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NPD Sales Results for December 2014 [Up2: Nintendo Sales Notes]
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That is a lot .
I doubt they would blast bioware internally regardless of sales.
Chris Metal
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Hmm, are peeps generally ignorant of the fact that GTAV was SONY's main bundled title during the xmas period along with many others. You can't just ignore it was and just say "oh look it sold more at retail on X1, SONY am doomed, better do somethings! Drop dat price ASAP!".
It's no surprise to me that MS locked Nov + Dec this year in the US, they always seem too, but overreacting and loosing shit over some retail software selling some more on X1 and going the PS4 doomed/tides turning route is BS, especially when bundles aren't tracked. If increased sales continue for months and MS wipe the gap and sales start to actually swing, then SONY should be doing something to counter.
AC:U/AC4 would have probably been high as well on NPD if they bothered to track bundled games and anyone getting that cheap X1 bundle could more than likely of purchased GTAV:R separate. Right now SONY has to do absolutely nothing though as hitting almost 20mil LTD is a massive achievement, more so than winning 2 months of NPD. America isn't the only place thats important, and at least SONY haven't yet had to suffer great losses with regular price cuts to create any remote interest in their product to generate better sales.
MS can window dress their price drop all they like, but its a simple fact of they fucked up and sent across the wrong message at the start and are having to correct now.
It's no surprise to me that MS locked Nov + Dec this year in the US, they always seem too, but overreacting and loosing shit over some retail software selling some more on X1 and going the PS4 doomed/tides turning route is BS, especially when bundles aren't tracked. If increased sales continue for months and MS wipe the gap and sales start to actually swing, then SONY should be doing something to counter.
AC:U/AC4 would have probably been high as well on NPD if they bothered to track bundled games and anyone getting that cheap X1 bundle could more than likely of purchased GTAV:R separate. Right now SONY has to do absolutely nothing though as hitting almost 20mil LTD is a massive achievement, more so than winning 2 months of NPD. America isn't the only place thats important, and at least SONY haven't yet had to suffer great losses with regular price cuts to create any remote interest in their product to generate better sales.
MS can window dress their price drop all they like, but its a simple fact of they fucked up and sent across the wrong message at the start and are having to correct now.
KillerMan91
Member
Well after Q1 2014 Skylanders had sold 175 million toys and generated more than 2 billion revenue. So I think it's save to assume that Skylanders generated way more than 38 million during this holiday quarter.
Edit. beaten badly.
Exterminieren
Banned
Anyone looking for amiibo to topple Skylanders and Infinity is missing the point.
The amiibo platform is looking to monetise a very small Wii U consumer base. I know they're rolling it out to 3DS this year, but for the time being it's naturally hamstrung by the amounts of Wii Us and copies of Smash Bros out there. A 2:1 attach rate for amiibo to Smash is a brilliant start, and they'll be looking to build off that base.
The amiibo platform is looking to monetise a very small Wii U consumer base. I know they're rolling it out to 3DS this year, but for the time being it's naturally hamstrung by the amounts of Wii Us and copies of Smash Bros out there. A 2:1 attach rate for amiibo to Smash is a brilliant start, and they'll be looking to build off that base.
Regret Upon Approval
Member
A few people who went from PS4 to X1.
A bunch of people who I know still haven't gotten new consoles, so not exactly much to say yet.
Oh, a few Wii-U owners too.
shinra-bansho
Member
Oh, I forgot that Amiibos will work with 3DS too. It's harder to discern an attach rate then.
TerryLee81
Member
Ok. Are you from the future?
That's pretty presumptuous don't you think?
The only thing I think we have is 3 million starter packs which are I think 2-3 toys for the first game: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/04/30/disney-infinity-has-sold-more-than-3-million-starter-packs/
They're pretty quiet overall.
Saint Gregory
Member
2 million of those just to that one guy who really hates Rosalina. Pretty impressive.
I´d say its not awful. Not great either, but for dead look at Vita. Thats dead.
GTAV and Minecraft were on the list last year too. The same games. I'd still say that 2000 has 2015 beat.
I don't think they do yet though, no?
New 3DS as yet. Probably better to do it as a software to Amiibo attach rate.
E.g. total software sales for games that character can be used with vs the Amiibo sales.
small44
Member
Yes lol
Wildarmsjecht
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Baroquemantic
Member
Ummm, ok....
Nightengale
Member
People finally opened their eyes to the truth.
It has great games, so what does it matter if it doesn't have CoD or ACU or other broken games? /s
shinra-bansho
Member
No, I don't believe so. But given the audience/collector nature, I could see people buying these things even without a functional purpose yet.
Actually on that note, if these were simply well-promoted figurine collector items, what do people think they'd sell?
Buddha Beam
Banned
Wait there's a GTA V now? When did that come out? Have I been living under a rock or was it not as popular as in the past?
Exterminieren
Banned
Smash Bros is still a huge franchise, clearly.
Mario Kart did decent holiday numbers, too.
Honestly, it's not like the Wii U numbers are astonishing, or even all that good, but it's a decent enough performance by the standards of the console's regular sales.
RedAssedApe
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dont care for the amiibos/skylanders/disney infinity stuff...but i guess there's a sizeable audience
Not too surprising. Factor in Sony's weak exclusives in 2014, and their constant online troubles, and Xbox One selling for $350...Sony is lucky they didn't get their asses kicked worse...in the USA, this past holiday season.
It's not a fantastic number of systems sold but it's a pretty decent one, especially considering they weren't nearly as aggressive with promotions, price cuts, bundles, etc as Sony/Microsoft were.
You mean they never should have stopped, they haven't had that great leadership or autonomy in 15 plus years.
Growing up you could get Nintendo licensed everything and we have multiple Nintendo cartoons, Captain N and SMB Show and I think one other...
Not to mention cereals, snacks, all kinds of clothing and toys.
They clearly walked away from it, but I don't think they realized all of that stuff helped their brand and kept them in kids minds. They should have evolved that business over the years instead of walking away from it.
Gbpackers31
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???
It's not that large, nor is it that surprising. Nintendo said in November that BF week was it's highest selling week. Wii U is still riding from SSB, plus you have Mario Kart and Amiibo this holiday, on top of Nintendo traditionally doing well in December.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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So it's almost like the price-raise never happened.
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Beatofficer
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Well my friend has like 10-20 already between his currently bought ones and pre-orders so there are certainly at least some people buying them in bulk.
well for November and December they were Smash Bros-specific. also they didn't really talk about amiibos and the 3DS consumer-side (to my knowledge) until the Direct yesterday detailing the NFC reader in the New 3DS XL.
that little peripheral for the original 3DS/XL showed up in an investor briefing but I doubt that affected these sales at all.
I think it's safe to say that for these two months specifically amiibo sales are directly related to the Wii U with the occasional person just buying one because it looks cool.
Poimandres
Member
That... really does put things into perspective. Still, I bet the Ouya wishes it had Vita sales. lol.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Shhhh...let him continue to act childish.
Coincidentally he was nowhere to be found in the UK thread.TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
What are you talking about? Who is overreacting and losing their shit?
RedAssedApe
Banned
errr...joke post right? it was a 2013 game and re-released HD remaster for current-gen in Nov.
Welfare
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Almost 600k is a lot better than I thought it would, especially with it doing 240k in November. Maybe I just underestimated the Wii U's increase month over month.
Nicktendo86
Member
Yup
Over what like 7 consoles and also mobile devices, that's insane.