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Random three d:

blue hedgehog < 20k
doukutsu story < 10k
ninja < 3k
acahl < 2k

Ouch...just ouch.

Sonic I'm really surprised at since it typically does well on Nintendo platforms, but like others have mentioned, it only had a few days - will probably get a nice December boost.

And sad to see that for Ace Combat. It's my first AC game, but I've really been enjoying it and it fits the portable system rather well - I usually sit down and play a mission or two and then pack it up. Wish more people would give it a chance.

 

[Stinkles]

Well...

We are ahead of Keikkaku.


I don't follow Sales-Age but it seems hyper complex now. I miss the old days of bombas and megatonnes and people pinning their very identity on the retails success of a corporation in a given week.

 

[Satchel]

We are ahead of Keikkaku.


I don't follow Sales-Age but it seems hyper complex now. I miss the old days of bombas and megatonnes and people pinning their very identity on the retails success of a corporation in a given week.

Good to hear. I still think maybe CEA should have been built from the ground up personally, but I'm still happy with the final product.

As to the second part of your post, that still happens.

You don't frequent many threads involving Sony exclusives?

 

[Stinkles]

Good to hear. I still think maybe CEA should have been built from the ground up personally, but I'm still happy with the final product.

As to the second part of your post, that still happens.

You don't frequent many threads involving Sony exclusives?

It takes too much interpretation now. It used to be so black and white.

 

[Satchel]

It takes too much interpretation now. It used to be so black and white.

The sooner we get to a one console future the better.

Then I can enjoy going into threads for Sony games I'm looking forward to again.

 

[creamsugar]

any data for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3?

360 > wii cod > ps3

 

[donny2112]

NPD tracks Wal-Mart

It's now an option, but they've put out no press release saying they actually are. To get the Wal-Mart data, NPD would have to go through Nielsen, and they may not be willing to pony up if they think their own estimates are "good enough."

Then Nintendo is including sales bundled with the 3DS, I guess.

Poor form, Nintendo. What happened to you? Guess you got desperate to punch up your numbers ...

 

[bigtroyjon]

Then Halo must have sold between 625k and 700k.

The 625 number is including hardware and can't be used to determine sales like that.

Jvm's article in the new reduced style: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...ay_Cheer_From_November_Game_Sales.php?print=1

I miss that sales table comparison and the rainbow graph. RIP. It was still very informative.

Only comment I have on the article is that by cutting off the software in August, one of the reasons for the growth this year is Madden.

Add a couple million to August and take it away from September and the Sep-Nov growth doesn't look as good and the Jan-Aug drop doesn't look as bad..

 

[allan-bh]

I want to know.

Halo Anniversary sold between 600k-700k?

Skyrim surpass 2 million?

 

[Jinfash]

any data for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3?

I came here to ask lol.

Do we have any numbers? I'd like to know how hard it bombed.

 

[TunaLover]

I would buy Rayman Origins, but Ancel is ignoring Wii U for BG&E2, so I don´t want give my money to help fund that proyect anymore.

 

[Jinfash]

Oh, internet people. Boo-freaking-hoo.

 

[Road]

Halo Anniversary sold between 600k-700k?

All we know is that it sold under 700k.

Poor form, Nintendo. What happened to you? Guess you got desperate to punch up your numbers ...

Different times indeed.

Before Nintendo wouldn't even bother to combine different editions of the same game. Now they add everything they can.

 

[noobie]

Overall video game software and hardware sales remained flat in November, thanks to reduced hardware sales. But the decline in consoles sales were offset by strong software sales and a huge jump in boxed PC games, according to November retail sales data from NPD Group. November saw a year-over-year decline in sales by 0.5 percent, with hardware sales down by nine percent, falling from $1.08 billion last year to $982.4 million this year. Peripheral sales were also on the decline in November by 34 percent.

Xbox 360 and PS3 software sales were decent in November, lead to highs by Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Just Dance 3 and the wonderful Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Modern Warfare 3 sold 8.99 million units across all formats in November, with Skyrim finishing a surprising second with 2.8 million units.

PC boxed retail sales also surprised analysts, jumping 57 percent year-over-year. Details on what was driving these numbers were not detailed, but one would imagine that games such as Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, and Skyrim had a lot to do with those surging numbers

Source

 

[spwolf]

With 900k in November, 1.2m in December is charitable ?
1.5m is the minimum they're gonna do this year and it will be the first time they'll break the 5m units mark in a single year in the US.

i dont get 0.9m November at all... when i checked Black Friday deals, PS3 regularly had worst deal out of bunch and lowest savings. Together with SCEA execs saying they wont drop their pants for Black Friday, I thought it would tank and not get 70% increase YoY.

 

[TunaLover]

Buy the game now, complain about it later when BG&E2 is actually announced. That's the way I did it and you know what ? The game is worth it by itself. It's probably not gonna make them any profit anyhow, so you might as well get it.

The game already bombed, I guess I will don't contribute too much sales anyway, I'll pick pick up it eventually.

 

[Zzoram]

We going to get a Skyrim platform breakdown? That's the more interesting number.

 

[Mpl90]

Sonic had only 4 days, and came later than the HD version. 20k aren't THAT bad. It'll have legs.

Cave Story sold better than what I thought :lol
Shinobi and Ace Combat are so depressing it isn't even funny
Especially AC

 

[walking fiend]

Zelda sold less than Uncharted, I wonder if it will manage to sell more this month

We going to get a Skyrim platform breakdown? That's the more interesting number.

(considerably) more diverse than CoD. I wonder if it has anything to do with 360 gamers being closer to PC market (and inherent installed base of ES series on PC) or PS3 version problems, probably the former

 

[user_nat]

Top 10 in the OP is a little broken currently..

 

[Baki]

Top 10 in the OP is a little broken currently..

So PS3 is going to have its best year but will seem like its doing fairly mediocre because of X360 sales. Hard times for Sony.

 

[Road]

Top 10 in the OP is a little broken currently..

It seems to be a combination of quick edit + 3rd party GAF software.

How is it now?

 

[allan-bh]

Skyrim 2.8m means Oblivion LTD is around 3.3m

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Is Skyrim the highest selling game to launch against CoD this generation? Nearly 3 million is insane for an rpg launch.

 

[walking fiend]

Is Skyrim the highest selling game to launch against CoD this generation? Nearly 3 million is totally insane for an rpg launch.

fixed

 

[user_nat]

It seems to be a combination of quick edit + 3rd party GAF software.

How is it now?

All fixed.

Do we ever get a dollar value for the retail PC market?
Edit: I guess I could just use math and figure it out. So +57% isn't huge, wonder how much is Skyrim.

 

[Biggzy]

I don't get why Skyrim is so popular. Don't get me wrong I love the game, but it doesn't strike me as a game that should appeal to the mass market.

Whatever the reason is I am sure Bioware would love to know

 

[Nirolak]

Is Skyrim the highest selling game to launch against CoD this generation? Nearly 3 million is insane for an rpg launch.

The previous best was somewhere around 1.5-1.6 million.

I don't get why Skyrim is so popular. Don't get me wrong I love the game, but it doesn't strike me as a game that should appeal to the mass market.

Whatever the reason is I am sure Bioware would love to know

Open world games are a really big but underserved market.

We have GTA, RDR, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls all pulling huge numbers, but we still don't get that many major open world titles.

 

[Grinchy]

Dayam @ Skyrim. I bought a copy too, but I'm shocked that it sells so well too. It's a relatively slow and boring game for such mainstream success. I do not understand how it did so well, but good for it!

 

[AdventureRacing]

Open world games are a really big but underserved market.

We have GTA, RDR, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls all pulling huge numbers, but we still don't get that many major open world titles.

I think it's more than just being open world. I think there is a huge demand for games set in that medieval sort of period and i'm amazed more devs haven't tried to crack that market. It kinda means that skyrim is guaranteed big sales by default because there is so little competition for it.

Open world games tend to be fairly costly and more prone to bugs so i think that's why you don't see as many games of that nature.

 

[mujun]

Glad that Skyrim is selling well.

 

[DrFunk]

Did Atlus release any numbers for KOFXIII?

I don't wanna look

 

[Nirolak]

I think it's more than just being open world. I think there is a huge demand for games set in that medieval sort of period and i'm amazed more devs haven't tried to crack that market. It kinda means that skyrim is guaranteed big sales by default because there is so little competition for it.

Open world games tend to be fairly costly and more prone to bugs so i think that's why you don't see as many games of that nature.

I feel that Fallout's success though shows that it revolves a lot around Bethesda being the only developer making large budget open world RPGs.

I mean, there are certainly games like Risen and Two Worlds, but unless I'm blanking out on something, they're the only ones making games like this that aren't a hole in the wall.

There is Reckoning coming up as well, but I feel that is also being developed and marketed in a fairly low key fashion.

However, on the second note, given that the retail games market seems to have evolved into a "Go ultra huge or go home." scenario, I feel that open world games are no longer tremendously harder and/or more expensive to create compared to what you have to do to compete at the top of other popular genres.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

3DS software in general seems to be doing pretty poor worldwide excluding Zelda and Mario.

Makes me wonder if third parties will risk getting burned again.

Street Fighter, Star Fox and the LEGO games did relatively well in the US too. Lots more titles have done well in Japan (Pokemon Scramble, MH3G, Senran Kagura, etc) which is probably the most important region for 3rd parties who traditionally support dedicated handhelds.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Pretty crazy number for a nerdcore RPG series. I'm impressed and also assume this isn't counting DD sales via Steam?

 

[Wilsongt]

I wonder if those numbers take into account people who traded in the PS3 version and had to buy a new version of Skyrim on 360...

 

[Erethian]

Pretty crazy number for a nerdcore RPG series. I'm impressed and also assume this isn't counting DD sales via Steam?

Nope, just retail.

 

[Elios83]

i dont get 0.9m November at all... when i checked Black Friday deals, PS3 regularly had worst deal out of bunch and lowest savings. Together with SCEA execs saying they wont drop their pants for Black Friday, I thought it would tank and not get 70% increase YoY.

Can't agree with that, the holyday bundle with a PS3 and two games at 199$ was an absolutely great deal and the main reason for such numbers.

Also great numbers for Skyrim!
Rayman just lol, looking forward to the PSN version at 19.99$.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Nope, just retail.

Even more encouraging for PC sales.

And 57% increase for PC retail puts a big grin on my face. DD is just trucking along like usual but you have to believe we are seeing increases on DD across most platforms (Steam, D2D, GG, GOG, etc)

 

[Derrick01]

Pretty crazy number for a nerdcore RPG series. I'm impressed and also assume this isn't counting DD sales via Steam?

nah they don't track that, and it's only for America. We saw the huge numbers it did on Steam so it's probably another million worldwide for there.

 

[AdventureRacing]

I feel that Fallout's success though shows that it revolves a lot around Bethesda being the only developer making large budget open world RPGs.

I mean, there are certainly games like Risen and Two Worlds, but unless I'm blanking out on something, they're the only ones making games like this that aren't a hole in the wall.

There is Reckoning coming up as well, but I feel that is also being developed and marketed in a fairly low key fashion.

I think both markets are massively under populated and that has worked out incredibly well for skyrim. Fallout was a success but it was nothing compared to what skyrim is doing now.

However, on the second note, given that the retail games market seems to have evolved into a "Go ultra huge or go home." scenario, I feel that open world games are no longer tremendously harder and/or more expensive to create compared to what you have to do to compete at the top of other popular genres.

The only problem is that there is an expectation for open world games to look and perform as well as the more linear games. This surely has to lead to the budget being somewhat larger than a game much smaller in scope.

Just look at the budget for something like the GTA games

I definitely agree that it is a genre that has a lot more potential. It seems at the moment though that everyone just wants a piece of the FPS pie.

Maybe skyrims sales will be a wake up call to others in the industry.

 

[kswiston]

Isn't 2.8M units what GTA4 launched to?

Crazy that Skyrim had one of the largest first month's this gen. Other than COD and Halo, I can;''t think of many launches that were larger.

I think both markets are massively under populated and that has worked out incredibly well for skyrim. Fallout was a success but it was nothing compared to what skyrim is doing now.

Oblivion and Fallout 3 had very long legs. Apparently Oblivion is at 3M in the United States alone, and we know that it launched to around 400k. It wouldn't surprise me if Fallout 3 is in the 3M range as well. I think Skyrim is the cumulation of the popularity that Bethesda titles have been gaining all generation.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Crazy for Skyrim. I remember times when fantasy RPGs were only for nerdiest of the nerds (pale basement virgins).

 

[KKRT00]

Isn't 2.8M units what GTA4 launched to?

Crazy that Skyrim had one of the largest first month's this gen. Other than COD and Halo, I can;''t think of many launches that were larger.

And Battlefield from last month, but You could forget that

 

[kswiston]

And Battlefield from last month, but You could forget that

Almost 2 million is not the same ballpark as 2.8 million. Skyrim topped BF3 by over 45%

 

[KKRT00]

Hmm i though it was 4m, my bad.

 

[kswiston]

Hmm i though it was 4m, my bad.

That was probably WW. The game sold at least a million in November as well.

 

[Nirolak]

Almost 2 million is not the same ballpark as 2.8 million. Skyrim topped BF3 by over 45%

To be fair here, Skyrim had almost the entire month whereas Battlefield had about a week.

Given Battlefield's sales this month, I imagine their pace is rather comparable.

Hmm i though it was 4m, my bad.

The worldwide week one sales were 5 million sold/10 million shipped for Battlefield 3 and 3.5 million sold/7 million shipped for Skyrim.

 

[kswiston]

To be fair here, Skyrim had almost the entire month whereas Battlefield had about a week.

Given Battlefield's sales this month, I imagine their pace is rather comparable.

Skyrim came out on the 11th, the period ended on the 26th. 2 weeks and 1 day

Battlefield also had Black Friday sales in its favour last month. Skyrim didn't really go on sale.

But you are right, in the end, both did extremely well.

I am curious to see how Skyrim does in December. Nintendo titles are going to eat up more of the top 10, but it should still safely make the list.

 

[Zuhzuhzombie!!]

50k for Rayman Origins.

Could have been more had they launched on Live.