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NPD Sales Results for April 2014 [Up2: XB1/360 hardware, PS4 #1/XB1 #2 best selling]
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Cirekiller
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So you knew 6 months ago that the PS4 would have the higher install base? And that there would be a Titanfall bundle?
Sony NEVER gives us sales. NEVER.
yukianderson
Member
Do people still think the Xbox one will outsell the PS4 in North America?
Who's saying that? It's a pretty good success story for EA/Respawn seeing as it was almost canceled at one point.
As for MS, it's a pretty big failure. The entire reason it was funded was to fill the Launch gap/drought and sell new systems. NPD is making it clear it isn't doing what it was intended, and hyped to all hell for.
I mean Christ. They blatantly delayed it's release on last gen to give fence sitters a few weeks to mull over a new console pruchase.
edit: dwelled a little more on that thought.... what would things look like without Titanfall? I'm guessing most current gen sales were massively front loaded towards purchasing at launch, no? If you bought into the hype, you bought into launch?
Well that's intriguing
I am no expert but who will buy X1 for the Halo TV series?
Opus Angelorum
Member
Marketing sometimes is irrelevant if the platform the game is available for is getting dragged through a ditch.
Leaks are not added to OP.
yea by like 300k? titanfall was hyped as the next cod mw by media and MS. it outsold infamous close to 2-1 last month so yes it is surprising that the game doesn't have as much legs and got outsold by infamous this month.
clutch.as.it.gets.
Member
115k is not good.
Not this month it doesn't.
no , they're not. They never give numbers following NPD results these days .
Minus 300k+ copies given away.
crazygambit
Member
I can only speak for myself, but Final Fantasy XIV has taken over my life.
Do we know PS4 numbers yet?
That's the joke.
juicyfruitas
Member
Why the fuck is msft still dicking around with a June 9 date for the price drop?
The cat is out of the bag - why let sales erode even further for another month?
The cat is out of the bag - why let sales erode even further for another month?
This right here.
If they won't return to their IPs for core games then Phil needs to start giving those IPs to other devs. Give the fans what they want from other devs and nobody will give a shit when he shuts down Rare.
Then link the post it was leaked in.
Me looking at the history of the PS3.
Looking at SONY's 1st Party studios.
Looking at the amount of 1st Party AAA teams which are working on PS4 games.
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Games for the PS4? No problem!
Four_Chamber
Member
The key for Microsoft is getting this bizarre group of people still buying/playing 360s to make the jump. They're definitely making the right first steps and I anticipate that it will turn around. I bet PS3 console sales are negligible right now.
I've been playing MLB The Show lately. Sorry if you don't like a game makes it bad.
I do agree Sony hasn't wrapped anything up yet. But summer is coming so sales and releases are going to slow down. You aren't getting your block buster titles until August and beyond. Still, Transistor is out on May 20 and smaller games should fill the void. Lets not be a retail only dinosaur gamer.
PhoenixDawn
Member
Vita is probably 0, within the margin of error.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I estimate "terrible."
if new playstation brand owners liked Infamous Second Son at least there won't be as big of a notion of "PS4 has no games". Casual gamers are probably satisfied with mix of exclusives and multiplats and they'll be more likely to pay attention to exclusives this gen because they'll get attention just from the visuals alone
The 360 version almost certainly killed Xbone sales.
Syphon Filter
Member
I dont see people saying Halo tv will move systems to be honest. Also i dont think xbox one needs saving , only the WiiU.
Fox Mulder
Member
the retailer sales stopped. I was interested, but had to pay a speeding ticket. My interest is killed now they're at $499 everywhere with no bundled game.
not shocked it sold poorly, and now the $399 version will kill sales for another month.
It has always driven me crazy that they do not calculate NPD top ten like this. Grouping these titles in to one number provides no real insight for marketing teams, who are the primary target of NPD data. SKU by SKU numbers would be much more helpful in identifying a Consoles primary audience.
toxiichollow
Member
Anyone know how kinect sport rivals did?
yukianderson
Member
Previous generation software sales have been in the toilet for months. I don't find it too surprising, they had their time in the sun, people are ready to move on.
It does make me wonder what the hell Ubi expects for PS3/360 software sales on something like Farcry 4. Let it go, dudes...
Black Mantis
Member
So what if they did? As far as I can see, TF is the top selling title across all formats. The X1 version also has a good attach rate amongst that consoles owners, so it being outsold by Infamous is more likely to be down to the X1 being outsold by the PS4.
bananafactory
Banned
Man, the May sales chart will be very interesting. Basically no one is going to be buying an XB1 between now and price drop - right?
Opus Angelorum
Member
PSVita less than 5k apparently.
They used to back in the day, then the PS3 happened.
If Titanfall were to drive XBO sales, then we'd expect it to continue to sell well, though it would surely still be front-loaded. That didn't happen, so the result of the hype was to severely front-load sales into a relatively small install base. I don't think a drop off is very surprising.
Sometimes marketing is irrelevant period, there have been a load of highly marketed bombs in various industries. At best they just failed to find the right angle to get people interested, at worst there was absolutely nothing that could be done regardless of how good a product actually is.
EDIT: And... yeah, thinking about Titanfall was almost laser focused on Xbox's core audience, THE core audience at that. Sony seems to better hit more broadly albeit generally focused on the AAA umbrella while Microsoft's still trying to find more than the likes of Fable to hit differing interests. Come to think of it, it makes me wonder if the likes of Oblivion are underappreciated as pushing the 360 earlier on, that's a core title that ropes in a lot of people who either don't like shooters or just aren't THAT big into them to justify a console for.
Ugh, just imagine what the folks atGearbox are thinking with Borderlands 1.5.
woooow
PhantomFear
Member
You're way off. They're horrendous.
BananaSprinkles
Banned
It outsold the xbone version of Plants vs Zombies, according to IGN. So there's that.