Pac-Man World 2: Difference between revisions
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|date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''February 26, 2002 (original)''' | |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''February 26, 2002 (original)''' | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">'''PlayStation 2'''<br>{{Flag-US}} February 26, 2002<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/26/pac-man-world-2-eoe-and-tiger-woods-2002-ships-today "Pac-Man World 2, EOE, and Tiger Woods 2002 Ships Today"] (''IGN''; February 26, 2002)</ref><br>{{Flag-JP}} July 25, 2002<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020601222516/http://www.namco.co.jp/home/cs/ps2/pacmanworld2/index.html Official Japanese site] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} 2002-3?<br>'''GameCube'''<br>{{Flag-US}} March 12, 2002<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/27/pac-man-world-2-2 "Pac-Man World 2"] (''IGN''; February 27, 2002)</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} 2002<br>'''Xbox'''<br>{{Flag-US}} 2002<br>'''PC'''<br>{{Flag-EU}} Q1 2004<ref name="europc" /><br>{{Flag-US}} 2004<br>'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{Flag-EU}} August 2005<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-190805 "What's New? (19th August 2005)"] (''Eurogamer''; August 19, 2005)</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} October 2005<ref>[https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/release-this-heating-up-pricing-down-getting-horizontal "Release This! Heating Up, Pricing Down, Getting Horizontal"] (''Game Developer''; October 16, 2005)</ref></div></div> | <div class="mw-collapsible-content">'''PlayStation 2'''<br>{{Flag-US}} February 26, 2002<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/26/pac-man-world-2-eoe-and-tiger-woods-2002-ships-today "Pac-Man World 2, EOE, and Tiger Woods 2002 Ships Today"] (''IGN''; February 26, 2002)</ref><br>{{Flag-JP}} July 25, 2002<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020601222516/http://www.namco.co.jp/home/cs/ps2/pacmanworld2/index.html Official Japanese site] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} 2002-3?<br>'''GameCube'''<br>{{Flag-US}} March 12, 2002<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/27/pac-man-world-2-2 "Pac-Man World 2"] (''IGN''; February 27, 2002)</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} 2002<br>'''Xbox'''<br>{{Flag-US}} October 2002<ref name="decTRST">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030213103356/www.theonionring.com/Dec_TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales]</ref><br>'''PC'''<br>{{Flag-EU}} Q1 2004<ref name="europc" /><br>{{Flag-US}} 2004<br>'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{Flag-EU}} August 2005<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-190805 "What's New? (19th August 2005)"] (''Eurogamer''; August 19, 2005)</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} October 2005<ref>[https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/release-this-heating-up-pricing-down-getting-horizontal "Release This! Heating Up, Pricing Down, Getting Horizontal"] (''Game Developer''; October 16, 2005)</ref></div></div> | ||
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== Sales == | |||
=== United States === | |||
Note that every row save the bottom two are sourced from the NPD Group's TRST system, which (as of February 2002) only covered 22 retailers<ref group="note">Ames, Best Buy, Beyond.com, Buy.com, Circuit City, CompUSA, Electronic Boutique, Family Toy Warehouse, Fred Meyer, Gamestop (including FuncoLand), the JCPenney Catalog, Kmart, Meijer, Outpost.com, Sears (including its Wishbook), Shopko, Target, Toys R Us (including its website), and TWEC.</ref> that accounted for around 55-60% of the market.<ref name="launchTRST">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/2ef99913-7f4f-4c50-b949-6609ee67e835 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 24 - March 2, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> Therefore, it does not account for sales made outside these specific stores (notably including Walmart, who [https://kidscreen.com/2003/10/01/npd-20031001 pulled out of the system in July 2001] and [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/walmart-lifts-restrictions-on-u-s-game-sales-data would not return until July 2011]). | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Copies sold that month !! Total sold | |||
