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NPD Sales Results for April 2014 [Up2: XB1/360 hardware, PS4 #1/XB1 #2 best selling]
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prag16
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I'd be inclined to say that's slightly less shitty than expected for 3rd tracking month based on what we've seen so far. But still pretty shitty.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
In the Wii U dimension there is only the sound of Iwata's laughter, distorted, as if from far away.
And no matter how many units sell through, the laughter never comes closer.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Although the top one was at least partly influenced by the Wii U version releasing a whole two weeks later right? Still cool for all the platforms.
Aquamarine
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prag16
Banned
Did we ever get a reason for that two week delay?
A Human Becoming
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So are Wii and 3DS the only two still uncertain or is Wii a lock?
anexanhume
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ethomaz
Banned
The US number are ridiculous... they show Xbone at 220k for the month... every month they do the same mistake in MS favor... that's why I leave the community.Behold, VGC's fucked up methodology:
So when you see this:
...That's how it is "calculated."
BTW NPD in old days with all shared data was less fun... cream sugar made the NPD threads way more cool... you too... your post NPD discussions are the best.
Thank you.
Thank you!
The Wii is a lock, it is depends on rounding error.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Posting this again as I feel it was lost in the shuffle last night:
I missed this whole thread. I guess the numbers are pretty solid now? If so, here's some comps.
Year Over Year
Gen over Gen
And here's the always exciting Powerhouse ™ 3DS vs PSP race:
Year Over Year
Code:
Console 2014 2013 %Change
XB1 115
360 71 130 -45%
PS4 199
PS3 35 102 -66%
WIU 49 38 29%
WII 18 42 -57%
3DS 106 113 -6%
NDS 48
PSV 3 20 -85%
PSP 7
Family
MSFT 186 130 43%
SONY 237 129 84%
NINT 173 241 -28%
HAND 109 188 -42%
CONSOLE 487 312 56%Gen over Gen
Code:
Console 2014 2007 %Change
360 174
PS2 194
WII 360
PS3 82
TOTAL 487 810 -40%
Handheld 2014 2008 %Change
NDS 415
PSP 193
Total 109 608 -82%
Code:
3DS 2014 PSP 2008 NDS 2008
January 97 230 251
February 153 243 587
March 159 297 698
April 106 193 415
May 182 452
June 337 783
July 222 608
August 253 518
September 238 537
October 193 491
November 421 1570
December 1020 3040
515 3829 9950I was thinking of linking him to your username to confirm it was good. :lol
anexanhume
Member
Use the whole rainbow, bro. Don't forget your friend ROY.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Aquamarine
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"sales"
Interfectum
Member
Streams seem like they are going to cross in the next couple months.
It's the next biggest release of the year and it's got a record number of pre-orders. PS3/360 versions should flop hard. XB1 and PS4 should get boosts.
Aquamarine
Member
Do you feel that? The mere mention of Sega Saturn NPD makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
well at least the vita cleared the saturn's ltd. although i'm going to run with the assumption that the attach ratio isn't quite as swell as the saturn's 7.6. it may never sell as much software as the sega saturn did.
They probably should have never made the system, but I'm glad they did.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
You don't think Kirby & Mario Golf could help the 3DS as well in May? Sure they technically were included for 2 days in this NPD, but their first full month of sales will be in May's NPD. April really only Disney's Magical World. Btw, do we have any #s for that game?
Also out of curiosity, was DKCTF the highest selling software for the Wii U in April? Or did Lego Hobbit/3D World (or something I haven't thought of) beat that somehow?
Trojan
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Perfect
lightning2k3
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AFAIK vita attach rates including digital is over9. That's what makes it profitable despite terrible sales.
I have a whole PS+ library of Vita games I will never play.
That's easily remedied.
Woah, what.
If they have an effect I would expect it to have been split over the two months given when they came out.
I would think a $99 sale would be more attractive for driving hardware than two games that pretty much fit in with the existing content on a system this old as well, especially since they don't seem like things that would drive notable upgrade traffic from a regular 3DS to an XL.
It's been said over and over... the Vita was not available at large last month. They stopped resupplying stores in March for the Vita 2000 release.
I get not reading the thread, but it's no more than a page.
Same thing happened for Lego Marvel for the Xbox One no? It was delayed 2 weeks or something like that too.
this would be incredible. any source for that? even the ds had an attach rate of 6.
Aaron Strife
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Super Nintendo (and to a lesser extent the Genesis) was the shit in 1998. Being able to find all the best games complete-in-box in the $20 and under bin at Toys R Us kicked ass.
Of course that happens at the end of every generation, but annualized franchises and prioritizing online play makes discount 360/PS3 games far less appealing than something like Castlevania IV.
There's the ever-present questions: retail available titles only? PS+ included? F2P included? etc., etc.
Don't know about the number, but without those questions answered, it makes any such number not as useful as it may seem. :/
i thought that it would be imposible to lose money on the vita with those memory card prices no matter what.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
I agree that the sale will likely do more (it's even advertised on the Wii U eShop front page, that's how I knew), but I was just saying there's a good chance May sales for the 3DS would be higher especially with those two games releasing + the Target sale.
Wasn't that just because the Xbox One launched that day (11/22)?
The fact is that this is the smallest March - April drop for 3DS, after its launch
March 2012 - 225,000 ---> April 2012 - 125,000 / 130,000 (around 43-44% drop)
March 2013 - 230,000 ---> April 2013 - 113,000 (50% drop)
March 2014 - 159,000 ---> April 2014 - 106,000 (33% drop)
And it's almost on par with what it did last year. Given the usual March --> April drop, I was expecting more around 85,000 - 90,000. Maybe, then, pink 2DS had a little effect. I don't think MG and Kirby were the titles which influenced sales, since they've been counted just for 2 days and they had normal - I'd say - sales in those two days. Their (minimal) effect would be in May NPD sales....but, as said, minimal. Target sale will help sales more, definitely.
By the way, what were 3DS May 2013 sales? I remember a repeat of April 2013, but I could be wrong.
106K is pretty good for the 3DS. Perhaps it's because of the new releases adding an extra 20K or maybe Nintendo did more marketing activity? Or perhaps now that the next-gen console hype launch hype has died down 3DS gained more attention. If Nintendo can maintain this level then a price cut could potentially see the 3DS improve YOY. It's been 2.5 years without a price cut so one is due.
1st Course
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Road estimated 115k through using a Nintendo chart
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=615261
lightning2k3
Member
I remember reading that somewhere in an old vita thread, gonna try to source it now.
EDIT: I was wrong. Attach rate is over 10
http://ap.ign.com/en/news/12155/indie-dev-vita-owners-are-serious-purchasers-of-games-
While 106,000 is certainly much more than what I was expecting, I wouldn't call it "pretty good". Mediocre is a much better definition, sir.
It's true that a price cut would be needed. Heck, something like the Software Recommendation initiative, with monthly selections at the same price of a 3DS XL (...and I'd add 2DS in the mix) would be quite good AND a sort-of-a price cut.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Agreed; however judging by Nintendo's guidance for FY15, a price cut is likely not going to happen. A revision in time for Smash 3DS is a strong possibility considering 12 million estimates.
Vita software sales are no doubt pretty good (why would it otherwise get so many titles?), but not really Apples to Apples though. Does a 5$ PSP/PS1 game count as much as a full retail release?
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