NPD Group data for November is out, and it’s good news for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console.
The market research firm puts the Xbox 360 console in the number 1 spot in the US for the sixth month in a row. According to the data, Microsoft sold 1.4 million units during the month of November, compared with 325,000 in the previous month.
The figures also show that the Xbox 360 console attracted 50% of the spend on gaming consoles during that month.
The release of the Kinect, which sold 2.5 million units in 25 days, has certainly been good for sales, and it looks like the Xbox 360 will dominate sales over the holidays.
The latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops had a record-setting launch in November selling 8.4 million copies in the U.S., already cracking the top 10 best-selling games of all time (No. 7), according to the latest sales report by market tracking firm The NPD Group.
Released on Nov. 9, Black Ops accounted for 25% of all video game software units sold in the month of November, said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. That helped the video game industry to its second straight month of increased software sales. Overall, sales of games totalled $1.46 billion, up 4% over November 2009.
Combined sales of games, hardware and accessories approached $3 billion ($2.95 billion), up 9% over November 2009. "November sales represent the best November on record in terms of new physical retail sales," Frazier said. "It bests November 2008 by roughly $30 million, and that time frame was at the height of the music/dance genre sales. The November rebound could lead to 2010 sales that equal that of 2009. Based on typical seasonality trends, new physical retail sales should come in between $18.8B-$19.6B," Frazier said. "Gains in November offset a good portion of the year-to-date declines."
DS - 6.06m (44.79m)
X360 - 4.90m (23.53m)
Wii - 4.64m (31.83m)
PS3 - 3.12m (14.25m)
Wii - 1.26M
Xbox 360 - 819,500
PS3 - 710,400
NDS - 1.70M
PSP - 293,900
PS2 - 203,100
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3, 360, Wii, PC) 7 ELECTRONIC ARTS
**Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) 8 SONY
# November marks the sixth consecutive month Xbox 360 leads video game consoles in sales, with 1.37 million units sold. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# Xbox 360 is the only console to show double digit year-to-date growth at 42%, making it the fastest-growing console in 2010. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# 50% of spending at retail this November (for current generation consoles) was on the Xbox 360 platform. (Source: NPD Group, November 2010)
# During the month of November, four of the top ten console game titles were for Xbox 360 including: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Fable III, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Halo: Reach. (Source: NPD Group,
so did donkey kong country bomb?
"The Xbox 360 Kinect was the best-selling accessory item in November. With one month of sales, it's the top-selling accessory item in terms of dollar sales on a year-to-date basis."
- PS3: 530k.
- PS3: 530k.
I wonder if Kinect outsold the PS3. :rofl
combined? ???
Congrats to Harmonix on Dance Central being the best-selling Kinect game, # 11 overall in Nov. A well-deserved win.
Dance Central, Harmonix's full-body dance title for Kinect, cha-cha-chinged with sales in November. According to NPD, the game was #11 in overall sales for the month and the top-selling Kinect game as a SKU. Of course, by units, Kinect Adventures moved the most copies, as it was bundled with the peripheral, which sold over 2.5 million units globally in the month of November.
Although NPD generally no longer shares specific software sales, we were told by the company that Kinect Sports and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved were the second and third best-selling Kinect titles, respectively. For an audience stereotyped as lazy, gamers seem to have responded the most to three of the sweatiest Kinect games.
That is WAY down from last year's November, iirc. Year of the PS3 delayed to 2011, confirmed.
Ps3 is still the only system that's $299 or higher. Why would the average consumer choose to buy the Ps3 when the X360 (almost the same games) and the Wii are much cheaper?
Fucking Sony. :lol
Helps that 360 had hotter bundles...
PS3 was all the same. Uncha 2 + Shitty Blu Ray = $300
That is WAY down from last year's November, iirc. Year of the PS3 delayed to 2011, confirmed.
I still own yearofps3.com :teehee
Weird that Fable III charts and Halo Reach doesn't.
I guess the Halo crowd moved to CoD.
Weird that Fable III charts and Halo Reach doesn't.
I guess the Halo crowd moved to CoD.
