Moneyhats2k5
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pilonv1 said:
Die!
120K in mgs4 sales via bundles. Kojima gets his money either way!
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Official July 2008 NPD Results Thread
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Die!
120K in mgs4 sales via bundles. Kojima gets his money either way!
Private Hoffman
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PantherLotus said:This will be the only chart I post in this thread. I'll have a full set of charts up later tonight on LC. Enjoy!
Clicky for link.
Your chart %'s are fucked up.
DeaconKnowledge
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Clinton514 said:
Well I have 32 games for it, so who's right and who's wrong here? I don't understand why Country is so popular, but I acknowledge that people like it (and that what I like isn't always best or popular). People's tastes differ.
Rancid Mildew
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MikeE21286 said:
I agree with your opinion but you did say that "we all know" that the Wii doesn't sell because of its software.
B-Rad Lascelle
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Can I spin these numbers? Haven't done that in a while.Kusagari said:
Anyone that was going to buy a 360 at the $299 or higher pricepoint has done so already.
We no longer pick up boosts from people buying new consoles to replace their defective units due to hardware reliability being improved (on par w/ PS3 at any rate).
The real system mover will be the Arcade once it's positioned at the $199 pricepoint next month.
The Metal Gear bump has passed and Sony is only picking up sales from BluRay enthusiasts and people who already own an X360 and want to own everything.
$299 60GB X360 Pro (bundled w/ GTAIV + Pre-Loaded Exclusive GTAIV DLC + 3 Months of XBL) = WIN
GEARS 2 = WIN
THIRD-PARTY SALES = WIN
How does that look? :lol
boiled goose
good with gravy
gtj1092 said:
NCAA Ps3/360 about 83% rating on gamerankings
NCAA wii about 50% on gamerankings
lego indiana jones wii, ps3/360 all about 78%
Quality is of course not the only factor, but Im sure it matters........
distantmantra
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PantherLotus said:This will be the only chart I post in this thread. I'll have a full set of charts up later tonight on LC. Enjoy!
Clicky for link.
Uh, PS3 at 5% and 360 at 3%? That's not right.
DeaconKnowledge
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donny2112 said:
Urk, my mistake.
Souldriver
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I think there's something wrong with the chart. The pie pieces look OK, but the market share percentages seem to be wrong (for 360, PS3 and PSP).PantherLotus said:This will be the only chart I post in this thread. I'll have a full set of charts up later tonight on LC. Enjoy!
Clicky for link.
Edit: beaten obviously, this is an NPD thread after all.
MikeE21286
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Rancid Mildew said:
I did......I figured more people felt the same way I did....guess I was mistaken
Souldriver
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Shouldn't surprise you that much. "Slow months" don't seem to apply for the Wii.Culex said:
Admittedly I haven't been fopllowing the NPD threads all year, but what are the chances that a lot of these PS3s are being purchased by existing 360 owners?
What's are the overall sold since launch totals?
Is it still Wii>360>PS3
If so, how big i(or small) s the cusion between 2nd and 3rd?
Is M$ like "oh no they're about to pass us!" or more like "*sigh* what's going on, we're just cruising now? I see PS3 gaining off in the distance."
Anyhow, I have both... had the 360 waaay before. This is the reason I ask.
F*cking Blu-ray might be showing it's worth still.
What's are the overall sold since launch totals?
Is it still Wii>360>PS3
If so, how big i(or small) s the cusion between 2nd and 3rd?
Is M$ like "oh no they're about to pass us!" or more like "*sigh* what's going on, we're just cruising now? I see PS3 gaining off in the distance."
Anyhow, I have both... had the 360 waaay before. This is the reason I ask.
F*cking Blu-ray might be showing it's worth still.
DeaconKnowledge
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Ysiadmihi said:
*Shrug* Madden has its problems, but I don't think lack of effort on EAs part is one of them. They want it to succeed.
Also, Madden is a bad comparison, because EA has a complete monopoly on the Sports sim football sub-genre. They are afforded no such luxury with Rock Band.
BenjaminBirdie
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Sage00 said:
Arcade will be $279 for the next 2 decades?
Things will change drastically on both sides, we both know that.
Fenderputty
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oooo Wonderful NPD. Too bad there's nothing really official like this in the EU. Too bad it doesn't count Walmart either.
Surprising #'s all around. I too thought the 360 would do better. I didn't expect tons from the mini price drop, but I did expect it to help a little more than it did.
Can't wait to see what the holidays look like.
Surprising #'s all around. I too thought the 360 would do better. I didn't expect tons from the mini price drop, but I did expect it to help a little more than it did.
Can't wait to see what the holidays look like.
Probably more Wii domination
_Alkaline_
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Another month of NPD, another month of Nintendomination.
The DS numbers are just insane. Barely anything released this month and it still managed to pull over 600K, which is even more amazing due to the fact that this is normally the slowest period of the year for console sales. This system will be a freak come the holiday months.
