NPD: Tiger Woods 11 sales way down compared to Tiger 10

by David Hinkle on Jul 16th 2010 8:30PM

The NPD figures for June show that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 didn't have a debut comparable to the previous year's game. In fact, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 only managed to unload 32% of the copies sold during Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10's initial launch month, Venturebeat offers. We contacted the NPD, who told us the same thing: "The new Tiger Woods release sold only 32 percent of what last year's release sold in its introductory month at retail. That said, last year's game saw a huge sales increase over previous versions, but still, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 did not break into the top 10 games for the month."

Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is Tiger's promiscuity -- a likely factor behind Tiger's waning popularity. But, EA's Rob Semsey contributed that the slowing Wii market and Tiger's performance on the course as of late are also contributors to the dip in sales. Now the real question is: with the drop in sales, will EA still stand by its man?

Source: Venturebeat

Tags: ea, electronic-arts, microsoft, nintendo, playstation, ps3, Tiger-Woods-PGA-Tour-11, wii, xbox

Reader Comments (55)

Yeah, I was hoping for the version showed on South Park. When I found out it was going to be about regular golf I canceled my imaginary pre-order...

@DeeZeee

Yeah, golf is really exciting when it's not about golf.

@DeeZeee
Tiger thats not how you do a noooooooo let my friend vader show you how its done

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

@DeeZeee

The South Park version did seem hilarious. I don't know why they don't go ahead and milk this. Tiger's a punchline now. Might as well sell some laughs.

There's a minigolf game out that is more fun than any serious golf sims will ever be. Golf itself is fun... but gold in your living room completely defeats the fun.

Outdoor lights were put up at a golf course - for people who liked..... swinging nightclubs.

It's too bad because i think the Wii version is the best golf game you can get. It's awesome.

Clearly. A direct link between promiscuity and game sales. I can't see how the correlation could be any tighter: sleep with women, game sales decline.

@sigma8

Actually, it *does* make sense. It's called "marketability."

@Padilla7921 There are many possible, good explanations for why this year's installment is underperforming. The point is that we don't know which one(s) is the cause, thus it would be premature to level the blame squarely at Tiger. Unless you are saying you have it on good authority from Paul the Octopus?

Tiger can putt....but he can't drive

Hm, maybe it is the $10 online activation fee? Or perhaps it is the fact that EA still charges $60 for a sports game?

@Porksta Wait, you have to pay a $10 activation fee to play online? Wow that's almost as bad as what Ubisoft did to AC2 on PC.

@Porksta

The $10 activation fee you are referring to is only for playing online and it is included with the game if you buy it new. Maybe it will affect used game sales but this is about new game sales.

@Porksta

That's why I didnt buy it. I share games with my bro and we refuse to pay an additional $10 just to play online, we already pay for that function with live.

I'm glad to see the games that implemented this "feature" such as this and UFC 2010 for THQ are showing a large drop in sales over last years version. But I guess its all for nothing since Madden will be out soon.

@WINterfang
Each new game comes with a code to play online. If you buy it used, you need to pay $10 for a new code. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't buy it just because of this. I know I didn't.

@Porksta Hopefully this is a signal to EA that the $10 fee to play online (for people who buy it used) is a bad idea.

I'm sure the PS3 copies will get unloaded pretty easily once PlayStation Move comes out.

I bought it and considering Amazon gave me a $20 game credit along with the free 1-year subscription to Golf Digest the game came with I feel like I got a decent deal. If there wasn't going to be PlayStation Move support then I would have just bought 10 but added Move support should make it fun to start playing again later this year.

@golfs4panzys I am waiting for Move to come out before I pick this up. I'm either getting this game or John Daly Golf, maybe both.

@golfs4panzys that is a good point...tho by the time Move comes out might as well wait another 8-9 months for Tiger Woods PGA 2012

@golfs4panzys

I doubt Move will push it at all. People can get the same experience on the Wii(minus the HD), and so many people have Wiis. Plus, if they wanted to buy a console just for golf(who are these people?), then why not spend $150-$200 less?

is it a DIRECT result of his issues? I dont think so.....but like they said...him being out of the GOLF spotlight really did effect it...which is an off result of it...