During the month of November, four of the top ten console game titles were for Xbox 360 including: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Fable III, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Halo: Reach.
I wonder when Sony are going to do something about PS3 selling like shit in the US. It does barely ok in Japan, good in Europe and bad in US. They need to do something to motivate sales. A price drop sure wouldn't hurt.
6.) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
8.) Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
Poor Sony. GT5 and the system bombed last month in NA.
Ps3 needs a pricedrop.
I wonder why Microsoft hasn't issued any hard numbers for Kinect. We have global numbers, what could it hurt to enumerate the US launch?
That is WAY down from last year's November, iirc. Year of the PS3 delayed to 2011, confirmed.
I still own yearofps3.com :teehee
You do? it currently redirects to 3D Dot Game Heroes official site :lol
You're obviously getting lazy since you didn't redirect it to GT5's when it was released.
Sad but predictable. Sony's ineptitude has become so customary in this gen that it's hard to get excited enough to troll.
Wow, can't believe the PS3 did so poorly. Time for a price cut.
I wonder how many units the PSP sold... probably 100k
Wow, can't believe the PS3 did so poorly. Time for a price cut.
I wonder how many units the PSP sold... probably 100k
uuh no, people just need to get a second job. :lol
NPD: December 2010
Top PlayStation Highlights
- PS3 hardware sales continue to increase month over month (up 112%)
- PS3 had a 5% increase in year-to-date sales in November
- Three PS3 games ranked in the top ten software skus for the month, including Call of Duty: Black Opps, Assassin's Creed:Brotherhood, Gran Turismo 5
SCEA Statement
This holiday season PlayStation celebrates, along with the video game industry, as NPD reports a 9% year over year industry increase in overall dollar sales. The early blockbuster success of PlayStation Move has undoubtedly helped to pave the way for us as we head into 2011. The library of hard core and social gamer titles currently on the store shelves (EyePet, Get Fit with Mel B, Gran Turismo 5, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, SingStar Dance) as well those to come (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, LittleBigPlanet 2, Twisted Metal, Killzone 3) will only continue to solidify our place in the living room. In fact, the strength of Move’s technology infrastructure in allowing our developers to make already released titles Move compatible, will help broaden the net of their existing PS3 titles, bringing them to life even further with PlayStation Move. We’re pleased that consumers continue to look to PlayStation for innovative and unique entertainment experiences. As we head into the new year, with almost every PlayStation Move sku in short supply and on allocation, I think we will continue to see a steady surge of positive growth for our home entertainment offerings simply because customers looking for strong product value, quality entertainment offerings, depth in gaming and content (original programming, NetFlix, Hulu Plus, NHL, MLB), will choose PlayStation.
-- Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA
NPD: December 2010
Top PlayStation Highlights
- PS3 hardware sales continue to increase month over month (up 112%)
- PS3 had a 5% increase in year-to-date sales in November
- Three PS3 games ranked in the top ten software skus for the month, including Call of Duty: Black Opps, Assassin's Creed:Brotherhood, Gran Turismo 5
SCEA Statement
This holiday season PlayStation celebrates, along with the video game industry, as NPD reports a 9% year over year industry increase in overall dollar sales. The early blockbuster success of PlayStation Move has undoubtedly helped to pave the way for us as we head into 2011. The library of hard core and social gamer titles currently on the store shelves (EyePet, Get Fit with Mel B, Gran Turismo 5, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, SingStar Dance) as well those to come (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, LittleBigPlanet 2, Twisted Metal, Killzone 3) will only continue to solidify our place in the living room. In fact, the strength of Move’s technology infrastructure in allowing our developers to make already released titles Move compatible, will help broaden the net of their existing PS3 titles, bringing them to life even further with PlayStation Move. We’re pleased that consumers continue to look to PlayStation for innovative and unique entertainment experiences. As we head into the new year, with almost every PlayStation Move sku in short supply and on allocation, I think we will continue to see a steady surge of positive growth for our home entertainment offerings simply because customers looking for strong product value, quality entertainment offerings, depth in gaming and content (original programming, NetFlix, Hulu Plus, NHL, MLB), will choose PlayStation.
-- Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA
Donkey Kong Country Returns -- 430.5K
Gran Turismo 5 -- 400K
QuoteNPD: December 2010
Top PlayStation Highlights
- PS3 hardware sales continue to increase month over month (up 112%)
- PS3 had a 5% increase in year-to-date sales in November
- Three PS3 games ranked in the top ten software skus for the month, including Call of Duty: Black Opps, Assassin's Creed:Brotherhood, Gran Turismo 5
SCEA Statement
This holiday season PlayStation celebrates, along with the video game industry, as NPD reports a 9% year over year industry increase in overall dollar sales. The early blockbuster success of PlayStation Move has undoubtedly helped to pave the way for us as we head into 2011. The library of hard core and social gamer titles currently on the store shelves (EyePet, Get Fit with Mel B, Gran Turismo 5, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, SingStar Dance) as well those to come (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, LittleBigPlanet 2, Twisted Metal, Killzone 3) will only continue to solidify our place in the living room. In fact, the strength of Move’s technology infrastructure in allowing our developers to make already released titles Move compatible, will help broaden the net of their existing PS3 titles, bringing them to life even further with PlayStation Move. We’re pleased that consumers continue to look to PlayStation for innovative and unique entertainment experiences. As we head into the new year, with almost every PlayStation Move sku in short supply and on allocation, I think we will continue to see a steady surge of positive growth for our home entertainment offerings simply because customers looking for strong product value, quality entertainment offerings, depth in gaming and content (original programming, NetFlix, Hulu Plus, NHL, MLB), will choose PlayStation.
-- Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA
:rofl
Does anyone have LTDs? I'm wondering if PS3 has caught up yet.
Does anyone have LTDs? I'm wondering if PS3 has caught up yet.
Here are life time to date figures for the US and for the year.
DS - 6.06m (44.79m)
X360 - 4.90m (23.53m)
Wii - 4.64m (31.83m)
PS3 - 3.12m (14.25m)
Does anyone have LTDs? I'm wondering if PS3 has caught up yet.
Here are life time to date figures for the US and for the year.
DS - 6.06m (44.79m)
X360 - 4.90m (23.53m)
Wii - 4.64m (31.83m)
PS3 - 3.12m (14.25m)
So they're still chipping away. Next year, then.
PSP outsells the Wii in Japan? Owned.
Sad but predictable. Sony's ineptitude has become so customary in this gen that it's hard to get excited enough to troll.
NPD: December 2010
Top PlayStation Highlights
- PS3 hardware sales continue to increase month over month (up 112%)
- PS3 had a 5% increase in year-to-date sales in November
- Three PS3 games ranked in the top ten software skus for the month, including Call of Duty: Black Opps, Assassin's Creed:Brotherhood, Gran Turismo 5
SCEA Statement
This holiday season PlayStation celebrates, along with the video game industry, as NPD reports a 9% year over year industry increase in overall dollar sales. The early blockbuster success of PlayStation Move has undoubtedly helped to pave the way for us as we head into 2011. The library of hard core and social gamer titles currently on the store shelves (EyePet, Get Fit with Mel B, Gran Turismo 5, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, SingStar Dance) as well those to come (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, LittleBigPlanet 2, Twisted Metal, Killzone 3) will only continue to solidify our place in the living room. In fact, the strength of Move’s technology infrastructure in allowing our developers to make already released titles Move compatible, will help broaden the net of their existing PS3 titles, bringing them to life even further with PlayStation Move. We’re pleased that consumers continue to look to PlayStation for innovative and unique entertainment experiences. As we head into the new year, with almost every PlayStation Move sku in short supply and on allocation, I think we will continue to see a steady surge of positive growth for our home entertainment offerings simply because customers looking for strong product value, quality entertainment offerings, depth in gaming and content (original programming, NetFlix, Hulu Plus, NHL, MLB), will choose PlayStation.
-- Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA
--The Music/Dance genre increased 38% in unit sales over last November fueled by Just Dance 2 and Dance Central.
