Wow, 360 still on top.
Perennial powerhouse Madden NFL 11 outran its competition in August.
The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the EA Sports title took No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, on The NPD Group's monthly sales charts. Combined, Madden sold 1.8 million copies, outpacing the 1.75 million copies sold in its inaugural month last year (that total includes a PS2 version that sold 120,000).
However, sales were not enough to prevent the industry's fifth straight decline. Total sales of video games, systems and accessories amounted to about $819 million, 10% below August 2009, according to NPD's report. Hardware sales dropped 5%, while software sales dropped 14%.
"In fact, this month reflected the lowest sales for August since 2006," says NPD's Anita Frazier. "While all categories are down in both dollars and units, the portable portion of the industry is down to a greater extent than is the console portion."
Portable sales (hardware, software and accessories) is down 25%, compared to last August; console dollar sales are down 6%, she says. However, 2010 could still show top 2009's $19.66 billion total. "Factoring in seasonality and taking into account some of the incredible games and accessories (PlayStation Move and Microsoft's Kinect) that are coming out during the remainder of the year, new physical retail video game sales are likely to land in the range of $18.6 to $20 billion for the year."
interesting how close madden 11 PS3 is to the 360 version.
interesting how close madden 11 PS3 is to the 360 version.
EA has been making a pretty aggressive effort in the last year or so on the PS3. A lot of things like advertising with Sony and offering betas first on the PS3. They probably feel they have a loyal audience there from the PS 2 era that is upgrading.
2009:
* Wii - 277,400
* Xbox 360 - 215,400
* PS3 - 210,000
* NDS - 552,900
* PSP - 140,300
* PS2 - 105,900
# Madden NFL 10 (360) / Electronic Arts / 928,000
# Wii Sports Resort w/ Wii Motion Plus (Wii) / Nintendo / 754,000
# Madden NFL 10 (PS3) / Electronic Arts/ 665,000
# Batman: Arkham Asylum (360) / Square Enix (Eidos) / 303,000
# Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) / Square Enix (Eidos) / 290,000
# Madden NFL 10 (PS2) / Electronic Arts / 160,000
# Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP) / Square Enix / 130,000
# Wii Fit (Wii) / Nintendo / 128,000
# Mario Kart w/ Wheel (Wii) / Nintendo / 120,000
# Fossil Fighters (DS) / Nintendo / 92,000
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
DQ9 DIDN'T CHART
The 360 and PS3 platforms both grew in dollar sales versus last year. In fact, the 360 platform contributed more than 1/3 of total new physical retail sales across hardware, software and accessories while the PS3 platform contributed over 1/4 of total dollar sales."
Blizzard's PC game Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty -- had it qualified as a console video game -- actually would hit the charts with more than 300,000 copies sold. "In fact, PC games retail dollar sales saw a 35% increase over last August," Frazier says.
I was *HOPING* otherwise
The HD twins have increased compared to the same time last year while the Wii has decreased once again
Software includes sales of new physical games sold at retail; does not include revenue from used, digital downloads, dlc, rental, subscription, mobile or social network games.
NPD will report on the total market, including these other forms of revenue, on a quarterly basis in the near future.
If there isn't a thread for it on evilbore, it might as well not exist!(http://i44.tinypic.com/25h1x54.jpg)
Quote2009:
* Wii - 277,400
* Xbox 360 - 215,400
* PS3 - 210,000
* NDS - 552,900
* PSP - 140,300
* PS2 - 105,900
The HD twins have increased compared to the same time last year while the Wii has decreased once again
This is what it would look like.
Yeah, I could definitely see the Wii spiking with a price drop. Hasn't it been a year since the drop to $200?
If anything they'll repackage with Wii Sports Resort and a motion plus for the same price.
Not here they didn't.
Wow, 360 still on top.
That's only because the PS3 is having supply constraint problems...
IO interactive had a good run.
IO interactive had a good run.
Stop making those shitty Kane and Lynch games and make fucking the next Freedom Fighters please.
IO interactive had a good run.
Stop making those shitty Kane and Lynch games and make fucking the next Freedom Fighters please.
