Lunar on the Revolution?
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I'm sure that the sales of each would have ended up a bit higher if WD did pull them from the shelf. I remember my mom was going to get me SSSC for christmas, but she couldn't find it. Come to find out the games where no longer sold like, 2 weeks before she went to get it (bad timing huh?) So imagine all the sales that they might have gotten if they waited even a couple of months.
As for EBC, I bought it like, the third day it hit the shelves. I still have the reciept for it too
As for EBC, I bought it like, the third day it hit the shelves. I still have the reciept for it too
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Yeah, really. Actually, that was the very first thing I saw on WD's site (which I think was only the third I'd ever visited at that point): the front-page announcement "Say Goodbye to Lunar..." It was announced before then, of course. But it was still in stores for a while; they just didn't get new stock.
- phyco126
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Well, I think I know what happened. See I didn't have the internet at that point, so when I finally saw it online was when I got back online either at school or the libary. So by that time, it was probably after the new year. So when I read it, I figured the sales probably stopped before the new year, not after it. So yeah, I probably just assumed a date it was on (I do that sometimes.)
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GhaleonOne wrote:http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml
SSSC - 223k
EBC - 170k
For as much as SSSC, EBC deserves a great deal of credit. Sequels rarely outsell the first game, and considering it was released much later in the PSOne's life, that's a good figure. Both held their own quite well.
Better marketing for EBC. The really dark ads with glowing eyes = win!
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The best marketing was still for the Sega CD EB. Or rather, the best ads. I know a lot of people first saw those ads and had no clue there was a second Lunar, and flipped out. The artwork in the ads was what I loved. (This one) It still remained kind of dark and mysterious like the artwork in TSS did. And almost told a story in it. Plus, the tag line has been used over and over in Lunar fandom:
In the Darkest Hour,
Hope Springs Eternal
Just too bad EB lost WD money, but that's the fault of the death of the Sega CD.
In the Darkest Hour,
Hope Springs Eternal
Just too bad EB lost WD money, but that's the fault of the death of the Sega CD.
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