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April 2013 NPD Sales Results [Up3: Xbox 360 Top Platform, NSMBU LTD, Lego 3DS, Luigi]
- Thread starter Nirolak
- Start date
It ain't the casuals that you sell to at that price, it's the core.
They won't be aimed at casuals at the start, so it doesn't matter?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
They're not buying 7 year old consoles at $300.
metalslimer
Member
They won't. But casual consumers don't buy launch consoles anyway. They need the core buyers this holiday and we'll see if they are happy come launch.
Not surprising, Patcher guessed 100k and like 80k or something for Wii U in Jan/Feb and was way off for both. The trend seems to take whatever Patcher guesses and subtrack 50k. (sadly that's half a joke/half kinda true so far)
Dave Meltzer
Banned
Kinda excited for the Wii U number.
I seriously laughed out loud and I don't know why
SonnyMarrow
Banned
Because everyone already owns the first consoles and they are 7+ years old with new ones coming soon?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Casual consumers aren't going to buy next gen consoles on launch day. The hardcore will have to carry the PS4/Next Box through the first two years.
I think you overshot the Vita prediction.
Nintendo NPD Reply
A strong launch for LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins helped Nintendo 3DS™ maintain its torrid pace in 2013. Through the first four months of the year, Nintendo has already sold more than 2.1 million units of first-party Nintendo 3DS software in the U.S. alone, an increase of 52 percent over the same time period last year. In 2012, it took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to sell 2 million units of first-party software. In 2013, the platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks.
With the peak holiday selling season still ahead and a strong lineup of upcoming games that includes Donkey Kong Country™ Returns 3D on May 24, Animal Crossing™: New Leaf on June 9, Mario and Luigi™: Dream Team on Aug. 11, as well as new titles in the Pokémon™, Mario Golf™ and Legend of Zelda™ franchises, Nintendo 3DS is poised to have the strongest year of sales in its history.
Some notable sales numbers* achieved by Nintendo in April include:
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins sold nearly 94,000 combined physical and digital copies after launching on April 24.
Luigi’s Mansion™: Dark Moon sold more than 140,000 combined physical and digital units in April and has now sold more than 530,000 total units to date.
In its sixth month on the market, New Super Mario Bros.™ U for the Wii U™ system increased its lifetime sales total to nearly 770,000 combined physical and digital units.
During the next several months, a cavalcade of fan-favorite franchises will launch for Wii U. This includes Game & Wario™ on June 23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, Disney’s Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ from Ubisoft on Aug. 20. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart™, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros.™ franchises.
I can't possibly imagining it getting to MK since MK did like 1 million copies.
Nintendo 3DS First-Party Software Sales Are Up 52 Percent in 2013
A strong launch for LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins helped Nintendo 3DS maintain its torrid pace in 2013. Through the first four months of the year, Nintendo has already sold more than 2.1 million units of first-party Nintendo 3DS software in the U.S. alone, an increase of 52 percent over the same time period last year. In 2012, it took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to sell 2 million units of first-party software. In 2013, the platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks.
With the peak holiday selling season still ahead and a strong lineup of upcoming games that includes Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D on May 24, Animal Crossing: New Leaf on June 9, Mario and Luigi: Dream Team on Aug. 11, as well as new titles in the Pokémon, Mario Golf and Legend of Zelda franchises, Nintendo 3DS is poised to have the strongest year of sales in its history.
Some notable sales numbers* achieved by Nintendo in April include:
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins sold nearly 94,000 combined physical and digital copies after launching on April 24.
Luigis Mansion: Dark Moon sold more than 140,000 combined physical and digital units in April and has now sold more than 530,000 total units to date.
In its sixth month on the market, New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U system increased its lifetime sales total to nearly 770,000 combined physical and digital units.
During the next several months, a cavalcade of fan-favorite franchises will launch for Wii U. This includes Game & Wario on June 23, Pikmin 3 on Aug. 4, Disneys Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancys Splinter Cell® Blacklist from Ubisoft on Aug. 20. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros. franchises.
*Data regarding physical sales of games in April are from the NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from Nintendos internal sales figures. All numbers are specific to the United States only.
