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NPD Sales Results for December 2008
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Cosmonaut X
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Son of Godzilla said:
Two great racing games, a solid version of a cross-platform music game, a minigame/controller bundle and a fitness game, all of which are highly polished and accessible?
Yeah, I've got my "concerned" face on...
Unless of course your "concern" was about most of them being Nintendo titles? In which case, take it up with the third parties not putting their best content on the dominant platform...
Mrbob said:
Wii Play? Perhaps you have a point, although separating the people who want it for the games from the people who want it as an extra controller is going to be impossible, so either way is "unfair".
Wii Fit? You're seriously suggesting that buyers don't want the game but are instead just buying it to use for a handful of Balance Board-compatible titles.
I will also be interested to see Activision Blizzard's breakdown for revenue per platform. Their top earner is obvious, but number 2-4 are not so obvious. I can see it going 360/PS3/Wii, 360/Wii/PS3, or Wii/360/PS3. While PS3 and 360 had both Guitar Hero and Call of Duty selling well, Wii's Guitar Hero was significantly stronger and is a much more expensive game.
We'll have to wait and see.
We'll have to wait and see.
Mrbob said:At least I can thank Sony for sacrificing the PS3 to help make HD movies mainstream. Will be interesting to see if it was worth it to destroy the console market for the movie market...we'll see how far Blu Ray can go! Love my PS3 as a blu ray movie player.
I have a feeling they are fine with it. They knew exactly what they were doing. They have been trying to win a format war for a very, very long time. I'm sure they would have liked the console to make a killing as well, but sacrificing it for the Sony greater good was something they were prepared for.
What saddens me is the so called gaming enthusiasts cheering on the PS3 blu-ray mantra. If you were a real Sony GAMING fan, you'd be pretty upset with the decision.
TheGreatDave
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Leonsito said:
:lol
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Zhuk said:
You have no idea.
Apparently, Killzone 2 is already the best game ever made.
Don't get me wrong, I'm buying day one, it doesn't LOOK like it will be as bad as 1, but I'm hoping the game doesn't control as sloppily as it LOOKS like it does in the videos.
hahaha - no problems here - thing is, we get some people (for example like Hoffman, son of godzilla and mrbob), who despite all the facts presented will still spin it as positive for their system of choice and somehow a negative for the system they don't care/like.lowrider007 said:
It's pretty funny for those who know, but for those not so much into sales, they can take that as gospel especially if it's their favorite console.
schuelma said:
And drive Sony out of business. Sony is still losing money on the 80GB ($400) system, they can't afford another $150 loss per system. The fact that Sony just lost money for only the second time in the last 52 years means that shareholders would no doubt be beyond pissed if Sony tried that.
donny, no it's not the same. It is part of the Wii series, it's not like with the N64 where companies would just add "64" to games. Wii Fit is not a new IP.
PepsimanVsJoe
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The PS3 isn't doomed.
It's more like the PS3 just happened to step into a massive pile of shit and they're up to their neck in it right now.
They'll get out, the stink won't go away for months or even years, but they'll get out.
It's more like the PS3 just happened to step into a massive pile of shit and they're up to their neck in it right now.
They'll get out, the stink won't go away for months or even years, but they'll get out.
TJ Spyke said:
Thank you. Then I have two more observations to add:
7) Guitar Hero's showing in December 08 was the best showing any third party game has had on the Wii in a single month. And by a wide margin.
8) There has never been two third party games for the Wii in the top 10 in a single month.
mr_bishiuk
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Kusagari said:
From my experience a lot of people "jumped in" when COD4 came out and missed gears1, Gears 1 came out quite early in the 360's life cycle and COD is the game to play (much the same as Halo last gen). People go where the online players are
The Xbox 360 growth is quite steady YoY, the PS3 went down while it should've been up.Xavien said:
Nintendo could've reached higher numbers already if they had the supply in the first year, but they really didn't expect the Wii to take off like it did. DS is simply insane, I remember the launch wasn't that succesfull.
The GameCube didn't I think they had the Wind Waker in early 2003 and Mario Kart for the holiday season.
SimpleDesign
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That's a very good question.RSTEIN said:
abacab driver
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Leonsito said:
ok i loled. :lol
Flying_Phoenix
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Opiate said:
But you have to remember that rank isn't everything. Third party Wii games such as DDRHP have sold more then many Top 10 games and have never even charted.
DevelopmentArrested
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Son of Godzilla said:
Son of Godzilla
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You presume too much. The saying was never "Games don't sell on the Wii" or "Third party games don't sell on the Wii", it was "Look at all that shit".Arde5643 said:
I don't get the disbelief. The Wii was sold out here for at least 3-4 days leading up to Xmas. There were absolutely none to be had in this city. They made sure they had enough to cover Black Friday and then hoped it would last. It didn't.
Also nobody fucking buys a system the day after Xmas.
Mrbob said:
Wii Play? Sure, everyone is buying it to get a controller. But Wii Fit? Nobody is buying it just to get a balance board that works in, what, 3 other games. Wii Fit is selling because people want the Wii Fit game/nongame/software/whatever. Sure, the novelty of the controller is no doubt enticing more people to buy it, but the same can be said of Guitar Hero.
Just because it comes with a piece of hardware doesn't mean its sales are less valid - otherwise we'd have to disregard Mario Kart and next year disregard Wii Sports Resort, even when its pretty clear that both of those would sell like hotcakes, packed-in-with-peripheral or not.
goldenpp72
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FtsH said:
took me a minute :lol
Randy Lanzarote
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Y'know, after Pacther's predictions for December, and the revelation that he based his PS3 price drop on an iSuppli report, I don't think I'm going to put much stock in what he says anymore.
I think it'd be silly to expect a price cut from anyone this year, although if Nintendo want to do real damage they could just start bundling Mario Kart and wheel with the Wii.
Game over man, game over!
:lol :lol
We need a gif of James May to go with that
I think it'd be silly to expect a price cut from anyone this year, although if Nintendo want to do real damage they could just start bundling Mario Kart and wheel with the Wii.
Game over man, game over!
bishoptl said:
:lol :lol
We need a gif of James May to go with that
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bishoptl said:
don't know why but that me crack up :lol :lol
mr_bishiuk
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RSTEIN said:
of course but not from Sony, Nintendo or MS
Sega Atari and so on
Stoney Mason
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Xavien said:
That's what she said.