[youtube=560,345]ZV3u9Tt9Oe8[/youtube]
No they didn't.
K&L2 has a cutscene where a chick gets raped and you play a whole level running buck ass naked with lacerations all over you. I'd say it's a pretty cool game.
K&L2 has a cutscene where a chick gets raped and you play a whole level running buck ass naked with lacerations all over you. I'd say it's a pretty cool game.
not for nothing, but both Kand and Lynch and Mafia charted well in Europe.
and I beat K&L2 in a rental period, I don't recall rape of any sort. But it was a pretty not bad game.
well DQ at 18 so Himu gets a victory somewhat.
well DQ at 18 so Himu gets a victory somewhat.
You guys do realize that DQIX came out in July, right? That it already charted last month, sold about 130k. Or was everybody hoping that it was going to become a perennial powerhouse like NSMB DS and still be in the Top 10 after 5 years?
Also there is a big whole missing amount of money via digital distribution that isn't being take into account at all. Not just on PC's but on consoles via XBLA, PSN.
Also there is a big whole missing amount of money via digital distribution that isn't being take into account at all. Not just on PC's but on consoles via XBLA, PSN.
http://www.conceivablytech.com/1926/business/us-digital-game-sales-almost-at-parity-with-physical-purchases/
Gah. I seriously wonder if anyone is making money at this point. Time to bail out of the industry!
It is just the calm before the storm that is TWO WORLDS II.
It is just the calm before the storm that is HALO REACH.
It is just the calm before the storm that is HALO REACH.
is anyone looking forward to HALO: Reacharound?
A friend of mine who isn't a messageboard nerd at all was telling me "why don't they just make Halo 4 instead another Halo 3 expansion."
Anecdotal, sure, but it's a bit telling how ODST damaged the brand.
I think that crown has to go to CoD this gen.
WW2 again? I'm thinking Call of Duty is done. (Millions of sales)
Every year? I think Call of Duty is done (More millions)
Treyarch? (More Millions)
WW2 in the Pacific? This Franchise has run its course (12 milion+ sales)
I just feel like ODST really took a huge crap all over the brand. everyone played Halo 3, less than everyone played ODST, and no one at work seems excited about Reach - the reaction is more "oh, God, more Halo."
everything about Reach looks like furious backpedalling to make it a "return to our roots" which is usually the line you start trotting out when a band/artist/brand is so creatively stagnated that nobody knows what to do with it anymore but by God, you need to keep pumping out content.
I don't doubt it'll still sell very well (of course) but I think it will come in significantly under 3 and even a bit under ODST
I just feel like ODST really took a huge crap all over the brand. everyone played Halo 3, less than everyone played ODST, and no one at work seems excited about Reach - the reaction is more "oh, God, more Halo."
everything about Reach looks like furious backpedalling to make it a "return to our roots" which is usually the line you start trotting out when a band/artist/brand is so creatively stagnated that nobody knows what to do with it anymore but by God, you need to keep pumping out content.
I don't doubt it'll still sell very well (of course) but I think it will come in significantly under 3 and even a bit under ODST
I think it will outdo odst pretty comfortably. As far as Halo 3, I'm not sure. That was the highwater mark probably for Halo interest in general but then the userbase is much bigger than it was back then. I would guess it would either be close or surpass it since this will essentially probably be the penultimate version of Halo for this gen.
A friend of mine who isn't a messageboard nerd at all was telling me "why don't they just make Halo 4 instead another Halo 3 expansion."
Anecdotal, sure, but it's a bit telling how ODST damaged the brand.
ODST was crap but alot of the "regular people" I know on xbox live are very hyped about Reach.
i was interested in halo when i heard the gearbox rumor (even though i have my problems with gearbox)
a brothers in arms style squad based tactical shooter with a halo skin over it would have made a much more interesting odst
That means "next-to-last"; not sure that's what you meant. :)
i'd really dig a halo battlefield, now that you mention it
i tend to enjoy all battlefield type games
halo fanboys will always continue to buy halo games even if it was just a turd in a box.
halo fanboys will always continue to buy halo games even if it was just a turd in a box.
