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[Jburton]

May 2013 confirmed: https://twitter.com/iansherr/status/478670112354885634

64,600 it is.

Still really poor numbers.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

May 2013 confirmed: https://twitter.com/iansherr/status/478670112354885634

64,600 it is.

Oh wow thats quite a bit lower than what sales gaf expected right?

Disappointing.

 

[rokkerkory]

Xbone price cut didn't take effect here. Next NPDs will see the return of the king.

Wasn't a true price cut but yes $100 cheaper entry price point

 

[Dragonborn]

Really surprising seeing MLB on top of Wolfenstein.

 

[FZZ]

Wii U sold 32.6K last May, for your information.

32.6k * 1.85 = 60.31 k.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

I keep forgetting how the Kirby franchise tends to sell well.

 

[Raonak]

Yeah I guess Borderlands 2 Vita flopped. Couldn't even chart with bundles and new hardware. Shame.

IIRC- Hardware bundles aren't counted.

 

[Wagram]

MK8 did well, but Wii U didn't.

 

[Nirolak]

That contradicts what other sources have been saying though. I'll just wait till we get more solid leaks.

This guy is pretty major and we've been using him every month.

Used to be WSJ, now CNET, clearly has data.

 

[Loris146]

People that really wanted MK8 bought the console long ago.

Agree. At least the game is very good

 

[UberTag]

Excuse my ignorance, but why don't we just get numbers?

We don't pay NPD tens of thousands of dollars. And, if we did, we could only keep said numbers to ourselves.

 

[soul creator]

They published the retail version for their respective systems.

lol, I know. I just got a small chuckle out of the way they were both written there in the same column

 

[SDCowboy]

Xbone price cut didn't take effect here. Next NPDs will see the return of the king.

You might want to take a look at how the cheaper SKU is ranking on Amazon right now. Hint: it's not pretty.

 

[Exokell]

Dead wiiu is dead. 64,000 is horrible.

 

[Dr Amazon MD]

Mario Kart made #2 with only 2 days of sales. Holy shit.

Yeah that's the craziest part about it. Now I wanna see those Hardware numbers.

Edit: ~65,000 is pretty good I think considering the past months, and the MK8 bundle was only out for a couple days. I hope the bundle has strong legs.

 

[ChoklitCow]

Wonder Microsoft will spin this..

"Coming off of a great E3 where we announced many platform exclusives, Titanfall something, something"

 

[TomShoe]

Is it performing surprisingly better?

The 360 version is selling better than the 360 version. EA probably doesn't care, they're getting paid regardless. I doubt Microsoft would be too concerned either, considering there are still more active 360s out in the wild.

"Coming off of a great E3 where we announced many platform exclusives, Titanfall something, something"

"Blah Blah Halo Remaster!"

 

[Dragonborn]

Oh wow thats quite a bit lower than what sales gaf expected right?

Disappointing.

Yea, I think the GAF average was mid 80k.

 

[SykoTech]

89K...not too bad, for Wii U anyway.

EDIT:

Sorry I mean 62,900 for Wii U. Used 90% instead of 85%.

Oof, nevermind. That's pretty damn bad.

 

[Cess007]

May 2013 confirmed: https://twitter.com/iansherr/status/478670112354885634

64,600 it is.

Auch, expected better numbers, but MK8 being only 2 days in the NPD of May didn't help

 

[Crom]

I don't get why people are suprised by MK8. If someone has a WiiU and doesn't buy that game I would ask why even have a WiiU. Hardwere numbers will be more telling and if Niorlak estimates are true there not really all that good.

A 85% increase for the month when a game has only been out for 2 days is pretty good.

June will be the interesting month

 

[afternoon delight]

Say whatever you want about drought conditions those Kart numbers are incredible.

 

[Michael Armbrust]

If that Wii U number is true, that's disappointing

 

[illmatic22]

64k is terribad, nothing can save it

 

[Jimmyfenix]

The 360 version is selling better than the XBO version. EA probably doesn't care, they're getting paid regardless. I doubt Microsoft would be too concerned either, considering there are still more active 360s out in the wild.

fixd

 

[Joeki11a]

Damn, Wolfenstein!

Dont get all the shock, its a shooter...its on many consoles, its a shooter.

The shock of the NPDs is MLB outselling it

 

[Zabuza]

Wii U console sales are unsalvageable.

 

[Majmun]

oh wow at the Wii U number. Let's hope more poeple bought the troubled console this month.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Sales gaf

64k is.....well its the WiiU.

 

[RedStep]

Can't be right, I was repeatedly told that MS had the COD crowd on lock down.

Can you point out some of the people that said that to you so we can address them?

I've been told that platforms with more units sell more software. I don't have any specific examples (except all of them on this chart), but I think it's worth looking in to.

 

[Usobuko]

Wow @ MLB beating Wolfenstein: The New Order.

