Omotesando
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What do you mean with again? It's the second NPD and it charted the first time.
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NPD Sales Results for April 2014 [Up2: XB1/360 hardware, PS4 #1/XB1 #2 best selling]
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What do you mean with again? It's the second NPD and it charted the first time.
Opus Angelorum
Member
I really don't.
Infamous is a very well received game, on a platform with a much better install base.
PhoenixDawn
Member
Can't believe Yoshi's New Island was actually the #1 "next gen" game if that's what people are saying. I hope that doesn't mean Nintendo is going to push out more abominations like that as a result of the sales though.
The gameplay is OK,but the music alone is enough to warrant the game never existing though
lol and that was with MS "hiding" TF for 360 so the hype alone certainly did that no?
vpance
Member
Well that's intriguing
Dayum, so many crossed out already and it's only 4 months into next gen, lol
prag16
Banned
wat...
Supply constraints are mostly history. They're on shelves all over the place.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Exactly my thoughts. Make fun of Yusuf all you want, there's at least of hint of truth to his words. One sales might begin to really climb when 7th gen actually starts to end.
EL CUCO
Member
I assume this guy is reliable, so here is the answer for those infamous questions
What a plot twist. And we all thought Infamous bombed.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Lol boggles the mind doesn't it?
NPD March thread.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
I was not expecting the X1 doing those low numbers. May is going to be terrible with June being a bit more stable, I think.
You know, there's a myth about something called multiplatform games and it says you can play those too on your console. Shhh, don't tell anybody!
You know, there's a myth about something called multiplatform games and it says you can play those too on your console. Shhh, don't tell anybody!
The bulk of Console owners do not upgrade until years in to the new Cycle.
When are we likely to get Wii U/3DS numbers? I need to sleep...
Yoshi doing better than Infamous would honestly surprise me in a good way, it's always great to see his games doing well.
The stupid combined SKU format.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
PS4 still top-selling
X1 ~111k
That explains the price drop and early announcement, I was sure April numbers were awful
Pretty much. We don't KNOW know that's true, but we KNOW.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
I want to see Yoshi and Infamous numbers.
Would actually be shocked if the former outsold the latter.
Would actually be shocked if the former outsold the latter.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Price drop was just in time it seems.
RedAssedApe
Banned
didn't it sell 1 million copies ww in the first week or something?
What? Who all thought that?
I don't think it's a coincidence that they announced the new XBO SKU, the same week as the release of the April NPD. They probably didn't not want to appear cornered by remaining stagnant and having low sales numbers. Investors do not like lack of action.
MSFT is in a tough spot with the XBO. I am definitely looking forward to E3 a lot more now...I want to see what MSFT does, and how Sony responds/reacts.
NoPiece
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Of All Trades
Member
Unless that number 1 spot is a lot higher than expected, no. PC sales at retail are basically zilch.
That's like asking why it would be surprsing if Killzone outsold Call of Duty. Titanfall had a marketing machine behind it fabricating hype that Infamous couldn't even dream.
Btw terrible but expected numbers for the X1.
Next month is gonna be a bloodbath with sub 100k numbers while PS4 should enjoy boosts from the exclusive MLB The Show and Watch Dogs (marketed as an exclusive and with the best version on PS4).
brandonh83
Banned
A lot of PS4's have been sold, and Infamous was the first big console exclusive, so it makes sense that it has at least sold well.
Andronicus
Banned
i seriously wouldnt doubt this, or in sept
Well at least the people who bought the console like it?
(Is 3 good or bad? Not sure...)
Regardless for the rest of us it's frustrating how opaque NPD is. It's what gave rise to the likes of chartz from people desperate to get exact numbers. I guess it's about how those organizations are run or something, NPD may be more dependent on getting people to pay them than the others are, and thus need to hold a key selling point ransom.
Handy Fake
Member
I am too, I admit. I feel silly. I haz shame.
Sectorseven
Member
Was basing it off this image posted a few pages back
Says "demand continues to outstrip supply."
No i know the reason for the combined SKU format.
Companies want their games to look like they sold well. Heh.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
The 360 is a masterpiece of a console, I ain't abandoning it until pubs start abandoning, only then will I buy and XBONE, or more accurately, when Mass Effect 4 comes out I'll buy an XBONE
.Trigonometrize.
Member
I dunno... I kind of feel like Titanfall caters to the Xbox One install base as a whole more than inFamous SS to PS4 install base as a whole.
It sold over 1 mio. copies in its first 9 days (worldwide).
We already know for over a month that inFAMOUS: SS isn't a "bomb"
The market disagrees with you.
EL CUCO
Member
Infamous not showing up on the charts. Read the first few pages of this thread.
That paints the PS3 in a less flattering light, looking at the chart.
Melchiah
Member
I wish they'd provide sales figures per platform. It would be interesting to how the sales divide.
BassForever
Member
How quickly until we start the Xbox One vs WiiU for 2nd place conversation?
RedAssedApe
Banned
xbone needs to sell more. 1 race pony is no good
Quadraphonic
Member
Multiplayer games usually encourage group purchases though. And long legs, as friends get to play with other friends.
2 decades ago we feared a 3-race pony would kill the industry. We've had 1-console generations many times over, with great success.