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NPD Sales Results for September 2013 [Up2: Console positioning, 360 estimate]

I'm not a student of statistics though so I find it wonderful how there can be some "order" behind randomness.

The fact that actions of a large number of individual decisions can be measured and predicted based on normalized curves with a reasonable range of error is nothing short of magic.

Yes, and now that I read the press note, it says its "more than 200% in a month-on-month" so that settles it at a bit more than 93k.

So, 95k then?
 
Reminder that Rayman Legends was like, the only in-store Wii U demo pre-launch. And for a while after, too?

In my town which has several gamestops and 5 Best Buys in the metro area among others like Target and Wal Mart have had Rayman Legends on demo since the beginning and still do and have only added odd titles here and there like Game & Watch and I think I saw Sonic Racing at a couple of stores. Keep in mind many stores don't even have a demo station though.

Was Pikmin demoed? I could swear it was, but the last time I was at Target there was no Wii U kiosk at all.

Never saw one in my area, which struck me as odd. That and the lack of a W101 demo.
 

N.Domixis

Banned
The only reason the ps3 sold more is because some people thought it was exclusive. My friend bought a ps3 for gtav because he thought it was exclusive. lol
 

MarkusRJR

Member
Am I the only one who noticed how horrible console sales are? I mean they're being outsold by a freakin' dedicated handheld! Next-gen can't come soon enough. Industry needs a shot in the arm.
Dedicated Nintendo handhelds almost always sell more than home consoles. Much cheaper cost of entry.

Hardware sales in general have gone to shit though.
 
The only reason the ps3 sold more is because some people thought it was exclusive. My friend bought a ps3 for gtav because he thought it was exclusive. lol

Yeah... I buy that the bundle helped, but I'm not putting a lot of stock in the notion that people didn't realize there was a 360 version.
 

Lumyst

Member
The fact that actions of a large number of individual decisions can be measured and predicted based on normalized curves with a reasonable range of error is nothing short of magic.

It's a creative industry too, so the beauty behind all this is that something could take off without predicting that it would. A plumber growing big eating mushrooms and stomping on turtles and grabbing coins, jumping into floating blocks and running around just so he can eventually reach a star or see how high he can grab onto a flag pole...or maybe mathematics predicted that that would be successful before Yamauchi greenlighted it :)
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Wonder if there was a bump for any WiiU software or if this is going to be the return to the definition of a Mario and Zelda box.

Obviously W101 was a disaster.
 

chadboban

Member
We only want creamsugar numbers. If he doesn't show, I'm going to start posting Chartz numbers out of desperation.

noooo.gif
 

Pain

Banned
The only reason the ps3 sold more is because some people thought it was exclusive. My friend bought a ps3 for gtav because he thought it was exclusive. lol
Considering the Xbox popularity in the US, I seriously doubt that.
Maybe they just thought it was a good deal and bought the bundle?
 

iammeiam

Member
I just want to know, if we stuck Killzone Vita, Puppetteer, W101, and the individual Rayman Legends SKUs in a pit and forced them to fight each other to the death, what the death order would be.
 

Cess007

Member
Isn't this the first time the PS3 is the best selling console in the US?

I only remember that when MGS4 came out, PS3 sold twice the number of 360. But according to this thread, this (PS3 outselling the 360) has happened a couple of times before.
 

UNCMark

Banned
So Reaper of Souls should come out for 360/PS3 now. No excuse not to.

Blizzard does like money. I assume we'll see Xbox One, PS4, 360, and PS3 versions next summer. I'm surprised they have it running on PS4 already since just two months ago they said they had just received dev kits.
 

ZSaberLink

Media Create Maven
Questions for creamsugar:

Sales #s for Wii U
Rayman Legends total sales and split across platforms
Wonderful 101?.... should I even ask?
 

AniHawk

Member
wonderful 101: 8k
rayman legends wii u: 20k
rayman legends 360: 14k
rayman legends ps3: 8k
puppeteer: 27k
scribblenauts unmasked wii u: 30k
the wind waker hd: 45k

edit: these are :| guesses. not ;) guesses.
 

ohlawd

Member
We all expected TW101 to do terribly but maaaaan, I still had like 0.000000000101% hope it'd do OK. Not even in the top 50? That's some fucking terrible numbers, isn't it?
 

Y2Kev

TLG Fan Caretaker Est. 2009
I don't understand why they made rayman legends. origins hyperbombed and i got it for 19.99 like 2 days after launch. BUBUBUB shipped a billion bububub shut up.
 

N.Domixis

Banned
Considering the Xbox popularity in the US, I seriously doubt that.
Maybe they just thought it was a good deal and bought the bundle?

No, he actually though it was exclusive. Some people do not follow gaming news, they just buy what they see on tv.
 
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