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June 2008 NPD Sales Data
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OldJadedGamer
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DevilWillcry said:
For me it's up in the air considering that both Jaffe and Barlog left.
charlequin
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funkmastergeneral said:
According to Sony at E3, BC is gone foah-evahhhhs.
bloody pirate said:
Uh, err... Microsoft unquestionably did pay for IU, as they were its primary publisher originally. And SO4 was basically a freebie from that, as it's made by the same developer.
bloody pirate
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Orlics said:
Maintain the quality of the game?.. its there reputation where talking about here
The Hermit
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Stumpokapow said:
I really doubt it
, especially when the Xbox 360 is the least popular console in Japan, and the existence of other, most viable and established consoles with larger userbase like the PS2 and DS. Heck, the PS3 is a better choice than the Xbox 360 when it comes to JRPGs in Japan.DevilWillcry
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So any predictions on how LBP will do in October? It's a pretty big wild card right now, but it definately has the positive buzz and it is something that the other platforms don't really have an answer to. It really depends on how Sony decides to market it.
Stumpokapow
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Jag22 said:
Within the context of comparing this month's numbers favourably to last month's numbers despite the fact that the numbers declined, the only logical way you could support that claim as being a good thing would be if there was some reason why last month ought to have outsold this month... and the only other thing mentioned in your sentence was that there were no system sellers this month.
... so in that case, you're right, no system sellers... but why did you tell the guy MS did well by having their monthly sales be LOWER than last months?
Lion Heart
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Loudninja said:
Wow, pure balls.
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typhonsentra said:
Excellent reviews =! Sales
I remember when NG1 came out and the demo was in my local GS, they spent 3 hours trying to beat the first level. Few people want that sadistic type of difficulty.
domokunrox
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I'm actually quite amazed the PS3 did as well as it did despite consumer confidence in the US is at an all time low for all business.
bloody pirate said:
Damn it man, the game isn't even going to be ported until the PS3 version is finished (edit: or according to what another source said, it's another team porting the 360 version anyway). Plus the consoles are arguably pretty similar in power so it's not that big a deal for SE especially in the light of the added sales.
I don't think slightly compromised textures or slightly compressed sound (LOL WHICH FEATURE BELONGS TO WHICH CONSOLE?) will tarnish SE's "reputation" as much as clinging to this last-gen-era third party exclusive way of thinking. Kojima was right when he said that Japanese developers are being left behind, and this is one example.
domokunrox
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DevilWillcry said:
Its going to be just as much a system seller maybe more as MGS4 is. You heard it here first.
sakuragi said:
Let's rephrase that, speculation is they did not know this was coming. While Tretton said he was disappointed, but not surprised that is an interesting comment. Logically speaking you would think this announcement would have leaked everywhere before E3, but it didn't and you really think Sony would not have let this cat out of the bag before E3 if they knew. That would have stole MSs gigaton right from under them although it still would have been big no doubt about it.
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sakuragi said:I really doubt it
Namco wanted to get started on next gen development. Only the 360 was around at the time. That is your answer.
Stumpokapow
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stuminus3 said:
I can't imagine why people who don't like sales click on sales threads?
shadowsdarknes
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DevilWillcry said:
I don't know if that was sarcastic, but I don't believe that at all.
Ready at Dawn didn't have the key staff like jaffe and barlog I believe and they made such an incredible title for the PSP.
If GOW3 was somehow a crummy title, that would be one of the biggest disappointments in gaming ever.
evilromero
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At least this time there is less to spin and more to legitimately report.Count Dookkake said:
The sales of LEGO Indy has somewhat confirmed Nintendo's recent report that third parties are finding an increasingly healthy market on the system. But then again it really has to be the right title, and stuff like Guitar Hero and LEGO Indy seem to represent some of the shifting PS2 audience. Although it's pretty obvious many PS2 owners refuse to step into the current-gen and are perfectly happy with the odd licensed title here or there.
DevilWillcry
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Yeah it was sarcasm man. I too believe that God of War III will be an excellent game that will receive rave reviews and move plenty of PS3s.shadowsdarknes said:
domokunrox
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Draft said:
Its true, what did the Dreamcast come with? Did it come with anything? Anyone remember?
Kestastrophe
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Was the PS3 the only console affected by low consumer confidence? I swear the OP said something about the Wii selling 650k+ consoles.domokunrox said:
Private Hoffman
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Orlics said:
That's not necessarily true.
There's a lot of overlap between PS360 customers. Just because multiplatform titles sell twice as well in the US on the 360 as the PS3, does not suggest that this would be the case even if a title were exclusive (in other words, it wouldn't be safe to say that if MGS4 were on the Xbox 360 it would sell 2 million units as opposed to the PS3's sales of 1 million units). Many of those people that picked it up on the 360 would just pick it up on the PS3 instead if that were their only option. I still don't see the Xbox 360 in the west as a major console that has a lot of RPG fans either. The Xbox 360 is mostly a very hardcore audience of fans that enjoy shooters. At least with the PS3, there's some history of RPG fans being on the Playstation brand. Lost Odyssey sold like 200k in its first month NPD and Blue Dragon did very poorly.
I'm not denying they will probably sell more units, I just don't think it's going to be all that gigantic. FFXIII is a hardcore franchise that sells to a hardcore crowd that will purchase it on whatever system it is exclusive for.
JudgeN said:
The bundle is goners, they are merely clearing stock until September now for the one SKU;
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6194006.html
Most of that stock is 40gb as well. The bundles are quite hard to find because they are so limited.
Stumpokapow
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Private Hoffman said:
Last gen there was ~5% overlap between console owners according to (admittedly less reliable panel surveys rather than very reliable retail tracking) NPD or Nielsen surveys. I'm not digging up the actual number, but it was very low and definitely single digits.
I can't imagine the lower adoption speed and massively increased cost has done much to raise that number, and if you assume that Wii owners also own an HD machine then PS3+360 ownership should actually be lower than any two from last gen.
Revelations
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The 360 sold more this period than it did the last go around. That is interesting. Looks like NG2 may have sold some systems.
domokunrox
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Kestastrophe said:
I wasn't talking about video game business (specifically Nintendo for example). I was talking about ALL business transactions in general. Being that the economy is unstable and gas prices have skyrocketed in recent months.
Its an amazing feat for Nintendo no doubt as well, but at the $250 price tag. I expect it to do well for this well balanced gen of consoles.
Stumpokapow
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Revelations said:
last month 4 weeks
this month 5 weeks
xbox go down little bit.
Stumpokapow
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dkeane said:WiiFit and Guitar Hero DS released around the same time right?
Anyways great MGS4 numbers, that game really amazed me. I need to get back into MGO though. I suck at it
Wii Fit - May 21, 2008
Guitar Hero On Tour - June 22, 2008
... kinda?
Bizzyb said:WHHAAAAAAA
Give me another explanation for GTA's failed sales bump, aside from the fact that games don't move many consoles the month they're released. Hell, give me any single bump in console sales in a given month that can't be attributed to a major release, rather than new SKU, price drop, bundle, monthly variance, etc.
Not saying that games don't sell consoles, but they do it cumulatively rather than giving a single bump.
DevilWillcry
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No one is going to beat DS and Wii. Nintendo is dominating the charts WW. Sony could have GTAV, FFVII remake, God of war III, GT5, and a Chrono Trigger sequel exclusive to it and it would still never catch up to the Wii. The same goes for MS. Nintedo is touching onto a new market while still catering to their original core fanbase.Jirotrom said:
At least they were
Revelations
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Stumpokapow said:
Then that is also true for the PS3. So shall we say it was a marginal boost for the PS3 in the US? During a 5 week period.
Kagari said:
Again, the cockyness should stop.
MGS doubled sales when sales were at ~250k or something. It doubled really mediocre sales, which both PS3 and 360 have had as of late.
(Edit: And it was a 5 week period, to boot.)
It's not something that's going to last. In August, it probably won't even be apparent. You'll either see both 360 and PS3 back at crap numbers or 360 a LITTLE ahead of PS3 due to the price cut + Madden release.
gaheris
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le.phat said:
LBP could of been huge but with the economy going bad and the price of the PS3 and the perception of it in the marketplace it just won't get as much traction as it should. It will do well but you are not going to get the mainstream audience to buy a 400 plus machine for a single game when there is the Wii that is cheaper and more highly sought especially when people are having problems paying for gas and we keep on hearing about the economic downturn.
Private Hoffman
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Stumpokapow said:
You also had the PS2 which sold over 120 million units and the rest of the competition that sold, what? 20 million? Huge difference.
I'm not talking about casuals here. The owners of the 360 and PS3 at this stage are very hardcore, and are MUCH more likely to be multiconsole owners.
Stumpokapow
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Revelations said:
ps3 this month 81.1k per week
ps3 this month 52.1k per week
55% increase "marginal"
Private Hoffman said:
That's a pretty good point actually. Not sure what the overlap would end up being, but you're right it could well be higher than last gen on that basis.