Assassin's Creed II (Xbox 360) 794,700
Assassin's Creed II (PS3) 448,400
oh goodie, kincest was a rousing success in NA
this will surely lead to awesome things
Guys, GT5 was only out for a few days in November and dirty hackers screwed the release date up so that caused a lot of confusion with shoppers. GT5 will be number one in December.
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Danthrax40/PS3chalkboard.png)Guys, GT5 was only out for a few days in November and dirty hackers screwed the release date up so that caused a lot of confusion with shoppers. GT5 will be number one in December.
you have to remember sony didn't market ps3 till the end of the month of November, so those numbers are really for only a few days...
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Danthrax40/PS3chalkboard.png):roflGuys, GT5 was only out for a few days in November and dirty hackers screwed the release date up so that caused a lot of confusion with shoppers. GT5 will be number one in December.
you have to remember sony didn't market ps3 till the end of the month of November, so those numbers are really for only a few days...
What? ONE GAME will use it? Maybe 2?
Motion control gaming needs to die stillborn. Worst thing to happen to gaming since the OG Xbox killing PC gaming.
I think it's pretty safe to say the PS3 is dead. It'll sell well with a price cut, but ultimately the Xbox 360 is the console of choice for most gamers. The biggest multi console games will continue selling more on the 360 due to the userbase size advantage and Xbox Live.
There's really no reason to buy a PS3. The games aren't appealing, there are far cheaper Blu Ray players available, etc.
i wish rockstar would patch in compatibility to RDR so i could gunsling in my tightie-whities
I've never really gotten the hardcore gamers issue with motion controls anyway. It's not as if, if motion controls were gone suddenly people would be playing whatever niche genres hardcore gamers are into.
03. Just Dance 2 (Wii) UBISOFT
06. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
Eel, do any of the move games you have played have an online MP component?
"luckily"
i don't see why it would hurt any of you if it had it in there, i could have fun with it the way i wanted to and you could still play with your controller
actually, scratch that, i do see, forgot for a moment that gamers are the most selfish group of hobbyists that exist, carry on
Pachter also noted that one third of PS3 sales were $400 PlayStation Move bundles, versus one half of all Xbox 360 purchases being Kinect bundles. (There are two Kinect bundles, a $300 4GB model and $400 250GB model.) "Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles outsold PS3 Move console bundles by more than 5 to 1," said the analyst.
QuotePachter also noted that one third of PS3 sales were $400 PlayStation Move bundles, versus one half of all Xbox 360 purchases being Kinect bundles. (There are two Kinect bundles, a $300 4GB model and $400 250GB model.) "Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles outsold PS3 Move console bundles by more than 5 to 1," said the analyst.
:lol
Just bought Infamous, 3D Heroes and Demons Souls for $35 off Gamefly
QuotePachter also noted that one third of PS3 sales were $400 PlayStation Move bundles, versus one half of all Xbox 360 purchases being Kinect bundles. (There are two Kinect bundles, a $300 4GB model and $400 250GB model.) "Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles outsold PS3 Move console bundles by more than 5 to 1," said the analyst.
:lol
you think those're games they're selling?
when it's Kinect vs. Move, nobody wins
QuotePachter also noted that one third of PS3 sales were $400 PlayStation Move bundles, versus one half of all Xbox 360 purchases being Kinect bundles. (There are two Kinect bundles, a $300 4GB model and $400 250GB model.) "Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles outsold PS3 Move console bundles by more than 5 to 1," said the analyst.
:lol
I used to be extremely pro-sony but goddamn do they fucking suck. The PS3 and PSP are two of the biggest fuck-ups ever but you'll never hear about it moat of the time.
I used to be extremely pro-sony but goddamn do they fucking suck. The PS3 and PSP are two of the biggest fuck-ups ever but you'll never hear about it moat of the time.
Just bought Infamous, 3D Heroes and Demons Souls for $35 off Gamefly
Quality PS3 Games, the complete series :bow
Which one of you is this poster? (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=24838694&postcount=1894) :lol
Just bought Infamous, 3D Heroes and Demons Souls for $35 off Gamefly
Quality PS3 Games, the complete series :bow
I'm hoping Heavy Rain goes on sale for the holiday. They are having holiday sales starting the 21st or so.
