Author Topic: June NPD Numbers (Read 16423 times)

Grecco · « **Reply #120 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:51:31 PM »

Ketastrophy keeping up the EB meme at Gaf. Good Jon

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #121 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:54:30 PM »

edit: dammit

gibletsngravy · « **Reply #122 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:55:40 PM »

Where is the wario picture from?

Hollywood · « **Reply #123 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:55:58 PM »

Nintendo officially back on top in North America for the first time since the SNES. 360 is now relegated to the niche minority, along with such groups as scientologists and emo music listeners. :kylielaff

hyp · « **Reply #124 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:56:54 PM »

good jon hollywood

Tigerriot · « **Reply #125 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:03:23 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on July 17, 2008, 07:29:21 PM

i never expected MGS4 to sell so well, i thought it would bomb, those numbers are incredible. Good Jon Everyone.

last month of X360 being in the lead, year of PS3 continues, gap closing month by month!

The words "butt" and "hurt" come to mind.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #126 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:05:25 PM »

have fun with wii music, hollywood

the game only epileptics can truly master

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #127 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:06:27 PM »

I'm surprised by 360 falling, even if it will take til 2019 to close the gap at this rate. With the software outselling PS3 software 2:1, you'd think the hardware would be doing likewise.

Hollywood · « **Reply #128 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:09:35 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on July 17, 2008, 08:06:06 PM

Quote from: Hollywood on July 17, 2008, 07:55:58 PM
Nintendo officially back on top in North America for the first time since the SNES. 360 is now relegated to the niche minority, along with such groups as scientologists and emo music listeners. :kylielaff
don't forget wrestling fans

A group I'm not a part of. Sorry loser. Try again.

Jansen · « **Reply #129 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:12:43 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12028492&postcount=256
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12028576&postcount=288

jesus christ

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #130 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:14:31 PM »

JustinP · « **Reply #131 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:20:00 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on July 17, 2008, 08:14:26 PM

Dyfb's alt account?

you're trying too hard

Mupepe · « **Reply #132 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:20:20 PM »

MGS4

Tigerriot · « **Reply #133 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:22:25 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on July 17, 2008, 08:14:53 PM

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The words "butt" and "hurt" come to mind.

maybe i'm out of my mind, i expected MGS4 to do well. I actually thought it DID do well too , especially for the userbase.
But sony fans faking surprise at the numbers and retrospectively saying "oh i thought they'd be way lower!" is lol worthy.
No one should be surprised that the game did this well - faking shock for effect is for milksops.

re: gap closing - it's closing for sure. Just not at a screamingly fast rate. Dunno what i can say beyond that, given that's pretty much true.

I think the fact that you actually believe that people are "faking" their shock, says all that needs to be said on this topic.

I guess I'm an idiot, because I honestly was expecting something around 500,000 for MGS4 myself. The 700,000 + did surprise me. The MGS series has never had Halo or GTA level success. Not to mention the last game didn't do so great overall with a MASSIVE userbase. So yes, I do think these sales are a bit surprising considering the current userbase.

Hollywood · « **Reply #134 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:22:32 PM »

Also good figures:

Top First Month Sales in US, this gen:
1. Halo 3 - 3.3 million
2. SSBB - 2.7 million
3. GTA 4 360 - 1.85 million
4. CoD 4 360 - 1.57 million
5. Galaxy - 1.12 million
6. MK Wii - 1.12 million
7. Gears - 1.0 million
8. GTA IV PS3 - 1.0 million
9. Assassin's Creed 360 - 0.98 million
10. Madden NFL 08 360 - 0.89 million
11. MGS4 - 0.77 million
12. R6 Vegas 2 360 - 0.75 million
13. Wii Fit - 0.68 million
14. Army of Two 360 - 0.60 million
15. Madden NFL 07 360 - 0.57 million

Bububu ... nongames are taking over! Bububu Nintendo's ruining the industry!

Sysgen · « **Reply #135 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:22:46 PM »

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Wii : 666k

The Number of the Beast.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #136 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:25:14 PM »

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #137 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:30:14 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12029024&postcount=424
Deja vu

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #138 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:30:51 PM »

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #139 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:31:35 PM »

now that mgsfags have had their day, perhaps next month will put the non-budget graphics platforms -- the 360 and the pc -- back on top

JustinP · « **Reply #140 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:32:40 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on July 17, 2008, 08:23:17 PM

Quote from: JustinP on July 17, 2008, 08:20:00 PM
Quote from: mojovonio on July 17, 2008, 08:14:26 PM
Dyfb's alt account?
you're trying too hard
u mad?

yeah, fuming. you're so awesome.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #141 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:34:46 PM »

hey, i'm mad

muckhole · « **Reply #142 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:47:56 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 17, 2008, 01:27:10 PM

(Image removed from quote.)

