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NPD Sales Results for February 2012 [Up 3: Kingdoms Of Amalur, Syndicate, Asura]
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The Emperor
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FFXIII did around 1.3 million. You have to imagine the sequel would be somewhere in that ballpark.
UberTag
Member
It's an epic disaster for the Final Fantasy franchise... even bigger than what occurred over in Japan.
Will be amusing to see people look at that 2nd place ranking and think good things about its performance.
MikeE21286
Member
They should have named the game FF XV still ....
After how reviled 13 was, I wouldn't have
. I mean even Japan shunned it for crying out loud.yankeehater
Member
I am so happy for Curt, KoA:R was such a great game.
cept apparently is sold terribly compared to XIII
We can estimate from Nintendo's PR, yes?
But as Road mentioned, we don't know PS2 or PSP numbers. But they're probably very small.
EDIT: As multiple people have pointed out already...
The Emperor
Member
FFXIV bombed too, now XIII-2 as well.
The franchise needs a break and a massive reinvention if it is to ever recover from this disaster.
In all honesty: I did. I thought the brand alone would pull at least half the numbers FXIII did. I guess not.
The thing is, no one but Sony and the publishers themselves have a really clue as to how software on PSN is selling, and they aren't talking.
No. FFXIII was hyped for 4 years, XIII-2 was not.
maabus1999
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218K
This months sales
360 426
ps3 360
3ds 262
wii 228
nds 135
Total 1411
Total sales w/o vita = 1411000
Last month sales (divide 162%) = 870987.6543
Last month sales * 187% = 1628746.914
Difference between sales w and w/o vita sales = 217746.9136
Divide by 1000 = 217.7469136
VITA Total ~218K
Assumes PSP and PS2 were zero. If we assume the two were ~75K, then Vita sales are ~230K.
test_account
XP-39C²
A general statement in what way?
Capcom should of promoted it better
Petrae
Member
Pretty sure it was over 300K combined, based on extrapolations. Maybe 330-340K tops.
Megadragon15
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It's nice to get most of the numbers early for consoles/ Nintendo handhelds.
Baconsammy
Banned
I'm happy it's up there too, and I thought it was god-awful.
Monumental
Banned
What are you not understanding about average selling price?
Let me put it to you this way, even if you took out EVERYONE that bought the 360 Arcade Console, there sales of the 360 would still be higher (> 360k) than the PS3.
And MOST of the real world sales do come from software sales, and that's why the 360 is "winning" (as you seem to put it) right now, because Kinect and literally dozens of Kinect games (which are completely exclusive) are far more important to the mainstream than releasing one exclusive like Twisted Metal.
Microsoft has more quantity of software and according to the mainstream better quality too.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Show your work.
Sammy Samusu
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Not looooooong tail, but it's a title that many 3DS owners can recommend to new buyers.
And now Nintendo is advertising Revelations along with Mario Land and Mario Kart, something like the "best games exclusive to 3DS".
outunderthestars
Banned
fixed
Seriously. How many years have we heard the "they just didn't market it well" excuse for almost every game that under-performed at retail?
MikeE21286
Member
XIV bombed because it's atrocious though. .
XIII-2 by all accounts is the best FF game in years.
The "XIII" moniker held it back IMO sales-wise.
Petrae
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Well, I can't speak for her, but a positive way to present a number that might not be as high as some were predicting would be to accentuate the limited release window.
That's a guess, though. I can't say for sure whether those numbers were included.
Twisted Metal is not a racing game (even if the new TM has a few racing events).
test_account
XP-39C²
Ah ok, like that, i understand.
For what it's worth, Syndicate was released on 2/21/12 and these numbers report up to 2/25/12. Not sure if it makes much of a difference, but whatevs.
The Emperor
Member
I dunno...I think the brand itself is damaged greatly now, not just the poisonous XIII name (which Versus better shed as soon as possible).
Software seems pretty low considering the number of new releases.
The percentage drop from FFXIII is pretty severe. I'm a bit surprised PS3 users rejected it as much as they did. More than Japan I believe?
Yikes. That means that FF (for a FF title) & Amalur pretty much bombed given they're combining the SKUs.
I'm not. Maybe Square will hand FF off to Eidos for the next one. Might be an improvement.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
No Revelations
That was my first thought. Shame on you, 3DS owners!
xxczx
Member
I think it's just the impact the DS has made in the West, literally everyone has one. The 3DS hasn't done this yet.
maabus1999
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As requested. Work done by Excel.
He has assumed the PSP and PS2 sold zero and used this months total for the other consoles to work out last months total. Obviously it is not accurate but it does give a minimum number.
The Emperor
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Well at least XIII-2 DLC sales seem to be strong (on EU PSN anyway).
Very depressing for an FF fan such as myself.
Who knows if the series will ever debut like XIII did ever again.
Very depressing for an FF fan such as myself.
Who knows if the series will ever debut like XIII did ever again.
I'm holding out for sub-$20. Probably won't have to wait long!
Seraphinianus
Banned
yes, but that's 1.3 million people who played it. That's a lot of bad PR.
The game has already sold over a million worldwide and I can't imagine the budget being anywhere near XIII's, so it's not an earth-shattering kind of bomb (or not even a bomb at all, from S-E's perspective.)
Pretty big bomb if true.
maabus1999
Member
Correct, I'm going with the numbers I can find. I have added an assumption of psp/ps2 sales and came up with 230K.
Well I mean, a similar phenomenon happened when the DS released. The GBA trucked along for a very, VERY long time after 2004, enough to give birth to the whole "GBA>PS3" wars of 2007
Petrae
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It fared decently for the 360, but I fear that the PS3 version was a considerable underperformer.
MikeE21286
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I'm surprised at the calls for FF bombing. I know Its Final Fantasy, but let's gauge our expectations realistically...