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

You really NEED to fix that caps key that apparently gets stuck ALL the time.

@GordoJones88 if they allowed the or tag I would be good

italic or bold tags

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi
He was in a bigger spotlight than he would have otherwise been in. The question is, did it turn people off to the game. A secondary question might be: did it turn them off to Tiger Woods? Or just Golf as a whole? Because I doubt it's like all those other golf games sold like hotcakes during Tiger's slump.

What does Tiger Woods do after a round of golf . . .

He goes back to his hotel room to play three more holes.

@GordoJones88
yeah there is a button mashing hot coffee scene after 18 on pebble beach.

The sales will pick up again after people unlock the Hot Coffee mode.

Well, you can play Tiger Woods Golf free in-browser now from EA's site, and it's actually very full featured. I'd rather play the free game than pay.

Do no one consider that MAYBE it also has to do with the fact that '10 was one of the first games bundled with Wii Motion Plus?

@Freddie Mercury Yeah, I think you've got it right. A lot of people wanted something, anything, to see what Wii Motion Plus could do, and it was Tiger Woods or tennis.

I know that's why I bought last year's edition.

@Freddie Mercury
From the economic side people tend to have myopic outlooks on trends in the market.

I would much rather see the comparison from 2009 to 2011 considering what you just mentioned about 2010. How much have sales grown over the past 2 years is what I want to know.

Because every wife and girlfriend has this running through there head:
Its my husbands birthday/father's day/anniversary and he loves golf what should I get him... Tiger Woods? What kind of message would I be sending him with that!?!

lol no shit

Not to mention why would most people pay full price on this version when last year's version is just as good.

I'd buy it if it was called "Tiger Woods Cheap Hooker/Porn Star Tour 11".

no really?!?!?!?!?! after what he did you think his sales would go way up???? is this supposed to be surprising at all???

I bought every Tiger game except 08 and 11 on the 360... I think what it comes down to is distrust with servers getting shut down and an abundance of versions to pick from, plus the last two years they haven't done much... I'm sort of curious about Daly's game now...

But I still love Tiger. Any Golf fan has forgotten or never cared about his marital dealings, that stuff is for tabloids and gossip.

not suprised. i played it and its worse than tiger 10.

I imagine a big part of this has to do with the fact that Tiger 10 had the MotionPlus pack-in. To some degree it was a tech demo, and a gimmick, and it worked well... but once that's gone, and you're asking for $60 for more of the same, it's not surprising that most gamers are going to give it a pass.

I play these games at such a slow pace that if I buy every one every year I will never get my money's worth.

The latest one I have is 2009 and I'll be good for another couple years.

It doesn't help that none will ever compare to the first TW game I played (2004).

I say this is cause Tiger 10 was good enough for most Wii owners. It's hard to make a sequel to the best golf game ever made...and even if they did, it's hard to convince someone to buy it.

I think the biggest part is that this isn't a franchise that people think they need to own every iteration of. It's not madden, the schedules and rosters don't change appreciably. It's the same game you bought last year, so many people bought it last year they wouldn't be buying a new one regardless. This game is a victim of it's own success. When the Sony Motion Plus version comes out, I bet that does better than last year's version did on PS3.

What! Why? Did Tiger do something recently?

Gee, I wonder why that could be. Maybe people don't want to spend $120 on a GOLF GAME!

It has nothing to do with the fact that he screwed some waitress from Perkins, and everything to do with the fact that the game just flat out sucks. Seriously, it has been getting progressively worse every year. Not to mention, why the hell is it always raining???

I want me some Mario Golf now damn it! Now!

@mrmobius

lol

That was obvious, in fact I was surprised the name of the game wasn't switched to something else before release. Shame on you EA and Tiger.

I heard Chuck Norris bought it. He hates it. Well then again, Chuck Norris hates everything.

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