Night_Trekker
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NPD Sales Results for April 2007
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Metalmurphy
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Testicular Sound Express
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Halo 3 is going to be the ****ing juggernaut in terms of sells this year, but I have doubts that it's going to be enough to push the 360 to outsell the Wii this holiday considering that Nintendo has three potential mega-hits this year, excluding Wii Health which could sell a bundle.
I think the biggest mistake Microsoft is making is what Mark Rein pointed out a while back. You don't need a HDTV to get a leap in graphical quality with the 360. Sure having a 720p or higher resolution display provides a much bigger leap, but you don't have to have that.
Still the sales of the 360 are fine. The biggest 1st party franchise still hasn't launched at retail.
Still the sales of the 360 are fine. The biggest 1st party franchise still hasn't launched at retail.
soundwave05
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Merovingian said:
Depends on which crowd. The Wii is a huge hit with this crowd itself because it brings back that old-school style of gaming most of this age demographic grew up with.
I see it all the time -- the 15 year old who's all about GTA (Chad Waaaaaardin :lol baaaaaaaaallin') whereas I've seen 27, 28, 29, 30 year olds, etc. who are much more interested in the Wii.
Eteric Rice
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Arde0 said:
Well, some are already in the works (No More Heroes, Manhunt 2, Project Rygar, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Project Hammer, etc). Those aren't really "kids" games.
I suspect Wii will become home to JRPGs and maybe even a couple RTS games. Those are what I'm after. I have a nice PC for shooters and what not.
Actually, I've found that older people tend to give less of a damn than younger people about graphics. Most can hardly tell the difference.
Crypto said:
OK. I would not doubt this scenario repeating in plenty of households around the world.
But those numbers aren't lying. It's not simply hardcore, or the disgruntled Nintendo fanbaby buying the console. They are folks who have been mesmerised by a silly remote and a neat little demo to boot of various sports games.
WickedLaharl
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sonycowboy said:
Merovingian
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Game-Biz said:
If the 360 sees a price drop, it will sell more than the Wiii in the States, easilly.
Halo 3, GTA,Splinter Cell, Assassins creed, etc
No doubts at all.
If it sees a price drop.
evilromero
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Wow. I know it's been said 100 times over, but HOLY CRAP. I guess we all kind of expected this but still, it is somehow shocking.
Might this spur Sony to pack in some tasty incentive with the PS3? Like a game or some PSN points? Maybe I'm jumping the gun but I would hope they react to these results.
Might this spur Sony to pack in some tasty incentive with the PS3? Like a game or some PSN points? Maybe I'm jumping the gun but I would hope they react to these results.
plagiarize
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alright. the 360 will sell over 400,000 xbox 360s this september, coming close, if not beating, ps2's best september.The Sphinx said:
JavyOO7 said:
I agree.
One of the best anecdotes is that woman that died during the water drinking contest for a Wii. She wanted it for her kids, however...
The woman that won said "some of my friends had one, it looked fun, so I said why not", that is the woman that didn't die. She was getting it for herself, and she certainly wasn't under 30.
BrodiemanTTR
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That Sony PR response is disappointment total. It's like they've given up, there's no more fight left in 'em.
I always found the different strategies really interesting:koam said:
Microsoft - launching early so needed powerful hardware to force people to upgrade. If games didn't look significantly better, nobody would have bought it. Other that graphics, they didn't have a real selling point.
Sony - launching well after the 360 so their gimmick was amazing graphics, bluray, and the Playstation brand. That was their main selling points.
Nintendo - they were dying on the console front in the previous two generations so were forced to try something wildly different. Price point and wiimote were the big gimmicks. They have also pushed the Wii brand big, almost keeping the Nintendo name hidden as its selling power has diminished significantly in recent years.
What's the point? Actually, I have no idea. :lol
Maybe that a really good gimmick and features that people are clamouring for are required. HD graphics and bluray are not something that consumers have been wanting badly for ages. Both are in their infancy and the PS3/360 are kick starting these things.
Whereas a cheap price is something consumers always want, and the desire for motion control and similar "immersion-type-technologies" has probably been brewing for 15-20 years. Remember how amazing and futuristic the virtual reality arcade machines of the early 90's were like the Virtuality. Nintendo tried some immersion with the Virtual Boy but obviously the time wasn't right and most would say the product was ill-conceived.
