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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:57:02
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How many copies has X game sold among our little band of brothers? Let's keep it relatively recent, say from the start of current gen.

It'll be hard to track so keep your votes in bold. I'll try to build a big list of games and see how many copies it's sold here. Some will be placeholders for future games.

Starting out, if you own any of the following games give me a shout out.

  • 3D Dot Game Heroes - 1 copy
  • Ace Combat Assault Horizon - 1 copy
  • Afrika - 1 copy
  • Afro Samurai - 1 copy
  • Alice Madness Returns - 2 copies
  • Alone in the Dark 4 - 1 copy
  • Alpha Protocol - 3 copies
  • Assassins Creed - 5 copies
  • Assassins Creed 2 - 5 copies
  • Assassins Creed Brotherhood 5 copies
  • Assassins Creed Revelations 3 copies
  • Assassins Creed 3 - 3 copies
  • Assassins Creed 4 - (placeholder)
  • Assasins Creed Liberation - 1 copy
  • Batman Arkham Asylum - 7 copies
  • Batman Arkham City - 6 copies
  • Battle Fantasia - 1 copy
  • Battlefield 3 - 1 copy
  • Bayonetta - 6 copies
  • Binary Domain - 2 copies
  • Bionic Commando Reboot - 2 copies
  • Bionic Commando XBL/PSN - 2 copies
  • Bioshock - 11 copies
  • Bioshock 2 - 6 copies
  • Bioshock Infinite - 4 copies
  • Borderlands 1 - 6 copies
  • Borderlands 2 - 3 copies
  • Brutal Legend - 5 copies
  • Bulletstorm - 7 copies
  • Burnout Paradise - 7 copies
  • Condemned - 7 copies
  • Condemned 2 - 3 copies
  • Crysis - 6 copies
  • Crysis 2 - 9 copies
  • Crysis 3 - 2 copies
  • Demon Souls - REVOTE
  • Dark Souls - REVOTE
  • Dark Souls 2 - (placeholder)
  • Gears of War - 6 copies
  • Gears of War 2 - 5 copies
  • Gears of War 3 - 4 copies
  • Gears of War Judgement - 2 copies
  • God of War 3 - 5 copies
  • God of War Ascension - 2 copies
  • GTA 4 - 8 copies
  • GTA 4 expansions - 8 copies
  • GTA 5 - 3 copies
  • Halo 3 - 8 copies
  • Halo ODST - 4 copies
  • Halo Reach - 6 copies
  • Halo 4 - 6 copies
  • Kameo - 7 copies
  • L.A. Noire - 9 copies
  • Lego City Undercover - 4 copies
  • Lego City The Chase Begins 1 copy
  • Little Kings Story - 8 copies
  • Mass Effect 1 - 8 copies
  • Mass Effect 2 - 7 copies
  • Mass Effect 3 - 7 copies
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 - 6 copies
  • Metal Gear Solid Collection - 4 copies
  • Metal Gear Solid 5 - (placeholder)
  • Muramasa - 5 copies
  • Need For Speed Underground 1 copy
  • New Super Mario Bros DS - 8 copies
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii - 11 copies
  • New Super Mario Bros 2 - 4 copies
  • New Super Mario Bros U - 5 copies
  • Perfect Dark Zero - 8 copies
  • Perfect Dark HD - 3 copies
  • Pikmin 3 - 6 copies
  • Rayman Origins - 9 copies
  • Rayman Legends - 3 copies
  • Resident Evil 5 - 8 copies
  • Resident Evil 6 - 3 copies
  • Resident Evil revelations - 5 copies
  • Splinter Cell Double Agent - 1 copy
  • Splinter Cell Conviction - 4 copies
  • Splinter Cell Blacklist
  • Sleeping Dogs - 6 copies
  • Tomb Raider (reboot) - 7 copies
  • Uncharted - 7 copies
  • Uncharted 2 - 8 copies
  • Uncharted 3 - 7 copies
  • Uncharted Golden Abyss - 2 copies
  • Viva Pinata - 6 copies
  • Viva Pinata 2 - 1 copy
  • Xenoblade - 8 copies
  • Zelda A Link Between Worlds - (placeholder)
  • Zelda Skyward Sword - 8 copies
  • Zelda Twilight Princess - 11 copies
  • Zelda The Wind Waker HD - 4 copies
  • Zombi U - 4 copies

