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NPD Sales Results For June 2010
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A few more numbers from EA. In particular for June, Green Day: Rock Band sold 82k on all three platforms.
Stumpokapow
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Ridley327 said:
If history tells us anything, this would end up being somewhere around 30k each for the 360 and Wii and the remaining 20k for PS3, although given the bonus DLC SKU for PS360, maybe a little up for the 2 HD skus... maybe 35k 360, 25k Wii, 22k PS3 or so?
MS under shipped them; I guess hoping to generate buzz when they sold out so quickly...There are tons of people including me just waiting for them to get in-stock and therefore expect next month's numbers to be even higher if MS can manage to ship more of them out.J-Rzez said:
Ridley327 said:
They also say Tiger Woods had an 86 percent decline on the Wii - since last year's thread says Tiger did 272,400, if I did my math right that means this year they only sold around 37,700.
Ouch. Tiger Woods Wii All Play put-put golf bobble-head version incoming?
I would imagine the sales favor the 360 version, yes. I don't think the Plus version had much of an impact on sales since they were released in very minimal numbers in the first place.Stumpokapow said:
I'll make a (not so) bold claim here: GD:RB's failure has a lot to do with RB3 prep.
Sho_Nuff82
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Why would you despair?ichinisan said:
Supporting Tiger is relationship suicide for any guy with a significant other.
Pureauthor
Member
evangd007 said:
I seem to recall them promising the moon at the Wii launch too.
Beer Monkey
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Sho_Nuff82 said:
They should sell a Plain Brown Wrapper edition.
Ken Masters
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Worst npd Thread ever
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Here's something I've never actually known: does anyone here know if Sony makes a profit on the PSP hardware, or are they selling at a loss?
Segata Sanshiro
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Touch-based gameplay, I'd guess.Zachack said:
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Mario said:
Assuming what you say is true (which is very believable since you are a developer), Sony will have an extremely hard time positioning the successor of the PSP if the Nintendo 3DS will have a very strong (and mature) quality gaming lineup from western developers.
It will also bring the 3DS to insane new sales highs, the 100+ million DS sales will look small compared to the 3DS domination.
The 3DS is going to be competing against iDevices (and probably Android and any other similar device). The market that the PSP initially aimed at is a segment of the larger market that the DS eventually controlled, and the larger remainder of that market is now being targeted by companies other than Sony.Hcoregamer00 said:
OldJadedGamer
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The_Technomancer said:
They should be as the price has only dropped like $30 since launch.
Rocksteady33
Junior Member
I kind of wanted to make a new thread about this subject but considering the junior member status, clearly I can't, so I thought I would bring it up here.
Why exactly does it seem that console prices are almost always expected and "required" to go down as time progresses and yet handheld prices do not? I mean I too am frustrated at the fact that even close to five years after this generation began we still don't have a system at a sub $200 level yet (excluding clearance of the phatboxes), but I look at both the Nintendo DS and the PSP and the prices have stayed relatively the same and in some cases risen thanks in part to the DSi, DSi XL and PSP go. And yet I don't ever seem to hear anyone complain about it.
I mean we point and laugh at Metal Gear PW performance yet we understand it because "oh it's just the PSP userbase" well why the hell hasn't Sony tried to expand this userbase with a more attractive point of entry with the system? When steam slows down on the console front price drops are almost eminent and expected, but with portables that's never the case, and that goes as far back as to the Game Boy Color (which I believe only had one price drop from $99 -> $79).
So what's the deal here? Why have consumers just given in to paying the same price for the same old technology for handhelds and yet sit on the fence for price drops and added features when it comes to consoles? I mean look at the 360 and you can see that from an operating system aspect and special features view, the system has actually improved (Netflix, social networking, avatars, ESPN, etc.) and yet we won't pay a higher price for it. While with the DS (the Lite anyway) we're still stuck with a free version of PictoChat... and that's it.
Why exactly does it seem that console prices are almost always expected and "required" to go down as time progresses and yet handheld prices do not? I mean I too am frustrated at the fact that even close to five years after this generation began we still don't have a system at a sub $200 level yet (excluding clearance of the phatboxes), but I look at both the Nintendo DS and the PSP and the prices have stayed relatively the same and in some cases risen thanks in part to the DSi, DSi XL and PSP go. And yet I don't ever seem to hear anyone complain about it.
I mean we point and laugh at Metal Gear PW performance yet we understand it because "oh it's just the PSP userbase" well why the hell hasn't Sony tried to expand this userbase with a more attractive point of entry with the system? When steam slows down on the console front price drops are almost eminent and expected, but with portables that's never the case, and that goes as far back as to the Game Boy Color (which I believe only had one price drop from $99 -> $79).
