[quote name='Richard18'][quote name='DenisDFat'][quote name='Fire'][quote name='Snake2715'][quote name='romeogbs19'][quote name='Matt Young']Did the game not sell well or something? It's only been out for about 4 months and it's already $20. I hope that bad sales aren't the reason for the price drop, because I really want to see the series continue.
It's really tempting to pick this up now. I would've paid $50 for it, seeing as how VJ 1 was one of my favorite games of the current console generation. But due to the glut of games I've purchased in the last year and a half, I haven't even finished the incredible first game.
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I recall reading somewhere on IGN that VJ2 sold moderately well -- we're talking about 150,000 units sold per console platform. Capcom probably wasn't too pleased with that kind of reception, so yes, the price drop is likely attributed to low sales to some degree.
What is more interesting, though, is that IGN reported VJ2 sold considerably lower on the PS2 versus the GCN version. A good example that bringing a game over to a so-called broader base won't score you more sales. Given the low numbers on PS2, Capcom probably didn't make too much more porting it over to another console.[/quote]
Yeah I thought it was around 70k for the PS2 and over 300k for the cube as of a month ago.[/quote]
So then it didn't sell too bad on GCN. Hopefully this'll mean more VJ in the future.[/quote]
through the end of january 2005
Viewtiful Joe 2 (GC): 67,636
Viewtiful Joe 2 (PS2): 21,947
and for the first one
Viewtiful Joe (GC): 296,151
Viewtiful Joe (PS2): 73,256
also, VJ2, like the first one, launched at $40[/quote]
where do you find out how many copies of a certain game were sold?[/quote]
^^Same question and why is it that some are reporting that IGN had higher sales numbers for this game than your sources? What are you sources anyway?