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[AniHawk]

Where those numbers counting both Wii Wheel and Regular SKU versions?

No

 

[Zhuk]

This talk about WW sales has me interested, how is the PS3 selling in EMEA these days?? Microsoft have been crowing about sales successes there for a while, so it would be important to make the distinction about how the 360/PS3 are doing in those territories before one can make a judgement about how the PS3 is really doing in a global recessionary environment.

I know the Sony crowd considers Europe 'Sonyland' but is it really so in 2009?

 

[-PXG-]

GH: Aerosmith was only $10 at GameStop. If you got the 360 version, you got a FREE guitar too. Excluding the DS platform, sales were low because it's freakin' April. Spring and summer have always have lower sales. The AAA games don't come out 'til the Fall. There's really no reason to pick up a $300+ console in the middle of the year.

 

[Akai]

It did. Gamestop got it early.

Well the May NPD will surely have at least 1 sale for Klonoa!

 

[jetjevons]

I thought Excitebots was a pretty good game? Well reviewed, well received? Published by Nintendo? How is it possible it didn't chart?

 

[Black-Wind]

DAMN @ everything!

Consoles fall like a bag of rocks.

PS2 out selling the PS3.

Wii still selling more than both the console comp put together.

DS blazing like a STAR!

Nintendo all over the top 10.


Damn . . .

(Goes back to playing Pokemon PT)

 

[Busaiku]

Man, those Excitebots numbers are really disheartening.

 

[AniHawk]

I thought Excitebots was a pretty good game? Well reviewed, well received? Published by Nintendo? How is it possible it didn't chart?

Politics, y'know. It's all politics.

Lousy Democrats.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Excitebots: Trick Racing < 9k
Klonoa < 2k

It's under nine thousand

 

[AniHawk]

Rhythm Heaven's numbers are kinda funny (to me). And it looks like GTACTW might actually have legs unlike a certain black and white Sega game that I got a free shirt from (

Spoiler

the new Sonic

).

It's under nine thousand

Not really.

 

[Fuzzy]

No

I didn't notice that at first but it's not like it helped.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

Ouch @ ExciteBots. I was really hoping the Wii Wheel pack in was gonna push it.

With those numbers, there's probably more pirates playing it than people who actually bought it.

 

[dimb]

I don't think Excite Truck bombed THAT bad.

I mean, under 9k is a bomb on the level of Rock Revolution.

It doesn't make sense though, people didn't seem to have any trouble finding online games for ExciteBots. I can't imagine that would be the case with only 9k sales.

Pirates.

 

[jett]

Wii fell back to the Earth.
PS3 needs a pricedrop desperately.




...


Killzone 2 legs lol.

 

[jetjevons]

Rhythm Heaven's numbers are kinda funny (to me). And it looks like GTACTW might actually have legs unlike a certain black and white Sega game that I got a free shirt from (

Spoiler

the new Sonic

).



Not really.

Thank goodness! What are the real numbers?

 

[AniHawk]

Soul Calibur IV PS3 > Valkyria > Street Fighter IV PS3

Spoiler

> Street Fighter IV 360

 

[legend166]

What's really sad is that I was hoping the Wii would be a bastion of hope for mid-budget games, against the HD twins which more and more really require big budgets to sell well.

But it seems not to be happening

 

[SabinFigaro]

Klonoa < 2k

:/

Well, I did my part and bought Klonoa today. Hopefully we see some sort of legs, even though it's never been a particularly popular series over here (to my knowledge).

 

[TheChaos]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Rhythm games only sell if there are popular songs people recognize on them.

 

[PantherLotus]

Imagine the Super Nintendo outselling the N64 three years into the generation. Wouldn't we be asking for a hardware revision instead of a price cut?

 

[jett]

The numbers are low, but they're just following the usual monthly and seasonal trends for hardware sales, with April generally being the low point of the year. This month seems to be the first indication of the Wii conforming to those trends.

