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[idlewild_]

NPD is retail only.

Ah right, forgot about that.

edit: also, to answer my own question, seems you don't have to buy the game if you already purchased 1.0, just need to pay the monthly sub.

 

[Takamura-San]

Hardware sales is not surprising given the imminent release of the new consoles.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

FFXIV in there
based Yoshida.

 

[javac]

Didn't notice Mario & Luigi. Glad it did well, I assume it did well

 

[1st Course]

Xbox 360: 96K (-50.3%) [Best Selling Console]

Yikes.

 

[Freezie KO]

PIKMIN 3! Fight off the albatross around your neck and soar high, high, high.

(I bought digital)

 

[shinobi602]

Wow 96k for highest selling console.... That's kinda bad.

The console's 8 years old dude, with new consoles coming in 2 months.

 

[Gbpackers31]

Infinity, which allows players to mix and match Disney and Pixar characters in self-constructed video game adventures, sold about 294,000 starter kit units in August in the United States, according to data compiled by NPD Group, a market research firm.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/business/media/disney-infinity-game-has-strong-early-sales.html

NYTimes is reporting that Disney Infinity sold ~294k units.

 

[Hiccup]

Glad to see Mario & Luigi and Pikmin as well!

 

[iammeiam]

I kind of can't believe Pikmin charted. It's on the Wii U for Pete's sake.

 

[BY2K]

Wii U gonna be below 10k or something...

 

[Dukey]

Pikmin 3 at number 10. As long as it's selling good I'm happy

Is it really #10, or just #10 because almost every game above it was grouped together?

 

[NotLiquid]

Well with the way Pikmin 3 charted surely the Wii U must have done better than last month.

But good lord 96k. This is some crazy decline.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Pikmin 3 at number 10. As long as it's selling good I'm happy

10th in August is rarely good, though.

 

[Samir Sedlar]

So any idea how Splinter Cell Blacklist performed in terms of sales or even shipped unites ?!

 

[Mory Dunz]

CUT THE PRICE PEOPLE!!!

Surprised to see 360 Infinity outsell Wii Infinity.

Where are the splits by console?
Or is it in the order the consoles are listed in?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I don't see how MS can justify these numbers in their number one territory.

It's been 5 years since $200/$300 pricing was established, the 360 deserves better.

 

[Skilletor]

PS3 FFXIV outsold PC? Did you not have to purchase it if you had bought it back when it first launched?

You don't have to buy it again, no.

 

[Prince Vultan]

Best selling console under 100k and Wii U game in the top ten?

Must have been a dogshit month for sales.

 

[Amir0x]

*spits out coffee*

96k..best? Apocalypse coming for all consoles involved. Wii U and Vita commit suicide off a cliff clearly.

 

[Square2015]

FFXIV was in its debut week correct?
Pikmin3 was three or four weeks weeks covered in Aug?

 

[MrCunningham]

Wow 96k for highest selling console.... That's kinda bad.

The end of the current generation has finally arived.

 

[Spieler Eins]

Come on Pikmin fans, get TW101 next. YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT

 

[MrNyarlathotep]

Microsoft PR:

As Yusuf Mehdi, Xbox corporate vice president of marketing, strategy and business development, mentioned last week, Xbox One is proving to be the best place for games, with our exclusive titles winning over 100 awards at E3 and driving pre-order increases of 200 percent in European markets after gamers first played our blockbuster line-up at gamescom—And we look forward to showing off more of these incredible gaming experiences on the show floor at the Tokyo Game Show next week.

hahaha, wow

 

[Busaiku]

*spits out coffee*

96k..best? Apocalypse coming for all consoles involved. Wii U and Vita commit suicide off a cliff clearly.

To be fair, Vita does not fall under that (neither does 3DS).

 

[Nirolak]

Where are the splits by console?
Or is it in the order the consoles are listed in?

Order listed.

 

[Concept17]

Any idea on SRIV numbers?

 

[twothunder]

The only good thing is seeing Mario and Luigi and Pikmin in the top 10.
Xbox 360: 96K is really low. So PS3 , Wii-U and Wii numbers will be painfull.
Hope that 3DS still does decent numbers.

 

[Cheech]

Where are the splits by console?
Or is it in the order the consoles are listed in?

It's the order the platform is listed in.

Which really, it's not surprising considering the Wii is dead as dogshit.

Minecraft + Xbox is the new Mario + Nintendo for the kid market.

 

[SloaneRisette]

Come on Pikmin fans, get TW101 next. YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT

With Pikmin 3 sales, maybe The Wonderful 101 will get 9th on the chart!

Spoiler

I don't even expect it to get 10th, sadly.

