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NPD Sales Results for December 2013 [Up2: Xbox One/360 HW, 3DS top system of year]

They're idiots for not putting GT on PS4.

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60 million installed users or...3 million installed users.

It would have been nice, but I don't think it's reasonable to say they're idiots. They went where the user base is. If sales are low, it's because the game didn't deliver in the minds of gamers; not because of the platform. Other late last-gen games like GTAV, TLoU and Call of Duty sold pretty well.
 
I didn't read all of it because most of it is completely mental but it seemed like most sane people were saying that the xb1 was primed to win December (which they did) but it wasn't an amazing accomplishment because they had more systems than supply. Which means they had great supply. I don't agree with the it not being a great accomplishment part personally. I know they lost major, major, ground on their home turf but they sold a good number of consoles at a higher price point. I was +1 for the xb1 in December. It's a surprisingly good system. Despite Microsoft proper fucking shit up left and right the final product is solid.


Though I'm sure you're right that there are Sony fanboys who predicted like 2.5 mil for the ps4 and 0 for the xb1 because they saw units on shelves and don't have the compacity for critical thought.

damn son!
 
It's probably a chunk over 40 million and is trending (and continuing to trend) comfortably ahead of the PSP. It needs like 38~ not 45~.

The ~45 was simply factoring what it needed this past quarter and beyond, as stated in the post.

There's another 80 million seller to consider, which is GBA, and 3DS is off its pace and, again, already trending downward. 2DS doesn't appear to be breathing the life into the system that would instill any confidence of a reversal of fortune. I think In all likelihood, 3DS is in the back half of its life as the main handheld entry for Nintendo, as the successor will very likely be released within the next couple of years, with early to mid 2016 being my guess but an outside shot at late 2015. They waited too long to launch the 3DS (they were 2 years off their software peak), and I think they'll not repeat that mistake, nor will they want to continue to allow mobile devices to steal share without a greater response.
 
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60 million installed users or...3 million installed users.

It would have been nice, but I don't think it's reasonable to say they're idiots. They went where the user base is. If sales are low, it's because the game didn't deliver in the minds of gamers; not because of the platform. Other late last-gen games like GTAV, TLoU and Call of Duty sold pretty well.

With how starved PS4 gamers are for content, no doubt in my mind GT6 would have sold better on PS4. Fuck, I would have bought it and I literally hate racing sims. I'm dying for something to play on that system, it's so nice.
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
So for new gen exclusives we have

Dead Rising 3 - 526K
Forza Motorsport 5 - 457K
Killzone - 400-450K
Ryse - 431K
Knack - 150-200K




Wonderful 101 - fuck this planetK


Nice to see Dead Rising doing well.
 

StoopKid

Member
gowj ~ 764k
minecraft ~ 1862k

Notch getting paid!
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My take away from these Sony numbers is that outside of The Last of Us and PS4 HW, everything they have done has bombed (well Sly did ok for its budget). People might praise Sony's first party for quality, but they are having some serious issues right now. Who knows if the GT brand is even fixable after these GT 6 sales...
 
Even though NPD has kept sales numbers under wraps for almost 4 years now, its still disappointing to come into an NPD thread to be met with numbers from just 2 systems.
 

Riki

Member
lol, so in the end, Ascension is going to sell more?

And damn, amazing how well a retail release for Minecraft did.

Well, Minecraft on 360 is cheaper (by $6) and is on a fairly popular console and makes playing the game far easier (even if it isn't a watered down experience).
 
My take away from these Sony numbers is that outside of The Last of Us and PS4 HW, everything they have done has bombed (well Sly did ok for its budget). People might praise Sony's first party for quality, but they are having some serious issues right now. Who knows if the GT brand is even fixable after these GT 6 sales...

Yeah, it's all over for Gran Turismo.
 

Phatmac

Member
Good sales for Tales of Xillia and Sly 4. Surprised that Sly4 did that well since it was sent out without any big ads. Xillia is just diehard support from a fanbase that is willing to pay. LOL at miku.
 
With 49K LTD for TW101 in the USA and horrible numbers in Japan, I hope Nintendo still has faith in Platinum and will release Bayonetta 2 according to plan.
 
Good sales for Tales of Xillia and Sly 4. Surprised that Sly4 did that well since it was sent out without any big ads. Xillia is just diehard support from a fanbase that is willing to pay. LOL at miku.

Eh, Pretty sure sure Miku numbers are what SEGA expected given the limited realese and being announced to Vita.
 

stonesak

Okay, if you really insist
My take away from these Sony numbers is that outside of The Last of Us and PS4 HW, everything they have done has bombed (well Sly did ok for its budget). People might praise Sony's first party for quality, but they are having some serious issues right now. Who knows if the GT brand is even fixable after these GT 6 sales...

Don't jump to conclusions on just NPD numbers. There's WW sales as well as digital. Beyond sold 5x the NPD number, for example.
 

Riki

Member
With 49K LTD for TW101 in the USA and horrible numbers in Japan, I hope Nintendo still has faith in Platinum and will release Bayonetta 2 according to plan.

At this point, they don't have a choice. Too much has been put in to it and they don't really have anything else to fill the gap.
 
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60 million installed users or...3 million installed users.

It would have been nice, but I don't think it's reasonable to say they're idiots. They went where the user base is. If sales are low, it's because the game didn't deliver in the minds of gamers; not because of the platform. Other late last-gen games like GTAV, TLoU and Call of Duty sold pretty well.

Killzone outsold GT6 over 2:1. Knack basically sold the same. Knack.

The Euro sales will carry it to profitability, but the Japanese and NA sales validate those who argued there should have at least been a PS4 port.

And I just realized, CoD PS4 > 800k > CoD PS3 this month.
 
Lots of supply, and a massive marketing push in the states... I'd hope MS won the month of Dec...

Damn XBO adds were everywhere... literally. It was nice though to see MS embrace the older generation with XBO being the official console of Depends.
 

Lambtron

Unconfirmed Member
Eh, Pretty sure sure Miku numbers are what SEGA expected given the limited realese and being announced to Vita.
I hope if they localize F2 they turn it around a fuck of a lot faster. I want F2 pretty badly, but I'm a bit hesitant to import it since I'd rather support it here.
 
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