Catherine Breaks Atlus' Launch Sales Records

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"Catherine has exceeded our highest expectations," said Tim Pivnicny, VP of Sales and Marketing at Atlus, in a statement given to IGN. "It released last week to tremendous critical acclaim and fan response, bolstered by the release of a demo a couple weeks prior, and continues to generate discussion among fans for its mature themes, engrossing subject matter, and frantic, challenging gameplay.

"It is fitting, then, that Catherine can boast the largest launch in the 20-year history of Atlus, and continues to see strong sales at retail."IGN

It's always great news to hear that fun and unique games like Catherine are selling well. I played the demo and I absolutely adored it, I can't get it right now, but I already plan on getting it later down the line. Whoever said innovative games don't sell?

That's great, I'm glad Catherine is getting the respect it deserves :)

That´s good. Now can you please do Persona 5? :P

Excellent. Atlus definitely knows how to handle the niche genre.

It had a pretty damn good marketing campaign also it has receive critical acclaim, so good for Atlus.

Congrats to Atlus and Catherine. I love Atlus.

Have they even released that much? sorry, only heard of them once or twice.

Have they even released that much? sorry, only heard of them once or twice.

firefluff3

Yes, Atlus released a lot of games before. they're especially well known for publishing the Persona series and Demon's Souls.

That´s good. Now can you please do Persona 5? :P

Arach666

Nice to see a good game selling well.

Im surprised tbh, that it took off as well as it did in the states. I'm happy for them, and I'm definitely looking forward to getting it in a couple months.

Yeah yeah yeah, that's great and all but, get on Persona 5. Like, now.

Good to hear, even though I'm probably not going to buy the game ( unless it will come to the PC ). Games that really push genre variety, even if they're experimental, deserve to be recognized. :D

And just think, they'd be even better if Amazon.ca actually managed to get any.

May have increased a bit if their marketing was better, too. Well, if their marketing was different. I mean, they marketed it enough so that people knew it was coming, but they advertised it as being something.. sexier(?) than it really is.

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That´s good. Now can you please do Persona 5? :P

siLVURcross

so it sold 5 copies... 2 more than demon souls :lol:

That's nice to hear. :)

so it sold 5 copies... 2 more than demon souls :lol:

KBFloYd

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That´s good. Now can you please do Persona 5? :P

Arach666

That´s good. Now can you please do Persona 5? :P

Arach666

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so it sold 5 copies... 2 more than demon souls :lol:

Metric_Fantasie

so it sold 5 copies... 2 more than demon souls :lol:

KBFloYd

Probably sold more then the majority of quality 3rd party games on the Wii. Poor Zack and Wiki.:twisted:

so it sold 5 copies... 2 more than demon souls :lol:

KBFloYd

Hey atlus W U NO MAKE PAL VERSION?

Sweet. Can't pick it up right now because nobody here has it stock for the freaking PS3...

The one time I don't order off the internet!

Hey atlus W U NO MAKE PAL VERSION?

noxboxlive

so it sold 5 copies... 2 more than demon souls :lol:

KBFloYd

:| *sarcastic laugh* Hardy har har

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="siLVURcross"] Not until you play Catherine.siLVURcross

No biggie though,I´ll take Xenoblade then. :P

Maybe they should have printed more units, then, so I could actually get a goddamn copy. Preordered on Amazon months ago, completely out of stock before they even finished shipping all their preorder units.DJ_Lae

Maybe they should have printed more units, then, so I could actually get a goddamn copy. Preordered on Amazon months ago, completely out of stock before they even finished shipping all their preorder units.DJ_Lae

That´s good. Now can you please do Persona 5? :P

Arach666

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Maybe they should have printed more units, then, so I could actually get a goddamn copy. Preordered on Amazon months ago, completely out of stock before they even finished shipping all their preorder units.FlamesOfGrey

I'm surprised this game sold so well. I thought it was a terrible game and by no means deserves such sales. That's what I personally think anyway.

And just think, they'd be even better if Amazon.ca actually managed to get any.

May have increased a bit if their marketing was better, too. Well, if their marketing was different. I mean, they marketed it enough so that people knew it was coming, but they advertised it as being something.. sexier(?) than it really is.

syztem

Also yes, I was expecting this game to be more sexy. Its only sexy when the game feels like it.

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Hey atlus W U NO MAKE PAL VERSION?

Morrdecai

Isnt it the same for dark souls?

[QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"][QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Maybe they should have printed more units, then, so I could actually get a goddamn copy. Preordered on Amazon months ago, completely out of stock before they even finished shipping all their preorder units.Morrdecai

L was the best. Such a shame Near and Mellow were putin his place :(

[QUOTE="Morrdecai"][QUOTE="noxboxlive"]

Hey atlus W U NO MAKE PAL VERSION?

noxboxlive

Isnt it the same for dark souls?

[QUOTE="Morrdecai"][QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"] Really that sucks, I ordered both the PS3 & 360 versions on release date and got them shipped to me right away.FlamesOfGrey

L was the best. Such a shame Near and Mellow were putin his place :(

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[QUOTE="Morrdecai"] Huh? I thought it was being released here in Europe in... ..... WAIT A MINUTEMorrdecai

Isnt it the same for dark souls?

Thank god, i was getting worried.

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Maybe they should have printed more units, then, so I could actually get a goddamn copy. Preordered on Amazon months ago, completely out of stock before they even finished shipping all their preorder units.syztem

Canadian customs confiscated the lot I bet.

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[QUOTE="Morrdecai"] Nice avatar 8)Morrdecai

L was the best. Such a shame Near and Mellow were putin his place :(

I couldn't help but think that Near just came out of nowhere, L was way better than Near. That was a big problem for Death Note IMO, but it was still great :) I like Mello too :P If only the second part of Death Note was as good as the first :(

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Maybe they should have printed more units, then, so I could actually get a goddamn copy. Preordered on Amazon months ago, completely out of stock before they even finished shipping all their preorder units.syztem

This is why I always buy from Gamestop. It's brand new and right there in the store, I don't see the need to buy anything from outside the border, but I'd understand if the person buying was in Australia or any place of the sort.

Good to hear. Hopefully that means they'll print more copies. I'm holding out for a price drop so I'd hate to see a hike instead due to copies being scarce.