This time they got the product and the timing right I guess.
BenjaminBirdie said:
Xbox between September 04-March 05 that reporting period that saw Halo 2 launch sold about 2.5 million Xbox. thats including holiday rush etc so Halo 2 wasn't that huge of a system seller.
Lots of Software sold for damn sure but hardware not so much. people always overestimate the importance of FPS hardcore crowd.
Merovingian said:
I'll just say this: I haven't gone out of my way to get a Wii yet, because there's only one or two games I want right now. But the thing is, If I ever saw one on the shelf at a store when I'm in one, I'd buy it, and to this day I have never seen one (While I've always seen Xbox 360s and PS3s).
I'm really glad that the Wii is doing well. Maybe now developers will actually take it seriously.
Meanwhile, watch the 360 continue to do well and wait for the PS3 ramp up after the first price drop when there's a big library of games to get. All the consoles will be doing pretty well in 2-3 years. My only concern before it launched was always that the Wii would never have the install base to get the games it deserves.
The big consoles will even out -- the real winner here is DS. The DS is ripping it up and will continue to rip it up, in every territory.
Meanwhile, watch the 360 continue to do well and wait for the PS3 ramp up after the first price drop when there's a big library of games to get. All the consoles will be doing pretty well in 2-3 years. My only concern before it launched was always that the Wii would never have the install base to get the games it deserves.
The big consoles will even out -- the real winner here is DS. The DS is ripping it up and will continue to rip it up, in every territory.
cheekymunky
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evilromero said:
Sony needed to start reacting to this possibility a while back.
The biggest tasty incentive that Sony can pack is a big ass price drop and soon. They have been playing their cards too close for too long now....I really cannot believe that something has to give and soon.
Frank the Great
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I have a feeling that if/when the Premium ever comes within $50 of Wii Nintendo will drop the price. They want that nice price buffer, and as long as the buffer exists it guarantees at least one person is putting back a 360/PS3 and picking up a Wii.Merovingian said:
And thus the problem with your statement. I agree MS can increase sales, and if MS dropped their price to within $50 of Wii they could even outsell Wii.. I just don't think Nintendo, who has been seeing profit from day one, will ever let it get to that point.
And that's really the scary part of this entire generation. Nintendo at this very moment holds all of the chips. They have the best selling console of the generation and have been making a profit on it from the start. That kind of puts Sony and MS in a reactionary state by default.
Death_Born
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This was actually less than I expected. Then again with the summer season starting soon we can expect the sales for most of the systems to hit some sort of slump. In all honesty I really don't know what Sony can do right now to pull them out of this hole. If they do go for the price cut it will be, at the most, a $100 which still makes it a pricey system at $499. But when you have Microsoft potentially lowering their price too it's going to make it even harder for Sony to sell the cheaper systems. And if Nintendo happens to release a Wii Sports-less Wii at a $199 then the situation this time next year may not be much different (with the exception of a better catalogue of games, but that didn't help the Cube out in its life cycle).
I love my PS3, Wii and 360 (mulitconsoles FTW!) and despite the shortcomings I felt with the PS3 when I first got it, I'm starting to get pretty excited for what lies in the future for PS3 (Little Big Planet, Folklore, White Knight, Home, Ratchet and Clank, Ninja Gaiden Sigma). But as these months go by and I start to think about each company's strategy for this year I can't help but think how bad it's gonna get for the PS3 if Sony can't come through by the end of the year.
Chiggs
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For all of you fence sitters that loathe the Wii, but aren't exactly enthralled by the stumbling PS3, or smitten by the shoddily constructed Xbox 360, may I suggest taking a gander at pc gaming. Sure, it's more expensive, but if you make smart purchases, you'll have a viable system for years to come. Free mods, cheaper games, fun communities, etc.
PC Gaming. Things are getting better.
PC Gaming. Things are getting better.
Eteric Rice
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rage1973 said:
Because I'm interested in seeing if someone can do an RTS on the Wii with the Wii-mote.
And Pikmin 3. :lol