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19 Responses to “September NPD, Slimmer Means More”

1. 1 HazyCloud Says:              October 20th, 2009 at 11:14 am

   lol @ the MikeWarrior part. I’d have to agree with Aaron Greenburg and say that this isn’t much of a surprise. When you lower the price of a console while introducing a new model, it’s going to sell well. Let’s just see if Sony can hold it off for the rest of the year.

   
   

2. 2 Nanakai Says:       October 20th, 2009 at 11:34 am

   Lmao I like the closing question I say obviously the Slim was going to sell more at the beginning, but most of those will be people upgrading their old crappy model for a better one. The sales of the 360 price cut, will be for people buying a 360 for the first time

   
   

3. 3 BostonPimpDaddy Says:           October 20th, 2009 at 11:55 am

   MikeWarrior says IN YO FACE! LOL

   Look at the software sales though! 360 owns!!!!

   ALL 360 games that are also sold on the PS3 outnumbered the PS3 by a big margin.

   
   

4. 4 DeaconBlade Says: October 20th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   In Yo Face!

   
   

5. 5 Nanakai Says:       October 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

   Exactly Boston, just as the case will be with Final Fantasy XIII

   
   

6. 6 Mikewarrior Says: October 20th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

   lol, I love this place… I can’t stop from coming back because of all the great people, Especially you Deac I’d also like to see this place more active, so you guys are stuck with me for as long as I’m allowed.

   Now, for the great question… First lets talk about the Wii’s $50 price drop & this NPD that counted 5 weeks for U.S. sales that gave a bigger boost to all consoles sold than what a normal 4 weeks total would show. It also had the Wi’s first week at the lower price point totaled into those numbers… So my conclusion for the Wii is this, a $50 drop in price is not significant enough to see a drastic difference in sales compared to prior years sales during this time. If anything, I bet sales are lower this year than last for the Wii.

   The 360 is done with remaining #2 in the NPD each month… That is now PS3’s permanent spot UNTIL NATAL/HALO REACH, unless Microsoft does something drastic with a further price drop, or giving two great pack-in games = Like I always said. The Ps3 exclusives are now showing everyone that they are trying harder than Microsoft, are of better quality, & are more impressive. While two of Microsoft’s 09 exclusives sold well off the Halo name, the problem is that was basically it (Halo Wars/Halo ODST/Ninja Blade) While Sony diversified their library with a variety of high quality exclusives (MLB 09/Infamous/Uncharted 2/Demon’s Souls + soon to be Ratchet & Clank Future) – I believe Microsoft has became complacent, arrogant (Already) and are putting everything they have in Natal’s basket, including RARE who had to cancel Kameo 2 for Natal crap… Sadly, I’m sure when Natal comes, it will pay off for them, but Sony will be right on their heels in Worldwide numbers when they cut Microsoft’s lead in half by late 2010.

   That’s what I say, & you can take that in YO ace! lol

7. 7 Nanakai Says:       October 20th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

   There’s the responses we know (and love), glad to see them around again lol

   
   

8. 8 DeaconBlade Says: October 20th, 2009 at 8:50 pm

   go Mike

   
   

9. 9 BostonPimpDaddy Says:           October 20th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

   IN YO FACE!™ I am trademarking that statement.

   Second, Mike’s analysis is actually NOT cynical, which is refreshing, thanks Mike LOL

   Third, Mike, while you have been kicked off multiple forums and newsgroups, I don’t think Deac is gonna kick you off here, so remember the love we have for you LOL

   IN YO FACE!™

   
   

10. 10 Mikewarrior Says: October 20th, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    Thanks Nanakai, Deac… & Boston.

    lol, I’ll give you “IN YO FACE” but I’ll Trademark “IN YO ACE™”

    :p

    Also we can’t forget the 360 Elite was $250 for a short while ($50 rebate until October 5th) and the $299.99 Ps3 still blew it away. = Microsoft should have done what I said long ago about a 360 redesign, the Pro at the $199.99 price. I’m sure that redesign will come when Natal does. Hell, they really need to hire me as their advisor… I do live very close to Washington. lol

11. 11 Loop Says:   October 21st, 2009 at 1:31 am

    PS3 is still overpriced.

    
    

12. 12 BostonPimpDaddy Says:           October 21st, 2009 at 6:01 am

    Thanks Mike!

    You talk about the PS3 selling more than the 360 when the 360 was lower priced. Haven’t you forgotten the saturation in the market of the 360?

    
    

13. 13 DeaconBlade Says: October 21st, 2009 at 7:34 am

    yeah that plays a part no doubt. mostly everyone has one already. but then, how do you explain why the Wii continues to outsell the 360?

    
    

14. 14 BostonPimpDaddy Says:           October 21st, 2009 at 10:49 am

    @Deac – Because Nintendo marketing is gold! LOL

    
    

15. 15 DeaconBlade Says: October 21st, 2009 at 11:07 am

    can’t argue with that.

    
    

16. 16 Mikewarrior Says: October 21st, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Boston… No one knows the what saturation point is for the 360, but to know many consoles in the past have sold over the 40 Million mark tells me that it’s hard to believe the 360 hit it’s wall at the 34+ million mark.

    I sad to say… it’s Microsoft who is at fault = They have made many stupid decisions.

17. 17 Rhyme Says:              October 22nd, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    Still locked away in the basement with all your video game facts and graph sheets I see LMAO!

    
    

18. 18 Mikewarrior Says:     October 22nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Rhyme, your ignorance must be bliss.

    
    

19. 19 Rhyme Says:              October 24th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    And your gamerscore must be embarrassing….

    
    

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