A strong launch for LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins helped Nintendo 3DS maintain its torrid pace in 2013. Through the first four months of the year, Nintendo has already sold more than 2.1 million units of first-party Nintendo 3DS software in the U.S. alone, an increase of 52 percent over the same time period last year. In 2012, it took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to sell 2 million units of first-party software. In 2013, the platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks.
With the peak holiday selling season still ahead and a strong lineup of upcoming games that includes Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D on May 24, Animal Crossing: New Leaf on June 9, Mario and Luigi: Dream Team on Aug. 11, as well as new titles in the Pokémon, Mario Golf and Legend of Zelda franchises, Nintendo 3DS is poised to have the strongest year of sales in its history.
Some notable sales numbers* achieved by Nintendo in April include:
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins sold nearly 94,000 combined physical and digital copies after launching on April 24.
Luigis Mansion: Dark Moon sold more than 140,000 combined physical and digital units in April and has now sold more than 530,000 total units to date.
In its sixth month on the market, New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U system increased its lifetime sales total to nearly 770,000 combined physical and digital units.
During the next several months, a cavalcade of fan-favorite franchises will launch for Wii U. This includes Game & Wario on June 23, Pikmin 3 on Aug. 4, Disneys Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancys Splinter Cell® Blacklist from Ubisoft on Aug. 20. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros. franchises.
*Data regarding physical sales of games in April are from the NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from Nintendos internal sales figures. All numbers are specific to the United States only.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Where do people expect the Vita sales to be near? 15k-20k?
They won't. Core gamers that bought a 360 for $400 and a PS3 for $400+ will. Of which there are many of.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Someone get me some cream and sugar for for coffee!! Pronto!
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's gonna be a tough slog until GTA in September.
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
It doesn't work that way. The people who are willing to pay those prices likely already have a PS3/360. The question is tho how big that group is, I think both console won't have any trouble selling their shipped units in it's first year.
I Stalk Alone
Member
pachter was highballing wii u?
I knew it, Wii U probably too bad for showing possibly good 3DS numbers :lol
He's highballed it every month.
strangedopamine
Member
I would suggest either Saturn, Dreamcast or TurboGrafix-16. Take your pick.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
During the next several months, a cavalcade of fan-favorite franchises will launch for Wii U. This includes Game & Wario on June 23, Pikmin 3 on Aug. 4, Disneys Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancys Splinter Cell® Blacklist from Ubisoft on Aug. 20.
Ahahahahahahahah
Ahahahahahahahah
Bwahahaha
I want to see them pull through, I really do, but they aren't helping themselves.
Calamari41
41 > 38
This means Lego City for Wii U outsold it in its first month.
Coldnoodle
Member
EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE
Four_Chamber
Member
This is what happens when a console generations lasts this long without bargain basement prices on these consoles. 130K as the #1 console and that's 42 PERCENT of the market for the month? I can't imagine how low the Wii U is this month. Don't even get me started on the zombie Vita which is alive in the West through some minor miracle.
Overall, generation fatigue is here in this unprecedented super long console cycle. There just aren't a ton of new people looking to buy these consoles in the US.
Overall, generation fatigue is here in this unprecedented super long console cycle. There just aren't a ton of new people looking to buy these consoles in the US.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
pharmboy044
Member
shinra-bansho
Member
Let's say the 360 brings in $60 profit for Microsoft per unit and they sell 130K, so $7.8M in profit.
Let's say prior to this month they dropped the price by $50, and subsequently make $10 a unit. Sales were 260K instead i.e. they increased by 100%. They subsequently generate $2.8M in profit instead.
This is probably oversimplified, but these are presumably the calculations that go into determining whether to adjust the price lever.
MeBecomingI
Member
That is pitifully low... brutal month.
The 360 and PS3 really need some major price cuts. I would like to think that Sony may cut the price of the PS3 at E3, especially with The Last of Us releasing four days after the press conference. I would think Microsoft will be doing so too. Hopefully that gives them a burst of energy until the new consoles release at the end of the year. This generation is just hanging around a bit too long... time for something fresh.
The 360 and PS3 really need some major price cuts. I would like to think that Sony may cut the price of the PS3 at E3, especially with The Last of Us releasing four days after the press conference. I would think Microsoft will be doing so too. Hopefully that gives them a burst of energy until the new consoles release at the end of the year. This generation is just hanging around a bit too long... time for something fresh.
Good, good.
