TheRealTalker
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never expected the PS4 to sell greater then 250k this month
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NPD Sales Results for June 2014 [Up3: All Hardware (June/LTD), Top 10 Software SKUs]
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Final Verdict
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CoD and Evolve will both have XO marketing and time exclusive DLC. Assasin's Creed also seems to have a marketing deal with Xbox this year, so not sure how that would help PS4 top XO in November. The reason PS4 is winning software is because of a bigger current install base & does not mean that every 3rd party game released will sell more PS4 units than X1 units....CoD (example) should move more X1 consoles as they have the whole marketing and exclusive crap.
GTA V will help push a lot of PS4s, but it won't move more consoles than Halo. If it was exclusive it would, but seeing as it isn't, Halo should easily move a lot more units.
I think October could be X1's first NPD win this year if FH2 & SO turn out well. PS4 will have DC to fight back, but not sure how many consoles that will move as it is a game we have known about for a while, & originally announced as a a launch game.
If not October though, November is a given. Nothing can stop Halo. Nothing!
Guardian Monkey
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Thunder Monkey
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We will see Oroku Saki.
I have my doubts anything can stop the console selling like moderately price wheatcakes.
Going to save that post, thank you.
moltonasty
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Fuck, dat shyt ain't right. I really don't get how this happened either. Isn't DK one of Nintendo's biggest franchises? It was the best DK game ever IMO.
QuantumZebra
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Bitanator
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never mind me
SwiftDeath
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Mojang atm
More like
After all, he must get tired of MAKING IT RAIN every month so consistently
Coulomb_Barrier
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Infamous total sales are not great considering it was the only big exclusive in a barren period.
Hopefully this means a new i.p next time from Sucker Punch. Please.
Hopefully this means a new i.p next time from Sucker Punch. Please.
Angelus Errare
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So XBO is selling at 39k a week now? Not that bad, assuming sales don't drop off next month that's what? 155k for July? That's decent no?
Team Top Hat
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Edit: you fixed it
Tallshortman
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It was factually correct, saying 2.5 instead has literally no effect on their PR. What exact effect do you think them mentioning the extra .5 does for their public perception, their efforts to sell consoles, or MS's attractiveness as a stock? The question is what do you think they serve to gain from "less humble" damage control PR? Has being less humble ever been a good idea for damage control?
RyanPierre
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I have:
LTD - 3578K : 2916K (+23%)
But if you look at 2013 and 2014 YTD separately, you can see the widening gap working to slowly increase that LTD percentage difference, which is a trend I'm sure Microsoft would like to change:
2013 - 2001K : 1817K (+10%)
2014 YTD - 1577K : 1099K (+43%)
Bitanator
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Thunder Monkey
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Sorry for all the jokey posties tonight.
Seeing all three consoles do okay made me giddy.
Seeing all three consoles do okay made me giddy.
If you'd like a window into July NPD Xbox One sales, let me refer you to the Amazon monthly sales rankings for July 2014:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-07/videogames?tag=viglink129408-20
#11: Playstation 4
#40: Playstation 4 Destiny Bundle
#55: Xbox One ($399)
Yes, I know Amazon only represents something like 5% of total NA sales, but, so far it's been a very accurate indicator of general sales rankings.
I think it's alright considering InFamous is a mid-tier IP in terms of popularity. I don't think that many people bought PS4s for exclusive first-party titles, at least so far.
travisbickle
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They're number was taken from internal projections, MS didn't know the NPD number when they made the PR.
Doesn't Ghost still have the same exclusive stuff and yet it sell more on PS4 and even PS3 than XBO?
Mass Effect
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Eh, I misread Thunder and Nebraska's exchange, which lead me to misinterpret your post as well. Forget what I said.
Are you serious? 641k is pretty good. That's better than some multiplatform games (see: Dark Souls 2). And remember US =/= the world. It's well over a million worldwide by now, it sold fine.
Final Verdict
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More like
After all, he must get tired of MAKING IT RAIN every month so consistently
LOL, just wait until the PS4 & X1 versions come out!
I think this is the best selling Infamous game to date by a large margin, it also sold well worldwide too. Sucker Punch games usually have a small budget too, the game did fine.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
The PS4 will have more than a million unit lead in November. Those one million people want games too. It's not like these people are going to buy a XBO to play any of those games. But, okay. If you say that XBO will win hardware in October I'm sure you have good reason to think so and don't let current sales trends affect your judgement.
AgentP
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They have already tanked according to Amazon sales rankings.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
You'll have to explain it to me another way, because I still don't get it.
