Around 73% drop off.
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NPD Sales Results for February 2012 [Up 3: Kingdoms Of Amalur, Syndicate, Asura]
- Thread starter EviLore
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Around 73% drop off.
Don't make bets you'll lose.
I.... have no words. SE atleast has Eidos to keep them afloat.
The US didn't get an actual bundle like that. Hell, it's been practically impossible to find a CPP on its own.
Bruno MB
Member
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Japan --- 800,000
US --- 350,000
Europe --- ?
Total known sales --- 1,150,000
Unless it shows legs which is highly unlikely, it won't get past 2.5M lifetime sales.
Final Fantasy XIII in the same time-frame.
Japan --- 1,800,000
US --- 1,300,000
Europe --- ?
Total known sales --- 3,100,000
Japan --- 800,000
US --- 350,000
Europe --- ?
Total known sales --- 1,150,000
Unless it shows legs which is highly unlikely, it won't get past 2.5M lifetime sales.
Final Fantasy XIII in the same time-frame.
Japan --- 1,800,000
US --- 1,300,000
Europe --- ?
Total known sales --- 3,100,000
Hopefully, the Fantasy will finally be over. Been all downhill since Sakaguchi left.
Chris23235
Banned
Thanks for the info, I thought this was released world wide, no problem finding a circle pad here in germany. I guess Nintendo is diverting more pads to europe, because of the better Euro exchange rate.
Europe was around 1 million iirc for FF13... I can't imagine their region being much more than US sales for 13-2.
Meccanical
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BattleMonkey
Member
Well it should outsell The Mercenaries 3D with a good margin then
The budget on revelations probably surpasses the Mercenaries 3D by a good margin too though.
Handheld games don't sell any different, your thinking about how nintendo first party tittles sell. RE:R is not going to have the same legs as most Nintendo titles.
Nope.
Petrae
Member
Negative. PS3 version was #7. 360 version didn't crack Top 10, though I suspect somewhere 11-20.
I'm curious, did you ever go into detail anywhere?
Dat Snow taint
Capcom said Revelations was made along side Mercenaries 3D with Merc being finished first. I wonder if they were internally treated as two separate projects or just one with perhaps the same development team and shared assets. Perhaps the number of sales for both doesn't need to be high in the end if they are looked at as one project.
Chris23235
Banned
I tend to agree with you, that I don't see the 3DS outselling the DS, but this is more a gut feeling, from the numbers, the 3DS outsold both, the DS and the PSP, during it's first 12 months.
sixteen-bit
Member
I'm honestly surprised to see Soul Calibur V chart.
Eh, Soul Calibur V had Ezio. I don't think bombing was possible.
Yikes. Everytime I think the performance for Revelaitons couldn't had been sadder, the context of things gets worse.
Yikes. Everytime I think the performance for Revelaitons couldn't had been sadder, the context of things gets worse.
It's much better than I expected TBH but I can't imagine it'll sell more than 1 million copies in its lifetime so I don't see how it could be profitable after the years and years of dev time.
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
So did Syndicate bomb? If so, good.
Meccanical
Member
Well XIII was awful, so....I guess it is.
Yup FF series has gone from a system seller for me to something a barely even pay attention to anymore.
Yep.
Agreed. This habit of turning classic franchises into a FPS needs to die.
TheNatural
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I wonder how far Vita will drop with the barren months ahead. The launch is the strongest part of an early system's life, and it was horrible. We may not even get numbers from here on out to be honest, they'll play it like they do the PSP for years - nothing said at all about how it sells.
Does anyone have a ballpark on the total sales of syndicate for any region?
btw, I hope it tanks in price soon. It seems the coop is good but good luck getting me to pay 60 bucks for it.
In hindsight, the FF multiplat megaton was a non-event. Who'd have guessed it?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Anyone know what Square's expectations were for 13-2? I mean these sales aren't looking that great for their flagship title. Big decline. But I mean...they had to expect it...right?
No matter what sales are initially for 13-2, it is a game designed to make money through DLC. It is very difficult to gauge how much more revenue / profit that brings in but it may indeed make as much money as X-2 and maybe even 13.
BTW When the second highest selling game this month sells 350k ish, doesn't that speak more about the state of the industry than on game quality?
BTW Part 2. After yesterday's patch, FFXIV is finally resurrected to a point where the game has become...gasp...very fun.
BTW When the second highest selling game this month sells 350k ish, doesn't that speak more about the state of the industry than on game quality?
BTW Part 2. After yesterday's patch, FFXIV is finally resurrected to a point where the game has become...gasp...very fun.
I see Microsoft are claiming this year will be bigger than last.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ms-xbox-can-defy-economy-and-grow-for-7th-consecutive-year/092553?
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ms-xbox-can-defy-economy-and-grow-for-7th-consecutive-year/092553?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Doesn't really matter how they intend to milk more money out of those who did buy it though, because they have to see the bigger picture here, and that is the negative effects on the brand itself.
And if they release a 3 sooner rather than later....ouch.
pieatorium
Member
Price cut @ E3?
Takamura-San
Member
I think i know why RE:R didn't do that well.
They counted Revelaitons and Revelations as 2 different SKUs.
They counted Revelaitons and Revelations as 2 different SKUs.
Lagspike_exe
Member
There is not even a remote possibility that they will match FF XIII revenue with DLC. Not a chance.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
I can see that happening.
Syndicate 360/PS3 << D2 PS3
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
You can't sell DLC on a game that didn't sell. Unless they make it a standalone episode.
Maybe profit, though. FFXIII was in development for a long time. It can't have been a terribly profitable project.
Edit: Probably not. FFXIII sold better than I thought; 6.2M units covers a multitude of sins.
Pretty much how I feel. Very disappointing considering all the impressions.
The graphics were nice and the bosses were really cool. That's about it. Better than RE5, but that's not saying much.
Mark MacD does a pretty good job breaking down the game's problems on 8-4 play.
Neuromancer
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Is 221K for Twisted Metal good or bad?