February NPD (360 rapes)

[Bebpo]

MvC3 numbers are good, means SMvC3 should be a definite next year

[tiesto]

Any DQ6 sales data? DQ9 did OK in the states and I was wondering if that continued somewhat.

[iconoclast]

Sounds like more wah wah to me

Not really. There's an amazing game underneath all the crap in MvC3, Capcom just needs to sort it out.

[Himu]

I want another Capcom vs SNK

[AdmiralViscen]

Seems good for DS2, bad for Bulletstorm, and worse for KZ3

[Robo]

MvC3 was a bit of a disappointment as a package -- the online comes off as an afterthought and I have yet to play a round as smooth as an average SSF4 match.  Otherwise, the game itself is very good for the most part.  Let's not forget SF4 wasn't exactly solid gold out of the box, either.

real talk: scrubby Sentinel cheese and overpowered X-factor > god tier Sagat and Ryu and hit-trade DP into Ultra shenanigans

[Cormacaroni]

This is what happens when you name yourself after your favorite console's ranking.

[Raban]

Man, when did the NPD start being so good?

[Stoney Mason]

Man, when did the NPD start being so good?

Wait till next month when Crysis 2 tanks.

[Raban]

Again, so good.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Killzone 3 is the best sellign exclusive that month how ist hat a bad thing?


Oh wait anything except number one is a bad thing in xbot land.

Who wuldve thunk it 

[cool breeze]

Man, when did the NPD start being so good?

Wait till next month when Crysis 2 tanks.

And Nintendo Dogs and Cats 3DS tops the list

I mean right under Pokemon

[Raban]

Man, when did the NPD start being so good?

Wait till next month when Crysis 2 tanks.

And Nintendo Dogs and Cats 3DS tops the list

I mean right under Pokemon

[iconoclast]

Killzone 3 is the best sellign exclusive that month how ist hat a bad thing?

No it's not. Just Dance 2 is the best selling exclusive.

 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

just cause 2 isnt exclusive its coming on other systems

[SantaC]

just cause 2 isnt exclusive its coming on other systems

Just Cause 2 is already out on all systems.

[Phoenix Dark]

Killzone 3 is the best sellign exclusive that month how ist hat a bad thing?

 

[maxy]

Below is the latest, best-selling list of video games in the U.S. to date as provided by NPD:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Wii Play W/ Remote
3. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
4. Guitar Hero III Legends Of Rock
5. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
6. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
7. Mario Kart w/ Wheel
8. New Super Mario Bros
9. Wii Fit
10. Call Of Duty: World At War

Note: NPD has only begun tracking video games sales since the late 90s. NPD does not track digital game sales.

Same chart

1. Activision
2. Nintendo W/ Remote
3. Activision
4. Activision
5. Take 2
6. Activision
7. Nintendo w/ Wheel
8. Nintendo
9. Nintendo
10. Activision

[WrikaWrek]

That's all right sony bitches, the ecosystem is safe.

[magus]

BAN MAGUS

wha? what did i do?

How did Tactics Ogre do? GOTY

probably 100,000 seeding and 10x more leeching

oh....... LOOK OVER THERE!
*makes a run for it*

[maxy]

Pachter strikes again

While Sony was reluctant to hand out the hardware data, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter passed along the NPD data for the PS3 console: it sold 403,000 units for the month of February. That's up 12% year-over-year but it's still not as good as Xbox 360's 535,000 (27% bump) or Wii's 454,000 (14% rise). Additionally, the PlayStation Move continues to be outsold by Kinect it would seem.

"Under one-fifth of PS3 sales included bundles with Sony’s Move controller, suggesting another modest month (we have chosen not to subscribe to peripheral data). Over 2/3 of Xbox 360 sales included bundles with Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral, as Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles again outsold PS3 Move console bundles by over 5:1," commented Pachter. "We note that the top selling Kinect software titles easily outsold their Move counterparts."

Pachter also reiterated that price cuts are likely forthcoming but that for now 360 and Kinect have the momentum.

"We expect demand for the Xbox 360 to remain stronger than the other consoles due to the popularity of Kinect. We expect Wii and PS3 hardware sales to continue to decline (despite February’s up month for both) in the first part of 2011," he said. "Without further price cuts, we expect hardware sales to be down in 2011, and we think that the console manufacturers will position cuts around the E3 Expo in early June."

