super funk
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Crypto said:
Exactly. This Pokemon fad has been going on for more than a decade!
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NPD Sales Results for April 2007
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Exactly. This Pokemon fad has been going on for more than a decade!
Whew, thread finally slowed down. Short comments:
DS: Expected
Wii: Expected? May will have even better sales in my opinion.
Poor PS3. I'm so hoping that the upcoming AAA games will help sales significantly. PSP and PS2 are doing well.
Xbox: Saturation?
Robocop: Man, I didn't remember this scene being that violent.
DS: Expected
Wii: Expected? May will have even better sales in my opinion.
Poor PS3. I'm so hoping that the upcoming AAA games will help sales significantly. PSP and PS2 are doing well.
Xbox: Saturation?
Robocop: Man, I didn't remember this scene being that violent.
Square2005
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Previous major Pokerman title dabues since 1999 (sorry missing first month for Red/Blue) :
Looks to me Pokemon is gaining popularity...
Looks to me Pokemon is gaining popularity...
Merovingian
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borghe said:
It doesn't work that way.
If MS drops 100$ (Which is what they should do), then the price difference won't matter anymore.
The problem is being within and outside of reasonable. 400$...it's over, MS sucked all the water of that fountain, it's time to change the pace.
I'm glad that Nintendo is selling well in one sense. Obviously Nintendo fans have suffered for a while, so at least they get to gloat.
But I hope I'm not alone when I say I'll be really sad if the types of game experiences I've grown to know and love on Sony and MS consoles (Newer FF games and other technologically advanced RPGs, Ninja Gaiden/DMC style action games, complex fighting games) disappear.
I don't think they will... but then again, who predicted that all those great adventure games of the 80s and 90s would disappear?
I want both styles of games to coexist. I personally don't get so much out of most of Nintendo's titles, but that doesn't mean that people can't enjoy them. I just hope there's room in the market for all three players, in some form or another.
But I hope I'm not alone when I say I'll be really sad if the types of game experiences I've grown to know and love on Sony and MS consoles (Newer FF games and other technologically advanced RPGs, Ninja Gaiden/DMC style action games, complex fighting games) disappear.
I don't think they will... but then again, who predicted that all those great adventure games of the 80s and 90s would disappear?
I want both styles of games to coexist. I personally don't get so much out of most of Nintendo's titles, but that doesn't mean that people can't enjoy them. I just hope there's room in the market for all three players, in some form or another.
soundwave05
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Nintendo "fads" don't die.
If there's ONE thing Nintendo does well it's when they get a "craze" like this going, they know exactly how to keep it going ... and going ... and going .... and going .... and going.
Pokemon was a fad, DS was a fad, even back in the day I remember people saying Super Mario was a fad.
For Nintendo the hard part is getting the craze going, but once they get it going, they don't drop the ball. If there's one thing they know how to do well, that would be it. So betting against them on that ... well I'd just say I wouldn't take that bet.
When it comes to things like this they're money like Brad Pitt at a singles bar.
If anything I think the Wii is just going to sell more and more and Nintendo will eventually bring out a Wii 2.0 for the "HD crowd" before Sony can get their next system out.
If there's ONE thing Nintendo does well it's when they get a "craze" like this going, they know exactly how to keep it going ... and going ... and going .... and going .... and going.
Pokemon was a fad, DS was a fad, even back in the day I remember people saying Super Mario was a fad.
For Nintendo the hard part is getting the craze going, but once they get it going, they don't drop the ball. If there's one thing they know how to do well, that would be it. So betting against them on that ... well I'd just say I wouldn't take that bet.
When it comes to things like this they're money like Brad Pitt at a singles bar.
If anything I think the Wii is just going to sell more and more and Nintendo will eventually bring out a Wii 2.0 for the "HD crowd" before Sony can get their next system out.
Chiggs said:
I certainly haven't sat on the fence this gen, I am nearly completely smitten by the 360 too.
Still, this gen I feel I may completely escape PC gaming for the first time in a long time. I'm too tired of the non-GAMING parts of PC gaming.
All I want anymore is to put in the game and play.
Frank the Great
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HylianScribe
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Iwata had an explanation for Wii's success...at least in the US:
"The Wii fever is greater in the United States, where Iwata thinks that the new console's ease of use fits the party culture of that country"
Party like it's 1999...where's my Dreamcast?
Somebody drank too much champagne after hearing the news. Let's not get carried away now.
"The Wii fever is greater in the United States, where Iwata thinks that the new console's ease of use fits the party culture of that country"
Party like it's 1999...where's my Dreamcast?
Reggie Fils-Aime said:
Somebody drank too much champagne after hearing the news. Let's not get carried away now.
