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Forums - Sales Discussion - August NPD: X360 #1 308k, 3DS 235k+, Wii 190k+, DS 165k+ Deus Ex #1

Shinobi-san on 08 September 2011
Argh_College said:
Shinobi-san said:
BHR-3 said:
whoa ps3 down form 230ish from last aug.

sony better get out the pen and pad and head back to the lab

console preference among the current HDs for this gen are likely to carry over to next gen, the MS dominance we see in US and UK could start spreading to more regions next gen and even get more MS dominated in US and UK

if i were sony i would start rolling out with some bundles for US i dont really recall sony doing many in that region something like two or one older good exclusive games for $249, similar to what MS has done in the past years during this time cause unless we see something different for sep. (there have been some excuses thrown out like supply, only half month of price drop ect.) a $249 160gb aint going to cut it

as for MS its a rap they will most certainly out sell the other two by quite some margin now that wii sales are lower than last year, the majority of consumers that bought a wii years past during the holidays will most likely move to MS, on top of that NPD hasnt even started recording walmart and such something that they said will come soon. you thought youd see high MS you aint seen nothing yet

I dont think bundles will really affect things much. Games really do sell consoles, and this gen, MS nailed the software offerings in US.

Not only that, but its just the 'it' console in the region i assume, people are buying 360's no matter what at this point (friends, software, price,image etc.).

I agree with you though on the shift in console preferences in the region, and how that will carry over into next gen. Dangerous times for Sony. The US is the last market you want to be irrelevant in since its by far the biggest and most important.

Unless Sony do something amazing next gen compared to MS, Ninty, which they probably wont..these trends will probably continue. Sony REALLY needs to think about how it approaches the next gen. And unlike MS Sony doesnt have unlimited resources.

They should be more concerned about VITA because Psp is absolutely dead and im not seeing VITA doing any different. Well they have Call of Duty.

mentioned that in my other post...dedicated gaming handhelds...not looking good.

Guess Sony shoudl be worried on all fronts, Sony is DOOMED :P



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Seece on 08 September 2011
RolStoppable said:
Doesn't Madden usually launch in August? What happened?


Launched late, on the 30th. August only counted up to 28th



 

Argh_College on 08 September 2011
Shinobi-san said:
Argh_College said:
Shinobi-san said:
BHR-3 said:
whoa ps3 down form 230ish from last aug.

sony better get out the pen and pad and head back to the lab

console preference among the current HDs for this gen are likely to carry over to next gen, the MS dominance we see in US and UK could start spreading to more regions next gen and even get more MS dominated in US and UK

if i were sony i would start rolling out with some bundles for US i dont really recall sony doing many in that region something like two or one older good exclusive games for $249, similar to what MS has done in the past years during this time cause unless we see something different for sep. (there have been some excuses thrown out like supply, only half month of price drop ect.) a $249 160gb aint going to cut it

as for MS its a rap they will most certainly out sell the other two by quite some margin now that wii sales are lower than last year, the majority of consumers that bought a wii years past during the holidays will most likely move to MS, on top of that NPD hasnt even started recording walmart and such something that they said will come soon. you thought youd see high MS you aint seen nothing yet

I dont think bundles will really affect things much. Games really do sell consoles, and this gen, MS nailed the software offerings in US.

Not only that, but its just the 'it' console in the region i assume, people are buying 360's no matter what at this point (friends, software, price,image etc.).

I agree with you though on the shift in console preferences in the region, and how that will carry over into next gen. Dangerous times for Sony. The US is the last market you want to be irrelevant in since its by far the biggest and most important.

Unless Sony do something amazing next gen compared to MS, Ninty, which they probably wont..these trends will probably continue. Sony REALLY needs to think about how it approaches the next gen. And unlike MS Sony doesnt have unlimited resources.

They should be more concerned about VITA because Psp is absolutely dead and im not seeing VITA doing any different. Well they have Call of Duty.

mentioned that in my other post...dedicated gaming handhelds...not looking good.