When I didn't get numbers myself, I WANTED them. Because, hell, I was curious and I thought it be cool to know. But it's actually potentially rather damaging. Everyone get's their own sales numbers - they don't subscribe to NPD to get that, you know what you sell to a retailer because they buy from you and then report back sell through. You subscribe to something like NPD so you can see what competitors are doing, and overall trends in the marketplace. What's selling, what's not. It's inside information used to make business decisions.
Gaming is still primarily technology driven, and that technology is still considered a competitive advantage. Things are tested, tried, failed, succeeded, etc. It's not like movies where the format is basically ubiquitous, and box office is primarily driven by marketing and talent. Talent wants these things public so they can negotiate better salaries and make better decisions on what films to do when they know what is successful and what isn't, and marketing wants to use figures in their marketing to make more money, or internally pitch studio execs for bigger budgets.
yadda yadda. not a big deal. I get frustrated when I want to know something and can't too, but it's not "stupid" - there's reasons for like, everything
I think some might be confused on the basis that EA has basically stopped reporting unit sales numbers full stop.
It's not Watch Dogs, but it's still moving units.
outunderthestars
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The Abominable Snowman
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sörine;121549609 said:
Last I saw, SM3DW hit 600K+ in 2013, so perhaps it crawled up since then? It hasn't made an appearance on the top 10.
And of course I was only looking at consoles. That really leaves just TitanFall and Super Mario U as the lone million sellers so far in the new gen from what I can see.
I expect 6-7 PS4 titles, and ~5 Xbox One titles to cross that milestone before the end of the year. Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D Land and possibly maybe Smash for the Wii U making it 3-4.
Final Verdict
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I'm not talking about selling game copies, but rather moving consoles. PS4 & PS3 both have bigger install bases, which is part of the reason they are selling more actual game copies.
The Idea is that someone is more likely to go out and buy a X1 with Cod (this holiday) than they are to buy a PS4 with Cod because of the DLC and marketing.
PS4 could very well still sell more actual copies of the game simply because it has a bigger install base.
I think part of the reason why CoD Ghost sales are not so great on X1 right now is because Titanfall has stolen some (not all) of it's sales thunder on the X1.
perfectchaos007
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Pachter way underestimated Wii U this month. He basically predicted that there wouldn't be a Mario Kart 8 bump....
QuantumZebra
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So happy. It would put a smile on my face to see Wii U put up good (respectable) numbers and PS4 roll hard this gen.
Wii U is such an under appreciated platform.
Welfare
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The Kinectless sku is still around the same position it was around in June if you account for the 4 new Destiny versions (PS4+XBO Limited and Ghost editions). The Titanfall bundle is no where to be seen, either due to a lack of stock, or everyone jumping on the Kinectless sku. If we had the sales split on all XBO sku's for June, it would paint a better picture.
Final Verdict
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I said could win October. I think it will be very close.
And a bigger install base isn't going to help move more PS4 units. It will help them move more software in October, but not hardware.
Chobel
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Evolve and AC are Oct release.
This forum needs Toxx clause for shit like this.
AgentP
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No. The Kinectless SKU peaked at #26 while selling along side the TF bundle. You had two SKUs in the 40s most of the month, now the TF is gone and the lone XB1 SKU in the top 100 is in the 50s.
QuantumZebra
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lmao... yes it will be :*/
SwiftDeath
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PS4 is pretty much guaranteed to be the best-selling platform until October.
That month MS has some chance of winning due to the co-marketing and exclusive beta [?] for Alien Isolation and Evolve combined with Sunset Overdrive. Not to mention that FH2 is slatted for end of September
I'm not particularly convinced they will win the month but it is at least partially in contention.
November is also in contention due to COD and HMCC but again I'm not convinced how likely that outcome is.
That all being said, I wouldn't completely discount XB1's chances this holidays as anything is possible
That month MS has some chance of winning due to the co-marketing and exclusive beta [?] for Alien Isolation and Evolve combined with Sunset Overdrive. Not to mention that FH2 is slatted for end of September
I'm not particularly convinced they will win the month but it is at least partially in contention.
November is also in contention due to COD and HMCC but again I'm not convinced how likely that outcome is.
That all being said, I wouldn't completely discount XB1's chances this holidays as anything is possible
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Maybe it was mentioned before but has there been an update in regards to Kirby 3DS ltd?
Angelus Errare
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Well shit.
John Harker
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Looks like MK8 did ~135k digital so far.
More than I would have expected.
Decent attach rate, right in the standard range. Which is probably a bit higher for Nintendo.
More than I would have expected.
Decent attach rate, right in the standard range. Which is probably a bit higher for Nintendo.
GoofsterStud
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That is crazy.
Two separate PS4 SKUs beating the Xbox One Day One, Forza bundle, Titanfall bundle, Kinectless skew and, original SKU combined.