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[legend166]

Can we get a Balance Board VS PS3 graph?

 

[Fuzzy]

Why the fuck didn't you say this in the prediction thread? :lol

December Week 5 - January Week 3 (NPD tracking weeks) in the U.S. (source: Nintendo)

From the OP of that thread.

 

[squicken]

oatmeal :bow

Gears' legs as good as its netcode.

 

[Barrett2]

So now LOTR is being taken away from the PS3?

Can't it have any dignity this month?

 

[GQman2121]

I usually stay away from this thread, but god damn at those Wii Fit numbers!!! They should be charging more for those damn things.

 

[botticus]

Why the fuck didn't you say this in the prediction thread? :lol

Didn't donny caption the chart with that comment?

 

[SimpleDesign]

Funny that the Wii sells souble the 360, despite the 360 being cheaper. More funny that the PS3 keeps up with the 360, despite being twice as expensive.

Hmm.

 

[Mastperf]

Top 10 belongs completely to Nintendo and Microsoft....damn.
Sony better do something fast.

 

[Stoney Mason]

Yeah, the PS3 was also meant to be much more powerful than the competition. I'm just not seeing it.

You are begging for some Killzone gifs

 

[sprocket]

it's funny how ps3 fanboy keep bringing up wii every time ..

nah .. too easy.

Dont look at me if i were anything it would be a nintendo fanboy.

 

[jj984jj]

Holy fuck Sony has got to do something.

 

[J-Rzez]

The Wii numbers are still incredibly high after all this time. How much longer can developers just keep ignoring it like they've been, and still look to be?

Not in their profit lines, but the only thing that'll save the PS3 at this point is a price drop.

360's numbers are so-so, and it doesn't necessarily look too good as they've given the potentially new consumer zero reason to be interested in their machine in the up coming months since they've not shown jack-shit to be excited for. They gotta get something out there.

 

[FrankT]

Anyone have LTDs?

Fanboy: Funny that the Wii sells souble the 360, despite the 360 being cheaper. More funny that the PS3 keeps up with the 360, despite being twice as expensive.

360's numbers are so-so, and it doesn't necessarily look too good as they've given the potentially new consumer zero reason to be interested in their machine in the up coming months since they've not shown jack-shit to be excited for. They gotta get something out there.

 

[mr_bishiuk]

You truly have to wonder what goes through the minds of 3rd party devs when they see Wii sales every month. I mean, they have to want some of that. They just have to.

Eventually they're going to realize the Wii is too profitable for them to be releasing garbage on it and complaining about it not selling. Thankfully it looks like this is changing in 2009, although most of the good games seem to be coming from Sega (as publisher but still)

I dont know most of the top guys want to work on the best equipment & tools, they probably look at the Wii as a way of getting some quick cash if anything. I mean if they did a big RPG game for instamce how many would it sell on Wii really, is that what the Wii Audience want? or have that type of audience moved on to HD consoles?

 

[TheGreatDave]

I wouldn't say the 360's numbers are so-so. Wii's are just wow-wow.

 

[m3k]

three weeks in janurary too... i guess that is astounding

 

[hokahey]

All I can say is that as a lifelong Nintendo fan from the NES days it sure is nice seeing Nintendo on top again consistently. They deserve it.

 

[overthehill99]

Top 10 belongs completely to Nintendo and Microsoft....damn.
Sony better do something fast.

I don't see a single Microsoft game in the top 10. Am I missing something?

 

[Stoney Mason]

Holy fuck Sony has got to do something.

Killzone is coming!

 

[Sadist]

 

[Arde5643]

You are begging for some Killzone gifs

No worries, if we were to get a meltdown or some sort, I'm sure it will most likely have a Killzone avatar.

 

[Barrett2]

Holy fuck Sony has got to do something.

Its called HOME, perhaps you've heard of it?

 

[Valtor]

I think the sad truth is revealing itself. A lot of people really do just buy the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player. I can't think of any other explanation for the always mediocre software sales.

You think people would buy 400$ Blu-Ray players?

 

[Rapping Granny]

You are begging for some Killzone gifs

Console Wars- choose a side.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Fanboy: Funny that the Wii sells souble the 360, despite the 360 being cheaper. More funny that the PS3 keeps up with the 360, despite being twice as expensive.

 

[TChirath]

they are realizing now as every other dev goes out of business with the techy fanboy mentallity of more graphics == better games.

Yeah now I hope developers would stop releasing shitty Wii games and release something at least half as good as Gamecube and PS2 ones

 

[GDGF]

NSMB and Mario Kart DS in the Jan Top 10, yet only Mario Kart Wii for Wii. Why isn't Super Mario Galaxy Selling to the masses?

Nintendo should give it a new commercial push to remind people that it's out there.

 

[Guy Legend]

All 3 Playstation pieces of hardware need a price drop. It's overdue.

 

[Gaborn]

Holy fuck Sony has got to do something.