Notes:

  • Vaders, Foolz WW is redacted till HD
  • Vader is marking future purchases, please do not vote on placeholder listings
  • I only listed what has been marked by you guys, for instance I know 3 people have a game but it's marked as one. I'm only marking what you say because then I can make sure new votes are new votes and not repeats
  • PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR UNLISTED GAMES for instance if I list Bioshock 1 and Infinite do NOT add in a Bioshock 2 vote until it has been listed, otherwise some people add votes for games not on the list whilst others don't because it's not on the list and I cannot keep track of it.

Edited: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:26:17

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:00:25
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Do you want bought or currently own?

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:03:50
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gamingeek said:

How many copies has X game sold among our little band of brothers? Let's keep it relatively recent, say from the start of current gen.

It'll be hard to track so keep your votes in bold. I'll try to build a big list of games and see how many copies it's sold here. Some will be placeholders for future games.

Starting out, if you own any of the following games give me a shout out.

  • Assassins Creed - Y
  • Assassins Creed 2 - Y
  • Assassins Creed Brotherhood - Y
  • Assassins Creed Revelations  - Y
  • Assassins Creed 3
  • Assassins Creed 4
  • Bioshock - Y
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • Dark Souls 1 - Y(did you mean Demon Souls?)
  • Dark Souls 2
  • GTA 4 - Y
  • GTA 4 expansions - Y
  • GTA 5
  • Halo 3 - Y
  • Halo ODST - Y
  • Halo Reach - Y
  • Halo 4
  • Lego City Undercover - Y
  • Lego City The Chase Begins
  • Mass Effect 1 - Y
  • Mass Effect 2 - Y
  • Mass Effect 3 - Y
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 - Y
  • Metal Gear Solid Collection - Y
  • Metal Gear Solid 5
  • New Super Mario Bros DS - Y
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii - Y
  • New Super Mario Bros 2 - Y
  • New Super Mario Bros U - Y
  • Pikmin 3 - Y
  • Rayman Origins - Y
  • Rayman Legends
  • Splinter Cell Double Agent
  • Splinter Cell Conviction - Y
  • Splinter Cell Blacklist
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Tomb Raider (reboot)
  • Zelda A Link Between Worlds
  • Zelda Skyward Sword - Y
  • Zelda Twilight Princess - Y
  • Zelda The Wind Waker - Y(bought it but I might never have it)
  • Zombi U - Y

Y(es) for those I bought

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:09:39
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robio said:

Do you want bought or currently own?

Whether you bought it, doesn't matter if you no longer have it.

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:11:19
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bugsonglass said:

Y(es) for those I bought

I updated the list, check again quickly. Next time there will be a cut off just to collate data, not a permanent cutoff - and new sets of games to look at in version 2 etc.

Edited: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:14:42

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:14:57
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Are you data gathering for other companies, GG? Nyaa

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:15:30
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These are the ones I purchased:

  • Bioshock
  • Dark Souls 1
  • L.A. Noire
  • Little Kings Story
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • New Super Mario Bros U
  • Pikmin 3
  • Rayman Origins
  • Rayman Legends
  • Twilight Princess

Oh and I forgot about Twilight Princess, so I've updated my list.

Edited: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:00:55
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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:19:24
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travo said:

Are you data gathering for other companies, GG? Nyaa

Thought it'd be fun looking at the microcosm instead of always on massive markets. I'm not going to put your names or anything by the games to show ownership or anything. Just a number to see what sold here or not.

