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NPD Sales Results for August 2013 [Up2: Tons of Nintendo Software]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Oh I definitely don't expect to go up much further outside of some level of holiday bump, because everything gets a holiday bump, I'm just curious to see if the lower price has any long-term positive effect or if it's going to drop back down to the levels it was at pre-pricedrop.
There were reports that the 12GB model sold well initially in the UK/EU. Perhaps doesn't have quite the draw in the U.S. Also, it's a year later than when UK/EU got it.
yeah this aligns perfect. thanks
Damn he was pretty much spot on.
I got 48 degrees, calculating the numbers now. Though I used an image of a protractor and put it over the image.
it will be interesting to see if the $200 ps3 really does clean up as a budget console this year. it's the only one getting big (and one really huge) franchise this year. i'm surprised that the price drop seemed to do nothing for it. or maybe it did. maybe without the drop, sales were about 10k lower.
still, there were less than 450k pieces of hardware sold this month. when was the last time that happened in this industry?
I expected far worse for Wii U.
And now I know why Nintendo still sells the Wii. But the WiiU is everything about the Wii and more, it has backwards compatibility, when I see those Wii sales, I wonder how many of them could have been WiiU sales. But of course Nintendo profits more off a sale of Wii hardware then the loss they take on the WiiU.
You don't need Java to use a protractor (And even then, a protractor is too high tech. One could use a string and a ruler instead and measure out the lengths of the arcs and use hardware sales per arc inch instead.)
You don't need Java to use a protractor
(And even then, a protractor is too high tech. One could use a string and a ruler instead and measure out the lengths of the arcs and use hardware sales per arc inch instead.)Edge_Maverick
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Lost Bomba 3.
Eat this, Capcom.
Eat this, Capcom.
I think that's part of it, though. What's coming out that's going to help it keep up a positive growth? Killzone? A Batman game that's also hitting the 3DS? Ys? I just don't see any meaningful lineup for the rest of year in the US that can really keep up any good pace.
Syphon Filter
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I thought they caught up already. Dam the wii ran away good back in 2007.
DragonSworne
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Nintendo should have had a new Zelda, new Smash, new 3D Mario, and new Mario Kart all within the first year.
Focusing time and money on NSMBU, Pikmin 3, WW Remake, Game & Wario and Nintendoland really points to a lack of thorough planning on Nintendo's part.
Focusing time and money on NSMBU, Pikmin 3, WW Remake, Game & Wario and Nintendoland really points to a lack of thorough planning on Nintendo's part.
vicissitudes
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Does anyone really want a 12GB PS3 though? I feel like if they had a 160GB or 250GB at $199 it would sell a lot better. I'm looking at a new PS3 and the GTA5 bundle this month looks way better than the 12GB one.
Who expected Pikmin to sell consoles? Its always going to be Mario, and Zelda that does that job.
KillerTravis
Banned
Considering everything else is down except Wii U and Vita, I would say it did help a little.
Pokemon 3DS releasing this month.
GetemMa
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In the era of tablets in smart phones.....how on earth do you come to this conclusion?
Yeah I think Wii had a 10mill lead over 360 at one point.
timetokill
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It very probably stopped it from plummeting further. system needs more than one game from a niche franchise like Pikmin to turn it around.
I don't think 3DS has. So, expect a drop again for this month for 2DS and Pokemon anticipation on October.
August 2000.
Jaded Alyx
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...at retail.
People just need to come to grips with the fact that this is the new normal. Pokemon or not, 3DS is never going to approach consistently high numbers that DS did.
I didn't even know there was a boxed version of the game. I pegged that for digital only.
FairXchange
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Pikmin 3 is an excellent game, I hope more people get the chance to play it and support quality work like that title.
Holy shit. 30k for Wii U is horrible. I'm assuming sales will remain horrible until late October. The chances of any Wii U recovery is declining fast. I think we're gonna be looking at a GCN or worse situation. I really doubt DKC or 3D Mario have the strength to pull the Wii U out of the black hole of irrelevancy it's being pulled into.
That's October I thought.
And about the Wii U, Mario kart 8 reallly should've been a Holiday title. However, I do think 3D World will sell really well, despite it being unspectactular, especially if Pikmin did 115k.
1st Course
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This percentage comparision is very tricky and you know it.
The Wii U has a very small install base atm, ofc its sw attach rates will looks comparable to the PS3/360 no matter how bad they are.
Using your comparision NSMBU appearntly sold 2.2m on a install base of 3.61m. Meaning that it has sold to more than 60% of the total Wii U userbase, making it pretty much among the best selling games of all time when it comes to attach rate when in reality the only reason why the attach rate looks so good is becuase of the console small install base.
Wii U as bad as its doing has actually been pretty stable which is surprising since pretty much everyone else has been unstable.
DragonSworne
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With Nintendo completely face-planting with Wii U, I don't see how the industry will see growth when compared to 2006-2012, even with Xbox One and PS4 being released.
The only system I see performing well is the PS4. Will the market be able to handle such contraction?
The only system I see performing well is the PS4. Will the market be able to handle such contraction?
KillerTravis
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Pokemon X&Y is releasing in October. The Pokemon themed 3DSs are releasing in Sept. 27 I believe.
Syphon Filter
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Looks like it might be worse than gamecube which is crazy. lets see how it does in the holidays. did gamecube sell 1 million in december back then?
Square2015
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Yep, I've always considered game consoles to be specialized computers that output images and sound (and vibrations too...), and for handhelds, the handheld smart devices like smartphones are phone/computer/game machine/etc. so there's redundancy between dedicated handheld devices and smartphones unless the handhelds offer something unique: dual screens, 3D, buttons, more graphical power, (and even for the original DS it had a touch screen before touch screens were so ubiquitous on phones) etc. but even then, are those things compelling enough for people with smart devices to feel that a 3DS has so much more that a phone can't offer? So at this point, it's the games that are the selling point it seems.
Jaded Alyx
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Did you forget about the pricedrop/Zelda bundle?
I hope NB is satisfied with Xillia's numbers, I'm pretty impressed given how JRPGs of its kind usually debut.
I'm sure Dragon's Crown greatly benefited from digital sales, it was pretty high on the PSN charts for the month, but even without that 60k is still a nice number.
Vesperia should have done better than it did. ;_;
I'm sure Dragon's Crown greatly benefited from digital sales, it was pretty high on the PSN charts for the month, but even without that 60k is still a nice number.
not unless this month is October
Square2015
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In fact ~47% was GBC that month [from figures I have]
I am certain it will be the leading console for September, at least. What with the price cut and all.
Carpe Libertatem
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The games were always the selling point of a video game console.