HOLY FUCKING CRAP
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NPD December 2011 Sales Results [Up5: Star Wars: The Old Republic Sales]
- Thread starter EviLore
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HOLY FUCKING CRAP
I don't know about best-selling, that must be HL2 or L4D2, but it was the fastest selling game in steam history if I recall correctly.
Perhaps it did better on PC than on PS3 if you count digital sales, but I think we'll never know. I don't remember Bethesda giving breakdowns of F3, NV or TESIV.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Call of Duty dethroned.
CrankyKong
Member
My predictions...I'm ruined!
snoopeasystreet
Member
Yeah. If we're talking brick and mortar only, PC would be last by a wide margin.
bigtroyjon
Member
It's the payout to the 3rd party publisher or developer if the game is MS published.
hypothetical example with fake numbers:
Live game costs 15 dollars and the 3rd party publisher gets 2/3 of the sale of every game. MS revenue would increase $15 for every game sale and their costs would increase $10 due to paying that 3rd party publisher their share. They don't just count what they net from each sale as revenue.
It's the opposite of how it works for retail, where the 3rd party publisher would take in 100% of the revenue from the wholesale price, then have a cost where they have to pay a royalty to the hardware manufacturer.
That's why Kinect exists.
MatthewB92
Member
Makes you think, is CoD going downhill now? It's still going to sell millions but will it past Black Ops?
mugurumakensei
Member
Man, Ubisoft be counting money on the back of Just Dance. That's scary and funny at the same time.
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
"Consumers bought just 6.3 million consoles last month, down from 8.4 million a year ago, Pachter noted."
So I'm guessing this is mainly down to the dramatically lower Wii and DS sales?
Seems like it's down to Nintendo as to why overall hardware sales are so low this year.
So I'm guessing this is mainly down to the dramatically lower Wii and DS sales?
Seems like it's down to Nintendo as to why overall hardware sales are so low this year.
I think the primary COD crowd bought the game day one
and skipped school/work the next day to play.
Whereas the Just Dance crowd is probably primarily young kids. It's a perfect Christmas gift, hence the massive sales in December.
I don't think COD is going anywhere... yet.
I think this decline demands some research, since it really doesn't make much sense in a quality, quantity or media exposure overview.
Perhaps people are spending more money on annual smartphone/tablet upgrades + respective apps and games? I don't know, -21% seems too big a drop to me.
Perhaps people are spending more money on annual smartphone/tablet upgrades + respective apps and games? I don't know, -21% seems too big a drop to me.
Neuromancer
Member
Look at EviLore getting down with Real Picture January.
Or this gen being 5+ years old?
Uncharted has more mass appeal than Last of Us, and Uncharted is no sales hit. I don't see Last of Us reaching anyone but the usual ND fans.
Alright, I think we've gotten all the news we're going to get for a while, so I'm going to go play some games in a little bit.
If something comes up, feel free to mass PM me, charlequin, and Stumpokapow, as one of us will likely be on.
Unless it's like 4+ hours from now, at which point replace someone with duckroll.
If something comes up, feel free to mass PM me, charlequin, and Stumpokapow, as one of us will likely be on.
Unless it's like 4+ hours from now, at which point replace someone with duckroll.
Zombie games usually sell great.
MatthewB92
Member
Yea won't go anywhere but I just think it will sell less every new one now. Will take years(2 or 3 gens) for it to you know, be a NFS level. Time will tell.
Horrible joke, right..................right?
You act as though Sony and MS don't have room for price cuts. The average selling price of both is closer to the launch prices last gen.
Oh ok, I should have realized that, thanks man.
Dead Island, Left 4 Dead, and Resident Evil 5 were all multiplayer heavy though.
I think not having campaign co-op is actually a pretty risky idea for The Last Of Us, especially if there isn't a really robust multiplayer component.
I guess they could also go for at least 20+ hours of content and length to try and match the big selling singleplayer games from this year, but I don't get the impression they're doing that.
Still keeping the amount of worthwhile games in the single digits, eh? ;3
Seriously, there's that and a far-too-long release of Xenoblade..that's it.