KTallguy said:
I see no reason why those titles will simply dissapear in thin air. As of this point gamers all around the world are buying them in drove still. Just because the Wii has happended to disrupt everything we've known about this industry doesn't mean anything. All sorts of game styles can co-exist.
Though I have this feeling fighting games will wane eventually unless some designer somewhere gives a kick to the ass to the genre.
evilromero
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What's your rationale behind better Wii sales in May? Because SPM was a late April release?Cosmozone said:
I imagine June will be much more significant due to MP8 and BBA:WD. Definitely good numbers for the PSP. Maybe the mild sales of the 360 confirms a lack of response to a certain price point (specifically the Elite).
Eteric Rice
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JavyOO7 said:
Not to mention Nintendo will likely bundle the classic controller with the Wii one day. If they do that, they're even more in the clear than ever.
Umm.. it does work that way to a degree though. That buffer is really ****ing important. It's like the yamauchi quote from a thread earlier in the day. Gaming hardware is irrelevant to the consumer. It is simply an obstacle they have to overcome to play the games they want. At the end of the day it's the games that drive hardware sales. If all games are just as compelling as one another (to whitewash), then the cheaper hardware wins. If Wii's content is just as compelling as 360's content, it comes back to that buffer. Again I'm over simplifying it, but when you're talking about mass consumers as a whole and step out of the myopic world of the hardcore gamer, over simplifying it most of the time gives you a more accurate picture.Merovingian said:
Yeah that's it. Or maybe it's because NPD thread are always long. Moron.Tabris said:The sad thing is this thread will be more popular than the awesome Gamer's day one. Certain people (you know who you are
soundwave05
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Crypto said:
Err ... how was the GameCube or Virtual Boy even a fad? Those weren't even that successful in the first place. The GameCube was already tanking hard by its first January and got outsold by a newcomer right off the bat in North America.
The N64 maybe I could see that as a "fad" I guess ... but actually the N64 did very well in North America. It never was that popular in Japan or Europe.
Warm Machine
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It'll be Wii's game when it crosses 360 LTD in North America. That isn't going to happen for a long time. It is doing better than I ever expected though.
Warm Machine
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The Sphinx said:
Adventure games never died, they just became other games like Resident Evil and Shen Mue.
Merovingian
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borghe said:
Well, heh, who knows, i think i'm right.
And who cares, Nintendo Fans talk like the 360 and PS3 are going to be evaporated in thin Air and Wii will dominate 100%....it's scary talk if you listen, but if you think about it, 360 and PS3 aren't going anywhere.
Nintendo Fans almost make me hate my Wii. But only for a second.
bigmakstudios
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Hm... I'm seeing Wii absolutely sodomizing 360 and PS3 in sales... but I'm not seeing the AAA game announcements/info/trailers/etc. And where's that damn FFCC:CB trailer? And the NiGHTS trailer? Your Wii games, show them to us!
Eteric Rice
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ghst said:
Revived, even.
HOTEL DUSK AND PHOENIX WRIGHT FTMF WIN!
soundwave05
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bigmakstudios said:
Blame the E3 people for canning the May show. Lots of devs are probably sitting on annoucements till July.
The announcements for the Wii are definitely picking up though nonetheless.
TheGreatDave
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Personally, I just see Wii selling to the same 19 million people that always buy Nintendo consoles. [/LukeSmithBullshit]
Norse
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Tabris said:The sad thing is this thread will be more popular than the awesome Gamer's day one. Certain people (you know who you are
Because Sony good news is usually a cgi movie, or PR spin. None of their own shit is ever as good as they say it is.
2006 monthly 360 sales figures look prety damn good now dont the Sony boys? 80k for an entire month!!!???
Shortages coming to an end. In April I think they were still quite in effect. This month they're significantly lower. I'm watching Amazon which is a pretty good indicator. We're now after mid-May, and the Wii is still sold out there. But in contrary to April, Wii sat at #1 nearly all the time which means it sold more than last month. Also, the price for used Wiis dropped from $400 to $340 meaning there are more Wiis to find elsewhere. I could be wrong, but it sounds logical to me.evilromero said:
Yeah, I don't think anything that we enjoy is going to change much. The hardware market changes over generations but at the end of the day, types of games don't disappear because of hardware sales. They disappear just because tastes change (or publishers think they do).KTallguy said:
In any case, it's too early to call Nintendomination and PS3 dying I think. Maybe after a couple of years, but so much can still change at this stage. And even if Sony sells lower for a generation or two, the market will undoubtedly keep on changing like it always has. And even if a hardware company goes under like Sega did, there will be tears but at the end of the day the games keep coming.