-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
NPD Sales Results for February 2016 [Up1: Fire Emblem]
- Thread starter Nirolak
- Start date
That's true. But the budget for this game cannot be anywhere near Rise of the Tomb Raider's. If it is, then they really, really fucked up.
DecoReturns
Member
Awakening had about 1.8 mil so Fates, it will be over 2 mil maybe 3
Or sfv isn't cool in 2016? It is cartoony with a dash of animie and kinda late 80s. Capcom isn't a marketing powerhouse like WB.
Idk why people think it is some huge name that should be pulling millions 2016.
GravityInsanity
Member
Had no idea awakening was that high. Fates will do really well for Nintendo then.
Your post makes no sense when both SFxT and USF4 were able to sell much better just few years back. And animie also sells as shown by Naruto sales on this thread.
SFVs problems are far from brand related. And more to do with the fact that the game is ridiculously barebones.
Nope. Regular and special edition.
Yes, that's exactly what I meant.
Well, Pokken is next...
Since Nintendo's on the "count each main path of FE as a separate sale" train and the SE (both paths, not counting Rev, which is really DLC on cartridge there) sold 47.5K, that's ~360K copies of FE sold in the first month! Woo-hoo!
PS4 up YOY (> 342K)
XB1, WIU, 3DS each down YOY
PS4 > XB1 + WIU
PS4 < XB1 + WIU + 3DS
PS4 + WIU + XB1 = x
PS4 = 0.5604 x
XB1 = 0.3435 x
WIU = 0.0961 x
Handheld revenue down 58% YOY. No official price drops in the past year, so that should be analogous to hardware sales. Throw in some representative Vita sales, and 3DS may be ~165K.
Think that's all we know/can deduce on hardware. Will see if that helps crackdown to anything more solid over the night. (~_^)
I'm responsible for 3 of those + 2 more digitally.
PS4 up YOY (> 342K)
XB1, WIU, 3DS each down YOY
PS4 > XB1 + WIU
PS4 < XB1 + WIU + 3DS
PS4 + WIU + XB1 = x
PS4 = 0.5604 x
XB1 = 0.3435 x
WIU = 0.0961 x
Handheld revenue down 58% YOY. No official price drops in the past year, so that should be analogous to hardware sales. Throw in some representative Vita sales, and 3DS may be ~165K.
Think that's all we know/can deduce on hardware. Will see if that helps crackdown to anything more solid over the night. (~_^)
Conquest player here...who am I kidding I bought it because birthright was out of stock. Still on birthright at the moment before I actually start conquest lol.
theprodigy
Member
Also btw Nirolak about that "this is less than 351k" line for GTAV, you sure about keeping that there? It's obviously still true but now we clearly know NPD was not including Awakening bundles in that 3x figure.
(tbh even without knowing that it didn't make sense considering the PR said over triple, so GTAV could've also been over triple Awakening's first month sales as well)
(tbh even without knowing that it didn't make sense considering the PR said over triple, so GTAV could've also been over triple Awakening's first month sales as well)
CrispyBoar
Banned
This is all on Capcom. That's what they get for ignoring casuals on content while chasing esports by appealing the game to "hardcores" & rushing the game out of the door trying to get it out on time for fighting game tournaments.
Ravage_Hydra
Member
Any hardware numbers yet?
This game is currently #198 on Amazon's best selling video games chart.
"legs"
DriftingSpirit
Member
The idea is that the content over the year will aid it. Obviously, that wouldn't be the case now.
AncientDiety
Banned
That means nothing right now. Wait until content rolls out and when it gets a price drop. Many could be waiting for content.
All I could find for Usf4 was capcom saying it sold 500k worldwide in the fiscal quater it was released. Sfxt is at 1.4, maybe teken is more popular?
DriftingSpirit
Member
Nah, just pie.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Okay, I will bite.
I am sure that each "sale" counted by NPD are physical copies bought in store, and I am sure that the "under 400k" number touted by Nintendo is Physical copies + $40 digital version. What isn't counted is the $20 purchases, I think that at least internally, it is counted as DLC.
If those are counted, I am sure the Fire Emblem sales are way higher than 400k.
