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NPD Sales Results for November 2009
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astroturfing
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all i care about is Demon's Souls' sales, i hope it has done well so far. i want that franchise to continue so bad.
ohh and Assassin's Creed 2 is probably really awesome as well (havent gotten it yet sadly), good to see it selling strongly. but that was a given.
MW2... i just dont get it, i play it every day but it mostly just frustrates the hell out of me. the game has so many things that i would call design flaws (for example horrible checkpointing in single player, glitchy basic movement in multiplayer etc) that i find it really astonishing that it sells better than any other game, and is praised by critics all around. is this REALLY the best game series this gen, and one of the best games ever?! for me its a good fun game to play with friends, but way too flawed to be even worth a 9/10... single player was a a 6/10 at best, just awful. besides getting to control the AC130 and stuff, that was a cool idea and nicely implemented. if there was justice in this world, a few mil from MW2 sales should go to more interesting games like the mentioned Demon's Souls, Dragon Age, perhaps Borderlands etc.
just my opinion though
ohh and Assassin's Creed 2 is probably really awesome as well (havent gotten it yet sadly), good to see it selling strongly. but that was a given.
MW2... i just dont get it, i play it every day but it mostly just frustrates the hell out of me. the game has so many things that i would call design flaws (for example horrible checkpointing in single player, glitchy basic movement in multiplayer etc) that i find it really astonishing that it sells better than any other game, and is praised by critics all around. is this REALLY the best game series this gen, and one of the best games ever?! for me its a good fun game to play with friends, but way too flawed to be even worth a 9/10... single player was a a 6/10 at best, just awful. besides getting to control the AC130 and stuff, that was a cool idea and nicely implemented. if there was justice in this world, a few mil from MW2 sales should go to more interesting games like the mentioned Demon's Souls, Dragon Age, perhaps Borderlands etc.
just my opinion though
bcn-ron said:
Nintendo cut the price too and they're down YOY, surprise
Btw I think Sony is more concerned about PSP than their PS3 numbers. The PS3 is enjoying really healthy sales, their target based on their sales forecast was a +45% growth with the price cut, they're getting +90%. And they have top industry support secured for the platform too, they have better support than the actual market leader which is a weird fact of this generation but that's an other matter.
It's not like if PS3 managed to outsell 360 by 100k this month things would have changed in the overall scheme, Sony has already lost the US battle this generation, they're still fighting for 2nd place WW.
The same can't be said for PSP, that business is in really bad BAD shape, they have always had a poor software performance but the hardware is quickly following suit. The PSP Go has been a deserved failure for different reasons (price of the system, poor software catalogue, high software price and no competition on that). I think they will cut the price as soon as their next FY starts in April, that will improves sales but won't fix their software problems. BUt at this point they probably don't care, PSP 2 could be announced as early as next year.
TheKingsCrown
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Indeed, they need to improve sales because they've only sold 2-3X your beloved playstation family in the U.S. and worldwide.Elios83 said:Indeed, they should it bring it back to 249$ to improve sales
Bloomberg said:
:lol
So Nintendo dragged the market lower by having the top 2 selling systems in the DS and the wii? That makes no sense.
This is the poorest piece of "news" I've ever seen.
Nintendo may be down year over year but the sales are still much higher than anything else. So wouldn't the blame have to be placed on whatever is selling the least amount instead of the most?
Personally, I see the PSP Go absolutely tanking as something that hurts the market more than something selling incredibly well but just not as well as last year.
jibblypop said:
Well the Wii was the savior of the industry when it broke sales records, now its the scapegoat even though there are plenty of other examples why the industry is down that have nothing to do with Wii (AC2 sales are down a little from AC1, PSP Go tanked, even though all 3 consoles are selling great numbers they are doing so at less price)
The Wii is market leader when it comes to sales but the market loser when it comes to the media :lol
Arpharmd B said:
It's valuable to note that the install base is 10 million stronger than it was with the Halo 3 launch. If Reach can sell to 10-15% of those added consoles, it will top MW2.