It isn't already?
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/10/halo-reach-will-outsell-call-of-duty-black-ops-mcgill-says/halo is coming off two back to back poorly received titles, CoD is coming off 3 extremely well received titles.
According to the 2010 International Games Survey by market research firm Newzoo, there are 40.1 million people in the U.S. who play games on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The total number of gamers in the U.S. on Nintendo DS and DSi consoles was 41 million. (For reference, Sony’s PSP has a mere 18 million players). Basically, you have the same number of people playing games on iOS devices as on Nintendo DS consoles.
Warman is betting on touch winning the day. “I think even Apple didn’t realize how many parents would be handing their iPhones and iPod touch devices to their kids to play games. The new generation is finding games on them so intuitive that they will have a hard time getting back to gaming on the computer or on the DS. They will only accept a minimal amount of button-pushing.”
Nice to see how Wii's sales are plummeting. :lol
I didn't realize the playstation waggle stuff was next week too.
I didn't realize the playstation waggle stuff was next week too.
I wonder if we will get actual numbers on that stuff or have to rely on sony spin. I have a feeling that thing is gonna tank.
We should get actual software numbers, right? I mean, most of the software seems to be out right now.
I didn't realize the playstation waggle stuff was next week too.
I wonder if we will get actual numbers on that stuff or have to rely on sony spin. I have a feeling that thing is gonna tank.
I just now realized that Reach was coming out next week. I didn't realize the playstation waggle stuff was next week too. I thought the only game I'd be getting was Gladiator Begins (not to say I'm getting the move)
Would you prefer it if it had a song from a famous pop star, and they were a merry band of warriors off to save the world?
Would you prefer it if it had a song from a famous pop star, and they were a merry band of warriors off to save the world?
deliver hope is, like, the best videogame commercial ever, are you distinguished mentally-challenged or something?
Halo's 9/11 was Harvest.
I don't even know what that is.
I saw a trailer that had a bunch of dudes land on a planet, run through big open empty environments shooting covenant that kept landing and bursting out of pods and then they get to a ship and fly into space and it becomes a crappy space shooter. Looked the worst SP ever in a Halo.
I don't even know what that is.
I saw a trailer that had a bunch of dudes land on a planet, run through big open empty environments shooting covenant that kept landing and bursting out of pods and then they get to a ship and fly into space and it becomes a crappy space shooter. Looked the worst SP ever in a Halo.
watch this, in hd, then shut the fuck up, seriously you look like a jackass right now:
[youtube=560,345]JMYrKTU8Hmc[/youtube]
I don't even know what that is.
I saw a trailer that had a bunch of dudes land on a planet, run through big open empty environments shooting covenant that kept landing and bursting out of pods and then they get to a ship and fly into space and it becomes a crappy space shooter. Looked the worst SP ever in a Halo.
watch this, in hd, then shut the fuck up, seriously you look like a jackass right now:
[youtube=560,345]JMYrKTU8Hmc[/youtube]
watch this, in hd, then shut the fuck up, seriously you look like a jackass right now:
[youtube=560,345]JMYrKTU8Hmc[/youtube]
"There are those that said this day would never come.
What are they to say now?"
So ominous, and ultimately so unrewarding.
Trolls hating on Halo, what a surprise. Guess they mad that Halo invented FPS 8)
So a commercial with no gameplay footage is supposed to get me hyped about a game?
and this supposed to make me excited? Really.
was way more hyped on the Halo 2 and Halo 3 tv spot/trailer they showed at the time.
Halo is actually the only FPS I play. The rest of the genre can go disappear in an Afghan cave.
As much as I like to complain about Bungie's utter ineptitude when it comes to Halo's story, I still enjoy playing the games. (Not counting ODST, of course.)
I don't even know what that is.
