, it becomes a very real question where, if anywhere, the retail industry can
eke out some growth this year. Wedbush's Pachter is certainly not willing to
give up just yet, and pointed to Mass Effect 3 as an upcoming support in March.
He added that "May is looking great with Ghost Recon and Max Payne 3". Analysts
for Piper Jaffray were less confident, and attributed the current difficulties
to NBA 2K18 MT "fatigue in demand for HD console software," specifically as "casual gamers
who tend
purchase major titles several weeks or 2K18 MT Coins months after launch are having less
impact on the market." For example, sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were
down 50 percent in February compared to sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops a year
ago. Even then, Modern Warfare 3 was still the top-selling game for February
ahead of several new multiplatform releases like Final Fantasy XIII-2, UFC
Undisputed 3, and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Given the relative change in
Modern
3 sales and the fact that Kingdoms of Amalur sold 330,000 copies across its
three platforms, we can estimate that these top four titles for February
probably brought in less than 1.5 million units combined. Both Final Fantasy and
UFC Undisputed were million-sellers by themselves in their opening months, just
a few short years ago. Twisted Metal (2012), while not necessarily a
system-selling exclusive, put up a very respectable 221,000 copies in its first
month. According to Rentrak,
began publishing weekly sales charts last year, it was still the tenth
best-selling game in the first week of March. Since it's the first anniversary
of the Nintendo 3DS launch, it's helpful here to look back and see what the
top-selling games were for the first 12 months.. The chart below shows that
list: Nintendo has actually released a slightly different chart with Mario Kart
7 and Super Mario 3D Land reversed, but I believe that chart does not include
software bundled with hardware. Given that at http://www.nba18mt.com/
