Posts like these remind me that gafers have a warped perception of the game market. Much of the population makes uninformed impulse buys. The CoD bundle would probably be a perfect example of that.
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NPD Sales Results for February 2013 [Up5: Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Official PS3/WiiU]
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CadetMahoney
Member
You know, you're probably right heh. Sony is the most cynical of the lot by a mile, after all they're the ones who started making a fuss over NPD releasing juicy console breakdowns when they saw no "return of the king".You can bet if PS4 is smashing success and Vita gets back to resonable levels Sony will be giving press releases every month
Good Sly performance considering zero marketing. Been a while since I've played a Sly game, but will most likely pick it up some time in April after I've finished Bioshock.
Pachterballs seriously needs to be banned. Don't know why he gets away with that blatant trolling. His intentions are clearer than crystal.
Pachterballs seriously needs to be banned. Don't know why he gets away with that blatant trolling. His intentions are clearer than crystal.
outunderthestars
Banned
I've wondered how he gets away with it as well.
The CoD bundle was a limited offer from last Holiday season. The reason it still shows up on NPD's is because it didn't sell out.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I was thinking if everyone had him on ignore because I know I couldnt be the only one seeing these post polluting the thread, or any other thread for that matter.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Glad to see Sly charted! I wasn't expecting a dud, but the reviews have been really great! Might have to pick it up while Best Buy is still offering $10 off either version.
Fire Emblem's numbers also surprised me in a good way! I mean, it may not have charted, but it's up against all of these multiplatform games.
Crazy that the 360 alone nearly sold as much as all of the Nintendo platforms combined.
Fire Emblem's numbers also surprised me in a good way! I mean, it may not have charted, but it's up against all of these multiplatform games.
Crazy that the 360 alone nearly sold as much as all of the Nintendo platforms combined.
Vita is selling poorly across the board, but relative to the weak sales, I expect the CoD bundle sold well.
another example is Aliens: Colonial Marines, with sales many are considering surprising, but the average consumer buys games like this. just like CoD it's a familiar franchise with familiar gameplay.
but it resulted in more downloads, which is pure profit. I imagine it also transitioned more people towards the eshop. it's another NoA blunder, but could be a win for Nintendo in the long run
Yup a friend bought the bundle just so he could immediately sell COD for a few bucks as a discount off his vita.
Snowden's Secret
Banned
Not to pile on or get meta, but I always felt like I missed something when it comes to him. The vast majority of his posts are trolling or extreme console warrior, and not in a funny jovial way like say Wario64, but a clearly mean-spirited intent.
I could never work out how he hadn't been reprimanded for that, so I just assumed he was some GAF approved official troll.
On topic: Just woke up, did we get an idea on MGR yet?
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Wii U also only had one franchise (and one game in that), Mario, didn't it?
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.
Seeing the internet revert almost completely to the Gamecube era is pretty nostalgic and fascinating. Its like the Wii didn't happen at all. Nintendo's just right back there at the bottom and worse than ever; they woke up one morning and the dream was dead.
prag16
Banned
Heh, he's not the only one, though some of the others at least veil it thinly.
I guess it's too broad, but I automatically half-ignore anybody with a Kaz avatar now, just because of Pachterballs. lol
Albeit TP was clearly a GC game, it surely was more enticing than NSMBU for early adopters IMO.
And I speak as a WiiU owner that have yet to buy a retail game.
I'm sure NSMBU is a fun game but not one that can excite on the prospect of a system.
and yet they still make profits. It's kinda disturbing and funny at the same time.
KillerTravis
Banned
If Ninja Gaiden 2+ made only 3k, I can't imagine how poor that Dead or Alive game is going to perform. At least they must be cheap to make.
I guess its more to do with the fact that the Wii was never sustainable. Them levels of sales and profits were insane. Its not impossible to recreate, but that's the thing, you don't just recreate it, the fire has to be kindled, it has to natural. You can just make a system with that amount of popularity and relevance in pop culture. Its the equivalent of trying to make yourself a meme or something.
The GameCube was pretty much in line with what a company like Nintendo would expect to sell. Maybe a little more, but outside of the handheld game Nintendo home consoles have lingered along them lines.
It was profitable, and sold well enough to keep Nintendo more then alive.
Of course they want to move more units, but the GameCube wasn't that bad. Its not really accepting second (or third place) but really selling within the realms of possibility. Nintendo are a relatively small company, and I maintain the notion that there can exist many different tiers of console, just like phones, or TV's, I don't believe that there should be all 3 consoles that are all the same, but low end, mid end and high end gaming consoles and exist on the market together. Its just all about giving the consumer the software and price-point to match.
