I would trust a news source over VG Charts anyday of the week. VG Charts is notorious for being grossly off in their calculations, especially for their Console numbers.
It was over a million before the PS3 even launched in Europe, since that time theres been almost 2 million additional PS3 sales worldwide, and Sony has been using this game as their primary game to market and advertise, especially in Europe.
I think you either have a case of a writer misquoting a number (likely) or a spokesperson saying the wrong one. That's about 600,000 higher than the vgcharts number and I doubt they've sold that many in PAL regions to cause such a discrepancy. Though it is a possibility that it's new info. Hopefully a confirmation will come soon, but every other news source I've seen talking about this story has said 1 million.
I believe that Resistance is far undervalued. I was recently reading an article about the Church of England suing Sony over use of the Manchester Cathedral in the game and I found an interesting little tid-bit at the end of the article.
According to Associated Press and Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato the article found at the link below states the following: "Global sales of "Resistance: Fall of Man" - a Sony original - have totaled more than 2 million units, Kato said."
Your number show current sales already at 1.42 million, SE is predicting 1.62 million a difference of 200,000.
You say it is selling 5k per week in the US ans suspect slightly better in PAL territories so lets say 10K per week total...that would be 40K per month meaning only 5 more months of current sales to reach SE prediction.
With the potential PS3 user base growth that is anticipated in late 2007 by SONY (they are, afterall still shipping 11 million more consoles this fiscal year) and a likely price drop in RFOM as new titles come out...seems to me that another 200,000 in sales is very reachable.
Thus I ask, did you mean to say overvalued? You seemed to be arguing undervaled.
Resistance is selling a little over 5K a week in North America and I suspect it's selling slightly better than that in PAL countries. I think this stock is overvalued. A price drop for this game seems likely, which is sure to increase sales.
@ Laoldar "I'm doubting that making it a budget title will cause a very large increase in sales because most people who want a great shooter for their PS3 would have already purchased it...it's not like there's a ton of other options right now."
I think this game will continue selling well, especially if given a price drop (at the right time).
I'm guessing the main thing that's keeping this game going is the increasing PS3 userbase and the fact that this is one of the only good games on the PS3. There are some other "good" (Lair, Hevenly Sword, GTA IV) games coming to the PS3 in 2007 but it seems like most of the really big names like MGS4 and Final Fantasy will be out in 2008. People who purchased the PS3 for Lair or Hevenly Sword won't just sit on their hands for the next year or so waiting for MGS4, they'll go out and purchase the other solid title on the PS3, Resistance, especially if it's at a cheap price.
I can only see the big 2007 releases helping Resistance because they will increasing the PS3 userbase. Until another good FPS comes along and renders Resistance useless or a steady flow of "good" games is created, I don't see Resistance sales falling off (by that much, at least). I can't think of any big name FPS's coming soon and I don't see a steady flow of top quality games being created until after MGS4 or the Final Fantasy XIIIs are released.
IMO going to Greatest Hits equals more sales. Often some games see a legitimate spike when they become GH, but even more so is that they continue to sell decently for much longer. They're usually given retail space for the lifetime of the console.
Laoldar, your right, making it a budget title probably won't help, as there are few good FPSs or games in general on the PS3 at the moment. On second thought, even if they did it in the future it probably would not help because by then it might be forgotten and I don't see this game having very long legs because it is in the FPS market, which is always coming up with something new and better to top the old games.
I think for another game, Resident Evil for the Wii was it, you talked about how making a game budget probably doesn't increase sales, and I think you might be right. I'll try to find data for a game before and after it became budget to see if it really makes an impact on sales.
I didn't mean to imply that the game isn't good, just about everything I've heard about it says that it is. I meant high quality games as in other games that are AS good as Resistance.
I'm doubting that making it a budget title will cause a very large increase in sales because most people who want a great shooter for their PS3 would have already purchased it...it's not like there's a ton of other options right now.
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It was over a million before the PS3 even launched in Europe, since that time theres been almost 2 million additional PS3 sales worldwide, and Sony has been using this game as their primary game to market and advertise, especially in Europe.