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:34:27
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  • Bioshock
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • Burnout Paradise
  • Crysis
  • Gears of War
  • God of War 3
  • God of War Ascension
  • Halo 3
  • Halo Reach
  • Halo 4
  • Kameo
  • New Super Mario Bros DS
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • Perfect Dark Zero
  • Perfect Dark HD
  • Rayman Origins
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Tomb Raider (reboot)
  • Uncharted
  • Uncharted 2
  • Uncharted 3
  • Zelda Skyward Sword
  • Zelda Twilight Princess
Edited: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:36:38

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Mon, 14 Oct 2013 05:23:59
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  • Assassins Creed Brotherhood
  • Assassins Creed Revelations
  • Assassins Creed 3
  • Assassins Creed 4
  • Bioshock
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • Burnout Paradise
  • Condemned
  • Crysis
  • Crysis 2
  • Dark Souls 1
  • Dark Souls 2
  • Gears of War
  • Gears of War 2
  • Gears of War 3
  • God of War 3
  • GTA 4
  • GTA 4 expansions
  • GTA 5
  • Halo 3
  • Halo ODST
  • Halo Reach
  • Halo 4
  • Kameo
  • L.A. Noire
  • Lego City Undercover 4 copies
  • Mass Effect 1
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Metal Gear Solid 4
  • Metal Gear Solid Collection
  • Metal Gear Solid 5
  • Muramasa
  • New Super Mario Bros DS
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • New Super Mario Bros 2
  • New Super Mario Bros U
  • Perfect Dark Zero
  • Pikmin 3
  • Rayman Origins
  • Rayman Legends
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Resident Evil 6
  • Resident Evil revelations
  • Splinter Cell Conviction
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Tomb Raider (reboot)
  • Uncharted
  • Uncharted 2
  • Uncharted 3
  • Uncharted Golden Abyss
  • Viva Pinata
  • Xenoblade
  • Zelda A Link Between Worlds
  • Zelda Skyward Sword
  • Zelda Twilight Princess
  • Zelda The Wind Waker
  • Zombi U

What I have from that list. WW is the GC version.

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Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:16:38

I'll add everything up by say Wednesday evening so if you haven't posted yet, do it soon. This will be interesting, if a game has only sold 2 copies here or less I would say it's niche. 5 or more is a sales success. Over that a blockbuster Nyaa

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Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:34:13
  • Assassin's Creed
  • Assassin's Creed 2
  • Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
  • Bioshock
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • Condemned
  • Condemned 2
  • Crysis 2
  • Crysis 3
  • Demon's Souls
  • Dark Souls
  • Gears of War
  • Gears of War 2
  • Gears of War 3
  • Gears of War Judgment
  • God of War 3
  • God of War Ascension
  • Grand Theft Auto 4
  • Grand Theft Auto 4 expansions
  • Halo 3
  • Halo ODST
  • Halo Reach
  • Halo 4
  • Kameo
  • Mass Effect
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Metal Gear Solid 4
  • Metal Gear Solid Collection
  • New Super Mario Bros. DS
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • New Super Mario Bros 2
  • Perfect Dark Zero
  • Perfect Dark HD
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Resident Evil 6
  • Resident Evil Revelations
  • Tomb Raider reboot
  • Uncharted
  • Uncharted 2
  • Uncharted 3
  • Viva Pinata
  • Xenoblade
  • Zelda Twilight Princess
  • Zelda Skyward Sword
Edited: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:00:51

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Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:03:00
  • Assassins Creed
  • Assassins Creed 2
  • Assassins Creed Brotherhood
  • Bioshock
  • Burnout Paradise
  • Condemned
  • Crysis 2
  • Dark Souls 1
  • GTA 4
  • GTA 4 expansions (only TLaD)
  • Halo 3
  • Halo 4
  • Kameo
  • L.A. Noire
  • Mass Effect 1
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Metal Gear Solid 4
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • Perfect Dark Zero
  • Rayman Origins
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Tomb Raider (reboot)
  • Uncharted
  • Uncharted 2
  • Uncharted 3
  • Viva Pinata
  • Viva Pinata 2
  • Xenoblade

My list.

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Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:02:06

This will be pretty cool, we can use this thread to make our own analysis of statistics like COD ownership or favourite genres, franchise sales.

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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 06:41:18
gamingeek said:

How many copies has X game sold among our little band of brothers? Let's keep it relatively recent, say from the start of current gen.

It'll be hard to track so keep your votes in bold. I'll try to build a big list of games and see how many copies it's sold here. Some will be placeholders for future games.

Starting out, if you own any of the following games give me a shout out.

