Tony Hawk: Shred sold only 3,000 units week one
Poor October sales for DJ Hero 2 and EA Sports MMA, too.
Activision's second game in the rebooted Tony Hawk video game franchise, board-controller compatible Tony Hawk: Shred, sold only 3,000 copies during its first week on sale in the US, reports GamesIndustry.biz.
Analysts Cowan and Company described the game's debut as a "virtual no-show".
Performing marginally better in October, but still relatively poorly was DJ Hero 2 which sold 59,000 copies during its first two weeks on sale.
EA's MMA, recently described as dead on arrival shifted only 45,000 copies in the October period, while the publisher's Medal of Honor sold just over one million copies during October.
VideoGamer.com Analysis
The failure of Tony Hawk: Shred must signal a change in strategy for Activision in the extreme sports space. Last month developer Robomodo released 60 staff and said it would no longer be working on the franchise, but in which studio's hands it will end up remains unclear.
User Comments
draytone
guyderman
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Bloodstorm
clangod
Too bad for the Hawkster really. I remember being extremely happy when I learnt of the release of THPS on the PS1. I got a demo disk at one point and played it to death counting the days until the game came out.
enviro-bear@ Bloodstorm
Bloodstorm@ IndoorHeroes
See kids, do not rely on word of mouth advertising......it fails.
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Ghost_Dog
Woffls
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Other causes might be that the previous game was well known for being a poor experience and the expensive peripheral put it out of the pocket money price range.