14 DAY TRIAL // Even if Activision launched the hugely anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops this month, its other titles, including Tony Hawk: Shred or DJ Hero 2 have disappointed in sales, managing to move an exceptionally low amount of units in their first weeks.
According to NPD data released by Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz, Tony Hawk: Shred made the worst debut of the month of October, managing to move just 3,000 copies in its first week.
DJ Hero 2 also disappointed, despite the hype created around it and the important artists that collaborated on the title, selling just 59,000 copies in the second half of October.
Activision wasn't the only one suffering from bad sales, as the all-new EA Sports MMA also recorded some poor sales, moving just 45,000 copies in its debut month.
EA is still confident, however, that the title will manage better numbers during the winter holiday season.
Tony Hawk: Shred was supposed to erase the bad memory of Ride, which was released last year, and used a special skateboard peripheral to create a "genuine" skateboarding experience.
Sadly, judging by its sales, gamers aren't impressed, and not even Tony Hawk's name can save it.
DJ Hero 2 was also set to improve on the original's experience, by adding new features and even more famous DJs from all around the world.
EA Sports MMA, on the other hand, is a whole new franchise from EA, which wants to capture the audience that made THQ's UFC Undisputed series so popular with mixed martial arts and fighting fans.
Sadly, it seems that all of these projects haven't exactly managed to achieve what they set off to do.
Still, don't forget that there were quite a lot of impressive titles released in October, including NBA 2K11, which led the NPD software sales charts, Fallout: New Vegas or Medal of Honor, so that might have had something to do with the poor results of these new games.