May 2012 NPD: Video Game Retail Still Experiencing Excruciating Payne Edition

[TheAnalogKid]

Over under on this thing being basically dead by next E3 so we no longer have to suffer through a 'portables' segment in Sony's presentation?

Hold your horses pal, it's got Youtube coming to it soon. It aint going nowhere!

[Badger3920]

Hold your horses pal, it's got Youtube coming to it soon. It aint going nowhere!

psn+ required to access youtube because it's.... uhh.... premium

[Onslaught X]

Over under on this thing being basically dead by next E3 so we no longer have to suffer through a 'portables' segment in Sony's presentation?

Fat chance, even Move got some love this year through Wonderbook despite being ruled dead quite some time ago.

[Badger3920]

Fat chance, even Move got some love this year through Wonderbook despite being ruled dead quite some time ago.

That's true. Although Vita got almost no time this year it seemed, hence all the internetz jokez

[Indy_aka_Rex]

Fat chance, even Move got some love this year through Wonderbook despite being ruled dead quite some time ago.

I believe you mean "PS4" also known as "The best of the Harry Potter books", alias "Sony Tsunami 2013"

[Onslaught X]

That's true. Although Vita got almost no time this year it seemed, hence all the internetz jokez

If Vita gets no time next year, it's because the PS4 will be blowing our minds.

Spoiler:

Prepare for the disappointment

[Badger3920]

If Vita gets no time next year, it's because the PS4 will be blowing our minds.

Spoiler:

Prepare for the disappointment

<Reads Post From Next-Gen Console Disappointment Shield>

[Bane]

Do not diss my Max Payne 3.

Looks like you and Pachter need to have some words, Benji.

Although Max Payne 3 managed to secure the number two spot in last month's NPD numbers, actual sales figures suggest Rockstar's latest has seriously underperformed. According to NPD stats, Max Payne 3 managed to sell 440K units.

While that number may seem impressive to some, it is a far cry from the first-month sales of Rockstar's big 2011 game, LA Noire. That game sold nearly 900K units, but even that game fell short of industry expectations. With Max Payne selling even fewer copies, it's unsurprising that Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter would call the game "a flop."

Pachter points out the game's eight-year development, and claims "Rockstar put off releasing GTA" to work on Grand Theft Auto V. Rockstar has admitted that the long-troubled development of Max Payne 3 eventually required the work of many of its global studios.

It's clear that Take-Two Interactive, parent company of Rockstar, was betting big on Max Payne 3's success. In its last financial report, Take-Two claims retail sell-in of about 3 million units. With only 400K units sold, that means there is about 2.6 million units of unsold inventory sitting on store shelves.

Shacknews

[Indy_aka_Rex]

2K will no longer have exclusive rights to MLB, so that shouldn't be a problem. 2K was once a Sega brand and it got sold off, it wouldn't be a big deal is another publisher negotiated the rights to the name & engine. It's happened before.

Sega didn't negotiate the rights to the name and engine, Sega sold off its entire division, including the studio to Take Two, and the brand name 2K is now too big to just sell off to another publisher.

And 2K never had exclusive rights to begin with, otherwise MLB The Show wouldn't exist. They became the only third party to license MLB games once EA bowed out. The MLB2K name is dead until Take Two brings it back via 2K Games.

[TheAnalogKid]

Looks like you and Pachter need to have some words, Benji.

Well, I was kinda wondering why anyone thought Max Payne 3 was going to be a big hit. I didn't think the other two were blockbusters to begin with, so I didnt see how the 3rd was going to change that.

[hdinred]

And 2K never had exclusive rights to begin with, otherwise MLB The Show wouldn't exist. They became the only third party to license MLB games once EA bowed out. The MLB2K name is dead until Take Two brings it back via 2K Games.

2K had exclusive 3rd party rights.. EA didn't bow out, they couldn't use MLB teams or players.

[Onslaught X]

Well, I was kinda wondering why anyone thought Max Payne 3 was going to be a big hit. I didn't think the other two were blockbusters to begin with, so I didnt see how the 3rd was going to change that.

Rockstar branding really, but yeah, it was the 3rd installment after an 8 year hiatus, it's not an open world game that Rockstar is known for, and L.A. Noire may have impacted the brand a bit considering the post reception

Despite this, I really enjoyed it a lot. I strongly recommend people pick it up on the cheap later on if they're not willing to take the risk now

[Bane]

Despite this, I really enjoyed it a lot. I strongly recommend people pick it up on the cheap later on if they're not willing to take the risk now

No! The line must be drawn here! It goes this far, no further!

[Onslaught X]

No! The line must be drawn here! It goes this far, no further!

[Bane]

/waxlips