Uncharted 2 did ~100k in its second month (November), so I wouldn't be expecting much from 3. Particularly since it's first month was the entire month.
I think it makes sense since the Wii drove most of the growth for the first few years so its decline would also bring down the industry.
They still have the 100 dollar card to play, and Mario Party 9 may help them stay afloat for the first half.
Kinect didn't kill the Wii. Lack of games killed the Wii.
outunderthestars
Banned
It's weird. It just doesn't seem to have captured the mainstream mindshare it needed. Great software lineup, but just missing that certain something....
Sammy Samusu
Member
Famitsu {2011.12.01 - 2011.12.25}
[3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 1.082.391 / 1.082.391
Great numbers, thanks for sharing, creamsugar!
As opposed to the highly cerebral CoD?
Pretty much , they even have a good line up this year as well
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Damn, bad hardware numbers all around. what were last year's numbers?
As dumb as CoD has gotten, I don't think they've gotten to the point where you can wave your arms around like a jackass and be rewarded like you were Fred Astaire.
Here
Nintendo DS - 2.5 Million (-24%)
Wii - 2.36 Million (-38%)
Xbox 360 - 1.86 Million (+42%, best ever sales by 420k units)
PS3 - 1.21 Million (-11%)
GarthVaderUK
Banned
So what do we think the next step in PS3's 10 year plan should be?
Sony cut the price in 2011 by $50, but sales are down significantly year over year:
1.21M in December 2010 (down 11% compared to December 2009)
~936K in December 2011 (down ~23% compared to December 2010)
A couple of Sony suits mentioned recently about targeting the female market a bit more, didn't they?
Sony cut the price in 2011 by $50, but sales are down significantly year over year:
1.21M in December 2010 (down 11% compared to December 2009)
~936K in December 2011 (down ~23% compared to December 2010)
A couple of Sony suits mentioned recently about targeting the female market a bit more, didn't they?
bigtroyjon
Member
No problem, always happy to help out anyone who wants to learn. Much better than the people who just make up info based on hunches and then tell me I'm stupid.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Brainless sells.
Last gen the brainless was GTA. This gen it's CoD, Just Dance, and Wii Sports.
Can you truly be happy that any of those series are getting more attention than quality games?
this is also true
I think it's the friend factor, at least in the US. Especially when you consider how popular CoD is over here.
Feel sad for Sony.
It really is unfortunate. Sure, earlier this gen you can pin-point why sales may have struggled, but Sony has been stellar the last few years and really deserve better sales than this.
Rush2thestart
Member
+ Mario Party 9.
Honestly thats already a lot better than the first half of 2011. They don't really need much considering Wii U will be releasing in the second half of the year.
For comparison, there were only four worthwhile games total released for Wii in 2011 and they were all released in the last two months: Rayman, MW3, Zelda, and Kirby.
Is still fun. Yeah, it may not be "deep" , but still nice to see it selling well..along Call of Duty, Skyrim, etc. If anything, it shows that unlike last gen, there may be more people with game hardware that otherwise wouldn't be buying it. And who knows, if they'll be the ones playing ElderScrolls VII in a few years or so. Considering that many of us started moving a yellow circle that around a maze with a joystick/trackball; there's a beginning for everyone.
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
See, it's Nintendo that are bringing down the overall hardware numbers this year.
"Consumers bought just 6.3 million consoles last month, down from 8.4 million a year ago, Pachter noted."
So were down 2.1 million, Wii is down to 1.06m so that's 1.3m there, and then we're yet to see the DS numbers which have most probably dropped dramatically also.
Why? It's a fun party game. Easy for anyone to pick up and have a good time.
outunderthestars
Banned
Yea, god forbid someone pick up a game and have fun with it.
clutch.as.it.gets.
Member
The only way the Last of Us will put up respectable numbers, especially for a game of it's budget, is if Sony spends bucketloads marketing it.
If marketing could sell a turd like Heavy Rain, then it should have no problem pushing tLoU out the door.