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NPD Sales Results for February 2015 [Nintendo Numbers, Majora's, MH4, ~XB1]
- Thread starter vinnygambini
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There are exclusives.
It'll probably be 4U HD for the next Nintendo handheld launch, followed by 5. No doubt Iwata's got this series locked down tight.
Diprosalic
Banned
after two massive disappointments it will be interesting to see how good Halo 5 sells.
Nameless
Member
Yeah it did fine considering it launched late in the month and there hasn't been that big of a spotlight on a critical clusterfuck since probably Too Human...which cracked the top 10 too :
http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion-30/official-august-npd-console-numbers-15245/
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Yes, personally, I think 200K is a good guess.
Calamari41
41 > 38
If Nintendo's next handheld and home console share the same architecture and OS as Iwata has indicated, and it is a simple task to port games back and forth with graphical upgrades, then it would seem to be very unintuitive for Capcom to release Monster Hunter 5 for the next Nintendo handheld and the PS4. If what Iwata has said is followed through on, it would be all but free for Capcom to bring it to the next Nintendo console.
Source on the budget?
As per dev time, it also includes building a graphical engine for it.
RaD has a comparatively small team afaik (self described as a "between 50-200 employees" company), so it is unlikely that the budget was even in the vicinity of $50m imo. PD has around 100ish employees, I honestly don't see them being much larger.
Sales are probably disappointing for sure (we still have to hear about the situation on a WW scale), but above 200k units is not a "bomb" by any means either.
The big question remains if the sales will justify a sequel any time soon.
At least this time they wouldn't have to develop an engine from the ground up I guess.
Just like Final Fantasy XV, I see Halo 5 still selling millions despite previous stumbles and hiccups. They both have that "new generation entry" going for them.
IndoAssassin
Banned
So if the PS4 or Xbox One were doing Wii U numbers, would those still be surviving?
IndoAssassin
Banned
Do not underestimate Microsoft marketing.
biggersmaller
Banned
But FFXIV is one of the best FFs of all time...
Sho_Nuff82
Member
The 360 and Ps3 are basically irrelevant outside of Ps3 legacy software sales in Japan. Tomb Raider releasing on 360 means about as much as Titanfall, Destiny, and Forza Horizon 2 releasing on 360. It will mean more for list wars than sales.
Halo 5 will sell 3+ million in November even if it sucks. It doesn't suck (played it at Pax east after an hour wait) so Ms doesn't have to worry about that.
stop talking about of what you don't know nothing about.
FunkyPajamas
Member
Precisely
What if Halo 5 turns out to be one of the best Haloes of all time?
I'm betting they'll do $299 with H5 bundle this holiday. Especially if PS4 continues to push dat gap.
I think it will turn out to be..hoping
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I think his point is that FFXV is coming off of the major critical success that is FFXIV, while Halo 5 isn't in the same situation. Regardless of that, I too think Halo 5 can also be huge.
Darth Smurf X
Member
I... I can't... I can't help myself...
A. "I think that you just kind of own your console of choice and you will stick with that unless they do something really bad." Um... they did do something "really bad." Again and again and again. I was buying an Xbox One until they revealed the Xbox One. It began with #dealwithit and ended somewhere around "Kinect is integral/Have you SEEN Titanfall!?!?!/Can't just flip a switch/People who want backwards compatibility are backwards/we have a console for that-the 360/I'm off to kill Zynga now, peace out!"
B. I can't speak for everyone, but my memory isn't that short. I think Spencer has done a LOT to repair the Xbox One, but the taint of Mattrick still haunts the brand. I'm even willing to give up 100s of dollars of Rock Band DLC on my X360 because of the contempt I feel for the original vision of the XBO. I made my decision, I'm a one-console guy (due to time restraints) and I'm not going back. Mattrick wet-pooped the bed and now Spencer has to sleep in it.
3. I want to know if he's even remotely correct. How many of you are Wii converts and how many of you are X360 converts? I'm willing to bet the latter is a far larger number.
LOL! That's awesome
What does that have to do with anything? My reply was in response to the parallel the other poster was trying to draw between H5 and FF15 and how theyre following up stumbles and whatnot. FF15 is coming after one of the best FFs of all time.
HORRORSHØW
Member
didn't realize sony and the ps4 needed saving at this point.
aspiegamer
Member
$299 yes, but only through May 2nd and lacks a bundled game and YMMV on availability. From the lack of bundled game this would have to be the vanilla SKU from, what, last October or even older? This mostly smells like a firesale to clear stock which is why availability would vary by store/region depending on where the biggest stockpiles of the things were in warehouses.
