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April 2013 NPD Sales Results [Up3: Xbox 360 Top Platform, NSMBU LTD, Lego 3DS, Luigi]
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Coldnoodle
Member
Animal Crossing will probably do good.
Mario Land 3D, Ocarina of Time 3D, & Mario Kart weren't able to save it in the west so far. Pokemon may not either.
not really. the absolute failure of their 35-year console business is pretty much as bad as it gets right now. the 3ds can and will go on to sell about 20 million in the us at least.
Duxxy3
Member
So there's still a huge market for a leading console under $150 then. Sales at $250 are exhausted.
H_Prestige
Banned
Wait, you think there is a possibility of the numbers not being abysmal?
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Sometimes you just gotta choke something to get the frustration out!
How could I forget AC? That's the one thing I'm looking forward to next month. (Besides E3 obviously)
Baconsammy
Banned
There's people that still think 3D Mario and Mario Kart will do more than cause a spike in sales. They need another phenomenon.
UberTag
Member
No love for Last of Us?
i think the real question is WHERE DID YOU HIDE THE BODIES
Can Crusher
Banned
Hardware took a massive dive, damn.
I think Nintendo's last place position for the next gen is already secured given how completely awful of a start the Wii U had. But, if they are able to bring enough impressive software I'm sure they will at least be able to acquire acceptable numbers on their hardware, given that they were able to successfully salvage the 3DS and turn it around. (albeit not to DS levels of success)
that game with the naughty dog warning label?
Such a tease
I think 3DS can ... coast along this gen, especially with those franchises and the all important Pokemon, with revisions (though I don't see as much scope for those like DS?)
WiiU tho, just doesn't have franchises that'll propel it.
I kept hearing all last year. 'Oh it's launching with NSMB, you know, the game that sold 25 mill +?' Well look how that's turned out.
Certainly, though it's important to consider that combined PS3+360 lifetime sales are right about at PS2 lifetime sales, so the market could quickly become completely saturated, regardless of price.
Petrae
Member
42% plunge is no joke. That's more steep than anyone could have foreseen-- and numbers may stay that low for at least this next period (if not June as well).
Duxxy3
Member
And i'm sure that hardware sales will go up during the fall and holiday season like all hardware sales do. It's the january to september timeframe where nintendo is bleeding sales, that's where a lower price, to entice impulse buyers, would help.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=513443
i remember this , Hilarious reactions
i think it has been corrected to 57k later
dat tease >_<
I sort of skipped out on PS3 besides a couple HD collections and a few other games. That and possible PS4 ports, so I'm waiting on TLOU.
I can imagine Iwata choking the DS Homer Simpson style.
Iwata: "Why you little!"
DS: "Eat my shorts"
Seriously. I have to be up for work in 6 hours, but the anticipation is killing me.
Refreshment.01
Member
The leading patform 130K. And some guys don't think we are ready for next gen? And that the other 2 manufacturers will do as bad as Wii U.
Wake up my friends, it is time to embrace reality now.
Wake up my friends, it is time to embrace reality now.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
This is what I found for the PS2 price cut history. The numbers are how many units were sold at that price:
October 2000 $299 (launch price): 8,607,957
May 2002 $199 (-$100): 8,658,549
May 2003 $179 (-$20): 5,877,281
May 2004 $149 (-$30): 9,908,336
April 2006 $129 (-$20): 10,617,695
April 2009 $99 (-$30): 2,000,000+
Is 20MM optimistic for a console declining in its second full year on the market? What's it at now? I forgets.
I dunno if it's fair to say the 3ds is "declining" but healthy, normal consoles do not show declines like this. It's just really bad right now on the handheld front.
Duxxy3
Member
Maybe, but most people that i know who own one HD console own both HD consoles.
The core buying market is still there, but the market that bought a Wii or PS2 under $150 don't necessarily have an HD console.
We have 3 next gen systems on the market. WiiU, 3DS, & Vita.
All 3 are failing in America right now. Next-gen is here and no one cares.
Refreshment.01
Member
What are we expecting?
Maybe, but i would tell you 2 are handhelds, in a transformed market. And the other is a failure from it's conception. I'm betting on the PS4 doing better than the WIi U. I'll bet on it, are you up to it?
Dave Meltzer
Banned
None of those systems are next gen in anything but name.
Even Vita is basically a dinosaur at this point. That entire industry is a relic of the past.
Tears.
Yeah. BG's coming over to check my gas meter at 8am. Or 2pm. Who knows.
C'mon creamsugar.
40k or thereabouts, I think.
Last Hearth
Member
Somebody needs to do a blackboard with each next gen HW that will save the industry crossed out.
creamsugar
Member
PSV MH killer ~ 33k
Baconsammy
Banned
I think it really is. They're dropping YoY (even during the holiday) every single month except 1. Handhelds are pretty much all they've had the past 2-3 years. To have their old one being phased out while the new one is suffering major declines already is more worrisome than a console that has had no software released for it yet. 3DS has actual software and it's dropping.
Creamsugar or somebody else on the inside to reveal some of the juicy info (Wii U and Vita HW numbers for example).
If you want to see the exact moment they're referring to; go to page 3 and 4.
slowclap.gif?
Is this good or bad?
Considering it had less than a week in the reporting period, and it is a Vita title...
Huh, I'm not sure what to make of this. It doesn't sound good though.
I assumed that includes digital.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I think the word you are looking for is depressing.