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NPD Blackout: Full January 2012 NPD Monthly Videogame Sales Figures and Analysis

January videogame sales drop off a cliff while the NPD Blackout casts the details in the darkest fog yet!

Full sales and colorful analysis by John "Black Luigi" Lucas.

popzara_press4452d ago

Thanks to the Troll who incorrectly 'reported' this story, thus not allowing it to be promoted like the dozens we have submitted beforehand. Is there any way to remove an incorrect Report?

playswitch4452d ago

Agreed; this article should not have been reported. Is there a way to remove this report status?

johnlucas4452d ago

To the N4G community:
I feel that GraveLord incorrectly "reported" this article. His comment doesn't reflect the type of reason behind the report. He talks about the story being a duplicate (which it is not) & puts the reason as "Other".
We've posted our stories here many times without friction & believe this member to be acting out of spite.
I would like the "report" status to be removed from the story. Thank you.
John Lucas

GraveLord4451d ago

1. This is a duplicate. These NPD numbers have been reported on numerous times. Your article just goes more in depth.(Too much IMO)

2. Out of spite? I don't know you, I don't know this site. You wish someone had spite against your no-name site.

3. My report doesn't matter. People can bypass my report if they feel it's worth approving.

4. I'm sorry if you feel my report wasn't justified. I'm just trying to do quality control.

-Gravelord

FunkMacNasty4451d ago

that sounds communist somehow..

Good thing Big Brother is over there reporting those articles with "too much info" to keep us safe.

/s

Berserk4451d ago

Damn the Beast(MW3) just cant stop beasting. when will it stop being a Beast? Never...

johnlucas4451d ago

I don't know about never, Berserk. Like I said in my article, first January sales of MW3 (386,000) were a little over half of the first January sales of Black Ops (750,000) and a bit more over half of the first January sales of MW2 (658,000). MW3 may still be breaking the launch sales records but its sales tail doesn't seem to be quite as long.

Activision's gonna milk this franchise out like they did Guitar Hero & I think we're seeing the first signs of Call of Duty fatigue. That's probably why they put up that Call of Duty Elite thing. Gotta get the last dollars before the train leaves the station.

If Activision insists on making another Call of Duty for the 2012 holidays, we'll see how it sells—short-term & long-term.
Then again, they could extend the power of the franchise by making a Call of Duty Kart. Hahahaha!

Just joking.
John Lucas

CanadianTurtle4450d ago

I am one of those people responsible for putting MW3 on the #1 most bought list. Take your anger out on me if you wish.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2624d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905068d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5068d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905068d ago (Edited 5068d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5068d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5068d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5068d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495068d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5068d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5068d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2659d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One