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[Son of Godzilla]

GoW3 only sold 1.1 million? And no, I'm not fucking being sarcastic or whatever. If you had a clue at all it was automatically at 1 million, without thinking. I'm honestly surprised, I came in here expecting significantly higher.

 

[Swittcher]

And thus Ubisoft learns that having a really shitty launch game, and not advertising it's much improved sequel almost 4 years later....does NOT RESULT IN GOOD SALES NUMBERS.

 

[Hex]

FF13 360 numbers doesn't include copies bundled with the special edtion console, right?, the ratio is closer to 40:60.

I always thought that NPD did include bundles

Edit nope- (*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

 

[akilshohen]

FF and BF2 were reverse :lol :lol

 

[Dead Prince]

That huge shortage of PS3's hurt.

if sony did it right the sales will carry over to next month and maybe ps3 will outsell 360!

 

[jett]

That's sort of specious. Who's to say the 360 version didn't just cannibalize PS3 sales?

Well Microsoft surely appreciates the 6 million that's going into their pocket(pachter sez $12 goes to the console owner). Wonder how much they paid for the american and european ads, and any aditional moneyhats.

p.s. doing pachtermaths would mean GOW3's has made Sony 52.8 million in March just in America, discounting the stores' percentage. Success!

 

[luxarific]

Just shy of nobody with a PS3 AND 360 would buy FFXIII on 360.

Hi there!

 

[neutralgamer02]

PSP is dying....PS2 is about to surpass it. Just cut the price significantly or (and?) announce PSP2, it's time.

It is kind of crazy though. Sony has not lifted a finger in the west concerning the psp since it announced the psp go. No price cuts, no relaunch, no nothing. Pathetic. What is the incentive to be an early adopter of the psp2 when the result could be the same.

 

[RBH]

I'm praying that Deadly Premonition somehow manages to get into the Top 20.

 

[CrushDance]

GoW3 sales are very well deserved. Hope it keeps raking in the sales it deserves, and keeps the funding going into those killer studios.

They really need to sort their shortage issues out though for the PS3. Considering my one friend that finally took the plunge for GoW3, U2, FFXIII (meh), and MAG had to drive almost 2 hours away to get to a store that had one in stock for his impulse buy (income tax refund lol), they need to get on this. I didn't think it was that bad.

I didn't get my PS3 till last week ;_;

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

off topic, but do you post on style forum?

No idea what that is. Someone gank my username?

 

[jett]

GoW3 only sold 1.1 million? And no, I'm not fucking being sarcastic or whatever. If you had a clue at all it was automatically at 1 million, without thinking. I'm honestly surprised, I came in here expecting significantly higher.

It outsould GOW1's first month by 700k+ and GOW2's by 200k+ on a substantially smaller install base. Perspective, duder.

 

[Hex]

Well Microsoft surely appreciates the 6 million that's going into their pocket(pachter sez $12 goes to the console owner). Wonder how much they paid for the american and european ads, and any aditional moneyhats.

p.s. doing pachtermaths would mean GOW3's has made Sony 52.8 million in March just in America, discounting the stores' percentage. Success!

Microsoft deserves the shaft on FFXIII after that god damned song and ad they ran for the game that made my cringe every time it was on.

 

[El-Suave]

I don't understand why people are ignoring the benefits for SE. MS clearly gave them marketing money. It's not just software profits on the table here, putting the game on the 360 saved SE costs.

True, considering how it turned out in the end as far as release dates go, Sony had more than enough own games to advertise not to mention very few additional consoles to sell to people who might just be getting into this generation for the new FF game.

 

[Galactic Fork]

PlayStation 2 118.3K
PSP 119.9K

That is pretty depressing. Only a matter of time before the ps2 starts outselling the psp. Time to pull the plug?

No, it's time to pull the battery.

 

[ShogunX]

I'm praying that Deadly Premonition somehow manages to get into the Top 20.

Did anybody apart from people on GAF actually buy it though?

 

[MightyHedgehog]

I'm praying that Deadly Premonition managed to get into the Top 20.

Seems doubtful, though I'd just like to see it be a success...which I have to believe it is considering that it was released at $20 and has probably seen rising sales since release. The Giant Bomb ER and buzz it has gotten since release can't be anything but good for sales and just visibility of a game most people didn't even know existed.

 

[RBH]

Did anybody apart from people on GAF actually buy it though?

Spoiler

Probably not. :x

 

[tonkatsu_ramen]

I wasn't surprised by FF13 selling more on Ps3 then xbox. I guess 1 Disc and 1080P cg
(ps3 version) beats 3 discs and 720P.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

And thus Ubisoft learns that having a really shitty launch game, and not advertising it's much improved sequel almost 4 years later....does NOT RESULT IN GOOD SALES NUMBERS.

It was advertised quite a fair bit compared to most third-party Wii games.

 

[Wellscha]

Wii 557.5K
Nintendo DS 700.8K

Nintendo westsiiiide!

 

[dragonballjoseph]

POKEMON SOULSILVER VERSION NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-10 1.02M
POKEMON HEARTGOLD VERSION NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-10 761.2K

Silver leagues above Gold? All is right with the world.

 

[Mt Heart Attack]

Good numbers for software.

But I must say I'm pretty astonished by the Wii sales, more than 500k without a single relevant game coming out. Wll, I guess that Nintendo really succeeded in putting the Wii back on track with the price cut and NSMB.

And of course, DS is a beast. Pokémon is a beast. Why bother releasing the 3DS? That thing could sell forever.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Did anybody apart from people on GAF actually buy it though?

How many people visit GAF? Maybe if everybody on GAF bought it...

