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[Curufinwe]

The NPD's descent into irrelevancy continues. Either they figure out how to count DD sales, or they are simply delivering erroneous data to customers.

They can't make Valve give them Steam sales numbers, so we should blame Valve for being so secretive.

 

[Struct09]

I could not be happier for WB and NRS. A success well deserved, Mortal Kombat turned out better than I could have hoped for. It's only been out for a month, but I'm just about ready to declare it my favorite fighting game ever released.

Also happy to see Portal 2 doing well. Two awesome games sitting at the top of the sales chart makes me smile

 

[MrPink93485]

How was the UK MK split?

It was like 54:46 in favor of PS3 (Week 1)

 

[FrankT]

How was the UK MK split?

2 weeks ago it was;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...es-chart-top10
top 10 sales split
Portal 2: 59-33-8
Mortal Kombat: 50-50
Zumba Fitness: 81-10-10
Op. Flashpoint Red River: 67-33 (no PC retail?)
CoD Black Ops: 59-30-6-4
Lego Star Wars III: 31-22-19-17
Fifa 11: 52-26-7-6
Homefront: 61-37-2

Not sure if the split was released last week.

Ranking was this last week:

04 (03) 360 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)
05 (04) PS3 Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive

Basically bouncing around each other since launch.

 

[WrenchNinja]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43014843

That's what you get for overpricing your handheld and having nothing awesome out there to play on it, Nintendo. : |

 

[Huff]

edit: nvm

Portal 2: 637k

MK: 1000k +

There's no way to know how this split. I still say PS3MK beat out 360 Portal

 

[butter_stick]

Hopefully the reception to the 3DS will make Nintendo think carefully about how they launch Stream.

 

[Seda]

Portal 2 -- 637K
Crysis 2 -- 236K
NBA2K11 -- 190K

Combined platforms, new physical retail only.

Numbers are real, unable to comment further. And this is not a policy shift re: leaks, so don't get any ideas.

so, going by CNBC's 60% advantage of the 360 version over the PS3 version...

Portal Xbox360 = 392k
Portal PlayStation 3 = 245k



Edit: Bah I ignored PC sales sorry.

Well you can consider those upper limits.

 

[user_nat]

How was the UK MK split?

Not sure. Very close I think. It was PS3 > 360 week 1 and then 360 > PS3 after that.

edit: beaten

 

[allan-bh]

236k Crysis 2 second month. Sounds OK.

I like to know first month numbers.

 

[TheUnknownForce]

Hopefully the reception to the 3DS will make Nintendo think carefully about how they launch Stream.

Yeah. By releasing a big tier game within the first couple months instead of waiting for third party "efforts" to sell. The chance for 3DS bundles this holiday grows with each passing month.

 

[Cheech]

They can't make Valve give them Steam sales numbers, so we should blame Valve for being so secretive.

No, but they could, and will in all likelihood have to install Nielsen-like software on PCs and track sales based off a sample.

Retail boxed copies are simply not a good indicator of total sales, and the inaccuracy will only get worse as broadband continues getting into more gamers' homes.

 

[Megadragon15]

so
Portal Xbox360 = 392k
Portal PlayStation 3 = 245k

PC version?

 

[Rlan]

Just a note to the OP -- April was a 4-week tracking month, not 5. Dates are correct though.

 

[UberTag]

Portal 2: 637k

MK: 900k

There's no way to know how this split. I still say PS3MK beat out 360 Portal

Given that gap and even factoring in Portal 2 doing 60% more sales on X360 over PS3, I'm inclined to agree with you now.
Especially when you count Special Editions.

 

[MrPink93485]

Portal 2: 637k

MK: 900k

There's no way to know how this split. I still say PS3MK beat out 360 Portal

Well we can make a decent guess on the Portal 2 split. No way the 360 version of Portal 2 sold more than 400k, so I'd say it's very reasonable to say that 360 version of MK outsold Portal 2 on 360. I would guess somewhere around 200-225k for PS3 version of Portal 2, with 320-350k for 360 version, and the rest going to PC.

Again I'd like to reiterate that's a guess, but with some thinking behind that given what we have.

 

[Karram]

So how much Crysis 2 copies were sold in March ?

 

[ZoddGutts]

Awesome for MK. It actually exceeded WB Interactive's sales expectations. I can't wait to see what they do next.

Also, i'm very surprised to see SOCOM absent.

