Count Dookkake
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Oh, wow.
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NPD August 2012 Sales Results [Up3: Sleeping Dogs]
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Oh, wow.
Boy will YOU be in for a suprise in November. Halo 4 will easily be the top selling game of 2012 not named COD. It probably won't even be close.
RukusProvider
Banned
Rough day today. Would someone please post Vita numbers for a good laugh?
Baconsammy
Banned
We're listening...
Resident Evil 6 - I don't think it's going to do as well as Capcom expects. Probably top 10, not top 5.
Borderlands 2 - Maybe top 10.
NBA 2K13 - Very good chance of getting top 5. I can see it bumping a Mario out of there.
Madden 13 - See above.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter - Maybe top 10.
Need for Speed - Maybe top 10.
Skylanders - These sell like gangbusters, don't they. Probably top 10.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - I know there's still a pretty huge WOW community, but I wonder if they'll buy physical copies. Not sure it'll crack top 10 by November, all the WOW fanatics will probably have it by then.
Pokemon B2/W2 - A DS game in the top 10. In November 2012. It's happening :lol
Epic Mickey 2 - Maybe top 10.
Revised predictions:
1. Black Ops 2
2. Halo 4/Ass Creed 3
3. Halo 4/Ass Creed 3 (I'm certain they will be fighting amongst each other for 2 and 3)
4. New Super Mario Bros 2 (I'm expecting gangbusters from Black Friday bundles)
5. Madden 13
6-10, in no particular order:
NSMB U, NBA 2K13, Pokemon B2W2, Just Dance 4, Skylanders: Giants.
why do you divide by the number of xbox sold in August? you should divide by the number of xbox sold to date.
Duxxy3
Member
I think it will spark developer interest more than mainstream consumer interest. Especially if the prices of the ps4/xbox720 are $350-$400.
Diablo 3 and maybe Mists of Pandaria.
Syphon Filter
Member
assasins 3 will sell more. its muli and also sells a ton on both. diablo 3 will end up selling more too.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Well, 3DS situation might not be the best but Vita is just sad.
Given their second lowest month, and the fact that you can't buy part of a Vita, there aren't that many numbers to guess!
BassForever
Member
We talking less then 40k?
Father_Brain
Banned
Second consecutive NPD month with no retail releases, so not surprising. By what margin, though?
How low can it go? ...
Historically, it usually does.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I mean it was to be expected wasn't it?
There were zero retail releases and the only release on the Vita of note for August was Sound Shapes which is neither a system seller nor exclusive to the Vita itself.
There were zero retail releases and the only release on the Vita of note for August was Sound Shapes which is neither a system seller nor exclusive to the Vita itself.
Ouch.
I feel I should note hardware bundles aren't counted, and the figure bundles for Skylanders aren't counted as well.
It's part of the reason Skylanders doesn't chart that much despite selling a ton.
nhlducks35
Member
You sure about that?
Baconsammy
Banned
Well that's depressingly low then. But I'm part of Sony's woes. I sold my Vita this week. So there's a vita in someone new's hands, but it won't show up on anyone's tally.
shinra-bansho
Member
Brotherhood did about 1.14M launch month from what I can find? Not sure about Revelations?
Has the franchise grown to the point where it's doing something like 3M+ launch months?
Has the franchise grown to the point where it's doing something like 3M+ launch months?
Well, it comes out in September, so it would have to have at least fairly sizable legs.
That said, it is a majorly marketed follow-up to a highly successful co-op game, so that could be quite possible.
AC3 is a big wildcard. It's pretty safe to bet Ubisoft is spending $100-$150+ million marketing it this time around given how much they raised the development budget.
This one is also U.S. centric.
At this point and with the WiiU coming, it might not be physically possible.
Infinite Justice
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GODDAMN
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
If not for infinity ward making quality games and engine, Treyarch wouldn't be where they are today, piggy-backing on other teams successes.
creamsugar
Member
And the KH3D number in OP seems not include the bundle sku, which is even better than red/black xl, lol.
SteveWinwood
Member
Oh wow vita...
kingdom hearts did pretty well.
nsmb2 didn't do too badly, but the 3ds xl definitely bombed. i think nintendo will do okay with sales constantly between 200k and 250k, but all this sub-200k stuff is awful for them. nsmb2 should be $34.99, the 3ds should be $99.99, and the 3ds xl should be $129.99.
nsmb2 didn't do too badly, but the 3ds xl definitely bombed. i think nintendo will do okay with sales constantly between 200k and 250k, but all this sub-200k stuff is awful for them. nsmb2 should be $34.99, the 3ds should be $99.99, and the 3ds xl should be $129.99.
Treyarch are the ones responsible for the little innovation that COD had lately and Zombies!
BassForever
Member
So it sold less then 180k individual unit or more? Sorry I'm tired
shinra-bansho
Member
DDD redeemed?
Any cryptic hints for PS3/Wii...?
It's dead/dying, because it is dead/dying with no defibrillator on the horizon.
Impeccable
Member
Vita is dead because low sales in summer slump with no retail games confirmed, via NeoGAF.
fluffydelusions
Member
Where are vita numbers?
KH had a bundle? What?
News to me too!
BassForever
Member
Name one console or handheld that was successful then was doing this poorly and didn't die in it's launch year
Conrad Link
Member
Black Ops > MW3 makes me happy.
So this means that Blue/Black sold best of the 2 3DS XL colors
All is well in the world
grimshawish
Banned
The stretching of this gen will make it difficult, but it will. History has shown this again and again. We don't even know what the new consoles features will have!
They do need something a bit more catchy than graphics (it'll take too long for a 'new' art style to take over, those 'tech demos' had awesome shading but everything else was blergh).
But really people are basing it on history, evidence and just how the tech industry works overall.
Well I won't be 'surprised', I'll just be wrong. Its just something I feel around the game, different from last time. I could be wrong, could be right - there are other more important things going on than to be surprised at Halo 4's sales in that month!
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
So that surely puts DDD at >200k.
I agree that Western devs will probably downport their a good chunk of their PS4/X720 games to the Wii U because they'll actually be able to scale their engines this time (though there will be some omissions I'm sure) and throw in a "test game" or two, but I'm not so sure Japanese developers will follow through with console development on any platform much more than they already are.
I think with them, the choice is largely binary, with mobile/handheld on one side of the spectrum and next-gen consoles on the other. The Wii U is caught in between both sides. I think what we've seen this generation is a gradual abandonment of the tech arms race from Japanese developers, and as they fall away from HD development, they'll pass Nintendo completely on the way down.
Unless something magical happens with Konami's Fox engine or SE's new engine, that is. But their problems seem to be more than just development-based; structurally, their outdated business culture might be more detrimental.
Was the collector's edition a separate SKU? But it wasn't bundled with hardware here as far as I know.
Syphon Filter
Member
remember they dont count digital sales.