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Forums - Sales - October 2013 NPD Thread! 3DS: 452k, 360: 166k

Soundwave on 14 November 2013
the_dengle said:
Soundwave said:


Well yeah. I think this is the peak performance for the system, it's Nintendo basically throwing every possible thing they can to move 3DS -- 3D Pokemon, new model revision, and X/Y bundles too (don't forget those) in the same month. 

It's natural for hardware sales to peak in a console's third year. That's how it went for the GameCube, the PS2, the GBA, and the Wii. Nintendo could definitely pull something out of their hat for next year, though. Who knows what they have in mind?

Side note, there were no X/Y bundles in the West as far as I'm aware. The X/Y-themed 3DS consoles were released in September, and did not include the games.


If they got a Final Fantasy VII Remake on the 3DS or something + new model + price cuts across the board ... but that's a helluva lot to pull out of one's hat, lol. 

Truthfully they've probably spent most of their big bullets for the West and you're right the third holiday season traditionally is the peak for most game systems. 3DS is simply likely within it's peak period right now. 



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Lawlight on 14 November 2013

So, 12M for Pokemon doesn't look so bad all of a sudden, right?



bobgamez on 14 November 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
bobgamez said:


its going to outsell the ps4 and x1 too this month, its doing very well. dont deny it


You think the 3ds will match oct sales without pokemon? And on top of which you expect less than 450k of ps4/x1?


um what? Im expecting 1 million plus for the 3ds, what the heck are you expecting O.o



the_dengle on 14 November 2013
Anfebious said:
osed125 said:

Dude when will you ever be satisfied with 3DS numbers? Does it need to sell 1 million for you to be happy?


Just 1 million? Make it 2 man, there is no such thing as satisfaction when it comes to sales.

No problem there, it will easily surpass 2 million in both November and December NPD.



melbye on 14 November 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
bobgamez said:


its going to outsell the ps4 and x1 too this month, its doing very well. dont deny it


You think the 3ds will match oct sales without pokemon? And on top of which you expect less than 450k of ps4/x1?

With Zelda, Zelda-bundle and Black Friday the 3DS is easily going to sell 1 million units in November



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Soundwave on 14 November 2013
the_dengle said:
Anfebious said:
osed125 said:

Dude when will you ever be satisfied with 3DS numbers? Does it need to sell 1 million for you to be happy?


Just 1 million? Make it 2 man, there is no such thing as satisfaction when it comes to sales.

No problem there, it will easily surpass 2 million in both November and December NPD.


You're expecting 2 million 3DS sales in November NPD? I think that's pretty out there unless you worded that incorrectly. 



the_dengle on 14 November 2013
Soundwave said:


If they got a Final Fantasy VII Remake on the 3DS or something + new model + price cuts across the board ... but that's a helluva lot to pull out of one's hat, lol. 

Truthfully they've probably spent most of their big bullets for the West and you're right the third holiday season traditionally is the peak for most game systems. 3DS is simply likely within it's peak period right now. 

I don't necessarily think they need a single enormous game to have a good 2014. There are already a decent number of 3DS games announced for next year, most of them probably coming in the first half. There's a good chance another Pokemon game will be released in the second half, and then Nintendo has quite a few more options. I don't see a price cut happening next year. Yet another new 3DS model would surprise me as much as the 2DS did.

2014 will probably be down YOY from 2013, but not by much. Pokemon will still be going strong.



tbone51 on 14 November 2013
Lawlight said:
So, 12M for Pokemon doesn't look so bad all of a sudden, right?


No because its going to easily surpass it, its halfway there in one month of sales



forest-spirit on 14 November 2013
Lawlight said:
So, 12M for Pokemon doesn't look so bad all of a sudden, right?


Considering that it's most likely more than halfway there I think that figure is pretty terrible.

Edit: Tboned.



the_dengle on 14 November 2013
Soundwave said:
the_dengle said:

No problem there, it will easily surpass 2 million in both November and December NPD.


You're expecting 2 million 3DS sales in November NPD? I think that's pretty out there unless you worded that incorrectly. 

VGChartz places 3DS sales for November 2011 at 1,986,359. I do believe the console have a better November than it had in 2011, so there's very little room for it to outsell itself in that month and somehow not sell over 2 million.

EDIT: ach, global. I done fucked up lol. Right, so over a million for November, possibly 2 million for December.