sales numbers

[TL2e21]

89 PS2 NBA 2K2 JAN'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 21,182 362,709 $49.41

184 GCN NBA 2K2 MAR'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 12,084 38,741 $30.67

216 XBX NBA 2K2 FEB'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 9,412 83,779 $48.43


148 PS2 NBA LIVE 2002 OCT'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 14,533 695,205 $48.49

255 XBX NBA LIVE 2002 NOV'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 7,717 237,383 $31.61


241 GCN NBA COURTSIDE 2002 JAN'02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 8,381 104,338 $47.29

these are the Top 600 Game Sales in North America from a post at ign.com. they are up to june2002 the last number i think is the total sold. i dont kno if it is accurate or where the guy got it from but it seems pretty accurate. http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?to...amp;replies=26

[bryan_05]

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Inside Drive, eh? ...

61 XBX NBA INSIDE DRIVE 2002 JAN'02 MICROSOFT 28,673 159,051 $28.44

[PopoWRX]

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Funny how Live 02 was mediocre last year and yet it garners near 700k sales. Such is life with the EA juggernaut. Now if only Blizzard would make a sports game it would get 1 million sales in presales alone! :P

[TL2e21]

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whoops forgot about inside drive also 2k1 ahead of 2k2

296 DC NBA 2K1 NOV'00 SEGA OF AMERICA 6,306 735,468 $7.39

531 DC NBA 2K2 OCT'01 SEGA OF AMERICA 2,202 248,505 $32.41

[WaddupCouzin]

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Funny how Live 02 was mediocre last year and yet it garners near 700k sales. Such is life with the EA juggernaut.

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This is the reason why EA doesn't think they need to change their game. Sales. When we all know the game sucked *** last year, but someone is buying it.

[aholbert32]

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One of the main reasons Live sold more then 2k2 was that live was because live was available at the start of the season while 2k2 came out in January. 2k2 missed both the christmas holidays and the beginning of the season which is a big time when people buy video games

[PopoWRX]

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Yea, if you miss the holiday rush its gonna screw up ur sales. Lets hope the best bball game garners the most sales this time around, be it 2k3, Drive or Live

[Yukk]

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Exactly............look ad Dreamcast version, it came out on time and even though DC is dead it still sold over 700,000 copies.

[Dman13]

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Sorry guys but I added to the Live sales because just like everyone else said it came out 2 months before every other game and I desperately needed a basketball.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Go figure though

Nba live had been featured on TNT and TBS telecasts of the NBA almost every week with Charles, Kenny, and Erinie.

They advertised that game for a good 3 months, and then again when draft time came along.

Most live buyers are those that don't have computers (It's not a bad thing), they get the game based on respect from previous versions that they played as a child and we only hope the next live and years after that are better than the current live.

[p2xgamers]

Re: Go figure though

It seems like EA-made stuff always does good. Man, GTA III in the top 3 still, whew.

[PopoWRX]

Re: Go figure though

EA is a marketing giant. Proof can be seen in their Madden 03 commercials which are better (imo) then the NFL 2k3 commercials

[LIGHTNING]

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NBA 2K2 sold more copies than NBA Live 2002 when you include Dreamcast copies sold and it did not come out for PS2 and XBOX during the holiday season. Also, NFL 2K3 is taking a huge bite out of EA's Madden football market share according to retailers. EA is in trouble which is why I am shorting the stock. Now that NBA 2K3 will be released in October for the major consoles instead of the following year, EA will pay the price for their lazyiness. EA's market share will continue to decline. The stock is over valued and insiders are selling the stock like mad because they know their market share is in deep trouble.