What's your GAF handle, starselect? I won't tell Evilore, honest.
with the shooting, yeah, but i'm thinking about all the climbing parts
I used to be extremely pro-sony but goddamn do they fucking suck. The PS3 and PSP are two of the biggest fuck-ups ever but you'll never hear about it moat of the time.
sounds like a fuck up to me :teeheeI used to be extremely pro-sony but goddamn do they fucking suck. The PS3 and PSP are two of the biggest fuck-ups ever but you'll never hear about it moat of the time.
psp is hardly a fuck up. It is the most successful rival to nintendo's handheld empire pre-apple. its just that it isn't nearly as popular as the ds and no one buys the games (probably due to the multimedia emphasis). but then everyone is shat on by ds from a great height so that's not really fair.
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I can only take solace in the fact that I'm living in the only goddam country that seems to have gotten tired of motion controls.spoiler (click to show/hide)oh god why is japan the only sane country wtf twilight zone is this :usacry :cancry :gbcry[close]
The ban screen is awesome. Seems complicated :lol
What about that seems complicated?
The remaining versions of the game -- for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, and retail sales for Windows PC -- accounted for the other 400,000 units making up the already-confirmed total, with digital sales via outlets such as Steam not taken into account for this total.http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31995/Exclusive_Black_Ops_For_Xbox_360_Sells_Nearly_5_Million_In_US.php (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31995/Exclusive_Black_Ops_For_Xbox_360_Sells_Nearly_5_Million_In_US.php)
So what will be Sony Killer App for 2011?
I'd say there's considerable evidence for it. Move bombed harder in Japan than anywhere else, Kinect bombed harder in Japan than anywhere else, the Wii sells worse in Japan than anywhere else, literally nothing but Nintendo's major pushed efforts in motion control are selling at all (and in spite of what you believe, there's plenty of motion-based software getting released for the thing, it's just shit-level crap that never gets talked about), and even Nintendo's major pushed efforts are yielding poorer and poorer returns.
If you can find a way to account for all of that occuring without Japan getting tired of motion controls, I'm all ears.
Kinect is doing well only because it is being heavily advertised.
Move is a highly derivative product that makes no attempts at differentiating itself. It comes off a cheap knockoff like the Vii systems in the USA preloaded with a bunch of genesis roms. Kinect is going to bomb no matter what, theres no salvaging the xbox brand in Japan.
As to your next points, I HAVE been paying attention to media create threads for the longest, so I'm well aware of the situation in japan right now. That situation being whereas the ps3 sells more than the wii, but the ps3 itself is not selling well, just better. That might have something to do with -as I said- no steady stream of software for the wii to prop itself up between tentpole releases. We both know Wii Party is doing well, and I honestly don't expect amateur hour software utilizing motion control to stand out to consumers either. Unless your data suggests that outside of Japan its the typical norm for certain shovelware to sell hundreds of thousands of units. Again I don't have access to any data like that, so I'll concede the point if that's the case.spoiler (click to show/hide)let's ignore Just dance[close]
I still think motion controls are desirable to many many people worldwide, its just that they aren't being served with new desirable software. Nintendo made the huge mistake of expecting third parties to pick up the slack, while releasing nothing for long periods of time. They have failed to capitalize on their new customers as a result.
Ehn, whatever duder. I didn't have the energy to argue with people about this shit at GAF anymore, I'm certainly not going to do it here. I bow to your superior knowledge of the Japanese people.
Move is a highly derivative product that makes no attempts at differentiating itself. It comes off a cheap knockoff like the Vii systems in the USA preloaded with a bunch of genesis roms. Kinect is going to bomb no matter what, theres no salvaging the xbox brand in Japan.
