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Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain
Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain
GI.biz - October 29, 2007
Submitted by Gaara42 (8) at 7:29AM PST on October 29, 2007
Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass has entered the charts in Spain and Germany at number one on the first week of release. Also included are the Top 10 best-seller in Germany and Spain.
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1pilias_simber posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 7:27AM PST on November 2, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@Just_Ben,
I don't know why, all I can tell you is what I read.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
1Just_Ben posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 4:51PM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@pilias_simber,
Well, the only thing why they want it to: they don't want other retailers to know whats hot. Or do you come up with a better reason?[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
1pilias_simber posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 3:56PM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@Just_Ben,
Yes, you can buy the data, but you cannot release it to the public. Retailers in Europe didn't want it known which products were doing well and which ones weren't, I don't remember the details on why, just remember the retailers didn't want the data released.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
1Just_Ben posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 3:53PM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@pilias_simber,
I don't think so, because everyone can buy the data. It isn't even that expensive as far as I know. So if somebody wants to use it to spy on other retailer they still could.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
2pilias_simber posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 3:28PM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@Just_Ben,
I'm not so sure, I seem to remember the stated reason for them not releasing the data had something to do with a Non-disclosure agreement with the Retailers.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
1Just_Ben posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 2:39PM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@pilias_simber,
I agree to you on that! It would be really cool if we would have some Eurpean numbers. I know that it will come sometime in the future, one way or another.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
2pilias_simber posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 2:15PM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@Just_Ben,
I didn't say anyone in particular, the fact remains that Europe keeps a tight lid on it's data and the US and Japan release that data, that means that the US and Japan have a greater impact on the industry because their sales data is released and people know how well things do here beyond just speculation. What can you do? Well either organize and make a new marketing agency that actually releases the data or somehow convince GFK and ChartTrack to release their data I guess.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
1Just_Ben posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 12:48PM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain@pilias_simber,
It is not the european gamers that hold back the data, or European game developers, its the GFK (our NPD). What should Europeans do?[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
1pilias_simber posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 9:17AM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and SpainI agree with Alpha, it would be nice to see some real European Data. I think that Europe hurts itself and it's value to the industry because they keep the data secret, it means there is less attention in Europe than there is in the US and Japan because one can only speculate.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 122 ]bids
2Alpha posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 9:08AM PST on October 29, 2007. RE: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spainbids
23Gaara42 posted on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) at 7:29AM PST on October 29, 2007. Article: Phantom Hourglass Number one seller in Germany and Spain
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