So what were the bombas of 2014?
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Gonzo The Great
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Yeah, no. The Wii U may be selling like crap, but Nintendo's first party titles are still making bank.
Ingueferroque
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TEW was my biggest disappointment on PS4.. I should have got it during the Steam sale instead.
The performance of the PS4 version is just terrible.
That's personal bomba though.
The performance of the PS4 version is just terrible.
That's personal bomba though.
Maybe 3DS games but not Wii U games
The Evil Within charted high on October's NPD and got a special note for its performance as the highest selling Survival Horror game in some time.
Granted Bethesda themselves never officially commented on the sales or provided actual numbers.
Alien Isolation probably didn't sell as well as it should have. That said it seems like the team were thinking about sequel ideas nonetheless.
Granted Bethesda themselves never officially commented on the sales or provided actual numbers.
Alien Isolation probably didn't sell as well as it should have. That said it seems like the team were thinking about sequel ideas nonetheless.
AHA-Lambda
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Said it before and I'll say it again, I think LBP3 is the sort of game that will have legs and will do well with bundles. Then again I wasn't aware it had performance issues until now =/
Just wanted to promote discussion, plus a lot of franchises are down on their predecessors.
Just wanted to promote discussion, plus a lot of franchises are down on their predecessors.
LBP3 is sad to hear but at least Dragon Age did better than many of us thought it did. CoD AW is in no way a bomba. It outsold every game in November. AC Unity isn't one either given the Xbone bundle sold so much. It certainly is a bomba in terms of quality.
But my main question is, how exactly did the MCC do? Was it really a system seller or were people turned off by its terrible launch?
But my main question is, how exactly did the MCC do? Was it really a system seller or were people turned off by its terrible launch?
UltraGunner
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Did DriveClub even chart during its release?
bananafactory
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No but a large portion of its sales were probably digital because there was a $10 discount ($20 discount in Canada) for PS+ users.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Bayonetta 2, WildStar.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Wii U console for sure.
Not sure what some the people in here are talking about but some of these games sure didn't bomb.
Not sure what some the people in here are talking about but some of these games sure didn't bomb.
AHA-Lambda
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Honestly? Don't think so.
ShockingAlberto
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Why is The Evil Within in the OP? It's a pretty big success for its genre.
LiquidSolid
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Didn't LBP3 debut with the highest sales in the series in the UK? Or am I thinking of another game?
Forza Horizon 2 never charted in the US either. Why? Because the US is almost irrelevant when it comes to racing games, Europe is where the money is at. DriveClub did fine, I'd bet it was the best selling racing game of the year. The Crew is the one that I'd be worried about (or not, since it's a terrible game).
Anyway, for biggest bombas of 2014, I think I'd go with:
Murdered: Soul Suspects (disappointing because it was a pretty cool adventure game)
Bayonetta 2 (sad, I'm looking forward to finally getting a WiiU and playing it)
The Crew (terrible game, well deserved)
Fantasia: Music Evolved (sad for Harmonix but honestly, predictable)
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
They're wrong.
Krusenstern
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Lords of Shadow 2 sadly.
cleveridea
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Yeah it doesn't help that dance central came out at $10 setting a precedent for kinnect games. I wasn't really that interested until I saw the price and bought it since I liked several of the tracks included in the original set.
I bought the xbox one with kinnect for fitness since thats how I used the original kinnect (Fitness Evolved) so I knew I would use it for that and not games. However a bunch of people buying the launch units for $500 with no games may be pretty upset about all the crazy deals recently (like the target $329 + 2 AC games + $50 gift card) and a complete drop of support for kinnect
Dragon Age is is no I'd say. It's not surprising it didn't make Top Ten when you look at that list, anyone walking down the street knows GTA, Pokemon, Halo, Assassin's Creed, etc.
Here's what BioWare's Jarret Lee said:
"Hi guys - obviously it's a drag not to see DAI on that top 10 list for November. I can't really give any figures of course...However, from what I know about the sales numbers (a) DAI is doing great and well ahead of it's predecessors, and a significant percentage of sales of DAI are digital and not tracked by NPD. If anything, I'm more worried about the weird signals this chart sends to the market about DAI, as opposed to the reality of our unit sales"
If only they had the capacity to release actual sales figures across platforms and tell us how well it is doing. Oh wait...
Ugh, if there's one thing I hate about this industry, it's that getting real figures on sales is harder than pulling teeth. The one thing they still haven't copied from the movie industry and should is publishing numbers.
