Post by: FOX McLOUD on March 02, 2004, 05:50:17 AM
Post by: Bill Aurion on March 02, 2004, 06:01:43 AM
Post by: DrZoidberg on March 02, 2004, 06:02:38 AM
Mario should be able to provide relativly acurate sales data, but more than likely it bombed.
Post by: KDR_11k on March 02, 2004, 07:27:22 AM
Post by: Ian Sane on March 02, 2004, 07:51:41 AM
You guys forget this is Sega AKA the dumbest videogame company on Earth. These guys released Shenmue II as an Xbox exclusive in North America where it totally bombed instead of on the Dreamcast which the fanbase already owned. Releasing Skies 2 on the PS2 (or the N-Gage) seems logical to them. Afterall they quietly released Skies for the Cube with ZERO advertising and were surprised that it sold poorly.
Post by: StrikerObi on March 02, 2004, 08:06:07 AM
Post by: Mario on March 02, 2004, 11:40:59 AM
Post by: AMac2002 on March 02, 2004, 02:55:07 PM
They might release them both in one game, Sega's done that before so i wouldn't put it past them.
And I'm pretty sure 78,000 is pretty bad actually. Although Skies of Arcadia is an old port, so I guess that comes into play, but definetly 78,000 is not that good of a number for most games.
Post by: Mario on March 02, 2004, 03:06:53 PM
Post by: Uglydot on March 03, 2004, 12:34:13 AM
Post by: vudu on March 03, 2004, 04:49:25 AM
Quotesega might have made a profit on the port, but how much money did they lose when the game was first released on dreamcast? you have to take the entire lifespan of the game into account.
Originally posted by: Mario
Well it's pretty good considering the amount of money it would have cost to just "port" it, and the small amount of money used to advertise it (if any). I'm sure they made a decent profit.
Post by: FOX McLOUD on March 03, 2004, 05:53:39 AM
Post by: DrZoidberg on March 03, 2004, 11:13:11 AM
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on March 03, 2004, 02:02:40 PM
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Originally posted by: DrZoidberg
also we won't go into how it sold in Australia.
Yeah.
I was one of the, say, 7 people who were lucky to get Skies in Oz.I love this game so much, I hope Sega will develop a sequel. Although I think it will be unlikely do to its sales. I need more Aika love!
Post by: The Omen on March 03, 2004, 02:40:37 PM
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It might make some sense to put it out for the PS2, but Sega actually has the greatest amount of old school Sega fanboys on the Gamecube.
I disagree with that. I think the majority are split between the Xbox and PS2. You have to remember a lot of the oldschool Sega fans are anti-Nintendo. Those who owned the Dreamcast seemed to go Xbox, and those who left Sega after the Saturn seemed to go PS2, in my experience at least.
But anyway, SOA sold pretty well if it is in fact 75,000. I think a sequal would sell double that number. Is that good enough? I think it is. But Sega make some wacked out decisions. Always have, so you never can tell.
Post by: mouse_clicker on March 03, 2004, 05:52:25 PM
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on March 03, 2004, 08:46:32 PM
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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
I remember Bill telling me once that Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, a 2 or so yeard old Dreamcast port, sold better than all of Sega's XBox exclusives combined.
And AV have a 3 Xbox games in development (I think). When will Sega learn?
Post by: The Omen on March 04, 2004, 01:47:48 AM
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remember Bill telling me once that Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, a 2 or so yeard old Dreamcast port, sold better than all of Sega's XBox exclusives combined.
I think GC owners are smart, thats all.
Plus, for some, Sonic is new to them, especially if they've only owned Nintendo systems, like me. I'm not saying theres 85% Sega fans with the other 2 systems. But i'd say the Sega Fanboys went to those 2. Post by: FOX McLOUD on March 04, 2004, 05:42:19 AM
Post by: DrZoidberg on March 04, 2004, 11:43:16 AM
Atari Australia, formerly Game Nation, is the publisher of Sega, Konami and other games here in Australia, they have very bizzar distribution practices, it was rumoured Skies had a release of around 300 copies, 300. Same deal with Phantasy Star Online, they hardly released any on the Gamecube, but then even more bizzar, they didn't release it at all on Xbox, a console with online play as it's major focus. Basically the only way to get a copy of an Atari published game out here is to pre-order it, unless it's a patheticly bad game, then copies seem to be in abundance.
my fellow aussies understand.
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on March 04, 2004, 02:46:33 PM
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Originally posted by: DrZoidberg
Same deal with Phantasy Star Online, they hardly released any on the Gamecube, but then even more bizzar, they didn't release it at all on Xbox, a console with online play as it's major focus.
I've said this before. I've saw a ccopy of PSO for Xbox. I think it was EB.
Post by: FOX McLOUD on March 05, 2004, 10:16:37 AM
**laughes till he cries**
Just kidding, we all love ya man.
Post by: ib2kool4u912 on March 05, 2004, 11:29:18 AM
Post by: Mario on March 05, 2004, 11:45:29 AM
Post by: DrZoidberg on March 05, 2004, 03:02:02 PM
I'm not sure about Xbox in the games department though, but both PS2 and Xbox get excelent support here :\
Post by: KDR_11k on March 05, 2004, 07:05:13 PM
Zoidberg: The "european" region is damn huge, pretty much anything outside North America and Japan is considered Europe by the marketing people. That includes Asia, Africa and Australia. I'm, not sure about South America.
I don't know if it's XX, but a store here has Guilty Gear running on a kiosk, so it can't be absolutely impossible to find.
Post by: DrZoidberg on March 05, 2004, 07:14:31 PM
Post by: Hybrid Hunter on March 05, 2004, 10:57:34 PM
That sucks then, no wonder ebay auctions for it are in over $100.
would it be possible to still get a copy of the game now?
Post by: GaimeGuy on March 06, 2004, 06:57:18 AM
It's a pity,really.
Post by: DrZoidberg on March 06, 2004, 08:16:41 AM
Post by: Ymeegod on March 06, 2004, 03:41:19 PM
So either Sell your copy now (if it's going for $100) if you have it.
And if you don't--wait a few months.
Post by: Mario on March 06, 2004, 05:37:32 PM