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/kinect-bundles-outsold-ps3-move-bundles-51-in-february/

[Purple Filth]

Pachter strikes again

While Sony was reluctant to hand out the hardware data, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter passed along the NPD data for the PS3 console: it sold 403,000 units for the month of February. That's up 12% year-over-year but it's still not as good as Xbox 360's 535,000 (27% bump) or Wii's 454,000 (14% rise). Additionally, the PlayStation Move continues to be outsold by Kinect it would seem.

"Under one-fifth of PS3 sales included bundles with Sony’s Move controller, suggesting another modest month (we have chosen not to subscribe to peripheral data). Over 2/3 of Xbox 360 sales included bundles with Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral, as Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles again outsold PS3 Move console bundles by over 5:1," commented Pachter. "We note that the top selling Kinect software titles easily outsold their Move counterparts."

Pachter also reiterated that price cuts are likely forthcoming but that for now 360 and Kinect have the momentum.

"We expect demand for the Xbox 360 to remain stronger than the other consoles due to the popularity of Kinect. We expect Wii and PS3 hardware sales to continue to decline (despite February’s up month for both) in the first part of 2011," he said. "Without further price cuts, we expect hardware sales to be down in 2011, and we think that the console manufacturers will position cuts around the E3 Expo in early June."

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/kinect-bundles-outsold-ps3-move-bundles-51-in-february/

403k isn't bad but they didin't come out on top so no news.

[maxy]

 

take that xbots

desert picture is pure gold

[CajoleJuice]

[Eel O'Brian]

ps3 really is worth owning now, though

and i have to say sony's really doing some neat, inventive stuff with their in-house games

they just can't seem to shake that stench of failure from the first few years, i guess

[Shaka Khan]

But according to NPD nobody even bothered with any of those games. The average PS3 user is absolutely oblivious to first party efforts.

[Himu]

SONY

*will ignore all of those games except yak 4, last guardian, and uncharted 3*

[cool breeze]

Bangai-O Spirits -- Xbox 360 exclusive

XBLA is getting some cool games like that, Retro City Rampage, and a few others.  Nothing really going on with retail games but they'll announce stuff eventually, even if it will be a lot of Kinect trash.

Hey, at least 360 that list it is still topping the Wii.  Skyward Sword and, um, Conduit 2?

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I'd take Skyward Sword over everything listed expect for Infamous 2 and The Last Guardian 

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[Eel O'Brian]

But according to NPD nobody even bothered with any of those games. The average PS3 user is absolutely oblivious to first party efforts.

yeah, true

dunno what they can do to overcome that kind of apathy

[Himu]

As much shit as people give to Microsoft exclusives, does Sony have a franchise that sells as much as Gears or Halo?

They used to. 

[Purple Filth]

As much shit as people give to Microsoft exclusives, does Sony have a franchise that sells as much as Gears or Halo?

GT.

But giving how thats a racing game and its current outing, yea....


The "ps3 has no games" meme in the eariler days really did a number imo

[maxy]

As much shit as people give to Microsoft exclusives, does Sony have a franchise that sells as much as Gears or Halo?

In US,no.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

wow way to miss the point xbots. Ig uess a game cant be good unless it sells 1 million copies fucking idiots

xbots spinning shit whoduve thunk it 

[maxy]

wow way to miss the point xbots. Ig uess a game cant be good unless it sells 1 million copies fucking idiots

xbots spinning shit whoduve thunk it 

[Himu]

wow way to miss the point xbots. Ig uess a game cant be good unless it sells 1 million copies fucking idiots

xbots spinning shit whoduve thunk it 

[Shaka Khan]

Sales talk in a sales thread

whoduve thunk it

[Raban]

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take that xbots

desert picture is pure gold

As soon as I started reading this the taste of bitter tears arrived on my tongue.

[Mr. Gundam]

*will ignore all of those games except infamous 2, last guardian, and uncharted 3*

Already bought RGG4, so that's it for me.

[Smooth Groove]

But according to NPD nobody even bothered with any of those games. The average PS3 user is absolutely oblivious to first party efforts.

yeah, true

dunno what they can do to overcome that kind of apathy

Stop making sequels to franchisers that people don't give a crap about?  Looking at how many sequels some of those IPs are getting, (Ratchet 4 ), you'd think they sell as well as COD, and sfags criticize Nintendo for milking. 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

xbots have to rely on sales numbers because they dont have ANY games to play that are exclusive 

[Smooth Groove]

sfags have to rely on exclusivity because the PS3 sucks at running better multiplatform games.  