  • Alone in the Dark 4 <_ the 360 one? if so yes.
  • Assassins Creed
  • Bioshock
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • Burnout Paradise
  • Condemned
  • Condemned 2
  • Crysis 2
  • Crysis 3
  • Dark Souls 1 (demon souls?)
  • Gears of War
  • Gears of War 2
  • Gears of War 3
  • God of War 3
  • GTA 4
  • GTA 4 expansions
  • GTA 5
  • Halo 3
  • Halo ODST
  • Halo Reach
  • Halo 4
  • Kameo
  • L.A. Noire
  • Little Kings Story
  • Mass Effect 1
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Metal Gear Solid 4
  • Muramasa
  • New Super Mario Bros DS
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • Perfect Dark Zero
  • Rayman Origins
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Tomb Raider (reboot)
  • Uncharted
  • Uncharted 2
  • Uncharted 3
  • Uncharted Golden Abyss
  • Viva Pinata
  • Zelda Twilight Princess

and bioshock2

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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:44:05
  • Bioshock
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • GTA 4
  • GTA 4 expansions
  • Mass Effect 1
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 4
  • Rayman Origins
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Tomb Raider (reboot)
  • Zelda Twilight Princess
  • Zelda The Wind Waker

I don't understand the reasoning behind what games were chosen, and am probably posting too late...but what the hey!

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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:50:19
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and bioshock2

LOL, forgot that game exists.

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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:59:33

Okay stop voting for the moment, I'll tally this up.

You'll have a chance to add your purchase to the existing and new list later.

Also shout out with any games you think should be on the list. I might not include games no one bought or only include glaring omissions that no one bought that are high profile.

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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:36:11
Yeah I was wondering why Bioshock 2 was missing. Which Metal Gear Solid Collection is that? There was the HD Collection with 2 and 3 for PS3 and 360 and there is the Legacy Collection for PS3 only with all Metal Gear games. I have both. Why are there games that haven't been released yet on the list?

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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:37:35
Foolz said:

I don't understand the reasoning behind what games were chosen, and am probably posting too late...but what the hey!

Archangel3371 said:
Yeah I was wondering why Bioshock 2 was missing. Which Metal Gear Solid Collection is that? There was the HD Collection with 2 and 3 for PS3 and 360 and there is the Legacy Collection for PS3 only with all Metal Gear games. I have both. Why are there games that haven't been released yet on the list?

There's no rhyme or reason behind the games. On a boring Sunday afternoon I just listed whatever came into my head at the time. I can't do a full and complete list all at once, too much work. So this way I can add to it bit by bit, from whatever pops into my head.

I meant the HD collection.

The unreleased games are just place holders but some are marking them down as purchased, which I guess is okay if you are 100% cert but I'd prefer leaving them till they are actually bought.

Okay the first run of data has been collected. What can we see? Analysis time

  • Bioshock is a huge seller here, probably the game which sold the most... so far
  • 360 games like Condenmed and Kameo did well, probably because they were launch games
  • Demons Souls outsold Gears of War 1!
  • Gears of War sales show a downward trend across the series
  • God of War 3 sold twice as much as Ascension
  • Everybody who bought GTA 4 also bought all or one of the expansions
  • Halo sales remain strong across all titles
  • L.A. Noire did pretty well IMO with sales nearing or equaling a single Halo game
  • Mass Effect buyers stayed loyal and seemed to want to complete the whole trilogy for the most part
  • NSMB Wii and DS are the best performing NSMB titles the Wii version almost matching huge Bioshock sales with 8 copies sold. Sales of the 3DS and U versions are exactly half of the DS and Wii numbers
  • At 7 copies sold Rayman Origins comes out as a suprise seller here, selling more than many big name blockbusters, Legends is at less than half that
  • RE6 sales seem massively down on RE5 numbers
  • I seem to be the only person who bought SC Double Agent?
  • Tomb Raider reboot and Sleeping Dogs are pretty popular titles, just under blockbusters like Halo
  • Uncharted seems to have uniform sales across the trilogy, if you bought Uncharted 1 it seems you also picked up the 2 sequels too. Good franchise retention there.
  • Viva Pinata did okay with 4 copies sold but the sequels sales dropped 75%
  • Twilight Princess sales almost match Bioshock and NSMB Wii as the top selling titles on the VGPress but Skyward Sword sales notably drop almost by half from Twilight Princess.

Edited: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:01:01

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