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Namco Bandai: Soulcalibur IV Ships Two Million Worldwide

Namco's Soulcalibur IV is off to a brisk start sales-wise, with publisher Namco Bandai announcing it has shipped two million units of the fighter sequel -- although the number refers specifically to retailer, not consumer, adoption.

Chris Remo, Blogger

August 7, 2008

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Soulcalibur IV, the latest entry in Namco's decade-old fighter series, has shipped some two million units worldwide after just a week on the market, publisher Namco Bandai has announced. The cited figure refers to units delivered to retailers, rather than units purchased by customers, but consumer demand is often reflected in retailer order volume. Critics treated the Xbox 360 and PS3 game quite kindly upon release, with an updated average review score of 87 out of 100 at Metacritic.com, while the Xbox 360 port netted a score of 86 out of 100. The title charted high in the United Kingdom countdown - at #3 and #6 respectively, as well as in Japan. Yet in that latter territory, at least, the game was not able to beat out heavy-hitters like Wii Fit and Phantasy Star Portable on the single-platform charts, despite first week combined sales of around 110,000 units.

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Chris Remo is Gamasutra's Editor at Large. He was a founding editor of gaming culture site Idle Thumbs, and prior to joining the Gamasutra team he served as Editor in Chief of hardcore-oriented consumer gaming site Shacknews.

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