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Ari_Gold on 19 March 2009
--OkeyDokey-- said:
Ari_Gold said:
Zucas said:

Great job on hardware this month. If we differ it is under not over which is always better. Nothing by large percentages either which is really good.

Software well we did pretty good except for SFIV. Great tracking of KZ2 though. Seems we compare well with them.  Of course that doesn't mean much but still not bad.

sorry but you're full of shit. SF IV outsold Soul calibur 4 by almost 2:1 first week in north america. Combined sales WW are 1.5 million.

 

Er... maybe you should read his post again.

you're right, i take my comment back, ignore it.

 



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dejelek on 19 March 2009

compare to last year YOY NPD

sony going down, and MS going UP

good Job xbox 360.

 

Also RE5 xbox 360 starting to > PS3 version

next month , KZ2 won't be on NPD top ten

Halo wars and RE5 will.



ethomaz on 19 March 2009

Street Fighter IV (Capcom, 360) - 446K
Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PS3) - 403K

SFVI in US only hiper undertracked by VGC???

Killzone 2 (Sony, PS3) - 323K

Killzone 2 in US undertracked by VGC too???

PlayStation 3 -276K
Xbox 360 - 391K
Wii - 753K

PS3 undertracked??? 360 undertracked??? Wii overtracked???



BKK2 on 19 March 2009

Data care of NPD Group


PlayStation 2 131K
PlayStation 3 276K
PSP 199K
Xbox 360 391K
Wii 753K
Nintendo DS 588K


Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (WII) 644K
Street Fighter IV* (360) 446K
Street Fighter IV* (PS3) 403K
Wii Play w/ Remote (WII) 386K
Killzone 2 (PS3) 323K
Wii Mario Kart with wheel (WII) 263K
Call of Duty: World at War* (360) 193K
Mario Kart DS (NDS) 145K
New Super Mario Bros (NDS) 144K
Guitar Hero World Tour* (WII) 136K

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)


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Dollar Sales figures

Code:
Feb-08 Feb-09 CHG YTD Feb 08 YTD Feb 09 CHG
Video Games $1.34 Billion $1.47 Billion 10% $2.52 Billion $2.81 Billion 11%
VG Hardware $481.4 Million $532.7 Million 17% $861.9 Million $978.4 Billion 14%
VG Software $673.3 Million $733.5 Million 9% $1.29 Billion $1.41 Billion 10%
VG Accessories $182.8 Million $207.1 Million 13% $371.4 Million $418.6 Million 13%


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Analysis from NPD's Anita Frazier

Originally Posted by Anita Frazier:
The U.S. video games industry continues to post strong year-over-year comps despite the tough economy. Unit sales increased even more than dollar sales did, reflecting a slightly lower average retail price for all categories as compared to last year.

The Xbox 360 realized its biggest non-holiday sales month, save for September 2007, when the Halo 3 release brought in a large group of new owners. Compared to last month, the PS3 realized the greatest month-over-month unit sales increase of all platforms.

Consumers picked up nearly 20 million units of video game software in February, a 14% increase over February 2008. The average retail price for games is 4% lower than last year, which is why the dollar sales increase is not quite keeping in pace with the increase in unit sales.

A long-established video game franchise, the Street Fighter property continues to generate impressive sales results. The great performance of the new title, Street Fighter IV, on both the PS3 and Xbox 360, is a testament to the power of carefully cultivating evergreen properties.

March should be another great month for software sales between Pokemon Platinum, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Halo Wars, the two MLB titles and of course, Resident Evil 5, just to name a few of the key drivers. The sheer quantity of great content coming to market early in the year should keep industry sales humming throughout 2009.


SciFiBoy on 19 March 2009
dolemit3 said:
darthdevidem01 said:


any gifs at least from GAF?

 

One really good one from Mama Robotnik:

 

Epic gif!



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Barozi on 19 March 2009
ethomaz said:

Street Fighter IV (Capcom, 360) - 446K
Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PS3) - 403K

SFVI in US only hiper undertracked by VGC??? Yeah

Killzone 2 (Sony, PS3) - 323K

Killzone 2 in US undertracked by VGC too??? 15-20k max

PlayStation 3 -276K
Xbox 360 - 391K
Wii - 753K

PS3 undertracked??? Yeah 360 undertracked??? Yeah Wii overtracked??? Nope

 

 



Hyruken on 19 March 2009
SciFiBoy said:
dolemit3 said:
darthdevidem01 said:


any gifs at least from GAF?

 

One really good one from Mama Robotnik:

 

Epic gif!

 

 awesome!



TheSource on 19 March 2009

Article up...March is gonna be fun.



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

When there are more laws, there are more criminals.

- Lao Tzu

MANUELF on 19 March 2009
TheSource said:

Article up...March is gonna be fun.

 

I only want to see Pokemon sales.



lestatdark on 19 March 2009

We all know pokemon is the king of gaming sales, no other series can even touch them in raw numbers, the fact is that 175 million units solds in the whole saga, is just way too much for anyone to ever get there. I've been saying that for a while, especially when people try to throw sales numbers at other games (halo 3 vs KZ2 sales) because most people think halo is the king of sales.



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