[TamDenholm]

I dont know anything about the guardians chart here but certainly the charts in shops like Game are not based on any data at all, they're advertising slots, if you pay for the number 1 slot, you get it.

I know this because i had some interaction with a company that checked to make sure retails stores were putting the games in the right shelves that the game companies had paid for.

Anyway, just as a note, this guardian article doesnt provide any data, so it could simply be a paid for placement.

[Kylekramer]

The article cites its source: http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=1559&s=1111

I don't see any reason why we would doubt it. Sims is selling cause the real world doesn't care about internet outrage.

[gknoy]

Or, many of the people who would see this in a store and be excited might even be aware of the problems until they bring the game home and it bites them in the rear.

[chc]

Describing an almost complete inability to play the game as "Internet outrage" seems rather glib.

[Kylekramer]

The ability to play is the problem causing the outrage, it is not the outrage itself. It doesn't matter how justified the outrage is if people keep buying it, which they are.

Don't see how glib it is to point out the truth: internet outrage isn't translating to poor sales.