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NPD Sales Results for August 2007
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Hcoregamer00
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The Sphinx said:
No, because he wants Gackt to be in the next game. He finally found out the secret to Crisis Core's success and wants to replicate it on the X360.
Absinthe said:
I think your average 360 fan does not even really expect the 360 to win next month on hardware sales. I think it will do right around 400K which would put it right around where the Wii is. Anything significantly more then that would be a big surprise. This is not November or December, and there is still only so many people willing to spend 350 plus on a system. Even if the 360 sells under 400 K, the only people who would think that was bad are people who have it out for Microsoft.
dammitmattt
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Agent Icebeezy said:
Nor was the timing. Tears of War was dominant.
Absinthe (Permed)
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Mr.Potato Head said:what i find hilarious is the software attach rate that people seem to oddly avoid.. we know who owns in that area.
Irrelevant. Nintendo makes a pretty good penny off of every Wii sold and they are continually massacring everyone. They're also making money off of the DS which is having incredible, unbelievable legs. Nintendo also didn't have to give their owners a three year extended warranty. I'm just being honest. The Wii and DS really do print money.
Flakster99
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mysticstylez said:
A disappointment for whom? And why?
UnholySpectacle
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chris0701 said:http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/
Playstation Brand Dominates August U.S. NPD Charts
wow at SDF, I even assume it was set to spread negative reputation about Sony gamers.
As much as I hate shit like this "Sony Family" graph, they do have a point. I'm pretty sure nobody is buying original XBOXs except for modders.
Back to COD4 beta for me...
mysticstylez
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Absinthe said:
It's more about 3rd parties seeing that the 360 is moving tons of software, thus companies still will make games for it, no matter how much the Wii outsells it.
Chiggs said:
xbox outsold ps2 in april, august, september, november, and december of 2004. april due to the price drop, and the rest of the months were due to ps2 shortages before and during the switchover to ps2 slim. absent those factors, ps2 would have gone the generation unblemished. but if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, as they say.
Ether_Snake
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chris0701 said:http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/
Playstation Brand Dominates August U.S. NPD Charts
wow at SDF, I even assume it was set to spread negative reputation about Sony gamers.
lol, awesome site I didn't know of
Absinthe (Permed)
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mysticstylez said:
Here's the thing, if the Wii continues to sell at the rate it is then third party companies will have no choice but to make games for it. Third parties almost always follow the market leader. The Wii is well on its way there. If a third party company actually made a quality game for the Wii then they'd see that it would sell a ton. And no, I wouldn't call Madden Wii a "quality" title.
chris0701 said:http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/
Playstation Brand Dominates August U.S. NPD Charts
wow at SDF, I even assume it was set to spread negative reputation about Sony gamers.
What bozos. If you're going to have "Sony Family" include PSP, why not have a Nintendo Family with Wii+DS. Ridiculous!
Beer Monkey
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KevinRo said:
And they are playing with me. Naked. With standard voice chat.
Agent Icebeezy
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KevinRo said:
A lot of girls play Halo. I've never really understood it either
Corwood Rep
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My predictions weren't off nearly as much as I was expecting them to be. Sweet.
Obligatory "holy shit Nintendo hasn't been a competitor for first place in like a decade and now the DS/Wii are shotgunning the competition at point blank range."
I'm wondering, though, if the down-trending sales of the Wii in Japan will affect US sales in any way. It's flat damn weird seeing the Wii do 30,000 a week in Japan right now with last month's American sales in the 400,000 range.
Obligatory "holy shit Nintendo hasn't been a competitor for first place in like a decade and now the DS/Wii are shotgunning the competition at point blank range."
I'm wondering, though, if the down-trending sales of the Wii in Japan will affect US sales in any way. It's flat damn weird seeing the Wii do 30,000 a week in Japan right now with last month's American sales in the 400,000 range.
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The Sphinx said:
How about having made Blue Dragon for Wii+PS2 instead? It's not like the consoles couldn't have handled it, other than a slight graphical downgrade. And the game would have sold a LOT more, WAY more. Same for Lost Odyssey (especially considering how that game appears to be pretty much a very standard RPG with nicer graphics). And in fact Lost Odyssey could have been released on all platforms instead.
Sure, MS paid them, but nothing beats having titles that are actually successful and establishing the brand name of the studio.
He took a very bad business decision for his studio (much like he did with the FF movie).
Segata Sanshiro
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You just got Anihawked/UKResistanced/SDF'd.dextran said:
mysticstylez
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Absinthe said:
You gotta understand too, that alot of dev's want to take advantage of the best available technology to make their games. A lot of companies can't make the games they want with Wii.