[Shaka Khan]

What was the last exclusive you bought Mud? iirc, you're part of the problem. Stop driving Sony out of business.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Sfags still thinking exclusives mean anything when multiplatform games are the best quality and best selling on 360.

Ergo, Multiplat may as well be exclusive to 360.

Problem?

xbots using backwards logic whudve thunkit 



i havent bought a console game in forever the last one i bought was You Dont Know Jack/Marvel vs capcom3 for 360 otherwise i buy pc gamez. the last exclusive i bought was prob the kinect which i sold a week later

[Shaka Khan]

Damn, I'm more loyal to the Sony brand than you are *shudder*

[demi]

Sfags still thinking exclusives mean anything when multiplatform games are the best quality and best selling on 360.

Ergo, Multiplat may as well be exclusive to 360.

Problem?

xbots using backwards logic whudve thunkit 



i havent bought a console game in forever the last one i bought was You Dont Know Jack/Marvel vs capcom3 for 360 otherwise i buy pc gamez. the last exclusive i bought was prob the kinect which i sold a week later

So... why do you care.

What a loooooooooooooooser

[Himu]

Damn, I'm more loyal to the Sony brand than you are *shudder*

ditto.

high five

[Smooth Groove]

For all the shit that Methodis talks, he's still a true gamer.  Even he realizes that PS3 exclusives aren't worth buying. 

[Raban]

For all the shit that Methodis talks, he's still a true gamer.  Even he realizes that PS3 exclusives aren't worth buying. 

[Shaka Khan]

Ice cold.

[Himu]

For all the shit that Methodis talks, he's still a true gamer.  Even he realizes that PS3 exclusives aren't worth buying. 

[Mupepe]

Twisted Metal and Uncharted 3 are the only PS3 games I'll buy in 2011.

[Mupepe]

I'm easy to please as a gamer.  I enjoy almost anything.

[Mupepe]

[tiesto]

Twisted Metal and Uncharted 3 are the only PS3 games I'll buy in 2011.

Ar Tonelico Qoga for me

And of course Last Guardian if it even comes out this year.

[magus]

you are a good man tiesto
enjoy the loli rpg for me too :'(

[CajoleJuice]

xbots have to rely on sales numbers because they dont have ANY games to play that are exclusive 


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fucking awesome gif

[Third]

Already own LBP2. Definitely getting Motorstorm, Infamous 2, The Last Guardian and Uncharted 3.

For all the shit that Methodis talks, he's still a true gamer.  Even he realizes that PS3 exclusives aren't worth buying. 

Quality games that sell less are usually bought by true gamers. The mass consumer buys crap like Call of Duty, Just Dance or Red Dead Redemption.

 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Sony will never overcome the apathy.  Sony lost when gamers chose the 360 as their multiplatform console of choice.  Some random dude will go to the store and buy a 360 over a PS3 because most of his friends own a 360 so he can have someone to play the latest dudebro game or the latest Madden.

Although I LOL at Sfags downplaying Killzone 3 potential.  It's a nice looking game so unless a lot of assets were reused, Sony probably spent tens of millions of dollars making the game along with tens of millions of dollars spent on those dumbass Kevin Butler ads.  Sony probably spent over $100 million on Failzone 2 and 3, so unlike Kagari, I think Sony expected it to be a cornerstone FPS franchise and a viable alternative to Halo and Gears.  I bet Killzone 3 was too far ahead to just shitcan when Killzone 2 bombed, which might be why it wound up getting made.  If we see a Killzone 4 that isn't on the NGP, I'd be really surprised.

The Real Year of the PS3 limps along

[Great Rumbler]

Most every big-budget game these days is a sequel/remake/spinoff and any game that isn't [and proves successful] gets sequel-spammed as soon as possible [See: Dragon Age, Mass Effect].

[Damian79]

"(insert creative medium) has become too derivative and fresh, original ideas are shunted."

Now apply that to pretty much every generation ever.

No, just NO.  Look at MMO's for example, they are all kill 10 things to kill 10 harder things.  SWTOR was going to be different until the lead or whatever you call him said WoW is a "touchstone" and made SWTOR a WoW clone or its doomed to fail.  Expect more of that shit to happen.  NES devs had no such issue.