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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official NPD April 2008 Thread

BrainBoxLtd on 15 May 2008
fkusumot said:

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

ItsaMii said:

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.


Those are both good, but I'm hoping it'll be far crazier. Like this one Colbert bit where he talking about a poll and the margin of error being 5% and he explains if you add 5% to his guy, and subtract 5% from the other one, it's obvious his guy is actually going to win.



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azrm2k 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.


 It's happened before and they just didn't make a post about NPD then.



w3stfa11 on 15 May 2008
untiSpartanFX said:
so basically NPD says even with GTA launch PS3/360 both had 10% drop ?

that doesn't sound right to me.


They say wait until May's NPD to see if GTA boosted hardware.

 I was thinking April was just a slow month, but then I saw the Wii sales.



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Oyvoyvoyv on 15 May 2008
TWRoO said:
ssj12 said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
^

No, you're wrong. HD consoles have nothing to offer but good graphics.

Wait? I just said Mcdonalds makes great food? My Balance Board is going to punish me for that one :(

 I dear god hope thats sarcasm.... if it isn't you really need step out of Nini land.


I think it was a joke about what deviation said.


Yes, TWRoO, you're correct it was a response to deviation. 3 posts above my original. I'm on my Wii, and I have a problem with quoting, sorry.



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

Rock_on_2008 on 15 May 2008

PS3 58,206 74,678 82,652 150,934 366,470
Xbox 360 57,287 61,665 73,578 117,394 309,924

PS3 beats the 360 every week. PS3 beats the 360 by 56.5k combined for four week period. Great win for the PS3.



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fastyxx on 15 May 2008

I don't see why the numbers are that surprising. My read on this is that the hardcore already have a system at this point - whichever one of the three, maybe 2 - and the rest of the people are getting Wii's. The hardcore are still buying games in record numbers, but the average consumer is just not going to throw tons of money around. They are going to be the Wii at the lower price and get their two or three games a year and play Wii Sports/Wii Play.

I teach high school and the families are dying with $4 gas and huge energy prices and credit crunches and huge grocery bills and the like. Middle America and the working class just doesn't have the cash to throw around. Now will May jump a bit with $600 rebate checks flying around and the GTA numbers? Maybe. But $600 for an average family in the burbs is a month and a half of gas now.

Gaming is expensive. You and I will keep buying our $60 games and $10 downloads, but those who haven't already paid the $400 entry fee for a new console are going to hesitate until the economy picks up. If the economy was booming, you'd see 300k numbers for the 360/PS3, with the Wii still selling whatever it can produce.

a lot of you are coming from a younger person's perspective, a non-head of household perspective or a hardcore gaming perspective. Every other industry is getting hit by the economy. Just because the numbers are strong as an industry doesn't mean that those numbers aren't still much smaller than what they COULD have been had people had more disposable cash at this time.



Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?

Oyvoyvoyv on 15 May 2008
Rock_on_2008 said:
PS3 58,206 74,678 82,652 150,934 366,470
Xbox 360 57,287 61,665 73,578 117,394 309,924

PS3 beats the 360 every week. PS3 beats the 360 by 56.5k combined for four week period. Great win for the PS3.

Great, why doesn't everyone just use the data that they prefer? That would cause a world where everyone was happy.

Edit: several grammar mistakes.



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

ZenfoldorVGI on 15 May 2008
CrazzyMan said:
no comments )
whatever sales are TODAY, ps3 will win. ))

and yes, PS3 Total VG numbers = PS3 Total NPD numbers,
while x360 VG has over 700k more and Wii over 600k more, then Total NPD.
So, yes, PS3 is still undertracked or x360/wii overtracked.



The PS3 will win what? The console sales race? You think so?

 

Crazzy, give me your end of gen predictions right now. 



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ZenfoldorVGI on 15 May 2008
wartaal said:
Ye just because non-Nintendo consoles have great graphics, doesnt mean its the only thing they have to offer like so many Wii fanboys make you believe.

Sure it sells well, but does that make it the best console?

Thats like saying mcdonalds makes great food

You seem very angry that the Wii sold well. If you hate it so much, why do you care? I happen to think it's the best console on the market, and I don't even own one anymore.



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.

trestres on 15 May 2008

GTA4 boosted Wii sales confzirmzedased!!
Many people thought it was coming for the Wii under the name of Wii Fit... I blame Wii Fit.



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