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NPD Sales Results for February 2013 [Up5: Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Official PS3/WiiU]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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AranhaHunter
Banned
So IF that 40% week on week increase is true, then WiiU's number is 64K and Vita's number (30% week on week increase) would be 36K.
That would mean:
PS3 + Wii = 363 - 379K
iOS happened bro. No room for $30 brain training games when you can get them on iOS for $5, albeit with less presentation and less content, that's more than enough for most people. Much like smart as on psvita, brain training should have been a downloadable $10 game.
That would mean:
PS3 + Wii = 363 - 379K
iOS happened bro. No room for $30 brain training games when you can get them on iOS for $5, albeit with less presentation and less content, that's more than enough for most people. Much like smart as on psvita, brain training should have been a downloadable $10 game.
Aquamarine
Member
Oh okay. Never mind then...I didn't see that. Yeah, 64k-66k is correct according to that press release. It's not 80k.
NPD Wii U, January 2013 (first January):
----57,000
NPD GameCube, January 2002 (first January):
----61,685
NPD Wii U, February 2013 (first February):
----64,000-66,000
NPD GameCube, February 2002 (first February):
----78,413
Currently tracking behind the GameCube by ~12-14k. NOT GOOD for the Wii U.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Most likely reading it wrong like the rest of us were. I'd have to assume jvm was correcting us kindly
Without that casual audience boost, this is the truth of the Nintendo faithful. An ever shrinking market. Also with newer consoles on the horizon to steal interest, it could fall ever sharper behind.
shinra-bansho
Member
It's not 80K.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Wii U doing 80K with no games is edit: too good to be true.
Indeed. I went to virtually every gamestop and store in my city and nearby cities and couldn't find not even the game itself (I was looking for the DS bundle). I ended up getting a digital copy on eshop then.
Bruno MB
Member
No sales numbers for any game yet, anyways:
Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - 452K (January 2011 - 5 days of sales)
Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - Over 285.6k (February 2011)
Crysis 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - ? (March 2011 - 13 days of sales)
Crysis 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - 236K (April 2011)
Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - 452K (January 2011 - 5 days of sales)
Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - Over 285.6k (February 2011)
Crysis 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - ? (March 2011 - 13 days of sales)
Crysis 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - 236K (April 2011)
I guess we should be looking at March really.
3 bigger games release this month with indie games.
Isn't that the guy who said the Wii U had the worst launch in video game history, sales wise, despite outselling the first 3 months of the 360, PS3 and Virtual Boy?
Opus Angelorum
Member
Didn't Colonial Marines have a massive drop? Could be very low numbers outside the top three.
AZ Greg
Member
No it isn't.
frankie_baby
Member
the 360 had games released for it though, for me today has proved the return theory
Relaxed Muscle
Member
The thing is that is not 80k, which is still a bad number but not as bad as 65k.
CouldBeWorse
Member
Everyone went up on a weekly basis. Did PSV have scalpers, too?
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Hey USA, where is Ni No Kuni??
It's on Nr.1 in gaming ghetto aka UK and you didn't even made it chart in the top 10?
the SHAME.
It's on Nr.1 in gaming ghetto aka UK and you didn't even made it chart in the top 10?
the SHAME.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Yes it is.
The game seems to have sold better than past versions over here (when you include digital)
The game is very hard to find though because Nintendo didn't ship enough of them. Some people that preordered the game on Amazon still haven't received a copy.
The NPD doesn't include digital copies in which it sold a boatload of since people couldn't find it in stores.
Nah. He probably is just parroting what he read on Venture Beat.
Yeah that's prob true. I hope Nintendo releases the numbers (inc. digital).
Napalm_Frank
Member
So Wii U rising. Could have been a disaster.
Does Sly numbers mean Sony has to prostpone Sanzaru elimination till their next game?
Does Sly numbers mean Sony has to prostpone Sanzaru elimination till their next game?
Seriously. I don't know why some people think selling well under 100k for a brand new console is "good" or "decent". It's laughably bad.
This is shocking but I guess it sold on the name alone.
UberTag
Member
Black Ops 2 might have beat it.
Of course that would have made a terrible month look even worse.
Alex
Member
I got lucky and found a sole copy at Walmart back when it first came out, haven't seen it since. Although I don't really think that it's that wonderful anyway, it's actually a fairly so-so Fire Emblem game outside of the polish. If I'm going to lament something not placing that never had any chance to place, I'm going for broke and roll with EO4, baby. One of the best entries in it's genre in quite some time and such a great improvement...if only something could be done about that art.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Nintendo needs to announce their Q2 release slate and it'd better include Game & Wario, Pikmin 3, and Wonderful 101. They can't expect good numbers when NSMBU and ZombiU are still the only notable exclusives (I guess you can add Lego City soon).
Duxxy3
Member
If it sold more than 5,000 copies it's a surprise. There was zero advertising for the game.
Bruno MB
Member
It was released in January and it sold around 112k units.
AZ Greg
Member
80k would be lower than the PS3's worst month ever in the US and that was during its first summer when we were dealing with "PS3 has no games". Oh, and it was $599!
64k minimum
For having literally no games for two months? I'd say it's decent for what it is.
LQX
Member
No Fire Emblem and Aliens at 6.
Where is the flour? He's trying to bake a cake right?
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
IT ISN'T 80K PEOPLE.
We fucked up, as many are, not reading the by weekly qualifier. 64k to probably an upper arm of 66k.
Commiserations.
frankie_baby
Member
no but wouldn't surprise me if there were a good chunk of return vita xmas gifts
TheNatural
My Member!
You say that like there's literally no major games up until October or November as well. This kind of release trend isn't changing anytime soon.
PS3 was bought for blu-ray too.
Pathetic for everything not called 360 and PS3.
WiiU and Vita are big losers at this point.
lol!
Sammy Samusu
Member
I caught that.
Nintendo doesn't
AZ Greg
Member
I know. My point is that even if it was that high that still wouldn't be good. Games or not.