Rising Game Sales Reveal Trends?

Thanks to Smartmoney.com for their report into GameStop's second-quarter financial results, which revealed "a 31% surge in videogame software sales", although a drop from last year's hardware-discounted highs, and "better-than-expected performance in stores." According to the report, "...the company said videogame-software sales were 'very strong' for the quarter, with leading titles such as 'Enter The Matrix' from Atari Inc., 'NBA Street: Volume 2' and 'NCAA Football 2004' from Electronic Arts Inc. and 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' from LucasArts." Most interestingly, GameStop indicated they're expecting "...further hardware price reductions 'or similar promotional activities' during the third quarter", a move that may include the rumored $99 GameCube price drop which IGN Cube are confidently predicting for the end of September.

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Re:Good to see

[jayoyayo]

for real. something interesting that i noticed was that a large northern california chain (Fry's Electronics) advertised 'Enter the Matrix' not as a game but as "exclusive Matrix footage".

Re:Good to see

[Maserati]

Yup. I'm one of the happy crowd who preordered it. I could see a pattern in magazine previews of areas of the game that were either talked around or panned (sadly, rare).

I can just about manage to excuse everone who gave it a good preview though. It has a lot of promise. If they'd "shipped it when it [was] done" it could have been the game of the year. I mean, the developers *tried* to give us the Matrix experience in a console game.

If they put another six months into it and released a "gold edition" when Revolutions comes out... I'd seriously consider picking up a *finished* version of this game. For, like $20 mind you. $30 if they find a good way to tie in a little Revolutions material, a couple levels would be nice.

There you go, a short game based on Revolutions, with a finished version of the game on the disc. The sets are gone, but just bluescreen the actors. Bill the costs of finishing the engine to the new project, polish the old levels, the in-engine cutscenes take care of themselves when the engine gets fixed.

Call it the "We're sorry" edition. Enter the Matrix: Revised.