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NPD July 2011 Sales Results [Update 4: Wii And PS3 Hardware, 3DS/DS Relatives]
- Thread starter Nirolak
- Start date
EteRnal PAL
Member
Ouch, bad month for the gaming industry.
DS probably still sold pretty well in July, won't happen from now on for sure.Leondexter said:New Super Mario Bros DS - Nintendo (NDS)
3DS owners desperate for a good game, maybe ?
Leondexter said:New Super Mario Bros DS - Nintendo (NDS)
3DS owners desperate for a good game, maybe ?
It's not even that great :/
timetokill
Banned
Bloomberg: Microsoft's Master Chief pressured to finish the fight on iPhoneGravijah said:Huh, guess smartphone gaming is destroying consoles, too.
Phonomezer
Banned
I wonder if Bastion or From Dust outsold any of those titles.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Where is Catherine? Needs repeating
Also Inb4 'iOS is the future' clusterfuck thread
Also Inb4 'iOS is the future' clusterfuck thread
You're not serious.BlazingDarkness said:Where is Catherine?
Leondexter said:If you're quick enough, it doesn't "count" as an edit.
Preposterous! There was no edit! ;p
BlazingDarkness said:Where is Catherine?
Going by what Nirolak just said, I wouldn't have expected Catherine to hit around 100k anyway.
In the nearest Gamestop in a stack of 10 copies.BlazingDarkness said:Where is Catherine?
I fear for Skyward Sword, Nintendo might've urinated in the well a bit too much with Phantom Hourglass, Crossbow Training and to a lesser extend Spirit Tracks.Tucah said:Dull month. Zelda dropped off already? 3DS really did need that pricedrop badly.
HylianScribe
Member
No Catherine. What does that mean when Atlus' biggest launch can't crack the top 10 in one of the worst months in recent years?
No Zelda. Not commenting on that one, but that's pretty bad.
No Zelda. Not commenting on that one, but that's pretty bad.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
No Wii and PS3 sales ?
bigtroyjon
Member
1-D_FTW said:Title really deserves a BOMBA in front of it. And worst month since October 2006? That must have been a really lousy year because October's usually have some sweet games sandwiched in.
Something happened in November that changed the industry towards a massive upwards swing.
The Wii and the PS3 came out in November 2006, so it was the month immediately prior to the start of the next gen for many people (and the Xbox 360 was probably supplied constrained)1-D_FTW said:Title really deserves a BOMBA in front of it. And worst month since October 2006? That must have been a really lousy year because October's usually have some sweet games sandwiched in.
Also, August is often the slowest month for a lot of industries. Gaming is weird because Bioshock came out in August 2007 and Batman:AA in August 2009 (just two examples). There was no big game this August.
1-D_FTW said:Title really deserves a BOMBA in front of it.
I support this.
Sammy Samusu
Member
And the fucking game is still full priced after all those years.
Overall, gaming industry needs Nintendo back on its feet.
Overall, gaming industry needs Nintendo back on its feet.
toymachine
Member
Just Dance 2 :bow
[Nintex] said:I fear for Skyward Sword, Nintendo might've urinated in the well a bit too much with Phantom Hourglass, Crossbow Training and to a lesser extend Spirit Tracks.
My hype for Skyward Sword is 0. I've been avoiding all media hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Haven't played a good Zelda game since Wind Waker.
Himself said:Who is buying these games?
What happened to Catherine?
Isn't that Mario DS game 5 years old?
How did NV hop in there?
10 Dollar Sale for New Vegas (That I missed grrr)
And yeah over 5 years old...
Version 3.0
Member
BlazingDarkness said:Where is Catherine? Needs repeating
Also Inb4 'iOS is the future' clusterfuck thread
On that topic, I'd love to see, say, a top 200 which included iOS games (and console service downloads for good measure). First by units, then by dollars. It'll never happen, but if it did, I think it might shut some people up. Especially the 'by dollars' one, of course.
timetokill
Banned
Himself said:My hype for Skyward Sword is 0. I've been avoiding all media hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Haven't played a good Zelda game since Wind Waker.
... so you haven't played any Zelda games since Wind Waker?
BlazingDarkness
Member
I'm guessing Catherine would have been very frontloaded, but this still makes me feel a bit betterRoad said:Before people start to wonder, Catherine had 4 days of sales in the NPD July.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Road said:Before people start to wonder, Catherine had 5 days of sales in the NPD July.
Crisis averted!
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Holy crap @ NSMB DS getting back into the top 10, that is insane. The game is over 5 years old now!
Need to see 3DS and OoT sales. This month's NPD sales tracking ends before the 3DS price drop announcement doesn't it?
Need to see 3DS and OoT sales. This month's NPD sales tracking ends before the 3DS price drop announcement doesn't it?
MightyHedgehog
Member
I don't think it's going to help anyone if more expensive consoles show up during the ongoing economic shitstorm. We just need more exciting reasons to spend money on games instead of everything revolving around the big franchises.JABEE said:We need new consoles.
Zero-Crescent
Member
Price dropped to $20 at most places, it was $10 at Best Buy, and it's a slow month for new releases.Himself said:How did NV hop in there?
MrPink93485
Member
If only 8 games sold over 100k, then that means Infamous 2 probably didn't, did it?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Wow, thats just...wow.
The legs on NSMB are insane, even if its placement means it was under 100k
The legs on NSMB are insane, even if its placement means it was under 100k
It would be the top eight games on the list.MrPink93485 said:If only 8 games sold over 100k, then that means Infamous 2 probably didn't, did it?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
Wait Infamous 2 came out last month as well?MrPink93485 said:If only 8 games sold over 100k, then that means Infamous 2 probably didn't, did it?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
bigtroyjon said:Something happened in November that changed the industry towards a massive upwards swing.
Guevara said:The Wii and the PS3 came out in November 2006, so it was the month immediately prior to the start of the next gen for many people (and the Xbox 360 was probably supplied constrained)
Also, August is often the slowest month for a lot of industries. Gaming is weird because Bioshock came out in August 2007 and Batman:AA in August 2009 (just two examples). There was no big game this August.
I just went and googled the top 10 Chart for 2006. It really does suck. PS3 or Wii launching in November or not. It's horrible for any month, let alone Q4.
StoppedInTracks
Member
If 360 sold 277K units... does that make PS3 sales abysmal? The bomba of all bombas?
Also: Steam and DD services to the rescue. This retail numbers are beyond pathetic.
Also: Steam and DD services to the rescue. This retail numbers are beyond pathetic.
Phonomezer
Banned
jling84 said:I thought Catherine sold 200k?
Shipped most likely.
StoppedInTracks said:If 360 sold 277K units... does that make PS3 sales abysmal? The bomba of all bombas?
Also: Steam and DD services to the rescue. This retail numbers are beyond pathetic.
Steam/DD sales could be even worse for all we know.
BlazingDarkness said:I'm guessing Catherine would have been very frontloaded, but this still makes me feel a bit better
To a point, but word of mouth tends to drive Atlus titles a lot as well.
MrPink93485
Member
Nirolak said:It would be the top eight games on the list.
Silly me, I was thinking the quote said 8 SKU's.
Even worse.
Syphon Filter
Member
You can get infamous 2 on psn too.MrPink93485 said:If only 8 games sold over 100k, then that means Infamous 2 probably didn't, did it?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo