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NPD Sales Results for July 2013 [Up2: 3DS Minimum, AC:NL, LM2/NSMBU LTDs, Xbox 360]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Lol Nintendo PR is basically:
"If you buy both Nintendo consoles you have a pretty stacked six months to look forward to."
Ok guys so buy both consoles and Nintendo's release schedule will keep you just busy enough if you buy every single 1st party release.
Which is probably 45% of GAF.
Get your shit together with the Wii U, Ninty.
"If you buy both Nintendo consoles you have a pretty stacked six months to look forward to."
Ok guys so buy both consoles and Nintendo's release schedule will keep you just busy enough if you buy every single 1st party release.
Which is probably 45% of GAF.
Get your shit together with the Wii U, Ninty.
Don't know if it's been posted, but NPD also reports digital sales estimates:
So there is a lot of spending outside of retail. It would be really interesting to know how much revenue has been moved from the software segment of NPD's reporting to the accessory segment (which is where points/money cards are) and how much has been moved out of retail entirely (through credit card purchases directly on digital storefronts).
Carpe Libertatem
Member
Well, I'm not sure if it makes it a "failure", but I do think it makes it enough to be "not a success." Support doesn't mean anything if the games don't sell (especially if you aren't Sony).
I mean, I guess it's good for consumers. I enjoyed mine. It might've been a success for Sony too, if for no other reason than it entered into the handheld market without completely failing. But for anyone else - like third parties and even first party studios - I don't think they would call it a success.
KillerMan91
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Aquamarine
Member
Apparently OUYA / Nvidia Shield didn't do very well at all this month, each contributing <10,000 to the market.
Source: Japan Source
Remember, OUYA did >13K-<20K last month.
I was great on 3DS and 360....overshot on PS3 by 11K though. :-(
Source: Japan Source
Remember, OUYA did >13K-<20K last month.
I was great on 3DS and 360....overshot on PS3 by 11K though. :-(
fluffydelusions
Member
new zelda and pokemon should do wonders for the system
Bruno MB
Member
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Vishnu be praised.
Ouch.
Pretty good given what Atlus' handheld titles normally do.
Well, EO4 was like sub 15K so relativistically it's incredible, but you know...
Saint Gregory
Member
All this discussion about 3DS hardware sales compared to the DS and no mention of much more expensive it is? (Unless I missed it)
$99 is the magic price point for dedicated handhelds in the US. The original DS got away with being successful at a higher price but that had more to do with an unbeatable software lineup than anything.
The 3DS needs to drop to at least $150 for the XL and $129 for the regular model before we see anything approaching DS madness numbers.
$99 is the magic price point for dedicated handhelds in the US. The original DS got away with being successful at a higher price but that had more to do with an unbeatable software lineup than anything.
The 3DS needs to drop to at least $150 for the XL and $129 for the regular model before we see anything approaching DS madness numbers.
mugurumakensei
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I bought 4 of those.
Good numbers for mainline SMT. Lifetime will probably be 75-80k minimum.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Nocturne did 60k LTD btw(irc) so good numbers for SMTIV. How much did P4G do?
what about ellie? tia
Metallix87
Member
Rock solid sales! Atlus USA is likely very pleased. I wonder how the digital sales were?
shinra-bansho
Member
If those numbers are right, that's the worst NPD month for the PS3 ever.
Relatively amazing sales.
I wonder what the numbers would've been without the $30 credit? I know I only bought SMTIV because of it.
Calamari41
41 > 38
Gonna have to agree with this. I misplaced my original DS Lite at one point and, rather than going to my parents house to go look for it (would have taken a whole day), I just went and bought another one without thinking twice about it. I know parents who bought one for each member of the family, adults included, as presents. People were picking these things up like candy.
I did eventually find that first DS, which helped a lot with self-trades across Pokemon generations.
I'm off 3k for 3DS, 6k for 360 and 3k for PS3. I'm curious with WiiU and Vita :lol
If half of those applied for the 30 buck eShop rebate, Nintendo spent a million bucks on eShop credit for the promotion!
Can Crusher
Banned
By the time that gets any sort of traction consoles will become mobile tablet like devices themselves. They will become all in one mobile boxes.
It's simply too soon though, even if it is the future. We're about 15+ years off from it becoming the standard I would say. It will have little impact next gen.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Saint Gregory
Member
Suddenly the $199 12GB PS3 makes a lot of sense.
Money well spent to get more people into proper MegaTen!
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Decent, I imagine. It's been in the top 5 downloads since launch. It was over Animal Crossing a couple times as well.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
It needs to be lower than 200$, 200$ isn't going to do shit.
I think the 3DS might be surprising depending on how Nintendo handles it. It's quite a late bloomer, a lot of people are just really hearing about it via social contacts. I think if anything is clear traditional console cycles are either already broken given PS3/360 or they will be more demonstrably broken. The transition is the tricky part but even a redesign at this point could make a big impact in overall trajectory. The surrounding gaming landscape isn't improving, 3DS's core of high quality games doesn't seem under threat even as huge tech leaps are made around it. Just the other userbases have gotten bigger and that attracts attention of people socially and of devs. I think that it the most important factor going forward, reducing userbase shrink across transitions but once you have it, you're gold.
Portugeezer
Member
Pachter pls
God damn he's never going to stop once Nintendo started comparing to DS sales.
Metallix87
Member
Let's hope it has a ripple effect, getting those people to go out and try the previous releases (Devil Survivor Overclocked and Soul Hackers) as well as future releases.
Calamari41
41 > 38
A million bucks, a specific fraction of which went toward indie or other 3rd party titles. This turned out to be a great way to both get copies of SMT4 out there, as well as getting people to spend time on the eShop.
creamsugar
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ncaa ~ 650k
360 ~ 60%
360 ~ 60%
shinra-bansho
Member
Very curious how the market reacts to the $200 PS3.
Western developers do not and will not care about handhelds unless they run Android or iOS.
Huh. I need to sit down and make some PSP vs 3DS graphs.
Maybe not, I'm not really a graph making kinda guy.
Worse than last year according to NPD.
pieatorium
Member
no it wont, it might have better than july but they won't even approach healthy
An honest question guys.
PS3 and Xbox360 are selling bad because they cost so much right? So if Sony and MS decide to drop the price to $99-129, wouldn't that eat into the next generation sales? I keep hearing that Wii U is too expensive while the PS360 is cheap bla bla bla. Wouldn't that apply to them too?
PS3 and Xbox360 are selling bad because they cost so much right? So if Sony and MS decide to drop the price to $99-129, wouldn't that eat into the next generation sales? I keep hearing that Wii U is too expensive while the PS360 is cheap bla bla bla. Wouldn't that apply to them too?
I would find it hilarious if Wii U did worse in August than July. I think it possible if retailers didn't order stock in time.
~700k last year. That's not good.
Metallix87
Member
Most likely. It's a tough situation, given that there will be a lot of cross-gen titles.