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NPD Hardware Sales Results for February 2007
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Kabuki Waq
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meltpotato said:
yea same here
but really i think he just changed his username. Sometime that JB dude sorta sounds like him.
Deku said:
There is still the Euro launch.
After that, I think we would see some announcements regarding ports. 360 right now has about 10 mil of Western install base. If PS3 western install base is not seen moving out of the under 2 million fast (with a substantial fraction of those also 360 owners), I can see how a lot of publishers would think twice about whether it's worth porting their games to the very complicated Cell architecture (and make less money per copy because of Blu-Ray costs).
Loss of two or three major ports would be very big news indeed and might happen soon depending on the Euro results.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I can assure you this has already started to some degree at many companies. I don't think any massive shifts have happened yet though, it's still too early for that.Deku said:
Wow, didn't notice the hardware numbers until now. Sony really need to do something...of course, there's the "10 years plan", but I don't think 3rd party developers are willing to wait that long. Maybe things will get better once they get some more good games out but...what they really should be doing is lowering the price fast. They should basically work their asses off to come up with a way to cut the price of the PS3 fast.
I think Sony are doing some things right with Home and Little Big Planet, but it will all be a waste if things don't change for the better sales-wise. Which would be a shame now that they're actually trying something.
I think Sony are doing some things right with Home and Little Big Planet, but it will all be a waste if things don't change for the better sales-wise. Which would be a shame now that they're actually trying something.
Shin Johnpv
Member
Resident Guru said:
IMHO Even is I was making 600 bucks in 3 days I still think 600 bucks for a video game system is too much money. It's entertainment and I just don't feel it's worth that much money, again especially with how quickly these systems are replaced. The average person doesn't make 200 bucks a day that they can spend on entertainment, and I think Sony extremely underestimated this fact and it's biting them in the ass now.
radioheadrule83
Banned
DS and Wii sitting on top =
PlayStation 2 still being a monster =
I think PS3 will see similar underperformance in Europe once launch furore dies down. I think this console's userbase is gonna be slow-burning... but it will take off in a big way eventually. Its inevitable imo.
PlayStation 2 still being a monster =
I think PS3 will see similar underperformance in Europe once launch furore dies down. I think this console's userbase is gonna be slow-burning... but it will take off in a big way eventually. Its inevitable imo.
plagiarize
Banned
:lolneoxavean said:
Wow. Wii owners complain about 3rd party games not being designed around the strengths of the Wii, and when one is built from the ground up for the Wii they don't buy it. I realize this is a generalization, so spare me that argument.
Was there a MS press release that I missed?
Tom_Bombadil
Member
Sony is doing things right but their most important problem right now is that f***ing high price. They need to get it down.
Add to that a not so good launch line-up (compared to the 360 one that was prepared with much care) and that it has a crowdy market to conquer and you got it.
If I were Sony I would try to release the games as soon as possible. They need to convince the consumer that their games are original, unique and imposible to find on the competition. The price drop is nowadays an imposible thing IMHO.
EDIT: and of course they have to count on (let's see if I can get it right): Forza, Shadowrun, Mass Effect, Blue Dragon, Bioshock, Too Human, Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Oddysey. Sony, 2007 it's going to be a hell for you in NA. It's fairly possible they gain a lot of momentum with the 2008 releases though.
Add to that a not so good launch line-up (compared to the 360 one that was prepared with much care) and that it has a crowdy market to conquer and you got it.
If I were Sony I would try to release the games as soon as possible. They need to convince the consumer that their games are original, unique and imposible to find on the competition. The price drop is nowadays an imposible thing IMHO.
EDIT: and of course they have to count on (let's see if I can get it right): Forza, Shadowrun, Mass Effect, Blue Dragon, Bioshock, Too Human, Halo 3, PGR4, Lost Oddysey. Sony, 2007 it's going to be a hell for you in NA. It's fairly possible they gain a lot of momentum with the 2008 releases though.
schuelma said:
It's SSX. It's not going to get 10's. Most of the reviews seemed solid enough. I didn't realize it was only out for 3 days in February. That said, it should still do better than 1% of the user base. Especially given the relative paucity of releases since launch.
Zoramon089
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Why are people ignoring Sonic sold 80k? And to be honest, SSX Blur has NO advertising from what I've seen. I at least saw Sonic commericals (empty amusement park because poeple are playing Sonic in one tent)
Yes, people are ignoring that Sonic and the Secret Rings came out and sold over 80,000 in a tad over one week. Also, both Zelda: TP and Wario Ware: SM sold over 100,000, not to mention Wii Play sold nearly 400,000. Add to that the popularity of the Virtual Console (which took off with great releases the past month or so) and everything's running real smoothly from the software end.
Sonic selling 80k isn't too good, either, considering how the GC entries sold and the overall power of the franchise (as weakened as it is).Zoramon089 said:
Wario selling as well as it did was interesting, but Wii Play isn't an indicator of anything more than a desire to get a new remote. I'd like to see some VC sales #s before I agree with "taking off", considering how the "new market" that Nintendo is going after isn't too likely to buy nostalgia-loaded NES games over an online service.
Either way, the software sales posted a few pages back did not paint a rosy picture for 3rd party games. Not PSP terrible, but certainly nothing to tell publishers to start investing lots of cash into Wii development. Hell, if Wii Play actually sold for the game then prepare for a scaling back of Wii development dollars as money is funnelled into the greatest PopCap-clone cycle in gaming history.
If comments regarding Crackdown are to be believed, Crackdown sold a couple hundred thousand in one day. Day one sales are usually the largest and a decent indicator of longer-term sales. If SSX had sold 50k or so, that would be a decent indicator, but 18k means that there was no serious demand for the game at launch by the "hardcore" (who are also much more targetted by SSX than casuals).vasuba said:
vasuba said:
According to Sonycowboy these figures run through March 3rd. It launched on February 27th, so 27, 28, 1, 2, 3 = 5 days.
Don't forget they make an absolute killing on accessoires right now. Controllers (packed in with Wii Play or not), nun-chucks, VC points, Classic Controller.. It's all doing really well (and as you said also on software side, and of course hardware side so Nintendo should be most pleased).Jammy said:
Sonic did pretty good. SSX not so much but I'll wait for march sales to be sure. Tiger Woods seems to be selling very well so I'm interested in what it'll do in the next npd.
thestopsign
Member
No6 said:
Considering Rayman is the 3rd best selling game on the console right now, I would say that it is doing decently well with 3rd parties. Expect Sonic, Tiger Woods, and SSX to be on the top of the charts in March, all selling over 100,000 a piece.
As for Sonic on the Gamecube, most of those games were very back-loaded, as in they sold most of their sales at discount prices. Sonic has put up similar numbers compared to other Sonic games on all systems so far, and should exceed them next month.
schuelma said:Though technically it launched on the 27th, I would say 99% of stores didn't get it in until the 28th...so 4 days
Unless you have specific evidence to the contrary in this instance, when a game releases on a Tuesday, it's typically there the day before or at the latest the morning of. We're spilitting hairs here anyway. Whether it was there for five days or one day, 18K is a disaster. Perhaps it's not a bellweather game, but I was expecting more out of it. The lack of marketing surely didn't help.