NPD August 2012: Pandas dancing around

Before I go talking about World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, I better get some business out of the way with the NPD of August 2012.

BTW.  It seems I'm putting in less and less info.  Why?  Because I may be limiting this blog to NPD reports or going all out completely.  Anyway, enough is enough.  Let's get this out of the way.

At number 10: Activision Blizzard's The Amazing Spider Man(360, PS3, NDS, 3DS, Wii), who's still holding on by a spider thread

At number 09: Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Black Ops(360, PS3, NDS, Wii, PC), though we wonder how well the sequel will do

At number 08: Warner Bros' Batman Arkham City(360, PS3, PC) with the Wii U version still on its way

At number 07: Activision Blizzard's Transformers: Fall of Cybertron(360, PS3) proving there's no rest for an Autobot or Decepticon

At number 06: SquareEnix's Sleeping Dogs(360, PS3), though that's betraying SquareEnix's dedication to over cheesy Japanese RPGs

At number 05: Warner Bros' Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes(Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSV, PC), which is becoming the de facto Batman game.

At number 04: Electronic Arts' NCAA Football 2013(360, PS3), a warm up for Madden.

At number 03: SquareEnix's Kingdom Hearts 3D(3DS), though that doesn't count as a cheesy Japanese RPG

At number 02: Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros 2(3DS), proving Mario still has what it takes to attract Nintendo fans everywhere.

And finally at number 01: THQ's Darksiders 2(360, PS3, PC), which means Death has ways to satisfy.

Finally for sales, this is all we could muster

X360:193K
3DS:Above 170K
PS3:Above last month, below 193K

For the first time, the best selling system didn't even reach 200K.  However, the 360 maintains its lead of the competition for the 20th consecutive month in a row.  The 3DS's XL launch represents 44% of the sales even though it was only released for a few days.


Will Madden bring a touchdown to the field?  Or will September be intercepted?  Stay tuned.

Works Cited: NeoGAF