Here's a chart with monthly console hardware sales numbers from November 2001 (EDIT: updated with the handheld numbers I have). Credit to chairmansteve from PVC for most of the numbers.

http://i40.tinypic.com/20h9ezo.png

Weird PS2 numbers for the 2004 holiday season...did the xbox really outsold it then? wat happen

 

[ShadyMilkman]

It's obvious what he was trying to imply, loads of people do it every NPD day, they start coming out with "PS3 is teh doomed!!1!!1" type posts based on NA figures alone, do you actually believe that what these people really mean is "PS3 is teh doomed in NA only !111!1!" lol.

so it goes from abysmal to mediocre if we include WW numbers?

yay?

 

[AniHawk]

Weird PS2 numbers for the 2004 holiday season...are those correct?

That was when the PS2 slim was released and there was a huge shortage.

 

[DrForester]

Wii

DS

Xbox 360

Playstation 3

Playstation 2

PSP

 

[Aaron Strife]

Not really.

I just wanted to make the joke.

 

[AniHawk]

I just wanted to make the joke.

Not really.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Not really.

They're on one disc each now.

 

[bigGIRLSblouse]

Interesting month huh... April is always low so we shall see for may but it is shaping up to be a slow summer.

No doubt Sony will drop the price at some point this year but I can easily see MS dropping to $179 or if they really want to make a point $150... I really can see a $99 price point for the 360 before the holiday 2010 season...

gonna be a crazy year for sure.

 

[speculawyer]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Rhythm games only sell if there are popular songs people recognize on them.

Thank you, Captain obvious!

 

[Loudninja]

Soul Calibur IV PS3 > Valkyria > Street Fighter IV PS3

Spoiler

> Street Fighter IV 360

So whats this?

 

[charlequin]

at GTA:CW and Rhythm Heaven.

Rhythm Heaven will do fine. Layton has picked up the pace since the Lisa Kudrow commercials started and I feel quite certain Rhythm Heaven will continue to sell for quite a few months without dropping off.

 

[AniHawk]

So whats this?

Seeing as it's an NPD sales results for April 2009 thread, these are the rankings of the cumulative totals of last month's media-create numbers, averaged in with IGN and Famitsu's reviews.

 

[knitoe]

Why do people still assuming most of the X360 are being sold at $199 (Arcade SKU)? Average price is $290.

 

[Regulus Tera]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Rhythm games only sell if there are popular songs people recognize on them.

I know this is a North American thread, but that doesn't explain how the same game became such a sensation in Japan, which is where the disappointment at the numbers comes from.

I'm guessing Rhythm Heaven is in the 11-20 range, so maybe it's just having a slower start than its Japanese debut. No mention of it in the Nintendo response makes me worried, however.

 

[itxaka]

This talk about WW sales has me interested, how is the PS3 selling in EMEA these days?? Microsoft have been crowing about sales successes there for a while, so it would be important to make the distinction about how the 360/PS3 are doing in those territories before one can make a judgement about how the PS3 is really doing in a global recessionary environment.

I know the Sony crowd considers Europe 'Sonyland' but is it really so in 2009?

As far as I know, last time numbers were released xbox was 1 million over the ps3. Then Sony released an statement saying that they were 1 million over the xbox including other smaller regions.


So....no idea at all.

 

[Loudninja]

Seeing as it's an NPD sales results for April 2009 thread, these are the rankings of the cumulative totals of last month's media-create numbers, averaged in with IGN and Famitsu's reviews.

Oh ok thanks.

 

[lowlylowlycook]

Imagine the Super Nintendo outselling the N64 three years into the generation. Wouldn't we be asking for a hardware revision instead of a price cut?

It's all part of the 10 year plan. Once programmers figure out how to use the PS3 things will turn around.

 

[scitek]

So ExciteBots sold over 8,000 without the wheel bundled? I'm not really surprised since I had to hit up three stores just to find it without the wheel on launch day.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I haven't been here for a few pages, is all I missed was Excitebots tanking and 1 day of GS Klonoa sales?

