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NPD Sales Results for October 2010 [Update 6: Rock Band 3]
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JordanLMiller
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creamsugar said:
That's incredibly disappointing. Clover curse lives on?
mugurumakensei
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JordanLMiller said:
It never stopped and never will.
Well, the debut month sales were flat to Halo 3, despite twice as many 360's sold through in NA. And it came out earlier in the month, and so had more days in the window...and then month 2 comes in below Halo 3. So far at least, it's actually under-performing Halo 3 when it's all said and done. I think at best, Halo maintained its user base while CoD grew its.Jtyettis said:
Garth: yup, The Chief is Back will do wonders.
I'm quite surprised with Fable III's debut; for some reason I was expecting something more along the lines of Crackdown 2.
GhaleonEB said:
Well it's clearly under-performing at rate of 3.6 million versus 3.7 million, but still not inclined to say flat lined for a good while. We'll see about the legs.
As for Fable III, no surprise really. I knew it would sale. Whether it has decent legs like Fable II well that is another topic entirely.
Vanillalite
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I can't wait to see what Nintendo does sales wise with the Wii over the holidays since it's close to slipping bellow 200k now.
Fable III sold way more than expected. I guess I under estimate how big that franchise is.
360 keeps killing it. Their world wide numbers might not be great, but they are still killing in the US.
Fable III sold way more than expected. I guess I under estimate how big that franchise is.
360 keeps killing it. Their world wide numbers might not be great, but they are still killing in the US.
GarthVaderUK
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duk said:
I think it'll be difficult for Kinect games to break the multi-platform software top 10 in November.
They've sold 1 million units in the US and Europe combined at this point which is a pretty small userbase compared to the userbases of the other platforms in the US right now, and Kinect already comes with Kinect Adventures which may be enough for some buyers for the moment.
There are also a lot of multiplatform releases in November, and several big titles. Some of October's top 10 will likely be around in the November top 10 too.
If the Kinect userbase really rallies around a specific title, we may see one chart. Kinect Sports perhaps? I wouldn't hold my breath though.
All bets are off the table as far as Wii at this point with the SW and HW decline it has had so far, but then again it could crank right back up this holiday. Though I do think Kinect will have some impact on that and no real evergreen to save the day.
Sports or DC on the low end maybe. Though who knows they could surprise with a full month. This month you got COD, AC2, GT5, NFS and tails on at least few of the games from October.
GarthVaderUK said:
Sports or DC on the low end maybe. Though who knows they could surprise with a full month. This month you got COD, AC2, GT5, NFS and tails on at least few of the games from October.
Beer Monkey
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Bummed about Rock Band 3.
Wow at 360 being the best selling console YTD in its fifth year of life when Xbox 1 was dropped after four years.
Wow at 360 being the best selling console YTD in its fifth year of life when Xbox 1 was dropped after four years.
3% difference isn't significant. There's nothing to worry about for Halo brand, if there is, then entire FPS line-up in the first half of next year (Crysis 2, KZ3, Bulletstorm, Brink etc.) should be labeled as doomed as they have no chance of even coming close to Reach.Jtyettis said:
It'll be interesting to see if COD already put a dent on Reach sales or if its true effect will be seen only after Blops is released (in November NPD data).
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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Wow at Fallout New Vegas. :O
soul creator
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Beer Monkey said:
I remember a few years back when people used to say "you shouldn't buy a 360 because Microsoft will drop support for it in four years anyway, look at the original Xbox!"
Ahh, memories
Psychotext
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Well shit... I just realised that today (if you're in the US anyway) is the 360's fifth birthday.Beer Monkey said:
Time flies.
Edit - Or apparently not. ~ 1 week to go. :lol
Jtyettis said:
Well most of them would not fit in this Top 10 we have now with combined skus anyway so Dec might be the only month we see that, but that does not mean they are not selling
Top 10 does not equal only good sales, it was not a true expression of total sales when we did get hard numbers and now given our current format only like 4 ips are worthwhile.
dolemite said:
With 5m units shipped in the first half of the fiscal year.....reaching 17.5m for the full year with the kind of numbers they're doing (about 200k in US in October...10k weekly in Japan) it will indeed take a Christmas miracle :lol , which is probably what they're hoping for.
duk said:
There's no doubt that next year Wii will be dropped to 150$ and PS3 to 199$. I'd say it could happen around E3 for Nintendo and in the usual early fall period for Sony.
The difference is that while the relatively poor Wii market performance is hurting Nintendo as a company so they need to react quickly, at this point Sony is doing great on worldwide level, they're making profits, they're exceeding their internal targets and still gaining ground on the 360 notwithstanding the 299$ price, so I doubt they're particularly concerned if their performance in the US is not that brilliant.
Psychotext
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Really? Wikipedia main page says 16th. Stupid Wikipedia.Jtyettis said:
Edit - Launch page says 22nd.
Psychotext
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On the right in the summary section, when you use the drop down. I'd edit it to fix it, but apparently it's protected or something.Jtyettis said:
bigtroyjon
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Shipping 15 million units in a fiscal year means a 100 price cut is a billion and a half dollars. I really doubt they can afford that at this point, makes more sense for both them and Microsoft to continue to add value to the consoles instead of dropping prices.
Massa said:
Uh? Reaching a mass market price during their 6th year on the market and after they have been profitable at the old price for more than a year is close impossible?
I'd say it's about time :lol this system has to peak, they need to open to the mass market and make their software sales skyrocket if they want to make serious money on the platform.
EagleEyes said:
They have already lost in the US, there's nothing they can do to change that this generation. They think about their business globally and at this point they're not concerned considering their worldwide performance and the profits they're finally making.
demosthenes
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Jtyettis said:
Yuan is pegged to the dollar right?
Yen surges against the dollar, therefore it surges against the Yuan.
They get less money for PS3s sold but they cost less to make.
dolemite said:
Nothing wrong with dropping the standalone at 199$ and making bundles at 299$
:lol it fits the picture.Really....199$ has to happen and there's no reason not to. It's ridicolous it has not happened yet and with the hardware being profitable since last April it would be foolish not to open to the mass market if they can. They need it, most of the money they did on the PS2 they did it at 199$.
I expect Sony to be really aggressive next year. This year they want to ship 15m units, next year I think they plan to reach a mass market price and the system will see its lifetime peak at around 20m for FY11.
Of course it's just my idea, we'll see what happens
I think it is probably telling how much damage was done with Fallout 3's PS3 port that NV wound up taking the #2 spot on the chart when the 360 version was apparently the top-selling title for the month when viewed from a per-platform basis (i.e. the old NPD standard). They really seem to have scared people off with how badly that version was handled.