And then of course you have its partner in crime, the Wii. It may have gone down in raw figures but it apparently went up in weekly figures, indicating that the popularity of the console is still rising. Like DS, but to an even greater extreme, Wii had no major releases this month (actually, did they have any at all? Christ, all I can think of is Chocobo and that's not exactly going to demand much attention) yet still manages to obliterate the competition, one of which had a price drop, the other coming back off a month of its biggest game so far this generation (MGS4), and both also having a significant release in Soul Calibur, outselling them combined by 125K. Incredible.
Which brings me to the PS3 and 360. I'm pretty amazed that the 360 managed to sell lessp/i] than the PS3, despite having the price drop. Granted the drop wasn't really that significant, but it still shows that a low price is certainly not the only thing you need in today's market to sell well. There seems to be a stagnating (or even dwindling) interest in Microsoft's machine, whereas the popularity of the PS3 is slowly increasing. The holiday season should be really interesting to see which console has the upper hand.
Solid numbers from the PSP but clearly its surge in Japan hasn't be replicated anywhere else, really struggling in Europe and nearly 400K behind its competitor the DS in the US.
As for software, solid sales for NCAA 360. Heh, 397K last year and the exact same this year. Obviously sales of Madden will be the best on 360, if last year and NCAA is any indication, but the PS3 version's sales were also solid at 250K given the much lower installbase. No Wii version to be seen but I'm not surprised, the Wii version looked like absolute trash and given the football market is very much attached to the HD systems, there was no real appeal to the Wii version. I expect Madden Wii to sell quite a lot better but still be beaten by the 360/PS3 for that game.
Like I expected, Wii Fit maintains its legs and produces another very good month. As we saw, it didn't explode in the charts during its debut month, but this is the type of game that will keep selling and selling and selling, as already shown by its constant 1st places in Europe 3 months are its release, and its fantastic legs in Japan. Seriously, even in the holiday months this game will still be near the top.
Guitar Hero: On Tour's sales are very, very good and Activison would be absolutely thrilled. This a very good follow-up number to an already impressive debut. Factor in that it's selling very well in Europe as well, and the WW LTD would be nothing to sneeze at already. People had some doubt as to how well a portable GH game would sell, especially with an unconventional peripheral, but sales clearly show that it works.
Mario Kart Wii's sales are very, very strong and I expect it to sell well for at least a couple more months yet. Like Wii Fit, Mario Kart's casual appeal helps it maintains evergreen sales months after its release. Which brings me to the exact opposite - MGS4. Gee, not sure what happened here. A fantastic debut, yet the next month it falls completely out of the top 10 in a month when the only significant release was Soul Calibur. This is strange because this trend is not fully reflected in Europe, where MGS4 is still holding up well in the top 10 lists and is only now starting to slip down. Of course, I bet MGS4 is sitting at 11the place of something, but it's still odd and disappointing.
I hate seeing Rock Band Wii sell well, but it goes to show that music games are right at home on Wii and Guitar Hero: Word Tour is just going to pull insane numbers.
Strong debut for Soul Calibur. Not sure where that 2 million figure came from though, since Europe's numbers aren't going to be a big part of that, it only did decently in Japan and these NPD numbers aren't over a million or anything. Must be a shipped figure. Still, Namco would be happy with how the game is travelling so far, for sure.
Overall an interesting NPD. I thought 360 would at least beat the PS3, but it only scrapped past 200K despite the price drop. I also thought MGS4 would hold a stronger presence but to fall out of the top 10 caught me off guard. DS and Wii continue their domination, even if important releases for both systems have been few and far between for the past couple of months, showing the extraordinary popularity of both systems.
The DS numbers are just insane. Barely anything released this month and it still managed to pull over 600K, which is even more amazing due to the fact that this is normally the slowest period of the year for console sales. This system will be a freak come the holiday months.
And then of course you have its partner in crime, the Wii. It may have gone down in raw figures but it apparently went up in weekly figures, indicating that the popularity of the console is still rising. Like DS, but to an even greater extreme, Wii had no major releases this month (actually, did they have any at all? Christ, all I can think of is Chocobo and that's not exactly going to demand much attention) yet still manages to obliterate the competition, one of which had a price drop, the other coming back off a month of its biggest game so far this generation (MGS4), and both also having a significant release in Soul Calibur, outselling them combined by 125K. Incredible.
Which brings me to the PS3 and 360. I'm pretty amazed that the 360 managed to sell lessp/i] than the PS3, despite having the price drop. Granted the drop wasn't really that significant, but it still shows that a low price is certainly not the only thing you need in today's market to sell well. There seems to be a stagnating (or even dwindling) interest in Microsoft's machine, whereas the popularity of the PS3 is slowly increasing. The holiday season should be really interesting to see which console has the upper hand.
Solid numbers from the PSP but clearly its surge in Japan hasn't be replicated anywhere else, really struggling in Europe and nearly 400K behind its competitor the DS in the US.