WB is sure laughing considering they were the only bidders for NetherRealm/MK.

http://www.mortalkombatunited.com/printthread.php?t=3144&pp=25&page=1

 

[MetatronM]

Re: Portal 2
People need to keep in mind that Xbox 360 owners got The Orange Box first (and a well done port too) and the exclusive Still Alive which still manages to chart in the weekly sales.

PS3 owners only got The Orange Box, late and along with harsh words about the quality of the port. So the added bonus if anything made some 360/PC owners change to the PS3 version, more than attracting new users.

So, in many people's mind Portal is an Xbox 360/PC game.

Aside from that, PSN went down within 24 hours of Portal 2's launch.

A large number of people who were planning to buy it that wanted the PS3-Steamworks integration but didn't get it on launch day for whatever reason probably didn't get it at all.

 

[Curufinwe]

No, but they could, and will in all likelihood have to install Nielsen-like software on PCs and track sales based off a sample.

Retail boxed copies are simply not a good indicator of total sales, and the inaccuracy will only get worse as broadband continues getting into more gamers' homes.

I just don't understand why Valve aren't out there trumpeting that they sold X hundred thousand copies of Portal 2 on Steam.

 

[Huff]

Well we can make a decent guess on the Portal 2 split. No way the 360 version of Portal 2 sold more than 400k, so I'd say it's very reasonable to say that 360 version of MK outsold Portal 2 on 360. I would guess somewhere around 200-225k for PS3 version of Portal 2, with 320-350k for 360 version, and the rest going to PC.

Again I'd like to reiterate that's a guess, but with some thinking behind that given what we have.

PS3 MK > 360 MK > 360 Portal > PS3 Portal

 

[allan-bh]

So how much Crysis 2 copies were sold in March ?

We don't know.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

I think ultimately, we overestimated the impact of the free PC copy and didn't consider some of the things the PS3 version had going against it (not many PS3 only users likely played Portal on the Orange Box....Valve games usually releasing on 360, PSN, etc)

The PS3 version looked and ran demonstrably better than the 360 which is a complete turnaround from the Orange Box. Do Source games still favor ATI chipsets? If so you'd think the ports would have at least been more equal.

 

[MrPink93485]

PS3 MK > 360 MK > 360 Portal > PS3 Portal

I would agree.

 

[user_nat]

Aside from that, PSN went down within 24 hours of Portal 2's launch.

A large number of people who were planning to buy it that wanted the PS3-Steamworks integration but didn't get it on launch day probably didn't get it at all.

I don't think that would have a very large impact. Most people would have bought it regardless, since no one expected PSN to be down for so long.

 

[godhandiscen]

Portal 2:

Xbox 360 version outsold PlayStation 3 version by more than 60 percent.

Wow, source?

 

[TheUnknownForce]

Mortal Kombat killed. Portal 2 did great considering the lack of Steam sales.

3DS's drop is expected. Ubisoft software will not sell a handheld at launch, especially if they are treating it as a DS+. I do not expect sales for 3DS to be high until at least June, and that's if Zelda and Resident Evil click with the audience. Face Raiders and AR Games are not on the same level as Wii Sports, and having the whole "LITTLE CHILDREN CANT USE 3D" labels everywhere just pushes away their audience :/

 

[Outtrigger888]

Hopefully the reception to the 3DS will make Nintendo think carefully about how they launch Stream.

Ya a 400$ console will be suicide in my opinion when a ps3 and 360 will likely be around $200, ill buy one no matter what but the average consumer wont

 

[Nirolak]

So how much Crysis 2 copies were sold in March ?

The best data we have overall is from EA's fiscal report, which mentioned Crysis 2 had shipped over 2 million and was still getting strong re-orders.

 

[Megadragon15]

PS3 MK > 360 MK > 360 Portal > PS3 Portal

Unless you know the split of MK sales, that is nothing but a guess.

 

[szaromir]

Pretty good numbers for Portal 2, considering it's a streamlined puzzle game.

2.5M for Dance Central and 3M for Kinect Sports. Harmonix and Rare finally found commercial success LOL.

 

[Seda]

Wow, source?

