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NPD Sales Results for May 2015
- Thread starter Nirolak
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No numbers to discuss.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
That's what you can expect without any numbers to go on.
TWO DAYS
No leaked numbers, no pie, we're going to die of hunger (or sleep deprivation here in Europe).
Neofire
Member
Love this graph lol, btw congratulations to Sony and Nintendo(God knows the Wii U needed something).And it continues:
Yay at #Splatoon
Kotetsu534
Member
Damn this month was slow.
Xbox One sales for 2015 are down 6% compared to Xbox 360 sales in 2007 (January through May).
PlayStation 4 sales for 2015 are roughly flat compared to PlayStation 3 sales in 2008. (January through May).
Nintendo Wii U sales are almost 90% down compared to Nintendo Wii sales in 2008 (January through May)
PlayStation 4 sales for 2015 are roughly flat compared to PlayStation 3 sales in 2008. (January through May).
Nintendo Wii U sales are almost 90% down compared to Nintendo Wii sales in 2008 (January through May)
I'll admit, I thought Splatoon was going to bomb. Congrats Nintendo, it looks like you've got something there. Also, as a huge baseball fan, it makes me happy to see MLB The Show up there for three months in a row. Nice to know that my favorite sport isn't as dead as some people make it out to be. Otherwise pretty predictable, but I'm still shocked at how high GTA and Minecraft manage to stay. You would think (especially with GTA) that everbody interested in those games would have bought them by now.
Leona Lewis
Banned
It's so weird looking at NPDs from years past. Where'd all the licensed games go? Even the most atrocious shovelware back then would top the charts, and now that entire category has all but evaporated.
Not that I'm complaining. I guess they're all on mobile now.
Not that I'm complaining. I guess they're all on mobile now.
Obliterator
Member
Holy fuck man
Mobile, of course =P
Hopefully we get the figure soon....
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I wouldn't complain per se, but in a weird way, I think shovelware ends up being an important part of a library. Like you said, it obviously sells, so not being on a platform means they went to a healthier or more profitable market.
I mean a great example is the Wii U. In the days of the Wii, you could walk by piles of shovelware. Now? There's nothing.
PS4 won in Jan to March too and the thread was much more active.
theprodigy
Member
I'd like to see top 10 individual SKUs like last month
OrbitalBeard
Member
To mobile.
No numbers, no discussion.
Obliterator
Member
I'm sure to Nintendo's share holders its not a pointless comparison. I realize its different as Ninty last gen tapped into a market that's not currently there anymore but its still a mind blowing thing to see.
Chezzymann
Member
Yeah, its basically that they went to mobile. Why spend more money developing a console game when you can make a cheap barebones game on mobile and milk people for tons of cash in micro transactions? Also, the audience that buys most licensed games went to mobile as well.
That doesn't mean much when the point of contention is retail sales going down in terms of both hardware and software. The sales of retail games and consoles are supposedly dropping, and fewer AAA games are being released nowadays. All this would supposedly mean is that consoles are being bought by a shrinking group of people who desire AAA retail games which is a bad thing if you like AAA retail games.
The real insanity is that the Wii sold over 4mill between Jan-June of 2008 in the US.
Ouch that's 17k lower than what I thought it would be and PS4 is in first too. Welp, there go my predictions
T_T
Obliterator
Member
Yeah the first couple Wii years were incredible, and we'll more than likely never see a console sell at that rate ever again
Isn't 2009 the comparative year for the Wii? (not that it really matters)
Kinda depressing.
But expected I guess, since matching Wii is not something we can expect from our 'everyday' normal console that doesn't hit a jackpot in popularity.Also, can anyone explain why Minecraft Vita didn't chart? No physical copies being sold in the uS?
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I still think PS4 needs to drop to $299 this Fall. Sales continue to be down. I guess we need global data for a true assessment of the situation though.
Kinda depressing.
Also, can anyone explain why Minecraft Vita didn't chart? No physical copies being sold in the uS?
Minecraft is sold as a code in a box in the US. As is MLB 15.
Well, 3.5m. But the point still stands.
Um yeh, probably I dunno, I'm tired, it's like 2am here. I should sleep.
Edit: It's still almost 90%.
igordennis
Member
I agree that it should have at least some kind of legs but Amazon has been shown to be unreliable with niche games.
Yes some Nintendo titles do have legs but even they dont stay on the charts for long so my post was more about some people that are saying it should chart next month (one even suggested at a higher position).
And i think its quite a stretch to think about healthy sales for the remainder of the year for Splatoon at this point. I personally think it is unlikely (depends what you call healthy actually)
Yes people were getting ahead of themselves with all the "OMG 5th place on the chart? And everyone said that it would bomb! *highfive" when we havent gotten the actual numbers. At least CosmicQueso already said that Splatoon's sales are impressive so i think that it is comfortably above 100k, which is a success.
March of the Crabs
Member
Good job Splatoon! A Wii U new IP hitting number 5 in just TWO DAYS OF SALES is pretty fuckin cool to see.
Oh, thanks. Still funny that it doesn't count as a retail sale, as it was a physical box even if no cart comes inside.
Sangetsu-II
Member
Got back from work, do we have HW numbers yet? Any pie?
When the pie finishes baking. Could be a while. Never know.
Welfare
Member
I for one welcome this no numbers NPD. Brings new life really.
Make love not war. Now if you don't mind, I'll do just that.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
igordennis
Member
People say this a lot when talking about almost any Nintendo game and i think its a slight misconception. I would say that the Nintendo games that have a really long tail are mostly the really casual friendly like Smash and MK, and their platformers that have Mario.
Does anyone know of a new IP made by Nintendo with proven long legs?
I would volunteer as assistant chef if I could. Been waiting for hours now.
"Make love"? I hope you don't mean... XD
Anyway, when NPD numbers get released, I'm usually in school, so I have no idea what goes on in these threads because I skip the first 20-30 pages. But this time around, I'm lucky enough because it's still the school holidays. Then again, at this rate, I wouldn't consider myself lucky. It's boring when we get no numbers.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Splatoon at 5th in just a few days?! Awesome!
Nice to see Splatoon do well. Hopefully it holds onto some of those sales for the next month, plus any opening week spillovers.
Wii Sports.
Wii Sports.
primasaurus
Member
Wow only 2 days for Splatoon
"But Mays biggest surprise is probably Nintendos Wii U exclusive Splatoon. The colorful shooter did not debut until May 28, which means it only had two days of sales on this chart. Despite that, it was able to come in at No. 5 overall. This is impressive for a new intellectual property that is not widely available on all systems."
"But Mays biggest surprise is probably Nintendos Wii U exclusive Splatoon. The colorful shooter did not debut until May 28, which means it only had two days of sales on this chart. Despite that, it was able to come in at No. 5 overall. This is impressive for a new intellectual property that is not widely available on all systems."
