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[BenjaminBirdie]

Dec 2008 NPD

DS - 3.04 million
Wii - 2.15 million

So MS has a ~1 million unit gap on the next system apparently.

Yoikes!!

 

[Dabanton]

I'm surprised Ass Creed is so high..

Why? It's a massively popular franchise.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Wasn't this 30 bucks? Wha happened?

It's $40..
My bet BF3/Skyrim/Mw3 happened

 

[SolarPowered]

Legend of (almost) Flopda

Nice to see Skyrim so high, though.

Skyward sword would normally be much higher without combined platforms.

 

[MasterShotgun]

Considering Zelda only had about a week to perform + being released only on the Wii, 9th place isn't that bad.

I'm more surprised at AC:Revelations charting so high. I want to see the numbers for it.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

It's $40..
My bet BF3/Skyrim/Mw3 happened

It still got beat by Uncharted 3 regardless of those three. That's a huge "get" for Sony.

 

[jett]

Uncharted > Zeruda

 

[Wazzim]

Where are our numbers?

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

No SM3DL makes me sad.

 

[CrazyDude]

Zelda seems low, but it was only out towards the end of the month. How did TP do? Does this mean bomba?

It sold 534,000.

 

[Mpl90]

The PR Releases... where are they?!?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Oh fuck Uncharted over Zelda and Halo, meltdowns incoming. None of the platform-exclusive games sold over a million copies. None.

It sold 534,000 through Nintendo's black friday press release.

Fixed.

 

[Kandinsky]

Skyward sword would normally be much higher without combined platforms.

Is still low, I mean Uncharted 3 did more, skyward bomb indeed.

 

[BurntPork]

Skyward sword would normally be much higher without combined platforms.

True, but even Uncharted beat it. :/

It sold 534,000 on black friday.

No, it sold that much between release and the date that PR was given.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

I wonder if Uncharted 3 will be close to a million as I predicted last month...

 

[jamesinclair]

Dec 2008 NPD

DS - 3.04 million
Wii - 2.15 million

So MS has a ~1 million unit gap on the next system apparently.

Unless theyre selectively excluding portables.

 

[surly]

Dec 2008 NPD

DS - 3.04 million
Wii - 2.15 million

So MS has a ~1 million unit gap on the next system apparently.

The gap has to be less than 890,000 as it's the largest gap between 1 and 2 "since" December 2008. You would need to find the next largest gap between 1 and 2 since then, if you can be bothered to go through the figures.

 

[MrPink93485]

Madden was released a month later this year, sales should be higher than last year.

Also, Madden has been performing better this year than last year.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Uncharted > Zeruda

Gotta say, that's a surprise. It's freaking Zelda.

 

[Fantastical]

Legend of (almost) Flopda

Nice to see Skyrim so high, though.

Zelda is the only game on there on one platform.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see Uncharted.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Unless theyre selectively excluding portables.

The same paragraph referred to the DS doing the same thing back in 2008, so probably not.

 

[Road]

Oops

 

[nextgeneration]

So, the question now remains - who's number 2? Did wii or ps3 come in second? And could 360 possibly have doubled the 3rd place platform, whether it be ps3 or wii?

 

[CrazyDude]

Oh fuck Uncharted over Zelda and Halo, meltdowns incoming. None of the platform-exclusive games sold over a million copies. None.



Fixed.

Yeah I fixed that as well.

Zelda is the only game on there on one platform.

Uncharted.

 

[popeutlal]

Gotta say, that's a surprise. It's freaking Zelda.

But its Zelda on Wii, at the end of console's life.

 

[Rebel Leader]

True, but even Uncharted beat it. :/

Uncharted was released earler..
Zelda wasn't
--

Only numbers are needed now

 

[SolarPowered]

It sold 534,000.

How many days did it have to chart compared to Skyward?

True, but even Uncharted beat it. :/

good point

 

[chubigans]

Gotta say, that's a surprise. It's freaking Zelda.

Well, it's no Uncharted.

 

[MasterShotgun]

Is still low, I mean Uncharted 3 did more, skyward bomb indeed.

True, but even Uncharted beat it. :/

Uncharted had the whole month. Zelda had about a week, maybe a little more. Both are very well respected console exclusive. Of course the one with more time is going to sell more.

 

[Dragon]

Oops

Looks like someone is about to post it!!!

Uncharted 3 came out November 1st, and Skyward Sword came out November 20th. I wouldn't call SS a bomba yet.

