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G.I. Joe: A Real American Failure
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is based off a movie, which is based off a TV show, which is based off a toy line. Somehow, that didn’t translate into something people wanted to play. The Xbox 360, which sold best, has a 4.4 average rating on Gamestats. Apparently that was enough to scare consumers away.
Madden Sales Numbers Shaky
Madden NFL 10, which launched on August 15, sold just shy of one million copies on Xbox 360 and a hair more than 650K on PlayStation 3. While the number of Xbox 360 copies sold was down just slightly from last year, PS3 increased its year-over-year sales by about 20K copies.
PS3 Manufacturing Costs Down
According to TVG, Sony Corp’s CEO and Executive Vice PresidentNobuyuki Oneda mentioned on an overseas investors call that the manufacturing cost of the PlayStation 3 has been reduced by 70 percent since the original launch of the console.
