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NPD Sales Results for August 2007
- Thread starter sonycowboy
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Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
MobiusPigeon said:
I can't believe people still believe this.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
How's it sad? My point was whether it's more attractive to put a main franchise game on the Wii, 360+PS3, or all three. And right now it looks like PS360 wins.
Granted Madden isn't a splendid barometer of this, but that doesn't seem to be the case. If a Wii version's main audience is those with only the Wii then there's very little reason not to rush it.titiklabingapat said:
titiklabingapat
Member
Buy MP:3 and tell me that the Wii's prowess sucks assHcoregamer00 said:
MobiusPigeon
Banned
if EA cant do well on wii i dont see anyone else doing well. honestly its not a fault of the developers either. the wii is unique in the way that yeah it has this awesome new control scheme but the hardware holds it back when compared to the other 2. you cant port from ps360 and add waggle and last gen is done with. whats left for them to do if at this point games arent selling? its a risk and all that will lead to is junk. not saying there wont be those who take risks but meh. Nintendo will always do well because it's their baby.traveler said:
Cheesemeister
Member
sonycowboy said:
GBA numbers?
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Hahahaha!
Wow... Madden Wii completely bombed.
Wii still stealing away all the gamers, the 360 seeing a nice (very nice) boost, and the PS3 dropping.
America will be a Wii60 market no doubt. The masses will still get their Maddens, GTA's and Devil May Cry's, they just won't buy them on the market leading console it seems. I like this generation, full of piss and vinegar, sans the vinegar.
Wow... Madden Wii completely bombed.
Wii still stealing away all the gamers, the 360 seeing a nice (very nice) boost, and the PS3 dropping.
America will be a Wii60 market no doubt. The masses will still get their Maddens, GTA's and Devil May Cry's, they just won't buy them on the market leading console it seems. I like this generation, full of piss and vinegar, sans the vinegar.
AtomicShroom
Member
Olivier said:
:lol :lol
Ether_Snake
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Ok to those who were saying I was wrong about Japanese games selling PS3s here, here is the deal:
Ratchet, Uncharted, and Killzone won't do shit to bring the PS3 ahead of the 360, they won't move a lot of systems to begin with, that's for sure.
There are currently a LOT of PS2-only owners that have yet to buy a PS3 (like me). Why? Because the games they like have been on PS2 and PSP only, and the ones to come on PS3 are too far from release yet.
To name a few:
Ace Combat
Resident Evil
Devil May Cry
Final Fantasy
Metal Gear Solid
Grand Turismo
A bunch of random RPGs like Nippon Ichi's, etc.
Some Dynasty Warrior games.
Shadow of the Colossus-like game
And more.
Basically, the PS3 doesn't feel like a successor to the PS2 when you look at its current lineup or its soon-to-be-released games, so a strong part of its hardcore userbase hasn't made the jump to PS3, and as the time passes the 360 is starting to look more and more like the PS2's successor lineup-wise (with many of the above to be released on it, add to this Dead Rising and Lost Planet, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, etc.).
So yes, if the PS3 had a much more Japan-oriented lineup with former PS2 big-names being released for it now, exclusively in at least a few cases, it would have made a huge difference. The camp would have remained divided as they were last gen, with the MS brand being mostly Western/PC games and the PS brand with mostly Japanese games (then add sports games to both consoles).
Sony made a huge mistake by not trying to keep at least the Japanese exclusives for its console.
I can't imagine how awful it will do this holiday compared to the 360/Wii, they have NOTHING for it.
Ratchet, Uncharted, and Killzone won't do shit to bring the PS3 ahead of the 360, they won't move a lot of systems to begin with, that's for sure.
There are currently a LOT of PS2-only owners that have yet to buy a PS3 (like me). Why? Because the games they like have been on PS2 and PSP only, and the ones to come on PS3 are too far from release yet.
To name a few:
Ace Combat
Resident Evil
Devil May Cry
Final Fantasy
Metal Gear Solid
Grand Turismo
A bunch of random RPGs like Nippon Ichi's, etc.