 

[borghe]

I don't get why people are suprised by MK8. If some has a WiiU and doesn't buy that game would ask why even have a WiiU. Hardwere numbers will be more telling and if Niorlak estimates are true there not really all that good.

People keep saying this (hw not good) but pre-MK numbers are what they are and a bump is only going to bump so much. If people were expecting say 150k on the back of MK8 that would be almost a 200% increase MoM or almost 400% increase YoY. It's completely unrealistic even with the system's tiny sales.

Also remember that the game was only out for two days and likewise the bundle.

The bump was good for Wii u no way around it, and June should be even bigger. The only question is how much will the drop in July be.

 

[Asd202]

A 85% increase for the month when a game has only been out for 2 days is pretty good.

June will be the interesting month

June will be lower probably around 45k.

 

[Bgamer90]

So what happens next month if the cheaper Xbone sku does little to nothing for their sales for June?

Would only be surprising if the sales aren't better than they were in May for the system. It's more than likely not going to get #1 this month... Especially since there's really no big releases coming to the system. Fall/Xmas season should see a pretty big increase for obvious reasons.

 

[Curufinwe]

Wii U console sales are unsalvageable.

June might be higher.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Pretty terrible month for the WiiU HW wise

 

[Jamix012]

This guy is pretty major and we've been using him every month.

Used to be WSJ, now CNET, clearly has data.

Well ok. That's a disaster. Not that 89k would've been that much better.

 

[FZZ]

This guy is pretty major and we've been using him every month.

Used to be WSJ, now CNET, clearly has data.

Aquamarine posted the official number for last may. Plus its up 85% not 90%. 90% is for the total sales YoY from January to May.

 

[Delusibeta]

No Microsoft PR yet? Don't tell me the Xbone got outsold by the WiiU, that'll represent pretty much a total MoM collapse of their sales due to the DisKinect version.

 

[Karsticles]

So

This is sort of the problem with MK8 doing well. Because now there's nothing to carry the momentum. I don't mean "Rarghargh they should have had Smash ready in the summer, they are fools," but, like, the next major game is coming out in September (Hyrule Warriors, so your definition of "major" should be adjusted considering what we're talking about). July if you want to count Wii Sports Club, which you probably shouldn't.

This is a problem that could have been easily foreseen and, more to the point, seems to be actively intentional? Like, Hyrule Warriors is coming out over a month after its Japanese release. Nintendo's actively sabotaging their own release schedule here.

They seemingly knew people were going to pick up the system for MK8, they've outright said they were counting on it. So why on earth did they fail to capitalize?

Sometimes you just don't have a game ready, you know? Maybe Smash was supposed to be that momentum carrier, but then it got delayed.

I don't get why people are suprised by MK8. If someone has a WiiU and doesn't buy that game I would ask why even have a WiiU. Hardwere numbers will be more telling and if Niorlak estimates are true there not really all that good.

2 days of sales kicking the system up to almost double is pretty huge.

Also, I own a Wii U and have 0 interest in Mario Kart.

NPD ranks systems from top-selling on down, so the PS4 version did sell the best of the three SKUs.

I have been reading these for months and never knew that!

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Looks like MK8 did good thats all I want

 

[Cygnus X-1]

May 2013 confirmed: https://twitter.com/iansherr/status/478670112354885634

64,600 it is.

We can look at this number by assuming that roughly 30k Wii U units were sold in a matter of a couple of days. This is not bad. Legs will be determining.

 

[Gator86]

64k is terribad, nothing can save it

There was never a chance of it not being bad. People will never learn that one or two releases never changes anything. As long as 3rd party on the Wii U is dead, so are the sales.

 

[Savantcore]

Ghosts selling more on PS3 than Xbox One is significant, right?

 

[LycanXIII]

No Xbox Family announcements yet?

 

[kyser73]

https://twitter.com/iansherr

I misread--Wii U sales are up 90% so far in 2014, compared to 2013. That's US, of course. #NPD


Wii U hardware sales were up more than 85% in May specifically, with only two days of Mario Kart being on the market for the survey. #NPD


Also, the 3DS was the No. 2 best-selling hardware system in the US in may, Nintendo says.

Is that YoY or MoM?

 

[Dragonborn]

Would only be surprising if the sales aren't better than they were in May for the system. It's more than likely not going to get #1 this month... Especially since there's really no big releases coming to the system. Fall/Xmas season should see a pretty big increase for obvious reasons.

There is no big releases for the PS4 either.

 

[havokt]

Poo.

Oh well, not bad for 2 days of Mario Kart.

Actually those hardware sales would be atrocious even with only two days of kart. I would wager the 64 k number would be well below GAF aggregate.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Awful. Poor Wii U.

 

[Mpl90]

He answered to me, ahah!

Eh, 62,000 is still horrible. It's true that this is just two-days-effect, but it's still awful.