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[ascii42]

Any particular reason Minecraft got bumped?

Did the physical version come out in June?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Er, why are MS discounting handheld game sales in their PR?

They always do. Are you new to MS PR in NPD threads?

 

[Anth0ny]

Loving that top 2.

And 3DS in first place! Awesome.

 

[iammeiam]

I would hit ten Street Passes in a row for AC as the mosf recently played game before the streak was broken by MK or Settings or something, so those sales don't disappoint.

Good for TLoU, too, even if the game didn't do much for me.

Need the rest of the console numbers.

 

[fredrancour]

Stunned at the sales of luigi considering it's been 4 months. Makes me excited to get my own copy when I get my 3ds.... but oh goodness there are too many games.... fire emblem and SMT gotta come first. Maybe luigi will be 3rd.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Deadpool at number 8 also makes me very happy. Good to see it wasn't ignored or relegated to bomba status.

Probably sleeper hit status. Only ads it had was online and the budget for the game couldn't have been that much.

 

[Elios83]

Great for The Last of Us, it deserves its success, bigger than Uncharted and trailing behind God of War 3 is an impressive result.
Also I'm happy that the 3DS is gaining some decent traction, a new successful platform shoulnd't sell than 200k monthly in the US.
PS3 and 360 need price drops immediatly, they've stayed too long without one.
WiiU/Vita, the disaster twins

 

[Mpl90]

So the Wii version of DKCR sold at least 7k copies in June?



Because PR's purpose is to make a company look good (same reason why Nintendo ignores Wii U)

With combined, Nintendo means retail + digital.
Woah @ Luigi's Mansion 2 at 750,000 units, and doing 115,000 in its fourth month O_O

 

[Plinko]

Numbers must be pretty low for AC to be @2

This makes absolutely no sense. Well done.

 

[mclem]

Christ. Guess some quicky Animal Crossing U is a lock soon enough?

Animal Crossing Wii wasn't particularly big. I'm not sure that's the right way to go.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Great legs on Luigi's Mansion. Good second month for Donkey Kong as well!

 

[jackal27]

Good numbers! Cool to see some unexpected games on the list and how bout dat Animal Crossing!

 

[Gestault]

Man, Minecraft really is the new The Sims. Mass market audience that never seems to go away.

Maybe I'm late on this myself, but I think part of the continued interest is the availability of the (beautifully packaged) physical release. As you said though, that game is pretty darned evergreen.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

With combined, Nintendo means retail + digital.
Woah @ Luigi's Mansion 2 at 750,000 units, and doing 115,000 in its fourth month O_O

Yes, but DKCR 3D sold less units than LM2 but is higher up on the NPD chart. Which seems to me to indicate that the Wii version actually sold over 7k copies, probably over 10k since it was #7 compared to Luigi's 10

 

[Cyberia]

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277926758915915776

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277996261142061056

 

[metalslimer]

I think that even with a price drop nintendo can make 100 billion yen just off the 3DS which is about to explode.

Pokemon
Pikmin
Dream Team
3D World
W HD
LTTP 2

And royalties from 3DS software

 

[AstroNut325]

ND collecting fat bonus checks soon.

Nice!

 

[TheBioLover]

Wii U got no sales. And no games either.

 

[Nirolak]

All right I think the OP has everything we know currently.

 

[SmokyDave]

Thought I'd check out June 2007....

Playstation 3 -- 98.5k
Xbox 360 -- 198.4k
Wii -- 381.8k
DS -- 561.9k
PSP -- 290.1k

So, 852k for handhelds back then, 225 + Vita (15k?) now.

Man.

 

[Nirolak]

I think that even with a price drop nintendo can make 100 billion yen just off the 3DS which is about to explode

This depends a lot on what 3DS margins are.

The 3DS is also not exactly the DS as SmokyDave illustrated above.

 

[donny2112]

Good start for Animal Crossing. Wonder what the retail-only number was for historical comparisons.

 

[DaBoss]

Nintendo PR

So that means AC:NL did ~404K>= retail.

Did the physical version come out in June?

Oh, I thought it was always available.

 

[DiscoJer]

Man, Minecraft really is the new The Sims. Mass market audience that never seems to go away.

I think you nailed it. What a lot of people overlook in The Sims series is the sandbox, building aspect of it, something that is also the core of Minecraft.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

I think that even with a price drop nintendo can make 100 billion yen just off the 3DS which is about to explode

I highly doubt that.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Yes, but DKCR 3D sold less units than LM2 but is higher up on the NPD chart. Which seems to me to indicate that the Wii version actually sold over 7k copies, probably over 10k since it was #7 compared to Luigi's 10

Nah. It means the download total of LM2 pushed it's monthly total over Donkey Kong for June.

 

[NotLiquid]

I think that even with a price drop nintendo can make 100 billion yen just off the 3DS which is about to explode

X/Y is October right?

