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[vinnygambini]

I'm not denying that it's always been good, but...I need to remind you that it's the Wii U we're talking about. The console was having mid-to-major problems in selling Nintendo games as well, up to the first half of 2014. Then, after Mario Kart 8 released, sales for Nintendo games got better across the board (aside from Bayonetta 2 ;_; even if it was the sequel of a title that went over 350,000 units in US with a major contribution from deep price cuts and it was having some sort of legs, up to January...). Mario Party 10 continues the trend.

Could be.

Personally I just think it's a continuation of the idea that Mario is synonymous with quality and people buy the title as a result of it, regardless of Wii U's trouble - best selling titles are with Mario as a headliner.

I think amiibo effect might be helping it too though to give credit where is due, in part with the marketing card you say so yeah maybe so but other first-party titles still sell like shit ;.;

 

[Xbro]

It's early.

Figured as much. I think I'll head off for now, when I get back on the pie charts should be here.

 

[mazpratim]

Currently in the oven.

heh

 

[truth411]

They're not gonna bother getting a new answer, do they? Just replace "March" with whatever month.

Well that answer won't work forever, There not going to have the same market share the 360 did last gen. It's only a matter of time.

 

[Mory Dunz]

the sales of Mario and Zelda games and related spinoffs got better

the sales of everything else went nowhere

Splatoon will have to answer all

Spoiler

200k opening

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Second place is very nice for Bloodborne.

 

[Jomjom]

As someone who isn't even enjoying Bloodborne, it's sad that Hardline won out really. Obviously it has a sufficient market to attract people, but it's unfortunate to see a game that is, in basically every way, inferior to its predecessor get rewarded at the tills.

First Person Shooters get purchased even by people who don't consider themselves "gamers". BB is a game where basically only enthusiast gamers would purchase. THere's no helping that.

 

[CyclopsRock]

Shootbang is a time honored tradition. Never underestimate

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the Battlefield series - which is why I didn't buy Hardline. I'm not entirely sure who is buying it. You don't get the big battlefield, cool vehicles of BF and the close quarters stuff has always been inferior to CoD in my experience. Hardline - in the beta at least - just seemed like an awkward mix, taking all the worst bits of Battlefield and throwing out the good stuff.

 

[Silent Chief]

XIII sold 6.7 million if I am not mistaken, 2 million are from Japan alone.

If the West can make up for the lost sales in Japan, surely, but I doubt so.

Final sales are hard to compare. Some games gets discounted after a couple of months and Sony used to have a Greatest Hits label, but now even mediocre games can sell forever thanks to digital stores.

 

[NateDrake]

Splatoon will have to answer all

Spoiler

200k opening

An opening between 200-250k for Splatoon would be a win in my book.

 

[vpance]

Why PS4 owners are making that move and Xbox One owners not?

PS4 owners are more affluent and can afford to give up reselling games.

 

[Three]

272K >>> Bloodborne <<< 461K

If that's the case

Hasn't yet, Has a range from 272K > x <461K... some wiggle room

Just a heads up, that's not how inequalities work. You keep using the wrong symbol.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

People pretending type-0 is a bomba?

It isn't?

 

[Fafalada]

Why PS4 owners are making that move and Xbox One owners not?

The numbers probably aren't drastically different either way, so even a few % change in retail/DD ratio could be enough.

 

[Toki767]

Why PS4 owners are making that move and Xbox One owners not?

It could be that with all the indie games on PSN, PS4 users are just more used to shopping for games digitally.

It's still probably around 10-15% though. Low enough to not matter a lot, but high enough to still make a difference if numbers are close?

 

[vinnygambini]

An opening between 200-250k for Splatoon would be a win in my book.

And that's what we'll see!

It'll outsell Pikmin as a result ;.;

 

[Three]

Why PS4 owners are making that move and Xbox One owners not?

I don't know about others but I did it on my PS4 because of Remote Play.

 

[The Artisan]

The franchise name got it to chart. Everything else related to the actual package itself ($60, PSP remaster, etc...) didn't help at all.

The PS4 was not lacking for games or anything in March and the Xbox One is not really a JRPG console.

In the end people just thought there were better options out there.

i did hear that mS attempted that by releasing a lot of exclusive jrpgs on the 360s, to no avail though.

 

[Mass Effect]

wow, bloodborne at #2, pretty dope

Did you really need to quote the entire OP?

 

[GnawtyDog]

It could be that with all the indie games on PSN, PS4 users are just more used to shopping for games digitally.

First console to have both digital pre-ordering and have digital pre-loading? + that clock......Not to mention how easy it's. Beats going to gamestop at midnight.

 

[SnowFlakeCake]

Yeah, there ain't gonna be another Reasy at Dawn console game me feels. Order 1886 cannot have been cheap considering how long it was in development, flopped critically and also commercially. That's a three way knock out. Bloodborne I doubt cost as much, even if it did the game has decent sales and critical acclaim. I can see one of those devs getting money and one being told to turn and not look back.

 

[Cat Party]

Don't own a PS4 but I'm thrilled to see Bloodborne place so highly. It shows this is not a niche series.

 

[ZhugeEX]

No Pie Charts?