So what's the deal here? Why have consumers just given in to paying the same price for the same old technology for handhelds and yet sit on the fence for price drops and added features when it comes to consoles? I mean look at the 360 and you can see that from an operating system aspect and special features view, the system has actually improved (Netflix, social networking, avatars, ESPN, etc.) and yet we won't pay a higher price for it. While with the DS (the Lite anyway) we're still stuck with a free version of PictoChat... and that's it.
I think it has a little to do with the fact that, generally speaking, the DS sales are the most consistent of all the hardware. You see something like the DS selling 400k-500k a month on average and there really isn't any reason for Nintendo to bring the price down. This is obviously different in Japan and Europe, where sales have been struggling for various reasons, but the US really has yet to experience that kind of downturn.
As for the PSP, fucked if I know.
As for the PSP, fucked if I know.
Rocksteady33
Junior Member
I mean I understand the DS for the most part, in the US it doesn't make sense to bring the price down and I think the price hikes for the DSi and DSi XL are experimental on Nintendo's part to see how much consumers really pay for a handheld device. But even still I feel like this model applied to the Game Boy which didn't necessarily see extremely strong sales all through it's life span (at all points of the year as well) and still managed to get by on little to no price drops and technically the hardware lasted almost 10 years (although Chris/Donny/Stump might have real data on this). The DS does happen to make sense because it's library of games can justify the price.
But seriously, with the PSP there has to be some other reasoning going on here. Maybe they just want to keep the PSP image as a premium gadget? But it's not like an iPod that can be updated with a bigger memory storage. The PSP outside of some design tweaks is literally the same device as it was in 2005, and clearly doesn't have much of a market anymore. It just confuses me as to why the traditional price drop model was never applied to the PSP to help motivate on the fence buyers.
But seriously, with the PSP there has to be some other reasoning going on here. Maybe they just want to keep the PSP image as a premium gadget? But it's not like an iPod that can be updated with a bigger memory storage. The PSP outside of some design tweaks is literally the same device as it was in 2005, and clearly doesn't have much of a market anymore. It just confuses me as to why the traditional price drop model was never applied to the PSP to help motivate on the fence buyers.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Hey, who was it that bet me that Green Day Rockband would outsell Beatles Rockband?
I should really keep better track of these things.
I should really keep better track of these things.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
So no Sin and Punishment 2 numbers info what-so-ever?
Can somebody tell me if it at least did 5 digits?
I know I'm person #428948 who's asked this, but damn it this seems to be the first NPD thread (or at least in a while) where everybody's so tight lipped (I.E. no leaked numbers on other websites).
Can somebody tell me if it at least did 5 digits?
I know I'm person #428948 who's asked this, but damn it this seems to be the first NPD thread (or at least in a while) where everybody's so tight lipped (I.E. no leaked numbers on other websites).
levious said:
I think this had a lot to do with it, especially on the Wii side. The last 3 editions prior to this year added something or other (online play, M+). There was always a draw except this year was really nothing outside a slightly updated version of the M+ release.
It is terrible for EA, the game sold like shit on every other platform and if the Wii owners are now taking a pass they should look to maybe put some time between releases.
If a sports game like UFC did not warrant a yearly release, Tiger Woods requires it even less.
Sho_Nuff82
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Rocksteady33 said:
Hanhelds generally launch at consumer-friendly price points, putting them within the acceptable range of a mid-tier pricy gift.
A console that launches at $399+, or a handheld launching at $250+, with a sparse launch lineup is going to appeal primarily to tech heads who have to be first about everything.
At the 360 launch, it was easy for someone who, for example, doesn't own a console to balk at a $399 Pro vs a $129 PS2 with a massive library of games. Similarly, a $599 PS3 versus everything else.
A $149 DS launching against a $99 GBA doesn't have that massive mental block that makes people wish it were cheaper, because it's not a comparatively large investment.
jrricky said:
no it wasn't stupid. you just think it's stupid because you saw it as a negative comment about a nintendo system, and that makes you sad
jrricky said:
and? ubisoft also gave the DS and the PSP "names from big franchises". the problem was that these games and the developers behind them were crap. ubisoft have a track record with their major franchises on handhelds and it's not a pretty one.
Beer Monkey
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levious said:
Lots of years there are nothing but incremental changes.
speculawyer
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3Dzevangd007 said:
Lol.
Pociask said:
That's fantastic news. Last year's was excellent but from what i understand they've barely changed it (and tiger woods is a scumbag). Hopefully the PS3 move version can pick up a bit of the slack. If the rumours are true about NBA Jam then i hope that bombs too (the retail version anyway).