What if PS3 did near 300K as well and Wii U is the greatest flop of all time?
Wiiu already is the biggest flop of all time
What if PS3 did near 300K as well and Wii U is the greatest flop of all time?
Yeah, I am thinking it is not going to be quite as dire as many expected.
Proving that 50k WiiU's were returned is kinda a bit of a holy shit really. You can't buy the "all from scalpers" slant, so thats a lot of ill will and dissatisfaction for a new platform.
360 will probably take the crown in NA. Fantastic achievement for MS.
What if PS3 did near 300K as well and Wii U is the greatest flop of all time?
Have they been adjusted? I have 360 at 38.56m with Feb included.
Wii was the top selling console among PS3, 360, and Wii for 23 straight months. However, in those 23 straight months, it outsold #2 each month by a combined by 7.1m, whereas for the 25 previous months of 360 being #1, it outsold #2 each month by a combined 4.4m. Also, the overall market is down in 360's top period than it was in Wii's top period. In Wii's 23 straight #1 months, it sold 16.6m, whereas in 360's 26 straight #1 months, it has sold 13.1m, for comparison.
So MS has been top dog longer than Nintendo this gen? Weird gen indeed, would never have guessed.
Holding 41 percent share of current-generation console sales, Xbox 360 sold 302,000 units
Depends on how the remainder breaks down. 65-75K Wii U would be something of a grey area....Effectively, 41% being referred to PS3, Wii and Wii U could mean Wii U is higher than expected. In the case, that Gamasutra report would become pretty interesting for analysing next January NPD datas.
Proving that 50k WiiU's were returned is kinda a bit of a holy shit really. You can't buy the "all from scalpers" slant, so thats a lot of ill will and dissatisfaction for a new platform.
Gamers spent a total of $810 million on video game software, hardware, and accessories in February.
Financial analysis firm The NPD Group released its report for the second month of 2013, and the industry continues to shrink. Although, it’s important to note that these figures only track the sales of new physical games and not used or digitally downloaded titles.
“When you consider our preliminary estimate for other physical format sales in February such as used and rentals at $90 million,” NPD analyst Liam Callahan said. “And our estimates for digital format sales including full game and downloadable content including microtransactions, subscriptions, mobile apps, and the consumer spend on social network games at $319 million, we would estimate the total consumer spend in February to be just under $1.2 billion.”
We’ll examine how the well each system sold, but first, let’s do the software sales for February:
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Greatest flop of all time or the most returned console ever...
There's no win, sadly.
I don't think 50K scalpers returned Wii Us, that seems like too much, but I would think it is possible a lot of the scalpers did return it. They had nothing to lose if they were to buy lots of them to sell them at a higher price, and when they discovered that they couldn't do that, they would return it.
360 will probably take the crown in NA. Fantastic achievement for MS.
How many virtual boys were sold before getting pulled?
NPD Analyst Liam Callahan said:“Though there was the same number of February launches that landed in the top ten ranking this year as there were last February, collectively, February 2013 new launches performed worse than last year with unit sales down 30%.”
“Looking at hardware sales on an average per week basis, all platforms showed an increase from January into February. Specifically, new platforms like the Wii U and PS Vita demonstrated some momentum from the typical January hardware lull with increases of over 40% and 30% respectively.”
If Wii U sell over 100k, Ubisoft should have released Rayman. Missed opportunity
Oh not disputing a good percentage is scalper returns, but January returns is also "unwanted Christmas present" returns month.
Hopefully more numbers will be up soon, because we didnt get any Wii numbers last month to see what the hell is going on with that dying platform.
No Fire Emblem![]()
How many virtual boys were sold before getting pulled?
does NPD use eshop sales?
only eshop thing ive ever bought because i couldnt find it in stores.
So Wii U around 80k?
Per week basis? 64K. Wii U are already dead.Quotes:
So Wii U around 80k?
Very interesting stat,
I'm actually kind of curious if the same thing holds true for Japan, i.e. the PS3 led for more weeks, but the weeks the Wii led the gaps are much bigger.
Minimum of 64K.Per week basis? 64K. Wii U are already dead.
Quotes:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-14-game-sales-at-us-retail-drop-25-percent-in-februaryNPD industry analyst Liam Callahan commented, "Though there was the same number of February launches in the top ten ranking as last February, collectively, February launches performed worse than last year with unit sales down 30 percent."
If it is per week basis then 45% increase would be 66K.Minimum of 64K.