 

[AniHawk]

I haven't been here for a few pages, is all I missed was Excitebots tanking and 1 day of GS Klonoa sales?

That, and my bold new way of ranking games.

 

[TheChaos]

I know this is a North American thread, but that doesn't explain how the same game became such a sensation in Japan, which is where the disappointment at the numbers comes from.

I'm guessing Rhythm Heaven is in the 11-20 range, so maybe it's just having a slower start than its Japanese debut. No mention of it in the Nintendo response makes me worried, however.

I think it's just a difference and American and Japanese tastes. Can you name me a top selling game in North America with only in-house music. The original PaRappa? I dunno how much that sold though.

 

[AniHawk]

I think it's just a difference and American and Japanese tastes. Can you name me a top selling game in North America with only in-house music. The original PaRappa? I dunno how much that sold though.

PaRappa did a little over 200k and Um Jammer Lammy did less than half that.

 

[Nirolak]

I know this is a North American thread, but that doesn't explain how the same game became such a sensation in Japan, which is where the disappointment at the numbers comes from.

I'm guessing Rhythm Heaven is in the 11-20 range, so maybe it's just having a slower start than its Japanese debut. No mention of it in the Nintendo response makes me worried, however.

Well, technically Dragon Quest and Monster Hunter don't do very well in North America and Halo and Call of Duty don't do very well in Japan so there's actually a lot of precedence for this kind of sales disparity.

I imagine the art style is one of the largest things holding it back. After that, probably the music selection, since people in North America seem to prefer licensed songs in their music games.

 

[Blizzard]

Did Mama Robotnik not post yet? I'm going to cry if not. ;_;

 

[MarkusRJR]

So ExciteBots sold over 8,000 without the wheel bundled? I'm not really surprised since I had to hit up three stores just to find it without the wheel on launch day.

Excitebots probably did terrible due to the fact it has a shovelware name, shovelware boxart, and zero advertising. Also, I think that Nintendo's new plan of announcing things at the last minute is a terrible idea (sales wise). While this plan might work with bigger Nintendo franchises, their B games need more time for the average Wii owner to learn about. I messaged all of my friends on my Wii message board if anyone wanted to exchange friend codes for Excitebots and I was sent stuff like this back:

"Whats an excite bot? Is it like a robot dog?" <--- I think she thought it was a virtual pet game where you took care of robot animals. :lol

Literally none of my friends had it, and only 2 had heard of it (and they thought it looked like a "bargain bin game").

 

[Nirolak]

Did Mama Robotnik not post yet? I'm going to cry if not. ;_;

Well, he might have had to start his gif over since these results weren't exactly the most predictable.

 

[boiled goose]

So what are the actual numbers for:
Madworld
Excitebots with wheel
GTACW
Killzone 2
RH

 

[Emotions]

Awesome DS sales very deserving.
Alright Wii sales.
PSP, PS3 dreadful (weren't this year the Sony platform's year? specially PSP's?)
X360 sales not so good either specially with good quality titles recently released .
Rythm Heaven ....
Excibetos hopefully it sold more with the wheel bundle really good game.

 

[squatingyeti]

This talk about WW sales has me interested, how is the PS3 selling in EMEA these days?? Microsoft have been crowing about sales successes there for a while, so it would be important to make the distinction about how the 360/PS3 are doing in those territories before one can make a judgement about how the PS3 is really doing in a global recessionary environment.

I know the Sony crowd considers Europe 'Sonyland' but is it really so in 2009?

Actually, the numbers released in Nintendo's Financial report show the 360 has outsold the PS3 every week except one for the first 17 weeks in Europe. Overall, they show the 360 with a lead of 1M in Europe and apparently growing now since the beginning of 09.

 

[Barrett2]

Awesome DS sales very deserving.

Are they, though?

I wish I hadn't bought my DSi right about now, DSiWare is a joke and the camera is embarrassing. But I digress...