Guess Sony shoudl be worried on all fronts, Sony is DOOMED :P

Ps3 is gonna beat >20M is U.S this year... dont see why they should be worried, decent numbers, 360 is just a beast there, probably is gonna end with 32-34M when this year ends... Thats more almost 10M more than Xbox 1 WW... Crazy.

Now Psp yes they should be... they need to have Games that Americans Like, they need Call of Duty, Madden, Assassins... All games in their VITA and im not talking about shitty ports from HD twins... im Talking about brand new games build from the ground to Ps VITA.



SS2Goku on 08 September 2011

Looks like Vgchartz were kinda inaccurate this time aswell, not gonna help the sites credibility. Didnt even mention most the games that were in the best selling.



Mad55 on 08 September 2011
VGKing said:
Mad55 said:
I swear NPD over tracks the 360.


http://nct.digitalriver.com/fulfill/0295.001

Free Xbox 360 with $700 Windows 7 PC is still going on. It ends on September 24.


Oh wow that still going on lol.



yo_john117 on 09 September 2011

So 360 and PS3 are undertracked slightly and the 3DS is overtracked.



Kynes on 09 September 2011
RolStoppable said:
Shinobi-san said:
RolStoppable said:
Doesn't Madden usually launch in August? What happened?

Only released August 30th i think

I see.

On a related and more important note, it took me almost a full quarter to notice that they now kick off the ball from the 35 yard line in the NFL.


It must have been the NFL lockout. I'm not sure, but maybe the very late free agency period made EA release late the game.



MonstaMack on 09 September 2011

More interested in the holiday numbers to see how PS3's price drop has really effected things.

Though right now it looks like MS doesn't need to drop the price, at least in the US, for quite some time. They can probably get away with showing the new 360 at next E3 and then drop the price.



It's just that simple.

thismeintiel on 09 September 2011
Shinobi-san said:
BHR-3 said:
whoa ps3 down form 230ish from last aug.

sony better get out the pen and pad and head back to the lab

console preference among the current HDs for this gen are likely to carry over to next gen, the MS dominance we see in US and UK could start spreading to more regions next gen and even get more MS dominated in US and UK

if i were sony i would start rolling out with some bundles for US i dont really recall sony doing many in that region something like two or one older good exclusive games for $249, similar to what MS has done in the past years during this time cause unless we see something different for sep. (there have been some excuses thrown out like supply, only half month of price drop ect.) a $249 160gb aint going to cut it

as for MS its a rap they will most certainly out sell the other two by quite some margin now that wii sales are lower than last year, the majority of consumers that bought a wii years past during the holidays will most likely move to MS, on top of that NPD hasnt even started recording walmart and such something that they said will come soon. you thought youd see high MS you aint seen nothing yet

I dont think bundles will really affect things much. Games really do sell consoles, and this gen, MS nailed the software offerings in US.

Not only that, but its just the 'it' console in the region i assume, people are buying 360's no matter what at this point (friends, software, price,image etc.).

I agree with you though on the shift in console preferences in the region, and how that will carry over into next gen. Dangerous times for Sony. The US is the last market you want to be irrelevant in since its by far the biggest and most important.

Unless Sony do something amazing next gen compared to MS, Ninty, which they probably wont..these trends will probably continue. Sony REALLY needs to think about how it approaches the next gen. And unlike MS Sony doesnt have unlimited resources.

Well, I wouldn't call doom and gloom for Sony quite yet.  They are far from irrelevant in the US.  I mean its nowhere near as bad as the 360's performance in Japan.  You just have to remember that at launch the price gap between the 360 and PS3 was $200.  That is a HUGE difference.  It wasn't until late '09 that Sony was able to become truly competitive with pricing.  So even with the price difference and the 360's headstart, the PS3 has been able to not only stay afloat (when many believed it would spell the end of the Playstation brand) but also rise to where it is truly challenging the 360 for 2nd place.  It really just shows the strength in the Playstation brand.  I think next gen all Sony really has to do is keep their console at an affordable entry price (probably ~$399) and make sure they have plenty of quality titles in their first few years. 



 

Slimebeast on 09 September 2011

Amazing month for Xbox 360.

How are Deus Ex numbers compared to VGC numbers? I hope we didn't overtrack that fantastic game.