Let me make it clear that I do believe that Nintendo can sell gangbusters, and have the potential to do it with handhelds and home system alike, its just not always going to happen, and even when it does, things will most likely always start of bleak.
I'm also sure that the effects of the Wii will live on within Nintendo and the gaming industry forever, good or bad. Good because all that profit wont disappear over night and bad because no system will match its power it had in culture in general and sales for a long time, if ever.
Hope that made sense.
KillerTravis
Banned
Well I sure do. The guy is seriously obnoxious.
Betrayer of hope
Banned
dudebros too busy playing another shooting game...
This confirms that ps3 gamers have the superior gaming taste
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
If you are a Wii U owner and own no retail game, buy Mario. Thanks to the challenge mode I've played it for almost 80 hours and had more fun than I had with either of the other three NSMBs. It's definitely the NSMB for "core gamers" in that it demands total dedication to really master it.
It was only counted for 3 days and most sales were digital due to the PSN Sigma & Sigma 2 bundle.
I'm dizzy after all that spinning.
Wii U XL incoming.
KillerTravis
Banned
Well if it's just 3 days it may not have done so terrible. Maybe people picked it up this month since there isn't anything noteworthy.
I'm totally sure NSMBU is a worthy game, what I mean is that it is hard for a "predicable" series like NSMB (just think how NSMB2 came out a few months before NSMBU) to excite gamers enough to buy a system.
People should think before they post stuff like this. Look at the best selling games on PS3 and guess what you'll see. Just this month alone DS3 on PS3 more than likely outsold MGR on PS3. Smh
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Oh sorry, I totally agree on your point (and think Nintendo should have seen beforehand that NSMBU will not suffice nor have a strong pull a few months after NSMB2), I just wanted to recommend it to you anyway
.I ought to add that I don't actually know when it was released, I just saw someone earlier in the thread saying that it only had 3 days on sale in this reporting period.
pieatorium
Member
Because feb is always up over jan, every other platform was up too.
shinra-bansho
Member
Everything is up.
Code:
[B]per week % increase over January[/B]
[B]X360[/B] 34.34
[B]PS3[/B] 63.75
[B]Wii[/B] 23.75
[B]WiiU[/B] 44.74
[B]3DS[/B] 62.93
[B]NDS[/B] 80.36
[B]PSV[/B] 35.71
[B]PSP[/B] 12.50Lego city, believe!
The Wii was completely sustainable as a concept. The problem is they let the platform stagnate for two years and finally followed it up with an unappealing gimmick.
Smartphones didn't take the Wii audience. Nintendo just sat there and let them go.
Phonomezer
Banned
We had the PS3 chalkboard, are we ready for a Wii U Etch A Sketch?
frankie_baby
Member
wii u had no releases though so shouldn't be up as much as it is
You may be right in the end, but you're damning the system amongst core gamers, based on 3/4 months on the market with maybe 3 games worth playing exclusively on this system?
I'm not optimistic either, but I'm going to wait at least until they actually bring out great software this year.
If by next January NPD,things haven't drastically improves (I'm talking, selling at least 200k), then I'll join the white flag party.
Is it tho? The sales were pretty insane, I feel that no matter what Nintendo chose to do, it wouldn't have reaped the the same rewards as what they gained from Wii.
The Wii crowd was destined to go, it's less to do with the Wii stagnating (that obviously happened) but even if they kept it fresh, eventually they would have went to the next cool thing. Phones are very cool in this moment of time. Look at the galaxy s 4 conference, things have changed.
Who knows, I'm just stating my feelings. I'm not perfect so I'm sure my logic may be flawed and wrong, I can only speak of how I feel.
Right.
Their release model was perfect as far as I'm concerned. Hardcore fans got physical copies which they will treasure and people like me were able to download it once word of its quality got out.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I'll be honest, I expected Awakening to do better.
I wonder of the European release will be the same? I have it pre-ordered for £26 so hopefully I get it!
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Nintendo would not purposely have these miserable sales and miss both console and revenue expectations. There´s barely any demand for the WiiU.
Its true. They tried to capitalize on the wii name with wii U. Unfortunately, for Ninty, there isn't enough wii in the wii u.
Hindsight is 20/20, yadda yadda...but I'm thinking that if Nintendo had extended the wii philosophy with the wii u instead doing a U-turn (sorry for the pun) and dumping the fun accessible hook of wiimote motion gaming for a giant-ass intimidating controller, they would be doing better.
And yes I know you can use wiimotes with wii u, but that isn't the focus of the console and it is not how they are selling it.
Ok that made me laugh.