Feb NPD (Keep the sales talk in here)

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:lol: @ lems, celebrating meaninglessly without noticing how the Playstation Family has outsold them ONCE AGAIN. And when next month Killzone2 will tops the charts, cant wait to see their excuses

The_Game21x

I am surprised it was that high. I see atleast 2-3 Wiis at the most of the stores here at my school and back home.

Kahuna_1

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:lol: @ lems, celebrating meaninglessly without noticing how the Playstation Family has outsold them ONCE AGAIN. And when next month Killzone2 tops the charts, cant wait to see their excuses

how embarrassing is it that the entire "playstation family" got outsold by the wii alone?

the entire "playstation family", consisting of THREE systems, BARELY outsold the DS alone - how embarrsing is that?

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[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"] Lets see most of its better RPGs are remakes from the SNES, but of course you have your original games such as Suikoden and your standard Pokemon.Zhengi

And Sands of Destruction, and Phantasy Star 0, and on and on....

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Dark Spire From IGN "About the game, Mark Bozon says, "The Dark Spire is, in every way, a hardcore RPG fan's RPG." He later adds, "the writing is very well done, with a lot of variation in descriptions and some strong narration for battles, the art is still pretty interesting in a very flat-colored, traditional design, and the music is great throwback audio as well." On the game's unique "classic" visual setting: "…as a bonus for classic RPG fans, a wireframe black and white mode is included, complete with colored sprites instead of huge panel art for character interaction, 8-bit music and sound effects, and a faster, no-nonsense interface and battle system. Hilarious, and a great way to make this one a novelty buy even if you don't intend on throwing hundreds of hours at it. That mode, along with all "flavor text" (which is the added narration on top of battles, specifically) can be turned off and on as you go.":

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:lol: @ lems, celebrating meaninglessly without noticing how the Playstation Family has outsold them ONCE AGAIN. And when next month Killzone2 tops the charts, cant wait to see their excuses

2beers_in_hand

how embarrassing is it that the entire "playstation family" got outsold by the wii alone?

the entire "playstation family", consisting of THREE systems, BARELY outsold the DS alone - how embarrsing is that?

never heard of the site - i got the gif from somewhere on sherdog.net

Lets get ready to ruuuuummmmbbbblllleeee!Fun with quotes.

Aaron Greenburg- Microsoft
"But what we hear from our partners is that it's not just PS3, it's also PS2 down 62 percent year over year," he continued. "With that business declining, and with the PS3 business declining, it's been described to me as hemorrhaging at retail right now, and it just keeps getting worse."

What where the Xbox's year over year when the 360 came out? That's right there was a 93% drop. And if you want to talk about "hemorrhaging" how about the fact that the Xbox never turned a profit, and the 360 warranty bills.

Peter Dille- Sony
"I think it's already well publicized that we have a very clear objective from our parent, Sony Corp., that we're to focus on a profit objective, and with those marching orders it limits the playbook when it comes to pricing and promotion. Our competition had a very aggressive pricing strategy, but they also were packing 2,3,4 games in with the unit weekend to weekend with different retailers, and that cost a lot of money. So we had a profit goal and they had a market share goal."

Fun with todays NPD #s-
Xbox 360 - 391,000
PlayStation 3 - 276,000
PSP - 199,000
PlayStation 2 - 131,000

Microsoft total = 391,000
Sony total = 606,000

# 2. STREET FIGHTER IV (X360) - 446,000
# 3. STREET FIGTER IV (PS3) - 403,000
# 5. KILLZONE 2 - 323,000
# 7. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (X360) - 193,000

360 top 10 software sales = 639,000 units
PS3 top 10 software sales = 726,000 units

Who really made the money in February?

[QUOTE="2beers_in_hand"][QUOTE="JB730"]

how embarrassing is it that the entire "playstation family" got outsold by the wii alone?

the entire "playstation family", consisting of THREE systems, BARELY outsold the DS alone - how embarrsing is that?

JB730

never heard of the site - i got the gif from somewhere on sherdog.net

so isit safe to say that unless PS3 gets a price drop this year they will be outsold by wii and 360 very easily.yoyo462001

Yup. Great games still can't move an unwieldy 400-dollar pricetag.

The fad is overGrinning_Demon

Yep, sure is. :lol:

ButI'd rather have Wii sales doomsayers than the othergroups fooling themselves into thinking sales don't matter. So go ahead and continue the fad talk, folks. :P

Killzone 2 outsold by Street Fighter IV.

