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Forums - Sales Discussion - March NPD - X360 #1 371k, PS3 337k, Wii 175k

DirtyP2002 said:
No Vita game (yeah MLB, but that was definitely driven by the PS3) and no 3DS game either.


Well...

"Frazier also pointed out that Nintendo's new Kid Icarus actually did pretty well: "In a list of the top 10 SKUs for the month (as opposed to top titles as listed here), 3DS Kids Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKUs for the month of March."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-12-mass-effect-3-cant-offset-25-percent-sales-decline-in-us-during-march-npd

Consolation prize, at least



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Kid Icarus apparently would have been in the top 10 for individual sku



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pezus said:
Where's Kid Icarus?

Anita says it's one of the top selling individual SKU's of the month.



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

1) Mass Effect 3 (360, PS3, PC)
2) Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (360, PS3)
3) MLB 12: The Show (PS3, PSV)
4) NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC, PS2)
5) SSX 2012 (360, PS3)
6) Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3, 360)
7) Mario Party 9 (Wii)
8) Call of Duty: Modern Warfar 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)
9) Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja (360, PS3)
10) Major League Baseball 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PSP, PC, PS2)



“Mass Effect 3 sold more than twice as much as did Mass Effect 2 during its introductory month in January 2010,"

ME2 sold 572,100 in first month.

If true then ME3 seem overtracked. It also released on 3 platforms and had 4 weeks in NPD, while ME2 572k figure is for first week. Lets see how much more then twice it sold, maybe 1300k?



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MLB 12 seems to be undertracked.



Frank_kc said:
ZaneWane said:
very impressive for xbox and no price cut since summer 2008



Sorry to break your joyfull moment, but 360 got a price cut same time new PS3 slim was released by fall 2009.

Still, 2+ years without a pricecut.  It's a long time coming for the Xbox 360.



Seems like SW still did decently well considering everything.

Glad ME3, RE and SSX didn't flop.



X360 has been pretty widely discounted if not officially seen a price cut in the US. You can still walk in to a lot of stores and get a big old giftcard for free for buying an X360 (this is true of PS3 / Wii as well) so a price cut probably won't do a whole lot. The most impactful pricecuts were in 2008-2009.



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 Sony has just issued us its response to the March NPD sales report, and as usual there's no mention of any units sold, but rather SCEA decided to focus on how PlayStation Vita is growing.

"Nearly two months after hitting the North American market, the PS Vita ecosystem continues to grow with impressive hardware, software, and peripherals sales among big-box retailers, smaller retail shops and digital," said Dan Race, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA.

"We are seeing strong digital downloads across the board, including full digital-only purchases and extremely high conversion rates for digital demos to full game purchases with titles such as Unit 13, which showcases PS Vita's unique 3G and shooter capabilities. We look forward to furthering the PS Vita momentum with upcoming blockbuster titles like Mortal Kombat and Resistance: Burning Skies, and apps including Skype."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-12-playstation-response-to-npd-ps-vita-continues-to-grow