Hero of Legend
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Fucking unbelievable the ratio of downloads for Fire Emblem! 
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NPD Sales Results for February 2013 [Up5: Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Official PS3/WiiU]
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Unspeakable Evil
Member
Well it didn't have the best marketing.
Wii U is looking ugly.
No idea what Nintendo is doing. Their release schedule is just anaemic. I like Iwata, and he's done a good job turning around the 3DS, but someone has to take the blame for the complete lack of software on the system. There hasn't been a single release of note since launch.
No idea what Nintendo is doing. Their release schedule is just anaemic. I like Iwata, and he's done a good job turning around the 3DS, but someone has to take the blame for the complete lack of software on the system. There hasn't been a single release of note since launch.
shinra-bansho
Member
How aggressive? It would probably need to match the 3DS on price, and even then the handheld market is still waning.
I really don't see the resolve at Sony to eat that sort of cost. It's not a valuable enough market; and in general the handheld line has never seemed as much of a priority.
err.. you mean the second had transactions that nintendo sees absolutely no profit whatsoever from?
why would nintendo intentionally undership games and force people to purchase second hand, where they see no profit, when they could produce more copies and actually make money?
the undershipping on purpose conspiracy theory makes little sense.
prag16
Banned
This... doesn't add up... especially not with the 64k number... even if the 3DS did as much as 250k.
bigtroyjon
Member
As long as it takes for them to sell off whatever stock they have left. Your average big box store is selling like 1 per month right now so it might take a while if they ordered like 10 per store for the holiday season.
Nobody bought 360 in Feb because there were games released for it in Feb.
You are reaching.
Aquamarine
Member
CadetMahoney
Member
Will be interesting if TR beats Bioshock Infinite compared.
To be fair, DMC was never a really strong franchise. The poor PR handling, rubbing a portion of the dedicated fanbase the wrong way, Ninja Theory (basically failures) destined the game to be a disaster.
"Nintendo ecosystem" is some Sony PR shit lol.
Very good Fire Emblem sales. I wish they'd have shipped more copies so I can get it for less than $40. /cheap-ass
But you know, dumb NoA has to screw up the launch. It's good for them that the sales weren't disappointing as a result.
Very good Fire Emblem sales. I wish they'd have shipped more copies so I can get it for less than $40. /cheap-ass
But you know, dumb NoA has to screw up the launch. It's good for them that the sales weren't disappointing as a result.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
We'll have to always wonder what effect Rayman Legends could have had on WiiU hardware sales last month. Definitely wouldnt have made the charts this NPD though, so Yves made the right but painful call.
Collectively, look around for where preorders on the net from the Amazons to whatever site you like and then look at the results come NPD day and it always matches up.
Gears of War: Judgement will do fine and the preorders will jump in it's last week. But in the end, Bioshock with it's delayed release will top the charts when it all said and done.
Whether, Gears can top God of War will be interesting as GOW: A is the first big franchise to release on the PS3 in well over a year.
Loved Tomb Raider but I can't see it happening at least on the 360 side.
But then again, most gamers aren't spend 300 dallars in games this month like I am. This is almost as bad as the fourth quarter.
I'm curious to see if the 360 drops another 300+ month in sales through March. Now people see why it was smart like the UK PR talked about to still worry about people going into the stores right now and not jump the gun announcing the NextBox so early.
metalslimer
Member
Wiiu numbers are disastrous and completely derserved
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Once Lego "Wii-U Savior 9/10" City drops, sales are gonna blow UP
to 90k, maybe
Fire Emblem could have sold A LOT more if they actually shipped some copies of the damn game to stores. Still nowhere to be found here in Mexico, even those stores that import from the US sell it at ridiculous prices.
And I still refuse to pay the US$64.00 they ask for it in the national eshop without a proper account system. Fuck NOA
And I still refuse to pay the US$64.00 they ask for it in the national eshop without a proper account system. Fuck NOA
Where's that Iwata quote "if we do as bad as the Gamecube, we've failed" something like that.
