SwiftDeath
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Depressing month for Wii U but well I guess that's not surprising
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NPD Sales Results for August 2014 [Up4: PS4 #1, XB1 last week sales 2x last Jul week]
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Aquamarine
Member
yes silly, it's a limbo game...it didn't completely bomb
august 2013 was a complete bomb
this time around...it's not a complete bomb, it's just a deflating balloon
allan-bh 1321
i'm not going to say anything else about wii u sales
you should know what this means
Also shame on you Chartzzzzz for being like "PS4 - 190K" and not even mentioning me.
creamsugar
Member
Let's hope and pray that it is and then maintains that for several more years as a baseline.
ethomaz
Banned
Yeap in one week... you know September have more four weeks and the Amazon chart just shows up to Sep 8 yet... it didn't show Destiny release... we need to wait the Sep 15 ranking to see how much Destiny Bundle will go up yet.
we exist now in a reality where the top-selling hardware is not cracking 200k, the top-selling handheld is barely cracking 100k, and the wii u is the only platform seeing growth year over year. it truly is a brave new world.
It needs to be on PS4. Many PS3 owners have moved on.
Paracelsus
Member
I think ToX pulled a Legendia on ToX2.
I never said any of that.
All I'm saying is the wii sales dropped off a cliff and the casual crowd is gone.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
But that would be admitting they don't have a clue!
The console industry grew nearly 100% from Atari to the NES generation. However, they did not lose customers to competing platforms that time around. The console industry grew 80% from the SNES to PS1. However, they did not lose those customers to competing platforms that time around. The console industry grew 55% from the PS1 to the PS2. However, the industry did not lose those customers to competing platforms that time around.
Losing the new customers to competing platforms, as has happened this generation, is definitely unusual historically.
Only 41k Madden bundles? Ouch.
Whipped Spartan
Member
Why do people think destiny bundled is such a big deal? It's ten dollars less than if you bought a system and game of your choice anytime.
Not really a deal with that said and they are not going double dip to many people less than a year after launch.
Not really a deal with that said and they are not going double dip to many people less than a year after launch.
PS4 / WiiU / Xbone / 360 / PS3 / 3DS?
theprodigy
Member
guys the tiny section is obviously the Wii, this is consoles only
now someone start measuring
now someone start measuring
Trust me. I'm a PhD
Member
Again, in 2 days, so give it the next 3 and half weeks to sell as well (5 week tracking). And I think standalone PS4 sales are not as cannibalize as you are predicting going by what little data we can see.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-09/videogames/ref=zg_bsar_videogames_pg_2?ie=UTF8&pg=2#1
Mass Effect
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sörine;129599516 said:
Damn, son!
I expected Diablo to be more in the PS4's favor than that.
maabus1999
Member
You are putting way too much stock into into how you think Amazon's charts work my friend.
We all like, specially with cream.
Nightengale
Member
Because marketing.
No smartphones.
I know plenty of people who owned consoles back then but just play mobile games.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Wii U has got to be the chunk at the top or bottom. Both are similar in size and look like about 1/4 the PS4 total on the right, which is 190K, right? So, roughly 48k for Wii U?
Cow Goes Moo
Member
it's a big zero
Welfare
Member
Can't edit photo's right now, so...
Biggest - PS4
Second - One
One on the bottom - 3DS
One on the top - Wii U
Second smallest - 360
Smallest- PS3
Nightengale
Member
Without November Smash? Welp.
maabus1999
Member
Your link added nothing of value to cannibalization argument. I'm not sure what you are intending to state.
shinra-bansho
Member
Angles:
136.48
42.917
115.82
19.567
9.678
35.538
136.48
42.917
115.82
19.567
9.678
35.538
Trust me. I'm a PhD
Member
I think it is only an OK deal (rather than some of actually nicer deals MS is throwing out), but it is a big deal because it is selling really well. My guess is people were waiting for a reason to jump into this gen and Destiny is that push a lot of people needed.
Well, right, that's my point really. This generation isn't contracting because of "the Wii fad," it's contracting because new competitors rose up and started taking chunks out of the console market. The newest (And consequently least loyal) console customers went first, which is no surprise, but we may be starting to see other customers go too; it's hard to say so far.
leatherhat
Member
That pretty much confirms namco needs to go cross gen with Zesteria if they want tales to be relevant in the west.
Zero-Crescent
Member
People aren't buying it for Destiny so much as for the white PS4 itself.
Is it too big to be the Vita? Those two on the sides seem to be PS3 and 360 so WiiU did ever so slightly better than 360. Around 55k I would imagine.
I don't know if Japanese companies should lose faith in the West but I do think they need to take advantage of rising Asian market. More collaboration with China/Taiwan/Korea companies for this region.
Or at the very least, localised them in their native language and try putting them on the most popular platform which is PC.
ethomaz
Banned
Maybe
September NPD will tell but it is having a crazy performance in Amazon charts.djplaeskool
Member
it got my brother in. i jumped last month on the $400 xbone madden bundle though. better deal imo since i can just get destiny for $60 and come out with two games for $10 more.
I don't understand, maybe I'm too sleepy.
RespectThySole
Member
Madden definitely isn't the brand that it was during PS2 days or even last gen. Not many people are still playing Madden on my friends list, obviously partly because of Destiny, but I doubt a huge percentage of the base will suddenly come back when the AAA games barrage is about to start in about 2 weeks.
Some who didn't purchase Destiny have still already stopped playing the game, even though it was well received in the first week and with EA Access. Who would've thought we would ever reach a point where NBA 2K could outsell Madden?
Plus Madden can be played elsewhere in an arguably superior manner depending on preference as there is no meaningful exclusive content on XB1 that's not on PS4.