There will be updates soon

I've been busy with work, so updating a blog has kind of fallen off my radar. Things are slowing down somewhat, so I should be able to do an incremental updates on my predictions. So far I've been really off about Batman, and I'm afraid I may have been too pessimisitic. It would appear that I am not the next Michael Pachter.

Well the NPD's are in for August.

And the Top 10 are:

Madden NFL 10 (360) – 928,000
Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 754,000
Madden NFL 10 (PS3) – 665,000
Batman: Arkham Asylum (360) – 303,000
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) – 290,000
Madden NFL 10 (PS2) – 160,000
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP) – 130,000
Wii Fit (Wii) – 128,000
Mario Kart (Wii) – 120,000
Fossil Fighters (DS) – 92,000

Madden coming out on top is no suprise, but it sold under a million on 360, which is a suprise. Suprisingly strong showing for the PS3 version at number 3. The PS2 version at number 6 this late into the console's life is suprising. No appearance of the Wii version on the charts suprises me, EA pushed the family friendly features, but I guess people don't like the Team Fortress 2 art style in a sports game.

Dissidia is further proof that the Final Fantasy name can move units. 130k for a PSP game is great, especially when you consider the state of the economy and falling game sales overall.

Batman came in at 4 & 5 for 360 and PS3 respectively, but I don't think with only 6 days on the chart I can draw a full assessment versus my predicitions. I'm going to add these numbers to the September numbers and see where it finally falls in comparitive sales. I still think that sales for even the few days it was out are lower than expected, especially with the spectacular reviews, podcast hype, and Guinness World Record.