What possible reason is there for posts like these in a sales thread? THey contribute nothing other than shitting on people who arent even participants in the conversation. Its painfully petty and cringeworthy. Stop it.
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NPD Sales Results for February 2016 [Up1: Fire Emblem]
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What possible reason is there for posts like these in a sales thread? THey contribute nothing other than shitting on people who arent even participants in the conversation. Its painfully petty and cringeworthy. Stop it.
Bitch Pudding
Member
Welfare
Member
Yes. When comparing just the standard edition, Naruto sold more.
I 100% agree.
It's only a matter of time. They've been telegraphing this for a month now and I would imagine it's only going to continue.
Quite frankly I don't think the upside is there for them to get into a dog fight to win the console game. I think the importance on winning the "living room" has long passed for them.
TerryLee81
Member
It's not possible that there are still people left who don't own Minecraft.
Beautiful Ninja
Member
I own neither Minecraft or GTA V. I'm coming close to pulling the trigger on GTA V though, but I am a dumb stupid baby and will probably spend my money on SF V's season pass instead, so I can save my precious FM for Cocktail Dress Karin.
Primethius
Banned
There's like a 100,000 new kids everyday.
jfoul
Member
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Zhuge told me on Twitter there is a mistake with Lego...
The real best selling version of Lego was the PS4 version, not the 360.
Isn't that a first this gen, PS4 best seller for a Lego game?
It's been a rough week for MS's mcrommert, I see.
You get 'HAU' now, brown cow.
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
With digital 260k? Yikes
Amazing month for Sony as usual. This is a bad gen for Ms and Nintendo. Maybe a new box developer needs to join in on the fun. Can't let Sony be the only manufacturer if ms did back out
This game is gonna be around for years plus just look at ps4 sales for the month.
Sony is eating.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
Damn @ Sony over 400k
Impressive month for the PS4.
Street Fighter V is super bomba.
Far Cry: Primal is super reverse bomba (not sure what the proper term for this is. I can only think in failures). At this point, Far Cry seems to be a bigger franchise than Assassin's Creed for Ubisoft in terms of sales (or Microsoft MAUs) of their recent games. Far Cry 4 kept selling all through last year and seems to have done better than Unity. And Primal looks like it's doing better than Syndicate.
Primethius
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ArchedThunder
Banned
Street Fighter V didn't bomb because it didn't release on Xbox, it bombed because they sold a husk of a game with the promise that they'd make it a full game later.
Nope that war is still on but now they will use Windows 10 devices like STBs & HDMI PC sticks to cover that ground.
Amazon , Google , Roku & Apple are able to take over the living room at prices like $39 while they are stuck trying to sell a $300 box to get in the living room so it's only make since for them to go the STB route & try to get a cheaper box hooked up to people's TVs that connect to their store front.
Vaughngief
Member
I'm really worried about Street Fighter 5 now. They really need to start pumping out that content now. The combat is great and we're getting free modes, but I hope they still support it with DLC in 2017.
Game should have been delayed till Summer. Focusing on the tournament scene might be the death of them.
Glad to see Fire Emblem do well though.
Game should have been delayed till Summer. Focusing on the tournament scene might be the death of them.
Glad to see Fire Emblem do well though.
Nah, they aren't.
Scrub Mcgrubb
Member
So Garden Warfare 2 didn't chart on NPD... or on PSN digital sales either?
I thought the first game was so well received- reviews seemed good... no negative press like Street Fighter. So what gives?
I thought the first game was so well received- reviews seemed good... no negative press like Street Fighter. So what gives?
Was the LE Pokemon 3DS February? That's probably exactly what it was then. Pokemon aint no joke.
Well I'd say if the above poster was right about the LE POkemon 3DSs releasing in February thats probably exactly what caused it. Not sure I buy Fates as a big HW pusher and being the only game in town would have no reason to affect Feb more than any prior month.
