gamergirly
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NPD May 2012 Sales Results [Up4: Max Payne 3, Dragon's Dogma, Ghost Recon]
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shinra-bansho
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I just noticed someone named Dan Race has replaced Patrick Seybold. I wonder if the latter finally had enough of trying to shine positive light on Sony's US sales.
GarthVaderUK
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Cunning.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
So, naturally this is a crummy month and #9 is not a big deal, but I will eat my crow--Dragon's Dogma has done significantly better in the US and in Japan than I thought it would. The reception of the game was better, the sales were better, the promotional efforts were better. Capcom stated it was a big title for them and it never really felt like it to me. I was wrong.
Of course, it is their most expensive title ever and it probably debuted with lower sales than RE:ORC so maybe the laugh is still on Capcom. But I was wrong.
Of course, it is their most expensive title ever and it probably debuted with lower sales than RE:ORC so maybe the laugh is still on Capcom. But I was wrong.
looks miles better and is a numbered game in the series
Subscription based model for MS might work for selling the console before next gen consoles announeced.
and the numbers of software of this month sold on steam @ 50$/60$ will be similar/less to console doing now that my estimation.
Diablo is an exception of cource.
outunderthestars
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And 3 wasn't?
Well, I have to hand it to them. Nintendo really did get that PSP market!
Boss Man
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What exactly did you say? I'm not sure that the #9 spot is going to have many sales attached to it.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
wat
#9 on this slow-ass month is supposed to be good? I wonder if it even broke 100k.
MikeE21286
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Hahahaha
Why do we assume the market is bad for hardware? Couldn't we just as easily assume the market has topped out? These console have been out for ~6 years, longer than most. Whoever wants one most likely has one at this point. I think the market is hungry for a new console. If the Wii U is enough of "something new" is a different story.
TheNatural
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Uh, I wouldn't feel too bad. #9 in this month isn't anything impressive.
oops didnt read your post.
I dont follow xbox muchb but games looks fantatic and i heard the changes are great this around
Depends on the software sales, but PC is definatly looking more and more appealing
HigherLevel
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I love the hyperbole in this thread. It's the middle of summer, with no huge games, in the 6th and 7th years these consoles have been out. Gaming is fine, it's just a dull period, the blockbusters in the fall, Black Ops 2, Halo 4, and Assassin's Creed 3 will sell like crazy, just like Gears 3, MW3, BF3, and Skyrim last fall. New consoles will also help next year, let's not forget the length of this gen compared to last, and the fact a lot more consoles have sold total than before. There isn't an unlimited number of people to buy consoles.
Yeah cause that's working so well for Vita.
Someone should really write an analysis about the power of the 'numbered game' vs the side stories or ':xxxion" games in regards to sales. I don't doubt the power of the numbers but it just makes me sad to see a product like the new Hitman debut without a number.
Version 3.0
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$99 consoles and $20 games, that's what. This gen has done a terrible job of catering to the budget gamer with any quality product. There are a lot of people who can't or won't pay more than that.
I thought he was sarcastic since in the beginning of the gen we had pc gaming is dead etc posts
Considering its sales ATM, I don't think have an even higher price would do it any favours.
And lol @ Sony PR, momentum indeed!
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I really thought that the Wii U being out for about a year before the other two consoles wouldn't be a big advantage for Nintendo.
After looking at these numbers, it may be just the thing Nintendo needs. This generation is dying.
After looking at these numbers, it may be just the thing Nintendo needs. This generation is dying.
Looking at this line from the article:
Nirolak's article above said:
If the total PC Games market was $80M, then retail sales for Diablo 3 are somewhere under 1.3M.
Boss Man
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We keep talking about being in the 6th or 7th year and saturation- are software sales reflecting that everyone who wants a system has one? Are they in line with what they were at the end of last generation this time? Or is that a bad question?
I wonder how big of an impact price drops will have. I get the feeling that it'll be significant, but I don't really know.
I wonder how big of an impact price drops will have. I get the feeling that it'll be significant, but I don't really know.
May is the middle of the spring. Max Payne 3 is quite big too.
TheNatural
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They're still charging $250 plus for 6-7 year old systems in a poor economy.
Look how long it took for a system to hit even $99 last generation.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Agreed. I don't think any company overvalues their products more than Nintendo.
People that paid no attention to the series until it got some of that sweet ass metroid prime talent.
me
outunderthestars
Banned
That is a really good point.
Why buy a retail copy of a game that requires a constant Internet connection to function? Enthusiam and nostalgia I guess.
Minecraft did 2 million this million this month btw
highest selling console game
2M Worldwide, but it was still probably #1 just looking at US sales.
Wii U will start out mildly strong (no way near Wii levels), and the drop will be even worse than the Wii's after the first few years.
Nintendo doom and gloom always exists, but I honestly expect it to play out that way.
Version 3.0
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Yes. You can look back and see some terrible dead periods in the market - there have been some bad ones in the Japanese market not so far back, but nothing this bad in the US market for many years. So people forget.
It is alarming, though, not that it's such an awful market right now, but how quickly it went bad and how poor the release schedule looks for the foreseeable future.
Phonomezer
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Understandable, but this is said every time a Halo game is launched, and every time there is a 360 HW bump.
ODST ('09):
August: Xbox 360 - 215,400
September: Xbox 360 - 356,700
Reach ('10):
August: Xbox 360 - 356,700
September: Xbox 360 - 483,989
Granted this is 2012, and we're coming up to the 360's EIGHTH (!) holiday season, but I still think it's a possibility.
Yeah, retail is not the main market for D3, but it also puts a hard cap on Max Payne 3 sales.
EDIT: To answer your question, some people either have slow internet connections (<3mbit) or bandwidth caps that make buying a hard copy worth it to avoid a 7-8GB download.
I guess if anything it's a little early to draw any conclusions regarding the 3DS's fate.
· Total retail spend on the Xbox 360 platform in May (hardware, software and accessories) reached $209 million, the most for any console in the U.S. and more than the spend on the other two current-generation consoles combined. (Source: NPD Group, May 2012)
I haven't followed NPD in a long time but has this been happening for awhile, or is this the first time? That's an absurd factoid to me, given how far the XBOX brand lagged behind once upon a time. Granted, everything is awful and it's just less awful, but the neck stabbing has worked
I haven't followed NPD in a long time but has this been happening for awhile, or is this the first time? That's an absurd factoid to me, given how far the XBOX brand lagged behind once upon a time. Granted, everything is awful and it's just less awful, but the neck stabbing has worked
SatelliteOfLove
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And P2 continues to attract people with money wanting to exchange said money for said game. Color me surprised.
It is, considering it's Nintendo.