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

Nice to see Pikmin 3 and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team there. Well deserved!

 

[-MB-]

People are simply bored with 7 year old tech.

Software is up 21% so no, less hardware just means the market for new entrants is saturating.

 

[NEO0MJ]

10th in August is rarely good, though.

Yeah, it could easily have sold under 100k units.

 

[Guevara]

I think we all want to see the Wii U numbers at this point

 

[Mpl90]

Given 360 is down 50.3%, with the hypotesis other hardware had similar drops, and even including Wii U, something must be up for sure, since overall hardware drop is 40%...no?

 

[EagleEyes]

Wow the PS3 has a $199 model now and it did absolutely nothing for it. lol

 

[Megadragon15]

To be fair, Vita does not fall under that (neither does 3DS).

You really think the Vita is going to sell more than 96,000 in the USA in August?

 

[IllumiNate]

Looking forward to next months Wii u numbers.
Finally bought one myself!

 

[Aquamarine]

NPD Representative:

"#NPD: Between the Disney Infinity launch and Skylanders accessories, 1 in every 3 accessories sold this month was an Interactive Gaming Toy"

https://twitter.com/amrie1206/status/378285436713447424

"#NPD: August 2013 retail video games grew 1% over August 2012 as growth in software and accessories offset soft hardware sales."

https://twitter.com/amrie1206/status/378285888448376832

"#NPD: Excluding Jan '13, which was up due to an extra reporting week, the last time overall retail video game sales were up YOY was Oct '11"

https://twitter.com/amrie1206/status/378286328980332544

"#NPD: 3DS continued to outsell other hw platforms for the 4th month straight. Xbox 360 was top selling console for 32nd consecutive month"

https://twitter.com/amrie1206/status/378286999880232960

"#NPD: Video game retail sw sales had their first positive month, up 23%, since Nov '11, driven by the shift of Madden into Aug data month."

https://twitter.com/amrie1206/status/378287537980059648

"#NPD: Collectively, August 2013 launches made up an astounding 58% of overall dollar sales for the month and 41% of units sales."

https://twitter.com/amrie1206/status/378288009629532161

"#NPD: Further demo-ing the strength of the launch-heavy top 10 ranking, the top 10 games in Aug '13 sold more than 2x the sales vs. Aug '12"

https://twitter.com/amrie1206/status/378288524249677824

 

[DaBoss]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/business/media/disney-infinity-game-has-strong-early-sales.html

NYTimes is reporting that Disney Infinity sold ~294k units.

Direct comparisons are difficult. The game that Infinity most closely resembles, Skylanders from Activision, sold about 100,000 starter kit units in October 2011, its first month in stores. Disney spent lavishly to market the release of Infinity, which cost more than $100 million to develop.

Seems DI did better in its first month than Skylanders.

Where are the splits by console?
Or is it in the order the consoles are listed in?

Order the consoles are listed.

 

[grandjedi6]

Interesting that Microsoft implies that Payday 2 (360) outsold NCAA (360) and that NCAA didn't even chart in the top ten by individual sku

 

[SmokyDave]

You really think the Vita is going to sell more than 96,000 in the USA?

Fuck yeah it is.

Oh wait, you mean in one month?

 

[Nirolak]

Interesting that Microsoft implies that Payday 2 (360) outsold NCAA (360) and that NCAA didn't even chart in the top ten by individual sku

Microsoft doesn't actually order by sales.

We found this out when they listed Aliens above Dead Space 3 which would be impossible unless Dead Space 3 sold like 80% on PS3.

 

[Oemenia]

The 360 started at $400 and sells at $300 after 8 years. MS can really milk this thing for years to come but they really need to drop the price.

 

[The Silver]

I don't know why people are acting surprised that console numbers are bad.

It's the 8th year and the new consoles are on the horizon.

 

[Riki]

3DS still the best selling system isn't surprising. Can't wait to see results from October.

 

[AstroNut325]

Good to see FF XIV charting! And the hardware numbers aren't surprising. Next-gen is two months away.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Given 360 is down 50.3%, with the hypotesis other hardware had similar drops, and even including Wii U, something must be up for sure, since overall hardware drop is 40%...no?

Wii U gonna go up!

 

[Mory Dunz]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/business/media/disney-infinity-game-has-strong-early-sales.html

NYTimes is reporting that Disney Infinity sold ~294k units.

That's total right?
Wonder how it did on each system...

 

[Majmun]

Given 360 is down 50.3%, with the hypotesis other hardware had similar drops, and even including Wii U, something must be up for sure, since overall hardware drop is 40%...no?

Yep.

People are getting ready for nextgen