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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    Both are far better than PSP Go games which cost full price for even older games, without a case/manual, or ability to trade it in.

    PSP Go games come with a manual. It's a digital manual that you access by pressing the triangle button when you select the game, but if you're the kind of person who owns a PSP Go, you probably prefer that kind of manual anyway.

    And PSP Go game prices are all over the place. You have some games like Guilty Gear Judgment which are an absolute steal (I'm not even much of a fighting game fan and I'm tempted to buy it since it's only $6). You have some games like Wild Arms XF which are priced respectably ($15 which is about as cheap as you're going to find the game, even used). Then you have stuff like Persona which is full price. Finally, you have some stuff that's inexplicably slightly more than retail like Jeanne D'arc.

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  • lowlylowlycooklowlylowlycook Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So what did GHWT do at launch last year?

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    lowlylowlycook wrote: »
    So what did GHWT do at launch last year?
    Oct. 2008 but only 7 days

    #11 Guitar Hero: World Tour (360) - 191,000
    #12 Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii) - 183,000
    #20 Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS3) - 96,657

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  • pslong9pslong9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Shady3011 wrote: »
    Did the 360 knock out the Wii from first/second place when Halo 3 dropped? Otherwise, this is the first time the Wii hasn't been in first/second place.

    Yes. The 360 also knocked the Wii out from first place for home consoles during one of the holiday seasons when the Wii was extremely supply-constrained. So this is the 3rd time in around 3 years that the Wii hasn't been the top console.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Where does one find old NPD data, out of curiosity?

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  • pslong9pslong9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Where does one find old NPD data, out of curiosity?

    I use http://vgsales.wikia.com.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    pslong9 wrote: »
    Shady3011 wrote: »
    Did the 360 knock out the Wii from first/second place when Halo 3 dropped? Otherwise, this is the first time the Wii hasn't been in first/second place.

    Yes. The 360 also knocked the Wii out from first place for home consoles during one of the holiday seasons when the Wii was extremely supply-constrained. So this is the 3rd time in around 3 years that the Wii hasn't been the top console.

    BZZZT.

    Wii has lost exactly 3 months to the 360 in NPD

    November 2006
    December 2006
    September 2007 (Halo 3 Launch)

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Where does one find old NPD data, out of curiosity?

    PlayStation 2 146.0K
    PlayStation 3 491.8K
    PSP 190.4K
    Xbox 360 352.6K
    Wii 462.8K
    Nintendo DS 524.2K



    HALO 3: ODST 360 MICROSOFT (CORP) Sep-09 1.52M 1
    WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 442.9K
    MADDEN NFL 10 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 289.6K
    MARIO & LUIGI:BOWSER'S INSIDE STORY NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Sep-09 258.1K
    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* 360 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 254.0K
    MADDEN NFL 10 PS3 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 246.5K
    MARVEL:ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 2 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 236.0K
    BATMAN:ARKHAM ASYLUM* PS3 SQUARE ENIX INC (CORP) Aug-09 212.5K
    GUITAR HERO 5* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 210.8K
    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* WII MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 208.6K


    EDIT
    Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division at Activision, told the Financial Times it had seen no impact from the heavily-marketed Beatles game. “It did not affect our sales”. He added that Guitar Hero outsold Rock Band by four to one in the US and nine to one in other markets.

    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* 360 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 254.0K
    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* WII MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 208.6K
    GUITAR HERO 5* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 210.8K

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Where does one find old NPD data, out of curiosity?

    http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_Game_Sales_Wiki

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  • pslong9pslong9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Xenogears of Bore wrote: »
    pslong9 wrote: »
    Shady3011 wrote: »
    Did the 360 knock out the Wii from first/second place when Halo 3 dropped? Otherwise, this is the first time the Wii hasn't been in first/second place.

    Yes. The 360 also knocked the Wii out from first place for home consoles during one of the holiday seasons when the Wii was extremely supply-constrained. So this is the 3rd time in around 3 years that the Wii hasn't been the top console.

    BZZZT.

    Wii has lost exactly 3 months to the 360 in NPD

    November 2006
    December 2006
    September 2007 (Halo 3 Launch)

    Oops. So it's 4 times, not 3. I knew that during one of the holiday seasons they had lost, but I hadn't realized it was two separate months.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Old NPD data, Sheep.

    You're batting 1000 though, buddy! :wink:

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Where does one find old NPD data, out of curiosity?
    http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_Seventh_generation

    All the way at the bottom there is a table with links to every month as well as yearly recaps.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I feel bad for Sheep, he seems out of it :(

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    BRB seems to have done pleasantly. That's what, 462k plus whatever the PS3 did? Maybe around 600k total?

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    pslong9 wrote: »
    Xenogears of Bore wrote: »
    pslong9 wrote: »
    Shady3011 wrote: »
    Did the 360 knock out the Wii from first/second place when Halo 3 dropped? Otherwise, this is the first time the Wii hasn't been in first/second place.

    Yes. The 360 also knocked the Wii out from first place for home consoles during one of the holiday seasons when the Wii was extremely supply-constrained. So this is the 3rd time in around 3 years that the Wii hasn't been the top console.

    BZZZT.

    Wii has lost exactly 3 months to the 360 in NPD

    November 2006
    December 2006
    September 2007 (Halo 3 Launch)

    Oops. So it's 4 times, not 3. I knew that during one of the holiday seasons they had lost, but I hadn't realized it was two separate months.

    Yeah, you had the right idea though. The Wii most certainly was supply constrained during its launch and the month after...and the year after that. One benefit to that though is that they sold pretty much every console they shipped to the US for around 20 months or so. :P

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Dehumanized wrote: »
    BRB seems to have done pleasantly. That's what, 462k plus whatever the PS3 did? Maybe around 600k total?

