Analysts point to weak October NPD numbers

Well, I think because Christmas is coming soon and people might be getting some of these games then and there are also there are some great games coming out soon so people are just saving money.

The bigger issue is how game developers ever hope to stay in business in this economy where everybody with the exception of a few people, such as myself, who are becomeing increasingly cautious about how they spend their money. Can $60 or even $50 for new games be sustained? It might be costing more and more to make games that are AAA blockbusters such as Mass Effect and Red Dead Redemption, but the vast majority of games released have yet to do anything different than videogames have always done, namely sit you on your ass on the couch and entertain you. And before you mention Kinect, elts be honest, it is shiny and new. After this holiday and they start to release higher end software, how many of you really are gonna stand and play 60 hours of Fable or stand up and drive the next Forza mastering all the tracks and cars?

Oh I'll pick up Wii Party, but only when it's crazy cheap. I'm not paying full price for a party game. No sir.

NBA Jam was supposed to be a downloadable title, then it gets released as a disc for $50 and they wonder why it didn't sell. If it was WiiWare and a $10 price tag it would have went over better with gamers.

wow generic titles getting weak sales who would have thought...

I did get NBA Jam for the wii, but I will also be getting for the 360 because I want online

OMG Wii has slipped in its complete dominance of this gen for a few months! everyone be an acdc BAG and act like nintendo is not still owning all video games since the beginning (except a short PS1/PS2 run) 3ds will put Nintendo insanely ahead of all competition just like always

Oh no, I really expected Wii Party to smash all previous sales records... -.-

It's no surprise that Tony Hawk sold bad. Ride was the worst game of last year and people found out the hard way when they bought it.

Aside from the economy there are customer purchasing habits like lending and renting games or just waiting for pre-owned and many custormers just simply buying and playing only Halo Reach or waiting for Call of Duty Black ops thanks to the biased hype that the western game reviewers are sanctioning.

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I wish NPD published more complete numbers to the public. I'd really like to see the sales numbers on titles like Castlevania and Enslaved.

lets face it the wii doesnt have alot of great games. kirby looks cool but aimed towards kids, tony hawk games are old, wii party is same rehash probably of wii sports, ea mma havent looked into, and nba jam didnt get released on xbox/ps3 till 11/15

I'm disappointed in these sales; people will wait until the winter season (not calling it holiday season, the biggest holiday of the year celebrated by 1.5 billion people worldwide is happening right now. This is the holiday season.), line up to buy a game, find out it's sold out, and just buy some knockoff. I for one expected Kirby's Epic Yarn to get better sales, and I fear other good games are suffering as well. I have my money saved for a 3DS and maybe, just maybe, a PS3. Depends on if my local Sears has it's great Uncharted+PS3 for $299 bundle in stock when I come in. Eid Mubarak wa kul 'am wa antum bikhair! !??? 5;???3; 8; 3;4; ??5; 8; ?6;?5; ????

Tony Hawk sold 3000 copies? Wow. Calling that "terrible" gives terrible a bad rap. Pachter should stick to being quiet. He's a tool.

why would anyone buy anything right now when the holiday season is near? people are waiting for a few weeks until they start spending their money on what they want, including me. i havent bought a single game until now after i bought metroid other m back in the first week of september.

Your estimates were off by 15%. I'm sure that would give you an F in statistics

I didn't realize Spocktober was that bad for sales.....Enslaved seemed to be the media's baby last month and it got good reviews but personally I only grabbed 2 games last month, New Vegas and Fable III. Right now I just feel if it isn't an RPG or shooter I don't care but I am going to pick up GT5. Some of the other stuff though, developers and publishers are going to have to accept that some of us, myself included are going to wait for some games to lower their prices before we pick them up.

I stopped reading at "Michael Pachter." Don't get me wrong, I think Pachter could be a useful human being. I think he just missed his true calling as a stoned fast food restaurant janitor.

NBA Jams would have performed much better as $10 or $15 XBLA/PSN downloadable title, I can't imagine many people will want to pay $50 for it, hopefully they'll reconsider their publishing strategy on this title.

man, americans just won't buy :P

Gasp! The Tony Hawk IP is falling off a cliff? Who would have guessed based on the past few iterations? Apparently part of being an analyst is stating the obvious...

"Prognosticators point to disappointing October showings from NBA Jam, EA MMA, Shaun White Snowboarding, and Wii Party." Is that actually surprising?