I saw a trailer that had a bunch of dudes land on a planet, run through big open empty environments shooting covenant that kept landing and bursting out of pods and then they get to a ship and fly into space and it becomes a crappy space shooter. Looked the worst SP ever in a Halo.
watch this, in hd, then shut the fuck up, seriously you look like a jackass right now:
[youtube=560,345]JMYrKTU8Hmc[/youtube]
Mario is lame too :yuck
Trolls hating on Halo, what a surprise. Guess they mad that Halo invented FPS 8)
They are just jealous...in few days the ultimate fps will be released.
I don't even know what that is.
I saw a trailer that had a bunch of dudes land on a planet, run through big open empty environments shooting covenant that kept landing and bursting out of pods and then they get to a ship and fly into space and it becomes a crappy space shooter. Looked the worst SP ever in a Halo.
watch this, in hd, then shut the fuck up, seriously you look like a jackass right now:
[youtube=560,345]JMYrKTU8Hmc[/youtube]
All I care about is fun. Whatever the "fun" fps is, I'll play. People can take their "competitive" listing of games and shove it. Just saying.
Halo is fun. Call of Duty is fun. Battlefield is fun. There are other shooters that are fun also. That's all normal human beings care about.
I'm with Stoney.
The only fun fps game is Duke Nukem 3D
Would you prefer it if it had a song from a famous pop star, and they were a merry band of warriors off to save the world?:rofl
if u like gaylo you just aint my friend sorry guys
if u like gaylo you just aint my friend sorry guys
hey how does it feel to be on the losing team this month, loser?
Evilbore has shittier npd threads than gaf. Losers!
that Deliver Hope ad is pretty much exactly like the parody I came up with a few weeks ago with my coworkers
so tired of the Halo/Gears military fetishism/slo-mo/"moving" piano or acoustic soundtrack/CG commercial nonsense
"see, it's a space military shooter, but this commercial is set to something slow and contemplative instead of Hans Zimmer, wowwwwwwwwww"
it's the exact same RAH RAH jingoistic nonsense as Michael Bay only it has the added side effect of making you all look like weepy figurts to boot. at least Bay is honest about his obscene emotional manipulations.spoiler (click to show/hide)I'm not talking about the game at all, just the awful, awful commercials. :P[close]
Evilbore has shittier npd threads than gaf. Losers!
howard allen treesongs avatar is perfect for him, i can just imagine a guy with those glasses and a cunty expression on his face, who has a bleeding heart for fag political issues, droning on about how fucking with it he is all the god damn time
howard allen treesongs avatar is perfect for him, i can just imagine a guy with those glasses and a cunty expression on his face, who has a bleeding heart for fag political issues, droning on about how fucking with it he is all the god damn time
too bad you dont like to play videogames, otherwise you'd own a 360
too bad you dont like to play videogames, otherwise you'd own a 360
i own a 360 wii and ap s3 and a ds and a psp
Ah, so sweet. Another about turn , trou drop, touch toe exercise for the Sony Kazuals :
"lol GAYLO!!!" ---> "oh Killzone and Resistance ? Oh i like FPSes now! This is my first one, how do they work again?"
"lol waggle gaming isn't gaming, lol Wii" ---> "Oh i like waggle now as long as i have a glowing dildo as a controller and a camera to watch my every move! I'm an attention whore that way, this is as good as it gets. Are there any good games for it? Oh sweet, i always wanted to play a waggle sports game!"
Sony fans don't need to be trolled any more , they do i themselves - you just have to give them a year or two and all thier trolling comes back to impose the most horrific style of "nuke from orbit" ownership.
Enjoy your Move, Methodis! Full report please!spoiler (click to show/hide)mine has been in my in cart, out my in card, in my in cart and it is, as of this morning, back out... i'll usually give anything a whirl but i seriously can't see me playing any of the games. Will hold until Time Crisis most likely[close]
From TGS conference...$200 million on day one....and 360 is currently number one selling console in EU
Brand may not have peaked but the game did with Halo 1.
It has,Halo 3 sold like $170 million in first 24 hours
Halo Reach also has more expensive SKUs than Halo 3 did. It needs to sell more copies.
tiesto i fucking hate gaylo i want to burn it to a stake and kill any xbox fan who loves it but god damn if Reach isnt fun and amazing