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Shared on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 04:35

I was just looking at the NPD charts for June game sales and was startled to see this:

01. L.A. Noire (360, PS3) Take 2 Interactive - 419,000
02. Duke Nukem Forever (360, PS3, PC) Take 2 Interactive - 376,300
03. Infamous 2 (PS3) Sony – 369,200
04. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC) Disney Interactive Studios
05. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) Nintendo - 283,200
06. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC) Activision Blizzard
07. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, PC) Take 2 Interactive
08. Mortal Kombat 2011 (PS3, 360) Warner Bros. Interactive
09. Cars 2 (NDS, Wii, 360, PS3, PC) Disney Interactive Studios
10. Just Dance 2 (Wii) Ubisoft 

Duke Nukem outsold Infamous 2.  Infamous 2 released 17 days prior and still got outsold by what is widely considered a steaming piece of crap?   Even though DNF is multiplatform should this have happened? Infamous 2 is supposed to be the latest, greatest exclusive for Sony according to the drivel I read online. How does it get beaten out by DNF?  According to this list the sales figures for Duke were 376,300 units.  That's a piss-poor showing for a game that was a decade and a half in development, but what does that say for one of Sony's flagship titles?

Ah well, its always good to start the day off with a laugh.

In other news so far I've survived my first week back in the gym.  I've made it once all the way through my routine.  I work a 4 day split, divide the whole body into 4 workouts and then lift 5 days during the week with the first workout of the week being repeated on the last workout day of the week.  So I have chest and triceps again today, next monday will be back and biceps and so will next Friday, etc.  The soreness is going away little by little.  There's a new massage place out here that only charges $38 for the first visit so yesterday morning after I worked out I went over that and got a deep tissue massage.  Focused mostly on my triceps and shoulders, it helped quite a bit.

Also for shits and giggles yesterday I hopped on the scale on my way out of the gym.  I'm down 7.5 lbs from a week ago, so what I'm doing is at least working a little.  Most of that is probably water but its a confidence booster at least.  I expect over the first 3 months to drop a bit of a weight because the workouts are fairly high intensity (for me anyway heh) before the weight loss begins to plateau.  But as long as the body composition is still changing (replacing body fat with lean muscle mass) then I'll be on the right track.

