Gamasutra, October NPD Analysis

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Kasz216 on 17 November 2008

theprof00 said:
wow ps3 outsold everything by ratio,...
guess those "terrible" ads do work, or maybe it's the price drop? either way
price doesn't matter and sony ads suck, so I wonder what is going on....

The smallest console always wins by ratio... even the gamecube did.

Less people means only the super hardcore fans have it.

Hence the "People are buying it only/mostly" for blu-ray comment when it wasn't even winning tie ratio.

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Kasz216 on 17 November 2008

noname2200 said:

DKII said:

NPD figures for Rock Revolution:

Wii: 2 (yes two!)

Damned the NPD is good. They can even track down retail sales that broke the street date...bravo!

Yeah that... I don't get that.

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jesus kung fu magic on 17 November 2008

DKII said:

Another interesting point on Konami's Rock Revolution, from the same source for NPD figures:

NPD figures for Rock Revolution:
360: 1,442
PS3: 816
DS: 666
Wii: 2 (yes two!)

VGC figures for Rock Revolution:
360: 10,886
PS3: 5,894
DS: 1,682
Wii: 2,115

Clearly a bit optimistic here.

(It looks like the Wii version was actually delayed until last week as well.)

At least the wii version broke even.

N64 is the ONLY console of the fifth generation!!!

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noname2200 on 17 November 2008

Kasz216 said:

noname2200 said:

DKII said:

NPD figures for Rock Revolution:

Wii: 2 (yes two!)

Damned the NPD is good. They can even track down retail sales that broke the street date...bravo!

Yeah that... I don't get that.

They're professionals, man.

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Spankey on 18 November 2008

wow - according to this, the PS Tripple...trippled

at least in YoY software sales.

Still a long way to go though but good nonetheless

It can proudly wear the "Most Improved" badge now, if these figures are fairly accurate that is.