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[allan-bh]

So we're looking at around <294k for blacklist which was on 4 platforms..... damn thats not promising at all. What was Conviction's first month like?

(I suppose it only had a week and a bit of sales since it launched on August 20th)

486k

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Okay, so why are PS3 and 360 still so expensive then?

Surely they can't cost that much to make anymore?

I was convinced they would sell for years to come as budget consoles, but with these sales I am not so sure.

The lost a bunch of money and are trying to make it back.

 

[Majanew]

New consoles on horizon and 360/PS3 are still priced too high. Ridiculous how much they still cost.

 

[Loudninja]

Xillia in the Individual top 10 is good for Namco...hopefully.

Not bad for a late port.

 

[grandjedi6]

Madden releases in about the last week of August every year.

Madden wasn't on last August's NPD:

Darksiders 2 (360, PS3, PC)
New Super Mario Bros 2 (3DS)
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS)
NCAA Football 13 (360, PS3)
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSV, PC)
Sleeping Dogs (360, PS3)
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (360, PS3)
Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, NDS, Wii, PC)
The Amazing Spider-Man (360, PS3, NDS, 3DS, Wii)

 

[opticalmace]

Okay, so why are PS3 and 360 still so expensive then?

Surely they can't cost that much to make anymore?

I was convinced they would sell for years to come as budget consoles, but with these sales I am not so sure.

They will... they are just trying to coast on current-price profits until they need to drop the prices.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Possibility that 3DS outsold 360 high?

About 100%.

But it could go either way. Really.

 

[allan-bh]

I believe Pikmin 3 sales are pretty decent.

 

[-MB-]

Possibility that 3DS outsold 360 high?

100% as NPD stated 3DS was the best selling hardware again.

 

[NateDrake]

Not bad for a late port.

Xillia isn't a port. It's a late translation. Graces f was a port.

 

[ohlawd]

Pikmin 3 charted, good shit. Probably pulled shit numbers but it's nice to see it up there anyway.

Not bad for a late port.

You mean late localization?

 

[Danny 117]

486k

Lol well that's absolutely a BOMBA for blacklist then. Releasing on more platforms with much bigger install bases than in 2010. Wow.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Possibility that 3DS outsold 360 high?

I think that's confirmed. Question is by how much

lol can't imagine how bad vita/wiiu stuff must be

Speaking of which hopefully John Harker will chime in with Splinter Cell's performance on the wiiu as I recall him saying it's a game being watched closely by publishers

 

[DragonSworne]

I told my sister not to buy blacklist and wait for GTAV to buy as a gift for her boyfriend.

I imagine GTAV. Is going to cannibalize all software next month.

I feel bad for Rayman.

 

[Totobeni]

will there be Nvidia Shield numbers? (does nvidia even sell the thing in retailers or just online store?)

 

[Wickerbasket]

R.I.P current gen.

Bring on next gen.

 

[Road]

Nothing from Nintendo yet? I mean, a Wii U exclusive game in the top 10!!!

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 software specifically &#8220;combined to grow over 50 percent and are now only down only one percent year to date, which he called &#8220;remarkable&#8221; considering how close we are to the launch of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. He added that PS3&#8217;s Tales of Xillia would have made the top 10 if individual SKUs were counted (in other words, if sales across platforms weren&#8217;t combined for the top 10).

Dragon's Crown bomba? I guess the outrage didn't help...

 

[Toki767]

Need to know Pikmin 3's numbers to have a better estimate of how Xillia did.

 

[Loudninja]

Xillia isn't a port. It's a late translation. Graces f was a port.

Pikmin 3 charted, good shit. Probably pulled shit numbers but it's nice to see it up there anyway.



You mean late localization?

Yeah thats what I mean thanks

 

[CartridgeBlower]

So if Dead Space isn't getting a sequel...and it sold 600k on two platforms...does that mean Splinter Cell is even more dead after selling less than 300k on three platforms???

 

[allan-bh]

Lol well that's absolutely a BOMBA for blacklist then. Releasing on more platforms with much bigger install bases than in 2010. Wow.

I'm not surprised. I didn't see much hype for the game.

 

[grandjedi6]

He added that PS3’s Tales of Xillia would have made the top 10 if individual SKUs were counted (in other words, if sales across platforms weren’t combined for the top 10).

WOW

 

[VanWinkle]

will there be Nvidia Shield numbers? (does nvidia even sell the thing in retailers or just online store?)

Would you really want to know? Lol.

 

[NobleGreenBeast]

Happy to see both Mario and Luigi and Pikmin in the top ten. Hopefully sales are strong.

