I have never had a needle age in the package.
But you may have bent something when you broke the needle. Put in a new needle and use the hand wheel to move it up and down. Do not thread it or have any fabric in the machine. Watch closely, is the needle hitting the needle plate? Can you feel it catching or hitting something underneath? If you can remove the bobbin or feed dog cover when you do this a second time to see if anything is hitting.
You can also out the timing out on your machine.