Edit:
"I do not intend to declare how many Wii we will be selling today, but Wii will be a failure if it cannot sell far more than GameCube did. In fact, we shouldn't continue this business if our only target is to outsell GameCube. Naturally, we are making efforts so that Wii will show a far greater result than GameCube."
Edit:
"I do not intend to declare how many Wii we will be selling today, but Wii will be a failure if it cannot sell far more than GameCube did. In fact, we shouldn't continue this business if our only target is to outsell GameCube. Naturally, we are making efforts so that Wii will show a far greater result than GameCube."
shinra-bansho
Member
The Wii and NDS are still selling.
Something like:
Wii U = 64K
Wii = 100K
NDS = 100K
3DS = 191K
Nintendo Ecosystem = 455K
Is perfectly plausible.
If they were trying to clear the stock faster though, wouldn't they just sell at cost and get rid of it?
Oh, I know. I was here for the NPD thread last month and the DmC OT where we saw the whole break down of the sales of every DMC game.
The sales drop from 4 -> DmC is nothing short of embarrassing. Which sucks, because in terms of quality they are about equal, I might even give a slight edge to DmC.
Thoughts:
- Wow Nintendo must have completely undershipped Fire Emblem, based on the reaction to it I thought it would have sold much better and at least charted.
- Wish Metal Gear Rising sold more, hope we still get a sequel.
- Don't know whether to fist pump that Sly made it to the #9 spot, or weep for video game sales being horrid. At least people bought the game! (really good game too, only things about it that were bad was the overabundance of minigames and the shitty quick time event final boss.
UberTag
Member
Oh I'm not saying they wouldn't rather make money.
I just feel NOA is extremely risk-averse when it comes to ANYTHING that doesn't have Mario in it which means that under-shipping is the easy out.
Especially when you're offering a digital safety net for their niche titles to recoup any retail volume they missed out on.
If the digital sales are robust, they'll do another print run and get more copies out to stores.
That will be the case for FE: Awakening and any other non-AAA titles they release going forward.
Pachterballs
Banned
SniperHunter
Banned
holy shit! Dead space 3 at number 1!!!!
I thought it had bombed and EA had killed the series! I guess making it a dude bro shooter worked out for EA
I thought it had bombed and EA had killed the series! I guess making it a dude bro shooter worked out for EA
Aquamarine
Member
If so, PS3 at 270K is also a REAL possibility (360K last February, 25% decline).
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
Hey Iwata, guess what, you're not doing as bad as the Gamecube.
(You are doing worse, who would have thought that was possible.)
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Not really shocking. They shipped 250k of SD, it sold poorly and Nintendo basically said "fuck this declining series; it only sold well on the GBA!"
Even for Awakening they were obviously rather cautious: hence the undershipping and the lack of a localization announcement until it was pulled out of them.
Partially, but NoA still shipped equally niche games in 2011 that came out in 2010. And it still wouldn't explain why NoE didn't try to bring it over either.
The answer is likely a combination of poor sales and poor timing.
But they didn't do that.
I still don't get how Nintendo has nothing ready to release.
If Iwata should be fired for anything, it's for apparently having Nintendo do nothing in the years leading up to Wii U. Wii was basically abandoned, with everyone theorizing they were gearing up for a massive launch lineup for Wii U, and they still have nothing.
If Iwata should be fired for anything, it's for apparently having Nintendo do nothing in the years leading up to Wii U. Wii was basically abandoned, with everyone theorizing they were gearing up for a massive launch lineup for Wii U, and they still have nothing.
Bruno MB
Member
[PS2] Sly 2: Band of Thieves - 119,539 units (September 2004)
[PS2] Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves - 104,018 units (October 2005)
[PS3 + PSV] Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - At least over 117,000 units (February 2013)
Edit: Now that I think I have a doubt with regards to Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves which was released in September 26, 2005. I don't know the report sales period for NPD of September 2005 so I don't know if it was included there. The figure I provided is from October 2005 assuming that it was its first month of tracking.
