th4tguy
Member
That is totally because of the Vita right? I mean it had a big part in that right?
I did my part. I bought a Vita and a 64gb memory card. I didn't even get my animated gif
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NPD Sales Results for March 2015 [Up1: Nintendo numbers, PS4 placing]
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I did my part. I bought a Vita and a 64gb memory card. I didn't even get my animated gif
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
What's the ballpark for any of the hardware sales?
SmoothRunningGun
Member
I enjoyed the game but with the limited amount of content I know a lot of people are waiting for sales. Probably a 1 and done franchise which is too bad.
CaviarMeths
Member
Do we know the PS4/XB1 % split for Type-0?
RayearthRob
Member
Yeah, don't you know that Nintendo can't win a month? Kk
Manmademan
Member
This was actually verified in post holiday threads- Sony inventory was extremely low to nonexistent, while MS had drastically overstuffed the channel during the holiday season with massive amounts of leftover inventory- which they can do because the Xbox One simply isn't selling anywhere else but the US. their international presence is laughable.
The US simply isn't as crucial to Sony as it was to MS. MS *HAD* to retain customers in the US to stay viable- Sony's international presence is so strong it wasn't necessary. Stuffing the US to compete with microsoft (and diverting consoles from say, the UK/EU) and slashing the price would have lost them more money than simply sitting tight and selling what they had to sell.
as for Free games, there are tons of bundles, official and non official currently floating around. Free games are even easier to do than a price drop- sony prefers those, actually.
Bottom line, it's a fallacy that MS can simply lose endless amounts of money on the Xbox One to try and outsell Sony. It's not 2002 anymore. The battle for the living room is obsolete, and the 360 at it's peak contributed a negligible amount to microsoft's revenue.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
I did my part. I bought a Vita and a 64gb memory card. I didn't even get my animated gif
Ill fix that injustice right now, as fellow Vita owner.
Silent Chief
Member
It's an original work. And it's brilliant. It's Miyazaki's masterpiece until his next game.
Wii U between 80k-85k
3DS is below 270k
Xbox One is below 310k
PS4 is number one
Vita means life.
Ehh those will likely turn out to be 3rd party games so both systems will benefit.
Minecraft going exclusive to Xbox though could really swing things around.
Or an already mainstream moneyhat
really hate that NPD did that to her
I know right! NPD police are now fucking ruthless.
schwabdizzle
Banned
Bloodborne #2 is amazing. Its seriously one of the best games I have ever played grant it its my first souls game.
Only retail musings which suggested 75%+ PS4
Niche hardware.
PS4 had 1.5m unsold worldwide at the end of 2014 according to Sony data and PS4 was not sold out in USA.
The normal path was PS4 outselling Xbox One on US too, but Microsoft changed the game with price cut and AC bundle.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Thanks Zhuge nice summary.
It might be 270k
From the numbers I have (may not be very accurate)Nintendo PR said:
2014:
Jan - 97k
Feb - 155k
Mar - 159k
Sum - 411k
* 1.8 = 739.8k
2015:
Jan - 73k
Feb - 395k
Subtracting these I get 271.8
Splitting hairs, but I feel like this thread needs more NPD numbers even if they're old.
Baroquemantic
Member
Ummm, okay. Haha. That's a little passive aggressive don't you think? You went through the trouble of quoting me, so the least you could've done was just be straight up with me.
CaviarMeths
Member
If that's right, Type-0 PS4 sold under 184k (Majora's Mask would be top 10 on single SKU chart) and XB1 sold under 61k.
Based on retail musings, 245k > Type-0 > 184k.
Or do we already have a better ballpark for it that I missed in the 6 or so pages I skipped?
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
I dont mean to discount its success. I simply mean that Souls-likes have a strong following by now, so a new IP from From in the same vein is a fairly safe bet.
FunkyPajamas
Member
BvS teaser leak, Star Wars teaser trailer #2, AoU teaser clips, it's a miracle we nerds haven't died of overhype. Everybody is busy posting in those threads instead
Besides, it's not like the NPD status quo was in any way challenged, so what's really there for people to post? Not that much until there's (more) solid data on SW sales at least.
Swass
Member
NPD reports that this thread is down 90% yoy.*
*last year was Titanfall results and the NPD that allegedly got Kinect nixed.
Eolz
Member
NPD threads are way slower since there's not a lot of leaks anymore and since the PS4 is not neck and neck with the X1 anymore anyway.
And I never said this wasn't the case
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It's just that the foundations and a lot more are there. The setting is original, and so are some new gameplay features and tweaked gameplay elements.
Not the rest. I could make a long post about it, but that would be going off-topic.
Bloodborne is technically a new IP. But this is not a new kind of game, nor does it introduce new gameplay elements (apart from the Chalice dungeons).
Back on topic, thanks ZHugeEX for the doc. Is there the same with 3DS sales on top of that?
And I never said this wasn't the case
(well, I'd place DaS above it by an hair)
It's just that the foundations and a lot more are there. The setting is original, and so are some new gameplay features and tweaked gameplay elements.
Not the rest. I could make a long post about it, but that would be going off-topic.
Bloodborne is technically a new IP. But this is not a new kind of game, nor does it introduce new gameplay elements (apart from the Chalice dungeons).
Back on topic, thanks ZHugeEX for the doc. Is there the same with 3DS sales on top of that?
BvS teaser leak, Star Wars teaser trailer #2, AoU teaser clips, it's a miracle we nerds haven't died of overhype. Everybody is busy posting in those threads instead
Besides, it's not like the NPD status quo was in any way challenged, so what's really there for people to post? Not that much until there's (more) solid data on SW sales at least.
100K+ Hardware gap will make this thread go places.
Manmademan
Member
the anecdotal evidence was from people working US retail distribution channels. A worldwide figure isn't relevant here.
Microsoft changed virtually nothing- they were still behind Sony in the US. After the "fire sale", the status quo went right back to Sony outselling the Xbox one month after month, except now even WITH a system that's $50 more expensive at MSRP. So again, the only reason the PS4 didn't price drop is because Sony chose not to. Again, the hardware is already profitable on it's own. they're not losing any money on it- which wasn't the case for PS3 for at least 3 years.
nephilimdj
Member
Surprised at Mario Party being so high, seeing it 1/2 price at PAL retailers
th4tguy
Member
Ill fix that injustice right now, as fellow Vita owner.
I couldn't be more happy right now.
I agree that there's a higher chance of the next craze being a third party game. Too early to say it will be though.
I don't think this will ever happen as MS cares more about the brand than console sales. I would say though that they may need something that can create the same impact as that soon.
An official number isn't relevant but anecdotal evidence is?
Talking about anecdotal, I don't saw PS4 unavailable (and I don't saw other people saying that too) and if outsell the market leader on holiday with a 600k margin is not a change, I don't know what it is.
MasterSheen
Member
MP10 did better than I expected. Tyoe 0 on the other hand, underperformed again
Welfare
Member
1.79 would fit more than 1.8.
So it would be 736k - 74k - 395k = 267k
Of course it's not accurate, but it would be under 270k
John Bender
Banned
They changed what exactly?
Changed the normal path for holiday sales. In october was a given that PS4 would win november and december.
XxRampage07xX
Member
I just don't understand why The Big Three will never give us detailed numbers about their console sales. Come on! What is so secret about it?
Not even if the Vita magically rose from the dead and did 11tyBILLION sales?
Manmademan
Member
we have retail insiders on the board who gave inventory levels and were verified. This quote was from January 12th.
and from a second insider, same thread:
Again, the discussion was US retail. a worldwide inventory number is useless here, since we don't know the breakdown.
If fehyd's and cornbread's observations were typical for retailers across the board, Sony simply did not have significantly more units to sell during the holiday in the US than they did. A price drop would have gained them what..a couple thousand units? they would have lost money- not to mention the additional revenue per unit sold every month since then up to this point.
RVIDXR
Member
Inb4
Hopefully they do something similar. I'm surprised that Bloodborne is at #2. Not really, because it's a great game. Well done Sony.
FunkyPajamas
Member
Really? I don't know. It would have to be pretty bad for XBO (WiiU-like levels?) for people to actually give a damn. I mean, we've kind of known this was going to be the case for a while. No surprises there.
I *really* want to see what will happen come E3 though. Will Microsoft drop price again? Will they keep riding the Halo hype hoping that from Sept through the Holidays it'll mean the top NPD spot? Will Sony pre-counter with a price drop a few weeks before Halo 5? I hate to be that guy because we keep saying "next month will be interesting", haha, but I honestly think in a couple of months things will be interesting. June means E3 + Arkham Knight. With Witcher 3 out by then consoles will start gaining momentum for the fall/holidays. I really can't wait!
Hmm, yes it would be odd to call 80% almost 80%.
I should keep track of how often my math is corrected
John Bender
Banned
Well... yeah, "the normal path for holiday sales". In the end, nothing really changed
Of course you do.
So, PS4 was collecting dust on stores around the world but not in USA.
Again, I didn't see PS4 sold out in any online store and don't saw any people saying that could not find one.
Microsoft shipped more consoles, but this doesn't mean that PS4 sales were definied by supply when cleary was by demand.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
For those who want to compare previous March sales data for the past 10 years.
Seems like the PS360 are tanking pretty badly, yet both platform holders refuse to drop the price.
Nearly every game is not a huge departure from the games that inspired it.