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NPD Sales Results for January 2010
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Investigation Team Go!
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luxarific said:
I was just trying to make a joke. I see no reason why it wouldn't have been included, except that it might have scared off a few homophobic teenage boys. It's funny how that homophobia doesn't extend to lesbians, though.
gutter_trash
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Platinum Games and Sega should have handled the PS3 port of Bayonetta better or made it its lead platform
I know many PS3 only owners who backed out of Bayonetta because of claims of being ''the lesser port''.
I bought both versions of the game because I wanted the Asian Boxart for PS3 and the US for the 360
I know many PS3 only owners who backed out of Bayonetta because of claims of being ''the lesser port''.
I bought both versions of the game because I wanted the Asian Boxart for PS3 and the US for the 360
Investigation Team Go!
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On a different note, I wonder for how many more months GAF will continue to predict PS3>360 before they realize that things are back to business as usual.
Bending_Unit_22
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Looking at your list of January games I'd say its publishers generally avoid big January releases. The only game I see that compares to Mass Effect 2 in terms of appeal, hype, marketing, etc. would be RE4. It only sold half as much but then it was a system with a smaller user base with a superior version (well content wise) for the most popular system already announced. I don't think it's people just don't buy games in January since the biggest January release of all time wasn't even #1 for this January or even #2 if you combine CoD:MW2 and Wii Fit+ was right behind it (It wouldn't have been #1 in 2009 either, Wii Fit with 777k was, it might be for 2008 unless you combined all the GH3 sku's, it is for 2007, well I can't find figures for late last gen) .Stumpokapow said:
I'd say the issue for Mass Effect isn't whether it sold well for a January release, quality of past January games aside, it did. The bigger question is whether it just did say a majority of its lifetime sales or only did say 20%. We'll have to wait a few months at least to find out. I'd say all that can be said right now is it's not a bomb. It may end up disappointing given resources, marketing, quality, expectations, etc, or do very well, but January doesn't answer that of course.
BenjaminBirdie
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RBH said:
I know. He didn't even bother to match the kerning properly.
I saw this page yesterday where Darksiders had 315,000. I thought it was a typo, but looking at the top 20 and known sales for Bayonetta 360, makes sense Darksiders PS3 sold ~140,000.jvm said:
Would be nice to have confirmation.
Err... I missed Darksiders PS3 was on the leaked numbers. I guess it was just a typo.
Poor PSP, needed a price drop ages ago and was pretty much left to wither and die do to it subsidizing PS3 loses. Although they really should think about adding new control schemes with the PSP2 to recapture attention from the market.
At least it can barely subsist with worldwide hardware and software sales. I love my PSP.
It has been transitioning to such since the PS2 era, although I don't know about 'Stop buying anything remotely Japanese'. The America's buy a ton of Nintendo software, and certainly seem to buy Japanese software at a higher percentage than Japan tends to buy American software.
At least it can barely subsist with worldwide hardware and software sales. I love my PSP.
djtiesto said:
It has been transitioning to such since the PS2 era, although I don't know about 'Stop buying anything remotely Japanese'. The America's buy a ton of Nintendo software, and certainly seem to buy Japanese software at a higher percentage than Japan tends to buy American software.
speculawyer
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Not anything remotely Japanese. Clearly Nintendo kicks butt all over everyone. But the heavy Anime & Manga stuff seems to have waned a bit. Yes, there is a cult audience but there does not seem to be widespread appeal.djtiesto said:
I think it may have started with the JRPGs. The did well in earlier generations but they mostly seem to have bombed this generation (think of all the JRPGs on the 360). Final Fantasy will clearly be an exception though.
anonymousAversa
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gutter_trash said:
You dropped the money on another copy for the boxart?
whoa @ ps2, still selling 44k
anonymousAversa
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Ataturk said:
What was the budget for the game?
