bigmakstudios
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Do you mean that the quality of Wii's library isn't suffering for it?
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NPD Sales Results for August 2007
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Do you mean that the quality of Wii's library isn't suffering for it?
Adam Blade
WWKC
Segata Sanshiro said:
*takes off his gauntlet*
*slaps Segata in the face*
... your move.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Oh God, I hoped we had all collectively forgotten Boogie.Frillen said:
besada said:
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 is coming..Red Steel 2 has been kind of confirmed. Eidos looks like they have some great games on them. DQS should sell nicely here and in Europe and will definitely be a million seller (sold 500k in Japan).
Alot of good Wii games with a decent budget are arriving soon.
MobiusPigeon
Banned
tiger woods? boogie? hello?Lobster said:
Xisiqomelir
Member
The Sphinx said:
Let's not overthink things here. A JRPG bombing on the 360 isn't really indicative of general JRPG sales trends.
updating my predictions for the rest of the year
wii remains a total crapshoot thanks to supply issues.
predictions originally posted in the july npd thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7555158&postcount=2016). adjustments made to nov/dec totals for all platforms due to thanksgiving falling earlier in the november npd period (boosting sales) and christmas earlier in the december period (dampening sales). in total, it's a zero-sum shift.
numbers for 360 tweaked slightly lower across the board due to lower than anticipated august sales.
wii remains a total crapshoot thanks to supply issues.
Code:
month wii 360 ps3
----- --- --- ---
sep 500 320 150
oct 400 240 120
nov 900 700 400
dec 1200 1000 500
total 3000 2260 1170predictions originally posted in the july npd thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7555158&postcount=2016). adjustments made to nov/dec totals for all platforms due to thanksgiving falling earlier in the november npd period (boosting sales) and christmas earlier in the december period (dampening sales). in total, it's a zero-sum shift.
numbers for 360 tweaked slightly lower across the board due to lower than anticipated august sales.
Ether_Snake
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The Sphinx said:
If Sony has any brains left they'll try to at least cement their position in Japan (they can still take over the Wii, long term, with games like Monster Hunter 3, DMC, RE5, FFXIII, MGS4, etc.).
At the same time they would be behind the 360 in the US, but not TOO far off, and more than anything they would finally get the rest of the userbase moving to the PS3 rather than letting them sit on their PS2 only.
this thread, like most NPD threads move at lightning quick speeds so i can't claim to have read every post.. so forgive if i am retreading on an already old topic but..
can the 360's jump in hardware sales be attributed (at least in part) to people re-buying the system for the newly included HDMI and improved heatsink?
also, which is the bigger bomb? blue dragon or lair? dragon games = do not want ???
can the 360's jump in hardware sales be attributed (at least in part) to people re-buying the system for the newly included HDMI and improved heatsink?
also, which is the bigger bomb? blue dragon or lair? dragon games = do not want ???
Son of Godzilla said:
As bad as it may be...we must know
MobiusPigeon said:
Tiger Woods 07 sold over 300k in US (beating Ps3 version). Tiger Woods 08..thats not fair to use since PS3,360 and Wii versions all bombed hard. Boogie was a shit game but the market the game is aiming for is PAL land. Madden 07 hardly bombed on Wii.
HylianScribe
Member
::looks at Brain Age 2 sales::
Mass layoffs at NOA confirmed. Iwata's going to bring down the ban hammer.
On a totally offbeat note:
- Twilight Princess crossed the 5 million worldwide sales mark (GCN/Wii combined).
- The USA Wii version could surpass 2 million by end of the year.
- It will be interesting to see if Phantom Hourglass can sell more copies than the Wii version of Twilight Princess in North America (could be looking at the makings of a huge culture divide in the franchise if this is true).
Mass layoffs at NOA confirmed. Iwata's going to bring down the ban hammer.
On a totally offbeat note:
- Twilight Princess crossed the 5 million worldwide sales mark (GCN/Wii combined).
- The USA Wii version could surpass 2 million by end of the year.
- It will be interesting to see if Phantom Hourglass can sell more copies than the Wii version of Twilight Princess in North America (could be looking at the makings of a huge culture divide in the franchise if this is true).
DeaconKnowledge
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Lobster said:
EA won't accept that though. I'm sure right now EA is wondering what it can do to further appeal to the Wii gamer.
A first suggestion would be to get the online modes optimized and not cut franchise staples like create a player.
MirageDwarf
Member
I found it at: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/34271/BioShock-Best-Selling-PC-Game-of-Augusttraveler said:
Segata Sanshiro
Member
NINTENDO: AMERICA, TRAIN YOUR BRAINS....AGAIN!
AMERICA: UH, THANKS, WE'RE ALL GOOD HERE.
AMERICA: UH, THANKS, WE'RE ALL GOOD HERE.
MobiusPigeon
Banned
i really cant see ps3 dropping to 399. if they drop to 399 and fail, what next? "oh sony really needs to hit $299!" they cant keep dropping the price so fast. drop to 399 now and it will leave nothing for march 2008.
