BoboBrazil 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 WU ONLINE: Magazines and DVDs are very popular with wrestling fans. Is there a plan to create a NWA TNA oriented magazine? Also, your DVDs are currently only available at your website. Is NWA TNA looking at any stores selling your DVDs? JERRY JARRETT: Expect a big announcement soon. A great distribution deal is in the works that would put our videos and DVD's in key locations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 AAAHHH!!! Don't believe it. It goes in line with the video game and other things that I'm still expdecting big announcements for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoboBrazil 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 I have a feeling the videogame is being done, but it will be unveiled at e3. Just my speculation though. The observer reported that the videogame company was backstage at TNA a few weeks ago again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted April 16, 2004 This is as likely to happen as me getting laid in the next 5 minutes without paying for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 I'm sure they'll figure out a distribution deal eventually...I just don't expect that announcement anytime soon. Furthermore...If they were smart (I know...I know) they'd start running frigging house shows and growing their audience in the areas that get their shows (especially if they get a TV deal). Put the house shows on DVD to help cover the cost of the shows...but for Pete'ssake...if they could get to the point where they could COVER THE COST OF THEIR SHOWS BY DRAWING ACTUAL PAYING FANS there outlook for longterm success would skyrocket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoboBrazil 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 Eh I wouldn't run house shows yet. That is what killed ECW. I'd wait to get on FSN and then run the ppvs in a different city every month to get a fanbase nationwide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michrome 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 House shows did hurt ECW. Joey Styles even said they made more on the videogame than they did in 2 years of house shows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted April 16, 2004 House shows did hurt ECW. Joey Styles even said they made more on the videogame than they did in 2 years of house shows. Unless their were two, I remember one ECW game sucking complete dick. And they had one on GBC that was crap too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michrome 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 Yes it did suck, but wrestling games sell like hotcakes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TDinDC1112 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 house shows didn't kill ECW. Having to pay top dollar to keep talent and not getting ppv money for a year killed ECW. There is no reason why TNA isn't running a house show or 2 every weekend in the south east. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted April 16, 2004 Yes it did suck, but wrestling games sell like hotcakes. Not all of them. A wrestling game based on a company with a fanbase as small as TNA's would NOT sell like "hotcakes". Heck, some of WCW's gems didn't sell that well ("Thunder" was hardly a great seller and "Backstage Assault" didn't sell at all). -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoboBrazil 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 A wrestling game that is good will sell well no matter what the license. If the TNA game is good they should be able to sell atleast 200,000 copies. This dvd thing will be huge for TNA, especially if they can get them in Blockbuster or Hollywood video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted April 16, 2004 Those DVD's MUST get to suncoast or best buy.........MUST!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted April 16, 2004 A wrestling game that is good will sell well no matter what the license. If the TNA game is good they should be able to sell atleast 200,000 copies. This dvd thing will be huge for TNA, especially if they can get them in Blockbuster or Hollywood video. You have to assume that TNA has a fanbase large enough to buy that many copies when they clearly do not. TNA is easily the tiniest promotion to have a game released here in the States and we'll see how they do. One of the best PS1 wrestling titles in the US was Power Move Pro (a port of Toukon Retsuden). It sold horribly. I have little reason to expect TNA to sell well. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBigSwigg 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 House shows did hurt ECW. Joey Styles even said they made more on the videogame than they did in 2 years of house shows. Unless their were two, I remember one ECW game sucking complete dick. And they had one on GBC that was crap too. I believe there were 2. Anarchy Rulz and Hardcore Revolution. And they did suck. They were from Acclaim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thuganomics 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 It could be one of the worst games ever made, but a TNA game will probably sell 50 times as many copies as people who regularly watch their programming. Even Backstage Assault sold fairly well, and every wrestling game for PlayStation, XBox, or Gamecube have sold like hotcakes. (People like wrestling games...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted April 16, 2004 It could be one of the worst games ever made, but a TNA game will probably sell 50 times as many copies as people who regularly watch their programming. Even Backstage Assault sold fairly well, and every wrestling game for PlayStation, XBox, or Gamecube have sold like hotcakes. (People like wrestling games...) Again I'll mention Power Move Pro. And Backstage Assault sold rather poorly. WCW Thunder couldn't sell for its life, either. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo Effect 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 It could be one of the worst games ever made, but a TNA game will probably sell 50 times as many copies as people who regularly watch their programming. Even Backstage Assault sold fairly well, and every wrestling game for PlayStation, XBox, or Gamecube have sold like hotcakes. (People like wrestling games...) Again I'll mention Power Move Pro. And Backstage Assault sold rather poorly. WCW Thunder couldn't sell for its life, either. -=Mike Looking at the coverart for Power Move Pro shows why it didn't sell well. Despite their low marketability, if you throw the faces of TNA's real wrestlers on the cover, it'll sell decently. Backstage Assault looked fucking stupid, and WCW Thunder was the worst name for a wrestling game ever. Sitting right next to it on the shelf is WCW Nitro, and since Thunder was always the B-show even in the mark's mind, it wouldn't make much sense to pick that up over Nitro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 Problem with Thunder was that it sucked horribly and people who worked at places like Gamestop would tell people honestly that it sucked. That and when you see a bunch of used copies soon after it's released... that isn't good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommytomlin 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2004 Hate to break it to you Mike, but WCW Thunder was the 13th best selling video game in the year 1999. Infact, according to this chart , it sold more than WWF Attitude. WCW's last few games didn't sell as well because, basically, they sucked. People who bought Thunder were pissed they bought such a crappy game, so they didn't even bother with Mayhem or Backstage Assault (which didn't even have a RING for christ sakes)". If the TNA game is fun to play, it will sell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted April 17, 2004 Hate to break it to you Mike, but WCW Thunder was the 13th best selling video game in the year 1999. Infact, according to this chart , it sold more than WWF Attitude. WCW's last few games didn't sell as well because, basically, they sucked. People who bought Thunder were pissed they bought such a crappy game, so they didn't even bother with Mayhem or Backstage Assault (which didn't even have a RING for christ sakes)". If the TNA game is fun to play, it will sell. Working at EB at the time, I can assure you that the game was returned slightly less often than Superman 64. -=Mike ...And Superman was returned A LOT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2004 People who bought Thunder were pissed they bought such a crappy game, so they didn't even bother with Mayhem or Backstage Assault (which didn't even have a RING for christ sakes) Guilty as charged with that one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Black Tiger Report post Posted April 17, 2004 Power move also used FICTIONAL wrestlers, but TNA has names and faces that wrestling fans will recognize like Jeff Jarrett, Raven, Konnan, BG James, ect it ought to be fine. The one thing that Power Move had going for it was a nice control system. With all this WCW Thunder talk, I'm tempted to make the obvious Scotsman comment, but I'll let someone else do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2004 Hate to break it to you Mike, but WCW Thunder was the 13th best selling video game in the year 1999. Infact, according to this chart , it sold more than WWF Attitude. Two questions: 13th out of how many? What year did Attitude actually come out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Black Tiger Report post Posted April 17, 2004 Attitude came out in the summer of 1999, I'm pretty sure Thunder came out in the beginning of the year 1999, around the same time N64 users got WCW Nitro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2004 Attitude came out in the summer of 1999, I'm pretty sure Thunder came out in the beginning of the year 1999, around the same time N64 users got WCW Nitro. Thunder came out in January 1999. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