Just finally saw this. Awesome, if I may say so.

Oblivion · « **Reply #143 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:49:03 PM »

I wonder how that MGS4 figure compares with previous entries.

Hollywood · « **Reply #144 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:49:29 PM »

Quote from: ParticleReality on July 17, 2008, 08:42:13 PM

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So after June's numbers, anyone think Square is having second thoughts on the FFXIII announcement?

How fucking stupid is this person?

He's right on the money, they're definitely having second thoughts. I mean, who goes and makes a business decision that will make more money? Now they're going to have to have to do all that work to find out what to DO with the extra money, where to budget it, etc. I mean, thats all a huge hassle.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #145 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:52:08 PM »

A bit higher than I thought. Good jon Sony!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #146 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:54:51 PM »

Guitar Hero On Tour outsold Aerosmith. Over the hill rockers owned.

drohne · « **Reply #147 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:58:37 PM »

oh god i just wrote several complete sentences about console sales i'm going to go shoot myself

Jansen · « **Reply #148 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:01:40 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on July 17, 2008, 08:53:44 PM

all that said this is Square "we'll use all the cash we get from the DS stuff to fund PS3 dev" Enix we are talking about.

The best thing about the multiplatform move for FF13 isn't even the Xfag victory, it's seeing Nomura look like a twat (i mean, a bigger twat than usual) .

how does it make nomura look like a twat? i never read interviews with him so i wouldn't know.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #149 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:11:14 PM »

I just hope the whole ff13 thing is the final kick in the nuts, probably the 30th kick too, to fucking make Sony realize that they can not continue to rest on the laurels of the success they had with PS2.

Tigerriot · « **Reply #150 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:34:50 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on July 17, 2008, 09:11:14 PM

I just hope the whole ff13 thing is the final kick in the nuts, probably the 30th kick too, to fucking make Sony realize that they can not continue to rest on the laurels of the success they had with PS2.

At this point they don't have the money or the userbase to convince companies like Square to stay exclusive.

Crushed · « **Reply #151 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:43:06 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on July 17, 2008, 09:05:38 PM

could well be that well documented "stop being fanboys" Wada internal rant was a shot across his bow.

The whatty what now?

y2kev · « **Reply #152 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:50:34 PM »

woot woot

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #153 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:52:42 PM »

Pretty surprised at MGS4 standalone sales and GH on DS.

Bocsius · « **Reply #154 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:08:07 PM »

PS3 did well. Bundles work.

Microsoft, next time, bundle Halo 3 with the limited edition Halo console. No, really!

Anyway, we'll see how it plays out next month. Residual bundles/MGS4 effect or dampened effect due to 80GB @ $400 announcement (for September, right)? Higher 360 numbers due to 20GB "fire sale" (laughing emoticon) or people waiting for 60GB model? Probably a bit of everything.

Oh, and this is now 32 months into the 360 lifespan with the entry-point SKU being a grand total of $20 cheaper than launch. Microsoft's so lucky Sony screwed the pooch at the beginning. Now about Nintendo...

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #155 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:15:55 PM »

Quote from: Bocsius on July 17, 2008, 10:08:07 PM

Oh, and this is now 32 months into the 360 lifespan with the entry-point SKU being a grand total of $20 cheaper than launch. Microsoft's so lucky Sony screwed the pooch at the beginning.

Talk about dropping the ball. MS has virtually no cohesive strategy when it comes to marketing and their pricing strategy is a joke, despite there being manufacturing efficiencies. The one thing they are doing right, at least in the near term, is continuing to deliver good games. But who knows how long that will last since Rare is their premiere in-house developer.

MCD · « **Reply #156 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:20:26 PM »

pretty surprised at NG2 numbers, with it's lower reviews and mgs4 i expected it to sell pretty bad. but if wiki is right, it outdid the first ninja gaiden by about 10k, good stuff.

and mgs4 numbers are pretty good, couple that with about 600k in japan and whatever in europe, yeah it is doing more than fine.

