By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales Discussion - The Offical NPD February 2010 Thread

Maynard_Tool on 11 March 2010
dolemit3 said:
Nintendo better get their act straightened out, otherwise both the PS3 and 360 will outsell it in March.

I don't think thay are really worry about losing march, tbh



03/10/09 HUGE day in my life:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=63437&page=1

Around the Network
Hyruken on 11 March 2010

Also to that person who said things will return to normal this month with PS3 beating 360.
How is that normal? In the last 20 NPDs (almost 3 years) the PS3 has beaten 360 just 3 times. With the 360 beating PS3 for the first two months of this year with 754k to 636k would that not mean 360 being in front was normal?

I think you have to be honest and say that march really will be the last chance saloon in US for PS3 in terms of overtaking 360. Beyond that we enter 360 exclusive games teritory and beyond that you have to think a price cut will be coming. It is hard to see where Sony can turn the tide there really. But i guess they won't mind as long as they run at a profit soon.



fastyxx on 11 March 2010

i think the 360 number is less surprising than the Wii number. I mean, the 360's been within +/- 10% YoY just about every month hasn't it? It's practically the same number as last year. The Wii number, however, is shockingly low.



Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?

NJ5 on 11 March 2010

I smell adjustments to past months subtracted from this month's figures...



My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957

Twistedpixel on 11 March 2010
Hyruken said:
Also to that person who said things will return to normal this month with PS3 beating 360.
How is that normal? In the last 20 NPDs (almost 3 years) the PS3 has beaten 360 just 3 times. With the 360 beating PS3 for the first two months of this year with 754k to 636k would that not mean 360 being in front was normal?

I think you have to be honest and say that march really will be the last chance saloon in US for PS3 in terms of overtaking 360. Beyond that we enter 360 exclusive games teritory and beyond that you have to think a price cut will be coming. It is hard to see where Sony can turn the tide there really. But i guess they won't mind as long as they run at a profit soon.

The possibility the PS3 would overtake the Xbox 360 in America has been gone for well over a year and a half.



Do you know what its like to live on the far side of Uranus?

Around the Network
psrock on 11 March 2010

I think Yahoo has already started to write about Wii is doomed article.



 Next Gen 

11/20/09 04:25 makingmusic476 Warning Other (Your avatar is borderline NSFW. Please keep it for as long as possible.)
edjevink on 11 March 2010
Hyruken said:
Ok we get there are PS3 shortages, we have heard that for months now.

But how the hell does that make 360 get a bump? Software wise all that was out was Bioshock 2 really?

It makes you think a bit about how the numbers can be so wrong. The 360 just posted its best ever febuary, beating the Wii by 25k. It didn't even do anything but the buzz about it on here reminds me of a morgue or something! It was even up year over year by a massive 33k!

It also makes you think about march's npd. If we accept that the PS3 has the shortages people are mentioning and have mentioned then i don't see how it can possibly be anywhere close to the 360 numbers right now. If 360 just got a bump from nothing in february then i can imagine it being a bump with BC2 and FFXIII, especially with the bundles.

So fair play to MS. Their machine that had its last price cut nearly 2 years ago just posted one of it's best months.
Which i think is further proof that if/when the 360 does actually drop to that official £99 mark with Natal then the numbers will be gigantic.

Also PS3 did well. It was up nearly 100k year over year, that is awesome.

What about the price cut that the Xbox 360 Elite model got in september/oktober? Did you already forget?



fastyxx on 11 March 2010
Hyruken said:
Also to that person who said things will return to normal this month with PS3 beating 360.
How is that normal? In the last 20 NPDs (almost 3 years) the PS3 has beaten 360 just 3 times. With the 360 beating PS3 for the first two months of this year with 754k to 636k would that not mean 360 being in front was normal?

I think you have to be honest and say that march really will be the last chance saloon in US for PS3 in terms of overtaking 360. Beyond that we enter 360 exclusive games teritory and beyond that you have to think a price cut will be coming. It is hard to see where Sony can turn the tide there really. But i guess they won't mind as long as they run at a profit soon.

Posters at kotaku said they are seeing Staples and Best Buy ads for $128 arcade units.  I'd say we will see a new SKU/price strategy launched at E3 and they are going to clear the existing product in a hurry.

 



Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?

alfredofroylan on 11 March 2010
psrock said:
I think Yahoo has already started to write about Wii is doomed article.

Again???



Hyruken on 11 March 2010
edjevink said:
Hyruken said:
Ok we get there are PS3 shortages, we have heard that for months now.

But how the hell does that make 360 get a bump? Software wise all that was out was Bioshock 2 really?

It makes you think a bit about how the numbers can be so wrong. The 360 just posted its best ever febuary, beating the Wii by 25k. It didn't even do anything but the buzz about it on here reminds me of a morgue or something! It was even up year over year by a massive 33k!

It also makes you think about march's npd. If we accept that the PS3 has the shortages people are mentioning and have mentioned then i don't see how it can possibly be anywhere close to the 360 numbers right now. If 360 just got a bump from nothing in february then i can imagine it being a bump with BC2 and FFXIII, especially with the bundles.

So fair play to MS. Their machine that had its last price cut nearly 2 years ago just posted one of it's best months.
Which i think is further proof that if/when the 360 does actually drop to that official £99 mark with Natal then the numbers will be gigantic.

Also PS3 did well. It was up nearly 100k year over year, that is awesome.

What about the price cut that the Xbox 360 Elite model got in september/oktober? Did you already forget?

Hardly a proper price cut is it. Just re-branding of it. Where i am from that actually went up in price anyway.

We are talking about an official price cut. I.e they come out and say from this day forth the 360 costs £99. meaning the stores themselves can go even lower such is how it works. If we use the £129 price that it is now you get some stores selling it now and then in deals from £99-£109. If you put that into an official price cut means you could see stores sell the 360 from £79-£99. If they are selling well right now at £129 it does not take a genius to work out they will sell even better if you take nearly 35% off that price.