I doubt it. When's the last time a game that failed right out of the gates found new life due to DLC dropping, free or otherwise?
AncientDiety
Banned
Ff14. Drive club.
Makes sense. If the full priced digital did close to 80K, that'd be great! Still waiting for either one to show up on the 3DS All-Time Top 20 chart, but the threshold on that is probably over 80K by now. Going to be tough for one of them to get over 80K soon, but I'm waiting!
You kidding right?
Capcom gonna be like "See! I told you this was a mistake!"
See you in the next 10 years, SF6.
AdventureRacing
Member
Seems the writing is on the wall for xbone. Even in the US it looks like it's about to get steamrolled. If anything I think things will get worse as well.
Also Nintendo really need to NX to pull through, their numbers are just getting ugly.
I don't think that's how shipping games works. Just because they have over shipped the game on opening week doesn't mean they can continue over shipping it from here on out. No way will SFV be able to eek its way to 1.5 million and have 2 million shipped. What incentive is there for retailers to keep over ordering by that much?
Unless SFV is somehow selling a ton in some smaller markets that we don't get numbers for I dont see how it makes that target.
Also I would say that there is a big gap between 1.5 million and 2 million. That's a quarter of all sales.
Also Nintendo really need to NX to pull through, their numbers are just getting ugly.
I don't think that's how shipping games works. Just because they have over shipped the game on opening week doesn't mean they can continue over shipping it from here on out. No way will SFV be able to eek its way to 1.5 million and have 2 million shipped. What incentive is there for retailers to keep over ordering by that much?
Unless SFV is somehow selling a ton in some smaller markets that we don't get numbers for I dont see how it makes that target.
Also I would say that there is a big gap between 1.5 million and 2 million. That's a quarter of all sales.
Forget millions for a bit, since the more pressing concern is that it can't even outsell a handheld SRPG with a slightly confusing release strategy in 2016.
Those SF5 numbers just made my jaw drop in complete disbelief.
It came to fruition in PS1/N64 generation.
It came to fruition in PS2/XBX/GCN generation.
It came to fruition in the first 4 years of the Wii/360/PS3 generation.
It's coming to fruition, again, with the PS4/XB1/WIU.
Welfare
Member
This happened last year as well during multiple months. Wait until the end of the year before saying this stuff.
Repeat this every year where applicable.
Aceofspades
Banned
What was X1 numbers last Feb?
FF14 was overhauled majorly, and got a new release three years after it originally came out. Not exactly SFV's situation. DriveClub never reared its head again in NPD threads.
Next time, Capcom: Have a fucking Versus CPU mode if you're going to throw the game out to tournament only players. At least those that don't play online/tournaments won't feel so burned. And I'm sitting here laughing at all the people that were like "BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THE OFFLINE MODES!? ONLINE! ONLINE! ONLINE!"
Welfare
Member
AncientDiety
Banned
There is a whole world outside of the US....driveclub passed 2 million a long time ago.
I was actually referring to no other boxes (soonish) - not just being the market leader. Obviously with a dash of theatre and an ol'school shout out.
I just don't think first week sales are review dependent. If there was a big thirst for an SF game, there would have been lots of preorders and week one sales. After that, then yeah, word of mouth and reviews would have hurt.
entremet
Member
Yep. Drive club was a bomb. It only got better qualitatively, not sales wise.
Silent Chief
Member
Can't wait to see if next month's PR is all about April.
CrispyBoar
Banned
Blame Nintendo & Microsoft for fucking up on their console reveals.
I understand Microsoft PR has limited options for their spin, but why do they have to outright lie at the very beginning of their statement? "The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One..." Unmatched? Really? Because to me it's a pretty ordinary lineup of games, with many notable omissions, particularly from the Indie community.
Results as expected as far as GTAV and COD in the top 3. Not sure how I feel about SF5. On the one hand I wanted to see it do well, but on the other, developers need to learn that they can't sell half finished games for full price, even if they are promising free content down the line.
Results as expected as far as GTAV and COD in the top 3. Not sure how I feel about SF5. On the one hand I wanted to see it do well, but on the other, developers need to learn that they can't sell half finished games for full price, even if they are promising free content down the line.