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[ChuBoi]

Data care of NPD Group
Reporting Period: 2/28/2010 through 4/03/2010


PlayStation 2 118.3K
PlayStation 3 313.9K
PSP 119.9K
Xbox 360 338.4K
Wii 557.5K
Nintendo DS 700.8K

 

[CrushDance]

How? It barely sold 500k first month in its strongest region, and Final Fantasy games are definetely frontloaded like any other Jrpg out there. In the UK both versions are almost getting out of Top 30 and the 360 version hasn't reached 100k units yet. In the PAL market as a whole 360 version was out of most if not all but the UK top 10/30 in less than a month.

Lifetime sales it will probably hit a million. The Elephant in the room though is FF13 Japan numbers, the gap between the 360 and PS3 version will be large. Even if it were released on 360 in Japan, the same situation would still play out.

 

[deepbrown]

It outsould GOW1's first month by 700k+ and GOW2's by 200k+ on a substantially smaller install base. Perspective, duder.

This.

 

[mr_nothin]

Don't start that. I'm just north of you and the PS3 stock has been plentiful here for at least a month.

Anecdotal? I mean, I did say that for a reason.
Where do you stay where they have plentiful? Im looking for one.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Cheer up PSP! At least you beat PS2!

And thus Ubisoft learns that having a really shitty launch game, and not advertising it's much improved sequel almost 4 years later....does NOT RESULT IN GOOD SALES NUMBERS.

What? I rarely see video game commercials on TV but I have seen the Red Steel 2 commercial like 10 times.

 

[Littleberu]

It outsould GOW1's first month by 700k+ and GOW2's by 200k+ on a substantially smaller install base. Perspective, duder.

Didn't Halo 3 outsell Halo 1 and Halo 2 also, and on a smaller install base? How is this argument valid when you're riding a very successful franchise's wave?

If anything, God of War 3 did very well, but the argument about the install base is not a valid one considering past achievement such as Madden, Halo and Pokemon franchise.

 

[Baki]

It outsould GOW1's first month by 700k+ and GOW2's by 200k+ on a substantially smaller install base. Perspective, duder.

I think the most significant factor was the shortages + other title released within the month.

In other words, considering BF:BC2 + FFXIII were released that month. GoWIII did pretty well.

 

[Mt Heart Attack]

It's like two chicks at the same time, Nintendo wants it all and without a competitive PSP the high-end portable gaming market is wide open.

Yeah, I guess it will be interesting to see how those two will cohabit^^

 

[shwimpy]

GoW3 not quite as impressive when you put it like that...

Considering GOW3 is ~8 hour game, I'd say it's quite the accomplishment.

 

[Zzoram]

GoW3 not quite as impressive when you put it like that...

Those numbers are why 3rd parties are all going multiplatform.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Whoa, massive GoW3 and FFXIII sales vault PS3 into third place!

Good numbers for Battlefield 360, just 3k less than FFXIII PS3.

DS in its own league, Wii back to beating the entire Sony PlayStation Family's combined sales.

Sony need to take the PS3 and PSP out back and put them out of their misery.

That's a typo, I meant PS2 :lol

Considering GOW3 is ~8 hour game, I'd say it's quite the accomplishment.

So are you saying that if they had made GoW3 a 10 hour game, sales would have increased by hundreds of thousands?

 

[TheDuce22]

And thus Ubisoft learns that having a really shitty launch game, and not advertising it's much improved sequel almost 4 years later....does NOT RESULT IN GOOD SALES NUMBERS.

If anything they learned not to waste time and money attempting to cater to a market that doesnt exist on the Wii.

 

[Kandinsky]

PS3 shortages?, fucking cute:lol

 

[CrushDance]

PS3 shortages?, fucking cute:lol

....Are you for real?

 

[evangd007]

It was advertised quite a fair bit compared to most third-party Wii games.

You know that doesn't mean much.

And of course, DS is a beast. Pokémon is a beast. Why bother releasing the 3DS? That thing could sell forever.

Release the successor while the predecessor is still popular. That way the new product benefits from the old product's popularity.

 

[Curufinwe]

Going multiplatform increased their sales by 50%. What do you think?

If FFXIII was a PS3 exclusive, some of the people who bought it on a 360 would have bought it on the PS3. Pure speculation on my part, but I think it could have a sold close to a million just on the PS3.

That's still well below it's actual combined total, but you can't say every single 360 sale is a sale that wouldn't have happened.

 

[Elios83]

Great software month for Sony.

Just wondering what Sony's reason is for hardware shortages? You'd think they'd be doing everything they can to get as many PS3's out there to sell in a month march.

PS3 shortages issue is due to two planned hardware revisions this year to cut costs. The first one was in spring (new Slim model is already out), next one will be in early fall. They didn't anticipate that they could have demand exceeding 400k units during the slow months of the year.
Even in this case it will be interesting to see how many PS3 units they plan to manufacture during the next fiscal year (April 2010-March 2011).

 

[elrechazado]

....Are you for real?

You're quite personally invested in this it seems. Are you the sony shortages community manager?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

How do HeartGold/SoulSilver compare with previous Pokemon opening months?

 

[Oxx]

Should be a civil NPD thread. Everybody wins!

Apart from PSP.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Yeah, I guess it will be interesting to see how those two will cohabit^^

Well, the PS2 still sells as much as the PSP while the PS3 has been out for about 6 million years, so maybe it'll be like that. Of course the 3ds will actually be backwards compatible...

 

[mr_nothin]

Xbox won the month despite the biggest first and third party PS3 titles of the year being released. What's to spin?

Gran Turismo 5?