MCD · « **Reply #157 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:27:14 PM »

also i like how evilore started the thread this time, he really likes mgs, doesn't he?

y2kev · « **Reply #158 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:30:19 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on July 17, 2008, 10:20:26 PM

pretty surprised at NG2 numbers, with it's lower reviews and mgs4 i expected it to sell pretty bad. but if wiki is right, it outdid the first ninja gaiden by about 10k, good stuff.

i don't really think this is that good. the series has cachet now, is well promoted on the net, tv, and live serice, and xbox 360 is filled with hardcore gamers. i'd imagine this is frontloaded-- i kind of think it will crawl to 500k in America. That's about what the original did, no? I would have to imagine there won't be any rereleases with itagaki, but we'll see.

I should say that they are good numbers. 300k+ for any game is definitely good. But it's quite amazing to see the divide between DMC and NG even on just one platform.

Bocsius · « **Reply #159 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:31:45 PM »

People probably remember not being able to get past the horse-back boss in Chapter 2 in the first game and stayed well enough away from this one.

Right, duckman?

JustinP · « **Reply #160 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:33:09 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on July 17, 2008, 10:27:14 PM

also i like how evilore started the thread this time, he really likes mgs, doesn't he?

MCD · « **Reply #161 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:33:48 PM »

yeah, ms promotion helped a lot here.

if they aren't releasing a black edition, then you can bet your ass they are gonna rape everyone to death with dlc (which they are already doing) or a ps3 port.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #162 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:52:01 PM »

Quote from: Bocsius on July 17, 2008, 10:31:45 PM

People probably remember not being able to get past the horse-back boss in Chapter 2 in the first game and stayed well enough away from this one.

Right, duckman?

I would have persevered, but really... rubber Ninjas and stupid looking monsters is for dummies.

Stupid dumb game.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #163 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:01:14 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on July 17, 2008, 10:27:14 PM

also i like how evilore started the thread this time, he really likes mgs, doesn't he?

Didn't he explain all of these reason in the OP? Server issues and such.

MCD · « **Reply #164 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:02:03 PM »

huh, the horseback boss is actually itagaki's favorite thing in the whole game.

edit: why read when i can have my own conspiracy theories.

Draft · « **Reply #165 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:07:22 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on July 17, 2008, 10:52:01 PM

Quote from: Bocsius on July 17, 2008, 10:31:45 PM
People probably remember not being able to get past the horse-back boss in Chapter 2 in the first game and stayed well enough away from this one.

Right, duckman?

I would have persevered, but really... rubber Ninjas and stupid looking monsters is for dummies.

Stupid dumb game.

You are going to play the stupid looking card after hyping Haze and those bee people?

Goddamn you.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #166 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:30:41 PM »

Quote from: Draft on July 17, 2008, 11:07:22 PM

Quote from: duckman2000 on July 17, 2008, 10:52:01 PM
Quote from: Bocsius on July 17, 2008, 10:31:45 PM
People probably remember not being able to get past the horse-back boss in Chapter 2 in the first game and stayed well enough away from this one.

Right, duckman?

I would have persevered, but really... rubber Ninjas and stupid looking monsters is for dummies.

Stupid dumb game.

You are going to play the stupid looking card after hyping Haze and those bee people?

Goddamn you.

Hey, I more or less stopped hyping Haze once it was actually shown in detail. After that, I mostly relayed information because no one else had the balls to do it, and spent the rest of the time fighting dumbtards who posted classics like "generic," moments after griping about the character designs being too unusual.

Still, I'm not convinced that the bee-helmets are worse than rubber ninjas and stupid looking monsters. NG has a bit of a Rareware touch that way.

Grecco · « **Reply #167 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:37:02 PM »

Rareware?

drohne · « **Reply #168 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:46:29 PM »

team ninja's visual design is uniquely bad, but ninja gaiden is so good. i don't know why i still haven't played the sequel -- bought it at launch. i got so excessively into mgs4, and other games are so unreceptive to that kind of investment, that i haven't played much of anything in the last month

Tigerriot · « **Reply #169 on:** July 18, 2008, 12:27:30 AM »

Quote from: McDragon on July 17, 2008, 10:27:14 PM

also i like how evilore started the thread this time, he really likes mgs, doesn't he?

He quite clearly stated that SonyCowboy was MIA, so he created the thread an hour later than normal. Didn't exactly look like he was jumping the gun due to his unbridled excitement.

bud · « **Reply #170 on:** July 18, 2008, 09:49:13 AM »

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1. PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4, Konami, 6/08—774.6K

mgs4

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While the attached media report does not include units bundled with hardware, if included MGS4 sold-through nearly 1 million units."

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Author Topic: June NPD Numbers (Read 16423 times)