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

[Onslaught X]

Xbox 360: 160K (-40.7%)
Nintendo 3DS: 113.5K (+17%)

Retail is down 28% from last year.

[michealo]

Lots of crap titles released in may

[Onslaught X]

Lots of crap titles released in may

Do not diss my Max Payne 3.

[Bane]

Wow, steep drop for the 360. Top three look how I figured they would but I'm very surprised by Sniper Elite.

I don't know where he got the info but Arthur Geis from Polygon said the 360 accounted for 45% of console sales last month. That's really bad.

[Badger3920]

Surprised at the PC title win; consoles suffering from lack of games/interest this month.

[CorruptedDragon]

Surprised at the PC title win; consoles suffering from lack of games/interest this month.

Come on now. A highly anticipated Blizzard sequel? They always leave the competition in the smoking crater of Arreat.

[Onslaught X]

Surprised at the PC title win; consoles suffering from lack of games/interest this month.

Considering Max Payne 3 sold less than 450k, this is no longer surprising.

Software is in free fall

PS3 - 124k
Wii - 71k
VitaDying - Little over 50k.

[hdinred]

Sniper Elite > Starhawk.. who saw that coming?

Another dismal month.. this is what happens when you’re selling 2005 era technology in 2012..

[Indy_aka_Rex]

Sniper Elite > Starhawk.. who saw that coming?

Another dismal month.. this is what happens when you’re selling 2005 era technology in 2012..

I did... After playing the demo. HOLY SHIT DID YOU SEE THOSE KILLCAM ANIMATIONS, BRAH!? HO.LEE.SHIT.

[Almril]

Sniper Elite > Starhawk.. who saw that coming?

Another dismal month.. this is what happens when you’re selling 2005 era technology in 2012..

I liked the demo because of how insane it was. And I miss WWII games. Starhawk had bomb written all over it. It's the kind of mediocre and boring game that gets way more hype than it deserves because its a "core exclusive." But yeah, the industry needed new consoles this year. They need shiny new things to sell, if they aren't going to price drop old tech, at least come out with new tech.

[Onslaught X]

Sniper Elite > Starhawk.. who saw that coming?

Another dismal month.. this is what happens when you’re selling 2005 era technology in 2012..

Expected Starhawk to bomb, considering they just sort of dumped the game out there.

[CorruptedDragon]

You know shit is bad when Nintendo has to pull out the Nintendo Family thing for a win

Nintendo has weighed in with a statement of its own, announcing that the company sold "more than 285,000 units of portable and console hardware" during May.

Also, love the Sony spin.

though the Japanese hardware giant has refrained from releasing specific hardware sales information for the period. It did say, however, that PS3-exclusive titles like Starhawk and MLB 12: The Show "again posted strong results

Why refrain? Also, strong results huh...they weren't even in the top 10! At least now we know that a game that charts outside of top 10 is strong!

[Onslaught X]

To be fair to MLB 12, it's in its 3rd month of release. Might be having good legs? *Shrugs*

Next year when it's the only baseball game on the market....mwhahaha. I love the Show.

[hdinred]

Interesting nugget:

In US $32B has now been spent at retail on Xbox 360 platform, > any other platform on record ahead of PS2 $30B, Wii $25B Source

[TheAnalogKid]

I'm surprised by Sniper elite. I liked the demo, but it seemed like I was the only person who even tried it. I figured it'd fly under the radar. I still won't be buying it until I can get it for about 20 bucks though. It's seemed fun, but not 50 dollar fun.

I disagree about new consoles being needed. I don't think they would have changed anything. I don't think a new console is going to cause a repeat of the high-points that we got with this gen. In fact, it may be another few more generations until we get that again. The next console isn't going to be a radical departure or upgrade like we saw with these. As such, I dont think the buy in will be all that great.

Also, lol at starhawk being 'boring'. Its always amusing to see console fanboys throw a game under the bus with a slight that is about as factually incorrect as could be. Starhawk may have plenty of issues, but 'boring' isn't one of them.