If Animal Crossing can get this much buzz worldwide, Pokemon month is going to be intense.

 

[Kusagari]

Yes, but DKCR 3D sold less units than LM2 but is higher up on the NPD chart. Which seems to me to indicate that the Wii version actually sold over 7k copies, probably over 10k since it was #7 compared to Luigi's 10

Luigi could have sold more digitally. Nintendo combines retail and digital in their numbers.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Let pokemon come out 3DS going to be on fire

 

[Nirolak]

So that means AC:NL did ~404K>= retail.



Oh, I thought it was always available.

Do eShop retail cards exist in the US? I don't usually buy my video games from stores anymore.

 

[CronoShot]

Gogogo 3DS!

Nice to see The Last of Us at the top. A new IP with emotions and no dudebro shootbang involved (well, mostly) is a dangerous proposition these days.

 

[Magicpaint]

3DS is did relatively well, good to see, and hope it actually keeps up and then Pokemon would probably take it up another gear.

As for TLOU, I am soooooo pleased to see it doing exceptionally well everywhere! Well done and deserved Naughty Dog!

 

[Canis lupus]

Good month for TLOU, AC and 3DS

“The Last of Us was the top selling game at retail in the month of June. To put this in context, it had the second highest first-month sales of a PS3 first-party game, after God of War 3 in March 2010. The Last of Us was also the third highest game to launch during the month of June since NPD began tracking sales in 1995.”

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...e-game-retail-sales-drop-15-percent-in-us-npd

 

[dragonflys545]

TLOU <3.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

Nah. It means the download total of LM2 pushed it's monthly total over Donkey Kong for June.

Luigi could have sold more digitally.

Whoops. Yeah, I completely forgot NPD doesn't take into account digital sales. My bad!

 

[Danthrax]

Ha, vindicated!

Nice one, V_Ben =P

 

[Bisnic]

How can Luigi sells more than DK if its #10 and DK is #7?

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Thought I'd check out June 2007....

Playstation 3 -- 98.5k
Xbox 360 -- 198.4k
Wii -- 381.8k
DS -- 561.9k
PSP -- 290.1k

So, 852k for handhelds back then, 225 + Vita (15k?) now.

Man.

Man the handheld market has really shrunk.

 

[RoKKeR]

No surprise, but good on TLoU!

I'm also surprised that BF3 is still in the Top 10.

 

[prwxv3]

can someone post these twitter convos as a pic so mr.arthur gies gets proper credit...!!

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277926758915915776

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277996261142061056

Hahahaha oh wow.

 

[metalslimer]

This depends a lot on what 3DS margins are.

The 3DS is also not exactly the DS as SmokyDave illustrated above.

I meant software not just hardware. Nintendo has a packed lineup plus legs from other games during the holidays

 

[Kandinsky]

This makes absolutely no sense. Well done.

Well I was expecting just over 100k for AC retail

 

[Pie and Beans]

Thought I'd check out June 2007....

Playstation 3 -- 98.5k
Xbox 360 -- 198.4k
Wii -- 381.8k
DS -- 561.9k
PSP -- 290.1k

So, 852k for handhelds back then, 225 + Vita (15k?) now.

Man.

The DS was an unholy beast that had white lightning for blood, but I guess its interesting to see the PSP sales as well. That really is a market thats smartphones and tablets now.

 

[sense]

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277926758915915776

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277996261142061056

thanks though you haven't added the most important comment

Arthur Gies &#8207;@aegies 9 Dec
@V_Ben @D3stiny_Sm4sher i think the last of us is going to do less than uncharted. which has never set the world on fire sales wise.

nvm the guy below got it! thanks all didn't want to let golden predictions go unnoticed

 

[PreyingShark]

Luigi could have sold more digitally. Nintendo combines retail and digital in their numbers.

Look at the NPD chart again, though. NPD is counting both Wii and 3DS sales for Donkey Kong Country Returns. That means that yes, the Wii sales were counted in there.

 

[Thatoneguy64]

can someone post these twitter convos as a pic so mr.arthur gies gets proper credit...!!

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277926758915915776

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/277996261142061056

Edit: And I was beaten.

 

[Nirolak]

I meant software not just hardware. Nintendo has a packed lineup

Yes, but if they're losing money on the Wii U and not making much on the 3Ds hardware, they have to make it up on software to a very high degree.

 

[Plinko]

Man the handheld market has really shrunk.

iOS/tablets/etc have absolutely destroyed this market. This is pretty much the highest non-holiday number we'll see for handhelds nowadays.

 

[flippedb]

3DS sold more in NA than in Japan? Wow. AC sold a lot, too.

Wow at Animal Crossing. Good job, Nintendo, but I will never understand why that game is so popular.

Play it. It's superb.

 

[overcast]

Makes me really happy to see AC and TLOU do so well.

Are those good numbers for DKCR?