Gadgets and Video Games

It’s sad to admit it, but we never expect any third-party “core” Wii game to sell well — regardless of its quality or the hype behind it. Lowered expectations mean that when such a title doesn’t absolutely tank , it’s great news! And the sales of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle , as reported by EEDAR in its “Retail Sales Review for January,” fall somewhere in that “didn’t absolutely tank” area, especially since the game was on sale for less than a week in January.

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EEDAR: No More Heroes 2 sold less than 30k in January

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Speaking to GI.biz , Valve’s head of Steam , Jason Holtman, had some interesting things to say about the company’s frequent deals and their effect on long-term game sales. According to Holtman, Steam’s quick game sales — offering Team Fortress 2 for $2.49 for only a few hours last month, for example — don’t have a negative impact on a game’s long-term performance. Holtman notes that once a brick-and-mortar retailer reduces a game’s price, people are reticent to ever pay a higher price again, but downloadable games are different

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Valve: Short-term Steam deals don’t hurt long-term performance

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Microsoft announced Thursday that it plans to lower the retail prices for several flavors of Windows Vista.

For those in the U.S., Microsoft is cutting prices only on the higher-end versions of Vista, and only for the upgrade version used to move from XP or another copy of Vista. The suggested price for Vista Ultimate drops to $219 from $299, while Home Premium falls to $129, from $159. (continue reading…)

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