Next we'll compare how many more Wiis there are in the US than PS3s....

 

[Saiyar]

The gap has to be less than 890,000 as it's the largest gap between 1 and 2 "since" December 2008. You would need to find the next largest gap between 1 and 2 since then, if you can be bothered to go through the figures.

March 2009. 700k between the Wii and DS.

 

[BurntPork]

Zelda is the only game on there on one platform.

Uncharted 3 beat it.

Zelda is slowly dying.

Uncharted had the whole month. Zelda had about a week, maybe a little more. Both are very well respected console exclusive. Of course the one with more time is going to sell more.

Wii has nearly double the userbase....

 

[Kazerei]

Uncharted 3 came out November 1st, and Skyward Sword came out November 20th. I wouldn't call SS a bomba yet.

 

[aegies]

Unless theyre selectively excluding portables.

From the NPD release:

“This is the fourth consecutive month in which the Xbox 360 has been the top selling hardware system. The gap between 360 sales and sales of the next best selling platform was the largest we’ve seen since December 2008 when the Nintendo DS was the top selling system.”

So I'm assuming handhelds are being counted here.

 

[CitizenCope]

Why does this "Huge" talk have to be about hardware? Could be about MW3. Hell MW3 on 360 alone could have done insane numbers(7 million?).

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Well, it's no Uncharted.

One cold argue

But Wii's hardcore install base should be all over Zelda. Props to ND in that regard, they made a great game and built their IP.

 

[Anth0ny]

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/game-industry-sales-in-november-essentially-flat-at-3-billion/

I had a feeling Zelda would "flop." Nintendo's fault for launching it in November, Zelda can't hang with the big boys. Times have changed!

It was released at the end of the month, but still. It's doing shit in Japan too, I don't expect a huge turnaround in North America either.

 

[Pooya]

oh late ..

 

[SolarPowered]

Uncharted 3 beat it.

Zelda is slowly dying.

:/

 

[NateDrake]

I had a feeling Zelda would "flop." Nintendo's fault for launching it in November, Zelda can't hang with the big boys. Times have changed!

It was released at the end of the month, but still. It's doing shit in Japan too, I don't expect a huge turnaround in North America either.

Over 500k in a week for Zelda is bad now? WTF

 

[braves01]

The Big N should've had an ad campaign where Link holds a giant sub instead of the master sword. Subward sword

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Uncharted had 20 more days to sell in this NPD than Zelda, so take that into account.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Uncharted 3 beat it.

Zelda is slowly dying.



Wii has nearly double the userbase....

Uncharted sold more first week in the UK if I'm not mistaken. Makes sense the pattern would hold here.

 

[BurntPork]

From the NPD release:

“This is the fourth consecutive month in which the Xbox 360 has been the top selling hardware system. The gap between 360 sales and sales of the next best selling platform was the largest we’ve seen since December 2008 when the Nintendo DS was the top selling system.”

So I'm assuming handhelds are being counted here.

That.... Yeah, that confirms >2 million. 360 is officially the new Wii.

Uncharted sold more first week in the UK if I'm not mistaken. Makes sense the pattern would hold here.

I know. This solidifies that Zelda's not a blockbuster anymore. Sadly, once Nintendo catches on, they'll start to move away from it.

 

[Kandinsky]

Keep spinning guys, fact is Zelda bombed and it bombed hard D:

 

[Dragon]

Uncharted had 20 more days to sell in this NPD than Zelda, so take that into account.

Oh boy.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Over 500k in a week for Zelda is bad now? WTF

CoD does millions in 1 day.. So yeah 500k bad

Jk

 

[jett]

I wonder if Uncharted 3 will be close to a million as I predicted last month...

I doubt it. Probably close to 600k. Last November Madden sold less than 700k. I'd find it weird if it made a huge jump from that.

 

[muu]

Didn't Uncharted come out at the beginning of the month?

 

[Alrus]

I had a feeling Zelda would "flop." Nintendo's fault for launching it in November, Zelda can't hang with the big boys. Times have changed!

It was released at the end of the month, but still. It's doing shit in Japan too, I don't expect a huge turnaround in North America either.

Nintendo said it's the fastest selling Zelda game in NA... Flop is a bit of an hyperbole. (Not saying it did great though).

But hey, didn't Nintendo say Mario 3D Land did over 500k during black friday week? Surprised it didn't chart at all...

Oh well, we'll get some number later on and we'll be able to see things more clearly. First day of NPD always sucks these days.