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[Sean*O]

Titanfall most aptly titled game of all time?

 

[Coolbgdog12]

THIS GIF IS AMAZING!! OMG LOL!

 

[TheContact]

Nice and I'm still not an owner yet. Still waiting for that killer title to really get me to buy one

 

[Yoda]

Wow I really thought the X1 would pull ahead this time. The console had a stealth price-cut and its biggest exclusive for the year... Does this mean its a safe bet that the PS4 will be over the X1 for monthly sales until the holiday season?

 

[Lynn616]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...art-but-ps4-leads-hardware-again-in-march-npd


The NPD Group has issued its March video game sales report, revealing a 28 percent drop in software sales (including PC) to $432 million. Hardware, however, soared 78 percent on the strength of the new consoles, totaling $395 million. Accessories were also up 4 percent to $224 million. Overall, total industry sales increased 3 percent to $1.03 billion.

NPD noted that Sony's PlayStation 4 led hardware sales (for the third month in a row) despite the Xbox One exclusive Titanfall topping the games chart. Globally, Sony announced recently that PS4 had surpassed 7 million units sold.

Hardware in general put in a robust performance during the last month, boosting the industry year-over-year. "PS4 and Xbox One continue to see success with cumulative sales of the two consoles through the first five months currently totaling more than double that of their predecessors, the PS3 and Xbox 360," noted NPD analyst Liam Callahan.

In addition to Titanfall, game sales were driven by Sony's inFamous on PS4, Ubisoft's South Park: The Stick of Truth and Activision's Call of Duty: Ghosts. Check out the top 10 chart below.

Does NPD always say which console sold the most like that?

 

[pooptest]

Wow... Just, wow. Congrats Sony!!!

 

[DieH@rd]

This GIF. This fucking GIF!!! It encapsulates this situation so perfectly.

 

[Proxy]

PS4 won? Holy shit.

 

[Heshinsi]

That Sony one-two punch lol So much for the "they gave us the 7M number to soften the blow" speak.

 

[Devilinthiscity]

onward to E3

 

[DrkSage]

I know Someone has to use a pony avatar for 3 days...

 

[Loakum]

ok...let's see what we have here...oh my.....Dis Iz Gunna Be GUD!!!

Respawn...it looks like you bet on the wrong horse...just sayin..

 

[Jomjom]

Wow I really thought the X1 would pull ahead this time. The console had a stealth price-cut and its biggest exclusive for the year... Does this mean its a safe bet that the PS4 will be over the X1 for monthly sales until the holiday season?

Not if MS drops to $299.

 

[140.85]

whaddadafuuuck

 

[Ranger Taffles]

SONY HQ

 

[Bold One]

no

I dont believe it, it cant be true

it cant be true

titanfall was supposed to save us from Sony

 

[Iacobellis]

Not if MS drops to $299.

Already taking a loss at $500, though.

 

[DieH@rd]

 

[Liha]

Microsoft HQ

 

[2345425]

Thread delivered.

 

[Walpurgisnacht]

no

I dont believe it, it cant be true

it cant be true

titanfall was supposed to save us from Sony

Nothing will save you from Cerny.

 

[Evil Supremacy]

Wow well done Sony, with the hype machine in full flow since e3 for titanfall was not expecting that, i'm not close enough to a bunker, i'm heading down the tube station like they did in the blitz, see you all on the other side.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I'm looking forward to CNET's article with great anticipation.

 

[Arkham]

Angelus has to put on the Brony.

 

[Darksol]

Lock this thread and move discussion to actual NPD thread?

 

[Walpurgisnacht]

Major Nelson

 

[SolidSnakex]

From the NPD thread

Xbox One continues selling at a strong pace with 311,000 units sold in the U.S. in the month of March

What the hell? It got a 60k unit bump with Titanfall and the bundle?

 

[Into]

From the NPD thread



What the hell? It got a 60k unit bump with Titanfall and bundles?

It makes Titanfall look like peanuts, yet was built up to be this mega title.

 

[LowEndTorque]

Oh mah gawd. PS4 wins in the USA during Titanfall release month. Did NOT see that coming.

Pre-announcement hype justified. Off to the bunker I go.

 

[Loakum]

 

[BrokenIcarus]

It makes Titanfall look like peanuts, yet was built up to be this mega title.

Peanuts is an understatement really. It actually sold less weekly than in February just think about that for a moment.

