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NPD Sales Results for June 2009
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The Faceless Master
Member
people are lazy.Angeles said:
it's like they forgot this is the internet, or how to use it.
i found a fuckton of numbers in MERE SECONDS.
scitek said:
HoTD Overkill had a price drop to $29 and it sold very well, enough for SEGA to give an interview to say it was profitable after that price drop.
June 30 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366766
boiled goose
good with gravy
Pretty bad for the conduit IMO.
sub <100k is pretty terrible. I expected it to at least easily beat out madworld due to its lower rating and broader appeal. hopefully titles has some legs as HVS made a good effort and I enjoyed the game.
Starfy selling >100k is amazing
punchout showing great legs.
any number for GST?
dont expect much since TG probably grabbed most sales for M+ games
sub <100k is pretty terrible. I expected it to at least easily beat out madworld due to its lower rating and broader appeal. hopefully titles has some legs as HVS made a good effort and I enjoyed the game.
Starfy selling >100k is amazing
punchout showing great legs.
any number for GST?
dont expect much since TG probably grabbed most sales for M+ games
Opiate said:
Honestly didn't like either....BUT if you like them don't you win because....you can play both and HVS is also making the fps "the grinder". Not like your wii mote catches fire if you play a game with poor sales, or your sensor bar turns to dust because a random poster on gaf doesn't share your taste in games.
perfectchaos007
Member
JordanLMiller said:
It will be interesting to see how FPS/3PS developers do with the PS3 wand. will they try harder?
hmm I forgot piracy. let's update the list.
I think it has a price drop in some places but not others. I don't know what it sold this month but as of last month it was close to where Conduit sold this month. roughly.
- wait for the word of mouth to spread
- it only had 9 days in NPD (didn't ship early; wasn't in stores until 24th)
- there was not enough marketing
- it's a Wii game, it'll have long legs
- the video game media is biased against the Wii and didn't properly cover Conduit
- there may have been confusion caused by delays (from May to late June in the U.S.; from late June to mid-July in Europe)
- Sega of America changed CEOs a week before Conduit's launch, which disrupted the company's ability to properly advertise and distribute the title may have been poor it IS Sega
- the commercials aired late at night on channels no one watches
- the reviews didn't come out soon enough before the release date
- GamePro spread disinformation and FUD in its review on release day
- GiantBomb also spread disinformation and FUD in its review
- thousands likely tens of thousands of people pirated the game
scitek said:
I think it has a price drop in some places but not others. I don't know what it sold this month but as of last month it was close to where Conduit sold this month. roughly.
The Conduit is under 75k and it was sold out in most stores I went to during the launch week. I was told they only had one or two copies at most stores.
We can expect about 10 articles saying that it bombed followed by replies showing how Wii games have legs.
Can't wait for the top 20 to come out.
We can expect about 10 articles saying that it bombed followed by replies showing how Wii games have legs.
Can't wait for the top 20 to come out.
Stoney Mason
Banned
dammitmattt said:
This is always the pattern for GAF. You start off hopeful and happy to have real intelligent discourse about videogames and write long dissertation style posts about a hobby you have a passion for.
6 months down the road you are worn down from all the bullshit and have devolved to fanboy baiting, biting sarcasm, and smart ass one liners.
Well at least that was my progression...
Raptor2155
Member
I did not expect Punchout to pull off those numbers in its second month. Very surprising.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Stoney Mason said:
Same here.
PS3 sucks btw.
boiled goose
good with gravy
MoogPaul said:
stand alone
(im guessing)
ok start for GST
it should have decent legs
Opiate said:
What the fuck kind of stupid shit is this? Do you have a vested interest in seeing the Wii not get games in certain genres? Are there winners opposed to these losers? I really don't get some peoples' attitudes toward people that prefer something different to them. They just take every opportunity they can find to look down their nose and try and poke fun at someone just for liking something they don't. It makes no sense to me. Who gives a flying fuck what game a console is released on? If you like it, fucking play it and shut the fuck up. Stop trying to preach about how they should get this console or that one if they want to play this type of game. It's annoying.
Same with the people that come in here posting "Anyone who thought this game could have sold over X amount for the month were delusional," yeah, it's real easy to come in and talk shit when the numbers are sitting right in front of you. Why not try and make those hardass predictions three weeks out?
Using the internet to make yourself feel important just makes me :lol , but it also fucking gets annoying after a while.
Seems like Activision was right (unfortunately) with dropping all those games. First 50 Cent flopped hard, then Riddick, and now Ghostbusters failed to hit the top 10 as well. I fear that Brutal Legend is up next.
The only game they kept from Vivendi ended up being #1 this month.
The only game they kept from Vivendi ended up being #1 this month.
boiled goose
good with gravy
AniHawk said:
i still see both on shelves.
they will probably milk the first one at a lower price point for as long as they can
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Is GAF REALLY going to put down a game that was only out for NINE DAYS? (Pretty much ONE week)? Seriously?
EDIT - I'm not trying to imply that the game will be likely to perform "great" or maybe even "good" but saying that 72k in 9 days is bad for such a game is something that I'll have to disagree with.
EDIT - I'm not trying to imply that the game will be likely to perform "great" or maybe even "good" but saying that 72k in 9 days is bad for such a game is something that I'll have to disagree with.
Flying_Phoenix said:
UFC 2009 did almost a million on the 360 alone last month in as much time and I had no clue that game existed prior to its release.
Opiate said:
I'd say EA's got a good grasp on the sports market at the very least. But overall, I'd say Capcom has made the best decisions regarding each platform. Aside from no followup to RE4 and the Wii getting a Dead Rising port instead, I can't think of a decision that was really 100% bad.
EDIT: Oh, right. Bionic Commando.
Patriotsbball5460
Member
Opiate said:
I dont think EA is lost, i think they are thinking more out of the box, and going into diff. areas that they haven't ventured to in a while, they have put out good stuff, just no new mega hits, but hey we can't say they are lost since they dominate this npd list
Stoney Mason
Banned
Opiate said:
Oh I was just making a general observation. What I posted relates more to me than you clearly.
Flying_Phoenix said:
It's funny if you go back and look at the numers for PSX and PS2 games. You see that games often didn't hit the million mark but were considered successes. I realize dev costs back then were lower, but a couple hundred thousand sold was usually a pretty good number until the Xbox 360 started posting really crazy sales.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
72k is terrible....atrocious even.
SilverLunar
Member
Alicia has some pretty freaky face animation in the anime, i must admit.Shadow780 said:
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Firestorm said:
What's so funny?
Narag said:
I do the same thing. I like this board, don't get me wrong, hell I was here during the DC / PS2 flame wars and old Gaming Age power, but these days people are way too beat down to really have good conversations. So often they devolve into petty name calling. Good thing the net is a big place.
Accident said:
How useful is it to count every game over 20k? The lower you go the less that means, you're counting some game that sold 21k copies as if it has the exact same sales value as Prototype. If you counted every game over 1k that would pretty much be "every game that was released."
At the very least add total sales for those 152 games on each platform.
thestopsign
Member
How the fuck did all the data leak over twitter?