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NPD November 2012 Results [Up6: Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Most Wanted, Assassin's Creed 3]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Randolph Freelander
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A Twisty Fluken
Member
Zelda did...an 87% attach rate in 2006? GOT DAMN.
Updated the OP:
Xbox 360: 1.26M (-25.9%) - Nearly 2x every other console and more than Wii U + Wii combined.
Nintendo 3DS: 540K (-32.1%)
Nintendo Wii U: 425K
Nintendo Wii: 420K (-51.1%)
Nintendo DS: 370K (+5.7%)
PlayStation Vita: 210K-225K
Xbox 360: 1.26M (-25.9%) - Nearly 2x every other console and more than Wii U + Wii combined.
Nintendo 3DS: 540K (-32.1%)
Nintendo Wii U: 425K
Nintendo Wii: 420K (-51.1%)
Nintendo DS: 370K (+5.7%)
PlayStation Vita: 210K-225K
Aquamarine
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Well it was huge, and there was only Excite Truck available besides Twilight Princess in North America.
60% attach rate for NSMB:U is still really good.
test_account
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They are completely different games
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2012/12/06/npd-video-game-sales-november/1752081/
I have for Vita (based on Nintendo's graphs):
Feb: 225k
Mar: 210k
So Vita should be somewhere there if these hardware sales are still valid (NPD changes everything every day...).
Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld had its second highest month of sales since launching in February, thanks to attractive bundles with third-party software such as Assassin's Creed: Liberation
I have for Vita (based on Nintendo's graphs):
Feb: 225k
Mar: 210k
So Vita should be somewhere there if these hardware sales are still valid (NPD changes everything every day...).
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Wait, how could anyone logically think a wii u game would chart?
Unless you REALLY thought the top 10 were going to be down this year.
Haunted
Member
That's about the highest I've ever seen for any game. Of course launch titles have a higher attach rate by virtue of the lack of competition and a smaller install base. But generally, I'd say 60% for NSMB is very good.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
I'd assume not, unless specified otherwise. Same for Mario Kart 7 (crossing 2m this month), Nintendo tends not to mix digital sales with their NPD PRs.
Also, comparing to other launches:
Xbox 360 (Nov 2005) 325,000
01 Call of Duty 2: 260,000
02 Madden NFL 06
03 Perfect Dark Zero: 160,000
04 Need for Speed: Most Wanted
05 Project Gotham Racing 3: 79,000
06 Kameo: Elements of Power: 73,000
07 Condemned: Criminal Origins
08 Quake 4: 57,000
09 NBA Live 06
10 Gun
xx Ridge Racer 6: 9,000
~1.2m total games sold
PlayStation 3 (Nov 2006) 197,000
01 Resistance: Fall of Man: 65,000
02 Madden NFL 07
03 Call of Duty 3: 24,000
04 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
05 Ridge Racer 7
06 Need for Speed: Carbon
07 Tony Hawk's Project 8
08 NBA 2K7
09 NBA 07
10 Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
~215k total games sold
Wii (Nov 2006) 476,000
01 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: 412,000
02 Red Steel: 107,000
03 Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
04 Rayman Raving Rabbids: over 50,000
05 Call of Duty 3: 48,000
06 Madden NFL 07
07 Trauma Center: Second Opinion
08 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
09 Excite Truck
10 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
~1m total games sold (not counting Wii Sports)
NSMBU > entire PS3 launch lineup
So wait, Nintendo's performance is considered... bad?
The Wii U I mean. It sounds like a pretty decent launch to me. The 3DS however isn't something to brag about. 540k isn't bad, but I guess that's Nintendo's fault for just releasing Layton 5 and Paper Mario Sticker Star as their only big titles this holiday season.
The Wii U I mean. It sounds like a pretty decent launch to me. The 3DS however isn't something to brag about. 540k isn't bad, but I guess that's Nintendo's fault for just releasing Layton 5 and Paper Mario Sticker Star as their only big titles this holiday season.
those 3ds numbers are fucking terrible. nintendo fucked up by not having pokemon 5th gen as a launch title and fucked up even further by not having the sequel to that game as a 3ds exclusive. and then the device is too expensive, the games are too expensive, and they don't have any vision for this thing. it's like the gamecube in handheld form.
Thanks.
I wouldn't say this. The demand for the Wii was astronomical. The Wii U demand is more subdued.
I still think the Wii U is going to do well, but comparing it to the Wii is bad thing to do. System was lightning in a bottle.
Yeah - Cube sold 74k that month.
Randolph Freelander
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The only things these numbers tell you is how many systems were available at launch. Software sales can be useful to gauge enthusiasm, but hardware sales are locked by availability.
According to NPD November 2006 data, out of the Wii and PS3 launch exclusives titles, only Twilight Princess appeared on top 10 the charts. It came in 3rd place with 412k copies and lost to Final Fantasy XII and Gears of War. Wii sales for November were 476k units while PS3 sales were 197k units. No Wii or PS3 launch title exclusive appeared on the December NPD except for Twilight Princess, but that included the combined sales of the GameCube version which came out that month. It took 2nd place with 1.5 million copies sold, beating Call of Duty 3, but losing to Madden NFL 07. Wii sales were 604k units while PS3 had 490.7k units.
