The Official June NPD Thread (for the 5 weeks ending 7/5, data in ~6 hours)

[Squilliam]

Euphoria14 said:

Squilliam said:
I think it was MGS4 + $100 gift card at Walmart that did it! - Remember Vgchartz doesn't track walmart.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/wal-mart-corporate-confirms-100-ps3-gift-card-yes-even-mgs/

Theres the scoop. So I think that explains both the discrepency and the huge sales the PS3 got.

$499 80GB PS3 with $60 MGS4 and $100 Gift card = $160 discount for some people. Or they could have gotten a 40gb PS3 no MGS4 for $399 with said $100 gift card and bought a PS3 for less than a Pro Xbox360 if you add it all up. *Xtra controllers/games etc*

So based on that I would predict that theres not yet any indication of a trend for a huge increase in PS3 sales rates.

 

I am pretty sure NPD does not track Walmart either.

 

Edit - NVM, I just read that supposedly they started sometime in the middle of last year.

 

Even so, 1 week is responsible for equating to double sales?

Discount + MGS4 bundle discount + limited 80gb release = sales.

Since Big games don't influence sales trends greatly, the 80gb isn't coming back afaik (Replaced) and there isn't a discount this month then July will probably be very average.

But to answer the bolded: Yes - People can get a 80gb MGS4 pack for $499 with a $100 gift voucher... (Up to $160 if you like MGS4 off) And since its limited of course people will jump - hard onto it.