actually see numbers backing up those predictions. I even googled sales numbers for de Blob and I couldn't find anything.And MediaCreate/NPD wouldn't release numbers exclusively to vgchartz because that would be helping the competition. All of these numbers are predictions, as said by vgchartz from the very beginning. They say they base these claims off what retailers they call tell them, but they also say there is a 20% room for error.
[QUOTE=''helium_flash''][QUOTE=''Wintry_Flutist''][QUOTE=''helium_flash'']Because they have been drastically wrong before. I would like to see some real numbers rather than what vgchartz predicts.And you are saying that NPD and MediaCreate give them numbers? Why would they do that? [/QUOTE]NPD, MediaCreate and other research groups release that info weekly or monthly. VG Chartz just keeps track of it... They'll only be wrong if NPD/MC/Other doesn't release info. Do you think they're making up or predicting broken numbers such as those?[/QUOTE]I'd like to actually see numbers backing up those predictions. I even googled sales numbers for de Blob and I couldn't find anything.And MediaCreate/NPD wouldn't release numbers exclusively to vgchartz because that would be helping the competition. All of these numbers are predictions, as said by vgchartz from the very beginning. They say they base these claims off what retailers they call tell them, but they also say there is a 20% room for error. [/QUOTE] Well, VGChartz has been cited by many professional sources, which include: Forbes NY Post Birmingham News Codemasters PR (I believe it was for Dirt) Ars Technica Kotaku Joystiq Seeking Alpha Edge The Telegraph Toronto Star Gamesindustry.biz Sony indirectly uses it through Destructoid PC World Blog The Bit Bag The Indianapolis Star Dean Takashii's Seattle Tech Column
[QUOTE=''Wintry_Flutist''][QUOTE=''helium_flash''][QUOTE=''Wintry_Flutist''] They use numbers from NPD, MediaCreate and such. :| Why would you doubt them?[/QUOTE]Because they have been drastically wrong before. I would like to see some real numbers rather than what vgchartz predicts.And you are saying that NPD and MediaCreate give them numbers? Why would they do that? [/QUOTE]NPD, MediaCreate and other research groups release that info weekly or monthly. VG Chartz just keeps track of it... They'll only be wrong if NPD/MC/Other doesn't release info. Do you think they're making up or predicting broken numbers such as those?[/QUOTE]
VGchartz are known to have been 100% wrong sometimes. I'm not saying the game hasn't sold 500K but I would never trust VGchartz.
When were they 100% wrong? If all those sources listed above cite VGChartz as accurate, it shouldn't be that hard to do the same.
[QUOTE=''DaLegendKilla92'']When were they 100% wrong? If all those sources listed above cite VGChartz as accurate, it shouldn't be that hard to do the same.[/QUOTE]
They have been more then 100% wrong sometimes.
Read both these links.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18919
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26515326
If you are going to use VGchartz use them only when you want vague numbers and not accurate.
When Vhchartz are saying De Blob has sold 500K it might only have sold 300K or even as a high as 700K. At least you know it's somewhere between 300K and 700K but more accurate than that you wont get with VGchartz.
Good to see de Blob doing well sales-wise. It's a really unique platformer.
Not bad. de Blob is a great game so it deserves to sell well.
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