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April 2013 NPD Sales Results [Up3: Xbox 360 Top Platform, NSMBU LTD, Lego 3DS, Luigi]
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Wierd. Maybe its just the generic titles that caused me to ignore them.
Get on it! Good times await.
Aquamarine
Member
I think, given the Xbox 360's pitiful 130K as the top spot, bad results are a given this month.
40K for Wii U is a strong possibility.
Calamari41
41 > 38
He ran out of fingers and had to take a shoe off to reach the total.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
lol
Duxxy3
Member
Randolph Freelander
Member
Forgot today was stripped down zombie NPD day.
360 at the top of the chart at 130K is like terrible for everybody.
360 at the top of the chart at 130K is like terrible for everybody.
UberTag
Member
Releasing on the last week of an NPD reporting period and banking on that always amazing EA Partner Support marketing budget? I wouldn't count on it.
famousmortimer
Banned
The even more surprising thing than Defiance charting, especially considering its digital on the PC and PS3.... is that it's a pretty good game. Not great, but good. It's fun.
With as shitty as everything is doing, if it can't crack the top 10 then that is utterly disastrous.
Pretty much the replies I expected. Poor Insomniac.
True. But I can't envision strong sales during June for the game, nevermind a strong launch at the end of May.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
8 years later the cheapest Xbox is still 200. Keep in mind at this stage the ps2 was 129 and about to hit 99.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Price drop does very little to move units when the demand isn't there to begin with.
They have to fuel demand before they adjust the value proposition; otherwise, it's just a loss.
Meaning, yea, do it, but it's a tactic... not a strategy.
They have to fuel demand before they adjust the value proposition; otherwise, it's just a loss.
Meaning, yea, do it, but it's a tactic... not a strategy.
Origin was genreally their for getting more revenue from their own store.
PC oriented games sell well on retail as well sometimes.
CosmicQueso
Member
It is, and no.
Strong indeed.
I like this guy's style.
Bruno MB
Member
Prior to Wii U's launch it was impossible to foresee that another Nintendo console would do as bad as that system. But then Wii U came, and not only is doing worse than GameCube, we are talking that Wii U has probably sold less than half of what GameCube did during the same timeframe.
GameCube sold in April 2002 87,000 units, Wii U might be closer to 29,000 (33% of GCN sales) than to 43,500 (50% of GCN sales).
When you put it this way, my God, that thing is beyond fucked.
GameCube sold in April 2002 87,000 units, Wii U might be closer to 29,000 (33% of GCN sales) than to 43,500 (50% of GCN sales).
When you put it this way, my God, that thing is beyond fucked.
Last Hearth
Member
Yeah a price drop with Last of Us would be great for the PS3.
A price drop in June with the Last of Us is a good start I say.
Other than that what can you do?
Sorry I was wrong about that.
But yeah I really don't see a way that game does well.
In EA's fiscal call they said they expected Q1 to be down because this year they only have FUSE while last year they had tail end sales of Mass Effect 3.
So basically they expected the week 5 and onward sales of Mass Effect 3 (until the end of June) to be better than FUSE.
The Hermit
Member
Damn I can't imagine the WiiU number... that's it I am out of here:
shinra-bansho
Member
Hmm, using NPD's March -> April normalized sales transition figure of -38%, I get:
360 = 129.5K - which fits pretty well.
PS3 = 104.7K
WII = 45.1K
WIU = 33.2K
Of course, that's an average so it probably varies by platform.
Sum of PS3, Wii, Wii U = ~180K
360 = 129.5K - which fits pretty well.
PS3 = 104.7K
WII = 45.1K
WIU = 33.2K
Of course, that's an average so it probably varies by platform.
Sum of PS3, Wii, Wii U = ~180K
Not sure where you got your data from, but as you are talking about prices I need to correct you: Xbox 360 is below 150, PS3 below 170, and Wii U below 200.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
I didn't know CosmicQueso was a person in the know.
Wow, really didn't expect the numbers to turn out this terrible: We seem to need a new generation of consoles to excite the market.
The cheapest 360 is about 140€ (including all taxes, of course): http://www.amazon.de/dp/B003WF6CYS/
The cheapest 360 is about 140€ (including all taxes, of course): http://www.amazon.de/dp/B003WF6CYS/
AranhaHunter
Banned
Is my order close to right?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57901146&postcount=503
He's talking about the WiiU
Aquamarine
Member
Interesting calculations.
With variance, that -38% seems to be the general theme of this month's NPD (with all consoles suffering deep YOY declines). Low console sales all around with next-gen just around the corner.
Not a chance, There's absolutely no hype for it. I haven't even seen one commercial.
15k for WiiU + Vita confirmed
I am a idiot.
With this knowledge, I see a lot of Ratchet & Clank games in the future!
Calamari41
41 > 38
Do you guys remember that glorious five minutes in the January NPD thread when it was confirmed that the Wii U sold 250k units? And then it turned out that it wouldn't even have reached that total through April?
Unregistered007
Banned
130k .... 360....
I was expecting at least 200k due to the announcement/buzz of next gen.
I was expecting at least 200k due to the announcement/buzz of next gen.
UberTag
Member
Good thing we're getting more annual installments of everything courtesy of Ubisoft, no new IPs, no risks, AAA budgets for only sequels from established genres... and all of these publishers scratching their heads and going "Huh? How did that happen?" when the next Minecraft, Puzzle & Dragons, League of Legends materializes. "Why didn't our same old, same old become the next craze?" they wonder in stupification.
SniperHunter
Banned
Microsoft did an AMAZING job with Xbox 360
BOW
BOW
ViewtifulJC
Banned
DragonSworne
Banned
Wii U isn't new?
crusadernm
Banned
Has the 360 commemorative victory gif been posted?
digoutyoursoul
Member
No it's late
Realistically, probably not given general lack of awareness and hype surrounding the game.
However, I do hope it is successful if only because I think Insomniac is a fantastic studio and I would love for them to find success given this is really their first title without Sony's backing.
They're hiring a lot so they clearly have contracts with someone.
I'm kind of doubting EA though, but I guess it's not impossible.
Capcom is being pickier about outsourcing, so perhaps them.
Defiance somehow ended up doing okay so who knows.
Yes I do, and it was amazing how quickly the tone of that thread turned in a manner of a few minutes.
The Wii U doesn't have anything exciting going for it for enough people. Plus there's confusion since it was being marketed like a peripheral at launch. Once the games start coming out this Autumn it'll start turning around, though by how much I don't even know where to start guessing.