Some Dynasty Warrior games.
Shadow of the Colossus-like game
And more.
Basically, the PS3 doesn't feel like a successor to the PS2 when you look at its current lineup or its soon-to-be-released games, so a strong part of its hardcore userbase hasn't made the jump to PS3, and as the time passes the 360 is starting to look more and more like the PS2's successor lineup-wise (with many of the above to be released on it, add to this Dead Rising and Lost Planet, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, etc.).
So yes, if the PS3 had a much more Japan-oriented lineup with former PS2 big-names being released for it now, exclusively in at least a few cases, it would have made a huge difference. The camp would have remained divided as they were last gen, with the MS brand being mostly Western/PC games and the PS brand with mostly Japanese games (then add sports games to both consoles).
Sony made a huge mistake by not trying to keep at least the Japanese exclusives for its console.
I can't imagine how awful it will do this holiday compared to the 360/Wii, they have NOTHING for it.
gollumsluvslave
Member
Yup. QFT.
TheKingsCrown
Banned
DRINKY CROW HAS ENTERED THE SALES THREAD
PREPARE
BATTLE STATIONS
PREPARE
BATTLE STATIONS
Opus Angelorum
Member
sonycowboy said:
Not bad at all, but I think the negativity surrounding Lair has all but condemned it.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
sonycowboy said:
Hopefully PSN sales were insane for WOWhawk
typo said:
The Wii sells itself, at this point. It's pretty much untouchable. Anything Nintendo does at this point release wise doesn't really matter. Hell, there is nothing Microsoft or Sony could do to bring sales down of the Wii either. The Wii is in a whole different league.
sonycowboy
Member
Cheesemeister said:
Posted a few pages ago and edited into the original post
GBA 69.5k.
Now get my prediction results!! Apparently, alot of people nailed this month.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
So now Drinky's resorted to dusting off his old material from the early days of DS dominance. Meh, it was a good joke then, I guess it's still good now.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
sonycowboy said:
Is there any link to the Majority on PSN thing? I would have expected that most of the people in the know enough to blow $40 on a PSN game would know the headset bundle is a much better deal.
WickedLaharl
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sonycowboy said:
Zerodoppler
Member
So people still aren't buying Wii games. I guess third party developers made the right choice when they decided to stay the hell away. At least for now.
KachoMakura
Banned
sonycowboy said:
What are Blue Dragon's numbers?
titiklabingapat
Member
Activision can.MobiusPigeon said:
And so has Capcom, SE and Ubisoft.
Drinky Crow
Banned
200K ninthings bought metroid prime 3? that's a pretty poor turnout for a 'hardcore' game in a well-known fan franchise in its first appearance on a new platform, even among the faithful.
Twilight Princess
Member
But the wii's doomed in japan!??
Lair did pretty okay, I suppose, though I can't see its sales picking up too much given the absolutely mindblowingly awful word of mouth. Warhawk = very nice considering most sales were on PSN.
I think Tiger Woods Wii will actually have legs, based on how the UK version is selling, but the UK has kind of weird tastes so who knows.
I think Tiger Woods Wii will actually have legs, based on how the UK version is selling, but the UK has kind of weird tastes so who knows.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Tabris said:
Who are you? Cobra Commander?
Christ.
zeldarooles
Banned
AirBrian said:
Let's modify this for future accuracy.
Cheesemeister
Member
sonycowboy said:
I should be home in about an hour. Sorry to keep everyone waiting.
abacab driver
Banned
My god @ the Wii..
Un fricking stoppable.
Un fricking stoppable.
crazyscreenwriter
Banned
Nice to see Bioshock do those kind of numbers.
Gotta wonder whether even $399.99 will save the PS3
Gotta wonder whether even $399.99 will save the PS3
How does 50k in sales look good for Lair, one of those games that was going to turn the tide? It's underselling launch titles, yes? For Warhawk, it's impossible to say until Sony mentions some numbers about the PSN. I'd think it's at least half and half, so maybe 100-130K for Warhawk, which IS respectable.