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Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: It sold really poorly on PSP also, so Cammie's not too far off of the mark. Of course cores will ignore this, because they don't like Cammie when thei... more »
electroshockwave: Obviously Cammie works for NOA and I'm from the UK so my experience may not really be relevant but I saw more ads on TV for Chinatown Wars than just a... more »
Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: And people are once again somehow trying to blame it on Nintendo, when third party developers have proven time and time again that it's their own damn... more »
belsunce: I don't want to sound insensitive - especially in this case (CTW was a great game IMHO) - but I'm not exactly crying a river for either Nintendo or Ro... more »
pashaveliki: Truth be told, Cammie has a point. The DS is king of the evergreen title, and with that you have to count on new consumers coming in all the time. R... more »
legendnthemaking: Hey Nintendo, You made the choice to lie in bed with your new, important fanbase which consists of Pokemon, kids and people who don't give a shit abo... more »
JonasJuice: At least there aren't a bunch of idiots saying it'll do better on the PSP. Besides, it'll probably be over a million copies sold after the holidays. ... more »
jellotek: ...Well, whose fault is that? Publishers handle marketing and advertising, no? Even if it is a GTA game, it needs some media to boost its sales. Nint... more »
madbassman39: yea, rockstar doesn't know how to market games... even though every major gta that has came out has had phenomenal sales aside from this one. I blame ... more »
Realmjumper: Here's how you start fighting the flash cards, you make it download only and sell the codes at retailers. That will slow down and eliminate the R4 com... more »
gold163 (° д° ): I blame piracy. Piracy, I say! Seriously, more than 3/4 the people I know who own DSes (DS'? DS's?) have some sort of flash cart, even the people who... more »
bakura: Let's just play some GTA2 everyone! more »
Sunrise_Poultry: I don't find it to be a marketing mistake...there was just no demand for a portable GTA anymore. I would have loved to see one around the time between... more »
gguru1001: Sadly, the problem is that lots of the same gamers (who are in fact casual and not "hardcore" thank you very much) who make the console GTAs bestselle... more »
CockroachMan: The problem with the game is not the marketing, and neither the platform. The PSP version is selling even worse. The problem is that GTA became a big... more »

#chinatownwars

Nintendo Calls Chinatown Sales 'Frustrating'; Implies Lack of Marketing
Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sale and marketing, confessed to being frustrated by the sales numbers behind Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and suggested Rockstar hasn't learned something Nintendo already knows about marketing. More »
#swag

Rockstar Sends Brass Fortune Cookie, Word to Your Mother
Sure, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars has been out for a bit, but that didn't stop Rockstar from sending along copies of the game along with a bizarre fortune cookie. More »
#shoppinggiftguide

The DS and DSi Gift Guide
This year saw the launch of not one, but two additions to the DS family. More »
#rockstar

PSP Launch Brings New Chinatown Wars Social Club Features
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is now out for the PSP, and Rockstar has added new features to the Rockstar Social Club to celebrate the eagerly anticipated release. More »
#psp

Chinatown Wars Gives it a Go in this Vid
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars arrives in less than two weeks for the PSP. The PSPgo guest stars in Rockstar's debut trailer for the game. Try to refrain from touch the screen. Not that it'd do any good. More »
#screens

Chinatown Wars PSP Cleans Up Real Nice
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars comes out on the PSP later this month, and Rockstar dropped a load of new screens to show off how pretty the game looks on Sony's handheld. More »
#impressions

GTA: Chinatown Wars PSP Impressions: Minus The Stylus Strain
Rockstar's surprise PSP installment to the formerly DS-only Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars made more sense in my hands when I played it late last month at the company's Manhattan HQ. Finally, I can explain why. More »
#rockstar

Chinatown Wars And Beaterator Coming To iPhone
Rockstar makes a move onto the iPhone in a big way, announcing both music-maker Beaterator and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for Apple's handheld this fall. More »
#rockstar

What GTA: Chinatown Wars Looks Like On The PSP
Having dated Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the PSP earlier this week, Rockstar now shows us how the game handled the trip from the Nintendo DS to Sony's handheld. More »
#grandtheftauto

Rockstar Dates Next PSP Grand Theft Auto
Rockstar Games just dropped an October 20 date for Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars PSP. More »
#ubinintendo2009

C.O.P. The Recruit Preview: If Only Becoming A Police Officer Were So Easy
Before you ask, here's what C.O.P. stands for: Criminal Overturn Program. Don't feel bad, I never would have guessed that either. More »
#nintendods

GTA: Chinatown Wars Will Be Adults Only In Japan
Rockstar Games' littlest entry in the Grand Theft Auto series is heading to Japan this Fall, making the Nintendo DS title the first to be slapped with the adults only Z-rating on the platform. More »
#psp

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming to PSP
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the highest rated video game in the history of the DS, is coming to the Playstation Portable, Take-Two Interactive announced this morning. More »
#gta

GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Now Exceed 5,800
When last I checked, just over a month ago, nearly 4,500 people had jumped through the hoops to finish Rockstar's portable GTA. The increase has been steady. More »
#e32009

Nintendo Expects The Conduit, GTA Chinatown Wars To Sell Well
Despite some signs of trouble earlier this year, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku why third-parties have a bright future on Wii and DS. More »
#evergreen

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Second Month Sales Drop In NPD-PDs
First month Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars did not impress. At least they weren't impressive to analysts, as the game's initial NPD figures came in far below expectations. What about month two? More »
#completion

GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Exceed 4000
It's not easy to get to the very final mission of Rockstar's DS Grand Theft Auto. But the number of people who have done so has doubled in the past month. More »
#screengrab

When Chinatown Wars Fan Art Looks Better Than The Real Thing
Patrick Brown's fantastic Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars fan art is definitely wallpaper worthy. So is his Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned fan art. Good thing wallpaper-sized versions exist! More »
#wellplayed

Adult Gaming on the DS: The Chinatown Conundrum
With 100 million DS and DSi in the hands of gamers worldwide, Nintendo's portable is a mighty tempting platform for developers. So why are only seven of the nearly 1,100 games for the DS rated Mature? More »
#rockstargames

Report: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Sales Are Awful
Fans of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars might want to set aside hopes for a sequel. It appears that Rockstar Games' gamble on the Nintendo DS didn't equate to blockbuster success, as initial sales... suck. More »

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