If they're smart with Reach's design, I think they can pull it off. I'm hoping for something nice and gritty. No weird Covenant politics, for a start.
I love both my children, I want them both to be successful.
poppabk said:
Hmm yea huge exclusive versus a multiplatform game. I see how that works. Anyhow, if I were to fault MS for anything this month it would have been better Arcade bundles. The arcade bundles last year were simply way better. In terms of overall sales on the platform they say it's the biggest November yet, and since they are fairly close to last year without moving the core price points I'd say that is pretty darn good. Especially so considering the last earnings report pointed to them making a profit on every HW sold now.
great sales overall HW wise, except for PSP.
PS3 keeping pace with 360 is good news, should be like this the rest of this generation.
However PSP is in a weird position. Seems almost dead in US despite latest games (motorstorm, GTportable , AC...) and is selling very well in japan. What should they do? They cannot kill it as it performs in some markets.
AStonishing sales for MW2, however i think they deserved good sales, this is too much, but this is the way things are
PS3 keeping pace with 360 is good news, should be like this the rest of this generation.
However PSP is in a weird position. Seems almost dead in US despite latest games (motorstorm, GTportable , AC...) and is selling very well in japan. What should they do? They cannot kill it as it performs in some markets.
AStonishing sales for MW2, however i think they deserved good sales, this is too much, but this is the way things are
Man God said:
As long as it has the Chief, a new coat of paint and superb mutli I don't think so. MS is definitely going to market this as the next mainline Halo while likely throwing $50 million plus in marketing alone like the first. Heck they are already talking about it being the biggest game of next year. They aren't playing around.
Mithos
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LosDaddie said:
There is another thought process that is equally flawed..
Company makes a product, spend 2 million dollars on it. They "think" they will sell enough to make 30 million dollar on it, but end up "only" making 20 million dollars on it.
Boohoo we made a 10 million dollar loss.. WRONG!!!!
You made a 18 million dollar PROFIT GOD DAMNIT!!
Sho_Nuff82
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Man God said:
Another thing people need to stop doing - doubting the 360's November blockbusters.
From Gears, to COD4, to Gears 2, now MW2, EVERY damn year GAF underestimates the sales of the biggest 360 title of the year.
With the way 360, LIVE, and FPS sales in general are going, I wouldn't be surprised if Reach sold over 4.5-5 million units in a month, just in the US. Halo 3's LTD is beyond that already, what reason would people have to wait if MS pitches it as the sequel to Halo 3, like MW2 is to COD4?
New 360 owners are by and large still buying into the existent online communities because of the social nature of LIVE. This helps the heavy hitters more than anything, especially the heavy hitters released that particular month. I would not be surprised if the next GTA game and Gears 3, for example, opened even higher than GTA4 and Gears 2.
LosDaddie said:
By next November I think it would be well over triple, at least in the US. The attach rate won't scale linearly of course, but it will outsell Halo 3, anyone can quote me on that.
was this posted ???
new super mario bros sold 2 million units since its launch
means about 600k since the end of the November NPD period until now
new super mario bros sold 2 million units since its launch
means about 600k since the end of the November NPD period until now
Sho_Nuff82 said:
And this can't be quote enough either. All my friends who own both consoles purchased MW2 on the 360 because of the ability and ease of use of Party Chat. Sony if this isn't a fucking wake up call to introduce it into the firmware than I don't know what is.
You can red ring a million 360s, and charge people $100 a year for Live, but Party Chat is a feature you just cannot dance around. Quit the fucking delays and get it together. If party Chat was introduced with the Slim, I almost want to believe this November might have been closer in parity with the MW2 sales.
BenjaminBirdie
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thuway said:
Isn't Party Chat driven by packed in headsets? Sony can add Party Chat, but they have to start bundling headsets with consoles too. One won't work without the other.
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