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[Deadly Joker]

PS3 absolutely bombed.

I know the new model cost more but I still expected it to stay within 100k of the Xbox 360.

 

[Gravijah]

You know it's bad when a basketball game takes #1

you mean like Oct 2010?

 

[gaming_noob]

Forza Horizon released on Oct 23....so it must've bombed.

 

[Bruno MB]

Resident Evil 6 below NBA 2K13 is unexpected, it's quite likely that it had sold less than Resident Evil 5.

Resident Evil 5 (360, PS3) Capcom USA - 1,523k (360 938k - PS3 585k) 31 days
Resident Evil 6 (360, PS3) Capcom USA - ? 26 days

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (360, PS3) Capcom USA - 582K 12 days

The new PS3 Super Slim model must have sold really bad, that was to be expected since they increased its price, that was so nuts.

 

[Square Triangle]

If dishonored charted that high then numbers for this month must be horrifying.

Retail musing: We sold A TON at my store.

 

[Mileena]

PS3 absolutely bombed.

I know the new model cost more but I still expected it to stay within 100k of the Xbox 360.

Where do you see numbers for it?

 

[kobashi100]

Pokemon combined must be huge!

 

[vazel]

I'm sure the numbers for Dishonored aren't spectacular. But it's a new IP stealth game so I kept my expectations in check(and I hope Bethesda did too).

 

[Derrick01]

Yeah with the decline versus the increase in NPD I'm wondering if the numbers are terrible or Dishonored did well.

I'm expecting somewhere around 200-300k, which used to be kind of ok and enough to get you at #8-10 on the NPDs, but nowadays that gets you at #1-4.

Didn't darksiders 2 finish at #1 with like 250k a few months ago?

unadvertised

Dishonored had a fuck ton of TV ads.

 

[MasterSheen]

Oh yeah, superior black version charted higher

 

[1-D_FTW]

Should be noted that the NBA was locked out at this time of year last year. I'm sure that sucked all the wind out of the sales and is the reason this year is up 60 percent.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Everything current-gen costs way too much this late into the generation. Also, I have to wonder how Wii U will do in its launch month since everything is so depressed. Could be a sign that luxury spending on games is, in general, much more price-sensitive with the current worldwide economy, giving general purpose devices, like phones and tablets, a huge advantage with their much more reasonable pricing and constant library updates and additions. Expected that XCOM would not chart, but I'm surprised that Horizon didn't hit the top ten despite the lack of hype behind it. And, though I bought it at full price (a mistake), I'm glad RE6 is tanking relative to previous installments. Fuck that game. Even after it may get its shit camera FOV fixed next month, I still know it will disappoint, frustrate, and generally make me dislike it due to so much lameness it contains. Go back to the drawing board, Capcom.

 

[Mik_Pad]

Where exactly would you expect a game like XCOM to be in a top 10 like that?

I think a good portion of XCOM sales were digital since its main market was PC, I may be wrong.

 

[Road]

Resident Evil 6 below NBA 2K13 is unexpected, it's quite likely that it had sold less than Resident Evil 5.

Resident Evil 5 (360, PS3) Capcom USA - 1,523k (360 938k - PS3 585k) 31 days
Resident Evil 6 (360, PS3) Capcom USA - ? 26 days

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (360, PS3) Capcom USA - 582K 12 days

NPD pretty much said it sold less:

Unfortunately, other sequels new to market this month did not perform as well compared to prior iterations.

Questions are how much less and how much did RE5 even sold in the first place, what with NPD changing numbers left and right...

 

[HardRojo]

Xbox 360 is poised for a successful holiday with Xbox exclusives like the recent launch of “Halo 4,” “Forza Horizon,” “Nike + Kinect Training,” “Dance Central 3,” “Fable: The Journey,” “Kinect Nat Geo TV” and “Kinect Sesame Street TV.” It’s never been a better time to own an Xbox 360.

It is indeed a great time to own a 360 but not for those titles (excluding Halo, Forza and Dance Central of course)

 

[Spiegel]

I'm glad consumers reacted badly to the uglier, pricier PS3 model. The fuck is Sony thinking?

 

[Gully State]

Where exactly would you expect a game like XCOM to be in a top 10 like that?

I dunno but 2K was incredibly upbeat and Amazon as well of XCOM's numbers.

 

[vazel]

Dishonored had a fuck ton of TV ads.

Yup, it did. I was surprised when my cousin saw my Dishonroed wallpaper and recognized what it was. He usually doesn't keep up with gaming stuff. But it's popular lately to blame advertising for everything instead of the stale tastes of the market.

 

[Kagari]

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

http://t.co/G6yIolBz

 

[TheGreatDivide]

Xbox 360 is poised for a successful holiday with Xbox exclusives like the recent launch of “Halo 4,” “Forza Horizon,” “Nike + Kinect Training,” “Dance Central 3,” “Fable: The Journey,” “Kinect Nat Geo TV” and “Kinect Sesame Street TV.” It’s never been a better time to own an Xbox 360.

It is indeed a great time to own a 360 but not for those titles (excluding Halo, Forza and Dance Central of course)

:lol what a list.

