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[Galang]

Wow I guess Kindgom Hearts didn't do as well as I thought. It's quite sad how long they've milked the different spin-offs even if two of them were good. DDD and Re:Coded are the only KH games I don't own.
Part of the reason I bought a 3DS was for DDD, but I'm unfortunately fatigued with the series at this point. Still will get DDD down the line, but they really should focus on putting out the third installment... waiting for Versus to be finished is too late.

 

[RagnarokX]

It's aimed squarely at children. As it should be. Are you saying 7+ year olds aren't children?

Wow at the Nintendo PR. Didn't mention XL/3DS sales. Must not be good.

It's aimed at everyone... everyone includes children. Nintendo doesn't focus on a single demographic. Statistically speaking, according to the ESA, the average age of gamers is 30+ and 68% of gamers are over 18. Nintendo has been working on increasing the numbers for female and elderly gamers, but that's just to add to their inclusive market.

 

[schuelma]

Thank God for Japan from Nintendo's perspective. Yikes.

 

[Miles X]

Where's Petrea?!

I wanna know Wii/PS3 split

 

[donny2112]

What are the Vita sales in comparison ?

Probably under 50K again, but maybe up to 60K(!).

 

[nickcv]

177K seems awful for a hardware revision, especially one as good as the XL.


I guess not even Nintendo is going to make it through iOS invasion.

keep in mind that just one week of the XL is counted in this report.

 

[Pranay]

Where's Petrea?!

I wanna know Wii/PS3 split

Peter Skerritt ‏@PeterSkerritt
I do realize that it's NPD day. I had a great run with analysis for a couple of years, but have moved on. I appreciate the warm sentiments.

.

 

[Nirolak]

Thank God for Japan from Nintendo's perspective. Yikes.

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

Edit:

By sized, I mean the presumed potential of the sequel to NSMB as opposed to the literal sales of NSMB 2.

 

[Femmeworth]

I can see my chances of playing Bravely Default going down the drain with those Kingdom Hearts numbers

Time to buy an iPad and wait for the iOS port I suppose

Bravely Default will likely come over, just don't expect the highest quality localization. :x

 

[PixyJunket]

The story in 3D is offensively bad

The story has been offensively bad since the title sequence for Kingdom Hearts II finished and we took up control of Roxas.

KH3 could have come out with a Sora, Riku and Kari party

Ew. No.

Square and Edios worlds

Ew. No.

 

[Duxxy3]

How is that compared to the DS revisions though? Comparing XL to OG 3DS is just comparing bad sales to bad sales.

Just going by first revisions"

"Speaking of portables, June 11 just happened to be the launch date for the DS Lite, the sleek new edition of Nintendo's increasingly popular handheld. According to NPD, 600,000 DSs were sold during the 19 days after the Lite went on sale--a 426 percent increase for the platform over 2005. The DS Lite launch also helped lead to a 264 percent rise in DS software sales, which in turn boosted overall June portable software sales to $135.5 million."

 

[Rlan]

To compare (Worldwide) XBLA statistics:

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/1771...tion_may_be_losing_its_steam.php#.UEk8lI3iZx0

Even if Minecraft was only 40% Americans, it'd probably be number 1, or at least top 3.

 

[donny2112]

Was this in the PR?

Anita Frazier said that XL sales were 44% of the monthly 3DS sales for August.

3DS @ ~178K (36% increase over July) * 0.44 = ~78K

 

[RurouniZel]

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

Paper Mario is probably the closest, and that's not saying much.

That or Layton.

 

[leatherhat]

Any news on vita?

 

[Baconsammy]

Probably under 50K again, but maybe up to 60K(!).

10-12k a week? Same as Japan. How are Sony supposed to reach that huge number they claimed they'd hit this fiscal year?

 

[brumx]

DS games on Eshop and 3DS sales dont matter anymore

 

[Plinko]

Wow I guess Kindgom Hearts didn't do as well as I thought. It's quite sad how long they've milked the different spin-offs even if two of them were good. DDD and Re:Coded are the only KH games I don't own.
Part of the reason I bought a 3DS was for DDD, but I'm unfortunately fatigued with the series at this point. Still will get DDD down the line, but they really should focus on putting out the third installment... waiting for Versus to be finished is too late.

Don't skip DDD--it's fantastic.

 

[schuelma]

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

I can't even think of one right now. Maybe Animal Crossing in Q1 2013? The 3DS holiday list doesn't look like anything special.

 

[Kunan]

Iwata stated Nintendo would report the first month DD sales for NSMB 2 right? Or is that only for Japan?

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

....

Um...

...

Maybe...um....

....

 

[Drago]

Maybe it's already been asked...

Does NSMB2's number include digital sales? Not that I think it would change much

 

[BassForever]

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

It'll be either Pokemon Black and White 2 with their exclusive 3DS feature dream radar, or Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

 

[Nirolak]

I can't even think of one right now. Maybe Animal Crossing in Q1 2013? The 3DS holiday list doesn't look like anything special.

Failing that, perhaps the presumed Pokemon in late 2013/early 2014?

 

[Plinko]

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

Easily Animal Crossing, and I don't expect that to hit until June.

 

[Miles X]

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Thanks, that's a real shame, wish him all the best.

Guess we're really not gonna know HW sales from here on out.

 

[shinra-bansho]

Anita Frazier said that XL sales were 44% of the monthly 3DS sales for August.

3DS @ ~178K (36% increase over July) * 0.44 = ~78K

Thanks. Skim read and missed.

Where's Petrea?!

I wanna know Wii/PS3 split

What have been the splits the last few months?

