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[criesofthepast]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

Wow then the show 12 probably did well above last year. Vita units included though. Still great position for that game. Well deserved for that franchise.

 

[I3rand0]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

This is unpossible. It has to be.

 

[jbug617]

edit: beaten by Wario

 

[06nbarnhill]

RE:RC #2..............kill me now....and people say its the casuals who buy trashware.

 

[MatthewB92]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

There is no god.

 

[ShellyDeKiller]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

Wow, just wow.

 

[Gartooth]

Kid Icarus deserves all the sales it gets. At the same time I'm not surprised to see it absent, it is on a relatively new piece of hardware while at the same time being an IP that has been MIA for decades.

Also expected to see Raccoon City near the top too bad that my expectations were right. Wonder if the negative reaction to the game will have an effect on the performance of RE6. (hahanope)

 

[antonz]

So PS3/Wii sold around 513K units combined based on 42% for microsoft

 

[Santiako]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

That's a lot.

 

[Oni Link 666]

Frazier also pointed out that Nintendo's new Kid Icarus actually did pretty well: "In a list of the top 10 SKUs for the month (as opposed to top titles as listed here), 3DS Kids Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKUs for the month of March."

But still outsold by Mario Party 9.

 

[eternaLightness]

Haha, guess I should have expected RE to do well.

 

[Infinite Justice]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

Impressive.


SLANT SIX!!!!!

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Microsoft's second best March for 360 unit sales (after last year), right?

March 2012 = 371K
March 2011 = 433K
March 2010 = 338K
March 2009 = 330K
March 2008 = 262K
March 2007 = 199K

Can't find the 2006 number...

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Congrats MS, now drop the price.

 

[Mr. B Natural]

Quick, someone release some new hardware to distract us! go go go.

 

[Mrbob]

Hope we get some MLB The Show numbers.

Funny seeing MLB2K12 bomb while being released on like 7 more platforms. Take Two should have never grabbed the MLB license with a clause allowing first party to make a competing product! I'm happy they did, though, since MLB The Show might be the best representation of any sports game!

 

[DefectiveReject]

WiiU can't come soon enough for the industry.
The well is drying...
down YOY a lot of late.

And lol at the Kid Icarus comment despite it actually seemingly selling well

 

[ViewtifulJC]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

 

[alr1ght]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

 

[OldJadedGamer]

MW3 seems to have dropped a lot faster than Black Ops did.

Someone has to know how many months Black Ops had on top and when it dropped, to what spot. MW3 seems pretty drastic.

 

[-PXG-]

Mario Party 9 actually charted? Yeah, sure, it's Mario...it sells...But there was hardly any marketing.

 

[Gravijah]

Congrats MS, now drop the price.

why would they drop the price now?

Mario Party 9 actually charted? Yeah, sure, it's Mario...it sells...But there was hardly any marketing.

i've seen quite a few commercials.

 

[Kazerei]

MW3 seems to have dropped a lot faster than Black Ops did.

Good.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

“Mass Effect 3 sold more than twice as much as did Mass Effect 2 during its introductory month in January 2010,"

ME2 sold 572,100 in first month

 

[Sammy Samusu]

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

And that's why Capcom continues to not give a fuck. :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[frankie_baby]

https://blogs.technet.com/b/microso...o-1-u-s-console-in-march.aspx?Redirected=true

Microsoft PR.

Doesnt ms pr usually list games from the individual sku (excluding handhelds) version of the chart so we've hopefully got a start on working out the top 10 ?

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

I guess there's a reason why Slant Six is still around and Zipper isn't.

 

[BurntPork]

"Frazier also pointed out that Nintendo's new Kid Icarus actually did pretty well: "In a list of the top 10 SKUs for the month (as opposed to top titles as listed here), 3DS Kids Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKUs for the month of March."

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Very nice.

That and MP9's placing mean that Nintendo should actually give PR this month.

RE: ORC sold 582k units

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/12/mass-effect-3-leads-march-game-sales.aspx

Oh dear god why. Such a terrible game.

 

[outunderthestars]

Notable(?) absences:

Ninja Gaiden 3
Tales of Graces f
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
Armored Core 5
Silent Hill Downpour

also Kid Icarus as been mentioned several times.

Did you actually expect these games to chart?