[units sold] * [$60] = Revenue
[Revenue] - [budget] = a good place to start for profitability rough estimates
Bending_Unit_22
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Interesting I'd say, using the leaked numbers as rough guides:
Total sales for January
6 new HD games - ~1.6 million
6 Nintendo evergreens - ~1.5 million
6 HD + CoD:MW2 - ~2.2 million
6 Nintendo + NSMBW - ~2.2 million
Yeah this is healthy.
Total sales for January
6 new HD games - ~1.6 million
6 Nintendo evergreens - ~1.5 million
6 HD + CoD:MW2 - ~2.2 million
6 Nintendo + NSMBW - ~2.2 million
Yeah this is healthy.
DeaconKnowledge
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Investigation Team Go! said:
I've spent about 5 hours debating whether to go after Miranda or Tali. I still can't decide.
Bending_Unit_22
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$30-40 is a better estimate of what a developer gets. I think I saw earlier someone linked to a source saying $35, I recall reading it averaged $36 for a PS360 game (a couple years ago, sorry don't recall the source other than it was a magazine). Anyhow, it is definitely not $60, unless you're including retailer cut, royalties and such as part of "game budget".anonymousAversa said:
I agree Bayonetta being "too japanese" is also a huge problem. But is it any more Japanese than say Devil May Cry? I think having a full on female lead might have had something to do with it. Probably way to over-sexified and it made folks uncomfortable. Too bad. The play mechanics are fuck awesome.
Also, now that graphics are more advanced do you think the japanesey-ness hits your harder than before? OR? Do they look like it's stuck last gen. I say perhaps a mix.
Also, now that graphics are more advanced do you think the japanesey-ness hits your harder than before? OR? Do they look like it's stuck last gen. I say perhaps a mix.
Bending_Unit_22
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Kind of sounds fair to me, just unhealthy though interesting either way.Shiggy said:
jvm said:
5 PS3 games in the top 20. Is this a record?
Son of Godzilla
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When did games stop bothering to localize so they don't come off as utterly embarassing to local cultures? Claim that it's because of being japanesey all you want, I'll stick with it just being dumb and clumsy.djtiesto said:
Doesn't matter anyway. 99.99% of the time the PS3 version that's the "lesser" port is still perfectly playable and only suffers in side-by-side comparisons. Even when that's not the case people protest to fight the idea of a weaker port, but I can guarantee you every single one of them wouldn't be doing the same if it were the 360 version that suffered.Vinci said:
EDIT: To clarify, I'm talking about the crowd that goes "I own both a PS3 and 360, but I'm still not getting either in protest of the crappy PS3 port!"
DeaconKnowledge
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luxarific said:
Bah, I don't care about the sex scene, it's all about the pursuit.
Bending_Unit_22
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~160kKarma said:
Geeze people, isn't there a ME2 thread where you can debate which character leads to the better sex scene?
mugurumakensei
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Karma said:
100k for 360
60k for PS3
lowlylowlycook
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Vinci said:
Wasn't there a question if the game industry was profitable overall even including Nintendo?
djtiesto said:
I think there's more americans willing to buy japanese game than the contrary.Of course,the interest is nowhere near what it once was and it's a super niche audience nowadays.Nintendo was and is still the exception to the rule as always ( I can also include Capcom,but their art style is appealing to international audiences)
The same is happening all over the world,expect for some asian country where it will take some time.Even France which used to live and breathe japanese games have all these generic bald space marine on their mag cover. :lol
mugurumakensei
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kitzkozan said:
I think it's cause of all the women with gigantic boobs that are scantily clad along with the lolis that are also scantily clad. I'm serious. Like with manga, I have someone else read that stuff and tell me how much fanservice is in it. If there's a lot of fanservice, I'm not reading it. Similarly, I won't buy games that are nothing but pure fanservice. I would never buy a game like Dead Or Alive these days. I've gone beyond the teenage hormone stage.
lowlylowlycook said:
I think it was concluded that there's a net profit when you include Nintendo and a net loss without. Nintendo is the biggest publisher in the U.S. and Japan at least. I'm not sure about Europe.