Aquamarine
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That's what you get when you launch a system without any killer apps.
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NPD Sales Results for February 2013 [Up5: Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Official PS3/WiiU]
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That's what you get when you launch a system without any killer apps.
DragonSworne
Banned
Or games
velvet_nitemare
Member
Times have changed quite a bit since 2005, I seriously hope to see all you sales dorks on here this time next year when PS4 and the 720 sell no better than WiiU in it's launch window.
Heh sales dorks. Very witty.
New consoles won't have to break a sweat to outsell these shit numbers. They will have 3rd party games to fill the dry spells.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
Times have changed quite a bit since 2005, I seriously hope to see all you sales dorks on here this time next year when PS4 and the 720 sell no better than WiiU in it's launch window
You are calling others here Sales dorks? - In an NPD / sales thread?
Awww man that's salty.
Odd, considering most people have access to Netflix multiple ways now.
Nailed it.
I like Pikmin, but it doesn't really excite me, nor will it create sustainable momentum.
DOA5 says "sup." I couldn't care about the two titles you list. That and Frozen Synapse are the only two titles it has that interest me.
Well, they're not targeting to sell as poorly as the GameCube. They just are (or thereabouts).
CadetMahoney
Member
2D Mario is pretty damned close to a killer app. They sell like crazy.
*raises hand*
Just Dance, Skylanders, people checking out old Mario games, $20 value menu. the console is still an amazing value to anyone who hasn't checked it out before.
AranhaHunter
Banned
Fucking unbelievable the ratio of downloads for Fire Emblem!
Wasn't there a 3DS bundle with a downloadable copy of FE? That might have skewed those numbers a bit. It is still pretty impressive though and going forward DD numbers will be even bigger. It's not outlandish to say that PSV and 3DS DD sales of SW are in the 10-20% at least, PS3 would probably be around there too with Day 1 games on PSN.
For sales-age folks, I don't think anything that constantly gets above 10% of sales through DD can be ignored as just statistical noise.
If they don't like money, sure. DS died in Japan, but it's still doing well in the US, so no reason to kill it yet.
TheNatural
My Member!
It's $100 at most places like Target with a game? And 360 and PS3 are rocking $250 for system and a game.
shinra-bansho
Member
Can someone recall what released for the $599 PS3 in February 2007 that caused it to sell twice the Wii U number?
What released for PSV in February to cause an increased weekly average?
What released for PSV in February to cause an increased weekly average?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Secret summer releases to save the Wii-U
digoutyoursoul
Member
Disney Infinity could keep it going too this summer
not well enough. I was hoping for better numbers but with such lacklustre digits... I doubt that these low figures would convince NoA to be more serious when it comes to fire emblem.
tax money.
gamergirly
Member
I think the Wii U needs killer games more than price drops at this point.
Virtua Fighter 5 is the only thing I remember.
UberTag
Member
Must be true on an individual SKU basis. Clearly they show up 9 times out of the multi-SKU Top 10.
LIKELY INDIVIDUAL SKU TOP 10 (in some order)
Dead Space 3 (X360)
Dead Space 3 (PS3)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)
Crysis 3 (X360)
NBA 2K13 (X360)
NBA 2K13 (PS3)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)
Aliens: Colonial Marines (X360)
Just Dance 4 (Wii)
That's probably accurate. Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS would be in this group as well if you included digital sales.
Wii U hitting it's stride?
Randolph Freelander
Member
*seconded*
Of course, I predicted the same for Revolution before it turned into Wii. Typical programmer "off by one" error.
It would be smarter to either create a better bundle or drop the price when they have big games coming out.
nhlducks35
Member
Edit: Wait nevermind, those were launch games
EmCeeGramr
Member
Shareholders murdering the management, huge net losses, Nintendo products gain the image of something you should avoid at launch to wait for a price drop months later.
I always visit sales threads just for your commentary. I think you and Patcher should do a podcast together.
Pachterballs
Banned
internet high5
davonaytor
Member
Are Nintendo/Sony making profit on the Wii U/3DS/Vita?
Prob better to do a price drop and release with a major game then just randomly reduce the price. Doing bundles like the ZombU one more often would help too.
I doubt we will get data on those bundles either
tkscz
Member
They need only 3 things to give it a real boost.
1. Kill off the Wii. The damn thing is still selling into the 100K. I know they are still making millions on it (which is probably why it isn't dead yet), but it's doing harm to the WiiU with people still thinking it's just a controller for the Wii.
2. Games. I think that Lego City and Monster hunter will push some Wii U's (the former more than the latter), but they need something big. Something that will make people forget their Wii's and move on.
3. Price drop. Nintendo, you have 14 billion dollars, and still profit off the Wii, DS, and 3DS, plus software. Bite the god damned bullet and sale the WiiU at (more of) a loss. $199.99 for basic and $249.99 for premium. Look what dropping the 3DS price did for it. Plus, I want ambassador privileges like with my 3DS
Out of those 3, only the 3DS is making profit and it's only been making it since last September IIRC. The Wii U and Vita are both selling at loss.
Oh, yeah. It's an old Sales-Age maxim. Software selling over 300K is a success, too, regardless of any other factors.
the arguments is that nintendo has said themselves that the console is selling currently at-loss and no one knows if nintendo is willing to take that big of a loss on it. i don't think there are any other arguments against it. bring on the price drop. i think a $249 Wii U could be as big as the Wii.
Apophis2036
Banned
Yeah the same third party games that will be available for PS360, I have no doubts PS4 / 720 will sell I just think most of you think they will do much better than they actually will.
3 million each from launch - April 1st 2014, around the same as WiiU, get your excuses ready
.The FE bundle released with a pre installed copy of the game.
AdventureRacing
Member
I thought it was going to struggle after they let the wii brand die. Can you honestly say though that you expected this level of failure? In some countries in Europe you're probably better off measuring sales by the hundreds than the thousands.
airmangataosenai
Member
I don't know about this, as I suspect virtually 100% of the Sly retail sales were of the PS3/Vita doublepack.
We don't know the exact numbers on returns. Some want to believe they were minimal, because that would make 65k an increase, while others want the opposite. Before we had this month's numbers, those peoples' positions were reversed, since more returns would mean a smaller decrease from December, and less returns would mean a more miserable January.
The most important thing is that we can all feel (in)secure in making claims based on inadequate information because they suit our agendas.
Randolph Freelander
Member
...human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.
specialguy
Banned
that it will make nintendo lose money?
Seriously though the controller will make any serious cost reductions on the thing impossible pretty much ever. It will be like an anchor around it's neck. Not that the system would have succeeded without it either, of course.