 

[RexNovis]

Who would of thought a day would come where a FROM game would be 2nd in NPD lol

Ain't life grand?

 

[1st Course]

It's closer to 1.6m

Thanks.

 

[jayu26]

I got 360 degrees, can anyone confirm?

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

good thing i waited on type 0

mmm reduced pricing

 

[HardRojo]

Bloodborne in second place!

 

[Rymuth]

Graduated to pie charts now, have we?

 

[Toki767]

I got 360 degrees, can anyone confirm?

My protractor only goes up to 180 degrees.

 

[N.Domixis]

Damn, hard to say who won when its this close. I have to go with my gut on this one and say ps4 won.

 

[Manmademan]

good thing i waited on type 0

mmm reduced pricing

you and everyone else. that game released way too close to bloodborne at way to high a price point to even consider.

Square Enix Pls

 

[Welfare]

I got 360 degrees, can anyone confirm?

Just eyeballing it, but I would say yes.

 

[tokilamockingbrd]

Not really. They didn't have Bloodborne to play.

or MLB or FF T-0 (which heavily skewed to PS4)

 

[vpance]

Yeah, there ain't gonna be another Reasy at Dawn console game me feels. Order 1886 cannot have been cheap considering how long it was in development, flopped critically and also commercially. That's a three way knock out. Bloodborne I doubt cost as much, even if it did the game has decent sales and critical acclaim. I can see one of those devs getting money and one being told to turn and not look back.

I wonder what their sales expectations were. I hope it wasn't like 3mil or something, otherwise Shu and gang are in for a major reality check. Cinematic gameplay lite games just aren't ever going to be very popular, save for Telltale stuff.

 

[The Artisan]

Did you really need to quote the entire OP?

if it bothered you i'm sorry.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Just a heads up, that's not how inequalities work. You keep using the wrong symbol.

Already been pointed out, I apologize .

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

This doesn't look too great for Type-0 sales.

 

[adixon]

Why did you leave out dreamcast?

 

[Yiazmat]

Really happy for Bloodborne.

Where the fuck is The Order?

where it belongs.

exactly

 

[Mpl90]

the sales of Mario and Zelda games and related spinoffs got better

the sales of everything else went nowhere

Well, so far those have been the major Nintendo titles released after MK8, + Bayonetta 2 and Kirby. While Bayonetta 2 surely didn't do that well (it's possibly having some "legs" and performing favourably compared to PS3 and 360 SKUs of the original, but still), Kirby...eh, I'd be interested in knowing how much Kirby sold this month. It was slightly more than 50,000 past month.

Even with the improvements compared to the past, it's still the Wii U we're talking about, unfortunately.

But, I agree with others that Splatoon sales will be pretty interesting in this sense to watch unfold.

 

[flaviusconstantius]

It isn't?

I'd put it in a similar category to Xenoblade 3D in the Media Crate threads when it opened around 50K over 2 weeks. As an isolated project, it probably recouped its investment. But as part of a wider multi-pronged multimedia franchise it was a massive disappointment. In Xenoblade 3D's case it was at the centerpiece of the announcement and promotion of the N3DS, it is a game that had extremely positive word of mouth, and Nintendo had been promoting its sequel as a key part of their spring 2015 lineup. For it to only do 60% of the unpromoted and unnoticed Wii original must have come as a disappointment.

Type-0 was a pretty cheap remake. Outside some minimal camera work and the dub, you basically got something you could have gotten by bumping up the resolution on a PC emulator. I can't believe that it wouldn't cover costs with a mere 300K sales between America+Japan, though knowing SE's management style who knows. But it is an original Final Fantasy game on platforms that have a decent installed base and no competition in that genre. It launched with a extensive demo of Final Fantasy XV, and while that might not have been much on its own, a demo 1/10th the length of Final Fantasy VIII managed to help sell Brave Fencer Mushashi in the West. In that sense the sales can't be anything but a warning sign of franchise and perhaps genre fatigue, and SE would be right to be worried about the game's performence going forward. Especially as stylistically Final Fantasy XV looks quite similar(character designs, project head). They might have to rethink the way they intend to promote it.

 

[Patapwn]

Very interesting results this month

 

[waitwhat42]

The only pie chart I want to see is the Type-0 sales split.

 

[LordOcidax]

"Pachter: The Order 1886 Could Sell 5 Million By 2015 End, 10-12 Million If Sony Opts For A PS4 Bundle" . Did this guy still working on Gametrailers?

 

[Unknown One]

PC user base is depressing considering where Battlefield made its bones. I'll blame it on the fact that it's not made by DICE

You can say the same with the COD series. Both are now Console series.

 

[flaviusconstantius]

The only pie chart I want to see is the Type-0 sales split.

PS4+XB1 100%
Vita 0%

 

[Loris146]

The only pie chart I want to see is the Type-0 sales split.

Change the title

Spoiler

jk

 

[BlackBuzzard]

This doesn't look too great for Type-0 sales.

Thats what you get for charging 60$ for a remasterd psp game with a demo. Would have done better if they priced it reasonably.

 

[ZhugeEX]

Graduated to pie charts now, have we?

Haha, next up... area graphs

Why did you leave out dreamcast?

Haha, brilliant!