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gamespot
http://twitter.com/gamespot/statuses/145264945213341696

NPD reports record-breaking $3 billion in November sales. Skyrim and Arkham City already close to Oblivion and Arkham Asylum lifetime sales.

 

[RPGamer92]

So good sales for Uncharted right?

 

[chubigans]

Notable Absences (game launches in November):

-Super Mario 3D Land
-Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
-Halo Anniversary
-Goldeneye Reloaded
-Sonic Generations
-Need for Speed: The Run
-Rayman Origins
-WWE 12
-Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
-Any Kinect/Move exclusive game

 

[BurntPork]

Hardware sales revenue is down? How? I'm worried about Nintendo's and Sony's numbers now...

 

[AlphaTwo00]

4. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) Bethesda Softworks

Bad copy/paste?

 

[Road]

https://twitter.com/#!/bam923/status/145264965215993858

Skyrim is 500k away from topping lifetime sales of Oblivion, says Nov. NPD sales data.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Heres hoping Nintendo learn from this Zelda bomb and do the Uncharted thing and give us more games in less time, 5-6 year between main entries is just too much

It's the fastest selling Zelda ever. Doesn't sound like a bomb to me.

 

[braves01]

I told everyone this in the fall bomba thread, there is no precedence for HD port-ups selling millions of units, no matter how popular the previous game was. Everyone who cares about Halo has beaten the game dozens of times in the past decade, and the multiplayer is just map packs for Reach.

What was the sales target for this game anyway? It couldn't have been that high if it started out at $40 (or was it $50?).

 

[Seda]

Is this just in anticipation of the numbers being released or what? First time I can recall that an NPD thread started with no unit numbers at all...

Under the new NPD, normally the thread isn't made until after we have some numbers.

But we got the software chart and general analysis so Road went ahead.

 

[MrPink93485]

Hardware sales revenue is down? How? I'm worried about Nintendo's and Sony's numbers now...

Due to lower hardware prices.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Notable Absences:

-Super Mario 3D Land
-Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
-Halo Anniversary
-Goldeneye Reloaded
-Sonic Generations
-Need for Speed: The Run
-Rayman Origins
-WWE 12

+ Every Kinect game

 

[Guy Legend]

December 2008:

GAP - 890k

Wow, XB360 sales are gonna be insane. MS, take your time with the next console...

 

[MasterShotgun]

https://twitter.com/#!/bam923/status/145264965215993858

It will easily do that in December.

 

[brotkasten]

Looks like the Xbox did really well.

 

[Majanew]

skyrim doesnt deserve its sales. It really sends the message that bugs at launch are okay as long you fix it several months down the line.

360 version is fine. It's the PS3 version that is messed up.

 

[Rebel Leader]

/summons Evilore

/Dispell summons

 

[BurntPork]

https://twitter.com/#!/bam923/status/145264965215993858

Holy fucking shit.

 

[xion4360]

nice to see uncharted not live up to its name ;-)

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Notable Absences:

-Super Mario 3D Land
-Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
-Halo Anniversary
-Goldeneye Reloaded
-Sonic Generations
-Need for Speed: The Run
-Rayman Origins
-WWE 12

I wouldn't have expected any of these in a combined November chart, really.

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

I knew Saints Row would be up there, but I am still impressed to see it chart. It is a super solid game and one of the best co-op games you can play. Everyone who likes over the top fun in their games, should be all over Saints Row The Third.

 

[sleepykyo]

It just isn't the same without numbers. It could be top5, a million and above and bottom five, under 500k. Or virtually any descending distribution.

 

[xxracerxx]

Notable Absences (game launches in November):

-Super Mario 3D Land
-Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
-Halo Anniversary
-Goldeneye Reloaded
-Sonic Generations
-Need for Speed: The Run
-Rayman Origins
-WWE 12

Those are the only notable missing, and even then it is pushing it.

 

[Franklinator]

And as expected (sadly), no Rayman

 

[StoppedInTracks]

WOW @ Skyrim and SR3
PHEW @ Uncharted 3, Zelda

 

[GavinGT]

Now I guess we just have to wait for Microsoft's PR statement before we can get an idea of the HW numbers.

And it's not hard to see why Halo and Zelda didn't crack the top ten. They're not multiplatform and they were clearly overshadowed by other releases.

 

[Mpl90]

We also already know that Mario 3D Land did more than 500k. A very good start.
It's just that, with this format, exclusives are penalised.

 

[mugurumakensei]

360 version is fine. It's the PS3 version that is messed up.

still quite buggy just not game breaking buggy.

 

[Ridley327]

+ Every Kinect game

They have Just Dance 3 on there!

...which I'm sure was vastly outsold by the Wii version, but combined numbers have saved the day!

 

[Rad-]

December 2008:

NDS - 3.04 million
WII - 2.15 million

GAP - 890k

Oh shit. 360 around 2 million?

 

[AlphaTwo00]

+ Every Kinect game

Just Dance 3 is Kinect on 360.

 

[Akkad]

Good for U3 and SR3, and I'm out.

 

[Majanew]

Wow, XB360 sales are gonna be insane. MS, take your time with the next console...

Hell no. Strike while the iron is hot. 2012 next-gen Xbox or I'll rage!

 

[Busaiku]

Super Mario 3D Land sold over 500k but couldn't crack the top 10.

 

[NateDrake]

Skyrim must be around 2mill or so.

 

[Derrick01]

still quite buggy just not game breaking buggy.

ambitious rpgs are buggy. I wish people would get this through their skulls.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Notable absence: No Halo Anniversary

A $40 remake with almost no advertising and no Black Friday deal didn't sell that well?

 

[Snuggles]

And as expected (sadly), no Rayman

I bet it didn't even crack the top 20. But like you said, it was expected.

 

[alphaNoid]

Good for UC3, but damn at that comment about the 360 spread. Can't wait to see those numbers and then this thread will turn into NA vs the world gap like usual.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

500k SM3DL sales makes me happy. We all know it'll have legs.

I've had trouble finding copies for gifts, and it regularly goes out of stock on Amazon. It's going to have long legs.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

https://twitter.com/#!/bam923/status/145264965215993858

Time to figure out the numbers, sales-gaf. =P

 

[Franklinator]

Hopefully being 8th means good numbers for Saint's Row. That game's a blast

 

[Kandinsky]

It's the fastest selling Zelda ever.

Thats bs and you know it!

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Looks like that Subway promotion was a massive success.

 

[duckroll]

/summons Evilore

Summoning failed. Required materials not on hand.

 

[Gaborn]

Can't wait for the press releases to start flowing in.

 

[LOCK]

Top 10 should all be above 500k according to Reggie and SM3DL.

People need to relaize that Zelda does have great legs.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Wow at Arkham City and Skyrim sales. Hell, BF3 is still up there. All my predictions are shot/shit.

Top 10 should all be above 500k according to Reggie and SM3DL.

People need to relaize that Zelda does have great legs.

Not in UK and Japan. The game is going to sell worse than Twilight Princess, that much is obvious.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

If 360 breaks all records say goodbye to Xbox 3 in 2012.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Skyrim was in first until it took a bullet to the knee.

 

[NateDrake]

On the software side, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception sold 700,000 units in the month, NPD revealed to Game Informer, coming in at #7 behind leaders Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The first month sales for Modern Warfare 3 were up 7 percent over last year's Black Ops.