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NPD Sales Results for January 2009
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NemesisPrime
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Console war is over, that is pretty clear now.
1. Wii
2. 360
3. PS3
Now we can stop the bitching and get back to the games.
1. Wii
2. 360
3. PS3
Now we can stop the bitching and get back to the games.
NemesisPrime
Banned
Gadfly said:
You might be setting yourself up for a big shock.
KZ2 will be massively frontloaded and will be the highest selling game in Febuary even though it'll only have 2 days of sales. However when results are released its strongest sales will be in March because 2 days really isn't that much anyway and many people were unaware that the game was released in Feb.Tieno said:
civilstrife
Member
NemesisPrime said:
Not if Pachter has anything to say about it.
Seriously though, what happens when an analyst of any industry is just consistently...wrong? Does he get fired? I mean isn't analyzing the industry correctly and making at least a few decent predictions his job?
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
Official industry leader is official :lol
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What is there to really say?xbhaskarx said:
Agent Icebeezy said:
Okay, but isn't that usually the case?
They usually spin a few things badly, cherry pick some positive data, and make few "Playstation family" statements. And people laugh at the weak PR, but they still do it every month.
This time, nothing as of 1am PST. Have they given up all hope?
mr_bishiuk
Banned
I think we should establish what is good for KZ2, i'd say 600k in Feb and 500k month 2 1.1m in the first two months reporting period?
Nocebo said:
No games in the top 10, Playstation family outsold by both the Wii and DS, PS2 + PS3 outsold by 360, PS3 and PSP both down 25% YoY, PS2 down 60% YoY...
Yeah, you're right, there is really nothing Sony can spin in these NPD results.
Edit: apparently the PSP reached 50 million worldwide, so there's that.
This is 2 days of sales though and in feb which I think is usually known as a slow month(?). So that would be pretty decent and if it does less than that then maybe the PS3 doesn't have an audiance for shooters after all. I don't know, it's not the sales numbers that count anyway! The game is good, it's all about quality over quantity why do you guys care so much about sales figures anyway? Blu ray is the future and you know it.Arde5643 said:
Once people realize they the whole coca cola bottle.
PS3 declines 24% YoY, PSP down, PS2 in free fall, no game for a Sony platform in the top ten.Tieno said:
=> "Playstation family am doomz0rd"
=> "You gotta make money to be able to piss away money"
Xbox 360 up 34% YoY, several games hanging on to top ten positions.
=> "A beast"
=> "Price drops do increase sales, duh!"
Nintendo platforms still accelerating, (more than) doubling their Jan 2008 performance, ancient games take chart positions while top spots are taken by merely "old" games (by any other platform's standard).
=> "Iwata rising to heaven, counseling on a rewrite of the Bible, hailing the dawn of a new religion and an era of prosperity"
=> "Who needs to be price-competitive if people really want what you're selling"
=> "Does anybody ever think of the third parties?!?!?!?!"
Mostly front-loaded, moderate baby-legs due to multiplayer component. Will probably be outsold by Wii Fit in its first month and drop fast in its second. We'll be talking about ROI on that one for sure.Tieno said:
xbhaskarx said:
I'm guessing that they're going to attempt a shift/distract technique for this month's statement. Re-focus the audience on the upcoming release of a highly-rated, super-big-huge-epic game, and spend as little time as possible talking about actual numbers.
That'd be my recommendation, anyway.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
System: Average weeks ownership (Average purchase date)
Wii: 45.8 (March 17, 2008)
PS3: 52.0 (February 2, 2008)
X360: 73.5 (September 5, 2007)
So PS3 has hit the point where the average owner has had their system one year. It's also sorta worth pointing out that as part of getting the average number of weeks, I must first get the total number of weeks ownership and divide by the userbase. Anyway, X360 busted the billion weeks mark this month. I had to widen that column on the spreadsheet and everything!
Wii: 45.8 (March 17, 2008)
PS3: 52.0 (February 2, 2008)
X360: 73.5 (September 5, 2007)
So PS3 has hit the point where the average owner has had their system one year. It's also sorta worth pointing out that as part of getting the average number of weeks, I must first get the total number of weeks ownership and divide by the userbase. Anyway, X360 busted the billion weeks mark this month. I had to widen that column on the spreadsheet and everything!
If you're Nintendo, Christmas is a state of mind.bcn-ron said:If you're Nintendo, christmas lasts a few weeks into the new year
The Wii and DS numbers disguise the fact, but that's a pretty impressive X360 number too. Only Wii passed 300K last year, and nothing did in 2006 or 2007.dyls said:
I'll go big on this, and give what should be the ranges for the rest of this year.Htown said:
Code:
February 02-01 through 02-28
March 03-01 through 04-04
April 04-05 through 05-02
May 05-02 through 05-30
June 05-31 through 07-04
July 07-05 through 08-01
August 08-01 through 08-29
September 08-30 through 10-03
October 10-04 through 10-31
November 11-01 through 11-28
December 11-29 through 01-02As far as hardware goes I think April is usually lowest, though February and March aren't far off. I don't think it's much hurt major games launching in that period, though.Nocebo said:
mr_bishiuk
Banned
Arde5643 said:
The game has a free fun so should do well, my first months guess is conservative because its only a few days bit I think the 2nd month guess is probably over exaggerated seeings as Resistance 2 didn't even do that month 1 and that was in the holiday period.
mr_bishiuk
Banned
Nocebo said:
The reporting period for feb goes a few days into march though doesn't it?
edit sorry seen wrong
mr_bishiuk
Banned
lawblob said:
Never be that close, the gap will if anything be larger than normal due to the fact PS3 has KZ2 this month, 390k for 360 sounds about right but with 220k for PS3 imo
Gadfly said:
Well, I think we can all agree Killzone 2 will be the best selling non-Nintendo game which is a FPS on the PS3 made by Guerrilla Games, with a title starting with K and ending with 2, in US for the Month of February.grandjedi6 said:
Come on, reality, contradict me now!
mr_bishiuk
Banned
lawblob said:
I think SC4 was more to do with the fact it was a brand synonymous with Playstation more than fighting fans I mean DOA4 sold over a million and SC4 did much better on 360 in subsequent months than it did in the first when compared to PS3 Sku sales.
There's 20 out of the top 30 games for Nintendo systems. There are 4 360 games in the top 10. You have to figure that Gears2 and GH:WT for the 360 are also in the top 30. Is it safe to assume that the PS3 has 2 maybe 3 games in the top 30? I would think the remaining 4 games are Skate2, GH:WT and CoD for the PS3 and GH for the PS2. More than the h/w numbers, I think this is the scary part for Sony.
Did someone already post this ? I guess no.
PC top 20 (without numbers) as they appear on ***********'s page :
http://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr30227_top-20-ventes-us-de-jeux-pc.html
PC top 20 (without numbers) as they appear on ***********'s page :
http://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr30227_top-20-ventes-us-de-jeux-pc.html