I really don't think xbox would have saved it. maybe gone up a rank or two I guess but still a bomb. The WoM was too bad. If they had released it at the end of this month it probably would have fared much better. Ah well, I just hope they double down and release content and updates like crazy. That's how you grow your base. Show it off at EVO and be proud of the product you have made.
I fear for them whimpering off into the night after year 1 though, with Sony not funding the advertising dollars needed to really push the game off the ground. If the tutorials are good and you could hook casuals in from watching that hype tournament, you are right back on track.
Obliterator
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My personal theory is it might have hit a bit too soon. Flew under the radar it seems. They probably should have held off another year to build excitement a little bit
Yep I already said as much earlier
and was then promptly informed how I was wrong so it appears there are still people who doubt it is happening.
Good month for XOne but a great one for PS4. Can't wait for May to see the impact UN4 can have on PS4 sales.
Except SF:V failing hard has nothing to do with the exclusivity. It was due to the fact that the game was not ready to be released and was met by a shitstorm.
If the game was also released on XOne then that wouldn't have made a big difference. Actually, if you think about how many copies they'd have sold on XOne and how much Sony paid them then it was actually a good deal.
Except SF:V failing hard has nothing to do with the exclusivity. It was due to the fact that the game was not ready to be released and was met by a shitstorm.
If the game was also released on XOne then that wouldn't have made a big difference. Actually, if you think about how many copies they'd have sold on XOne and how much Sony paid them then it was actually a good deal.
People are so off base with this notion that Microsoft is exiting console gaming. The Xbox One isn't even selling terribly. It's just being outpaced by a console that is putting up Wii like numbers. For example, the Xbox 360 sold 254,000 in February 2008. The Wii sold 432,000 that same month. Was the Xbox 360 viewed as anemic at that time, and potentially causing Microsoft to rethink its presence within console gaming?
Obliterator
Member
The Xbone isnt really doing all that poorly. I don't think they are exiting the hardware market, just changing their overall strategy for the Gaming Division considerably
Great contribution as always, cream, thanks 
315,000 copies sold at retail for Fire Emblem: Fates at retail means slightly less than 85,000 copies/upgrades through eShop.
Project X Zone 2 with a major decrease compared to the first game. I fear Fire Emblem + the not-so-good reception of the first game really sucked out its potential. A shame, after all.
Street Fighter V just over 200,000 was sort-of-expected at this point, but it still is a major disappointment. Also, I don't get all the comments about this demonstrating the exclusivity deal was wrong; SFV had other, major problems that limited its potential. Holy hell Naruto and Far Cry Primal.
About hardware...IIRC, the past few years have seen February becoming a bigger month in the overall picture, with bigger MOM increases from January compared to early 2010s. I just wanted to know if such a trend is real or if it's my memory being slightly fuzzy at the moment.
EDIT: creamsugar, updates on Xenoblade Chronicles X and Bayonetta 2s re-release, please
315,000 copies sold at retail for Fire Emblem: Fates at retail means slightly less than 85,000 copies/upgrades through eShop.
Project X Zone 2 with a major decrease compared to the first game. I fear Fire Emblem + the not-so-good reception of the first game really sucked out its potential. A shame, after all.
Street Fighter V just over 200,000 was sort-of-expected at this point, but it still is a major disappointment. Also, I don't get all the comments about this demonstrating the exclusivity deal was wrong; SFV had other, major problems that limited its potential. Holy hell Naruto and Far Cry Primal.
About hardware...IIRC, the past few years have seen February becoming a bigger month in the overall picture, with bigger MOM increases from January compared to early 2010s. I just wanted to know if such a trend is real or if it's my memory being slightly fuzzy at the moment.
EDIT: creamsugar, updates on Xenoblade Chronicles X and Bayonetta 2s re-release, please
GHG
Gold Member
Considering PS4 sales are up YOY the same month SFV dropped I don't see how anyone can say that they are the ones who look stupid from this deal.
