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NPD Sales Results for March 2013 [Up5: BioShock Infinite]
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If checkers is comical instead pretend I wrote Sorry, Pictionary, Othello, Scrabble, or some other game. You don't think showing a family playing a board game as a 3 second section of a 30 second TV spot wouldn't help get the versatility of the Gamepad across? in that post I forgot to mention karaoke. It highlights yet another neat way the Gamepad can be used.
Lego City doing 100K on an install base of 1 million is pretty good, 10% attach ratio for a Lego kids game with no prestigious Star Wars/Batman IP attached to it.
Sucks for NFS but what do you expect out of late ports.
MH3 didn't do terrible. Wonder what Capcom was expecting though.
Sucks for NFS but what do you expect out of late ports.
MH3 didn't do terrible. Wonder what Capcom was expecting though.
michaelius
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metalslimer
Member
No because focusing on a bunch of features tablets do better is the wrong way to go. Can you imagine if Sony put out an ad for the PS3 talking about how it plays netflix and you can store photos and music? The gamepad is not a revolutionary media device. Not even close. And the wiiu is not cheap either.
Vita will find some space in PS4 sections
Well i guess they cant throw the boxes away
PuppetMaster
Member
Ugh that that walking dead game actually charted.
Did I only imagine the Netflix advertisements Sony did? Part of the It Only Does Everything campaign. Sony is much better with their advertisements than neogaf gives them credit for.
Wii U can do many things tablets can't, or at least do them better. When there are no games to advertise (Dec-end of March) Nintendo should have been advertising the console itself.
I really doubt the Wii U and Vita have enough games and accessories in most stores to take up any kind of space.
IMO it would function more like a tablet if that was true; I think that's true for the 3DS though.
And how many of those things are subjective? And how many do people care about?
metalslimer
Member
Examples? The only one i see is playing games. What other features would possibly make people drop 300 on he platform?
Copy pasting my own post:
Fake or real? Also saw it this morning on a Chinese website...
Nintendo Of America Interna Release Schedule Document Leaked
I'm suspicious as the "Not yet announced" category isn't leaked here when it should be, being the most juicy leaks...
metalslimer
Member
Oh yes the SUPER SECRET makes this completely believable. I also like how it lacks games we know are this year.
most professional internal listings post "super secret" in large caps because that makes it look really professional, so i'm willing to believe that pikmin 3 really is coming out.
Looks legit.
Bruno MB
Member
Now that I see it, ouch! at Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate, that thing tanked big time.
30,000 units sold in a full month of sales (it was released on March 5 = 33 days of sales)
I had even forgotten that it was released last month. I'm afraid Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia will have been my last Castlevania title. I couldn't care less about the new path for the series.
I don't think we will see many Konami projects for 3DS.
30,000 units sold in a full month of sales (it was released on March 5 = 33 days of sales)
I had even forgotten that it was released last month. I'm afraid Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia will have been my last Castlevania title. I couldn't care less about the new path for the series.
I don't think we will see many Konami projects for 3DS.
MikeE21286
Member
Apple products filled a problem for consumers.
The "hook" of the wiiu solves no problems for basically anyone.
"If the TV is in use I'll game ony phone/tablet/PCM....or boy at all" is the way most people will view what the WiiU is trying to do. Bintendobis marrieds to the Gamepas which is seemingly not compelling g enough to penetrate this mindset
Done.
actually
does anyone know if the item code for new leaf is out anywhere right now? if it's not, and the codes wind up matching, that would lend some legitimacy to the list. luigi's mansion matches, but that game's been out for a while. someone with time on their hands could have done their research.
does anyone know if the item code for new leaf is out anywhere right now? if it's not, and the codes wind up matching, that would lend some legitimacy to the list. luigi's mansion matches, but that game's been out for a while. someone with time on their hands could have done their research.
shinra-bansho
Member
I know I'd put SUPER SECRET at the top of all my internal documents. Must be legit.
That you personally think things are "neat", things that Words with Friends or Draw Something already do, things that shock, horror! board games already do, or that things that the SingStar did on the PS2 are revolutionary, does not make them compelling unique selling points.
It matches the UPC code listed by Fry's Electronics:
http://www.frys.com/product/7619347
Edit:
Pikmin 3 also matches
http://www.frys.com/product/7184152
Of course since these UPC codes are available online and aren't a secret, it doesn't necessarily mean much.
edit: ah, so someone did do their homework. even got the right model number. that is a lot of work for a fake list.
