Support NeoGAF

[Aquamarine]

I hope Nintendo will release a PR this time. They could use it to celebrate 3DS passing 8 millions and being much higher than where DS was in the same timeframe, highlight Fire Emblem: Awakening success, maybe giving us some digital numbers, and then give us updates on the best selling games on the platform and then...nah, who am I kidding :lol

Not going to happen unless the Wii U is a surprise hit...which is very unlikely. :-(

 

[C4Lukins]

You can always count on the Hyrb. Now to wait hours until we can put the rest of the picture together.

 

[donny2112]

Well, according to the 5th line, 5:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) has already happenned approx. 50 minutes ago...so, the release must have been posted by now.

It probably was ... to subscribers. The media reports and the GAF thread are at 6:30 p.m. EDT, though.

 

[farnham]

Not going to happen unless the Wii U is a surprise hit...which is very unlikely. :-(

Nintendofamily spin?

 

[Drago]

Aw yiss

Time for WiiU doom and creamsugar numbers once again

Also I predicted 260k 360, boo

 

[Deuterium]

It probably was. To subscribers. The media reports and the GAF thread are at 6:30 p.m. EDT, though.

Okay, thanks. Understood.

 

[Tenki]

I hope Fire Emblem gets high numbers.

 

[outunderthestars]

So Pach. was off by 80,000 units. No surprise there.

 

[McHuj]

So down about 30% year over year for the 360, then?

 

[1st Course]

MGR didn't do so hot I guess.

 

[velvet_nitemare]

So MS went up in Feb, despite 1 less week of reporting? That's still impressive even if Feb usually > Jan

 

[C4Lukins]

Does anyone know the record for most consecutive months at number one for a console? I imagine it is the PS2, but it would be interesting to see. Well maybe actually the NES would make more sense because of lack of competition.

 

[Mpl90]

Those 225k.
Last year it did 426k, in 5 weeks.
February 2012 Weekly Average: 85.2k (426k in 5 weeks)
February 2013 Weekly Average: 75.5k (302k in 4 weeks)
January 2013 Weekly Average: 56.2k (281k in five weeks)

 

[educator]

When will the whole list be released? Within the hour?

 

[UberTag]

So MS went up in Feb, despite 1 less week of reporting? That's still impressive even if Feb usually > Jan

Very impressive given the 5-week to 4-week hurdle. Big jump in weekly unit sales.
My prediction was way off.

 

[B.O.O.M]

I wonder why he isn't giving any percentages. He usually does right?

 

[Pie and Beans]

America this is on your poor taste if Rising didn't do well. Shit is doing pretty good in Europe sticking around in charts, and Japan sales aren't to be sniffed at >:/

 

[Kagari]

So MS went up in Feb, despite 1 less week of reporting? That's still impressive even if Feb usually > Jan

Taxmas is here.

 

[DragonSworne]

America this is on your poor taste if Rising didn't do well. Shit is doing pretty good in Europe sticking around in charts, and Japan sales aren't to be sniffed at >:/

Watch Aliens do better than Rising

 

[donny2112]

Those 225k.
Last year it did 426k, in 5 weeks.
February 2012 Weekly Average: 85.2k (426k in 5 weeks)

February is always 4 weeks. Only January has gotten a leap week, to my knowledge.

 

[velvet_nitemare]

Taxmas is here.

I know, i got my tax returns in feb as well. But the reporting period still had 1 less week, so those are good numbers is my point.

 

[Four_Chamber]

Damn, Microsoft still beasting it in the US. That's way above what Pachter predicted. 26 straight months in the lead in the biggest gaming market on the planet is an incredible feat, no matter how you cut it.

 

[SmokyDave]

26 consecutive months is pretty damned impressive.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Watch Aliens do better than Rising

Crysis 3 as well. Dudebros in full effect that month really

 

[UberTag]

Watch Aliens do better than Rising

I predicted it would. At least for February. I suspect MGR will do better in lifetime sales even in North America.
Went 1) DS3 / 2) Crysis 3 / 3) Aliens: CM / 4) MGR / 5) COD: BO / 6) FarCry 3 / 7) NBA 2K13 / 8) JD4 / 9) Mystery GAF Goes Apeshit Game / 10) Halo 4

 

[Anth0ny]

MGR didn't do so hot I guess.

God damn it

 

[Aquamarine]

So down about 30% year over year for the 360, then?

20% decline from 2011-2012, and 30% decline from 2012-2013. A definite sign that Durango is coming this holiday.

 

[velvet_nitemare]

26 consecutive months is pretty damned impressive.

It's pretty impressive. I imagine theWii topped the charts for 3-4 years, so it might have had like 40 consecutive months at #1. Does anyone have a number handy?

 

[Mpl90]

February is always 4 weeks. Only January has gotten a leap week, to my knowledge.

Ops, my bad. You're right.

