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NPD Sales Results for March 2014 [Up4: FFX/X-2 HD]
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WetPotatoBread
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1.21Gigawatts
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I think Microsoft is in trouble now.
Sony has MLB14 coming up for the Ps4.
They have exclusive marketing for Watchdogs.
They have The Last Of Us Remastered coming up.
They have DriveClub coming up.
They have exclusive marketing for Destiny.
They have The Order 1886 coming up.
They have Planetside2 coming up.
Microsoft has basically nothing until SunsetOverdrive, Halo2 Anniversary or Forza Horizon2 hit.
Microsofts really needs to knock it out of the park at E3.
By that I mean not only games wise. They need to show something amazing like Illumiroom or a VR/AR solution.
They need to drop the price below Ps4.
And they need to show a of amazing exclusives.
Sony has MLB14 coming up for the Ps4.
They have exclusive marketing for Watchdogs.
They have The Last Of Us Remastered coming up.
They have DriveClub coming up.
They have exclusive marketing for Destiny.
They have The Order 1886 coming up.
They have Planetside2 coming up.
Microsoft has basically nothing until SunsetOverdrive, Halo2 Anniversary or Forza Horizon2 hit.
Microsofts really needs to knock it out of the park at E3.
By that I mean not only games wise. They need to show something amazing like Illumiroom or a VR/AR solution.
They need to drop the price below Ps4.
And they need to show a of amazing exclusives.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I really hope Quantum Break makes 2014, but it's pretty worrying that they didn't mention it at all in the 'coming titles' section of their press release.
This is the most melodramatic post I have ever read on this forum. No doubt the situation is not great for either Microsoft or to a greater extent Nintendo. However, we are less than a year in. I take the decision not to take as many loans out as possible and bet on one horse, when there is a possible decades worth of all manner of gaming advances yet to be seen
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
Actually I think it's you Sony fans who aren't fooling anyone. You guys now thought that a less powerful more expensive console would now sell more? Ha. Which is it going to be? People aren't going to buy it or they are?
TitanFall did what it was supposed to do. Sell. And it looks like it's the top selling game of the month. Beating out everything.
The safe bet was to say MS would win the month of March. That way when it happened you guys could say see.. .TitanFall. And then like expected when it didn't because of you know.. price and power difference... then the TF can't save the xbox. Like it's selling bad. Lol...
Either way TF did great and was the best selling game. Even selling more games than the console that has like 3 million more sold exclusive did.
iJudged
Banned
That's just amazing, thnx.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Bro do you have a big nose, and are you looking down that big nose at us console plebeians?
Is your face like:
Unofficial price drops do help. Packed in games do help. Come on mannnnnnn
It's funny because it is kind of ridiculous, I've fallen into that trap myself but as long as it's sales don't significantly affect your variety of games it does matter which company vying for your money is doing better than another company vying for your money. Of course if it does affecting your choice in software then it makes sense for your concern.
It's simply a retrospective laugh at this whole situation.
shinra-bansho
Member
Bish in his bunker? Long thread, any particularly interesting posts?
Are there any other numbers yet not in the OP.
Are there any other numbers yet not in the OP.
Huggers
Member
Yeah fair enough. The article is crystal clear. Me being a 'laymen' meant I misinterpreted the headline
NPD released
PS4 60k more than X1 despite Titanfall + Hype Machine overload + unofficial price cuts
GAF explodes
Bish exits his bunker
Dent and Kuchera question NPD validity
GAF laughs
Sony announces 7 mil WW "sold through", Microsoft announces 5 mil " sold in" (or shipped)
Verge takes it to mean the same thing, states that PS4 leading by 2 mil
GAF laughs
Randolph Freelander
Member
One game, assuming it's not Wii Sports or Grand Theft Auto III, isn't a move. That's the part I have always rejected, that Titanfall (and, specifically, its release) would make any real difference. It would have to be a breakout phenomenon (see: aforementioned titles), and for all the accolades (I'm assuming, I haven't read any reviews or anything), this doesn't seem like one of them, and it would have been very presumptuous to even think it could have been.
QuantumZebra
Member
delivered! 
We know the PlayStation sold through numbers and the Xbox One sold-in (shipment) numbers.
For Sony they're selling out pretty quickly so the sold-through isn't very different, so their incentive is to report sold-through as it's the more impressive way to report numbers.
