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

Won't this NPD show the Wii passing the 360 in the US? If so I expect some big press headlines from this.



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wat time do the numbers come out?



                 


 

DMeisterJ said:

No, it's only been the past couple of days

And people were saying that Wii Fit was being stockpiled to come out MGS4 week and beyond to beat it in this months NPD. I was just wondering what happened to that idea.

Wii Fit did awesome, and MGS4 will never pass it, but that idea was foolish at the time, which I said and no one believed me.

 

 

Ah, fair enough, point taken.

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FishyJoe said:
Won't this NPD show the Wii passing the 360 in the US? If so I expect some big press headlines from this.

really? according to NPD, Wii still hasnt passed 360? if thats true , then ur right. we should expect huge press headlines.

                 


 

puertoecuanama said:
FishyJoe said:
Won't this NPD show the Wii passing the 360 in the US? If so I expect some big press headlines from this.

 

really? according to NPD, Wii still hasnt passed 360? if thats true , then ur right. we should expect huge press headlines.

This does not matter.  As Microsoft has stated previously:  "History has shown us that the first company to reach ten million in console sales wins the generation battle."

 



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DMeisterJ said:
bardicverse said:
DMeisterJ said:
MGS4 number 1 game of the month!

Where was the "Ninty stockpiling Wii Fit" to beat MGS4 at

LOL you've been back to hardcore sony for the past 2 weeks now.

Anyway, take an overall glance at total sales between the two from launch -

MGS4 - 743,119

Wii Fit -512,529 + 687,700 = 1,200,229

So MGS4 still has to do  467,110 sales in the US just to tie Wii Fit's sales as of this report. In other words, MGS4 needs to sell at least 65-70% worth of its launch numbers just to tie.

Don't take the "Beat" out of context.

No, it's only been the past couple of days

And people were saying that Wii Fit was being stockpiled to come out MGS4 week and beyond to beat it in this months NPD.  I was just wondering what happened to that idea.

Wii Fit did awesome, and MGS4 will never pass it, but that idea was foolish at the time, which I said and no one believed me.

 

So really, the Wii was only a fad for you. After a month, you went back to your old, bad habbits.

 



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

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@DmeisterJ -- I'm just curious, here. No flame or troll intended but what has kept you from buying a PS3? I know you are a supporter of the console and brand but correct me if I'm wrong, but you haven't gotten one yet, have you?



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Couple things:

1) Yes - this is the month Wii passes 360 in the USA by NPD (10.9m to 10.5m probably)

2) From what I've seen in the archived industry trade sites, the top non-holiday/non-launch month for a console in the USA was PS2 in 2002 after it was $200 vs. $300. But PS2 never topped 700k except in holidays supposedly. Wii has topped 700k twice now, without a price cut, and likely did it again this month.

3) If Nintendo really intends to launch Wii in China, they have to catch and slightly surpass monthly demand in the USA with greater supply. To do that, I think they may need a few 1m/month non-holiday months over the next 12.

As for the week ending June 28th, our data showed one last big Wii shipment arriving in time for the end of Nintendo's 1st quarter (which runs April 1 to June 30)



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TWRoO said:
DMeisterJ said:
MGS4 number 1 game of the month!

Where was the "Ninty stockpiling Wii Fit" to beat MGS4 at?

They decided against it I guess. They probably figured it's best to just let Wii Fit outsell it for the rest of it's life.

I also think Ninty is so trivial that it would stockpile Wii Fit just for the sole purpose of beating out MGS4 in NPD data.  They don't need to do that.  Releasing Mario Kart Wii next to GTAIV was a great business decision and very necessary.  Stockpiling Wii Fit to go up against MGS4?  Why even bother.

 



saprano1 said:
Haha, source i was just about to make a thread asking where are the NPD numbers,then i saw this.

So was I.  I totally missed this preview yesterday.