 

[Road]

Pretty low probably. The MW2/NSMB Wii arguments look pretty silly right now:lol Anyone have the LTD handy?

Since we don't have MW2's numbers for this month:

MW2-360 - 6.5~6.8M
NSMBW - 5.9M
MW2-PS3 - 3.5~3.8M

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now the second-best-selling game of all time, after Wii Play

More here: http://www.industrygamers.com/news/npd-god-of-war-iii-ffxiii-pokemon-battlefield-drive-march-gains/

EDIT: More info on MW2:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold about 395,000 copies, Pachter says.

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...d-bad-company-2-top-march-video-game-sales-/1

 

[Massa]

It is kind of crazy though. Sony has not lifted a finger in the west concerning the psp since it announced the psp go. No price cuts, no relaunch, no nothing. Pathetic. What is the incentive to be an early adopter of the psp2 when the result could be the same.

Since the PSP Go? The PSP's last price cut was over three years ago.

 

[Nirolak]

How do HeartGold/SoulSilver compare with previous Pokemon opening months?

This beat Diamond/Pearl.

 

[careksims]

Well deserved for GoW3. Even my lil sister enjoyed watching me played this to the every end.

 

[Baki]

You're quite personally invested in this it seems. Are you the sony shortages community manager?

The shortages are real.

 

[[Nintex]]

You're quite personally invested in this it seems. Are you the sony shortages community manager?

He's from the future, and boy does that supply look tight or what!

 

[Serenity]

Whoa, massive GoW3 and FFXIII sales vault PS3 into third place!

Good numbers for Battlefield 360, just 3k less than FFXIII PS3.

DS in its own league, Wii back to beating the entire Sony PlayStation Family's combined sales.

Sony need to take the PS3 and PSP out back and put them out of their misery.

GoW3 not quite as impressive when you put it like that...

obsession

 

[TheDuce22]

You're quite personally invested in this it seems. Are you the sony shortages community manager?

Well he has been making sure to get some shortage comment in on every page. :lol

 

[lowrider007]

Xbox won the month despite the biggest first and third party PS3 titles of the year being released. What's to spin?

How so? HW sales are practically even Stevens and PS3 is owning the software charts this month, plus PS3 YoY sales are alot higher, this while the PS3 is having supply issues.

You're quite personally invested in this it seems. Are you the sony shortages community manager?

Haven't you only recently just been unbanned?

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Going multiplatform increased their sales by 50%. What do you think?

Making a point. It paid off for both MS and SE.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Considering GOW3 is ~8 hour game, I'd say it's quite the accomplishment.

Wait! When did game length have anything to do with game sales?

 

[NIGHT-]

360 beats PS3 again..

 

[Cruzader]

Let say:

-GOW3 sales <500K = "OMG Fail"

Now:

-GOW3 sales >1Mil = "Wtf so low...FAIL!"


First PS3 title to reach those sale w/HW stock issues and FF13/BC2 competing software and ppls are not happy? :lol

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

The shortages are real.

I think 'PS3 shortages!" is the new 'Year of the PS3' which was the new 'Wait for Game X"

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Xbox won the month despite the biggest first and third party PS3 titles of the year being released. What's to spin?

Someone hasn't heard of Gran Turismo.

 

[Tiktaalik]

so long exclusive FF games.

 

[shwimpy]

You're quite personally invested in this it seems. Are you the sony shortages community manager?

Now that's cute.

 

[elrechazado]

Well he has been making sure to get some shortage comment in on every page. :lol

Yeah, I've noticed, often twice :lol

 

[ManBearPanda]

Glad to see people made the right choice.

Spoiler

Soul Silver fuck yeah!

 

[Vic]

obsession

:lol

 

[Technosteve]

only time i want PC NPD numbers, I want to see how much the master race purchased BFBC2

 

[Metalmurphy]

Sony is doomed. They should just scrap the PS3 and start over. They'll never get out of last place.

 

[charlequin]

How?

It'll sell another 150k in the US over the course of ever; that puts it at 650k. 125k life-end in the UK puts it at 775k. Say 125k over the rest of Europe (I do not at all believe this is an impossible number to achieve), so, okay, call it 900k worldwide, with probably 1 million-ish shipped. That's a fairly conservative estimate with info we have on hand.

Lifetime sales it will probably hit a million. The Elephant in the room though is FF13 Japan numbers, the gap between the 360 and PS3 version will be large.

The gap is pretty much irrelevant. This is just the reverse situation from when PS3 owners were -- quite rightly -- arguing that if some shooter sells 1m on 360 and 300k on PS3 or whatever it was still worth porting. Almost any game that doesn't outright bomb on one platform or the other is worth porting the way things work this generation, even if the numbers are still quite lopsided.

GoW3 not quite as impressive when you put it like that...

How about when you say "God of War is a franchise that debuted five years ago doing like 350k in its first month"?

 

[djtiesto]

Expected more from FF13, not too surprised that it didn't sell on the 360. It's obvious 360 fans don't want RPGs.

 

[RoboPlato]

only time i want PC NPD numbers, I want to see how much the master race purchased BFBC2

They said it outsold both console versions combined on PC so I assume it did pretty well.

 

[EagleEyes]

Anecdotal? I mean, I did say that for a reason.
Where do you stay where they have plentiful? Im looking for one.

Come on up to Kennesaw. They're everywhere.

 

[Gospel]

If anything they learned not to waste time and money attempting to cater to a market that doesnt exist on the Wii.

The only excuse I can think of for Red Steel 2 not doing to well is because of the quality of the game that preceded it. Besides that, it really had nothing else working against it.

 

[Sadist]

He's from the future, and boy does that supply look tight or what!

:lol