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NPD October 2012 Sales Results [Up3: NBA, MoH, NSMB2 + History, Pokemon, RE6]

jvm

Gamasutra.
Skylanders didn't lose any popularity, that $150 black friday deal with the 360 is going to sell out quickly.
Thank heavens someone is doing a Skylanders bundle. I was beginning to think I was crazy advocating for it over and over.
 

Drago

Member
Skylanders didn't lose any popularity, that $150 black friday deal with the 360 is going to sell out quickly.

There's also this

Wii_Skylanders_Bundle_4cp_LAYERED_webready.jpg


I highly doubt it will move as much sales as the 360 bundle would though.
 
Thank heavens someone is doing a Skylanders bundle. I was beginning to think I was crazy advocating for it over and over.

lol, almost made a post in the NPD prediction thread last night alerting you to the deal since I knew you would read that thread and have been talking about it all year!

Then I got distracted.
 

jvm

Gamasutra.
lol, almost made a post in the NPD prediction thread last night alerting you to the deal since I knew you would read that thread and have been talking about it all year!

Then I got distracted.
Thanks, dude. It's the thought that counts. :)
 

Jeff-DSA

Member
Dude I don't know if you guys got the memo: STOP JUDGING VITA before Christmas!

What software is driving the Vita for this Christmas season? I have a Vita. I like it. But let's be honest, there's not much in the library that is causing people to jump in.
 
Dude I don't know if you guys got the memo: STOP JUDGING VITA before Christmas!

Strangely there are much better Vita deals this holiday than 3DS. Where are the discounted XLs with pack in games? Nintendo seriously think they're going to set things on fire with just Paper Mario?

What software is driving the Vita for this Christmas season? I have a Vita. I like it. But let's be honest, there's not much in the library that is causing people to jump in.

Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty. If those don't created a significant turn it's pretty much over.
 

Mooreberg

is sharpening a shovel and digging a ditch
Dishonored fared a little better than I thought it would. Seems in line with DXHR and Bioshock numbers. Although I wouldn't be surprised if Bethesda expected a lot more. They seemed to have had really weird expectations for Rage considering it didn't even have actual shooter multiplayer.

RE6 probably made a lot more money for Capcom than it should have, but it is nice that it didn't land at #1.
 

liger05

Member
Strangely there are much better Vita deals this holiday than 3DS. Where are the discounted XLs with pack in games? Nintendo seriously think they're going to set things on fire with just Paper Mario?



Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty. If those don't created a significant turn it's pretty much over.

the 3ds with just the mario games from last year will be more appealing over xmas than the vita.
 
Strangely there are much better Vita deals this holiday than 3DS. Where are the discounted XLs with pack in games? Nintendo seriously think they're going to set things on fire with just Paper Mario?

Nintendo needs to make money on the 3DS to offset WiiU losses. Going to be some serious pressure on upper management if they end up losing money for second consecutive fiscal year.
 

JaxJag

Banned
You have to keep budgets of each game in mind.

I would imagine, heck, i'm certain a game like Xcom doesn't have the quarter of the budget as a Halo 4.

And I don't think Dishonored had an insane budget, it was in development for a while. But visually it's an underwhelming game, not to mention tons of areas are reused over and over.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Strangely there are much better Vita deals this holiday than 3DS. Where are the discounted XLs with pack in games? Nintendo seriously think they're going to set things on fire with just Paper Mario?



Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty. If those don't created a significant turn it's pretty much over.

The only thing I've seen so far for 3DS is the normal 3DS + SM3D Land bundle at 149$ at Best Buy which is...probably much more attractive than Vita+Cod at 199$ XD and it's a good deal, very cheap.
but I'm seriously surprised by the lack of widespread initiatives with 3DS XL. Europe is getting Pikachu XL and the Mario Kart 7 bundle, I was expecting a lot more from Nintendo themselves. Ok, there's the 3DS XL priced 169.99 $ at KMart, but where's the NSMB2 bundle?!?
 

Petrae

Member
The question I have is: will Vita break 100k in November?

I think so, yes. Nowhere near where it needs to be, but 100K should be obtainable.

If it isn't, Sony should take it out back and give it the Old Yeller treatment. If your platform-- which is still relatively new-- can't break 100K during the busiest month of the year, then it's time to hang it up.
 
Yes, because Black Friday.

I think there's a large possibility no one goes for any of those bundles offered and it only hits like 90k.

Edit: And if it doesn't hit 100k with 199 bundles available it's not even worth it to support a platform that can't hit 100k in November.
 

Kunan

Member
The lack of XCOM is extremely disappointing, what the hell is wrong with gamers today?

Maybe it will see a sales boost when it wins a couple of GOTY awards.
Digital downloads aren't counted. Bet most of its target demographic are steam gamers. 114k, not including any downloads, probably means good numbers.
 

Road

Member
Nope. Just saying I expect Wii U demand to be off the charts until March, so imagine adding a hot seller like that. Sales-age wet dream kind of stuff. ;)

I think Nintendo decided to make a little money with the Wii instead of losing more money with the Wii U.
 
I like to see numbers for Forza Horizon and Fable: The Journey

They must have bombed badly.

Two of MS biggest franchises not even in the top 10. Kinect has sold millions and Fable 3 was 4th on the NPD chart when it came out but it seems no-one wants a Fable Kinect game.
 
They must have bombed badly.

Two of MS biggest franchises not even in the top 10. Kinect has sold millions and Fable 3 was 4th on the NPD chart when it came out but it seems no-one wants a Fable Kinect game.

forza was never big and fable kinect is not even a real spinoff so of course it will bomb.if fable journey was a reg playing game it will sell even if it wasn't called fable 4.
 
I think Nintendo is going to be a in rough position financially for a while. They have the 3DS which will be making tons of money in Japan and less money elsewhere, but at the same time Wii U will be eating into all their money and they have develop expensive HD games now. For there sake I hope NSMBU is a big success.
 
Has any system ever launched with a third party game before?

3DO launched with Crash and Burn which was made by Crystal Dynamics.

They must have bombed badly.

Two of MS biggest franchises not even in the top 10. Kinect has sold millions and Fable 3 was 4th on the NPD chart when it came out but it seems no-one wants a Fable Kinect game.

Do have the top 10 broken down by SKU? And racing games don't sell that well in the US. Pick any racing game and you'll see the majority of sales are from Europe.
 

Pranay

Member
This is the first month where the top 10 has new month releases and previous month releases

Well that good to see lol
 
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