 

[Steverulez]

Easier to check in here than the NPD thread - "cumulatively sold through" Sony wording = to consumers, "sold in" which MS used is to retailers?

 

[G-Bus]

wrong thread.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Easier to check in here than the NPD thread - "cumulatively sold through" Sony wording = to consumers, "sold in" which MS used is to retailers?

Yep, they apparently haven't used consumer numbers since their December sales update.

 

[Steverulez]

Yep, they apparently haven't used consumer numbers since their December sales update.

Sounds like someone needs a price drop! Thanks though.

Sony done great so far.

 

[A_Gorilla]

Sooo many people eating crow right now.

Someone get out the chalkboard, time to cross Titanfall off!

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

I'll rock a pony avatar for 3 days if PS4 outsold XBO. That's how confident I am that it didn't.

 

[USDF]

Did


They


Not


See


Titanfall?

 

[Prelude.]

Well, if they're announcing it right before NPD it means that they're pretty confident in the results.

Called it.

Dat pre-emptive damage control indeed.

 

[DoomGyver]

I'd really like to know how much Microsoft forked over for the Titanfall exclusive. It's hard to believe PS4 outsold the XBO in march.

 

[Uno Venova]

Sooo many people eating crow right now.

Someone get out the chalkboard, time to cross Titanfall off!

It is one of the biggest crow servings since the E3 conference, so many people thought this would change tides in the US.

 

[SolidSnakex]

What in the actual fucking fuck. But but but, the gaming press told me this was going to be the next call of duty.

In all seriousness, I don't think many expected that small of a bump. There was so much marketing for Titanfall and then you had the bundle. Titanfall was receiving an incredible amount of hype leading up to its launch from nearly every major gaming outlet. It's crazy to see that it only gave it a 60k unit bump.

 

[Into]

I'd really like to know how much Microsoft forked over for the Titanfall exclusive.

The funny thing is, we all thought MS scored here, paid money for this GIGANTIC franchise that was going to turn the tide and dominate.

Turns out, EA and Respawn are the ones who scored, they sold the exclusivity to a game that was presented as this big thing, but turned out to have minimal impact on sales.

A Viva Pinata game might just as well had the same bump. I am not even trying to be funny, a Fable game could have had the same impact, or any other second rate franchise that barely registers on the radar as a big seller.

 

[Lemondish]

In all seriousness, I don't think many expected that small of a bump. There was so much marketing for Titanfall and then you had the bundle. Titanfall was receiving an incredible amount of hype leading up to its launch from nearly every major gaming outlet. It's crazy to see that it only gave it a 60k unit bump.

I don't think that's a safe assumption to make. Many (including me) were convinced that February's bump from January had to do with Titanfall as well, which seemed extremely likely at the time. With these numbers seeing a modest jump from February, it seems that's even more likely imo

 

[vcc]

From the NPD thread



What the hell? It got a 60k unit bump with Titanfall and the bundle?

More like a 160k bump in feb and a 180k bump in mar.

 

[EGOMON]

As a loyal PS fan cheers to you Sony and all of PS fans, PS4 is rightfully the leader of this generation

 

[BrokenIcarus]

What in the actual fucking fuck. But but but, the gaming press told me this was going to be the next call of duty.

Well sorry to burst their bubble, I suspect Sales are even worse outside of USA, so yeah take of that what you will.

 

[Amir0x]

Well sorry to burst their bubble, I suspect Sales are even worse outside of USA, so yeah take of that what you will.

Manufactured hype was a real phenomenon. It's not that the game wasn't good if you're into that mold of modern FPS (I can't play modern competitive FPS, believe they ruined the genre), but it's that they were inflating its importance. It just wasn't doing much special that the genre hadn't seen before. It was just combining one or two new things and applying ideas from a variety of FPS that have done similar things.

 

[botty]

As soon as I saw Nomura during Sony's E3 conference I knew.

 

[BrokenIcarus]

Manufactured hype was a real phenomenon. It's not that the game wasn't good if you're into that mold of modern FPS (I can't play modern competitive FPS, believe they ruined the genre), but it's that they were inflating its importance. It just wasn't doing much special that the genre hadn't seen before. It was just combining one or two new things and applying ideas from a variety of FPS that have done similar things.

Yeah all this talk about Hype being 'manufactured' and here we are with a decline during launch of their game, there should be a name for this kind of phenomenon.

As soon as I saw Nomura during Sony's E3 conference I knew.

Hah, I felt very similar, even though I thought FFXV and KH3 were exclusive.