NPD January 2009


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Courtesy NPD Group

PlayStation 2 41.6K

PlayStation 3 276.9K

PSP 100.1K

Xbox 360 332.8K

Wii 465.8K

Nintendo DS 422.2K

NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 656.7K

MASS EFFECT 2* 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Jan-10 572.1K

WII FIT PLUS W/ BALANCE BOARD* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 555.7K

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 326.7K

MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 310.9K

SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 297.6K

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 259.0K

ARMY OF TWO: THE 40TH DAY 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Jan-10 246.5K

JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT Nov-09 191.9K

DARKSIDERS 360 THQ Jan-10 171.2k

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Expected more out of Mass Effect 2 tbh.

You have to take into account the sales that went to the PC version. Also, we're talking 6 days! It's not the whole month.

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You have to take into account the sales that went to the PC version. Also, we're talking 6 days! It's not the whole month.

Still imagined it would have been able to hit 800-900k since EA was ramming the pre-order-day-one-DLC down everyones throat.

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I guess, it did release in the EU a few days later, I got my copy. I have no doubt that it's went over 1mil already.

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Expected more out of Mass Effect 2 tbh.

It's the best-selling January release, ever. That alone is enough to tell you how well it did.

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It's the best-selling January release, ever. That alone is enough to tell you how well it did.

January, before 2010, was never a normal release window for decent games.

2009: Skate 2, Fable 2 GoTY

2008: Burnout Paradise

2007: Lost Planet

2006: Ridge Racer

It's like saying I'm a 100m race winner when the competition are all in wheelchairs!

In 6 days?

Just after Christmas, most had money from family or cash left over and most people buy the game day one to avoid spoilers. So sure?

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January, before 2010, was never a normal release window for decent games.

2009: Skate 2, Fable 2 GoTY

2008: Burnout Paradise

2007: Lost Planet

2006: Ridge Racer

It's like saying I'm a 100m race winner when the competition are all in wheelchairs!

Just after Christmas, most had money from family or cash left over and most people buy the game day one to avoid spoilers. So sure?

I hate to break it to you, but not everyone buys things on "day one." I mean, hell, look at the movie industry: Avatar's first weekend wasn't anything spectacular, but look at how long it's lasted. If you're only going to look at 6 days and expect it to sell a zillion copies, you're sadly mistaken.

I disagree with your Christmas comment, personally. Most people don't go around spending a lot of money after Christmas -- at least the people that I know.

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I hate to break it to you, but not everyone buys things on "day one."

I hate to break it to you, but you don't live in the UK where the online pre orders are generally ?10 cheaper than retail prices. Oh and we saw more business over boxing day and the subsequent days than the entire pre Christmas week.

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This isn't going anywhere. By video game standards a 1million+ seller is a success, nothing more nothing less. Lots of games will only do 500-800k at best really. The ones talked about as AAA are what do 1m+ though. I'm sure this gets looked over due to some games like Halo with it's 8million and MW2 with it's 4.7million sales in one or a few days, but those are the 1% that just stand out.

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I hate to break it to you, but you don't live in the UK where the online pre orders are generally ?10 cheaper than retail prices. Oh and we saw more business over boxing day and the subsequent days than the entire pre Christmas week.

What does the UK have anything to do with it? :blink:

I'd like to see some statistics to back up your "all sales happen on day one" theory.

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What does the UK have anything to do with it? :blink:

I'd like to see some statistics to back up your "all sales happen on day one" theory.

The UK does generally get much better deals on software than the US from day 1, but since the VAT level has crept back up, so have game prices, not as easy now to get under/just over ?30 at launch.

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The UK does generally get much better deals on software than the US from day 1, but since the VAT level has crept back up, so have game prices, not as easy now to get under/just over ?30 at launch.

Then there is the supermarkets selling games at a loss (Fifa was ?25 wasn't it? RRP is ?50). Those prices last till their first batch of stock is gone and prices go back to ?35-45 again.

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Then there is the supermarkets selling games at a loss (Fifa was ?25 wasn't it? RRP is ?50). Those prices last till their first batch of stock is gone and prices go back to ?35-45 again.

They're not going to do that with many more games, and it's only ever multiplatform titles.

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The places that cut the prices so low like supermarkets that you bring up do so just to draw you in to the place and hope you also pick up a few other things not just the game. They have to be making nothing, or even taking a hit, on the games when they sell them that low so quick.

It's just a good marketing plan.

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