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NPD Sales Results for March 2013 [Up5: BioShock Infinite]

Petrae

Petrae

Member
So, 3DS registers a ninth straight month of YOY declines?

It's great and all that the unit is outpacing DS for the time period or that it's better than 8 million sold, but this last stretch of months? There's no "momentum" at all.
 
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Zoramon089

Banned
Did people really expect Lego to chart when it came out on the 18th?! Or Monster Hunter which was released on the 19th?! Really?
 
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Amir0x

Banned
haha they just were like 'uh Wii U... look forward to games later!'

Wii U must have sold negative numbers this month or something lol
 
S

Skiesofwonder

Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Lego City Undercover and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate are both at around 28k (unique posters) on Miiverse, which I know means very little, but that can't be a good sign.
 
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bananas

Banned
A Human Becoming said:
My estimates for March of last year was 789,444. If even somewhat accurate, it would put this months sales ~537,000. If true, that leaves ~277,000 for DS+PS3+Wii+WiiU+Vita(+PSP). I find that hard to believe so my number must be off (I'll consult jvm).
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There's no way the 360 sold almost as much as every other console combined.
 
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MWS Natural

Member
Road said:
Wii U™ owners have a ton of great games to look forward to from Nintendo and its third-party partners, including Gears of Wario™ on June 23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, Disney's Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ from Ubisoft® on Aug. 20. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart™, Super Mario Bros.™ and Super Smash Bros.™ franchises.
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Nice...this is the system seller that the Wii U needs!
 
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Keyouta

Junior Member
Great for Infinite and Luigi. Surprised how well Luigi is doing!

Also, lol @ Nintendo's press release regarding Wii U. Man, the next games from them are Game & Wario on June 23, then Pikmin August 4?! That's horrible management. What is there even to translate in G&W? Purposely delaying so that the rear end of the year is more packed?
 
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Yawnier

Banned
It is so weird seeing Nintendo going from the high of the huge DS/Wii hardware numbers seemingly not even that long ago to I don't want to know how the 3DS and Wii U hardware numbers are now for last month.
 
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FoneBone

Member
Nirolak said:
Yeah... no hardware...

Thanks though.
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No 3DS hardware sales, no discussion of hardware OR software sales for Wii U... yikes. Nice launch for Luigi, though isn't that Pokemon number pretty weak relative to the previous Mystery Dungeon games?

Really curious as to how Lego City did.
 
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Chamber

love on your sleeve
Road said:
http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=38468

Wii U™ owners have a ton of great games to look forward to from Nintendo and its third-party partners, including Game & Wario™ on June 23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, Disney's Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ from Ubisoft® on Aug. 20. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart™, Super Mario Bros.™ and Super Smash Bros.™ franchises.
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So no chance of W101 before September? Sounds about right.
 
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DaBoss

Member
Zoramon089 said:
Did people really expect Lego to chart when it came out on the 18th?! Or Monster Hunter which was released on the 19th?! Really?
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Infinite came out on the 26th. The real argument here is that those 2 games are a lot smaller than many of the other releases in March.
 
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C4Lukins

Junior Member
Road said:
http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=38468

MORE THAN 20 MILLION PHYSICAL COPIES OF NINTENDO 3DS GAMES HAVE BEEN SOLD IN THE U.S.

April 18, 2013

Fueled by strong starts for Luigi's Mansion™: Dark Moon and Pokémon™ Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, and the continued strength of Fire Emblem Awakening, Nintendo 3DS™ crossed 20 million total units of software sold at retail in the United States, according to the NPD Group.


That momentum should only grow in the next few months as Nintendo prepares for a massive slate of Nintendo 3DS software releases, including: LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins on April 24, Donkey Kong Country™ Returns 3D on May 24, Animal Crossing™: New Leaf on June 9 and Mario and Luigi™: Dream Team on Aug. 11.

