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NPD June 2012 Results [Up1: Microsoft/Nintendo Hardware, Lego Batman 2, Lollipop]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Sammy Samusu
Member
SCEA is quite honestly the worst foe that the Vita has to deal with right now; they seem almost visibly annoyed by having to do anything with it when it comes to advertising.
The only advertising that I can even recall for both games was the in-store display callouts for the demo units. It's absolutely pathetic.
Ugh, why release a handheld they aren't really supporting and not supporting their own games???
Many of the channels for digital revenue, DLC and F2P in particular I believe, try to attract whales, people who spend far above what the average player spends. I first heard of the phenomenon from a friend who worked behind the scenes at a social gaming company. He told me that 1% of the players more than subsidized the free experience for the other 99%, because the 1% spent such inordinate amounts of money on non-free extras. Recently there was this thread about a presentation on how Kongregate (owned by GameStop) works behind the scenes. See page 12, in particular of that PPT:
Anyway, if you have a tiny percentage of players who actually spend money, then a survey will have to be very good to capture that dynamic.
Yeah, not familiar with the term much outside of the mammals. Guessing it may have to do with large amounts of sales can be concentrated in a small niche of people, so it'd be possible to miss them completely. That's just a guess, though. Haven't seen the term used like that.
Edit:
Cool. Thanks for the explanation!
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
They know the platform is a dog and they are tactfully turning their backs on it.
That said, I actually think the Vita's launch lineup was pretty strong. It still bombed, however.
Father_Brain
Banned
I don't think SCEA is actively trying to kill Vita, but after E3, I think there's at least a substantial possibility that they're actively indifferent to its fate in the market.
Which isn't really that different, mind you.
Wow so far from the truth right now Im playing a classic legend of Gaia styled rpg called Mage Gauntlet a cool zombie shooter called dead trigger chaos rings 2 squares best rpg this gen and dabbling iIn a kick ass starcraft clone called Starfront collision. All those games cost me less than 20 bucks toral not counting the "expensive" Chaos rings 2 which was $15
bafflewaffle
Member
3ds and vita both flatlining right now. system war between teh fanbois is like two hobos fighting over a bean
Stealth20k
Banned
HAHAHA the 3ds was the only system with positive growth after most predicted 35k less sales, the 3ds shattered analysts pre npd expectations.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Crazy how well GRFS held up and how far ahead of Max Payne it'll end up now
BassForever
Member
3DS is getting XL revision and NSMB2, no one is really worried about it's sales
bafflewaffle
Member
the chart shows a flatline so it is flatlining. please do not use racial terms toward me.
35k is very tiny of difference.
Supermanisdead
Member
dragon's dogma didn't sell 9.9 million........
Necrophilia is a racial term? lol
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
What racial terms did he use? You do know what necrophilia is, right?
bafflewaffle
Member
Sorry I have trouble with new contact. I never heard of that stuff.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Necrophilia is, to put it nicely, a sexual attraction towards dead people.
Syphon Filter
Member
Hoe come Sony never gives their numbers?
Phonomezer
Banned
Does this really require an explanation?
Probably because they're really bad.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
First they had no games, now they have no sales
Most likely because their numbers aren't too hot
BassForever
Member
I've seen this gif hundreds of times before, but I don't think I've ever laughed as hard at it, well played.
Also I really wish we would get sell though %s like we do with the Japanese sales, would love to see Conquest ST
Mentaiko_Allergy
Member
Haha and of course I had to be listening to many men when I saw this post.
Petrae
Member
My guess is that it's a matter of perception. Sony has had little/nothing to gain by sharing its sales numbers publicly. PS3 has squarely been in 2nd place in every month of 2012, and Vita numbers have been so-so at best.
Microsoft shares because the company is on top. Nintendo shares when it finds something positive about the data to convey. Sony is better served seeing the numbers and just filing them away.
Stealth20k
Banned
Its fairly large when its the difference between negative and positive growth.
Do you have proof that more Vita hardware is sold digitally than say the 360 or 3DS?
What the heck is digitally sold hardware?
bafflewaffle
Member
that is bad stuff. to be ashes is better. hoping I have a long happy life!
3ds is nice, maybe I will buy one
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
That was a joke. Some posters claim most Vita software is sold digitally to justify their lousy retail sales.
Hence the hardware digital joke.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Have an estimate for PS3 and a more specific guess for Vita yet jvm?
mugurumakensei
Member
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
electroplankton
Banned
I wonder how many S E jRPG you played this gen, because Chaos Ring 2 is not their best jRPG in the last few years by any means.
vagabondarts
Member
agreed. It's terrible.
Canis lupus
Member
What do you mean? I'm confused.
You're way to positive about these numbers, most people underpredicted this month because they seemed to have forgotton it was a 4 week month. Unlike the DS at this point in its lifecycle it hadn't had a huge price cut. So yeah, 150k is pretty poor. The only thing to shout about in terms of Nintendo products is the DS.
Oh. Never paid for one. I just find a good torrent and zoooooooooom.