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[Infernal Mass]

May NPD figures

Top 10 Selling Games for PS2 for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari 27,343,020 $ 561,540
2 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts 13,682,340 $ 274,452
3 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 4,812,878 $ 98,692
4 MIDNIGHT CLUB II Take-Two Interactive 4,630,733 $ 93,120
5 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive 3,201,154 $ 67,564
6 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision 2,866,030 $ 59,713
7 DEF JAM VENDETTA Electronic Arts 2,746,626 $ 55,200
8 .HACK: MUTATION Bandai 2,575,291 $ 51,690
9 DYNASTY W ARRIORS 4 Koei 2,281,203 $ 46,791
10 MVP BASEBALL 2003 Electronic Arts 2,184,827 $ 43,899
Source: NPD Funworld.

Top 10 Selling Games for Xbox for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari 13,577,190 $ 278,226
2 W OLFENSTEIN :T IDES W AR Activision 6,680,793 $ 140,915
3 BRUTE FORCE Microsoft 6,432,212 $ 130,385
4 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts 3,708,454 $ 74,424
5 HALO Microsoft 1,666,910 $ 33,848
6 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision 986,241 $ 20,415
7 HULK Vivendi Universal 903,301 $ 18,220
8 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 776,513 $ 16,789
9 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Ubi Soft 766,480 $ 16,126
10 MOTO GP 2 THQ 642,261 $ 12,343
Source: NPD Funworld.

Top 10 Selling Games for GameCube for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari 4,240,971 $ 85,584
2 ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER Nintendo 3,006,996 $ 76,676
3 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts 1,426,252 $ 28,626
4 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo 868,762 $ 28,908
5 MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo 794,771 $ 22,900
6 DISNEY'S FINDING NEMO THQ 715,898 $ 17,780
7 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 605,177 $ 12,174
8 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision 577,168 $ 11,677
9 THE SIMS Electronic Arts 517,377 $ 10,749
10 ANIMAL CROSSING Nintendo 494,155 $ 9,915
Source: NPD Funworld.

Top 10 Selling Games for GBA for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 POKEMON RUBY Nintendo 3,955,237 $ 118,493
2 POKEMON SAPPHIRE Nintendo 3,759,188 $ 112,114
3 YU-GI-OH! W ORLDWIDE Konam i 3,386,782 $ 94,313
4 GOLDEN SUN: LOST AGE Nintendo 1,904,165 $ 63,109
5 CASTLEVANIA: ARIA Konam i 1,616,451 $ 54,174
6 DISNEY'S F INDING NEMO THQ 1,488,447 $ 52,534
7 ZELDA: LINK TO PAST Nintendo 1,111,154 $ 36,137
8 SONIC ADVANCE 2 THQ 1,101,245 $ 36,837
9 KIRBY: N IGHTMARE Nintendo 964,931 $ 31,663
10 HAMTARO: HEARTBREAK Nintendo 915,192 $ 30,174
Source: NPD Funworld.

PS2 288,127
Xbox 123,614
GC 84,408
GBA 402,662

Digi
- as you can see Enter the Matrix is doing well for being such a craptastic game.

[Vic Viper]

ps2 is still kicking ASS !!

[Infernal Mass]

yep! Sony is killing it!

[BlackThornn]

I enjoy this smilie!

Edit: Hehe. And Sony is making a killing! !

[Vicious_2003]

as you can see Enter the Matrix is doing well for being such a craptastic game.

Craptastic ?. That game was mind blowingly awesome, it sold well because it deserved to.

And yes sony sold more, thats to be expected

[Infernal Mass]

Originally posted by Vicious_2003

Craptastic ?. That game was mind blowingly awesome, it sold well because it deserved to.

yeah i'm pretty sure it would've sold equally well if there was no movie.

[Vicious_2003]

Have you even played the game dude ?. The game has some serious substance, the fact that it had movie content was just a bonus. This game could stand alone with ease, movie or no movie.

[Infernal Mass]

[Redpyramidhead]

MIdnight Club 2 and Woverine's Revenge seem to be doing well...hmmm...

Btw, It's intersting to see the sales figures, but I hope that it doesn't influence people too many people to buy mainly only these games first or right now. There are many other's that are of similar type and other different genre's that if you feel compelled to check out, should do so, so that companies continue to make a wider variety of games. I was reading something on this whole issue somewhere...hmmm...where was that?
Anywayz, for example. Primal is a game with many huge flaws, but it hasn't stopped it from entertaining me in between bouts with my other games. I find I enjoy it especially in a certain mood. It's slow pacedness can be engrossing at times because of it's plus sides. (By the way, check out Harry's review. It's a good one.) If we show interest in games like these that have potential as well as make our comments, the developers might be encouraged to make a sequel that implements the things that were missing to make it a fulfilling gaming experience the first time around. There's my last rant for the morning...man, I'm tired



_RED_ stuff

[Infernal Mass]

Originally posted by Redpyramidhead

MIdnight Club 2 and Woverine's Revenge seem to be doing well...hmmm...

Btw, It's intersting to see the sales figures, but I hope that it doesn't influence people too many people to buy mainly only these games first or right now. There are many other's that are of similar type and other different genre's that if you feel compelled to check out, should do so, so that companies continue to make a wider variety of games. I was reading something on this whole issue somewhere...hmmm...where was that?
Anywayz, for example. Primal is a game with many huge flaws, but it hasn't stopped it from entertaining me in between bouts with my other games. I find I enjoy it especially in a certain mood. It's slow pacedness can be engrossing at times because of it's plus sides. (By the way, check out Harry's review. It's a good one.) If we show interest in games like these that have potential as well as make our comments, the developers might be encouraged to make a sequel that implements the things that were missing to make it a fulfilling gaming experience the first time around. There's my last rant for the morning...man, I'm tired



_RED_ stuff

primal looks fun. i think i may have to buy that one in the near future. How many hours of gameplay?

[kupoartist]

Originally posted by Vicious_2003
Have you even played the game dude ?. The game has some serious substance, the fact that it had movie content was just a bonus. This game could stand alone with ease, movie or no movie.

regardless of whether the game is good or not, having the word "Matrix" in it, is undeniably its major selling point. You can be 100% sure that if its crap (i don't know, i haven't played it), Matrix fan peoples around the world will have been blinded to this fact...

[Vicious_2003]

I just checked out EGM's official review for the game. Appearently they thought the game was total crap so maybe im wrong. But i really really enjoyed the game, and yes of course the name Matrix helped sell it but still I thought it was good enough to earn those sails on merit. Guess I was wrong

[kupoartist]

Originally posted by Vicious_2003
I just checked out EGM's official review for the game. Appearently they thought the game was total crap so maybe im wrong. But i really really enjoyed the game, and yes of course the name Matrix helped sell it but still I thought it was good enough to earn those sails on merit. Guess I was wrong

but is a game good when reviewer says so, when it makes lots of cash or when the person playing it enjoys it? (regardless of any other "factors" which may influence their decision.) Games shouldn't just be about which ones push the technology envelope or expectations of gameplay or concept: They're about having fun. Don't let a review influence your experience of a game you've already played, thats peer pressure. And if you secumb to PP, i'll be watching you. And i'll tell your mum that you've taken up smoking because of it