Some NZ newspaper coverage...

[Mario]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2786494a28,00.html

Mentions some unit volumes which some of you were interested in.

 

[Crippler]

wow 70000 in just december alone not including january?

HES would of made a couple of million profit already assuming the game was sold at $99 bucks everywhere.

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

only 3500 PC copies sold? :shock:

 

[Clevo]

3500 lucky ones when the patch comes out.

 

[Goleel]

Makes you realise how far behind PC gaming is compared to the consoles. The PC version is the best by miles too, so a lot of people have missed out.

 

[Alan Shore]

Do you have an exact figure for the UK mario? Australian state-by-state breakdowns?

 

[[furrycat]]

Yeah it is disappointing people only wanted to get the game for a console. But it was not heavily advertised for the PC, if at all. I always have preferred games for PC, not just because it allows me to play around with the coding, but because the graphics are a million times better and there is always the possibility of having a patch released that could fix the little niggles.

 

[SP]

i got the PS2 one, because at the time i pre orded it, i had a crappy old computer, and i knew it wouldnt work on it

but i may get a pc version this yr sometime since i have now got a new computer

 

[Kickit]

wow 70000 in just december alone not including january?

HES would of made a couple of million profit already assuming the game was sold at $99 bucks everywhere.

It doesn't quite work that way unfortunately. There are a number of people with fingers in the $99 pie including the retailers and the manufacturer's (in the case of consoles) but I'm sure they're doing pretty well

 

[Mario]

Do you have an exact figure for the UK mario? Australian state-by-state breakdowns?

I have more detailed information but am unable to release it to the public.

The best I can do is say that NSW and QLD account for the majority of sales in Australia.

 

[Rocks]

With 70% of sales being on the PS2 platform, I hope SIDHE pay alot more attention to the PS2 version of the game ahead of the other platforms in the future.

I'm no game developer, but I assume each console requires its own special attention to get the best out of the hardware. I am sure more could be done with the PS2 hardware. This should be the priority.

The XBox and PC versions should be after thoughts.

 

[MrCharisma]

Problem if attention was on PS2 would be the fact that the individual would have to re-purchase the updates, unlike PC's where you can use your existing game and just add them on, like The Sims Expansions.