Scrub Mcgrubb
Member
I don't know how Street Fighter V all of the sudden became the poster child for everything that's wrong with the games industry. I've seen so much crazy hate being projected onto it the last couple weeks.
If playing online isn't your thing... that's fine. For people to claim they were scammed by Capcom though... it sounds so ridiculous. They did so much press in the months leading up to launch... but apparently people didn't care to pay attention to any of it.
If playing online isn't your thing... that's fine. For people to claim they were scammed by Capcom though... it sounds so ridiculous. They did so much press in the months leading up to launch... but apparently people didn't care to pay attention to any of it.
Chalupa Batman
Member
A little confused here. I'm assuming one of these is a typo?
Great contribution as always, cream, thanks
315,000 copies sold at retail for Fire Emblem: Fates at retail means slightly less than 85,000 copies/upgrades through eShop.
Project X Zone 2 with a major decrease compared to the first game. I fear Fire Emblem + the not-so-good reception of the first game really sucked out its potential. A shame, after all.
Street Fighter V just over 200,000 was sort-of-expected at this point, but it still is a major disappointment. Also, I don't get all the comments about this demonstrating the exclusivity deal was wrong; SFV had other, major problems that limited its potential. Holy hell Naruto and Far Cry Primal.
About hardware...IIRC, the past few years have seen February becoming a bigger month in the overall picture, with bigger MOM increases from January compared to early 2010s. I just wanted to know if such a trend is real or if it's my memory being slightly fuzzy at the moment.
EDIT: creamsugar, updates on Xenoblade Chronicles X and Bayonetta 2s re-release, please
Most of the February's in the early to mid portions of last generation shat all over the numbers we're seeing right now.
The Mad Draklor
Member
I hope R&C makes some kind of dent, too, because the latest gameplay footage was gorgeous. Previews have also been overwhelmingly positive.
No they don't they are not hurting from SFV not setting the world on fire & I'm sure that a small part of the 400K this month is from Street Fighter players picking up the PS4 for the 1st time.
Some times Street Fighter games sell well & sometimes they don't SFII & SFIV just happen to be the times that they sold well & SFV might be one of the times that it don't.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Happy that SFV bombed, and really happy Primal sold well...fantastic game.
Would be nice to see it but i'm assuming they did well. They went so far as to put up a thank you video.
Pennywise83
Banned
Great contribution as always, cream, thanks
315,000 copies sold at retail for Fire Emblem: Fates at retail means slightly less than 85,000 copies/upgrades through eShop.
Project X Zone 2 with a major decrease compared to the first game. I fear Fire Emblem + the not-so-good reception of the first game really sucked out its potential. A shame, after all.
Street Fighter V just over 200,000 was sort-of-expected at this point, but it still is a major disappointment. Also, I don't get all the comments about this demonstrating the exclusivity deal was wrong; SFV had other, major problems that limited its potential. Holy hell Naruto and Far Cry Primal.
About hardware...IIRC, the past few years have seen February becoming a bigger month in the overall picture, with bigger MOM increases from January compared to early 2010s. I just wanted to know if such a trend is real or if it's my memory being slightly fuzzy at the moment.
EDIT: creamsugar, updates on Xenoblade Chronicles X and Bayonetta 2s re-release, please
This is a non-issue in Western markets because the game had amazing legs over here and if reception would have been not-so-good, it had stopped selling well before.
BoboBrazil
Member
SFV is dope. Gameplay is so fun. I redboxed it though and will pick it up for cheap when all the content is out in June. I'd guess a lot of others will do the same.
Do you remember during the 360 "era" of MS:
Declining to state unit sales?
Shutting down first party studios?
Talking about Xbox gaming on Windows 7 and xp?
You're right that the overall strategy is changing, because their initial strategies have completely failed/done poorly.
wapplew
Member
Only fear is these type of game don't sell anymore, adult have moved on, kids don't like it.