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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Offical January 2011 NPD Thread (Data in 3 Hours for Jan 3-30)

Lostplanet22 on 18 February 2011
XanderZane said:
red_dragon said:

Sony did not talk about Hardware in their press release. They said their software is up 25% and they have the best games coming this yr.

LOL!! That's because their hardware sales in the U.S. are dismal. The only thing the PS3 is outselling in the U.S. is the PSP and PS2.


Well the software sales are good for PS3..The difference between the Wii's and X360 software sales are not that huge considering the huge userbase difference in USA..



 

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Boutros on 18 February 2011
jarrod said:
Boutros said:
jarrod said:

Software sales are interesting... despite lower MSRPs, lower new unit sales and it's biggest 3 games being bundled, Wii still outdid 360 for software dollars.

Also, holishit @ PSP. Just $10 million?  VGC is WAY overtracking PSP game sales...

PSN sales.

VGC includes DD sales?  When did this happen?

They lose money with every copies sold on PSN.

What?...It's the only logical explanation I can make without accusing VGC's tracking.



Nsanity on 18 February 2011

 

Something else worth pointing out.

Examiner - The PS3 ran many promotions with gift cards and credits at various online and physical retailers that brought the effective price down to $250. For Sony not to mention hardware sales numbers is a bit strange.



TheSource on 18 February 2011

I've updated the article with new software information for Just Dance 2, Black Ops, Dead Space 2, Zumba, NBA, DKC, Red Dead and then filled in for AC, Dance Central and Michael Jackson with the new information. So we now actually have the full top ten (with 7-9 estimated)

01. Call of Duty: Black Ops* (360, PS3, WII, NDS, PC) Activision Blizzard - 750,000
02. Just Dance 2 (WII) Ubisoft > 500,000
03. Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts - 453,000 (441,000 without PC)
04. Little Big Planet 2 (PS3) Sony - 353,000
05. Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (WII, 360, PS3) Majesco  Over 300,000
06. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PSP, WII, PS2, PC) Take 2 Interactive - 261,000
07. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (360, PS3) Ubisoft - logically 245k ish
08. Dance Central (360) MTV Games - logically 229k ish
09. Michael Jackson The Experience (WII, DS, PSP) Ubisoft - logically 212k ish
10. DC Universe Online: The Next Legend Is You (PS3, PC) Sony - 195,000

xx. Donkey Kong Country Returns about About 167,000

xx. Red Dead Redemption 94,000

xx. Udraw 26,000



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Notorius.A.i.G on 18 February 2011

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Stadelhuber on 18 February 2011

So Dance Central is undertracked a little bit (40k)?



outlawauron on 18 February 2011
XanderZane said:
outlawauron said:
Stadelhuber said:

NPD doesn't track Wal Mart or did it change?

They don't get data from WalMart. They extrapolate to get their numbers (just like VGC does) since they do not have full market data (NPD has ~50% iirc).


You can add  5-10% to NPD numbers since then don't track every U.S. retailer and then don't track Wal-Mart at all which is THE biggest retailer in the U.S. lol!! NPD numbers are always undertracked.  VGC first adjusted numbers where pretty much accurate.

It's not that they don't track the sales, but rather they don't get actual numerical data. They use the data they have to estimate sales for the entire country. That's what they and every other tracking service does as well (Neither Famitsu or Media Create have full market coverage)



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Nsanity on 19 February 2011

VG247

Additional NPD information regarding software sales units has appeared, courtesy of industry analysts and Gamasutra.

Research notes from firms Wedbush Morgan and Piper Jaffray confirmed the following figures in bold:

Call of Duty: Black Ops (multiplatform) – 750,000

Just Dance (Wii)

Dead Space 2 (multi) – 441,000

LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) – 353,000 (per GAF)

Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (multi) – over 300,000

NBA 2K11 (multi)

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3/360)

Dance Central (360)

Michael Jackson: The Experience (multi)

DC Universe Online (PS3/PC) – 195,000 (per GAF)

Black Ops, according to the notes, beat out last year’s best-seller for the month of January, Super Mario Bors. Wii, by 100,000 units.

According to Piper Jaffray, THQ’s uDraw Studio bundle sold 26,000 units in January, out of the 1.2 million units shipped to retailers in November and December.

Wedbush Morgan noted in its report that 22 games in January sold over 100,000 new retail units for the month.

Overall, hardware was down 8 percent for the month, and software 5 percent. Accessories, which include Move and Kinect, were up 6 percent.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/19/analysts-report-black-ops-moved-750000-units-in-january/



Biddles on 19 February 2011

Can someone sum this up for me?

Is Xbox 360 overtracked or undertracked and by how much?

Is the PS3 overtracked or undertracked and by how much? 



Reach on 20 February 2011
Biddles said:

Can someone sum this up for me?

Is Xbox 360 overtracked or undertracked and by how much?

Is the PS3 overtracked or undertracked and by how much? 


360 over by 23K , Ps3 over by 11K.