Comments

BlowMonkey's picture
Submitted by BlowMonkey on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 17:46
ahhh PP2 is so cute when he's mad. Man did you ever look like a dumb shit in this blog. Awesome. Thanks buddy! Made my day. Peace!
pp2's picture
Submitted by pp2 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 18:37
Fuck you as well, you piece of shit. You make me laugh, with all your fanboy rage and your blind defense of Sony at all costs. Don't think I haven't forgotten the personal attacks you've made on me in the past because I dared to post something negative about your beloved Sony. Its nice to know you care so much about what I think though. Glad I matter so much in your pathetic life. Now get the fuck out of my blog and go kill yourself.
YEM's picture
Submitted by YEM on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 06:40
DNF outselling Infamous 2 has more to do with the name/nostalgia rather than if it was good or not
BlowMonkey's picture
Submitted by BlowMonkey on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 07:41
Didn't pick up inFamous 2 yet - just too many games out right now. Going to pick it up when the price drops. Already picked up Little Big Planet 2, SOCOM 4, Yakuza 4, Motorstorm Apocolypse, DCUO, White Knight Chronicles 2, MLB 11: the Show, and Killzone 3 this year....and the year is only half over. I imagine people on the 360 couldn't wait for Duke to come out...since the only exclusives being released on the 360 over the last year have been Kinect kiddy games.
mdl70's picture
Submitted by mdl70 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 07:46
I was about to post something similar, Monkey. With Uncharted 3, Resistance 3, and Ratchet and Clank yet to be released, not to mention another Twisted Metal on the way...things are looking good for the PS3 this year. I think Catherine will be out for the 360 as well....so that's one non-kinect title coming out this year. I guess that's something.
Biznass's picture
Submitted by Biznass on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 07:52
Duke Nukem Forever (360, PS3, PC) Infamous 2 (PS3) Golly, when you spread a game out on multiple systems you get more sales. Who knew?
pp2's picture
Submitted by pp2 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 08:06
Ah, you Sony fanboys can fuck right off this blog. Don't want to hear your excuses. Have a great day.
twitchy's picture
Submitted by twitchy on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 08:13
With the advent of betas for everything and other things such as social media (HUGE Factor) and sensationalist news outlets and when you couple in the fact that DNF was a Multi platform release, whereas Infamous 2 was not... I'm gonna have to call your oversight and giddiness as premature or pointless. Social media and early release reviews that painted the Game (DNF) as terrible... contributed to it's terrible showing. Also contributing to it's terrible showing is that the youth of today, have barely a clue what Duke Nukem is... (sadly for them) it's no surprise that it's sales numbers weren't higher than they were... However, conversely, Infamous 2 had far less advertising than DNF, it had a far more recent predecessor and it's marketed to the right age groups... and fan base. The two games are completely incomparable. Here's the original source (NeoGaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437311) Generally, it's advised that you take into account the whole picture and understand how sales work before you get too excited.
twitchy's picture
Submitted by twitchy on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 08:16
just a correction that should be -- "terrible" showing. --
pp2's picture
Submitted by pp2 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 08:20
I don't know the figures for advertising for either game, but I don't think I've seen any DNF commercials while I've been besieged with Infamous 2 commercials. You guys can spin numbers any way you want, make any excuses you want...the numbers are the numbers. All these "great" Sony exclusives that you fanboys rant on about never seem to sell particularly well compared to the 360 exclusives. Go figure. And the only reason I brought up that comparison was because you guys already brought XBox into the discussion. This was about Infamous 2 vs DNF, period. You guys turned it into something else. And its my blog space, I'll be as giddy as I fucking want.
TKBosss's picture
Submitted by TKBosss on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 13:28
In all honesty, forget DNF for a moment. Infamous 2 didn't sell that well period, compared to LA Noire that is in it's second month of sales. Most games hit their best sales in the first 2 weeks. They just aren't good numbers for a Sony exclusive flagship title. Before I get hammered for being an Xbox fanboy, check my PSN ID. I did my part, I bought and played Infamous 2 to completion. A good game that should have sold better.
pp2's picture
Submitted by pp2 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 14:05
Look at that, rational thought and analysis instead of fanboy rage. Not that I'm suprised by who its from, just saying...nice to see. :)
Buzz's picture
Submitted by Buzz on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 15:10
I love my PS3 but mostly for Blu-Ray, Netflix is setup better on PS3 and Hulu is much better on PS3. Killzone 3 is awesome, Socom 4 is just ok. Xbox is still my fav game system.
camus44's picture
Submitted by camus44 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 17:47
You're right, TKBosss' comment was rational, because he didn't imply higher sales means higher quality. Conflating sales and popularity would commit you to believing that Two and a Half Men, McDonalds and Transformers 3 are the very pinnacle of human cultural achievement. And that would make you an imbecile.
pp2's picture
Submitted by pp2 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 21:21
@ camus: fuck you. The unheralded part of "reading" is "comprehending", I suggest you take that up as a hobby. I'm sure they offer online courses for the retarded that you could sign up for.
camus44's picture
Submitted by camus44 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 23:41
Classy. So your point was actually that you derive some sense of personal approbation from crowing over the fact that one faceless multinational isn't performing as well as another faceless multinational? I apologise for the confusion - knock yourself out. Kisses.
pp2's picture
Submitted by pp2 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 05:58
Dude, if you're going to be a whiney bitch then just stay the fuck out of my blog. Really, I'm sorry you're so butthurt over the facts. You and Blowmonkey should get a room.

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