Additionally, in a Nintendo Direct that aired on April 17, Nintendo announced or provided more details about new entrants in the Yoshi's Island™, Mario Party™, The Legend of Zelda™ and Mario Golf™ franchises for the Nintendo 3DS system.

Wii U™ owners have a ton of great games to look forward to from Nintendo and its third-party partners, including Game & Wario™ on June 23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, Disney's Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ from Ubisoft® on Aug. 20. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart™, Super Mario Bros.™ and Super Smash Bros.™ franchises.

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"Oh, and we have this Wii U thing, I guess (is the name right?)"

No hardware sales, though...
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What a strange press release. It almost sounds like it was written by someone who does not work for Nintendo.
 
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Fantastical

Death Prophet
3DS is over 8 million so shouldn't we have a minimum?

Game & Wario™ on June 23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, Disney's Planes from Disney Interactive on Aug. 6 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ from Ubisoft® on Aug. 20
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Holy shit.
 
H

Hero

Member
The comparison is flawed to begin with with the disparity in install base but Bioshock is a multiplatform game.
 
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Daingurse

Member
bananas said:
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Love this gif.
When is Curb coming back goddammit?

I cannot wait to see the other hardware numbers. I have no idea why I feel so invested in the Wii-U's failure. I don't hate Nintendo nor do I even own a Wii-U, but low Wii-U sales figures bring my heart joy.
 
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liger05

Member
Keyouta said:
Great for Infinite and Luigi. Surprised how well Luigi is doing!

Also, lol @ Nintendo's press release regarding Wii U. Man, the next games from them are Game & Wario on June 23, then Pikmin August 4?! That's horrible management. What is there even to translate in G&W? Purposely delaying so that the rear end of the year is more packed?
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Clusterfuck just about covers it.
 
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DragonSworne

Banned
Keyouta said:
Great for Infinite and Luigi. Surprised how well Luigi is doing!

Also, lol @ Nintendo's press release regarding Wii U. Man, the next games from them are Game & Wario on June 23, then Pikmin August 4?! That's horrible management. What is there even to translate in G&W? Purposely delaying so that the rear end of the year is more packed?
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It would be exactly 8 months for a Nintendo developed game yo be released on Wii U.

They took 8 months to release Game & Wario after making Nintendoland...
 
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A Human Becoming

More than a Member
A Human Becoming said:
My estimates for March of last year was 789,444. If even somewhat accurate, it would put this months sales ~537,000. If true, that leaves ~277,000 for DS+PS3+Wii+WiiU+Vita(+PSP). I find that hard to believe so my number must be off (I'll consult jvm).
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Wynnebeck said:
That would be catastrophe level type sales if true.
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bananas said:
There's no way the 360 sold almost as much as every other console combined.
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I did the wrong month (April). I'll update this post in a second.

My estimates for March of last year was 1,451,000. If even somewhat accurate, it would put this months sales ~987,000. If true, that leaves ~726,000 for DS+PS3+Wii+WiiU+Vita(+PSP).
 
LiquidMetal14

LiquidMetal14

hide your water-based mammals
Chamber said:
So no chance of W101 before September? Sounds about right.
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Their WiiU SW situation has been disastrous. Some of these games were long promised.

If their big holiday games are that Luigi DLC and W101 then I smell trouble. They will likely show a new Zelda at E3 but that's not enough to gather enthusiasm for the future of SW on WiiU.
 
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Amir0x

Banned
Zoramon089 said:
Did people really expect Lego to chart when it came out on the 18th?! Or Monster Hunter which was released on the 19th?! Really?
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Uh, games do that all the time? When did Bioshock Infinite come out?

And to kill your point completely:

Lego Star Wars: Clone Wars III -> Released March 22, 2011.

March NPD?

1. Mortal Kombat 2011 (PS3, 360)** Warner Bros. Interactive
2. Portal 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts
3. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Wii, NDS, 360, 3DS, PS3, PC) LucasArts
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, NDS, Wii, PC)** Activision Blizzard
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (360, PS3, Wii)** Electronic Arts
 
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