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NPD Sales Results for December 2008
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WretchedTruman
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numbers say otherwise.Karma said:
DevelopmentArrested
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rpmurphy said:
Your broken sarcasm detector led me to this.
Thunder Monkey
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That's it looking better?!NeoUltima said:
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farnham said:
HD gaming family wins!
PepsimanVsJoe said:
If someone, or their child, wants to get into HD gaming and are worried about their immediate financial future and were given two options, one starting at $199 or one starting at $399, they're more likely to choose the option that costs half as much. That is where the recession "excuse" comes in.
Relaxed Muscle
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AFreak said:
Considering what Xbox did in Japan, I think that Xbox360 at least it's growing slowly and setting a userbase in Japan, exactly the contrary with PS3.
WretchedTruman
Member
you're pathetic if another gamer's enthusiasm for a title is having a negative effect on your own.:lol
That's even so much more immature than going apeshit over a blockbuster videogame
That's even so much more immature than going apeshit over a blockbuster videogame
Relaxed Muscle said:
Next gen in Japan should be interesting
Any remaining loyalty 3rd parties had to Sony is just about gone, and in theory Microsoft should be well positioned to do even better...but I suspect that Wii HD or whatever its called is going to get the bulk of support (think PS1 to PS2). Should be fun!
I don't recall ever saying they are unimportant. The sales are "good enough" to keep people developing for it and churning out qualities products, despite not meeting the expectations of GAF. Two years ago maybe, but it's already passed critical mass: the system is obviously healthy enough that nobody wants to cancel projects on it.Haunted said:
So fucking what if it becomes the Gamecube of this generation (it would have to sell fewer than what, 3 million consoles between now and eternity to meet that?), the games keep coming, enough people are buying them to keep the console viable, and as someone that still enjoys his Genesis carts as much as his PS3 games, the only thing thats really important to me is that it lives out its natural lifespan.
Would I like to see it as a first or second place console? Absolutely. Is it going to alter my enjoyment of the system? Not in any way.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Tutomos said:
If you can shed some light then do so.
FateBreaker
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Relaxed Muscle said:
nah, it's still funny.
titiklabingapat
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Dec is a 5 week month, iirc. Nov was 4 weeks.Link said:
Dabookerman
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Ok, here are some gifs.
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Wii
Xbox 360
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PSP
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Nintendo DS
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WretchedTruman said:
Winning the HD war only matters if long term the market adopts the PS3 and it doesn't become a failed format like Laser-Disc. So far there's a HUGE push from retailers and yet DVD sales haven't been eaten into much. It's a Pyrrhic victory so far. And it doesn't really matter when we're talking about console sales.
CrazzyMan said:
Down the road you've got a great point, but the poster I was responding to was making an excuse for the PS3's CURRENT hardware performance. It's too expensive for the mass market now. It'll obviously come down in price at some point, and should sell more to consumers as a result. But the fact is because Sony took a gamble on Blu Ray not just winning the HD format war but catching on with consumers in the near term Sony chose to take it out of the sales race for a significant part of it's life cycle. That was IT'S choice. You can say that's a good decision in the future but that doesn't change the present.
The Faceless Master
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:lol :lol :lolChumly said:
i wonder how off their animal crossing numbers are now... wait, no i don't.
:lol :lol :lolTobor said:This.
And the chart actual consumers would use:
Son of Godzilla
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No. If someone, or their child, wants to get into HD gaming and are worried about their immediate financial future then there does not exist a world in which they pick the $399 option.Shurs said:
PantherLotus
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WretchedTruman
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it gets increasingly more nonsensical as it progresses, but that may be why I love it.:loldabookerman said:Ok, here are some gifs.
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Wii
Xbox 360
PS3
PSP
PS2
boiled goose
good with gravy
CrazzyMan said:
yep. excuses, reasons, etc. does it matter? Sony is trying to sell the product they made.
They made it expensive. That explains 1. 2. 4. and part of 3.
also Affect
Zophar said:
:lol Thank you...for posting here then
NeoUltima said:
Some good animations before going through the door...
but I didnt know wooden doors stretched out when pushed and then suddenly snapped back...[spoiler/]
perfectchaos007
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I predicted the Wii pretty well, only 100K off or so, but I way underestimated the PS3 and 360
MOst expensive console(entry price). And looks like, price has more to do with sales, then media hate, but still.eznark said:
Yet, the less is price, the less is effect.Karma said:
Saw over 20 articles on n4g in december(after November NPD sales) how PS3 is doomed...)
1. Big HW = Big SW(usually), and like i said, entry price point. Does anyone here expect PS3 at 249$ bundled with a game to do much worse, then Wii at 249$?viciouskillersquirrel said:
2. They could have read yahoo..)) and other PS3 bashing articles.
3. You never know.
4. It`s not like 2 mln. parrents paid 50$ over retail in December?