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Ninja Gaiden II skewers 1M
Ninja Gaiden II skewers 1M
Gamespot - August 28, 2008
Submitted by Soltanus (435) at 6:46PM PST on August 28, 2008
Tecmo and Microsoft's blood-drenched Xbox 360 exclusive hits platinum milestone in two-and-a-half months; roughly 40 percent of sales in US.
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5soupsoup posted on Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox 360) at 3:46PM PST on September 2, 2008. RE: Ninja Gaiden II skewers 1M@Soltanus,
My thoughts on this:
Firstly, I think this is 1 million shipped, not sold.
According to the article, NPD says the game sold 412,000 from release to 31st July in the US. This is interesting because we can use it to work out how much the game sold in July - we know it sold 372k in June as it made the NPD top 10 for that month. So, the game sold 40k in July, and I doubt it sold more than that in August, so the game is probably at <500k in the US.
Now, the 40% of sales in the US figure. I don't buy that at all. I don't know if it comes directly from MS, or if the Gamespot reporter has just taken the 1 million shipped number and NPD's 412k sold number, and come up with 40% sold in the US; most likely it's the latter. If that's the case, the stat is useless. (If anyone has access to MS's official press release, maybe they could clarify this.)
The idea that ~50% of the game's sales have been in Europe, when the US is a much stronger market for the 360, does not seem credible to me. I was also under the impression that the NG series is more popular in the US.
Basically, my argument here is:
1) This is 1 million shipped, not sold.
2) The 40% sold in the US stat is wrong. The percentage is probably much higher.
3) Actual sales in the US are currently <500k, if NPD is correct.
At this stage I doubt the game is going to move too many more copies. I do not think this news should have caused a jump in the stock price.[ Guru ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 237 ]bids
14Soltanus posted on Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox 360) at 6:46PM PST on August 28, 2008. Article: Ninja Gaiden II skewers 1M
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VGC estimates 890,000 sales at this point. The game hasn't been on NPD charts since, so I don't think it has added significantly since your post. At this point 6 months after release, the games sales are most likely topping out. For that reason, 1.4 million units sold forecast is probably too high.