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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official August NPD Thread (Data for 4 wks ending Aug 28)

DirtyP2002 on 10 September 2010
Squilliam said:
Khuutra said:
Squilliam said:

According to Gamasutra the Wii had its lowest NPD on record.

Well that's interesting. Worrisome, but interesting.

Its probably nothing to be concerned about. The Wii just sold so well in its first 3 years that it burnt through its unattached potential market share a lot quicker than pretty much any other leading console in history. Its like all those games which see massive first month sales, it has to go down severely from there.



true. And sales aren't bad in August either.



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Jadedx on 10 September 2010
MonstaMack said:
Jadedx said:

I guess ps3 owners like madden more than xbox 360 owners, I've had my 360 for over for years now and I've only bought madden 06 for the achivements.


Madden 10 sales

XBox 360 -  2.69 million

PS3 - 2.18 million

Madden has sold better on the 360 the last few years, and will continue to do so.


Considering 360 has almost double the marketshare as ps3 in the US I'd say that ps3 users like madden more overall.



Jadedx on 10 September 2010

Top 20

1) Madden NFL 11 (360)
2) Madden NFL 11 (PS3)
3) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
4) Mafia 2 (360)
5) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)
6) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
7) Mafia 2 (PS3)
8) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360)
9) NCAA Football 11 (360)
10) Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
11) Just Dance (Wii)
12) Red Dead Redemption (360)
13) Pokemon SoulSilver (Nintendo DS)
14) Madden NFL 11 (PS2)
15) NCAA Football 11 (PS3)
16) Wipeout: The Game (Wii)
17) Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
18) Dragon Quest IX (Nintendo DS)
19) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
20) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo DS)



cmeese47 on 10 September 2010

Yes Madden is more popular on PS3, especially considering how much it was undertracked here. 100K anyone.



ProdigyBam on 10 September 2010
DirtyP2002 said:

I can't believe some people are mocking about the "PS3 is undertracked!!!!1111" stuff.

It was undertracked by 6,884 units! Come on. That is 1721 units per week. Or 3%... this is sooo tiny and people still smell a conspiracy.

Xbox 360 overtracked by 7%. That is in the margin of error as well.

The tracking team did an awesome job for the hardware.

Its like in such discussions you always forget that NPD only tracks US, while VGC tracks Canada and southamerica as well



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palancas7 on 10 September 2010

Hmmm, only the top 6 sold more than 100k.
Kane&Lynch... nowhere to be seen.



 

palancas7 on 10 September 2010
ProdigyBam said:
DirtyP2002 said:

I can't believe some people are mocking about the "PS3 is undertracked!!!!1111" stuff.

It was undertracked by 6,884 units! Come on. That is 1721 units per week. Or 3%... this is sooo tiny and people still smell a conspiracy.

Xbox 360 overtracked by 7%. That is in the margin of error as well.

The tracking team did an awesome job for the hardware.

Its like in such discussions you always forget that NPD only tracks US, while VGC tracks Canada and southamerica as well

He's using US-only numbers, which were in our preview...



 

c0rd on 10 September 2010
Khuutra said:
Squilliam said:

According to Gamasutra the Wii had its lowest NPD on record.

Well that's interesting. Worrisome, but interesting.

Still, it's above the PS2 at the same point in time. Actually, this month all 3 consoles are. The Wii only looks bad in comparison to its past self, and the exceptional performance of the HD consoles recently.

Comparison table since I'm bored:

  PS2 (04) Wii X360 PS3
Jan 340k 466k 333k 277k
Feb 360k 398k 422k 360k
Mar 290k 558k 338k 314k
Apr 190k 277k 185k 181k
May 250k 335k* 195k 155k
Jun 430k** 423k 452k*** 305k
Jul 310k 254k 444k 215k
Aug 210k 244k 357k 226k
Sept 250k      

* WSR bundled
** $30 price cut to $150
*** 360 Slim

The 360 has actually been keeping pace with NPD's PS2 sales for a while, its 4th year (2009) beat the PS2's 4th (2004, though largely due to shortages), and its 5th year is currently only about 10% behind (~260k), with a shot at beating it due to Natal / Halo.

So, it isn't so much the Wii losing steam faster than normal, more that the HD consoles are late bloomers.



shinyuhadouken on 10 September 2010

360 killing the competition. 

GOOO Microsoft. 



Not a 360 fanboy, just a PS3 fanboy hater that likes putting them in their place ^.^