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NPD March 2012 Sales Results [Up3: ME3 Total, Binary Domain]

MasterShotgun

brazen editing lynx
WTF @ RE:ORC charting at #2. This will probably send Capcom all the wrong messages.

March looks bad, but April is probably going to be even worse. There's hardly shit coming out this month. Kinect Star Wars will be in the top 3, and I wouldn't be surprised if Xenoblade actually charts.
It probably won't, but a man can dream.

More "info":

Sony's not even trying to hide the bullshit. Vita must have sold horribly.
 

Alrus

Member
March looks bad, but April is probably going to be even worse. There's hardly shit coming out this month. Kinect Star Wars will be in the top 3, and I wouldn't be surprised if Xenoblade actually charts.
It probably won't, but a man can dream.

There's no way Xenoblade charts, shipment are probably ridiculously low.
 

Diablos54

Member
Thanks for that 'info' Sony! So, basically, Vita bombed? Can't say I'm surprised. Hurry up Nintendo, we need to do the math!
 

dacuk

Member
I wonder if silent hill and ninja gaiden as franchises are dead now. NG at least should be allowed to pass on with what little dignity it has left...

Now I can see Tecmo asking Nintendo to let them borrow Samus as a hidden character for WiiU version.
 
The industry is struggling isn't it?

Is it because of social media?
Free online games from Zynga?
99 cent games on iPad, iPhone, Android?
A new console generation is needed?
The games suck?
The economy sucks?
 

Fantastical

Death Prophet
1) The problem is that it didn't bomb.

I have a lot of confidence that the team could make the ultimate SSX game after the lessons they learned from this game. I really liked SSX 2012, but there were definitely flaws, and I would like the team to have another shot after hearing the criticisms.

The industry is struggling isn't it?

Is it because of social media?
Free online games from Zynga?
99 cent games on iPad, iPhone, Android?
A new console generation is needed?
The games suck?
The economy sucks?

Max Payne is $3 on the iPhone. We are all already dead.
 

schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
The industry is struggling isn't it?

Is it because of social media?
Free online games from Zynga?
99 cent games on iPad, iPhone, Android?
A new console generation is needed?
The games suck?
The economy sucks?

I think it is mostly new consoles are needed. The top selling console in the U.S is is now almost 6.5 years old.
 
It's pretty odd that MLB is one of Sony's better selling franchises compared to some of its more hardcore games. Uncharted, God of War, and GT are probably the only ones that outdo it.
 

Petrae

Member
The industry is struggling isn't it?

Is it because of social media?
Free online games from Zynga?
99 cent games on iPad, iPhone, Android?
A new console generation is needed?
The games suck?
The economy sucks?

"All of the above" is a reasonable answer here.

And, yes, the industry is struggling. Without question.
 

1-D_FTW

Member
Skype? Really? That's what it's come to, Sony? You're hyping up Skype coming to Vita? That's some, ah, impressive PR. It may not be impressive sales like you claim, but it's impressive PR.
 

Pranay

Member
The industry is struggling isn't it?

Is it because of social media?
Free online games from Zynga?
99 cent games on iPad, iPhone, Android?
A new console generation is needed?
The games suck?
The economy sucks?

Not doing that bad tbh.


And good games are selling imo
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
It's pretty odd that MLB is one of Sony's better selling franchises compared to some of its more hardcore games. Uncharted, God of War, and GT are probably the only ones that outdo it.

Baseball is popular.

MLB The Show is only the baseball game worth buying.

Not really that odd.
 
I had a suspicion ORC wouldn't flop. With low sales of Revelations(Anyone who didn't buy this is too blame, especially the "I'm not buying it because it's on a handheld' crowd) and high sales of 5, ORC and fastest pre-ordered RE game yet makes it pretty convincing where RE's future will go. :(

Capcom once again had the last laugh.
 
The industry is struggling isn't it?

Is it because of social media?
Free online games from Zynga?
99 cent games on iPad, iPhone, Android?
A new console generation is needed?
The games suck?
The economy sucks?

Treat your consumers to yearly iterations, shoddy DLC policies and overpriced Digital Distribution games, and watch them find their entertainment elsewhere.

The running gag is that this really is Sony's official statement. Lately they're all like this, though last months 3 territories card monte was a gem.

... I really don't know what to say... that Iraqi propaganda guy.jpg comes to mind.
 

Surface of Me

I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Resident Evil 5 (Capcom, Xbox 360) - 938K
Resident Evil 5 (Capcom, PS3) - 585K

RE6 should handily top these, I think.

Hmm, lower than I remember honestly. Depending on when the other big games come out compared to it, I could see it selling less than RE5 overall. It will likely debut higher though, especially since it gets an extra week or two over RE5.
 

Anth0ny

Member
3DS Kids Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKU’s for the month of March.”

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It's pretty odd that MLB is one of Sony's better selling franchises compared to some of its more hardcore games. Uncharted, God of War, and GT are probably the only ones that outdo it.

It's crazy but EVERY single one of my friends buys MLB. They don't care about games like Uncharted or Killzone but will buy MLB, NHL, and Tiger every single year.
 

BurntPork

Banned
Not sure that would give a solid number for PSV or PS3.

Iwata's investor presentation generally has NPD graphs. (As well as ChartTrack for major Euro countries)

I mean "3DS and the DS family held XX% of the dedicated handheld market this month." That would at least give us Vita+PSP. Add in a solid number for Wii, and we have a max for PS3.

*looks at clock* Yeah, we're not getting Nintendo. Wii and 3DS must have dropped by a decent amount.
 
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