No they don't. Sony can't afford it, so they just have to accept that they're not going to "win" this generation and when it makes sense from a financial perspective they'll lower the price. Short of that they would gain... what? the "bragging" right of ONLY selling close to the 360?

 

[Christine]

NSMB and Mario Kart DS in the Jan Top 10, yet only Mario Kart Wii for Wii. Why isn't Super Mario Galaxy Selling to the masses?

It's not as accessible as Mario Kart or 2D Mario.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

360's numbers are so-so, and it doesn't necessarily look too good as they've given the potentially new consumer zero reason to be interested in their machine in the up coming months since they've not shown jack-shit to be excited for.

a) It increased YoY
b) Feb: SFIV
c) March: Halo Wars, RE5

We play this game every month now. What made it beat the PS3 by 30% this month? "Jack shit" came out. The "new consumer" is going to have to buy one of those consoles for RE5 and SFIV.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I didn't know it was npd day but damn ps2+ps3 and they still don't get x360 numbers, were did it go wrong...

The day Sony decided to make a console with an estimated initial production cost between $800-850.

 

[A Human Becoming]

Anyone have LTDs?

LTD

DS 28.052 mil
PSP 14.513 mil
360 14.169 mil
PS3 6.997 mil
Wii 18.219 mil

.

 

[SimpleDesign]

360's numbers are so-so, and it doesn't necessarily look too good

Never give up, never surrender.

 

[Rapping Granny]

nm.

granny out.

 

[Arde5643]

I dont know most of the top guys want to work on the best equipment & tools, they probably look at the Wii as a way of getting some quick cash if anything. I mean if they did a big RPG game for instamce how many would it sell on Wii really, is that what the Wii Audience want? or have that type of audience moved on to HD consoles?

Oh god, please don't do this shit again - do we always have to repeat this discussion ad infinitum in any NPD thread?

There's another thread where you can take this discussion away.

 

[sprocket]

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lol thats the best one of these I have seen in a long time. :lol

 

[TheGreatDave]

Its called HOME, perhaps you've heard of it?

:lol

 

[USD]

From schuelma:

Last January's numbers for comparison:

Nintendo Wii -- 274k
PlayStation 3 - 269k
PlayStation 2 - 264k
Nintendo DS -- 251k
Sony PSP ----- 230k
Xbox 360 ----- 230k

It's crazy to think about how many Wiis Nintendo would have sold if they had the supply levels they have now a year or two ago.

 

[Kifimbo]

Nintendo almost sold as much Wii in January than Sony sold PS3 in December. That's all you need to know.

 

[Epiphyte]

No worries, if we were to get a meltdown or some sort, I'm sure it will most likely have a Killzone avatar.

It's pretty much inevitable that at some point Killzone drama will surface and this thread will burn

 

[The Librarian]

Glad to see L4D up there.

 

[xs_mini_neo]

Holy fuck Sony has got to do something.

Something has to want to do Sony, first.

 

[jey_16]

even though i only own a PS3....i find the reversal of fortunes for Sony from the last generation to be hilarious, how could they screw up so badly :lol

 

[Barrett2]

You think people would buy 400$ Blu-Ray players?

I think a lot did in the PS3 early days, meaning the 'actual' install base of game purchasing PS3 owners is lower than the reported install base.

 

[Mastperf]

Fanboy: Funny that the Wii sells souble the 360, despite the 360 being cheaper. More funny that the PS3 keeps up with the 360, despite being twice as expensive.

The PS3 isn't "keeping up" with anyone. They are behind millions of consoles and fell even further behind last year. Starting off ~100,000 behind the first month of the year isn't a good start.
Hell, just look at the software sales.

 

[whalenapp81]

The only thing i think that nintendo has to say to the competition this month is .......

TOP THAT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PdtxN3EIeo :lol :lol :lol

 

[YYZ]

Man, did Sony fuck your mother?

yea, didn't you know that he's the lovechild? Sony left the baby in the crib. Anger and hatred raged on inside for years, only to emerge on NPD-day.

 

[Flyguy]

Fanboy: Funny that the Wii sells souble the 360, despite the 360 being cheaper. More funny that the PS3 keeps up with the 360, despite being twice as expensive.

Define "keep up." If by keep up you mean "to sell less than every single month," then I agree with you.

 

[Kolgar]

Not in their profit lines, but the only thing that'll save the PS3 at this point is a price drop.

Doubtful. It's over. The perception is now that PS3 is a dead fish, a lame horse, pick your metaphor.

So Sony drops the price. Who's the console going to sell to? 360's already become the de facto standard for the hardcore, and its grip is tightening, not loosening.

360's numbers are so-so, and it doesn't necessarily look too good as they've given the potentially new consumer zero reason to be interested in their machine in the up coming months since they've not shown jack-shit to be excited for. They gotta get something out there.

Joke post? Sarcasm? Really, how many more NPDs is it going to take?