Redone

Last year it did 426k, in 4 weeks.
February 2012 Weekly Average: 106.5k (426k in 4 weeks)
February 2013 Weekly Average: 75.5k (302k in 4 weeks)
January 2013 Weekly Average: 56.2k (281k in five weeks)

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I'll prolly will be eaten alive in here but MGR doesn't really deserve huge sales. I hope it does well enough to warrant a sequel where they really make a great and polished game.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

360 still trucking along in its 8th February on the market - most impressive.

 

[Bruno MB]

Just with Japanese sales a new Metal Gear Rising would be justified, I don't understand the negativeness in that tweet.

 

[Raide]

I'll prolly will be eaten alive in here but MGR doesn't really deserve huge sales. I hope it does well enough to warrant a sequel where they really make a great and polished game.

I hope it did enough to get a sequel, since I would love to see Platinum make a massive hit game in the future.

 

[Santiako]

I'll prolly will be eaten alive in here but MGR doesn't really deserve huge sales.

 

[statham]

5 of Top 10 titles. Xbox -aaron greenberg.

 

[Tashi]

So Pach. was off by 80,000 units. No surprise there.

How is it that MS console sales for February are so closely associated with Michael Pachter?

Anyway, gratz to MS. Looking to see the full list though. Waiting on that thread.

 

[Aquamarine]

5 of Top 10 titles. Xbox -aaron greenberg.

 

[jbug617]

5 of Top 10 titles. Xbox -aaron greenberg.

is this based on individual sku?

 

[UberTag]

5 of Top 10 titles. Xbox -aaron greenberg.

That number is surprisingly low (if its based on multiple SKU ranks).

Likely means Halo 4 is out.
Could be good news for both Fire Emblem: Awakening and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.

 

[Miles X]

360 was down in 2012 Vs 2011 220k for Jan + Feb. This year down only 113k YOY, so it's definitely slowed (percentages probably the same but at least the sheer drop isn't as steep)

 

[JohnnySasaki86]

[360] 209k
[3DS] 95k
[PS3] 157k
[PSV] 21k
[WIU] 37k

edit: nvm closed march 11th . Thought since there was so little pages in the topic...

 

[Mpl90]

5 of Top 10 titles. Xbox -aaron greenberg.

I hope he's talking about the Top 10 Individual Chart, otherwise...it doesn't make that much sense XD

Well, since we're here and we're waiting for NPD Reports and (hopefully) PR releases from Nintendo and Sony

Go Fire Emblem! Go Fire Emblem!

 

[DaBoss]

I'll prolly will be eaten alive in here but MGR doesn't really deserve huge sales. I hope it does well enough to warrant a sequel where they really make a great and polished game.

[360] 209k
[3DS] 95k
[PS3] 157k
[PSV] 21k
[WIU] 37k

Predictions are over.

The 360 numbers are already revealed.

 

[donny2112]

It's pretty impressive. I imagine theWii topped the charts for 3-4 years, so it might have had like 40 consecutive months at #1. Does anyone have a number handy?

Wii was the top selling console among PS3, 360, and Wii for 23 straight months. However, in those 23 straight months, it outsold #2 each month by a combined by 7.1m, whereas for the 25 previous months of 360 being #1, it outsold #2 each month by a combined 4.4m. Also, the overall market is down in 360's top period than it was in Wii's top period. In Wii's 23 straight #1 months, it sold 16.6m, whereas in 360's 26 straight #1 months, it has sold 13.1m, for comparison.

 

[bigtroyjon]

[360] 209k
[3DS] 95k
[PS3] 157k
[PSV] 21k
[WIU] 37k

lol

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I hope it did enough to get a sequel, since I would love to see Platinum make a massive hit game in the future.

Rising feels like they had great ideas and even vision but it didn't feel it was quite ready to be released. I wonder if tying it too much to the old vision of the old MGR from internal Konami team did it more harm than it should have.

It is enjoyable game but I dunno, I feel it gets tad too much praise here and the metacritic score is quite on mark. That said I certainly don't want it to be outsold by some bullshit like Aliens (then again I have not played Aliens and have no intention to, just going by the meltdowns ect.)

 

[specialguy]

So MS went up in Feb, despite 1 less week of reporting? That's still impressive even if Feb usually > Jan

Last February 426k. February is normally a surprisingly high selling month (I attribute to tax returns)

Fairly hefty YoY drop for Xbox, in line with recent trends.

 

[liger05]

[360] 209k
[3DS] 95k
[PS3] 157k
[PSV] 21k
[WIU] 37k

Yikes at PSV & Wii U!!!

Edit - My bad this isnt real lol

 

[NotLiquid]

Kojima already said he was happy with it's sales and that he'd love a sequel, so I'm not too worried about the impact on that since he'd probably easily convince the higher ups to invest in a follow-up. It's just a matter of time and Platinum's schedule if you ask me.

 

[Drago]

Could be good news for both Fire Emblem: Awakening and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.

Yes please