Comments on: Aussie Charts: There’s Something Strange At Number 7

By: Kato

Kato — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:47:50 +0000

“Coming from a movie franchise that is only okay”

Try something else dude – self righteous indifference doesn’t suit you. Go read up on Ghostbusters, the academy award nominated film that launched several careers and took hundreds of millions of dollars world wide. What’s that? No just because it was made before you were born does’t make it irrelevant and if you were around then to see Ghostbusters mania sweep the world, even here in Aus you’d understand that.

By: Trent Strickland

Trent Strickland — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:15:39 +0000

Number 4 for a ps3 exclusive is pretty damn good. Of course, it helps when the game in question is a great game.

By: oggob

oggob — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:55:53 +0000

@ Sam Lawrence

Mainly refering that Wii Play is bundled with Hardware/Peripheral

As the inFamous deal is a bonus in buying a PS3, Wii Play is a bonus of buying a Controller, I don’t think anyone would suggest that people are buying Wii Play because it’s a AAA title…

By: Sam Lawrence

Sam Lawrence — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:02:05 +0000

But Busting Makes you feel good.

It was All PAL regions, Not just AUS. Europe is included in that.
I agree that Ghostbusters wont sell massive amounds of units. Its too old, all the people buying it grew up with the movie.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:45:07 +0000

Umm well that also depends on whether it was bundled properly.

Some cases may be, its thrown in for FREE. Like a lot of games are with Xbox 360 bundles.

Now if a retailer has a special deal exclusive to them, they may throw it in and slap an extra 10 or 20 bucks but your still getting the game cheaper. That would count as a sale, probably because its not actually a BUNDLE. They would still scan the game at a discounted price.

inFamous is most likely selling that way, IF it isn’t selling so well like the chart is saying.

But it is probably selling that sell, singularly, because its an exclusive and open world and probably has longevity. Which is a few things that appeal to gamers when they spend $90 on a game.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:42:10 +0000

Who even said Ghostbusters was going to be successful. People including Kotaku editors are talking as if this is going to be the next multi-million seller. It will be lucky to sell 2 million in lifetime sales across all platforms.

Coming from a movie franchise that is only okay nothing spectacular, what did you expect? A Number 1 or 2 placement. Not only that its ONLY on the PS3 for now, you can import it if your that impatient and want to pay the extra money. Hasn’t had the BEST ratings. Sony, IMO, kinda wasted their money getting it as an exclusive in ONLY Australia, who does that!!!!

It ain’t no GTA or Guitar Hero thats going to actually sell. Its ghostbusters, the first game of any sort, thats just like any regular, average, not going to sell like hot cakes, kinda game!!!!

By: glennc

glennc — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:22:36 +0000

i hope nobody buys this game for xbox. timed exclusives in one region are just wrong and causes the exact thing sony sue retailers for, importing.
i have both systems and want the best version if it is not available because Sony are being Sony then they aren’t getting my money. plenty of other games to play

By: SammyC

SammyC — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:52:34 +0000

im about 2 hours into it and it’s pretty good imho, will be interesting to se how the MP pans out.
couldnt care less about the graphics because im playing it on a 51cm TV as my LCD is on the blink…

By: VoDKa

VoDKa — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:12:34 +0000

I thought Ghostbusters was pretty cool… if I wasnt broke and had to return it I would have kept it. Finished it on Pro and would probably give it an 8/10…

As for inFamous, well that just plain rocks so its no surprise thats still high up in the charts. If you havent given it a shot yet people then do so cause it really is fantastic. Thats a 9/10

By: Sam Lawrence

Sam Lawrence — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:32:17 +0000

Wii play is not thrown in with a console it is bundled with a wii mote.

Ps3 isnt selling that much each week for it to make a major diffrence.
It depends how it is thrown in. If it is in a BOX as a bundle its not counted.
If its either via redemtion code or a retailer is doing a bundle, like JBHIFI does a lot then they are counted.