In the case that its sales were reported in the NPD of September, it debuted selling below 49,000 units. Hopefully someone will be able to solve my doubt.
[PS2] Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves - 104,018 units (October 2005)
[PS3 + PSV] Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - At least over 117,000 units (February 2013)
Edit: Now that I think I have a doubt with regards to Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves which was released in September 26, 2005. I don't know the report sales period for NPD of September 2005 so I don't know if it was included there. The figure I provided is from October 2005 assuming that it was its first month of tracking.
In the case that its sales were reported in the NPD of September, it debuted selling below 49,000 units. Hopefully someone will be able to solve my doubt.
Overreaction much? Yes it's quite bad but not disastrous. Disastrous would've been <57k.
Manmademan
Member
well...yeah. the GC only sold 20M. anything less than that is saturn territory.
3DS had a pretty large rise last year from Jan-> Feb. I think it did one better this year.
Pachterballs
Banned
MS's claim of 5 games in top 10 is ... laughable.
and sly... wow. made it!! (so much for the Sanjuru is sent to die posts)
its is bombing
and sly... wow. made it!! (so much for the Sanjuru is sent to die posts)
its is bombing
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Nice sales for Fire Emblem, more than I expected.
And Shadow Dragon's LTD is so much higher than I ever would have guessed.
And Shadow Dragon's LTD is so much higher than I ever would have guessed.
Discussion about PS Vita is like beating a dead horse.
Fucking unbelievable the ratio of downloads for Fire Emblem!
I think alot of people downloaded because they had trouble finding it at retail, heh.
*looks at fire emblem sales*
I am ashamed to be an american. most of my fellow americans are nothing but unappreciative dudebro wankers who don't know a quality game even if I could shove one up so far up their own arse... I do not care whether it's retail launch was botched, the eshop is there for a reason, use it.
No wonder NoA don't import from japan much. :/
bless the souls who did buy the game.
tl;dr hey america your taste in gaming is bad and you should feel bad! oh and FUUU!
*goes back to play FE: Awakening*
I am ashamed to be an american. most of my fellow americans are nothing but unappreciative dudebro wankers who don't know a quality game even if I could shove one up so far up their own arse... I do not care whether it's retail launch was botched, the eshop is there for a reason, use it.
No wonder NoA don't import from japan much. :/
bless the souls who did buy the game.
tl;dr hey america your taste in gaming is bad and you should feel bad! oh and FUUU!
*goes back to play FE: Awakening*
No, disastrous pretty much covers it
Some versions of my product have sold 400 millions.
That's the most aggravating part of this.
We have basically nothing to look forward to, until fall - a full year after launch.
It's starting to feel like Nintendo is a "holiday season-only" kind of company, especially with regards to its consoles.
Yeah I was a victim of Nintendo's eShop scheme. I wanted a box...Fucking unbelievable the ratio of downloads for Fire Emblem!
Looks OK for FE, but if the launch was better then it would have fared better.
I really don't like this picture, that the Wii and DS are still have a strong presence.
Perhaps its time for Nintendo to kill the switch for DS later in the year?
Pachterballs
Banned
huahauhahah a
10 million LTD worldwide for the original series, and placing in the top 5 of Capcom's most successful franchises, wasn't strong? I acknowledge that Devil May Cry was never as big as Metal Gear, but that doesn't excuse DmC's failure.
test_account
XP-39C²
Dead Space 3 isnt more of a dude bro shooter than Dead Space 1 and 2 in my opinion (i've played and beaten Dead Space 1, 2 and 3).
shinra-bansho
Member
I didn't realise the arbitrary cut-off point for disastrous was 57K.
Both sold more than the Wii U in January as well iirc.