having printed and shipped more than 3 million copies of bioshock 2 across the seas, publisher take-two is clearly leaning on its sequel to provide a strong sale wind to push the company through another successful quarter. following its february 9 release, the xbox 360 version of bioshock 2 cruised up the us sales charts, anchoring in the peak position, according to the npd's monthly report. for the ps3 version, the journey was not such a breeze, as it appeared to have come up against some bad weather.

despite the xbox 360 edition's #1 ranking in us february game sales, the ps3 version of bioshock 2 was curiously absent from the top ten listing. an npd representative told joystiq that the ps3 game recorded roughly 190.5k units sold last month, ''''''just outside the top 10 at #11.'''''' if anything's to blame for this somewhat modest debut month, it's heavy rain. in just one week of retail availability, the ps3-exclusive ''''''western interactive novel'''''' had enough of an impact, with 219.3k units sold, to seemingly alter the sales course of bioshock 2 for ps3.

now, just imagine how much trouble a rampaging ''''''murder carousel'''''' could stir up for bioshock 2 ps3 sales this month!npd: bioshock 2 feb. ps3 sales just shy of 200k mark originally appeared on joystiq on fri, 12 mar 2010 11:30:00 est. please see our terms for use of feeds.




permalink | email this | comments

more...