As for software, solid sales for NCAA 360. Heh, 397K last year and the exact same this year. Obviously sales of Madden will be the best on 360, if last year and NCAA is any indication, but the PS3 version's sales were also solid at 250K given the much lower installbase. No Wii version to be seen but I'm not surprised, the Wii version looked like absolute trash and given the football market is very much attached to the HD systems, there was no real appeal to the Wii version. I expect Madden Wii to sell quite a lot better but still be beaten by the 360/PS3 for that game.
Like I expected, Wii Fit maintains its legs and produces another very good month. As we saw, it didn't explode in the charts during its debut month, but this is the type of game that will keep selling and selling and selling, as already shown by its constant 1st places in Europe 3 months are its release, and its fantastic legs in Japan. Seriously, even in the holiday months this game will still be near the top.
Guitar Hero: On Tour's sales are very, very good and Activison would be absolutely thrilled. This a very good follow-up number to an already impressive debut. Factor in that it's selling very well in Europe as well, and the WW LTD would be nothing to sneeze at already. People had some doubt as to how well a portable GH game would sell, especially with an unconventional peripheral, but sales clearly show that it works.
Mario Kart Wii's sales are very, very strong and I expect it to sell well for at least a couple more months yet. Like Wii Fit, Mario Kart's casual appeal helps it maintains evergreen sales months after its release. Which brings me to the exact opposite - MGS4. Gee, not sure what happened here. A fantastic debut, yet the next month it falls completely out of the top 10 in a month when the only significant release was Soul Calibur. This is strange because this trend is not fully reflected in Europe, where MGS4 is still holding up well in the top 10 lists and is only now starting to slip down. Of course, I bet MGS4 is sitting at 11the place of something, but it's still odd and disappointing.
I hate seeing Rock Band Wii sell well, but it goes to show that music games are right at home on Wii and Guitar Hero: Word Tour is just going to pull insane numbers.
Strong debut for Soul Calibur. Not sure where that 2 million figure came from though, since Europe's numbers aren't going to be a big part of that, it only did decently in Japan and these NPD numbers aren't over a million or anything. Must be a shipped figure. Still, Namco would be happy with how the game is travelling so far, for sure.
Overall an interesting NPD. I thought 360 would at least beat the PS3, but it only scrapped past 200K despite the price drop. I also thought MGS4 would hold a stronger presence but to fall out of the top 10 caught me off guard. DS and Wii continue their domination, even if important releases for both systems have been few and far between for the past couple of months, showing the extraordinary popularity of both systems.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Zophar said:
PantherLotus
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Yeah--that was the leftover MC % stuff. Fixed and updated. The quoted chart should show the correct %'s now. Thanks for the quick eyes!
Like I said earlier, a full set of charts will be up later tonight. I'd do them now but it's Taco-Bell-Thursdays. Large Pepsi, NPD Charts, and MC Charts IN ONE NIGHT?!!?! OH FUCK YES!
Thanks guys for all the support over at LC. Amazing response so far.
Like I said earlier, a full set of charts will be up later tonight. I'd do them now but it's Taco-Bell-Thursdays. Large Pepsi, NPD Charts, and MC Charts IN ONE NIGHT?!!?! OH FUCK YES!
Thanks guys for all the support over at LC. Amazing response so far.
Revelations
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We are talking double digits here all year...what does it equal to? Like 400k thus far in the US? Not really a significant margin.EazyB said:Wow at the PS3 continuing to outsell the 360 with the current price difference. I guess this kills the chance of a nice PS3 price drop in time for LBP
Fenderputty
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Gaborn said:
Even if you were beaten, I was educated by your post. :lol
Offical numbers for EU would still be nice then
Souldriver
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As things are going now, I actually doubt the shipments will be in full force these holidays. Remember, the Wii will need to get some extra stock everywhere, not just the USA. I'm sure the USA will get a good chunk of the extra pie, but I'm sure it won't be enough to actually meet demand. It'll still be just the number Nintendo shipped.Culex said:
I think it'll be normal number + 500k. So something like 1.2 million Wii's in November and December. Just my guess though.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
For those of you who are dismissing X360 at the moment, remember that there are rumors of a price drop across all SKU's that will bring the Arcade SKU to $200. Not only that, they are releasing a sequel to one of the biggest 360 franchises.
The 360 may be down for the moment, but the HD battle will get far more intense come Fall. There will be blood, tears, and lots of people getting banned.
The 360 may be down for the moment, but the HD battle will get far more intense come Fall. There will be blood, tears, and lots of people getting banned.
ForbidenMaster
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Why? I mean really, besides more consumers, what has MS got to loose? The 360 has dropped $50 since launch despite numerous opportunities to do so since then. I think its pretty obvious that MS simply doesnt care about install base as much as they care about revenue.Cool Hand Luke said:
solid2snake
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duk said:
MGS4 2nd month: FAIL
Revelations
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PS3 has had a major release within the last 4 months. 360 not so much. And a real price drop will happen soon enough to get the ball rolling again.donny2112 said: