metalslimer
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Wasn't an XL. It was the regular 3DS.
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NPD November 2012 Results [Up6: Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Most Wanted, Assassin's Creed 3]
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Wasn't an XL. It was the regular 3DS.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
WiiU is not doing so hot.
Both GT and GOW were big on PSP.
I think GT on PS3 does better than AC on PS3 too.
Wickerbasket
Member
I dunno, a decent COD game would have got me to buy one.
I'm not saying VITA sales would shoot through the roof, but that would have been one extra sale right there.
metalslimer
Member
On what basis? It's a decent launch week number that pretty much tells us nothing. And there was no chance with so many games at launch that a software title would make it into a combined SKU chart
Yeesh...
Just goes to show absolutely NO ONE wants a Sony Smash. Sony has no mascot with a strong caliber to sell such a game. Atleast people got what they were dreaming to see?
Father_Brain
Banned
Sure, years ago. The handheld market has changed since then.
Why would a GoW spinoff for Vita sell not just better, but vastly better than Liberation did?
Gianni Merryman
Member
I stand corrected, still I think 3DSXL+MK7 bundle at 199$ is a pretty good deal.
metalslimer
Member
Speaking of Vita titles, did we ever get a number for how LBP Vita did. The bomba topic just reminded me.
Not to the general public. They see the fact that they can get full fledge tablet like the Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7 for the same price and see a much better deal, and honestly for something you will carry around you a bunch of the time I would agree with them
I really don't think so. People in the west see handheld gaming as very throwaway experiences.
Not to the general public. They see the fact that they can get full fledge tablet like the Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7 for the same price and see a much better deal, and honestly for something you will carry around you a bunch of the time I would agree with them
I really don't think so. People in the west see handheld gaming as very throwaway experiences.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Nintendo dosn't need to bring down their games to the 99 cents price point, there's quite a bunch of software that it sells for 7 or 8 dollars on iOS.
The fact is that asking 40/$ for the new brain age games is inexcusable and same can be said about their current digital prices.
I think most people would glad to pay more for the quality and polish that most dedicated handheld games has over more of the iOS stuff, but not the difference Nintendo (and other developers) are asking for.
The fact is that asking 40/$ for the new brain age games is inexcusable and same can be said about their current digital prices.
I think most people would glad to pay more for the quality and polish that most dedicated handheld games has over more of the iOS stuff, but not the difference Nintendo (and other developers) are asking for.
UberTag
Member
Should you introduce a new system into the marketplace while you have forward momentum? Yes, yes you should.
There will be SOME kind of new Xbox hardware product entering the frey in 2013.
But will it be the full-fledged X360 successor? History seems to dictate that it probably doesn't need to be so long as third-party performance on WiiU continues to flounder.
PlayStation 3 launched in 2006. The PS2 was the industry leader and sold 525,000 systems in November 2005. At a price of $149.
The Xbox 360 just moved 1.26 million systems in November 2012. At a price of $199-299.
Personally, I like the idea of a staggered launch. Throw out something enticing for the hardcore adopters at $399 in limited quantities for holiday 2013. Reel in the mainstream with a more bare-bones version at $249-299 ($99 with a service contract/LIVE subscription commitment or cable company package) to counter Sony's PS4 launch in 2014.
The key is to make the transition from this gen to next gen as painless/seamless as possible for your existing customer base. In other words, do the exact opposite of what Nintendo has done in that department. Do this and your legacy platform (the X360) isn't considered a liability via its sales but is in actuality a gateway to the Xbox LIVE ecosystem of content delivery which you can transition over to other hardware over time.
No one said it would sell vastly better. Probably comparable.
I don't understand your posts. In what world is the Vita doing OK but the Wii U poorly?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Too bad it wasn't around during the biggest shopping week of the year.
3DS outsold everything but 360 outside bf week. Nintendo screwed up by not giving it a door buster bundle.
metalslimer
Member
If it wouldn't sell vastly better than why even mention it as a "big gun" because obviously AC wasn;t.
He's the one that called it a big gun.
I'm just saying GT and GOW are franchises of similar sales strength to AC.
