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NPD Sales Results for April 2014 [Up2: XB1/360 hardware, PS4 #1/XB1 #2 best selling]
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MightyHedgehog
Member
Wait, you can type normal-like?!1
Dr.Bergenstein
Banned
I need to buy another PS3...so they got 1 sale from me! (I'm in a really bad spot right now, financially, and I don't own anything gaming-related atm, other than some older Nintendo stuff and all the money I invested into PSN content).
You really don't think they'll sell for $99? Compare a PS3 to a Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, etc etc and it blows them completely out of the water at that price. Sure, it might not have all the streaming apps those devices have, but you're getting so much more for your money at that point it doesn't matter. Even the Vita TV for $99 would be an awesome deal, imo.
Yes they've said a lot of times in the thread.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
*puts "interesting" into Japanese dictionary*
Translation: iOS/Android
Learned a new word today.
shinra-bansho
Member
I can see 1.73 being PS4/XBO. So PS4 ~199k.
Not sure about the other fraction.
Could be PS3/360.
Or Wii U/XBO.
Not sure about the other fraction.
Could be PS3/360.
Or Wii U/XBO.
Blue Ranger
Member
195k?
*setting the world on fire*
*setting the world on fire*
The fact SS didn't break the top ten in spite of selling ahead of Titanfall XB1 should've said everything really.
Though that does have interesting implications for how well Titanfall possibly sold on 360. This may rationalize cross-gen for quite awhile, for better or worse.
EDIT: ... and damn, it's really just more and more disheartening to hear about the state of Japan for gaming. I wasn't hung up on them needing to be on consoles, but I guess enough of America was (if not apathetic to Japanese games period anyway), and the handheld market doesn't seem to have really been strong enough there outside of a few smaller developers/publishers anyway. :/
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Depends who you are.
If you saw the writing on the wall years ago, you reorganized your development pipeline and became bigger - Activision, EA, Ubisoft. If you didn't or couldn't efficiently enough, you went out of business - Midway, THQ.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Probably Wii U or 3DS I'm guessing.
fredrancour
Member
The gaffers that are bitching about annual sequels are not the same people that are content to buy annual skylanders or ac or cod or madden over and over.
Alternatively, if people do fall into both the customer and complainer groups, they still enjoy games enough to buy them and just haven't given up yet, but may with time. For example, ac4is down several million over ac3 right?
Ninja Scooter
Member
It seems Nintendo has more reason to be worried about their handheld business than people would have had you believe. Everyone always took for granted that it would always carry them financially but if their next handheld is the equivalent (sales wise) the the n64 or GameCube of their handheld line they are fucked hard.
Yeah, I'm really curious to find out what TF on 360 numbers were.
cardinalmind
Member
Ouch. Without TF, Xbox one could have been sub-100k.
And Vita is already dead in the US for me when it only sold around 60k during DEC. That a sign of a failed system.
only 55%. so 45% of new Xbox owners chose Forza 5 over TF. that's really surprising.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
Remember how people were saying the console market is dead? Then the PS4 and Xbone launched and sold really well and we all laughed at those pessimistic idiots?
Maybe they weren't so stupid after all...
Maybe they weren't so stupid after all...
Officerrob
Banned
Wii U
Looking at the PS4 numbers I would say the vast majority of the hard core gamer demand has been met. Now Sony has to work on the next group the core gamers. That will take some heavy hitter games and IMO holiday bundles. I don't think the core gamers see the value in these machines compared to last generation. I don't think Sony or MS will be able to keep up the 399.99 price point past next holiday season unless they want sub 100k months.
I think this is probably the best argument for cross-gen:
"-Xbox One sold 447,000 games.
-Xbox 360 sold 2.2 million games."
maabus1999
Member
Still low, and SS 2nd month is also low.
Software low. Hardware low. We know May will be tough on X1. If May is tough on PS4, better be one heck of an E3 for all involved.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
What was 360/PS3 sales last year this time?
Sounds reasonable to me.
What was the 3DS at in Apr 13?
It doesn't seem to be doing too well, but hopefully it can at least stay above 100K.
Eh, its too early to judge. We'll see where things stand after next holiday season.
vagabondarts
Member
The Vita situation makes me so mad, but at the end of the day I have plenty to play and look forward to.
Hopefully localizations are still brought over despite it being dead.
Everyone's been saying Nintendo will outlive Sony and MS in this industry -- I'm calling it and saying they'll be the first to go.
They either go third-party or die. Nobody wants to buy a Nintendo console just to play Nintendo games anymore.
Bluekaveli
Member
How come I've never seen this lol.
2.642m
b-b-but the war chest
Aquamarine
Member
It was already dead.
BassForever
Member
Nintendo is so doomed they've begun to sink everyone with them
Guess it's time to get a tablet to and accept our new gaming over lords ios/android
Guess it's time to get a tablet to and accept our new gaming over lords ios/android
Question, what do you expect at E3 for short term viability? E3 is about future prospects.
Metallix87
Member
The momentum had to stop sooner or later. I suspected that the PS4 and Xbone would soon have a major downturn in North America. The content just isn't there to keep consumers interested (yet).
Xbox 360: 130K (-44.9%) [NPD: Top selling platform, so everything including handhelds is less.]
PS3 - 100,000
We're up a fair amount.
DangerMouse
Member
No exact amount but the graph shows PS4 over 200k.
shinra-bansho
Member
If it's a Wii U ratio, that puts it at 48k.
That bodes better for 3DS though, as it would mean >100k.
That bodes better for 3DS though, as it would mean >100k.
Thanks. Didn't somebody earlier say that Titanfall sold 1.1 million in March? If so 1.2 million copies on X1 is pretty good for a new ip
IAmRandom31
Banned
Sony was smart to put a title like The Last of Us in June. The summer will be an epic sales drought for other systems but the Ps4 could continue along the same sales lines with a steady stream of indies and The Last of Us, along with the E3 hype. And then the promise of things like the Destiny Beta hitting in the summer.
No doubt someone is not gonna buy a console for a beta, but more and more people could begin seeing the future of software and the abundance of current choice as reason enough to go ahead and pick up the console while the others literally have nothing coming out for it.
The next 4-5 months is going to be interesting.
No doubt someone is not gonna buy a console for a beta, but more and more people could begin seeing the future of software and the abundance of current choice as reason enough to go ahead and pick up the console while the others literally have nothing coming out for it.
The next 4-5 months is going to be interesting.
maabus1999
Member
Well, In Japan yes for legacy. US may follow over time.
Up to Europe to pull all the weight going forward.
The graph is someones prediction ....