As to your next points, I HAVE been paying attention to media create threads for the longest, so I'm well aware of the situation in japan right now. That situation being whereas the ps3 sells more than the wii, but the ps3 itself is not selling well, just better. That might have something to do with -as I said- no steady stream of software for the wii to prop itself up between tentpole releases. We both know Wii Party is doing well, and I honestly don't expect amateur hour software utilizing motion control to stand out to consumers either. Unless your data suggests that outside of Japan its the typical norm for certain shovelware to sell hundreds of thousands of units. Again I don't have access to any data like that, so I'll concede the point if that's the case.spoiler (click to show/hide)let's ignore Just dance[close]
I still think motion controls are desirable to many many people worldwide, its just that they aren't being served with new desirable software. Nintendo made the huge mistake of expecting third parties to pick up the slack, while releasing nothing for long periods of time. They have failed to capitalize on their new customers as a result.
Ehn, whatever duder. I didn't have the energy to argue with people about this shit at GAF anymore, I'm certainly not going to do it here. I bow to your superior knowledge of the Japanese people.
DKC didnt do so bad for a Wii game. Certainly better than Other M...
For example, looking just at the effect of hardware bundle sales, we believe that Microsoft's average price for an Xbox 360 sold in November was around $290, which is more than $40 more than last month's average. Moreover, Wedbush's Pachter commented in his notes to investors that one half of all Xbox 360 systems sold in November were bundled with Kinect.:bow
While the hardware bundles were modestly popular in October (when 1/3 of PS3 hardware systems were Move bundles), that popularity has waned through November with the fraction of Move bundles falling to 1/5.
According to Wedbush's Pacter, PS3 titles with “Move” in the title have sold fewer than 200,000 units collectively. (That doesn't count games that have been retrofitted for Move compatibility.)
As for Sony's other systems, the PS2 and PSP, we have little to say. The PSP's hardware sales of about 288,000 units were practically flat in November compared to November 2009. At the same time, software sales have tumbled further, to about half the level seen in November last year.
It is becoming extremely difficult to explain why hardware sales continue at an extremely modest pace while software sales go to zero, outside of some explanation involving firmware hacks and illegally distributed software copies.
If consumer are buying the PSP as a media device only, they are inexplicably declining to purchase more powerful and more feature-rich devices at a similar price.
Finally, the venerable PS2 will probably be considered a dead system after this Christmas. With November sales around 80,000 units, this is the first year since its launch in October 2000 that the system has not sold more than 1 million units.
I think the idea that people are choosing one over the other is a faulty analysis. Wii sold as well this holiday as it did last year in spite of the Kinect launch. Kinect hasn't effected its appeal, at least not yet. There's also the question if Kinect is going to sustain its momentum going into the next year, and I'm not really seeing any software to do that. Sure Suda guy and Panzer Dragoon guy and other niche guys are making games for it, but when did Sin and Punishment 2 and No More Heroes do for sustaining Wii sales? NNNOOOOOOOTTHHHIIIIIIIINNG.You're also forgetting that the 360, unlike the Wii, is very much a hardcore system and a casual system at the same time. There is room for those types of titles on the 360, not so much the Wii. No parent is going to look at that and say "eh, I'll get this for the kid" but there are hundreds of thousands of young gamers who will totally get it for themselves.
It's not even worth the effort arguing with you xshits on this dead forum anymore. I rather argue at SA.
I think the idea that people are choosing one over the other is a faulty analysis. Wii sold as well this holiday as it did last year in spite of the Kinect launch. Kinect hasn't effected its appeal, at least not yet. There's also the question if Kinect is going to sustain its momentum going into the next year, and I'm not really seeing any software to do that. Sure Suda guy and Panzer Dragoon guy and other niche guys are making games for it, but when did Sin and Punishment 2 and No More Heroes do for sustaining Wii sales? NNNOOOOOOOTTHHHIIIIIIIINNG.You're also forgetting that the 360, unlike the Wii, is very much a hardcore system and a casual system at the same time. There is room for those types of titles on the 360, not so much the Wii. No parent is going to look at that and say "eh, I'll get this for the kid" but there are hundreds of thousands of young gamers who will totally get it for themselves.
It's not even worth the effort arguing with you xshits on this dead forum anymore. I rather argue at SA.