 

[Xenugears]

Ouch, Splinter Cell: Blacklist across all platforms won't even come close to (Xbox exclusive) Conviction numbers which was about 1 million US, 2 mill worldwide. The Michael Ironside effect in action.

 

[PhantomR]

Strut ya stuff, playa! Nice job

 

[Timeaisis]

Pikmin 3 charted. Huh. That's cool, I guess. I wonder how it did digitally, I know they were pushing it. I wonder how the Wii U will do when when the price cut takes effect.

 

[Kunan]

I assume that MS presser ignores the 3DS? I wonder how it did with M&L charting. EDIT: N/m just saw the comments above.

Feels weird seeing a Wii U game in the top 10 again! Happy to see people buying Pikmin 3

 

[Foshy]

will there be Nvidia Shield numbers? (does nvidia even sell the thing in retailers or just online store?)

Count the gaffers that bought it in the official thread, multiply by 3 and you have an optimistic estimate

 

[Loudninja]

Dragon's Crown bomba? I guess the outrage didn't help...

Well it was the top 10 in both PS3 and Vita digital charts.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/09/10/august-2013s-psn-top-sellers/

 

[SmokyDave]

I think that's confirmed. Question is by how much

lol can't imagine how bad vita/wiiu stuff must be

Speaking of which hopefully John Harker will chime in with Splinter Cell's performance on the wiiu as I recall him saying it's a game being watched closely by publishers

If Splinter Cell Wii U has performed on par with the UK & Japan, it'll have bombed spectacularly.

 

[Mpl90]

I assume that MS presser ignores the 3DS? I wonder how it did with M&L charting.

Feels weird seeing a Wii U game in the top 10 again! Happy to see people buying Pikmin 3

MS presser always ignores handhelds.

 

[jwhit28]

I wonder if 2DS/3DS will settle back at the top after the initial surge from the new consoles this year.

 

[Ushae]

Prob next gen killing/eating up current gen sales and hype. It was inevitable.

 

[Rannta]

I'd like to see dragon's crown sales. I expected better numbers than tales of.

 

[B.O.O.M]

If Splinter Cell Wii U has performed on par with the UK & Japan, it'll have bombed spectacularly.

Yeah that's what I reckon. Wonder how that falls within expectations given the performance/userbase size of the hardware.

 

[Foshy]

How much did the first Skylanders sell in its first month?

 

[John Harker]

yea Blacklist is hugely disappointing.

 

[Kunan]

MS presser always ignores handhelds.

Yea true. I'm always checking in case they break tradition.

 

[1st Course]

HDDs are REALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYY cheap. They just don't want to put them in.

It's not about HDDs cost though, but more about the space they take inside the console.

HDDs are probably the reason why console manufacturers can't shrink them like they used to in the past.

Here the PS2 slim for example, just look at how small it is:

And here the even smaller $100 model:

 

[Mpl90]

yea Blacklist is hugely disappointing.

Overall or Wii U SKU?
The former is expected, the latter too, but still, ruh roh.

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

Another month, another batch of awful numbers for wiiu and vita.

 

[B.O.O.M]

yea Blacklist is hugely disappointing.

Doesn't bode well for future 3rd party support for wiiu I guess. Thanks for chiming in on the subject

 

[DaBoss]

How much did the first Skylanders sell in its first month?

Skylanders from Activision, sold about 100,000 starter kit units in October 2011, its first month in stores.

100K

It's not about HDDs cost though, but more about the space they take inside the console.

HDDs are probably the reason why console manufacturers can't shrink them like they used to in the past.

Here the PS2 slim for example, just look at how small it is:

And here the even smaller $100 model:

That is true, but the cost of the components of the PS3 (and 360) are really cheap now. They can even just make it so the system uses an external drive couldn't they?

 

[Danny 117]

I wonder what Guillemot is going to do about those Blacklist sales. It's a SOLID game. Marketing is to blame IMO, Jade Raymond and her team did a great job.

yea Blacklist is hugely disappointing.

 

[klee123]

Good to hear about Xillia doing well.

See Namco? If you advertise and promote your game, it'll sell!

 

[BY2K]

We know 3DS outsold the 360.

Wait, so the 360 isn't the best selling platform this month?

 

[jmls1121]

I'm glad Pikmin 3 got in there somewhere. It is the most polished game I have ever played. Its my GOTY so far.

 

[Nirolak]

Wait, so the 360 isn't the best selling platform this month?

It's the best selling (home) console.

 

[Pociask]

Doesn't bode well for future 3rd party support for wiiu I guess. Thanks for chiming in on the subject

I can't see it changing anyone's minds, really. What, you were going to publish a Wii U game, but now won't because a game that bomba'd did worst on a console with the smallest install base?

Haters gonna hate, dreamers gonna dream.