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NPD Sales Results for February 2009
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kitch9 said:
Where did you learn economics? Did they teach you nothing outside of simple demand/supply curve in chapter 2? Have you ever heard of Cost Curve? Yeah, professor said you are supposed to take both into account, not just one or the other. If you refer to any company as "fucked" by simply looking at its product demand but not the profit margin, you better take that class again.
Simple economics..
Wii Will Rock U
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Killzone 2 did as I expected, as did the 360 and PS3 SF4 and Wii Fit.
Still, I am in utter disbelief and shock that Mario Kart DS and NSMB are still BOTH on the top 10. That is disgusting. At this rate, we will never get sequels.
Still, I am in utter disbelief and shock that Mario Kart DS and NSMB are still BOTH on the top 10. That is disgusting. At this rate, we will never get sequels.
JoshuaJSlone
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Well, Mario Kart Wii is doing a fine job of tearing up the charts on its own. But as for a same-system sequel? Last time that happened for those series was... uhh, the arcade and NES, respectively?Wii Will Rock U said:
Wii Will Rock U
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I meant the 360 version of SF4. Read a little more carefully please.Nocebo said:
EDIT: Blablurn, thanks, lol. You beat me to it. :lol
Stoney Mason
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:lolNocebo said:
Although his response post does explain.
evilromero
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I'm curious about the LTD of Mario Kart and Wii Play. Both have to bee getting way the hell up there. Glad to see SFIV had strong sales because it's the one game I've been consistently playing.
TheKingsCrown
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Mario Kart Wii > GTA IV on a WW scale, according to some posts / numbers we saw before I thoughtevilromero said:
You're the king of lowered standards. Claiming that Sega will be more than happy when a game with a decent budget/advertising push makes most of its unit sales when the title is earning the least per-unit for Sega is pretty depressing. It also tells Sega (and every other dev) to aim no higher than B-title spending.markatisu said:
Zachack said:
It is what it is, if Sega greenlights another light gun game and HoTD Overkill comes in at around the 455k that REUC did in the US what does that tell you?
Their retail strategy has worked for them to turn a profit, they subsidize and work with retailers to keep the price of their games on "sale" to encourage people to buy them
Price drops are not a bad thing, they stimulate sales. Price Collapses are a bad thing (going from $59 or $49 to $19.99)...that is not what Sega is doing
GAF really needs a reality check, look at past NPD's going back over several years. The idea that game needs to sell 750k-3m to be a success is not the way things work. There are plenty of past NPD's and sales-age reports where 250k for the month was amazing sales...now they get laughed at
Mario Kart Wii is at 5.5m in the US and Wii Play I think just crossed 10m in the US
Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me for not being able to decipher that ambiguous blob of letters properly. I still smell something fishy even if that's what you supposedly said. How can your expectation of SF4 on xbox be so high while your hardware numbers are so low, answer that mr smarty pants.Wii Will Rock U said:
poppabk
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I think you may be exaggerating the level of spending on the title. I have it and its a great game, but the lack of polish and QC tells me that they didn't spend a massive amount of money.Zachack said:
I still think it is disappointing sales wise because it was a known franchise that did get some advertising and a non-shovelware budget, but I doubt it will be disappointing financially overall.
poppabk said:
Again put the game into context, everyone knows Sega did not spend AAA money on the game. its got great commercials and its a awesome game, but for it to do what some of you are expecting in a non holiday rush is just being unrealistic.
The bar is NERF and REUC, plain and simple.
REUC during a holiday season sold 121k the first month, slightly higher the next and then crashed to around 30k in month 3. Capcom said total US sales to date are around 455k
NERF came during a holiday season and got to around 500k
Those are the bars for a lightgun game on the Wii, how it does will also probably give EA an indication of how their game will do.
Version 3.0
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The fact that some people are willing to pay more for a green apple does not mean there are more people overall who want green apples. That's extremely poor logic.
But we're talking about consoles, which, although similar, are not as similar as apples. There's a lot more involved than just price. First and foremost, very few people buy consoles in order to own a console. They want to play games. If someone happens to want a particular exclusive game, then price may not matter. If they have friends with one console or the other, that may override any other factors. If they want a movie player, that might sway them (could be Blu-Ray or Netflix, for example).
But we're talking about consoles, which, although similar, are not as similar as apples. There's a lot more involved than just price. First and foremost, very few people buy consoles in order to own a console. They want to play games. If someone happens to want a particular exclusive game, then price may not matter. If they have friends with one console or the other, that may override any other factors. If they want a movie player, that might sway them (could be Blu-Ray or Netflix, for example).
Why hasn't SCEA fired their advertising staff/firm/director or whoever is responsible for their PS3 ads? PS3 advertising has been bad. That Killzone ad makes me shake my head every time I see it. Like, 85% of the ad literally consisted of a bullet flying through the air :lol . Is SCEA contractually obligated to continue these ad strategy or do they actually like these ads?
Interfectum
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kitch9 said:
Tylahedras
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yurinka said:Great numbers for Killzone 2 and SFIV
BTW about the Killzone 2 as I remember they announced more than 1 million was in Europe alone, not USA.
What? Games developed in Europe sell well in Europe? Games developed in America sell well in America? Games developed in Japan sell well in Japan? (unless you're nintendo) who'd have thunk it?
BenjaminBirdie
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RSTEIN said:
Yeah, exactly. "Normalized Planetwide Detailings".
Interfectum
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kitch9 could you post the usernames w/ examples in this thread of the "US guys" who forget the rest of the world exists (obviously because they are stuuupid americans duur durrr durrr).
Either post who is doing this or stop posting that shit.
Either post who is doing this or stop posting that shit.
[Nintex] said:
Possibly so, but no company needs every territory to be strong to survive or even compete.
That is my point. There are plenty of people ringing the death knell and posting loads of these.:lol :lol :lol
Worldwide is all that matters. Everybodies money is as good as the next mans regardless of where you are in the world....
All companies concerned are stronger in some territories than others, and just because we have the figures showing one company selling more in its strongest territory, its only one territory and no reason to get as excited as some do.....
lowlylowlycook
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kitch9 said:
Right but when you integrate over all territories Sony comes out in 3rd place with no likelihood of that changing. And when you integrate over all sales Sony has lost the most money this gen, again with no real probability of that changing.
So now can I :lol :lol :lol :lol ?
OldJadedGamer
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kitch9 said:
Weren't you done with the thread 3 different times now?
Grampa Simpson
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Wouldn't discourage the true believers.pakkit said: