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This thread has been linked to the game 'Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball'.
From C&VG.com:
Tecmo's Xbox "sports" title, Dead or Alive Xtreme Volleyball, has rocketed to the top of the Japanese charts after impressive day one sales. The top-heavy title shifted 72,881 in its first day at retail, beating of the challenge of Armored Core 3 on PS2, which sold 67,119 units.
This makes DOAX Volleyball the fastest selling Xbox title ever in Japan, which will bring cheer to developer Tecmo, whose Dead or Alive 3 is also the biggest selling Xbox title overall in Japan, with 154,906 units sold. But to add a little perspective, this pales in comparison to the millions already shifted by Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire on GBA.
And while the shock revelation that sex sells sinks in, it will be interesting to see what impact the title will have on struggling sales of Xbox hardware in the Far East.
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Hopefully this game will help lift sales of the Xbox, and with Live launched along with PSO 1+2, maybe Xbox will start to look a bit more lively over there.
Thoughts?
Tecmo's Xbox "sports" title, Dead or Alive Xtreme Volleyball, has rocketed to the top of the Japanese charts after impressive day one sales. The top-heavy title shifted 72,881 in its first day at retail, beating of the challenge of Armored Core 3 on PS2, which sold 67,119 units.
This makes DOAX Volleyball the fastest selling Xbox title ever in Japan, which will bring cheer to developer Tecmo, whose Dead or Alive 3 is also the biggest selling Xbox title overall in Japan, with 154,906 units sold. But to add a little perspective, this pales in comparison to the millions already shifted by Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire on GBA.
And while the shock revelation that sex sells sinks in, it will be interesting to see what impact the title will have on struggling sales of Xbox hardware in the Far East.
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Hopefully this game will help lift sales of the Xbox, and with Live launched along with PSO 1+2, maybe Xbox will start to look a bit more lively over there.
Thoughts?
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Question: take away the chicks and the 'bouncy breast technology' and would anyone buy this game?
Answer: no.
Answer: no.
Exactimo.
I still wouldn't buy it anyway.....
I still wouldn't buy it anyway.....
Yeah but then thats like saying would you buy Tomb Raider if there were no Lara Croft and she were replaced by some fat sweaty pig of a girl. Take characters away from plenty of games and they'd sell nowhere near the amount they have.
Personally, I'd have liked to have seen more characters in DOA: Extreme Beach Volleyball such as the blokes that are usually in the game (and no I'm not going all weird on you lot !)
As far as volleyball games go, this seems to be about the best option you can get because besides playing the actual volleyball, you can visit arcades, casinos, etc. Plus its a game that really shows off what the X-Box can do which is more than what can be said for a lot of games that developers seem to just lazily port over from the PS2 with next to sod all improvement.
Thats the only thing I don't like about getting games from the PS2, they end up being lazy ports. At least with the X-Box getting Splinter Cell first, it was made with the X-Box in mind so it looked the nuts.
Looks like we're getting the Sims now - bet that ends up a complete replica of the PS2 game in both looks and playing options.
Personally, I'd have liked to have seen more characters in DOA: Extreme Beach Volleyball such as the blokes that are usually in the game (and no I'm not going all weird on you lot !)
As far as volleyball games go, this seems to be about the best option you can get because besides playing the actual volleyball, you can visit arcades, casinos, etc. Plus its a game that really shows off what the X-Box can do which is more than what can be said for a lot of games that developers seem to just lazily port over from the PS2 with next to sod all improvement.
Thats the only thing I don't like about getting games from the PS2, they end up being lazy ports. At least with the X-Box getting Splinter Cell first, it was made with the X-Box in mind so it looked the nuts.
Looks like we're getting the Sims now - bet that ends up a complete replica of the PS2 game in both looks and playing options.
Xbox IS getting PSO 1 & 2, check out xboxrules.com as they've got it in the news section.
I'm sure that Xboxrules.com whatever that is don't know something that the official Sega website doesn't.
Oh and DOA: Volleyball is embarassing.
Do yourselves a favour and buy yourselves a nudey mag and a decent game.
Do yourselves a favour and buy yourselves a nudey mag and a decent game.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Oh and DOA: Volleyball is embarassing.
>
> Do yourselves a favour and buy yourselves a nudey mag and a decent
> game.
And while we're at it, you could save money by just buying a fairy tale book - lot cheaper than buying a Ninty game to do the same thing. ;-)
> Oh and DOA: Volleyball is embarassing.
>
> Do yourselves a favour and buy yourselves a nudey mag and a decent
> game.
And while we're at it, you could save money by just buying a fairy tale book - lot cheaper than buying a Ninty game to do the same thing. ;-)
*scratches head*
That's some funky fairy tale books you read, I can't remember the one about the Bounty Hunter crash landing on a planet and blowing the crap out of some alien punks.
Then again I never was much of a reader.
That's some funky fairy tale books you read, I can't remember the one about the Bounty Hunter crash landing on a planet and blowing the crap out of some alien punks.
Then again I never was much of a reader.
Nomad $oul wrote:
> Question: take away the chicks and the 'bouncy breast technology' and
> would anyone buy this game?
>
> Answer: no.
Yea, the honest truth is that I wouldnt buy it. But Im gettin it for nowt, so I can't complain.
:)
> Question: take away the chicks and the 'bouncy breast technology' and
> would anyone buy this game?
>
> Answer: no.
Yea, the honest truth is that I wouldnt buy it. But Im gettin it for nowt, so I can't complain.
:)
Savatt78 wrote:
> As far as volleyball games go, this seems to be about the best option
> you can get because besides playing the actual volleyball, you can
> visit arcades, casinos, etc.
Despite the extras and 'gifted' ladies, the game's going to have to have at least the gameplay of Sega's Beach Spikers to stand any kind of chance at all.
> As far as volleyball games go, this seems to be about the best option
> you can get because besides playing the actual volleyball, you can
> visit arcades, casinos, etc.
Despite the extras and 'gifted' ladies, the game's going to have to have at least the gameplay of Sega's Beach Spikers to stand any kind of chance at all.
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