    For being Rock Band rather than Guitar Hero, and with the so-called music game fatigue, I find these numbers pleasant as well.

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  • pslong9pslong9 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm very surprised at the M&L number. Much higher than I expected.

    Wii Sports Resort is at 1.7 million so far. Should break 2 million by next month, and likely 3 million by the end of the year.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    When did GH5 come out anyways so I can put this supposed drubbing in perspective.

    It is nice that EA/MTV/Harmonix finally decided to not be stupid with the Wii launch of a product though, and guess what, it looks like they were rewarded.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    September 1st.

    It had maximum sales potential for the month.

    Beatles hit 8 days later and still outsells it.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Old NPD data, Sheep.

    You're batting 1000 though, buddy! :wink:

    D:
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    I feel bad for Sheep, he seems out of it :(


    Busy busy busy Monday.


    :)

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    September 1st.

    It had maximum sales potential for the month.

    Beatles hit 8 days later and still outsells it.

    That's what I remembered.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I guess that one Activision guy was indeed talking about comparing GH sales to rock revolution.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I wonder what kind of cannibal effect Band Hero and GH: No Concern Of Ours will have in the long run.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »
    I wonder what kind of cannibal effect Band Hero and GH: No Concern Of Ours will have in the long run.

    Okay, that one made me laugh more than Under the Bus.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    Anita Frazier wrote:
    We know all eyes are going to be on the Rock Band and Guitar Hero sales since the music/dance genre has been so closely followed by many this year. Both titles captured a spot in the top 10 for the month and at the item level, across all platforms, The Beatles: Rock Band came in third behind Halo 3: ODST and Madden NFL 10 while Guitar Hero 5 came in fourth. The Beatles: Rock Band achieved this level of success with an average retail price premium of 130% to the average retail price for software overall.

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  • lowlylowlycooklowlylowlycook Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Did someone post this (from wired via gaf)
    NPD added that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5, saying that MTV’s Beatles game sold 595,000 units in total across the three platforms while Activision’s sequel sold 499,000 copies in total across its four platforms (which include PlayStation 2).

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Wired wrote:
    NPD added that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5, saying that MTV’s Beatles game sold 595,000 units in total across the three platforms while Activision’s sequel sold 499,000 copies in total across its four platforms (which include PlayStation 2).

    In an email, MTV said that it sold 100,000 downloads of the song “All You Need Is Love” in September.
    Beatles 360: 254k
    Beatles Wii: 208.6k
    Beatles PS3: 132.4k

    GH5 360: 210k
    GH5 Wii+PS3+PS2: 289k


    Also, I screwed up the math on the previous page. 360 is up 31% MoM, not down 6%.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division at Activision, told the Financial Times it had seen no impact from the heavily-marketed Beatles game. “It did not affect our sales”. He added that Guitar Hero outsold Rock Band by four to one in the US and nine to one in other markets.

    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* 360 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 254.0K
    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* WII MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 208.6K
    GUITAR HERO 5* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 210.8K
    NPD added that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5, saying that MTV’s Beatles game sold 595,000 units in total across the three platforms while Activision’s sequel sold 499,000 copies in total across its four platforms (which include PlayStation 2).
    So about 134,000 for the PS3 version?

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2009
    Couscous wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division at Activision, told the Financial Times it had seen no impact from the heavily-marketed Beatles game. “It did not affect our sales”. He added that Guitar Hero outsold Rock Band by four to one in the US and nine to one in other markets.

    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* 360 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 254.0K
    THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* WII MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 208.6K
    GUITAR HERO 5* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 210.8K
    NPD added that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5, saying that MTV’s Beatles game sold 595,000 units in total across the three platforms while Activision’s sequel sold 499,000 copies in total across its four platforms (which include PlayStation 2).
    So about 134,000 for the PS3 version?

    Which is kinda disappointing but probably not.

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  • Wet BanditWet Bandit Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Wow. A lot of people bought PS3s...and maybe some blu-ray movies? Surprising to see it sell so many systems, yet only have software in the number 6 and 8 spots in the top 10.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    GH 5 did uncommonly bad on either the PS3 or Wii then. Probably PS3.

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  • HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Wet Bandit wrote: »
    Wow. A lot of people bought PS3s...and maybe some blu-ray movies? Surprising to see it sell so many systems, yet only have software in the number 6 and 8 spots in the top 10.

    Not really.

    People were just buying all the games they couldn't afford to play when the PS3 was expensive.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    lowlylowlycook wrote: »
    Did someone post this (from wired via gaf)
    NPD added that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5, saying that MTV’s Beatles game sold 595,000 units in total across the three platforms while Activision’s sequel sold 499,000 copies in total across its four platforms (which include PlayStation 2).

    Hahahahahahahaha.


    Hah!

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Even though it deserves it, I'm surprised mario and luigi did so well. Coming out at the same time as scriblenauts, there was next to no buzz around it.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Scribblenauts got some negative feedback, though. Reviews were absolutely glowing for Mario and Luigi.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Wow, my 600k guess for including PS3 numbers was really close...

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm frankly shocked at how will M&L 3 did with very little advertising. I mean it basically came up at E3 and was in a few magazine ads and then blamo, it dropped right in the top of a very competitive top ten.

    The difference between 3 and 10 is less than 100k, who knows how well the top twenty held up?

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Turns out I like to listen to Beatles music but not play it. It must have cost them so much money, $alaska to license that shit, and market it.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    What time period did this NPD cover? I want to know if the PSP sales included a day or two of the Go.

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Couscous wrote: »
    What time period did this NPD cover? I want to know if the PSP sales included a day or two of the Go.
    Aug. 30th - Oct. 3rd. I think the Go came out on the 1st which would mean 3 days of coverage.

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