InFamous becomes fastest selling NEW exclusive IP on PS3

[pmac]

News - InFamous
InFamous becomes fastest selling new exclusive IP on PS3
Sucker Punch's newest PS3 exclusive, inFamous, made it's retail debut two weeks ago on May 26. On top of a surprisingly decent marketing campaign, which included a trailer prior to the summer blockbuster, Terminator Salvation, and several TV ads, the game sold 176,000 copies it's first week on the market. InFamous has set the bar for new IPs that are exclusive to the PS3 in the US, making a stronger first week debut than any other new IP before it. Following number come courtesy of VGChartz and NPD.

-InFamous(May, 2009) - 176,000 in it's first week
-Resistance(Nov.,2006) - 42K first week
-Motorstorm(March, 2007) - 107K first week
-Warhawk(August, 2007) - 70K first week(not including downloads)
-Lair(August, 2007) - 69K first week
-Heavenly Sword(Sept., 2007) - 75K first week, 130K first month
-Uncharted(Nov., 2007) - 32K first week, 117K first month sales(ed. note: WTF?)
-Haze(May, 2008) - 91K first week, 102K first month
-LittleBigPlanet(October, 2008) - 110K first week(this one's a bit of a technicality, as GameStop started selling the game 2 days before release)

Of course, established IPs have sold quite a bit more in their first week. Metal Gear Solid 4 sold upwards of 400,000 units, while established first party IPs such as Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 both sold close to 300,000 units in their debut.
And if you aren't one of the nearly 200,000 PS3 owners who have picked up the game, then get off your ass and do so! The game has been received extremely well amongst critics(including a 9.3 from ourselves!). Voice of Truth, signing out

God I hope this isn't posted already.

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[Rike255]

Wow that's great news! Commercials must've paid off.

[DaMexiRican]

Originally Posted by Rike255

Wow that's great news! Commercials must've paid off.

Yeah, I've seen more commercials for this game than any other ps3 game.

[t0nythebeat]

while we praise it, more media states how disappointing sales were.
which quite frankly, I just don't get.

looks solid to me and with word of mouth reaching out.

[Rike255]

Speaking of inFAMOUS, I just came across an add at Best Buy. inFAMOUS for $30 in Canada on June 30th!!!

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3585/img032a.jpg

Enjoy!!

[pmac]

Originally Posted by Rike255

Speaking of inFAMOUS, I just came across an add at Best Buy. inFAMOUS for $30 in Canada on June 30th!!!

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3585/img032a.jpg

Enjoy!!

SOLD, glad I waited.

[pBLU-RAYs3]

Originally Posted by t0nythebeat

while we praise it, more media states how disappointing sales were.
which quite frankly, I just don't get.

looks solid to me and with word of mouth reaching out.

I'm getting rid of my ps3 in 2008, media points out the disappointing sales of the console. Everyone hiding in my bunker section TX-21 is talking about how sony will turn a switch & make all ps3 consoles explode. You've been warned in advance. End is near.

[Diesel]

i never saw one trailer/commercial for this movie (still haven't)
guess i'm not watching the right stuff

also don't remember a trailer before terminator either time i saw it

i never even heard of the game until a friend of mine was playing it at his house
i was considering buying a ps3 before going over, saw him playing this game, ordered my ps3 next day i believe

this is the best game i have played in a long time

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by pBLU-RAYs3

I'm getting rid of my ps3 in 2008, media points out the disappointing sales of the console. Everyone hiding in my bunker section TX-21 is talking about how sony will turn a switch & make all ps3 consoles explode. You've been warned in advance. End is near.

Welcome to the club, man.

[victorvondoom88]

Originally Posted by t0nythebeat

while we praise it, more media states how disappointing sales were.
which quite frankly, I just don't get.

looks solid to me and with word of mouth reaching out.

+1 I don't get it either if they all sold @ 60.00 I come up with 10.5 million in sales in one week sounds pretty good to me.

[Terjyn]

I too have yet to see a TV ad for InFAMOUS.

I wonder if they went regional with the ads?

[victorvondoom88]

Originally Posted by Rike255

Wow that's great news! Commercials must've paid off.

It was probably due more to the good demo. If you based game purchases on commercials most games that are coming out look like buys but play them and you quickly find out which ones are worth the cash and which ones are going to leave you with buyers remorse.

[AM-MAN]

Originally Posted by pmac

-Uncharted(Nov., 2007) - 32K first week, 117K first month sales(ed. note: WTF?)

+1

[king_patrick_7]

Originally Posted by pmac

-Uncharted(Nov., 2007) - 32K first week, 117K first month sales(ed. note: WTF?)

Although Uncharted was an awesome game, PS3 was still in its early stages at the time (not so many people had it) and the whole Uncharted thing was a new game, less marketing, etc etc

[owa]

Not surprising to me. I think I've put more hours into this game than any other. It's very addicting. I am a little surprised with some of the other results though. Some of the others listed that didn't sell as much are great games IMO (e.g. Uncharted).

Anyway, yeah, it looks like the commercials helped. Wish they'd do that with more of the PS3 games.

[Maximus]

OK, enough.

Linking to an article that cites VGChartz as a source for numbers is a bad idea.

Please read the posting guidelines sticky for further information.

I'm sorry pmac, I hate to do it but it does mean a one week holiday. From now on please, please read the article before posting it.