EDIT: had a look at June and July - around 2:1 PS3:Wii. So I'd guess that the 210 goes aboue 140K PS3, 70K Wii.

keep in mind that just one week of the XL is counted in this report.

Is the XL expected to create a sustained increase in 3DS sales, rather than just a bump?

Also are there major releases for next month?

 

[jvm]

Maybe it's already been asked...

Does NSMB2's number include digital sales? Not that I think it would change much

No, I don't think it does. But good question.

 

[Skiesofwonder]

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

Ehhhh..... Probably Animal Crossing (Q2 2013). Brian Training 2 is this Christmas, but I doubt it will come anywhere close to what the first one did.

 

[OldJadedGamer]

I can't even think of one right now. Maybe Animal Crossing in Q1 2013? The 3DS holiday list doesn't look like anything special.

Animal Crossing is when I get my 3DS.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

The story has been offensively bad since the title sequence for Kingdom Hearts II finished and we took up control of Roxas.

Ew. No.

Ew. No.

Sora helps Lara Croft find her place in the world. You know you want it! Of course, I'm just in it for the Mini Ninjas world

Also, KH3D feels especially lazy/terrible with the reused character models and such. Why is flashback Sora older then present time Sora? Ehh maybe it will all make sense by the end

 

[allan-bh]

Petrea move on, so creamsugar is our hope.

 

[Plinko]

Can we all finally agree that iOS has taken a sizable chunk out of the portable handheld market?

 

[hamchan]

I find it interesting that the CoD bubble hasn't burst, just that maybe MW3 sales aren't great because of how bad it is, and CoD buyers would rather get the entry before it which is a much better game. That plus Black Ops 2 hype is driving sales too. This years CoD will still be huge.

 

[Baconsammy]

DS games on Eshop and 3DS sales dont matter anymore

Which DS games can you buy on the eshop?

 

[Takao]

Maybe it's already been asked...

Does NSMB2's number include digital sales? Not that I think it would change much

No. NPD, Media Create, Famitsu, and whatever the Euro tracker is don't track digital sales as of yet.

 

[PixyJunket]

Out of curiosity, what's the next NSMB 2 sized 3DS release for the West?

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, I'd gather.

Paper Mario Sticker Star might do something, given that Bowser's Inside Story apparently sold bucketloads.

 

[Nirolak]

I find it interesting that the CoD bubble hasn't burst, just that maybe MW3 sales aren't great because of how bad it is, and CoD buyers would rather get the entry before it which is a much better game. That plus Black Ops 2 hype is driving sales too. This years CoD will still be huge.

Well, the absolute hugest games are still doing fine.

I mean Diablo 3 sold 10 million copies, Mass Effect 3 did quite well, and Minecraft is doing fantastic. Madden is reporting an increase year over year so far as well.

It's everything else.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

240k? for a new MARIO gmae?


woah dere

 

[Kazerei]

Any news on vita?

Paging creamsugar...

I'm expecting something terrible. I think the only new Vita game in August was Sound Shapes on PSN. Madden NFL 13 was outside the reporting period.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Extremely bad 3DS sales.

Don't really know what Japanese companies are going to do platform wise in the future with Japan seeming to reject consoles and the 3DS not really doing much of anything in America and Europe.

 

[Miles X]

What have been the splits the last few months?

It's likely same as last month

Wii - 70k
PS3 - 140k

Roughly ...

 

[Jomjom]

The best part is SCE provides the tools for free, so it's not like they framework to do it isn't there for SE.

I wish SE was Sony first party =(

 

[SykoTech]

What's truly mind-boggling is that Square didn't put out a single KH games on consoles period. Even if KHIII isn't ready, they could have had something to tide fans over. A PS3/360 HD Collection, a spin-off starring Mickey, a fighting game by ArcWorks....SOMETHING.

Instead the PS3, 360, and even the Wii are left without a single KH game at all. Smooth.

 

[Nirolak]

Extremely bad 3DS sales.

Don't really know what Japanese companies are going to do platform wise in the future with Japan seeming to reject consoles and the 3DS not really doing much of anything in America and Europe.

I imagine most of them with make 3DS and/or mobile/social games targeted at the local market outside the few with brands so large they can still do well on Western consoles (a la Resident Evil).

The main hope is that the former still gets localized.

 

[jvm]

No. NPD, Media Create, Famitsu, and whatever the Euro tracker is don't track digital sales as of yet.

The NSBM2 figure came from a Nintendo PR. Surely *they* know how many units were sold across retail and digital.

That said, their PR sounds like they're only counting retail figures reported by NPD (and probably confirmed by Nintendo's own tracking).

 

[Duffyside]

Hah, didn't someone bet in pre-Darksiders II topic that it wouldn't make the top 10? I need to keep better track of this stuff.

Good job, Vigil and THQ. Awesome game, despite the bugs.

 

[Yoshiya]

Kingdom Hearts will never reach its past glory with the convoluted cannon it has going right now. The story in 3D is offensively bad and gives me no hope or excitement for the potential KH3

This prompted me to go and read a KH3D synopsis. I wish I hadn't. Nothing will ever recapture the joy of the original, will it? :/

 

[leatherhat]

What's truly mind-boggling is that Square didn't put out a single KH games on consoles period. Even if KHIII isn't ready, they could have had something to tide fans over. A PS3/360 HD Collection, a spin-off starring Mickey, a fighting game by ArcWorks....SOMETHING.

Instead the PS3, 360, and even the Wii are left without a single KH game at all. Smooth.

I think its pretty well known that square enix is a bunch of fuck ups

 

[AstroNut325]

Sleeping Dog sales