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Americas Preorders Chart 25 September 2010 - Dead Rising 2

"Three games are in their final week before release Dead Rising 2, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, and FIFA Soccer 11. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) and Call of Duty: Black Ops pre-orders continue to pick up. 15 games are over 100,000 pre-orders and 26 games are over 50,000 pre-orders."

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wat6344959d ago (Edited 4959d ago )

Kinect adventures is beating gran turismo 5 in preorder sales for this week.

Hope ps3 users have fun with gran turismo as ill be having fun with kinect.

@below Dont care what people think, also, gt5 just seems like a boring simulator with shinier graphics. (my opinion)

Serjikal_Strike4959d ago

HOPE.....WE WILL be having a blast playing GT5!!!

Kinect?
have fun looking like a fool!

JokesOnYou4959d ago (Edited 4959d ago )

"Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) pre-orders pick up for a second straight week as there were 10,000 new pre-orders this week. The game is at a total of 191,000 with six weeks left until release." -vgchartz

"Kinect Adventures! with six week left until release, crosses into the top 10 as it adds 13,000 pre-orders for a total of 136,000 with seven weeks until release." -vgchartz

-I think a ton of little kids are going to be getting kinect this holiday season, micro aimed launch lineup squarely at the kids, it sure is looking to be a good strategy business wise, damm preorders alone will outpace move's initial launch estimates. Theres alot of kinect bashing, while I agree the launch games are very casual, I don't see any killer apps for move NOW either, seems like both have this "wait and see" potential for the hardcore and frankly I don't put too much faith in title due out next year because sony tends to announce things early only later to delay them, lol its so funny listen to all the "flailing around" comments for kinect as if you look so much cooler jabbing at a tv screen with two glowing dildo's, lmfao talk about hypocrisy....its clear why many ps3 fanboys hate kinect so much nevermind the fact that its competing with move but its threatening to take the spotlight away from some a major sony exclusive.

JOY

naznatips4959d ago

@JokesonYou

Maybe, but it's certainly not something I'm picking. $150 for some of the worst launch games I've ever seen in my life? No thanks.

Imperator4959d ago

NA is GT's weakest territory, don't act like you don't know that.

Anon19744959d ago

Of course, that could be 191,000 preorders of Gran Turismo 5, give or take 2 million. It is VGChartz after all. They're no where close to official data, they're sometimes off as much as 30% from NPD data, they just aren't a site to be taken seriously, and they've gotten worse in the last year. I really wonder what it's going to take for the N4G community to stop approving VGChartz best guess every single week. Do you think the people who approve this junk bother to go back when real numbers are revealed to see if VGChartz was even in the ballpark? I'm guessing not.

The Maxx4958d ago

@ darkride66

Are you saying that Kinectanimals could also be wrong and thus maybe an additional 2 million pre orders haven't been recorded for that game as well like GT5?

Or is the media once again showing it's bias head and is undercutting GT5's real pre-order estimates.

If you are going to claim that VGChartz has a reputation of not being accurate, then it goes across the board, not just for the games you particularly feel should be higher.

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All_4_One4959d ago

"Hope ps3 users have fun with gran turismo as ill be having fun with kinect."
Oh, trust me, I will be. I`ll be hoping on my Logitech G27, the best racing wheel on the market not compatible with the 360, and the best racing simulator on the market, GT5. Have fun with Kinect though :)

F4sterTh4nFTL4959d ago

there is big difference that you will only see when you grow up some day.

Hallmark Moment4959d ago (Edited 4959d ago )

MSFT's Kinect adventures will sell and appeal to consumers like Wii sports etc for Nintendo. I promise you there will be massive adoption on a scale that seems Wii-like.

Longrod_Von_Hugendon4959d ago (Edited 4959d ago )

@wat643

This generation of gamers prefer Kinect over GT5.......lol4rl!

JustSomeLogic4959d ago

This generation of gamers actually have different preferences! What is the world coming to when not all people worship the game that you do? This totally shouldn't be happening

Imperator4959d ago

It's just sad actually. Well, there's enough morons in this world for scum like M$ and Activision to make money.

LoydX-mas4959d ago

all the companies you spend your money with are not scum?

Yea, right. :)

moparful994959d ago (Edited 4959d ago )

Umm 191,000 for gt5 and 135,000 for kinect sports says that gt5 is the prefered game at this point.. Logic fail.

EDIT: I decided to go back and check the pre-orders for a little game called uncharted 2 at approximately the same time frame in regards to release date.. [ http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.co...

Hmm thats odd uncharted 2 was at 179,867 on sept 9th 2009.. Just a mere 4 weeks from launch and that game whent on to sell 3.66 million units worldwide.. Interesting how ps3 games don't do alot in terms of pre-orders but usually end up selling more then a million copies which is success no matter how you slice it.. Of course the 360 crowd thinks that anything that doesnt sell 8 million copies is an insta failure yet uncharted 2 sits as the highest rated exclusive title this generation.. Go figure. Trust me gt5 will be the best selling ps3 exclusive hands down.. I predict 6-7 million copies world wide..

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maniacmayhem4959d ago

I don't think there's much demand for racer type games. They all seem to be niche games that only a certain few demand.

As for the kinect, the idea of voice activation, moving menus around and video conferance sounds fun...as for the games....well...*thinks

Panzer Dragoon sounds good!

GoldPS34959d ago

I take it you never played a GT game. GT games have always been fun. Do you really believe those gimmick Kinect games look more fun than GT5? If that's what you believe then fine.

pwnd_of_lol4958d ago (Edited 4958d ago )

Gran Turismo 5 180 k"

Are you fracking joking? That's fracking HORRIBLE HORRIBLE pre-orders. PS3 flagship title, and it hasnt pre-orders 200 k in the USA yet?