I dunno. I think a lot of hardcore gamers are against it, but tons of them bought the Wii when it came out and cried when hardcore games on the system tanked. I think they're open to it but were burned pretty hard with the Wii. But I guess we'll find out when hardcore Kinect games actually make it out.I think the idea that people are choosing one over the other is a faulty analysis. Wii sold as well this holiday as it did last year in spite of the Kinect launch. Kinect hasn't effected its appeal, at least not yet. There's also the question if Kinect is going to sustain its momentum going into the next year, and I'm not really seeing any software to do that. Sure Suda guy and Panzer Dragoon guy and other niche guys are making games for it, but when did Sin and Punishment 2 and No More Heroes do for sustaining Wii sales? NNNOOOOOOOTTHHHIIIIIIIINNG.You're also forgetting that the 360, unlike the Wii, is very much a hardcore system and a casual system at the same time. There is room for those types of titles on the 360, not so much the Wii. No parent is going to look at that and say "eh, I'll get this for the kid" but there are hundreds of thousands of young gamers who will totally get it for themselves.
I'm specifically referring to the long term appeal of Kinect, not the host console. Hardcores have made it plenty clear that the notion of having to exert ones self is a hostile threat to their hobby.
This is like that flood scene from Fantasia, but instead of water, its fanboy tears.
Our checks indicate a near nationwide sellout of Kinect, which is on pace to be the fastest-selling device of all time. We have lifted our forward ests. Kinect is also an important psychological win for Microsoft and its success may help neutralize the current negative
sentiment on the stock.
It is selling at 2.5x the rate of the iPad since debut: Kinect is on track to sell 100,000 units per day through Christmas (five million units over 50 days); the iPad sold 1mm units in the first 27 days it was available. However, Kinect sales are likely to slow post the holiday season.
Still, the technology has applicability beyond gaming, and we see Kinect as an important psychological win for Microsoft as it seeks to regain relevance in consumer tech.
You know what is most amazing about this NPD is that CoD has become so popular that the PS3 version nipped at the heels of Halo Reach for first month sales. It kind of puts in perspective how much the game has outpaced everything else out there.
Does Kinect come with a game? Kinda surprising it's doing so well without a killer app
COD is like PS3 Halo.It helps the system much more than any exclusive game.Those millions will be there next year too.
I'm sure the move is actually a decent motion controller. But after somebody climbs everest you don't want to be the next guy who comes along just to say, "I climbed it faster" and try to plant your flag. There is no mind share in that.
COD is like PS3 Halo.It helps the system much more than any exclusive game.Those millions will be there next year too.
Browsing the gaf thread, the PS3 MP is shit and a lot of people are pissed off to the point of selling the game.
I love how Sony has failed to emulate Nintendo twice now. I had almost forgotten about the laughable gyro controller shit they threw together back when Lair was considered a potential hit. From what I've heard Move works really well, but at the end of they day casuals already have the Wii and the hardcore already rejected the tech. There's really no ground for them to plant a flag here.
In a couple years I'm sure they'll have a new must-have addon that Sony fans will hype then dismiss once it fails.
A couple more figures from the IW episode:
Dance Central - 350k
Halo Reach - 355k
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit PS3 - 203k
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 360 - 201k
Metroid Other M LTD ~ 300k
Iron Man 2 DS - >40k
41. FIFA 360 - 98k
Number 60 game sold about 75k.
Since NFS sold 417k total, that'd mean the PC/Wii games did 13k total.
A couple more figures from the IW episode:
Dance Central - 350k
Kinect Sports - 323k
Halo Reach - 355k
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit PS3 - 203k
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 360 - 201k
Metroid Other M LTD ~ 300k
Iron Man 2 DS - >40k
Michael Jackson The Experience ~ 100k
Goldeneye Wii - 73k
36. Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2 360
41. FIFA 360 - 98k
Number 60 game sold about 75k.
Wheel of Fortune Wii > Kinectimals
Since NFS sold 417k total, that'd mean the PC/Wii games did 13k total.
Wheel of Fortune Wii > Kinectimals