For Microsoft there's definitely a lag, so reporting sold-in for an extra 500K or whatever is more worthwhile to them.
When the PS4 stabilizes for a while they will probably move to shipments, at which point we can compare them directly from that front.
The PS4 is still a better piece of hardware at price parity. They need to be cheaper than the ps4. I'd say 379 and below will allow the xbone to reach parity or do better than the ps4 in the US.
I completely agree with you. Well said.
It does sadden me personally that the level of quality is not consistent considering that they are able to produce master pieces such as this one.
pieatorium
Member
ps4 371k
PodcastFips
Member
Btw, I just looked for a photo I took on March 30th in a german Saturn (biggest electronics retailer together with Media Markt):
Anyone know what's wrong?
They sold the Titanfall Bundle with a 2nd controller for 499€. Next to it: The standard edition for 499€. What kind of advertising is this?
MS needs to support retailers and allow them to create "unofficial" bundles with a retail copy of a game for the same price, or else these green boxes will exist until dust eats them up.
Anyone know what's wrong?
They sold the Titanfall Bundle with a 2nd controller for 499€. Next to it: The standard edition for 499€. What kind of advertising is this?
MS needs to support retailers and allow them to create "unofficial" bundles with a retail copy of a game for the same price, or else these green boxes will exist until dust eats them up.
Its a meme though.
rokkerkory
Member
Damn MS needs to do something nowwwww!!
Mr. Waffle
Member
Apparently you haven't seen Titan fall.
Dai Kaiju
Member
I just got into the thread and unfortunately don't have time to read much of it, but I really hope you don't get banned over that post by some mod who doesn't get the reference.
Mocking a ridiculous (albeit ancient in GAF years) post by Amir0x is all well and good, but in your satire, you make a valid point without actually stating it.
Anyone can make a comeback no matter how buttfucked they appear to be at the moment.
SteamyPunk
Member
About the 5 million shipped number... Did stores return unsold vanilla XBOX ONE's to MS in exchange for the new Titanfall bundles? Is it possible some of that 5 million includes ONE's that were shipped but already returned...? If so, yikes!
Hoho for breakfast
Member
The good news (as someone that doesn't yet own an Xbox One) is that MS is going to have to drop the price if they want any sales. I'd hope for a $400 with Kinect and a $350 SKU without it. Hopefully they have something to announce sooner rather than later. I imagine an E3 price drop if they can even hold out that long.
theprodigy
Member
hold on, can we get any confirmation on PS3>Wii U (don't even need specific numbers)
chicagocubsfan
Member
Geez, how many people are going to quote this and not realize it's a joke.
Portugeezer
Member
It was meant to sell systems, but it sold less week for week.
Honestly, make a Kinectless SKU, $350/£300, and they're back in business.
I think there co-marketing with watch_dogs and Destiny is positively lethal, now Titanfall hasn't set the world on fire.
Someone's having a meltdown.
Chuck Norris
Banned
The day is April 18 2014 and a somber tension hangs in the air within the Polygon offices. The offices that just one year before were bustling with activity and laughter. But now the laughter has faded. The desks are lined with workers, with catatonic stares as the employees come to contemplate the news. The horrifying truth. There is no banter in the office, all that can be heard is a small echoing sobbing from the bathrooms and the furious mashing of a keyboard from Ben Kuchera's desk. Arthur Gies kicks over a small bin and whispers "Titanfall... Titanfall was going to change everything". But in his heart he comes to realise the dream is over.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
What a masterful dodge. Kudos.
SpasilliumX11
Member
Uno Venova
Banned
Didn't you expect Titanfall to start closing the gap between the two consoles? Why act like people didn't expect that now.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=95496634&postcount=700
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Best part is, they aren't even Juniors.
StrongArmSteady
Member
Well this was one hell of a change:
I like the Verge guys, they were smack talking the new consoles, whilst the polygon guys were jizzing over titanfall...that launch live stream was amazing viewing.
You did not understand that reference.
Someone should make captain American version of that
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
People in PR can learn from the skill he just showed at dodging.
Even if we assume that, it's not too uncommon for EA to go ahead with something that sells a lot, but not as much as they may have hoped.
It's the top game of the month despite being a new IP and Respawn is pretty tiny for a major developer, so marching on with a multiplatform sequel on an IP they know was well received critically and sold a fair number of units is pretty safe.
Their CFO has basically been implying they intend to keep this going for quite a while.