Its on that page he posted.
Menu --> Gesture --> Despair
I think better. The market has rejected the tablet controller!
Nope. The market simply doesn't know or understand yet. For most people Wii U doesn't exist, for the remainder it's an addon to Wii.
The google translation of the Chinese news I was reading this morning says this "leaked" document is from 4Chan and was circulating there earlier than the Nintendo Direct which announced the Pikmlin 3 US release date...
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
ITEM NUMBER : SUPER CONFIDENTIAL
metalslimer
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Yes its really hard for the public to understand a controller with a screen on it. And I'm sure once the word is out they'll chuck their tablets in the ocean and run to the stores. I can buy brand confusion, but there is nothing hard to understand about the wiiu gamepad and reminds me of Skyzards insane posts about people just needing to see wipeout to want a vita. Is it really that incomprehensible that people find the concept not appealing and dont want it
Yup. Who needs a 2048x1536 iPad with multitouch and 10 hour battery life when you can get a 854x480 single-touch screen with 3 hour battery life that only works in certain areas of your house?
Looked at that way, Nintendo's mistake with the Wii U is eerily similar to Sony's mistake with the Vita. Sony thought handheld gamers wanted the PS3 turned into a handheld; they were wrong. Nintendo thought console gamers wanted the DS turned into a console; they were also wrong.
Even if the Wii U was selling gangbusters people wouldn't be buying it as an iPad alternative. I've never really liked the comparison between the Wii U and tablets since its just a console version of the DS.
Its supposed to be a console experience on the go.
DR2K
Banned
Vita is not a PS3, not even close.
that might be true, but maybe this person only knew of pikmin 3's release date ahead of time. maybe they just knew somebody in noa and it let slip. one thing that's incorrect on the paper is mario & luigi's item code listing it wup when it should be 3ds.
WrenchNinja
Member
It needs both. Did you think the 3DS didnt need a price drop when it was $250 and it would manage with the late 2011 titles? Cmon.
It's an amazing game, I picked up a WiiU when it was $200 at Costco and I cannot even say it was worth that price.
Everything about this system is so half assed.
Snowden's Secret
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I'm generally highly skeptical of such things, but this is a completely believable list. If someone was going to fake a list, wouldn't they include at least one "omfg megaton" unannounced game?
Yep, noticed that too.
not everyone has an internet connection
i was picking up pandora's tower (year of the wii!) and that gamestop was still out of luigi's mansion 2.
Snowden's Secret
Banned
If these are fairly accurate, that's not a terrible showing for Monster Hunter is it?
combined, it did almost as well as its debut on the wii. considering this is the second and third version of a game from 3 years ago, i guess it's okay.
Katana_Strikes
Member
So I think Lego City's sales aren't too bad at all. Considering the user-base about 1 in 10/11 people bought it, so that's not bad and could have been far worse. Monster Hunter not nearly as pretty for it. Poor, poor NFS. I mean, it's hardly surprising but still that is extremely poor. And for it to be outsold by the Vita version this month alone is just sad. But not unexpected, you can't expect any console owners to lap up such a late port that was full price and get away with it. The other late ports coming aren't going to be much better.
God of War sales aren't too bad considering. In fact they are better than what I was expecting going off all the sales chatter and UK drop off. Sure it's a ~50% drop from GoWIII (if you don't count Ascensions bundles) but all in all that's not too bad.
Gears is a huge drop off from Gears 3, so that was a huge fail. 3 million+ down to ~600k is abysmal. Still Gears is a big name on Xbox and should be a big seller again next gen, unless people are really tired of the franchise.
Great for Bioshock, very promising sales, and highest in the series. TR a bit of a disappointment I guess. Good for Luigi too.
God of War sales aren't too bad considering. In fact they are better than what I was expecting going off all the sales chatter and UK drop off. Sure it's a ~50% drop from GoWIII (if you don't count Ascensions bundles) but all in all that's not too bad.
Gears is a huge drop off from Gears 3, so that was a huge fail. 3 million+ down to ~600k is abysmal. Still Gears is a big name on Xbox and should be a big seller again next gen, unless people are really tired of the franchise.
Great for Bioshock, very promising sales, and highest in the series. TR a bit of a disappointment I guess. Good for Luigi too.