Thursday, July 8, 2010

PS3 vs. Xbox 360: UFC Undisputed 2010's May/June Sales Ranks Per System: Chart Included

Quick Brew Info:
UFC Undisputed 2010 was released on May 25, 2010, for both the PS3 and Xbox 360.  The game released with a MSRP of $59.99.  UFC Undisputed 2010 is a continuation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship game series that was originally started on the Sega Dreamcast.
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Chart Info:
The chart above shows the sales ranks for UFC Undisputed 2010 on the PS3 and the Xbox 360, with data captured between May 25, 2010 through June 30, 2010.
The chart "legend" shows on May 30, around 5:15PM, I recorded UFC Undisputed 2010 on the Xbox 360 was on sale for $39.99.

Highs & Lows:
The highest recorded sale rank for UFC Undisputed 2010 on the PS3 was #20, on May 27, around 12:30AM.
The lowest recorded sale rank for UFC Undisputed 2010 on the PS3 was #253, on June 27, around 1:50PM.

The highest recorded sale rank for UFC Undisputed 2010 on the Xbox 360 was #16, on May 31, around 1:00AM.
The lowest recorded sale rank for UFC Undisputed 2010 on the Xbox 360 was #227, on June 28, around 12:40AM.

Critical Reception:
Review scores for both versions of UFC Undisputed 2010 started being published around May 20, about 5 days before the game released.
UFC Undisputed 2010 on the PS3 currently has a review score average of 87.25%, based on 40 reviews.
UFC Undisputed 2010 on the Xbox 360 currently has a review score average of 86.02%, based on 50 reviews.
(Agree? Or, disagree?)

Thoughts:
I own the original Ultimate Fighting Championship on the Sega Dreamcast, and I downloaded the demo for UFC Undisputed 2010 on my PS3.

The May 2010 NPD sales numbers revealed that UFC Undisputed 2010 sold 222,100 copies on the Xbox 360, while the PS3 version sold 192,300 copies; taking fourth and fifth place in the NPD Top 10 for May.

While you may be thinking those numbers are good(and I do myself), those numbers were a significant decrease in the number of units sold compared to UFC Undisputed 2009.  PASTAPADRE has an excellent article discussing the sales numbers from last year to this year, and says, "THQ saw a year-over-year drop of 59% for the first month of UFC."

As I said under the "Chart Info" section, the Xbox 360 version of UFC Undisputed 2010 saw a significant sale price of $39.99, I first recorded on May 30, around 5:15PM.  I recorded it at $39.99 from May 30 through June 3.
On May 30, I recorded the PS3 version of UFC Undisputed 2010 with a sale price of $53.77.  The first time I recorded the PS3 version reaching the sale price of $39.99, was on July 4, 36 days after I first recorded the Xbox 360 version going on sale for that price.

Like Red Dead Redemption, I think it is interesting that the PS3 version of UFC Undisputed 2010 has exclusive content, that the Xbox 360 version does not have, yet the Xbox 360 version did outsell the PS3 version overall in May.
Now, perhaps the exclusive content can account for the PS3 having the smaller sales decrease percentage wise, year-over-year; and perhaps the exclusive content in the PS3 version is why Amazon.com didn't drop the price as quickly for that version.

Here's footage from a match I recorded playing the demo, and some pictures from UFC Undisputed 2010's official page as well:


Questions:
If you purchased UFC Undisputed 2010, which version did you purchase?  If you're a mult-console owner, did you purchase the PS3 version for the exclusive content?


Is UFC Undisputed 2010 a game you would recommend to other PS3 and Xbox 360 owners?  Or, would you recommend them find an older version of it instead?

If you are interested in either the PS3 or the Xbox 360 version of UFC Undisputed 2010, you can see prices for both on Amazon.com listed below:
  

3 comments:

  1. I think it is interesting to note that the PS3 version of UFC Undisputed 2010 features exclusive content that Xbox 360 version does not, but anyway the Xbox 360 does Outsell PS3 version overall

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  2. Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 gaming that has taken by storm the gaming arena is the successor to Microsoft Xbox. PS3, PlayStation 3 also known as manufactured by the PS2's successor and manufactured by Sony consoles. Both Xbox 360 and PS3 are experts in their fields.

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  3. Exclusive content can be explained by lower sales of the PS3 to the percentage rate reduction, year on year, and perhaps even exclusive content from the PS3 version because this does not drop the price in a hurry for that version.

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