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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official NPD April 2008 Thread

azrm2k on 15 May 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
@FishyJoe

oh yeah....

I have a request mods

PLEASE UNBAN LEO-J!!!! WE NEED TO KNOW HIS REACTION!!

 Here's his reaction:

Its only the beginning, PS3/360 sales are DOWN on GTA 4 month, while wii has completely exploded(the month of GTA 4), stole ps3/360 sales, and just won.

Wii is about to kill gaming, this is fact.



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WiiStation360 on 15 May 2008

Was NPD overtracking 360/PS3 and finally adjusted down?



kingofwale on 15 May 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
kingofwale said:
BKK2 said:
lol, 360 outsold PS3 by 900, still terrible sales for both. Great sales for GTA IV, I can't believe how few PS2 owners decided to upgrade to a 360 or PS3 for it. PS3 had GT5:P too, I know it's not that big in the States, but I would have thought some hardcore GT fans would have picked up a PS3 for it.

yeah, kinda puzzling that a month of biggest release this year would sell LESS console than the month (last one) with absolutely no good title.

 

Something is wrong here.

Last month had an extra week.

 

Are you just finding that out?

 


 hmmm... if you haven't noticed? I was talking about weekly (divide them by the number of weeks).



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konnichiwa on 15 May 2008

=p Lol Leo-J....






dolemit3 on 15 May 2008

Yearly sales:
PS3 - 0.99 million
Wii - 2.14 million
360 - 0.93 million
PS2 - 0.95 million
DS - 1.95 million
PSP - 0.96 million



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

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ZenfoldorVGI on 15 May 2008
psrock said:
SDF assemble: we lost the good fight, but just like HILL-DOG, we will fight this war to the end. we lost one battle, but the war aint over, i am sureMGS4 will save us from this embarrassment. As noted, i will congratultes Nintendo on on a good month, not great, but good, and but realize one thing, the HD war doesnt start until MGS4 comes out.

God bless America and SONY.

psrock,
SDF chief excutive.

I cant wait for the MAY NPD.

The Wii had a good month, but not great? I'm curious how you came to that conclusion.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

Saiyar on 15 May 2008
BCNR34 said:
so rockstar sold (shipped) 6 million copies of GTA, and only sold 2.85 million of those in america? i doubt that very much.

I think it just confirms that EU is a far bigger games market than people realise. Going by VGchartz numbers the PS3 and 360 sold as much in the EU during the launch week of GTA IV as they did in the US during the launch month.



azrm2k on 15 May 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
psrock said:
SDF assemble: we lost the good fight, but just like HILL-DOG, we will fight this war to the end. we lost one battle, but the war aint over, i am sureMGS4 will save us from this embarrassment. As noted, i will congratultes Nintendo on on a good month, not great, but good, and but realize one thing, the HD war doesnt start until MGS4 comes out.

God bless America and SONY.

psrock,
SDF chief excutive.

I cant wait for the MAY NPD.

The Wii had a good month, but not great? I'm curious how you came to that conclusion.


 He's sarcastically pretending to be the SDF which would never give props to the Wii.  This is why NPD sucks when Wii beats the Sony family.  SDF probably won't even make a post.  They only make a post when the Sony family wins.



cookingyourmama on 15 May 2008
Kenology said:
Xiru said:
Kenology said:
RolStoppable said:
This means we are in for another furious anti-Wii month?

They'll be too busy eating their crow to say much after last month's fiasco. Though I do hope to hear more Wii Doomsday, there's not much they can say when Wii sold so much in the face of GTAIV and Mario Kart beat PS3 GTAIV.

If they do decide to hate, it'd be fun to watch.


I'll bite, Wii is not doomed but I will point out that its best selling titles are old franchises that were available on most Nintendo systems before it. Wii will sustain just like the Gamecube did. 1st party all the way. Until we start seeing some big 3rd party games in the top 20, developers will be dubious toward making big titles for the Wii. Wii is a phenominal seller, the best in gaming history, but 3rd parties still prefer 360/PS3. I don't see this changing anytime soon. Also, Wii has 2.5x the install base of the PS3 and MK barely outsold GTA4.


You're trying to beat the bloggers to their Wii bashing, I see!

But anyways, I can't understand how Nintendo gets so much criticism for selling old franchises (as if Wii Fit, Wii Sports, and Wii Play aren't new IPs) while Sony, Microsoft, and all major 3rd parties get a pass for doing the exact same thing.

The big 3rd party games are on the way... I'm sure you've seen what Capcom (MH3), Konami (Castlevania Wii), and Namco (ToS2) have in store - and I'm willing to bet there are more good down the pipeline.

And for GTAIV to be the mother of all "casual" games last gen, MK even barely outselling it is a huge success.


Seriously why wii fans can't accept that just because something sells the most doesn't mean it is the best and cannot be critised in away is beyond me. Also the delusional view that nintendo isn't rolling out the same old franchises and some how microsoft and sony are is a joke. So far on the wii their have been ZERO new nintendo hardcore AAA or AA games released and the only new ip's that have sold well are a few casual games which are wii fit, wii sports and wii play. On the other hand you have sony who have released uncharted, resistance, warhawk, motorstorm, heavenly sword and microsoft who have released gears of war, mass effect, viva pinata, crackdown, kameo, lost odyssey and blue dragon.



BKK2 on 15 May 2008

For those questioning GTA IV numbers:

5 days:

US: 2.85m
Canada: 250k? (rough guess)
UK: 926k

That's over 4 million already, now add the rest of Europe and an extra 2 days worldwide and 6 million is quite plausible.