 

[Pranay]

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

 

[fluffydelusions]

I dunno but 2K was incredibly upbeat and Amazon as well of XCOM's numbers.

Maybe pc numbers since steam doesn't release those?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Holy shit, those are great numbers for Dishonored.

 

[FoneBone]

Pokemon combined must be huge!

I would not be so sure... coming in at 3 and 5 suggests that its debut was way less than the original B&W.

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

http://t.co/G6yIolBz

Way, way less. B & W each did over a million back in March 2011.

 

[Mpl90]

Dishonoured at 460k? Sounds good, no?

 

[Derrick01]

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

http://t.co/G6yIolBz

Wow I'm impressed, very solid numbers for Dishonored in today's toxic industry.

Xcom did bad but don't feel too bad, it topped out at ~70k concurrent users on Steam which is not far away from a million purchases.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

http://t.co/G6yIolBz

Whoa. That's way more than I would have thought for Dishonored.

 

[jbug617]

Good numbers for a new IP

 

[jman2050]

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

http://t.co/G6yIolBz

I'm guessing Pokemon is between 900k and 1mil, which is precisely in line with historical third version sales when given almost a full month of sales.

 

[Gully State]

Maybe pc numbers since steam doesn't release those?

Yeah, but I assumed they meant numbers across the board. Anyways, not that big of a deal since the game did better than their projections.

 

[Four_Chamber]

Yawn, 360 continues to run up the score in the US.

Next month will be the most interesting. I expect to see massive increases in both PS3 and 360, with the latter getting a stronger boost.

Right now, I'm waiting to see just how bad the Vita sales were for this past month.

 

[Mpl90]

Given the numbers we have had through Nintendo charts, we know that in September

Wii - 77k
PSV - 56k

This means that, in October

Wii - less than 61k
PSV - less than 44k

 

[ZoddGutts]

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

http://t.co/G6yIolBz

Oh god yes for Dishounred. Woot!

 

[Exterminieren]

Great Dishonored numbers, and probably a million combined for Pokemon; not bad for slightly-different sequels.

 

[Mileena]

Xbox 360 is poised for a successful holiday with Xbox exclusives like the recent launch of “Halo 4,” “Forza Horizon,” “Nike + Kinect Training,” “Dance Central 3,” “Fable: The Journey,” “Kinect Nat Geo TV” and “Kinect Sesame Street TV.” It’s never been a better time to own an Xbox 360.

 

[Curufinwe]

Dishonoured at 460k? Sounds good, no?

I think so. I thought RE 6 would be close to 2 million but I guess not. Can someone estimate NBA 2K13's sales from the info NPD gave out?

 

[fluffydelusions]

Wow I'm impressed, very solid numbers for Dishonored in today's toxic industry.

Xcom did bad but don't feel too bad, it topped out at ~70k concurrent users on Steam which is not far away from a million purchases.

Npd does not include digital sales on steam

 

[jman2050]

I would not be so sure... coming in at 3 and 5 suggests that its debut was way less than the original B&W.

This is completely expected by everyone though.

 

[ohlawd]

how in the hell did Dishonored do 460k? Great news but still.

Okay numbers for Pokemon if I use that as a landmark.

 

[AppleMIX]

Very good news all around. Take 2 is happy with Xcom and Dishonored did well.

 

[Sinatar]

NPD - Dishonored 460K, XCOM 114K

114k for XCOM?

This is why you can't have nice things people.

 

[FoneBone]

This is completely expected by everyone though.

As a "sequel" i was expecting it to do closer to the original game (ie, 2/3 rather than less than 1/2)... though looking at the Japanese numbers I guess that was dubious..

 

[Leezard]

Given the numbers we have had through Nintendo charts, we know that in September

Wii - 77k
PSV - 56k

This means that, in October

Wii - less than 61k
PSV - less than 44k

At least the Vita is doing better than in Japan.

 

[1-D_FTW]

Npd does not include digital sales on steam

That's his point though. It sold well on Steam, so the NPD numbers really aren't that big of a deal. I'm sure they would have preferred it sell great on all platforms, but I'm sure they expected PC to be sale lead by a significant margin and it seems it's performed up to expectations for them.

 

[FoneBone]

Stop pushing the panic button for X-Com; a TBS game is unquestionably going to have a higher proportion of its sales as PC downloads than most of the stuff on there.

 

[Pranay]

The Walking Dead – Episode 4: Around Every Corner
Sonic Adventure 2
inFAMOUS Festival of Blood
NBA 2K13
Resident Evil 6
Dishonored
TOKYO JUNGLE
Assassin’s Creed III
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
The Unfinished Swan

Well these are the psn dl oct month, but zero idea of RE6 numbers lol

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

At least the Vita is doing better than in Japan.

Hey, we don't know how much less than 44k it sold in October.

 

[frankie_baby]

At least the Vita MIGHT BE doing better than in Japan.

Fixed

 

[Nirolak]

I'm impressed at Dishonored.

It didn't beat Army of Two, but it did at least match the performance of Dante's Inferno despite the market falling apart.

 

[Pranay]

For a new ip and this late this gen, Dishounred did well