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Forums - Sales - The November NPD Thread (USA data for 4 weeks ending Nov 29 in 6 hours)

Hyruken on 11 December 2008
lilwingman said:
Hyruken said:

As i mentioned before this November in USA alone 3MILLION people almost bought a new console, and not 1 of them was a PS3, that should speak volumes to you about what the general public think about the console.

 

Uhh, that it is too expensive?  Has anyone even tried doubting that?  If the PS3 was even coming close to the 360's sales right now in the current economy than something would be wrong with people.

 

 Buying any of the consoles is expensive, especially at this time of year and in this current financial climate. I don't buy it that the cost matters anywhere near as much as people try and tell it. If you REALLY want a PS3 the extra $100 is nothing to pay to get it. I'm sure they could wait a couple of weeks on an investment like that if they wanted it. And people don't want it, simple as that.



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appolose on 11 December 2008

Wii music has legs!

2 million Wiis... unbelievable.



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Oyvoyvoyv on 11 December 2008
Khuutra said:
FishyJoe said:

Pachter's response:

http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/12/11/nintendo-wii-officially-recession-proof/

Analysts were taken by surprise by how well the $249 console has performed in a flagging economy. “Two million? You sure? This is mind-boggling,” said Michael Pachter, a top industry analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities. “At least Nintendo is meeting demand.”

Pachter says it’s because people are now choosing a Wii over a latte. “There’s a solid middle class that’s going to make substitutions to buy games. Now it’s buy a Wii and don’t eat out for a month, or don’t take that ski trip,” he said. “Or cut out Starbucks.”

Pachter is a silly, silly man. This isn't meeting demand. Not quite.

Seriously though is this the highest November in the US ever?

Pretty sure.

VGChartz would have adjusted if NPD had a large U.S month for 2002 (Ps2's highest). No doubt about it, as by those numbers and such is where VGChartz recieved the data from that time (or at least checked it up against).

 

Ps2 9th November to 30th November 2002: 1496K (Americas, not U.S).

 

 

GBA has 1439K for 8th to 29th 2003.

DS had the 1st place with 1629K in 07 (1.53M in NPD).

 

Wii smoked them all!



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

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

damkira on 11 December 2008
Elite1 said:
Wow Wii Wow. PS3 not so much :(. Can't wait to hear Sony's spin.

 

Is it normal for them not to appear on the press release? Nintendo and Microsoft were on there... Sony would do well to not even try to spin this month's numbers. There's no silver lining for them.

 



Ender on 11 December 2008
Seneque said:

Impressive Wii numbers. Pretty pleased to see Wii Music selling well.

Well, for comparison's sake, here is how VGC compare to NPD this month :

 


 NPD (USA) VGC (America*0,9) %
Playstation 2 206 273 +32,52
Playstation 3 378 395 +4,5
PSP 421 430 +2,14
Xbox 360 836 853 +2,03
Wii 2040 1600 -21,57
DS 1570 1431 -8,85








GEARS OF WAR 2 (360) 1560 2041 +30,83
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (360) 1410 1465 +3,9
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE (Wii) 796 458 -42,46
WII FIT (Wii) 697 800 +14,78
MARIO KART (Wii) 637 422 -33,75
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (PS3) 597 604 +1,17
GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR (Wii) 475 264 -44,42
LEFT 4 DEAD (360) 410 320 -21,95
RESISTANCE 2 (PS3) 385 367 -4,68
WII MUSIC (Wii) 297 207 -30,3

Of course, without a 'Black Friday' in Canada and Mexico, the 0.9 multiplier is probably far from reality.

 

yeesh... tough month for vgchartz.



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MonstaMack on 11 December 2008

Nevermind. I'M SLOW.



It's just that simple.

woopah on 11 December 2008

meltdowns from GAF:

wii is just an intereactive toy

wii has good hardware but shit software, third party games dont sell at all

wii is a still a fad Fads can last more than a couple years. How long did Beanie Babies sell ridiculously well for?



LOL



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RPG_Fanatic on 11 December 2008

My god, 2 millions Wii, that is insane.

Also Approximately:

3.6 million Nintendo
1.8 million everything else.



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damkira on 11 December 2008
FishyJoe said:

Pachter's response:

http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/12/11/nintendo-wii-officially-recession-proof/

Analysts were taken by surprise by how well the $249 console has performed in a flagging economy. “Two million? You sure? This is mind-boggling,” said Michael Pachter, a top industry analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities. “At least Nintendo is meeting demand.”

Pachter says it’s because people are now choosing a Wii over a latte. “There’s a solid middle class that’s going to make substitutions to buy games. Now it’s buy a Wii and don’t eat out for a month, or don’t take that ski trip,” he said. “Or cut out Starbucks.”

 

Wow.. he is really fishing for whatever he can think of to insult Nintendo.. who he's always ragged on and made inaccurate predictions about. After the NPD and VGChartz reports.. it must be nice for him to have a job where he states the obvious.

 



blackstar on 11 December 2008
woopah said:
meltdowns from GAF:

wii is just an intereactive toy

wii has good hardware but shit software, third party games dont sell at all

wii is a still a fad Fads can last more than a couple years. How long did Beanie Babies sell ridiculously well for?



LOL

 

 

rofl rofl