Killzone 2 outsold by Street Fighter IV.

TheAnnihilation

[QUOTE="TheAnnihilation"]

Killzone 2 outsold by Street Fighter IV.

Bazfrag

So, when the NPD data for March has been released, how much will Killzone 2 have sold?

[QUOTE="Bazfrag"][QUOTE="TheAnnihilation"]

Killzone 2 outsold by Street Fighter IV.

So, when the NPD data for March has been released, how much will Killzone 2 have sold?

Poor cows! Their mighty system (now, with the most hyped game ever) keeps being outsold by Xbox1.5! :|:lol:8)

Poor cows! Their mighty system (now, with the most hyped game ever) keeps being outsold by Xbox1.5! :|:lol:8)

PAL360

Poor cows! Their mighty system (now, with the most hyped game ever) keeps being outsold by Xbox1.5! :|:lol:8)

PAL360

[QUOTE="Bazfrag"][QUOTE="TheAnnihilation"]

Killzone 2 outsold by Street Fighter IV.

TheAnnihilation

So, when the NPD data for March has been released, how much will Killzone 2 have sold?

Poor cows! Their mighty system (now, with the most hyped game ever) keeps being outsold by Xbox1.5! :|:lol:8)

PAL360

:lol: What's worse is how the PS3 sold less in Feb09 than in Feb08 :lol:

But if the PS3 price cut rumors are true (and I believe they are), then I expect the PS3 to outsell the x360 until MS cut its price.

Funny how all the Lems just popped out of nowhere and talk smack about Killzone 2. The game was released on the 27th and this passed Feb had only 28 days. You guys need to go back to Kindergarten and learn how to read a calender. Halo 3 and Gears 2 sold so much during first day is because it is a sequel to a proven IP, so don't even try to say stuff like it sold more. Killzone 2 in the long run will sell millions. Resistance, Motorstorm, LBP, COD4, and etc didn't sell a lot during it first days, but now look at it. They are all Millions sellers.

:lol: @ lems, celebrating meaninglessly without noticing how the Playstation Family has outsold them ONCE AGAIN. And when next month Killzone2 tops the charts, cant wait to see their excuses

LunchBox-

Do you really , really want to compare that against how many Microsoft family machines are sold in a month ???

Do you , ..................................................................really ??

:lol::lol::cry:

Funny how all the Lems just popped out of nowhere and talk smack about Killzone 2. The game was released on the 27th and this passed Feb had only 28 days. You guys need to go back to Kindergarten and learn how to read a calender. Halo 3 and Gears 2 sold so much during first day is because it is a sequel to a proven IP, so don't even try to say stuff like it sold more. Killzone 2 in the long run will sell millions. Resistance, Motorstorm, LBP, COD4, and etc didn't sell a lot during it first days, but now look at it. They are all Millions sellers.

MaximumD

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Funny how all the Lems just popped out of nowhere and talk smack about Killzone 2. The game was released on the 27th and this passed Feb had only 28 days. You guys need to go back to Kindergarten and learn how to read a calender. Halo 3 and Gears 2 sold so much during first day is because it is a sequel to a proven IP, so don't even try to say stuff like it sold more. Killzone 2 in the long run will sell millions. Resistance, Motorstorm, LBP, COD4, and etc didn't sell a lot during it first days, but now look at it. They are all Millions sellers.

blue_hazy_basic

Funny how all the Lems just popped out of nowhere and talk smack about Killzone 2. The game was released on the 27th and this passed Feb had only 28 days. You guys need to go back to Kindergarten and learn how to read a calender. Halo 3 and Gears 2 sold so much during first day is because it is a sequel to a proven IP, so don't even try to say stuff like it sold more. Killzone 2 in the long run will sell millions. Resistance, Motorstorm, LBP, COD4, and etc didn't sell a lot during it first days, but now look at it. They are all Millions sellers.

[QUOTE="mmirza23"]wow, surprised at the PS3/360 SF4 split almost 50/50, KZ2 does well for only 2 days in Feb, every other game there has been out for a while lol. Hardware sales, nothing shocking as usual Wii wins, 360 2nd PS3 3rdBurning_Sun

Poor cows! Their mighty system (now, with the most hyped game ever) keeps being outsold by Xbox1.5! :|:lol:8)

PAL360

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your joking? that has to be tthe worst cow damage control ive seen in months.

someone sig this please!

heretrix

People will always hate what's on top. I personally thought America faded into obscurity but obviously we are still seen as #1 in the world.

