Poetic.Injustice
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So what is the stock situation for PS4 gonna be like in the coming months?
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NPD Sales Results for December 2013 [Up2: Xbox One/360 HW, 3DS top system of year]
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DrForester
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Still, with three solid years of Skylanders getting the brand recognition, I am surprised Disney came out on top with just one game. Figured they would have to build up to that, and maybe with Infinity 2 or something.
If 3DS really did only sell 1 million I think that's a little concerning for Nintendo. After an incredible year of software plus having the 2DS now it deserved to do a lot better. Not an encouraging sign that it's already waining when they're relying on it so much at the moment.
theprodigy
Member
wait you're not DragonSworne
Pretty lame NPD. No stunningly good or bad numbers, everything just a little below what the consensus prediction was. Everyone able to claim some kind of flawed victory (bar Wii U, we don't know what they did yet). All that's left is the Wii U numbers.
The Nintendo quarterly thread is going to be where the fireworks happen.
The Nintendo quarterly thread is going to be where the fireworks happen.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
With the photobombs of boxes that hit the 'net, one could be swayed to that way of thought.
So much more then that. They were incredibly stupid for not bothering to advertise the Wii U at all for an entire damn year (even if they were just pushing the system and brand without any games things would have been significantly better) and only having a token offering on that front with Super Mario 3D World. The failure is actually impressive in a way. It's as if they purposefully made the effort to make sure they didn't do the most basic things when advertising a product.
Part of me actually wishes the Wii U numbers were insanely bad. If only to fire up the investors even more so they really lay into Iwata. Go for his head to make him, Miyamoto, etc really understand just how bad they really F'd this up.
MajorNelson pointed out that the Xbox One got their FCC approval before the PS4, which could indicate that they started production earlier as they were ready earlier.
Your rhetoric being that something not being "good" is equivocally "bad." That's what you're trying to say without saying it's a poor showing outright. The 3DS could be down YoY and still be relatively healthy.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
I'm not surprised though in all honesty. The GameCube had quite a few good games at this point in its life and still had multiplatform support at this point in time. The Wii U has had so few famous first party titles imo.
1st Party:
GC: 2001 - Pikmin, Super Smash Bros Melee, Luigi's Mansion, Wave Race: Blue Storm
2002 - Animal Crossing, Star Fox Adventures, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Party 4, Metroid Prime
Wii U: 2012 - NSMBU, Nintendo Land
2013 - (nothing in 1st 6 months), latter half - Game & Wario, Luigi U (if you're counting DLC....), Wii U Party, Pikmin 3 and 3D World - until the latter two titles, everything is pretty much forgettable in terms of retail
I think it's almost a guarantee that the version of Titanfall that nobody knows anything about whatsoever at this point will probably sell better than the other two.
Nintendo really needed to make a game like that, "Nintendo Universe"
Hopefully weak Wii U performance will triggers some changes in the company.
Please wake up Nintendo!
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
SwiftDeath
Member
A bunch of posts in the prediction thread including mine say otherwise.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
There's a meme for everything lol.
Synless
Member
But they are still in first place, in the US and WW.
Dragonborn
Member
The X1 version will sell well. Personally, I'll buy the the best version (PC), or the one all my friends will be playing on (x360, though I'd have to get a few months of Gold too). Absolutely Zero need for an X1
GhostTrick
Banned
I think the main problem with handheld this generation is not only that they didn't expected smartphones, but I also think this might have been the generation where handhelds were the most expensive ones.
Ehrm. If the Xbox sold 900k in December and it was the highest selling console for the generation in that month (meaning it sold more than the PS4 did in the same month) that would mean it sold less than the 1.1 million than the PS4 sold in November (US only) meaning a sales slow down over the course of the month. Broken down further, this would demonstrate that Sony shipped fewer units to the US over the course of December when compared to November. This, however, has absolutely no bearing on market demand of the unit. This is why I also mentioned the saturation of Xbox1s.
Anything else I can help you with or are you good now?
That's the saddest thing I've ever seen, lol
theprodigy
Member
Opus Angelorum
Member
They have piles of 3DS systems because they are selling lots. Just because a system is well stocked does not mean it isn't selling (see Xbox One).
Vita numbers as well, unless they were posted earlier and I missed it.
He doesn't want to buy it for a bargain. He thinks it's a bland level pack for 3D Land and not an amazing evolution of Mario like Sunshine.
shinra-bansho
Member
Comparative brand power of Disney/Pixar's properties probably helped a lot.
In 2012, 5.6M Nintendo handhelds were sold in the US.
In 2013, as the NDS has collapsed, if the 3DS "only" sells a million units in December, ~4.5M handhelds will have been sold.
A million units isn't "bad", but that's not a "good" trend.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
There is this game made by Kojima studios that has a huge fanbase, its called MGS ground zeroes, heard of it? Plus Diablo 3 expansion will also be launching in March.
Titanfall will have some very strong competition, so anyone thinking it will destroy everything is spewing hyperbole.
It is at least close enough to not be that big of a deal. Maybe 2.8-2.9 million as suggested by famousmort
Principate
Saint Titanfall
The biggest news here is the software sales. In spite of the PS4 selling more hardware Xbox versions of games higher in many major franchises in the top 10.
Something I did not really foresee.
Something I did not really foresee.
You have your view, I have mine. I happen to disagree with this.
This is going to be a really tough generation for you.
LittleJohnny
Banned
But to be fair, if you remove a week (any week) from PS4 sales, it would likely turn things around or at least be a tie.
BoboBrazil
Member
The PS4 being out of stock everywhere helped MS with the X1. Let's see how sells continue once PS4s are readily available at retail. Took another trip today, still no PS4s, but of course they had X1s on the shelf.
Randolph Freelander
Member
If there were ever obvious sarcasm, the post you responded to was clearly it.
SwiftDeath
Member
Pretty sure that means Ouya is going to sell really well but more importantly did you check the duck versus geese stock situation?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Sony, you fools.You should have concentrated in the only countries that matter /sarcasm
I think it's good to see this even though anyone rational can see what happened in the states. Supply is clearly not there for PS4 and MSFT flooded the US. If Sony plays its cards right and markets then they should dominate WW.
I think it's good to see this even though anyone rational can see what happened in the states. Supply is clearly not there for PS4 and MSFT flooded the US. If Sony plays its cards right and markets then they should dominate WW.
graywolf323
Member
eh? a lot of people predicted the XBO would outsell PS4 in December if only because of supply constraints on the PS4's side
Would be nice but doubt it. To add to the anecdotal hope train though, I will say that the best buy near me only had one vita in the back bin karts they use as easy access storage, and the wal mart and target near me were sold out.
My guess is, they had like a grand total of 5 vitas a piece rather than they sold an absurd amount. But hope springs eternal and all that.
A price drop getting the 2DS down to $100 year-round and lowering the prices of the OG and XL models for the people who want a cheap 3DS but don't like the 2DS could do decent. That combined with the right SW along with the continued sales of games like Pokemon could lead to a decent enough year for the 3DS.
ultratruman
Banned
I'm not downplaying the Wii's phenomenal success, but Wii sales evapourated pretty quickly in the last few years and the battle to be the platform for HD gaming between the PS3 and 360 has continued.
The PS2, while appealing more to the same audience audience as the competition, steamrolled so hard that 'second place' wasn't even meaningful in gen 6.
I love those thread offshoots, lol
rokkerkory
Member
First to 10m wins!!