May 2013 NPD Thread!

[AnthonyW86]

NiKKoM said:

RolStoppable said:

forest-spirit said:
Vita < 16k!? WTF?

Didn't it have a sub-20k month before? So no surprise here.

Wii U is bad as well, but it still has a chance to recover.

Overall, the industry is crashing down hard. The upcoming transition is going to be tough, because at this point it looks like only a handful of franchises (CoD, Madden, Assassin's Creed; FIFA in Europe) will be able to pull in good numbers. The X1 is doomed to failure with its price point and the PS4's price only looks good in comparison to the X1. On its own, $399 is expensive too. It looks like being #1 in the console race won't cut it, just like being #1 in the handheld space doesn't mean much. The 3DS is absolutely dominating the PSV, but the numbers are still less than satisfying.

Is it too soon for me to claim victory for smartphones?

I think tablets hade a much bigger impact than smartphones. Every kid in my family now plays with tablet's while they were all playing DS's a while back. My sister jut bought a $150 tablet just for my niece just for her to play games. That's like almost the same price as a 3DS but my niece wanted a tablet not a ''new DS''.