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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official NPD April 2008 Thread

bluesinG on 15 May 2008
Deviation59 said:
bluesinG said:

Deviation59 said:
Personally, I'm not bitter that the Wii is winning on a hardware front. I'm bitter that the previously popular types of games that I love have absolutely zero traction on that platform whatsoever and that for many reasons beyond just graphics, those games won't end up on the Wii because they don't fit into that market.


Which types of games are those?


 Go ahead and click on my profile. I've added 160 of the games I own so far (no PC titles listed yet... don't know if I'll ever be up for tackling that mountain).


Well, the largest chunk of your game collection is for the PS2. And anything that could be done on the PS2 could also be done on the Wii, which has better graphics capabilities and more processing power. So there's no reason why "your types of games" couldn't be done on the Wii--and done well. Or am I missing something?



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BKK2 on 15 May 2008

Software with LTDs:


01 Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) 1,850,000 (1,850,000)
02 Mario Kart (Wii) 1,120,000 (1,120,000)
03 Gran Theft Auto IV (PS3) 1,000,000 ( 1,000,000)
04 Wii Play (Wii) 360,000 (5,471,000)
05 Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) 326,000 (3,026,000)
06 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) 224,000 (224,000)
07 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (DS) 202,000 (202,000)
08 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (DS) 202,000 (202,000)
09 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) 152,000 (2,136,100)
10 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) 141,000 (4,040,500)
NR Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360) 103,500 (855,800)
NR God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) 64,000 (400,500)
NR The World Ends With You (DS) 43,000 (43,000)
NR Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (DS) 23,700

Total Tracked Software Units 4,754,200
Total Software Sales $654.7M



celticlonewolf on 15 May 2008

To be honest these numbers kind of make sence. I work as a departmant manager at walmart(electronics) and as such can check up the sales data for my store(thats a given) but also the district to(NC and som of SC). During the month of april the sales really were very slow across all districts and not once did I see any evidance pointing to a huge increase or even a slight one(reason why I started the thread questioning the ps3 increase of almost double the week of gta launch). I can usually tell which way the trend is going by checking these sales data lol cant ge no numbers like ioi or anything like that just which way te wnd is blowing ind f thing.



montrealsoon on 15 May 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
tk1797 said:
I wish people wouldn't troll or brag so much over nintendo winning. I mean there just numbers right. I loved the gamecube even if it didnt sell the most, why? because the games kicked ass and im sure the same thing will happen with the 360 and ps3. They might not be first but im sure quality games will come out for them because of first party support.

But this time there's this HARDCORE vs. CASUAL battle going on, and somehow I'm a traitor!!! I'm a traitor because I prefer the Wii for games and gameplay and I'm not "a casual." Hahahaha.


There's no  "HARDCORE vs. CASUAL battle going on".  There is an expanding market and some nerds crying about it, while the vast majority couldn't care less.



revolutions on 15 May 2008
TheSource said:
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.

no doubt May NPD Wii sales (thx to wiifit) will increase to 900k/1m sales.

by end of march '09 i'm seeing Wii sales to top 21 million total in north america.



WiiFit will be 2008 #1 selling game in NORTH AMERICA!  
End of '08 Predictions: Wii - 48m X360 - 25m  PS3 - 19m
Wii monthly NA sales will top 400k every month in '08. *Jan sales ruined it. Grrrr!*
WiiFit will top 1m in sales in its first month of release in North America.
MGS4 will NOT be released in '08. *Darn it!* FF13 will NOT be released in '08.
Rockband Wii will top 600k in first month sales in North America.
WiiFit will pass the PS3 WW sales by Xmas '09.

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The Ghost of RubangB on 15 May 2008
montrealsoon said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
tk1797 said:
I wish people wouldn't troll or brag so much over nintendo winning. I mean there just numbers right. I loved the gamecube even if it didnt sell the most, why? because the games kicked ass and im sure the same thing will happen with the 360 and ps3. They might not be first but im sure quality games will come out for them because of first party support.

But this time there's this HARDCORE vs. CASUAL battle going on, and somehow I'm a traitor!!! I'm a traitor because I prefer the Wii for games and gameplay and I'm not "a casual." Hahahaha.


There's no  "HARDCORE vs. CASUAL battle going on".  There is an expanding market and some nerds crying about it, while the vast majority couldn't care less.


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BrainBoxLtd on 15 May 2008
koffieboon said:
Those hardware numbers are insane, Wii outsells the Sony family + Xbox 360 combined. And to add insult to injury it does in the month GTA IV is released!

I've been waiting forever for that to happen for the sole reason to see what the SDF reponse will be. They always combines all Sony's systems to show out it outsold every single system, and now that's not going to work. I know it's a joke site, but I want to see how creative the jokers who run the place get with this one, see if they make up some really insane backwards logic.



fkusumot on 15 May 2008
BrainBoxLtd said:
koffieboon said:
Those hardware numbers are insane, Wii outsells the Sony family + Xbox 360 combined. And to add insult to injury it does in the month GTA IV is released!

I've been waiting forever for that to happen for the sole reason to see what the SDF reponse will be. They always combines all Sony's systems to show out it outsold every single system, and now that's not going to work. I know it's a joke site, but I want to see how creative the jokers who run the place get with this one, see if they make up some really insane backwards logic.


 The Playstation™ family did outsell the DS. Grey cloud, meet silver lining.



I Blame Wii Fit!

SpartanFX on 15 May 2008

so basically NPD says even with GTA launch PS3/360 both had 10% drop ?

that doesn't sound right to me.



 

 

 

ItsaMii on 15 May 2008
BrainBoxLtd said:
koffieboon said:
Those hardware numbers are insane, Wii outsells the Sony family + Xbox 360 combined. And to add insult to injury it does in the month GTA IV is released!

I've been waiting forever for that to happen for the sole reason to see what the SDF reponse will be. They always combines all Sony's systems to show out it outsold every single system, and now that's not going to work. I know it's a joke site, but I want to see how creative the jokers who run the place get with this one, see if they make up some really insane backwards logic.


 Easy. PStriple demand was so high that it sold out. Everyone that wanted GTA 4 the superior version had no choice but to wait till PS3 stock is back to normal.



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