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Blue Dragon should have come out before August. Microsoft sent it to die basically.
GoofsterStud
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Why are you guys dissing on Wii for Madden not doing well?
Madden has never been a nintendo thing.
Madden was the Sega Genesis, then Playstation 2, then Xbox 360. It has never been a Nintendo thing.
Now don't say 3rd party games don't sell on the wii:
example: Rayman (wii's did quite well)
Nintendo fans want Platformers, rpgs, stradegy games, and the occasional fighter.
Third party or not...these sell on the system. Third parties just need to figure that out and make games that will sell on it.
Capcom has done a wonderful job, their numbers just show that...Clearly that states that 3rd party games sell well on the system. If EA wants to get sales...I suggest a lord of the rings stradegy rpg or a new version of the Sims...
Sega is also learning this: Nights into Dreams, Sonic VS Mario Olympics, Super Monkey Ball
Madden has never been a nintendo thing.
Madden was the Sega Genesis, then Playstation 2, then Xbox 360. It has never been a Nintendo thing.
Now don't say 3rd party games don't sell on the wii:
example: Rayman (wii's did quite well)
Nintendo fans want Platformers, rpgs, stradegy games, and the occasional fighter.
Third party or not...these sell on the system. Third parties just need to figure that out and make games that will sell on it.
Capcom has done a wonderful job, their numbers just show that...Clearly that states that 3rd party games sell well on the system. If EA wants to get sales...I suggest a lord of the rings stradegy rpg or a new version of the Sims...
Sega is also learning this: Nights into Dreams, Sonic VS Mario Olympics, Super Monkey Ball
titiklabingapat
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But are they "enough"? As in PS2 levels enough? For it's userbase, it's exceptional. But what if the Wii is at 50M and the 360 is stuck at 20M? 70M? What then?mysticstylez said:
Thunder Monkey
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You guys seems to be taking the exact wrong thing from what I'm saying.Mrbob said:
Why not nurture both markets?
More money for all. Is it because the 360's brother console in America is the Wii?
Think differently about the markets, for both are obviously spurred by different things. Developers for the most part are trying to release 360 games to the Wii, that market obviously doesn't want them. Think different and you'll have more money.
The PS3 is going nowhere in America. That should be obvious. So why limit your market to one console, when the other is setting America on fire? Money to be made in both.
GoofsterStud said:
I think most of the Madden laughing is due to some people thinking the Wii version was going to beat the PS3 version, and it ended up losing to the XBOX version. Just some friendly jabbing.
It is a key indicator of certain things though. People who like their sim sports games are going to stick with the PS2, 360, or PS3 for those types of games. And that is a huge market Wii will be missing out on. Of course they will still get these games, but it does not look they will be at all relavent to the systems success. It is not so much bad for the Wii, just very good for the 360 and PS3.
mysticstylez
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xsarien said:
So you would rather play Call of Duty 4 on the Wii, with friend codes, no headset support, and severly downgraded graphics, just for the sake of waggle? Instead of playing it on the 360 which is an amazing looking game, playing online with xbox live, with headset support as well, plus achievements, as well as downloadable content, and extremely competent dual analog controls.
MightyHedgehog
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I agree. They had a few months where there was little on the ground and would have been better off giving it some time to shine during the Spring or Summer.Agent Icebeezy said:
Buffy4ever
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chris0701 said:http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/
Playstation Brand Dominates August U.S. NPD Charts
wow at SDF, I even assume it was set to spread negative reputation about Sony gamers.
dextran said:
I agree. If you combine all of the Sony products then combine all of the Nintendo products under the title Nintendo Family. some one needs to do that. If that happens it will show Nintendo winning big time.
speculawyer
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Kevar said:
Yeah, that thread is filled with people saying Bioshock would bomb. There is a feast of crow there. :lol
I remember thinking I should post something about that but was too afraid everyone would just call me a TTWO whore. :lol
titiklabingapat
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Yup, waggle in FPS is really that huge of a difference.mysticstylez said:
Provided the controls are actually well done, of course.
JoshuaJSlone
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The bigger percentage jump a system's LTD has, the harder it is to maintain the same tie ratio. Since the new owners won't have as many games, they have a negative effect on overall tie ratio. The more of them there are, the bigger the negative effect is. From July->AugustRhindle said:
X360 LTD: +4.7%
PS3 LTD: +8.1%
Wii LTD: +11.2%
As of these August numbers...beermonkey@tehbias said:
X360: 6.2 million
WiiS3: 5.8 million
So it is getting pretty close.