The CNBC link on Page 3 (@100 posts/page)

 

[fernoca]

WB is sure laughing considering they were the only bidders for NetherRealm/MK.

http://www.mortalkombatunited.com/printthread.php?t=3144&pp=25&page=1

Yeah, they already said that they've gained more profits with this one game, than the $33 million they invested into buying MK (and a few other of Midway games)

 

[sleepykyo]

Too bad about PS3 Portal 2 seeing as the PC digital copy is an interesting initiative, but Valve never built a user base on the system.

-Orange Box is widely regarded as terrible and late
-Both L4Ds were never released on the PS3

 

[Skilotonn]

Congrats to Netherworld Realms, you see what happens when you give the fans what they want?

 

[Mrbob]

MK beasted the competition. Happy to see it above Marvel vs Capcom 3.

 

[Huff]

Unless you know the split of MK sales, that is nothing but a guess.

Its all guess work. But assuming PS3 sold more (maybe only by 1%) because of kratos/demo, then thats how the comparison would work.

Unless the one MK version greatly outsold the other, this is the most likely scenario.

Edit: It would take a pretty uneven split for a version of MK to have been outsold by a Portal version with the total numbers of 1000k+ vs. 630K.

 

[ezekial45]

WB is sure laughing considering they were the only bidders for NetherRealm/MK.

http://www.mortalkombatunited.com/printthread.php?t=3144&pp=25&page=1

HAHAHA!

That's makes it all the better.

 

[1-D_FTW]

I just don't understand why Valve aren't out there trumpeting that they sold X hundred thousand copies of Portal 2 on Steam.

Nothing really productive comes from that unless you have to. If it only sold 300,000 copies, people would talk about how it bombed and Steam #s were over-rated (thus diminishing the brand).

If numbers are insanely through the roof, the haters can use it as ammo for Valve having a monopoly on the PC industry and how counter-productive it is for the whole eco-system.

Both are extremes, but there's still something to be said for mystery. If you don't have to reveal what your cards are, it doesn't really make sense to show them. It's frustrating for outsiders, but since they have no shareholders to answer to, is probably in their best interests.

 

[Busaiku]

Was this already posted?
3DS sold less 200k.

 

[Seda]

Was this already posted?
3DS sold less 200k.

Yup.

Nirolak hasn't put this in the OP yet though. Maybe he doesn't trust CNBC haha.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Portal 2 situation is basically Unreal Tournament 3 all over again. Console gamers don't care about PC features, because they are only ever going to play the game on consoles.

3DS...just too expensive for the hardware offered IMO. $300 for the pleasure of buying the system + one N64 port this summer, I really don't see people lining up for that.

 

[CadetMahoney]

HAHAHA!

That's makes it all the better.

I love the comments on Warner Bros acquiring Miday:

How is MK9 going to be mature? Moreover, how is MK9 not going to have retarded cartoon/comic characters?

 

[Mrbob]

Damn, I shouldn't have bought a 3DS at launch. With these current sales there will be a bundle or price cut coming sooner rather than lately.

 

[Nirolak]

Yup.

Nirolak hasn't put this in the OP yet though. Maybe he doesn't trust CNBC haha.

Nintendo usually releases their results a bit slowly, so I'm giving them two more minutes before I just put this in.

 

[Wallach]

Nothing really productive comes from that unless you have to. If it only sold 300,000 copies, people would talk about how it bombed and Steam #s were over-rated (thus diminishing the brand).

If numbers are insanely through the roof, the haters can use it as ammo for Valve having a monopoly on the PC industry and how counter-productive it is for the whole eco-system.

Both are extremes, but there's still something to be said for mystery. If you don't have to reveal what your cards are, it doesn't really make sense to show them. It's frustrating for outsiders, but since they have no shareholders to answer to, is probably in their best interests.

Only 300k? I'd be a little surprised if they even hit 300k.

 

[LQX]

Was this already posted?
3DS sold less 200k.

Wow, earlier in thread someone said it sold less than 400K. That's really bad for new Nintendo system.

 

[Neuromancer]

The best data we have overall is from EA's fiscal report, which mentioned Crysis 2 had shipped over 2 million and was still getting strong re-orders.

Phew, that's good to hear.

Shooter fans who didn't buy it ought to be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Seda]

Wow, earlier in thread someone said it sold less than 400K. That's really bad for new Nintendo system.

It could skyrocket in June.

 

[legend166]

Why hasn't Peter Moore been sacked yet for overseeing the complete and utter surrender of the basketball market to 2K?

I mean seriously, 2K11 has been an absolute monster.