People try to be different, even though they're not. They think 'oh hey let me hate this thing since everyone else loves it'

Think about it, people pretend to hate some of the best franchises of all time such as Half Life, Halo, StarCraft, Metal Gear Solid, GTA, etc. just for the simple fact that it's popular and good, so to be different they try to support some piece of s*** niche title and say it's the best game this gen and only got low scores because americans only care about guns.

[QUOTE="MaximumD"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] Remember all the talk about the HUGE pre-orders KZ2 had? :)blue_hazy_basic

yea sept GG is a eurpoean company... and hat the hype as over here in the states..i guess as a hell of a lot more over there for Kz2, hell the first killzone sold more in europe then in the US

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Kz2 will outsell every other game next month. that game will have tremendous legs. all the Lems and sheep will eat their words then.

TheAnnihilation

:lol: No way in hell, kid.

maybe is res5 didnt come out this month he MIGHT have been right

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Kz2 will outsell every other game next month. that game will have tremendous legs. all the Lems and sheep will eat their words then.

TheAnnihilation

:lol: No way in hell, kid.

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Kz2 will outsell every other game next month. that game will have tremendous legs. all the Lems and sheep will eat their words then.

hyperboy152000

:lol: No way in hell, kid.

maybe is res5 didnt come out this month he MIGHT have been right

No, he'd still be wrong. And I would have laughed at him.

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Kz2 will outsell every other game next month. that game will have tremendous legs. all the Lems and sheep will eat their words then.

stayhigh1

:lol: No way in hell, kid.

Stop ignoring my point. :lol: I already know Killzone 2 will hit 1M in sales, but there's just no way in hell it will grab the number one spot in March.

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[QUOTE="TheAnnihilation"]

:lol: No way in hell, kid.

TheAnnihilation

maybe is res5 didnt come out this month he MIGHT have been right

No, he'd still be wrong. And I would have laughed at him.

well no one will really kno ho good kz2 did this month untill the end of the month... or next month and even then its between NPD, the japanese sales charts and estimating ho many copies sold in europe/ everywhere else..... or going to vgchartz, which only the incredibly ill-informed go to, but i deff. see RES5, SF4 and kz2 all being high up on the list

[QUOTE="stayhigh1"][QUOTE="TheAnnihilation"]

:lol: No way in hell, kid.

TheAnnihilation

Stop ignoring my point. :lol: I already know Killzone 2 will hit 1M in sales, but there's just no way in hell it will grab the number one spot in March.

yea, res5 already hit 4 million sold, so it ould not only have to have sold ~ 3 million PLUS what ever amount res5 sells from now until the end of this month just to catch up in sales.... not likely going to happen, but i can see killzone reach 4 million by mid summer.... which is still a liberal estimation

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Poor cows! Their mighty system (now, with the most hyped game ever) keeps being outsold by Xbox1.5! :|:lol:8)

LosDaddie

:lol: What's worse is how the PS3 sold less in Feb09 than in Feb08 :lol:

But if the PS3 price cut rumors are true (and I believe they are), then I expect the PS3 to outsell the x360 until MS cut its price.

Humm...not sure about that. Im expecting a $50 or $100 price cut at most considering sony is still losing money on every system sold. 360 will keep the cheapest console this gen with the biggest (and best according to critics) lineup as a bonus ;)

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[QUOTE="stayhigh1"] i cant wait when they give a press release saying killzone 2 sells one million copies..lol..you guys are going to get own just like how microsoft did to you with their faulty console..hyperboy152000

Stop ignoring my point. :lol: I already know Killzone 2 will hit 1M in sales, but there's just no way in hell it will grab the number one spot in March.

yea, res5 already hit 4 million sold, so it ould not only have to have sold ~ 3 million PLUS what ever amount res5 sells from now until the end of this month just to catch up in sales.... not likely going to happen, but i can see killzone reach 4 million by mid summer.... which is still a liberal estimation

Resident Evil 5 hasn't sold 4M, but shipped.

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[QUOTE="TheAnnihilation"]

Stop ignoring my point. :lol: I already know Killzone 2 will hit 1M in sales, but there's just no way in hell it will grab the number one spot in March.