 

[CrushDance]

PS3 supply will continue to be tight across our retail channels in the next few months,

Sony is seriously losing it.

 

[charlequin]

So how does this change the fact that it got outsold by its two competitors?

It doesn't, it's just that that's mostly irrelevant now. The PS3 sells within throwing distance of the 360 now, it finally sells software well, it can beat the 360 on the right multiplatform games by a big margin -- the 6m cushion between 360 and PS3 is not tremendously relevant to Sony's business at this point, so as long as they can stay relatively close monthly they're not going to be too upset about it.

People need to stop doing this. The PS3 install base (for hardcore games) is at a point where the install base is not a limiting factor.

Correct.

It was worth it to MS to least delay the release of it on the PS3 IMHO.

FFXIII would've come out at the exact same fucking time in the US if it were PS3 exclusive. :lol

 

[Nemo]

which some would call a great year, but for us it represents just the first quarter of many anticipated games like ModNation Racers, Gran Turismo 5, and others we have yet to announce this year. "

Heh

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

I'm praying that Deadly Premonition somehow manages to get into the Top 20.

The Giant Bomb effect!

 

[ChuBoi]

Nice, I predicted FFXIII would do 1.4M all around. Almost nailed it.

 

[A Twisty Fluken]

Is there still time for square to publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII on 360?

 

[Ceebs]

I wonder how many copies the PC version of BC2 sold?

 

[MattyGrovesOrMe]

Did anybody apart from people on GAF actually buy it though?

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...Cabelas_Deadly_Premonition_Lead_US_Charts.php
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/09/amazon-discount-sparks-chart-topping-deadly-premonition-sales/

"Amazon discount sparks chart-topping sales of Deadly Premonition"

 

[Elios83]

It is kind of crazy though. Sony has not lifted a finger in the west concerning the psp since it announced the psp go. No price cuts, no relaunch, no nothing. Pathetic. What is the incentive to be an early adopter of the psp2 when the result could be the same.

I guess they probably had their hands tied. They went aggressive with the PS3 and they couldn't afford to lose significant margin on PSP too, although with sales that low, they would probably make more money selling it at a lower price.
It will be interesting to see their PSP forecast for the next fiscal year.

 

[Paracelsus]

The 360 version is probably going to move a million copies worldwide

How? It barely sold 500k first month in its strongest region, and Final Fantasy games are definetely frontloaded like any other Jrpg out there. In the UK both versions are almost getting out of Top 30 and the 360 version hasn't reached 100k units yet. In the PAL market as a whole 360 version was out of most if not all but the UK top 10/30 in less than a month.

 

[charsace]

I'm kind of upset that I contributed to that number for FF.

 

[gillty]

I wonder how many copies the PC version of BC2 sold?

more than the 360.

 

[[Nintex]]

And of course, DS is a beast. Pokémon is a beast. Why bother releasing the 3DS? That thing could sell forever.

It's like two chicks at the same time, Nintendo wants it all and without a competitive PSP the high-end portable gaming market is wide open.

 

[deepbrown]

GoW3 only sold 1.1 million? And no, I'm not fucking being sarcastic or whatever. If you had a clue at all it was automatically at 1 million, without thinking. I'm honestly surprised, I came in here expecting significantly higher.

US only son, That 1.1 million in the US puts it at over 2 million worldwide. How many days was it on sale during the month of March?

 

[charlequin]

It outsould GOW1's first month by 700k+ and GOW2's by 200k+ on a substantially smaller install base. Perspective, duder.

The install base is kind of irrelevant at this point (the install base is big enough for AAA titles and that's all that really matters), but the fact that it grew GOW2's sales by that much is fantastic.

 

[Y2Kev]

The Giant Bomb effect!

oh there's a giant bomb effect all right :lol

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

US only son, That 1.1 million in the US puts it at over 2 million worldwide. How many days was it on sale during the month of March?

Why do people even post this shit: this is a AMERICAN sales thread.

 

[threenote]

No idea what that is. Someone gank my username?

:lol Yeah. People from gaf post there (it's a clothing site), and I assumed it was you.

 

[VegaShinra]

Software is massive all around. Very impressive month. PS3 stock seems like it was an issue or so we can assume.

 

[Baki]

And thus Ubisoft learns that having a really shitty launch game, and not advertising it's much improved sequel almost 4 years later....does NOT RESULT IN GOOD SALES NUMBERS.

They advertised it in the UK and it still bombed. Did you expect anything less?

 

[user_nat]

How? It barely sold 500k first month in its strongest region, and Final Fantasy games are definetely frontloaded like any other Jrpg out there. In the UK both versions are almost getting out of Top 30 and the 360 version hasn't reached 100k units yet. In the PAL market as a whole 360 version was out of most if not all but the UK top 10/30 in less than a month.

Both versions of FFXII passed 100k during March in the UK.

 

[ghostmind]

360 sold about 8k more than last March...

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Great software month for Sony.

Just wondering what Sony's reason is for hardware shortages? You'd think they'd be doing everything they can to get as many PS3's out there to sell in a month march.

 

[Draft]

how will microsoft spin this. I can't wait to see

Xbox won the month despite the biggest first and third party PS3 titles of the year being released. What's to spin?

 

[xbhaskarx]

HGSS - 1,78M
FFXIII - 1,32M
BC2 - 1,28M
GOWIII - 1,10M

GoW3 not quite as impressive when you put it like that...

 

[Gully State]

Given these numbers and the announcement that BF:BC2 sold 2.3 million copies in NA+EU, what do you guys think were the sales numbers for the PC SKU?