Aussie Charts: Can Gay Tony Top Forza?

19 responses to “Aussie Charts: Can Gay Tony Top Forza?”

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   Chuloopa

   November 5, 2009 at 1:31 pm

   lol a ps2 version of smackdown at #7????

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   MunKy

   November 5, 2009 at 1:36 pm

   The appeal of Forza? It is without doubt the best all around driving simulator ever released. I’ve been playing solidly since launch and there is so much content and so many different ways to enjoy the game that I can’t see me stopping anytime soon – even mith MW2 on the horizon… I can happily live the rest of my life without venturing into COD public matches again…

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   Cerberus

   November 5, 2009 at 1:38 pm

   Forza 3 is the best racing sim out, the only problem I faced was a lack of a certain recent Nissan GT-R, the game is brillant, it deserves number 1 for this week, well done Turn Ten.

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   Mal

   November 5, 2009 at 1:42 pm

   I think the popularity of Forza stems from a few points:

   1). It’s a great game in it’s own right and there’s plenty to love about it with great graphics (cars and track scenery). They’ve expanded it from the track racing sim to include drifting and there’s a greater variety of vehicles in this latest incarnation (SUV’s etc).

   2). The addition of the in car camera view that was sadly lacking in FM2 would get people back.

   2). The closest competitor would have to be The Need for Speed franchise which by all accounts has lost it’s way with some of it’s fan base of late so they might be willing to try something a little different.

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   Dilbert

   November 5, 2009 at 1:45 pm

   could it have anything to do with gay tony/L&D being downloadable? im not sure how many people actually downloaded L&D but presumabley those people wouln’t have bought episodes of liberty city beacuse they already own half?

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   Michael

   November 5, 2009 at 1:49 pm

   I was really excited for Forza 3 but Im a little disgusted at the AI. They hit me, push me off the track. Its not as bad as Motorstorm but WTH!

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   dead5ega

   November 5, 2009 at 1:50 pm

   Bogans are loving the V8 Supercars in Forza 3… so no doubt It has staying power!

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      Kyle Sanderson

      November 5, 2009 at 2:39 pm

      This is true. It also explains the Smackdown vs. Raw for PS2 at number 7.

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         Cat Tactics

         November 5, 2009 at 2:57 pm

         excellent observation.

         do people ever make comments about your name being so similar to Kyle Sandilands?

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   Stinky

   November 5, 2009 at 1:57 pm

   It’s good to see exclusives going strong.

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   Jay

   November 5, 2009 at 2:36 pm

   Did he just ask what the appeal of Forza was? Being a games journalist he should already know the answer. I’d be a bit concerned if he hadn’t tested the game nor reviewed it.

   But no doubt GT5 will have the same staying power. I mean they are basically level with each other and on opposite consoles. SO it makes sense.

   I wonder if the disc version of Gay Tony sold more than the DLC on XBL. Any chance of finding that out by MS????

   +1 to Borderlands and Uncharted!

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   1. 

      David Wildgoose

      November 5, 2009 at 2:51 pm

      Yes, I’ve played Forza. It’s not really my kinda thing, but I can appreciate it’s a well-made game.

      Anyway, my question was intended to encourage discussion, which is exactly what we’re doing.

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    Prof. Ake

    November 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    I was certainly tempted to get Stories from Liberty City but couldn’t justify $60 for TLAD which I already have. But I have to say, TBoGT should be downloaded by any GTA fans disappointed by Rockstar’s new direction with the series. The only disappointing thing about it is that I wish Niko could have been doing all these cool missions.

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       DONAR

       November 5, 2009 at 10:10 pm

       Agreed. The weapons in TBOGT alone make it the most fun chapter yet. My only gripe (aside from the lack of safehouses) is that you can’t access the new weapons from the older chapters. Surely a patch would let Niko and Johnny in on the fun?

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    Dude

    November 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    The reason Forza 2 is on top is simple. GFK does not include sales at EB which would be 40% of what GTA would do week 1. The fact that journalists continue to be surprised by the charts makes me laugh. They are incomplete. Just ask GFK.

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       David Wildgoose

       November 5, 2009 at 4:38 pm

       True, EB sales are not tracked by GfK and until EB agree to have them tracked the charts won’t tell the full story. Their absence tends to skew chart placings away from “hardcore” games, which may explain the dominance of Mario Kart and Wii Fit over the course of this year. But I’m not sure it would make much difference to the rankings of titles like Forza and GTA.

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          Stinky

          November 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm

          I’ve seen most of my friends list fire up forza3 over the past week, about 30. They’ve also been partied up with heaps of people playing it. I’ve also seen my mate’s friends list pretty much the same.

          You don’t see that very often, didn’t see it with ODST.

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             Jay

             November 6, 2009 at 1:22 pm

             Yoou obviously have a different list of friends then. See, i saw that exact thing with ODST on my friends list.

             I also saw a lot more people playing Halo 3, which a lot turned out to be the Matchmaking disc from ODST for the new maps etc…

             I guess it depends on who you are friends with. At the moment, i got friends playing Halo, Forza and Borderlands. I got 2 or 3 starting to play COD4 again probably leading up to MW2. I gave COD4 a rest so that i will enjoy MW2.

             Its just the case of… some RPG players not liking FPS or Racing Games and vice versa over the different genres.

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    FatShady

    November 5, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    Funilly enough, I am more interested in the paint shop/auction house than the cars or racing. I have beeen painting cars in game for a PC game called RFactor (hardcore racing sim) and a number of friends also have Forza. Good online and solid sim, but I have spent hours just painting cars adn designing logos. There is much more to this game than just racing… which is part of the reason it has been so popular (however, I have DL’d both GTA expansions so no disc for me either!

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