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| 2002-03-02<ref name="launchTRST" /> ||colspan="3;" style="text-align: center;" | 2,828 (PS2) | |||
|- | |||
| 2002-12<ref name="decTRST" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 18,583 (Xbox)<br>13,228 (PS2)<br>10,511 (GameCube) || 28,528 (Xbox)<br>169,716 (PS2)<br>88,850 (GameCube) | |||
|- | |||
| 2003-01<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030418152635/http://www.theonionring.com/01-2003-TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on January 2003 game sales]</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 3,651 (Xbox)<br>1,823 (PS2)<br>2,431 (GameCube) || 32,179 (Xbox)<br>171,538 (PS2)<br>91,281 (GameCube) | |||
|- | |||
| ≥2006-07-29<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 "The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century"] (''Next Generation''; archived via Wayback Machine on October 28, 2007)</ref> ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray;" | || ~1,000,000<ref group="note">As a whole, the ''Pac-Man World'' games had sold an estimated 1,800,000 units by this point.</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| ≥2007-12-27<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509132932/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml The Magic Box's US Platinum Chart] (archived via Wayback Machine on May 9, 2008)</ref> ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray;" | || 1,210,000 | |||
|} | |||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020601222516/http://www.namco.co.jp/home/cs/ps2/pacmanworld2/index.html Official Japanese site] (archived via Wayback Machine on June 1, 2002) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020601222516/http://www.namco.co.jp/home/cs/ps2/pacmanworld2/index.html Official Japanese site] (archived via Wayback Machine on June 1, 2002) | ||
== Notes == | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 06:24, 23 July 2025
Pac-Man World 2 is a 3D platform game and the follow-up to the original Pac-Man World.
Previews[edit]
Sales[edit]
United States[edit]
Note that every row save the bottom two are sourced from the NPD Group's TRST system, which (as of February 2002) only covered 22 retailers[note 1] that accounted for around 55-60% of the market.[8] Therefore, it does not account for sales made outside these specific stores (notably including Walmart, who pulled out of the system in July 2001 and would not return until July 2011).
| Date | Copies sold that week | Copies sold that month | Total sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03-02[8] | 2,828 (PS2) | ||
| 2002-12[5] | 18,583 (Xbox) 13,228 (PS2) 10,511 (GameCube) |
28,528 (Xbox) 169,716 (PS2) 88,850 (GameCube) | |
| 2003-01[9] | 3,651 (Xbox) 1,823 (PS2) 2,431 (GameCube) |
32,179 (Xbox) 171,538 (PS2) 91,281 (GameCube) | |
| ≥2006-07-29[10] | ~1,000,000[note 2] | ||
| ≥2007-12-27[11] | 1,210,000 |
Websites[edit]
- Official Japanese site (archived via Wayback Machine on June 1, 2002)
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Ames, Best Buy, Beyond.com, Buy.com, Circuit City, CompUSA, Electronic Boutique, Family Toy Warehouse, Fred Meyer, Gamestop (including FuncoLand), the JCPenney Catalog, Kmart, Meijer, Outpost.com, Sears (including its Wishbook), Shopko, Target, Toys R Us (including its website), and TWEC.
- ↑ As a whole, the Pac-Man World games had sold an estimated 1,800,000 units by this point.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "LSP to publish more Namco PC titles" (Eurogamer; November 6, 2003)
- ↑ "Pac-Man World 2, EOE, and Tiger Woods 2002 Ships Today" (IGN; February 26, 2002)
- ↑ Official Japanese site (archived via Wayback Machine)
- ↑ "Pac-Man World 2" (IGN; February 27, 2002)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales
- ↑ "What's New? (19th August 2005)" (Eurogamer; August 19, 2005)
- ↑ "Release This! Heating Up, Pricing Down, Getting Horizontal" (Game Developer; October 16, 2005)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 24 - March 2, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
- ↑ Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on January 2003 game sales
- ↑ "The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century" (Next Generation; archived via Wayback Machine on October 28, 2007)
- ↑ The Magic Box's US Platinum Chart (archived via Wayback Machine on May 9, 2008)