The AC bundle at $349 was actually a pretty damn good deal and even I'm a bit surprised that Sony got this win by a decent margin for a whole month at +$50 and nothing bundled. March is assuredly a squash. Microsoft has to now cope with the problem with their machine being predominately a lack of interest with it shown not to be firstly a matter of price.
Swass
Member
343 Studios..
ethomaz
Banned
Wait... Bungie is back?
I think PS4s still come with TLOU right?
You know what they say... Third time's the charm.
FFXV is coming after a long generation of XIII games which are considered to be the weakest FF games in a very long time. No matter what your opinion of a rebooted XIV is, it doesn't change the fact that these non-MMO FFs haven't been up to the standard of the series, much like how Halo 4 wasn't.
Besides, it was Square-Enix's former CEO who stated that FFXIV damaged the brand, so we can discuss that if you'd like.
Hades Hotgun
Banned
Your claim is subjective. Objectively, FF14 was a massive blunder that took a significant effort to turn around after doing serious harm to the brand, as stated publically by Square. While the comparison to Halo is certainly open to valid criticism, it is disingenuous to deny that FF14 was at the least a 'stumble.'
BouncyFrag
Member
Did The Order do poorly for only one week of sales?
Not anymore they don't(if they even did to begin with, since you are probably referring to that bollocks article from a while ago, from a bollocks analyst). Xbox software is in one division, Xbox hardware is in another. Android patents go in another.
Call of Duty sells more PS4s every year than any exclusive ever would. No Uncharted this year isn't exactly the end for the PS4
It has months and months of pre-orders just like anything else. The number of days available doesn't really matter.
Nope, they're busy screwing up a totally different franchise.
Interestingly, February will be the first month imo where Amazon came "within a hair" of being wrong for the first time in 16 months (in terms of sales rankings)
January:
PS4 ranks #9 / ≈ 190k sales
XB1 ranks #18 / ≈ 150k sales
Delta in sales: ≈ 40k
February:
PS4 ranks #10 / ≈ 350k sales
XB1 ranks #11 / ≈ 275k sales
Delta in sales: ≈ 75k
This is what'll happen when one console will have big promos centered on Amazon (here, mostly XB1 withthe $349 bundle with 3 games and 2nd controller), while the other has big promos -outside- of Amazon (PS4, with the trade in offer at Gamestop, and free PSTV for a week at Best Buy).
January:
PS4 ranks #9 / ≈ 190k sales
XB1 ranks #18 / ≈ 150k sales
Delta in sales: ≈ 40k
February:
PS4 ranks #10 / ≈ 350k sales
XB1 ranks #11 / ≈ 275k sales
Delta in sales: ≈ 75k
This is what'll happen when one console will have big promos centered on Amazon (here, mostly XB1 with
Yes. For most games the first week is quite important, especially when reviews haven't been so great. A drop of 70-80% MoM isn't uncommon, but I am a bit biased towards Japanese sales that generally have a bigger decline.
Both have consistently had promos on Amazon since BF which have continued adding more and more this year tho. PS4 had TLOU & Mordor in Feb. Now has TLOU + KZ + SSO up.
I double checked and the 3 games + 2nd controlelr of XB1 was indeed first week of March, but in Feb the best deals for PS4 were to be had outside of Amazon, no doubt about it (trade in bringing down the PS4 price to $275 at Gamestop, and Free PSTV at BestBuy, and apparently an Ebay special with the TLOU bundle @ $360 with 6 months of PS+).
The point is that we came real close to Amazon being wrong for the first time.
SuperSonic1305
Member
PS4 has the only exclusive it needs. A PS4 logo.
Wait, what?
The level to which Amazon reflects the general market (i.e. has mostly same deals, prices, etc) will certainly affect the degree to which it will give a good guide to the market. As you say big differences between Amazon pricing/deals and the rest of the market will skew things.
On another note in 2 slower months PS4 has recouped approx 115 K of the sales gap prior to Nov/.Dec. I wonder when it will erase Nov/Dec gains and how much it can increase the gap ahead of Nov/Dec 2015 in US?
Yup I put FFXIV:ARR (yeah the original was fucked up) right below FFIV and FFVI. Also has the best minigame implementation, better than all the prior FFs put together. Dat gold saucer and addictive triple triad.
If Sony release a Batman Themed Ps4 bundle for the holidays it's over.
I think a Battlefront PS4 bundle would be a bigger deal for the holidays.
