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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official NPD April 2008 Thread

Thanks for the press releases BKK2.



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For the record if sales rates stay similar to this through October you should all be preparing for 3 million Wiis to be sold in December - just in the USA.



People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

When there are more laws, there are more criminals.

- Lao Tzu

Rubang's pics should be forbidden on this site.






Well, it looks like everyone who was predicting that hardware sales would soar on the wings of GTA 4 were completely wrong.

And I personally thought it was completely obvious that GTA 4 would never move as many units as Halo 3. So did it move a negative number of units or what guys? Am I rite?

So did the Wii sell 4x as many as either the Xbox 360 or PS3? That's neat. I bought an Xbox 360 in April, so I guess I was one of the few.



Clearly the ps3 and 360 production factories could not keep up with the demand that is gta4. Clearly.



 

 

 

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konnichiwa said:
Rubang's pics should be forbidden on this site.

Seconded.

Dear lord, I was eating.



The Ghost of RubangB said:
fkusumot said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Business is booming in the games industry. It's just that... Nintendo's the cause AND effect of the booming.

My god, you're like the prodigal son that I thankfully never had. I see you're changing your tune just in time for the NA release of Wii Fit. Maybe now you'll learn to stop believing all that pablum Rol has been feeding you.


Changing my tune? Hell I was calling the Game Boy "THE REVOLUTION" when I first played Tetris at age 6!

I'm even wearing SMB3 underoos man!

(Yeah they barely fit anymore, but Wii Fit should give me my 7 year old physique again.)

 


That shot is a little below the belt. No fair! Hey, if that's how you want to package your junk...



What a truly outstanding month. I think I'm going to have to go with the "NPD is adjusting for other months," because I cannot see how the sales could be... well so bad.

Deviation59: It's really not Nintendo's fault that nobody choose to create good games that you enjoy for their console. And Nintendo can only create so many different games in different genres. And now that 3rd parties are starting to get the hang out how the use the wiimote effectively and in interersting, smart ways, I'm sure you're start seeing more of your types of games selling well.

I'll be really interested in seeing how May NPD looks, and how it compares to VGChartz. 



Dolla Dolla said:
My apologies, celine. I looked for some good No More Hero footage to futz around with, but, alas, I did not find any ample for Gif-age.

You'll have to make due with this ...


 Simply amazing.



 

 

 

The sad thing is when NPD "adjusts" in May giving the PS360 numbers a huge boost and bringing it closer to VGC numbers for April/May, people who doubt VGC numbers will believe it thinking the GTA boost was delayed a week after launch and proclaim that GTA saved the HD consoles and started a massive comeback. VGC still won't win credibility in many eyes....