No, no they are not. Not anymore.
Father_Brain
Banned
No, Phoenician_Viking, who I was responding to, is the one who actually argued that GT/GOW would qualify as bigger guns than AC/COD.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Oh man I completely forgot about RE6. Was it even in the UK top 30?
airmangataosenai
Member
I dunno, it's Mario after all. I mean Twilight Princess pulled it off and that game had a ton working against it, both being multiplatform (Coming out for Wii 2 weeks early), the Wii already coming with an exceedingly popular pack-in game with all models, and coming from a historically less popular franchise.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
GT PSP bombed hard in the US per NPD. 18k it's first month.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Because both GT and GOW did very well on the PSP, and previous AC games did not. GOW COO and GT sold over 3 million each.
Where the hell did i say that? Maybe you should actually read what i said.
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Yeah and the WiiU is doing poorly especially the software.
What you actually said was several attempts to paint the Vita's and PS3's current state and future prospects as better then they are, while saying Nintendo is in trouble with the Wii U and the 3DS. Those points are just odd together.
If I misunderstood, I apologies.
Father_Brain
Banned
...so you're basically saying that Liberation only failed to produce a major turnaround because of Bloodlines. Okay.
And again, the handheld market that exists today is not the one that existed seven or five or four or even three years ago. In fairness, Sony itself failed to realize that, hence their entire Western strategy for Vita.
I was going to say that GT5 shipped 9 million and AC3 probably would top that on PS3, but that's over 3 years and AC3 will probably have yearly sequels, each one selling plenty..so you may be right. GOW3 was even less..
SolarPowered
Member
Like 780k iirc. Basically half of RE5's launch month.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
That makes me sooo happy. What a absolute p.o.s that game was.
creamsugar
Member
The paper mario is 68% of another mario.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
1 week of NSMBU > 2 weeks of all PS3 launch games combined
metalslimer
Member
Nvm, didn't read.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Selling out is not doing so hot? Did you read the article at all? You do realize how a launch works, right? You buy a console, and maybe 1 or two games? Not many people buy 5 or six games, along with their console purchase...because...you know, that costs money.
It's amazing how it's been so long since a home console launch, most people have completely forgotten how they even work. Pachter too, especially.
alfredofroylan
Member
Is that other Mario in the same system than paper?
Isn't angry birds $30 on 3ds? That kind of stuff is a real turn off.
FateBreaker
Member
Oh, wow.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Petrae
Member
From OP, NSMBU at 243,000.
metalslimer
Member
Ah, somehow missed that lol. 166k isn't bad, but it's not the big holiday title status. Animal Crossing should have been out.
Criminal Upper
Banned
It's a bomba, let's move on.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Did we ever get total Wii U software. I know upthread someone said 1m, but was that confirmed?
For comparison:
1.2m 360
215k PS3
1m Wii (1.5m w/ Wii Sports)
For comparison:
1.2m 360
215k PS3
1m Wii (1.5m w/ Wii Sports)
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
I bought 3D Land off Amazon but got Sticker Star on the eShop. :3
it's definitely the lowest first-month for a mario rpg in a long time, perhaps ever. partners in time did 260k, and bowser's inside story was pretty successful its first month. even paper mario 2 on the gamecube did 180k in its first month in 2004.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
No, not naming it the "DS2" and us missing out on all the quality Japanese games are biting nintendo in the ass. There is extreme naming confusion with casual non-gamers thinking that the 3DS is just a 3D version of the DS.
It doesn't help that some stores like Target mix the 3DS and DS games together making them neigh indistinguishable.
Nintendo needs to have different font colors and they need to have marketing that pushes the 3DS as the NEXT DS, instead of marketing it as an extension of the DS like what they have been doing since launch.
metalslimer
Member
Can't say I'm extremely saddened although PiT deserved nothing.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Miyamoto-san perhaps we shoul-
"You put too many words in the game. Why did the characters have to talk? It's fine without those."
But sir I don't think tha-
"Why isn't the battle system faster too? Why not have Mario jump on enemies or use the hammer."
Sir then it's just a regular Mari-
"Well, hop to it!"