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February 2015 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes March 10th
- Thread starter donny2112
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Wow! I can't believe Majora took the month! That's some pretty sweet news, and definitely shows that the thirst for it was real, and Nintendo couldn't have done better with teasing it for like 2 damn years.
Also surprised that 3DS kicked that much ass this month as well, I honestly didn't think people would really care that much about the n3DS.
Also surprised that 3DS kicked that much ass this month as well, I honestly didn't think people would really care that much about the n3DS.
WordsintheWater
Member
Okay yeah then that isn't good, so the 290,000 number from Venturebeat doesn't mean it had 290,000 copies counted by NPD.
No one knows as it's literally up in every PAL region and the Asian stores on PSN but not US yet.
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Deleted member 125677
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Really good numbers for Majora's, Monster Hunter and new 3DS!
Bye aqua-love :'-(
Bye aqua-love :'-(
Sorry, am I missing something here? :/
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I'm just happy Monster Hunter 4 got on the list, even as No. 10.
Probably because the majority will buy on ps4.
Playstation US blog said, it was the 4th best seller of February. No numbers though.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/03/12/playstation-store-february-2015s-top-sellers/
Games like that are front-loaded. If it didn't sell well the first day or two, it isn't ever going to. And seeing as how within a week of release it wasn't even in Amazon's top 100 anymore, it's not exactly a slow-burner.
He's referencing last year's numbers as a baseline.
WordsintheWater
Member
Yup, that's the biggest problem for the Order, if it didn't sell during it's release month then it won't sell much after.
By "games like that" do you mean ones that every review shits on?
I don't know sales for this Feb, but history shows us that console sales rise with each passing year in the first half of the consoles lifecycle. Even if we ignore Order, everyone who wants to purchase PS4 now has 150+ games to find fun with, but last year they had less than 50.
I think it already has.
AstuteClass
Banned
Where's the result thread?!
Linear single player only games.
SnowFlakeCake
Member
Haha the last one has already been used. The future of RAD is going to be interesting to see, The Order is the game they wanted to make and if that is their vision for games, just damn. I don't personally think they are going to get another chance by Sony but let's see where it goes, if they did get another chance and the same people are at RAD the sequel ain't going to be much better than 1886 is it? Like I said the tech was awesome, it's everything else that was poor.
I find people that compared RAD to ND a huge insult to the latter, heck I enjoyed Heavy Rain x1000 more than The Order. Unfortunately it perhaps is the case that RAD are only good at making games for franchises with established mechanics, unable to produce their own of note.
hahaha fucking hell
LMAOOO
Yes, games with terrible reviews and awful word-of-mouth. As opposed to Dying Light which had negative reviews and very very positive word of mouth. It's not surprising that Dying Light is still in Amazon's top 100.
Wildarmsjecht
Member
We're going back to hours now huh
8 days of NPD is a lot for a new release. New releases are extremely front loaded, and can many times still end at number 1, even with 1 to 3 days of counted sales.
9:th is not good, no way to spin it, sadly.
Oh wow. Holy shit. Lmao.
Is this for real MS?
Good numbers. Better focus on this MS, focus on this in your PR. it's better.
Chobel
Member
How much did XB1 do last month? 150K?
Last month we only had X1 at the minimum of 140k, so this would be about 257k for Feb, I think.
8 days of NPD is a lot for a new release. New releases are extremely front loaded, and can many times still end at number 1, even with 1 to 3 days of counted sales.
9:th is not good, no way to spin it, sadly.
Right now Sony can either drop the price by 30 bucks or IMO just bundle a download code with every system like TLOU
It seems there is a certain amount of individuals that are determined to shit on the The Orders very existence.
This is one of those times when it's better just saying nothing.
RespectThySole
Member
Higher than my prediction. Not bad. So PS4 might be north of 300k then.
When in doubt...
This is why I prefer Sony's statments. No BS about bullets or how many Titans were summoned. Siiiigh...
ethomaz
Banned
If bone did that I start believe PS4 did over 400k.
WordsintheWater
Member
Haha I didn't really pay attention to that part when reading it, thanks for pointing it out
That's better than I expected. I think it's safe to say that the PS4 is over 300K.
Man. I was pretty bad with my predictions.
using meaningless stats again. lol
Chobel
Member
Holy shit! That's a lot, better than last year.
Mr Moose
Member
in every thread, it turns into Order bashing.