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units4959d ago

they would lowered the prince on kinect already

JustSomeLogic4959d ago

Yeah no, he's unavailable at the moment, but they got the next best thing, Justin Bieber!
Lol. Sorry buddy. Did not mean to make fun of your spelling error

JustSomeLogic4959d ago

I am genuinely excited for Kinect, I'm borderline ecstatic. Even if it's for the simple things it can do, like voice control and what not, bottom line is that Microsoft have succeeded in making me want this contraption of theirs.
Sure I'm going to have people disagree with me about my own excitement, as if to say they know me better than I know myself, but I do not care. MS promised a hype of a launch and they're delivering. They promised core games at tgs and they delivered. Of course the kinect haters started talking about on rails and no gameplay and nobody thought about hybrid kinect controller games.
I just wanna say, I can't wait to play with skittles.

SprSynJn4959d ago (Edited 4959d ago )

"bottom line is that Microsoft have succeeded in making me want this contraption of theirs."

Looks like they have two customers now. Hopefully you and wat up there can enjoy your Kinect thing while the rest of the world enjoys Gran Turismo. Hell, I don't care about GT5 myself either, but I am not foolish to ignore the reality that it will sell monstrously come its release. Can you say the same for Kinect even looking at this "pre-order" figures? I sure as hell cannot.

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moparful994959d ago

I disagreed simply because microsoft is selling kinect on the premise that its "CONTROLLER FREE GAMING" yet core games cannot be done without a controller and you are even supporting the idea of a controller/kinect hybrid.. That is called false advertising. I'm sorry but kinect is just a shadow of the concept they unveiled and promised at e3 2009... If you want to support a company that overpromises and under delivers then thats on you... Have fun with that..

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Off-Map Exploration of Black Ops' Kino der Toten Reveals Cut Content And Secrets

The video on Black Ops 1 shows some separate rooms, assets, and other features which exist outside of the boundary of the game.

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PlayStation 3: chasing the 1080p dream, part three - Gran Turismo 5 and the indie explosion

From Digital Foundry: "Welcome to the third part in the biggest DF Retro episode we've ever produced - a year-by-year look at how 1080p gaming fared on the PlayStation 3. Launched in 2007 touting its then-exclusive HDMI digital interface, Sony layered full HD gaming on top of its Cell processor and RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' as key selling points for its third generation console. Of course, we all know how that turned out - both Sony and Microsoft machines routinely ran the most advanced titles at sub-720p resolutions, often with questionable performance, so what happened to the 1080p dream?

In the first two parts of John Linneman's investigation, we've covered off the first four years of the Triple's lifecycle and moving into 2010, the overall fortunes of the PlayStation 3 continued to improve. The platform holder released - what was then - the most advanced motion controller in the console space, backed up by experiments with stereoscopic 3D, which turned out to be a short-lived but still formidable pairing. Combined with a strong E3 showing, PS3 was looking good.

However, it's fair to say that it was a fallow year for 1080p gaming on the system, with only Scott Pilgrim Saves The World's razor-sharp pixel art upscaling, Castle Crashers and Soldner X2's 3D/FMV stylings accommodating full HD output - alongside a wonderful Monkey Island remaster."

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ApocalypseShadow640d ago (Edited 640d ago )

Just remember ladies and gentlemen, Sony never said all games would be 1080p. Only that the system would support games up to 1080p in a survey before the system was released.
https://spong.com/article/9...
And as we saw, some games did support it, some games tried their best to support it and some games didn't or never reached it.

Is a higher resolution great to have if you can do it? Sure. Is it necessary for a fun game? No

But what I find interesting is Eurogamer. Are they really talking about HD and PS3 in their article or are they really pushing their 4.50 Euros 4K video download subscription? Seems one is being used to sell the other. Just look at the bottom of the article.

Michiel1989640d ago

thats what every company tries to do, push for people to buy their products. Are you really gonna blame them for that?

ApocalypseShadow640d ago

Not all articles are about selling. They're about informing or entertaining.

Maybe I'm supposed to watch the video instead of reading. But I shouldn't have to click. But the article lazily tells us some games did hit 1080p and some didn't. I didn't learn anything new as I own the console. Then, they push a Patreon subscription.

Are you saying every opinion, preview, review and rant article requires a push to buy something now? Tell me which sites are prone to do so so that I can avoid them in the future.

Michiel1989640d ago

not everyone played during the ps3 era. I started during snes era but loved seeing articles/videos about how gaming evolved before that.

i dont think this article is trying to push you to get that patreon sub, it doesnt for me at least. I dont think theres anything wrong putting an ad at the bottom of the article. all the regular DF videos are free already.

SonyStyled640d ago

Wipeout HD on PS3, a remake of the PS1 game was 1080p 60fps. And that released in 2007-08

Christopher640d ago

This really feels like a filler article. I don't feel like I learned anything notable or substantial from this. I feel they could have reduced the unnecessary intro and over-explanation of things and put the whole series in one article for a more substantial and possibly informative piece rather than piece-mealing it out as they have.

dumahim640d ago

It's more about the video. DF Retro videos are for Patreon members first, and I think the whole thing was one big video. For the youtube channel, it gets chopped up and released weekly.

ApocalypseShadow640d ago

Chris is actually right on this one. Something known already was just kind of washed over in the article. Unless you're supposed to get more in the video. If more is in the video, then more could have been said in the article.

Only thing I learned new was that they are selling a subscription. My point though is that you gain more viewers by having better articles and content.

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Ranking The Dead Rising Games From Worst To Best

The Dead Rising series has enjoyed a long and storied history over the years, but which game in the series is best?

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