TheAnnihilation

yea, res5 already hit 4 million sold, so it ould not only have to have sold ~ 3 million PLUS what ever amount res5 sells from now until the end of this month just to catch up in sales.... not likely going to happen, but i can see killzone reach 4 million by mid summer.... which is still a liberal estimation

Resident Evil 5 hasn't sold 4M, but shipped.

yea, i ment to say that... my bad.... but still thats more then what kz2 has shipped.. that i know of, then again wasnt kz2 supposed to be the highest pre-ordered game in europe for the ps3, thats more then GT5P and that "game" has sold roughly 3 million ( i dont know if that is counting downloads or not)

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[QUOTE="hyperboy152000"]

yea, res5 already hit 4 million sold, so it ould not only have to have sold ~ 3 million PLUS what ever amount res5 sells from now until the end of this month just to catch up in sales.... not likely going to happen, but i can see killzone reach 4 million by mid summer.... which is still a liberal estimation

hyperboy152000

Resident Evil 5 hasn't sold 4M, but shipped.

yea, i ment to say that... my bad.... but still thats more then what kz2 has shipped.. that i know of, then again wasnt kz2 supposed to be the highest pre-ordered game in europe for the ps3, thats more then GT5P and that "game" has sold roughly 3 million ( i dont know if that is counting downloads or not)

Anyway, what I think is going to be number one this month is Pokémon Platinum.

But ...but ... the billion .... trillion ....gazillion Killzone 2 pre-orders , what happened ???

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Kz2 will outsell every other game next month. that game will have tremendous legs. all the Lems and sheep will eat their words then.

stayhigh1

:lol: No way in hell, kid.

I think people forget that Killzone 2 came out Feb 27th in North America. It was only out for 2 days in North America in February.

Linky

Citing February NPD numbers against those in the past couple of years -- and Microsoft's own, mysterious Xbox Live numbers on GTA IV's exclusive downloadable expansion -- Xbox 360 product management director Aaron Greenberg did quite a bit of chest pounding to Gamasutra's Chris Remo yesterday. Broaching the subject of competitors head on, Greenberg says, "What we hear from our partners is that it's not just PS3, it's also PS2 down 62 percent year over year. With that business declining, and with the PS3 business declining, it's been described to me as hemorrhaging at retail right now, and it just keeps getting worse."

Moving right along to the subject of Killzone 2 -- a game released on the 27th of a 28 day month -- Greenberg compares the title to the aforementioned GTA IV mystery numbers, "If that content was sold at retail, it would be one of the best sellers across all platforms. It would have outsold Killzone 2." Considering GTA IV's astronomical sales numbers, if even half of the game's owners have the 360 iteration and a quarter of those people bought the expansion, that's over 1.5 million downloads. Still, without hard numbers to back up his statements, Greenberg's words amount to little more than our monthly rendezvous with executive smack talking. We've reached out to Sony for a response and will update accordingly if and when word comes in. joystiq

I think people forget that Killzone 2 came out Feb 27th in North America. It was only out for 2 days in North America in February.

EVOLV3

Halo 3 sold something like 2.3 million its first day. Lets put to bed Killzone 2 halo 3 comparisions. NOt that you did Evolv3, but overall cows were hyping killzone 2 verses Halo 3, and the numbers prove otherwise. Killzone 2 is a great game btw, just not as epic as halo 3.

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:lol: those sony numbers remind me of 2007 and :o!!!! 360 and wii are monsters.Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Nintendo Wii Sales Prop Up Videogame Industry SAN FRANCISC0 -(Dow Jones)- Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OK) motion-controlled Wii continued to dominate the video game industry in February, the NPD Group reported Thursday. February U.S. video game console revenue increased 11% to $532 million, which beat expectations and once again proved the industry's recession resilience. A 74% annual increase in Wiis sold, paired with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Xbox 360's biggest-ever February, off-set a disappointing February for the Sony Corp. (SNE) PlayStation 3, NPD Group reported. "The U.S. video game industry continues to post strong comps despite the tough economy," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. "March should be another great month." U.S. video game revenue grew 9% annually, with Nintendo games making up half the Top 10 best sellers. Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) and Capcom USA each scored two top 10 hits. "We did quite well despite this soft economy," a Nintendo spokeswoman said. Results slightly exceed BofA/Citi analyst Justin Post's expectations. Post sees the NPD results pressuring Sony to lower the price of its PlayStation 3, which is more expensive than the Wii. NPD reported PlayStation 3 sales declined 1% last month.