Mario Kart 8 and Smash sold just fine. Hell, even Hyrule Warriors "exceeded expectations" though that's not first party
Both sold well below their predecessors which is enough for CODAW to be considered a bomba by some. And yeah, Zelda musou sold above expectations because the production looks like it cost so little.
So uh, 1 game? And it's a musou? OK.
Kurt Angle
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bayonetta 2
though it was expected I guess
though it was expected I guess
Joseph Merrick
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the crew is a fantastic game, and I don't think it's doing poorly either. no idea what the sales expectations for it were, but it's guaranteed doing better than tdu2.
if it's selling as expected or better it obviously didn't bomb. although I'm not saying it didn't, as I have no idea about numbers or expectations for it.
both Smash and MK8 are on a system with a drastically lower install-base. Considering MK8 has a fucking insane attach rate, these games are doing fine by expectations unless someone expected both to suddenly make the WiiU a Wii-like success.
Mario Kart 8 and Smash Wii U were always going to sell way below their predecessor considering MKW and Brawl were released at the peak of the Wii's life.
Seriously, were you expecting MK8 to sell close to 34 million copies on the Wii U?
it did very well financially, but many, many people were disapointed in the game including myself. And the expectations were "biggest game of all time" according to the ad campain
Melee sold more and had a 800k install base if I remember correctly. You are getting way too worked up over this man. Calm down.
Melee was also pretty much a launch title on the Gamecube and didn't have a handheld version released around the same time.
joecanada
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Well I'm happy that myself and a good deal of other posters I saw in various threads plus obviously customers spoke with our wallets.
You sell DA2 for 59.99, you get enemies.
That's true, smash3ds stole a lot of thunder.
AHA-Lambda
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I will back up some people saying Destiny as tbh, if I were Activision I'd be worreid about Destiny's long term appeal after the various fumblings of the first game regardles of it's sales. This is supposed to be their next CoD after all.
Watch Dogs though? yeah, no matter what way you cut that, the game was a success in everything except it's own bloody quality >_>
Watch Dogs though? yeah, no matter what way you cut that, the game was a success in everything except it's own bloody quality >_>
Lords of Shadow 2
Dragon Age Inquisition
Driveclub
Forza Horizon 2
Sunset Overdrive
Bayonetta 2
Little Big Planet 3
AC Unity
The last two may or not be considered okay by the companies in question because of bundle sales, but the main retail SKUs are down from previous installments.
Some weird fucking platform support decisions across the board.
Dragon Age Inquisition
Driveclub
Forza Horizon 2
Sunset Overdrive
Bayonetta 2
Little Big Planet 3
AC Unity
The last two may or not be considered okay by the companies in question because of bundle sales, but the main retail SKUs are down from previous installments.
Some weird fucking platform support decisions across the board.
UK numbers include bundled games unlike NPD, so it's not a surprise Driveclub's figures are decent over here.
I say watch dogs for the same reason you said destiny. They obviously wanted watch dogs to be their next yearly franchise alongside assassins creed (launch creed in fall watch dogs in summer) but it doesn't seem like its going to work.
The sad thing is the old levels are barely compatible. Anything moderately complex seems to be broken in some way or other. I was excited to check out some of the top levels since I stopped playing LBP2, but given the state they're in I wish they would have said forget it and taken the series in a more innovative direction.
tearsintherain
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I am most disappointed and yet personally happy that Microsoft produced so few Sunset Overdrive xbox one bundles. They absolutely KILLED it in sales this november due to the massive discounts, but the only real bundle was the Assassins Creed bundle - black xbox one with AC4 and 5 digitally. The COD and Kinect bundles were $100 more.
Good deal, but if they had even a little foresight how much more exciting would it have been to offer either a AC5 bundle OR a SSOD bundle? I think a lot more people would have been excited to buy an xbox one if it was a one off white console and came with an exclusive IP game.
On the other hand I managed to snag one at a great discount literally hours before it ran out of stock online, so I am pretty happy that I have a fairly unique xbox one for now.
Tal Shiar Agent
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That's stupid, for lack of a better word.
DAI is almost on the level of Origins in both gameplay and story. It's a full redemption for Bioware and the series.
Hell, Hawke and his companions were really great in Shit Mountain. I don't regret playing DA2 for that alone.
krimsoncharge
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I think creamsugar said lbp sold 199k on ps4 and 90 odd something on ps3. I dont think thats a bad start with it launching in the holidays. Npd thread so maybe someone can cross check.
Pretty much this.
I love my Wii U but It certainly is bombing in terms of sales.
How? Are there actually people out there who said "I'll buy Smash on 3DS but not Wii U" ??