 

[Mpl90]

ME3 more than 2 times ME2 debut month. Shit.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

"Frazier also pointed out that Nintendo's new Kid Icarus actually did pretty well: "In a list of the top 10 SKUs for the month (as opposed to top titles as listed here), 3DS Kids Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKUs for the month of March."

Well, that's a relief. It's great to see that it did good. I hope that those numbers please Nintendo and we get a sequel for WiiU

Also, why is MLB '12 TS so high? That's a surprise. Let's wait for the Vita numbers.

 

[Dark Schala]

I doubted that ToG f was ever going to chart on NPD. C'mon. :lol

Good for Kid Icarus: Uprising.

 

[dacuk]

Let's see if 3DS enjoyed a sales increase by Kid Icarus release.

 

[BeautifulMemory]

Thanks for validating Capcom's shitty outsourcing strategy

 

[ZoddGutts]

RE: ORC doing better than the 3DS RE games. lol

 

[ffdgh]

Goodbye survival horror RE lol

 

[jbug617]

WiiU can't come soon enough for the industry.
The well is drying...
down YOY a lot of late.

And lol at the Kid Icarus comment despite it actually seemingly selling well

Yeah but it improved over Jan and Feb YOY. 360 also has Star Wars Kinect bundle out this month and should move more units.

 

[Toki767]

ME2 sold 572,100 in first month

Did that include PC sales or was that solely 360?

 

[RedNumberFive]

This month's NPD shows that you can release incomplete (SFxTekken, ME3), bug ridden (ME3, RE) games and still tear up the charts! Expect more lackluster, DLC-ridden games in the upcoming months!

 

[jvm]

For you guys to mull over:

Overall

“While it was a disappointing month, and first quarter, for new physical retail sales of video games hardware, software and accessories, it wasn’t entirely unexpected given guidance we’ve seen from several sources.”

“Outside of new physical retail sales, we find that the consumer spend on content on used games, rentals, subscriptions, mobile games, social network games, digital full game downloads and add-on content accounted for an additional $2.5 billion to $2.7 billion across the U.S., U.K., France & Germany in Q1 2012.”

Hardware

“Hardware really slowed down this month and all systems saw a unit sales decline versus last March, and on an average sales per week basis, versus February 2012. That said, the high definition console systems fared better than many other hardware platforms.”

“The Xbox 360 is the best-selling console system for the last 15, and the best-selling hardware platform overall for the past 8 months.”

Software

“High definition platform unit sales of software were flat to last year which is a bright spot in this month’s reporting. “

“Mass Effect 3 sold more than twice as much as did Mass Effect 2 during its introductory month in January 2010.”

“In a list of the top 10 SKU’s for the month (as opposed to top titles as listed here), 3DS Kids Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKU’s for the month of March.”

“Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was the 15th best-selling title for the month. The accessory items are selling phenomenally well. The three character pack SKU’s were all among the top 10 accessory items for the month of March.”

Accessories

“Accessories were up slightly in unit sales for the month, but down in dollars due to a decline in average retail selling price. Interestingly, among the top ten accessory SKU’s for the month, only three were “traditional” accessories while the remainder were either point or subscription cards, or Skylanders character packs.”

 

[transience]

2. Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) / Electronic Arts / 572,100

PC version didn't chart in the top 20 that month.

 

[frankie_baby]

But still outsold by Mario Party 9.

Thats not exactly a surprise

 

[shinra-bansho]

https://blogs.technet.com/b/microso...o-1-u-s-console-in-march.aspx?Redirected=true

Microsoft PR.

Unit share or dollar share?

 

[allan-bh]

Did that include PC sales or was that solely 360?

X360 only.

 

[Seraphinianus]

Do you see what happens when you fuck NG fans in the ass Team Ninja? Do you see what happens?

 

[Seda]

Did you actually expect these games to chart?

No.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Did that include PC sales or was that solely 360?

360 only. PC version didn't even chart.

 

[bigtroyjon]

Someone has to know how many months Black Ops had on top and when it dropped, to what spot. MW3 seems pretty drastic.

It was 5th last March

 

[akilshohen]

RE:ORC did better than SFxT? WOW

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

ME3 more than 2 times ME2 debut month. Shit.

It also had an extra platform and way more tracked days.