Maxwell House said:
And you know this how? The only numbers that anyone ever put forth for the PS3 came from iSuppli, who were pricing components at market prices, not at Sony's cost to manufacture. We know the cost of the Blu-Ray drive has fallen considerably, and Sony is cost reducing the motherboard and such as well.
At some point, Sony has to have the 65nm Cell on their boards, those chips have been prepped for some time from what Digitimes has reported. The RSX should be there as well soon if not now, as they don't have to worry about scaling the EDRAM down with it like Microsoft does with Xenos.
There's too much money for Sony to make on Blu-Ray sales and on PSN sales, Home microtransactions, and retail game discs, for Sony not to be as aggressive as they possibly can in trying to fight for some mind and market share.
They stumbled with the initial pricing, and they've stumbled again in the quality of their marketing, and they've stumbled again with the quality of Lair and (arguably) Heavenly Sword.
They have to understand how the business works and to know that they can't always stumble and expect to survive.
They just have to.
Bearillusion
Banned
40gig PS3 - $399
The green light is about to be pushed.
The green light is about to be pushed.
Ether_Snake said:
No way. Unless PS3 rockets upward in sales, it will not be overtaking the Wii anytime soon. Same with the North American market.
Simply put, the 360 has already cemented itself as the North American software-seller system. Look at those Madden numbers. The Japanese market is a whole other ball game.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Log4Girlz said:
This is what irks me, Nintendo proven time and time again that they could make very powerful hardware and sell it at a reasonable price. All indications pointed to Nintendo being very profitable at the outset, at the cost of better hardware. If they had a console that was on par with XBOX 360 and PS3 at the cost of $300 they would have sold much better.
The scariest part, I predicted this way before the Wii was even released. Being the number 1 console works when have the same power as everyone else because mutiplatform games wouldn't be that different with each other, but you have the most exclusives. The lack of power is hurting Nintendo because mutiplatform games are being shared between sony and MS, but not Nintendo. As opposed to being the version that "everyone wants to have" because it is the same as the MS and Sony versions, but with waggle controls.
Hindsight is 20/20, but I already predicted that an underpowered Wii would hurt the console in the long run and it is starting to show.
Metalmurphy
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WOWZER
My predictions were totally off lol
My predictions were totally off lol
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Hcoregamer00 said:
That's like saying "Well there's no reason another studio can't beat Disney and Pixar, all they have to do is make Toy Story caliber movies and it's all set!".
They know quite well how difficult it is to make a game for a Nintendo platform if you're not Nintendo or a big name Japanese company. It's not even that easy for Nintendo to begin with, hence they always have to rely on the same names, mainly Zelda/Pokemon/Mario/Metroid/Star Fox.
You know it's true!
crazyscreenwriter
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jonabbey said:
Why do I picture you wide-eyed clutching a teddy bear when you say this?
KeithFranklin
Banned
jonabbey said:
Will Sony also turn around and give $100 checks to people that have already purchased a PS3, particularly the ones after the July price cut?
WickedLaharl
Member
Ranger X said:
yeah that'll turn things right around for sony :lol
Haunted
Member
I don't think so. Japan has chosen their console of choice for this generation and that's pretty much it. The picture is pretty clear there.
I just hope that western 3rd party devs look closely at the NPD charts and begin to realise what potential there is with the Wii sales booming as they are.
On another note, I was off over 100k with my predictions.
Nailed Wii and DS within a 2k difference, but *sigh* fucking highballed PSP and PS2. Shouldn't have had so much faith in the Playstation brand. Fucking Sony.WickedLaharl said:
Blue Dragon was released at the end of the month so let's wait to see what happens in Sept. I went out and picked up a copy earlier this week (thanks gaffers for the reco) and love the game.
I respect many reviewers out there but it's obvious they rushed through the first half of disc 1 and didn't actually dig into it . BD is original, the production value is high, and the story line keeps me glued to my damn TV for far too long. I'm going to bitch smack anybody who says it's boring. To me, it's exactly what the 360 needed on the RPG front, especially for those new to the genre. Yeah, I'm a fan, so what?
Ether_Snake said:That's like saying "Well there's no reason another studio can't beat Disney and Pixar, all they have to do is make Toy Story caliber movies and it's all set!".
They know quite well how difficult it is to make a game for a Nintendo platform if you're not Nintendo or a big name Japanese company. It's not even that easy for Nintendo to begin with, hence they always have to rely on the same names, mainly Zelda/Pokemon/Mario/Metroid/Star Fox.
You know it's true!
No its not. A shit game can sell well if it is advertised as well as 360 games (Red Steel).
I go to a half-hour meeting and there's 600 posts in the thread. I get caught up and there's 150 more. :lol
So, um.
So, um.
It's currently behind by ~1m units, and looking ahead, it's going to fall further behind this year. A LOT.Kodiak said:
Yeah, this was the month of separation. The 360 has been running close to the Xbox despite the price difference, but I don't see their trends converging again.beermonkey@tehbias said: