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NPD Sales Results for July 2010
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goldenpp72
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Paracelsus said:
i think being in a healthy third place coming off being the king by 6x last gen isn't quite what most people had in mind when proclaiming a 'savior', however, at least the ps3 model seems profitable now.
BishopLamont
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Good answer.Plinko said:
WasteLand Soldier
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Home :lol fffffffff i just realized 360 outsold the ps3 2:1 geez.
OldJadedGamer
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Cheech said:
They must have been under contract from Sony cause they are just killing the game off by the systems they are putting it on. Then again, when has Sega ever made good logical decisions?
yankeehater
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Wow at 360. I had to read the numbers 3 times for the full enormity of them to sink in. It is great seeing Crackdown 2 doing well, such a great game.
BishopLamont
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M&S. :lolOldJadedGamer said:
Last year.Frillen said:
Talking about western sales not just US. I'm not sure how much DQ8 has sold in the west, but I know its a puny number.Lindsay said:
charlequin
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YAAAAAAY DQ9
I think this is almost certainly the highest-ever post-"Dragon Warrior" debut for the series, and could very well (given the huge promotion on the Nintendo Channel, the giant standees still present in all my local Gamestops, and so on) even not be the only month the game sells well. (I got mine in NPD August.)
No, it really isn't.
We haven't gotten top 10 numbers for like six months.
TV commercials starring Seth Green (and shown fairly often, as I understand it.) Insane number of videos plastered all over the Nintendo Channel. Giant standees in Gamestops like you'd see for a really big, popular game. No Square-Enix tax. :lol
No, but we know that the lifetime shipments for Dragon Quest 4 in the US were 110k, and DQ5's were 60k.
I think this is almost certainly the highest-ever post-"Dragon Warrior" debut for the series, and could very well (given the huge promotion on the Nintendo Channel, the giant standees still present in all my local Gamestops, and so on) even not be the only month the game sells well. (I got mine in NPD August.)
[Nintex] said:
No, it really isn't.
Firestorm said:
We haven't gotten top 10 numbers for like six months.
jetjevons said:
TV commercials starring Seth Green (and shown fairly often, as I understand it.) Insane number of videos plastered all over the Nintendo Channel. Giant standees in Gamestops like you'd see for a really big, popular game. No Square-Enix tax. :lol
lawblob said:
No, but we know that the lifetime shipments for Dragon Quest 4 in the US were 110k, and DQ5's were 60k.
Paracelsus
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OldJadedGamer said:
The game sold well on PS3, too bad they thought it was a good idea to cash on the success (?) of the anime, hence the PSP idea: short dev time so they could release it sooner, cheaper dev costs and supposedly more profit. Too bad not the whole fanbase agreed.
A Human Becoming
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Majine said:
Same numbers I got.
Paracelsus
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Chris1964 said:
Hasn't the game sold like your average p0rn novel in Japan?
BishopLamont
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There was another price drop? I didn't know.dolemite said:
Edit: I think you're wrong there.
metareferential
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Rainier said:
From the wrong audience (in Microsoft's current plans), if this is true.
WasteLand Soldier
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points cards being the best selling accessory for the 5th month in a row bodes very well for XBL. thats alot of space bucks being thrown around.
no. that bump will start happening this month with the $199 version which raises the question...where the hell are these new buyers coming from? graduating from wii? ps2 holdovers?
metareferential said:
no. that bump will start happening this month with the $199 version which raises the question...where the hell are these new buyers coming from? graduating from wii? ps2 holdovers?
BishopLamont
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Yeah in-store sales and such happen all the time, there's only been one official price drop.dolemite said:
The PSP line is pretty much a mirror of the PS3's. :lolGravijah said:
lowlylowlycook
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Majine said:
Better to list weekly sales so 4 and 5 week months are treated equally.
Littleberu
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metareferential said:
Why? You think FPS fans aren't profitable for Microsoft?
goldenpp72
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metareferential said:
Yes i'm sure microsoft wants the core gamers to stop buying xbox while kinect burns up the charts, even if it isn't out yet, that's why they released the new slim 360 without kinect months earlier, to sell kinect.
i assume that's what you meant. I suppose the fact tons of hardcore games have released and sold well this year on the system means they don't want those sales, i think the entire point of expanding audience is because they think their current is becoming saturated.
Huevos de Oro
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Impressive 360 numbers. It will be interesting to watch if Microsoft can keep this pace/momentum.
Dude Abides
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I really wonder how many 360 sales are first-time owners vs. upgraders.
Upgrading for Kinect obviously.
goldenpp72
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SteelAttack said:
i think the slim 360 can at least ride the wave through august, halo reach and the reach slim xbox will probably keep it up through september and october, and with other titles launching in october (fable 3 I think) and then the typical holiday boost all consoles get, I think MS has the rest of the year in america pretty well taken care of.
that's not even factoring kinect since I don't know how that will do.
seady said:
Inevitably a used traded in console (I assume most upgraders got rid of the old anyways) goes to a person that could have bought one new instead, i think ultimately people who buy multiple new consoles (like myself) take some of the heat for people who want to buy a console for less (used) but I think in consoles case, it balances out pretty well.
I've bought like 3 360s over the years, the old ones get sold to people while I add another to npd, heh.
Interfectum
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Go Blizzard! Go Starcraft 2!
metareferential
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Littleberu said:
goldenpp72 said:
That's not what I meant, nor is it what I wrote.
Of course new customers are welcome, it is dumb even debating on this.
Plus, I was just being ironic.
The point is: I was just questioning Ms's ability to broaden its audience.
metareferential said:
MS needs to hold onto their fairly large core base. If they lost them the system would be crippled even if Kinect became a big success. Reliable purchasing prowess is a nice benefit to control.
Edit: You can question it all you want, but 5 years into the life cycle the console is getting a sales boost. Honestly that aspect is pretty crazy to me, especially since it is still $299 for the real 360. I'm now pushing back my new console forecast to 2014. :lol
goldenpp72
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metareferential said:
I question their ability to broaden the audience as well, but if MS could do nothing but release shooters and outsell the wii i'm sure they wouldn't care, since they can't, they will expand in new areas while maintaining the old, MS isn't dumb enough to forsake the people who DO make them money, I bet nintendo would still love to have the pie they don't have even if they are whooping everyones ass.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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What other major releases were out there in July? I think I only picked up Arc Rise Fantasia with Dragon Quest IX of course.
Also, I wonder how much Singularity sold. Activision sent this game to die.
Glad for DQ IX! Which means we'll eventually get DQVI soon!
Also, I wonder how much Singularity sold. Activision sent this game to die.
Glad for DQ IX! Which means we'll eventually get DQVI soon!