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NPD January 2013 Sales Results [Up7: Wii U 57K (CNET), Vita ~35K, PS3 201K]

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Overall:

The overall retail industry rose 9% year over year. However, it was a leap week, and thus had one more week than normal.


Software:

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11. Ni No Kuni (#7 in the individual SKU chart)

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Hardware:

Xbox 360: 281K (+4.07%)
PS3: 201K (Change Unknown, but JVM estimated 180-200K last January.)
Wii U: 57K

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Other Information:

GamesIndustry.biz said:
Call of Duty continues to top the charts as 2013 gets off to slow start

After an abysmal 2012 for video games retail, US game sales in January were perhaps slightly more encouraging (depending on your viewpoint), as total industry sales climbed nine percent to $834.7 million. Hardware sales increased four percent to $205 million while software (including PC games) was flat at almost $393 million. Accessories, however, jumped 30 percent to $256.6 million, thanks to Skylanders and point or subscription cards.

The news is tempered somewhat by the fact that January was a five-week reporting period for The NPD Group. NPD explained that a 'Leap Week' is needed every five to six years "in order to preserve the seasonal integrity of the months." The last adjustment was made in January 2007, and NPD said this is "consistent with the US-based National Retail Federation's (NRF) published Retailer Calendar, which most retailers and NPD follow."

So in truth, software sales for the month, when normalized for a normal reporting period, were actually down 19 percent, NPD explained.

With the exception of Capcom's new Devil May Cry, January saw no major releases to speak of on the top ten, so 2012's year-end hot sellers like Call of Duty and Far Cry 3 continued to top the charts. That said, new releases did fare a bit better than in past January periods. "While the number of new SKUs was relatively consistent for January 2013 compared to January 2012, performance of new SKUs this year versus last was six times as high, lifted by the success of titles like DMC: Devil May Cry and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch," observed NPD industry analyst Liam Callahan.


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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
9% increase? That's unexpected.

Edit: Extra week. Never mind.

Glad to see Skylanders doing so well.

Disney Infinity is going to be a HUGE seller.
 

Screaming_Gremlin

My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
Wow, the industry was actually up YoY instead of falling another 20%

Edit: Nm, saw the fact that it had an extra week included this year.
 

Somnia

Member
While the number of new SKUs was relatively consistent for January 2013 compared to January 2012, performance of new SKUs this year versus last was six times as high, lifted by the success of titles like DMC: Devil May Cry and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch," observed NPD industry analyst Liam Callahan.

I'm really curious where Ni No Kuni landed on the individual sku list.
 

lenovox1

Member
On the multiplatform games, are they unsubtly ranking the systems based on the sales of each particular SKU. Because that's what it looks like.

So Wii U versions of multiplatform games are still selling less than the Vita versions?

ETA: Oh, that is what's happening. Neat.
 

UberTag

Member
So Wii U versions of multiplatform games are still selling less than the Vita versions?
The difference is probably negligible.

Something to the extent of the Vita version of FIFA sold 50 copies. The Wii U version sold 45 copies. X360/PS3 sold 80,000 copies each.

The numbers in this example are nonsense but I would imagine EA isn't thrilled by the retail sales of FIFA on either platform.
 
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