US Video Game Sales Plummet -- NCAA Strongest Game in July

[1WEiRDguy]

too bad they dont count trade ins

[dan04103]

Of course the numbers sucked. Name anything worth anything that came out in the past couple months. Summertime is always low. Then turns ridiculous because every publisher gets $$$ dancing in their heads dreaming of COD type numbers from kiddies and their friends.

[prowler]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jdoug312

Hopefully this'll make videogame prices decrease.

More like DLC will increase.

[TDenverFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by chia51

This. NCAA got sales due to the casual football gamer not knowing if the NFL would be here this year. NCAA garnered some of Maddens numbers due to all of the lockout talk for the past 'forever' now. Sure 'we' knew that Madden was still releasing later, but for Joe Blow 6 year old, they may not have and they wanted a football game and they purchased NCAA. That's how I see it.

I doubt this helped too much... I think 11 was solid, and good advertising created interest in 12.

Quote: Originally Posted by 1WEiRDguy

too bad they dont count trade ins

I really don't think 50 OSers trading in the game impact sales too much... I don't think too many people traded in the game

[ultralow36]

Lol at everybody saying the game did good because there was no good games that came...1) ... WHY DO U THINK THERE WAS NOT ALOT OF BIG TITLES WELL FOR ONE NCAA MAKES OTHER COMPANYS NOT WANT to go up agaist it......So of yall really think most people give a crap you traded your game in NO....they dont....

[MaddenFranchise10]

In this economy, I'm not surprised. Gamers tend to be younger, so they may feel the pinch more than others.

I bet in a few months sales will increase when BF3, MW3, and Skyrim come out. And that solidifies another market trend.. sequels are cash cows.

[HokieTokie]

Quote: Originally Posted by yankee4life

madden 12 will be the leader on september!

Preorders for MW3, BF3 and Uncharted 3 will be the best sales in September actually......

[JayD]

I really wished they had a way to keep count on how many NCAA's get traded in and how soon because I am sure the number would be pretty insane.