According to NPD November 2005 data, Call of Duty 2 launch title for 360 ranked 3rd on the top 10 chart, losing to Star Wars Battlefront II on PS2 and Xbox 1. Each sold around 200k + copies more than COD 2. Madden NFL 2006 for 360 placed 8th with 178k copies. PS2 version of Madden ranked 4th place with somewhere around 222-250k copies. Xbox sales were 326k units which surpassed GameCube and Xbox 1 sales.As for December NPD 2006 data, Xbox 360 only sold 280k units, coming in last place for all video game platforms. No 360 titles made the top 10 chart.
According to NPD November 2005 data, Call of Duty 2 launch title for 360 ranked 3rd on the top 10 chart, losing to Star Wars Battlefront II on PS2 and Xbox 1. Each sold around 200k + copies more than COD 2. Madden NFL 2006 for 360 placed 8th with 178k copies. PS2 version of Madden ranked 4th place with somewhere around 222-250k copies. Xbox sales were 326k units which surpassed GameCube and Xbox 1 sales.As for December NPD 2006 data, Xbox 360 only sold 280k units, coming in last place for all video game platforms. No 360 titles made the top 10 chart.
I guess it could be worse? I don't know, I can't imagine that it did anywhere near what Sony was hoping it would, especially with how hard they were pushing AC3:L and CODBLOPS
.Vita sold 160,000 the week of BF alone
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2012/11/29/sony-playstation-vita-sales-black-friday/1735709/
RukusProvider
Banned
PS3 around 450,000?
If 360 sold close to 50% and we can round upto 1.3m for Wii/WiiU/PS3
We know Wii + WiiU = 845000
1,300,000 - 845,000 = 455,000
Please correct if I'm off.
If 360 sold close to 50% and we can round upto 1.3m for Wii/WiiU/PS3
We know Wii + WiiU = 845000
1,300,000 - 845,000 = 455,000
Please correct if I'm off.
Agreed. I do think you have to acknowledge the higher price and more competition from its legacy system though.
Pretty solid result IMO.
Yikes. And those numbers include Sony basically blowing their wad for western-appealing content.
The handheld moral of the story is people want cheap, even if the graphics are worse. 3DS and Vita both lose to the once and future king.
EmCeeGramr
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AWESOME
A Twisty Fluken
Member
Process of elimination means PS3 slightly > 630K, right? Otherwise 360's number wouldn't need the 'nearly.'
I am pretty sure a lot of WiiU units got moved the first week without people buying more software for it (yet). A friend bought mine and I only bought games later. Entire families in line were picking up multiple units to sell them. I've seen multiple people pick up the basic unit to exchange it for a deluxe when it becomes available.
What I am really curious to see is if Miiverse with it shoving new and popular titles onto your screen every time you turn the system on will do anything for sustained software sales. May sound stupid but those little text bubbles really can make you curious about games.
What I am really curious to see is if Miiverse with it shoving new and popular titles onto your screen every time you turn the system on will do anything for sustained software sales. May sound stupid but those little text bubbles really can make you curious about games.
IdreamofHIME
Member
FIFA won't be in the top 10 next November now that Beckham has moved on...
..coz he's the only reason Americans like Soccer now, right? At least that the bullshit the UK press has been spewing over the last few weeks.
..coz he's the only reason Americans like Soccer now, right? At least that the bullshit the UK press has been spewing over the last few weeks.
Majorly .. already stated in the thread the x2 is on an individual basis, and PS3 did 525k on BF alone, maybe prelim numbers but doubt they were that off
the Legend of Zelda: Twilight princess is the only game people cried for in an E3 presentation XD ...and gamers thought it stood head to head with Gears and Resistance in HD consoles, as proven by the infamous NPD trailer that made us lose NPD info as it was.
EteRnal PAL
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Very curious to see Halo 4 and Blops II numbers.
I'm in Calgary and you can find them at most Walmart in stock, especially the white ones but black ones aren't too hard to find.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Isn't that rather low for November?
grimshawish
Banned
Decent for Wii U - December will be telling, which we already knew.
60% attatch rate with Mario - some people just going home with Nintendo Land, or just plain doom mongering about third party sales?
3DS sales are pretty alright, not setting anything on fire though.
60% attatch rate with Mario - some people just going home with Nintendo Land, or just plain doom mongering about third party sales?
3DS sales are pretty alright, not setting anything on fire though.
Oh wow, I totally forgot that game out. Everything I've heard from people on that has been super mixed.
If those numbers are accurate, yes. It's especially bad when you consider likely a good portion of those sales were the crazy AC Vita bundle from Amazon which was a steep discount.
They never said they outsold Wii + U + PS3.
Only that they outsold Wii and Wii U combined. And "nearly double" the PS3.
Delusibeta
Banned
I do think that the name is responsible for a decent chunk of Nintendo's trouble with the system. That, and iOS.
Xilium
Member
That's not at all surprising considering the $600 price tag on the PS3 at launch.
fabfour64xx
Banned
Animal Crossing should've been released now. Big mistake by Nintendo.
Haunted
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Randolph Freelander
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So somewhere in the low 200s sounds about right.
shinra-bansho
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I believe the premise of your calculation is incorrect.
RukusProvider
Banned
ah! ok my bad. They'd been saying "x marketshare combined" for months now.
So PS3 atleast 615,000
Criminal Upper
Banned
I love how Pachter blames Nintendo for everything. Nevermind any other company.
It all depends on how well 3DS sells in whole December with the new price drop. If that doesn't spurr sales then Nintendo is in big trouble in the next few years :/