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May NPD ~might~ be out today.
- Thread starter sonycowboy
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sonycowboy
Member
Elios83 said:
It's not looking good for either.
No Wedbush preview out yet.
milanbaros
Member?
News just in. They will be released at market close today. Most likely to reach the internet at about 19.00 eastern.
typhonsentra
Banned
Here's hoping this isn't bullshit.
thestopsign
Member
Yeah, I'm sort of getting eager to see May's NPD numbers. Now that I know that the DS is winning in Japan. I want to see how it is faring against the PSP in NA.
I wouldn't be surprised if people pick up a DS to play Pokemon on, or any of the other good GBA games that came out last month.
I wouldn't be surprised if people pick up a DS to play Pokemon on, or any of the other good GBA games that came out last month.
sonycowboy
Member
I haven't been able to get any verification, but I do hope that you're right.
I'll bite:
PSP = 175,000
PS2 = 280,000
Xbox = 175,000
GCN = 65,000
GBA = 210k
NDS = 150k
Star Wars: ROS 550k combined (PS2 320k, Xbox 230k)
Pokemon: Emerald 375k
Forza: 250k
Doom 3: 200k combined (LE & Regular edition)
Lego Star Wars: 200k combined (PS2 110k, Xbox 90k)
I'll bite:
PSP = 175,000
PS2 = 280,000
Xbox = 175,000
GCN = 65,000
GBA = 210k
NDS = 150k
Star Wars: ROS 550k combined (PS2 320k, Xbox 230k)
Pokemon: Emerald 375k
Forza: 250k
Doom 3: 200k combined (LE & Regular edition)
Lego Star Wars: 200k combined (PS2 110k, Xbox 90k)
sonycowboy
Member
jarrod said:
You're right. They should be better than that. However, I still haven't found out what the split was between GBA/DS last month (combined 250k) which is extremely low. So, with Emerald and better DS games out this month, I thought I'd bump it up.
I've changed it to 210k
Phoenix Dark
Banned
PS2 212,000
Xbox 178,700
Gamecube 71,000
PSP 197,000
GBA 111,000
DS 156,500
Star Wars Ep. 3 (Xbox, PS2) 521,000
Doom 3 193,000
Pokemon Emerald 500,000
Forza 350,000
Xbox 178,700
Gamecube 71,000
PSP 197,000
GBA 111,000
DS 156,500
Star Wars Ep. 3 (Xbox, PS2) 521,000
Doom 3 193,000
Pokemon Emerald 500,000
Forza 350,000
Warm Machine
Member
Can we please get an overall top 100 games sold in the month when the numbers are released?
milanbaros
Member?
Sorry about that. Got the dates completely mixed up.
edit: the lie thing was a joke.
edit: the lie thing was a joke.
Myoclonic Jerk
Member
milanbaros said:
BANNDDEEDD
sonycowboy
Member
milanbaros said:
Goodbye. You didn't get anything "mixed" up. There's no printed schedule out there and the reports are never released at 7:00pm eastern as NPD is an east coast company and always releases after market close (4:30PM EST).
I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, but copping to your lie and then calling it a joke to save yourself from a ban? At least you didn't post false numbers :|
Smiles and Cries
Member
AniHawk said:
I have exclusive hardware numbers. You can trust me.
Smiles and Cries
Member
AniHawk said:
I just sent them in. NPD should have them up by the end of the day.
Myoclonic Jerk
Member
^^^ LMFAO :lol :lol :lol
Smiles and Cries
Member
yes
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Smiles and Cries said:
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on WU!
sonycowboy
Member
May Videogame Sales Doomed To Be Flat
Still no confirmation of NPD, but presumed to be today after market close
06.16.05, 9:50 AM ET
Banc of America Securities expects May videogame sales to be flat year-over-year. The research firm said the industry faces an easy comparison of down 17% in the year-ago period. "We believe LucasArts' Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Nintendo's Pokemon Emerald were the top-selling titles at U.S. retail in May," Banc of America said. The research firm reiterated a "buy" rating and $70 target price on Electronic Arts (nasdaq: ERTS - news - people ), saying the company's console and handheld sales decreased about 35% in May. Electronic Arts' sales for the month will be driven by catalog sales of Fight Night Round 2, NBA Street Vol. 3 and MVP Baseball 2005, according to Banc of America. The research firm maintained a "buy" rating and $20.25 target price on Activision (nasdaq: ATVI - news - people ), estimating handset and console sales rose 2% in May driven by Doom 3 and Doom 3: The Collector's Edition for the Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT) Xbox. Banc of America reiterated "neutral" ratings on Take-Two Interactive Software (nasdaq: TTWO - news - people ) and THQ (nasdaq: THQI - news - people ), with respective target prices of $24 and $23. The research firm expects May handset and console sales to be flat for Take-Two and up nearly 5% for THQ. Banc of America's top pick in the leisure sector is Activision while its least favorite is Bally's Total Fitness (nyse: BFT - news - people ), rated "sell" with a $2 target price.
Still no confirmation of NPD, but presumed to be today after market close
06.16.05, 9:50 AM ET
Banc of America Securities expects May videogame sales to be flat year-over-year. The research firm said the industry faces an easy comparison of down 17% in the year-ago period. "We believe LucasArts' Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Nintendo's Pokemon Emerald were the top-selling titles at U.S. retail in May," Banc of America said. The research firm reiterated a "buy" rating and $70 target price on Electronic Arts (nasdaq: ERTS - news - people ), saying the company's console and handheld sales decreased about 35% in May. Electronic Arts' sales for the month will be driven by catalog sales of Fight Night Round 2, NBA Street Vol. 3 and MVP Baseball 2005, according to Banc of America. The research firm maintained a "buy" rating and $20.25 target price on Activision (nasdaq: ATVI - news - people ), estimating handset and console sales rose 2% in May driven by Doom 3 and Doom 3: The Collector's Edition for the Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT) Xbox. Banc of America reiterated "neutral" ratings on Take-Two Interactive Software (nasdaq: TTWO - news - people ) and THQ (nasdaq: THQI - news - people ), with respective target prices of $24 and $23. The research firm expects May handset and console sales to be flat for Take-Two and up nearly 5% for THQ. Banc of America's top pick in the leisure sector is Activision while its least favorite is Bally's Total Fitness (nyse: BFT - news - people ), rated "sell" with a $2 target price.
mashoutposse
Ante Up
The gaming industry is usually flat right before the beginning of the next generation.
sonycowboy
Member
mashoutposse said:
I think it's a bit much to use a single month, when the YTD totals are up 14% so far this year. It will definitely be extremely tough, if not impossible, for the second half to continue this pace as we don't have a Halo or a new GTA launching this year (PSP GTA don't count), which accounted for over 9M copies last year alone.
However, with the PSP and DS in the holidays, the 360, a strong PS2 lineup, a strong multiplatfrom lineup, and Zelda, I think it will still be a tremendous year and probably finish overall better than 2004.
milanbaros
Member?
AirBrian said:
Isn't this year over year? or am I no longer alowwed to post in this sacred thread.
sonycowboy
Member
bunkum said:Just to let you all know May NPD is scheduled for 23rd June and June NPD is scheduled for 21st July.
So I'm afraid you have another week of waiting
Bastards!!
(NPD, not you
)2 weeks late and then already planning on being "a week late" for July based on the retail calendar and that they've released the NPD the second Thursday of the retail month since October of last year.
sonycowboy
Member
Wario64 said:well, gaf really jumped the gun on this one
must be the drought
It was supposed to be out last week based on the schedule they've kept for the last 8 months.