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Forums - Sales Discussion - The November NPD Thread (USA data for 4 weeks ending Nov 29 in 6 hours)

Valkyria Chronicles - 33k in November 2008 per NPD.

 



http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=52712



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Gamespot has posted the top 20 software sells s for the month of November.

Its also been reported than LittleBigPlanet has 141K for the month od November.

 

TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE - NOVEMBER 2008
Title / Publisher / Units*
1) Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) / Microsoft / 1,560,000
2) Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360) / Activision Blizzard / 1,410,000
3) Wii Play w/ Remote (WII) / Nintendo / 796,000
4) Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (WII) / Nintendo / 697,000
5) Mario Kart Wii w/ Wheel (WII) / Nintendo / 637,000
6) Call of Duty: World at War (PS3) / Activision Blizzard / 597,000
7) Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) / Activision Blizzard / 475,000
8) Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) / Electronic Arts / 410,000
9) Resistance 2 (PS3) / Sony / 385,000
10) Wii Music / Nintendo / 297,000
11) Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) / Nintendo
12) Fallout 3 (Xbox 360) / Bethesda Softworks
13) Rock Band (Wii) / MTV Games
14) Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (DS) / Nintendo
15) Guitar Hero World Tour (Xbox 360) / Activision Blizzard
16) Mario Kart (DS) / Nintendo
17) Guitar Hero World Tour (PS2) / Activision Blizzard
18) WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2009 (PS2) / THQ
19) Fable II (Xbox 360) / Microsoft
20) Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360) / Electronic Arts

* Figures include Collector's Editions and non-hardware bundles

 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6202243.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1



People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

When there are more laws, there are more criminals.

- Lao Tzu

Animal Crossing and Fallout 3 at 11 and 12 is unsurprising.

But Rock Band 1 for Wii being the top version of Rock Band, all the way up at 13? Wow.

Wii had the top 3 music games on the month even without RB2.



"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.

Erik Aston said:
Animal Crossing and Fallout 3 at 11 and 12 is unsurprising.

But Rock Band 1 for Wii being the top version of Rock Band, all the way up at 13? Wow.

Wii had the top 3 music games on the month even without RB2.

 

RB1 boost on Wii is due to the special edition bundle price reduction to $99.  When RB2 releases for Wii(Dec 18) It might be top 5 software.  Smart consumers will get RB1 special edition and RB2 game only for $150 total!



I thought that VGC was lowballing Valkyria but apparently not :|



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

Bboid said:
Erik Aston said:

RB1 boost on Wii is due to the special edition bundle price reduction to $99.  When RB2 releases for Wii(Dec 18) It might be top 5 software.  Smart consumers will get RB1 special edition and RB2 game only for $150 total!

I noticed that. Who's going to buy Rock Band 2 Special Edition for that much when they could buy Rock Band 1, get all the instruments, AND another game, all for less?

 



question, does ndp not track games sold in a bundle..

Because I do not see, NSMB, KFP, SST, or LIJ or Brain Training

the 2 ds bundles or the 3 360 bundled games.



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

noname2200 said:
Bboid said:
Erik Aston said:

RB1 boost on Wii is due to the special edition bundle price reduction to $99.  When RB2 releases for Wii(Dec 18) It might be top 5 software.  Smart consumers will get RB1 special edition and RB2 game only for $150 total!

I noticed that. Who's going to buy Rock Band 2 Special Edition for that much when they could buy Rock Band 1, get all the instruments, AND another game, all for less?

 

 

no kidding.  I'm beginning to wonder if they have a very low margin on the controllers for the game because there seems to be very little push on RB2 special editions but a huge push on software only.  Smart PS3 owners buy RB1 special edition for ps2 at $99, sell the ps2 game and buy the ps3 game only RB1 on ebay/ cheap at gamestop.  There are soo many ways to save for PS2/3 and Wii owners.  Are there any special changes to RB2 SE equipment I should know about before getting the Wi bargain?



bigjon said:
question, does ndp not track games sold in a bundle..

Because I do not see, NSMB, KFP, SST, or LIJ or Brain Training

the 2 ds bundles or the 3 360 bundled games.

No they don't include games which come with a console/handheld. The most famous example was with MGS4 when they stated that the game sold 750 k (their official software number) but is closer to 1 million if they counted the game in the console bundle.

 



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger