EmptySpace
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square enix: wait, i think you forgot another 0 there. wait, what? that's actually it? wow, super low and didn't meet our expectations.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2015 [Up1: Nintendo numbers, PS4 placing]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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square enix: wait, i think you forgot another 0 there. wait, what? that's actually it? wow, super low and didn't meet our expectations.
Who did this? I don't get what's surprising. It's on 5 platforms.
More surprising is BB sales and everyone who thought it was going to flop. With digital sales it's probably over 400K.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Actually promotes the idea of slapping a new coat of paint on a game and charging 60$ for it.
Yeah.. good legs. To bad initial sales are not very good.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Btw, could you unquote my post? I probably was giving too many details in a summary... TF > 100K, 3D World = 220K (Nintendo PR), ZombiU was like 50K?
theprodigy
Member
plenty of people were like "lol it's nowhere on Amazon" combined with expecting it to match BF4 for some reason
that happens all the time, just check Destiny-
wait just kidding that's the exception
I got ~233k Xbox One and ~336k PS4 assuming 84k Wii U? fuck looks like 3DS>XB1 cost me 10 points
I'm mostly interested in 3D World vs. Mario Party tbh. It's gonna be sad if Mario Party had a bigger debut than 3D World.....
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Mario Party = #3 debut on Wii U, only behind Smash & Mario Kart 8. Toad = #4. Mario Kart 8 was a huge boon to Wii U software sales clearly.
Welfare
Member
The Last One
Member
Monthly and LTD
Xbox one sold 2,773x more than WiiU, do the math guys!
Edit: I'm late, sorry lol
Yeah.
Monthly and LTD
So using 82.5K for Wii U:
PS4 330K
XB1 229K
WiiU 82.5K
edit:
last gen:
Wii 721K
360 262K
PS3 257K
Wii sold more than PS4 + XB1 + Wii u combined
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
If the numbers mentioned are what is expected, I did good this month on Predictions wooot
MastaKilla
Member
Let me ask a stupid question real quick. Do the console makers directly profit from a copy of a 3rd party game being sold? For example, if I go buy a copy of Battlefield on PS4, does Sony take any of that 60 bucks?
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
Member
3d world first month was around 500k iirc
EDIT: nope
EDIT: nope
travisbickle
Member
100k difference between One and 4, looks like BGamer's goalposts can stay where they are at the moment.
Why 82.5k for Wii U?
XB1 did worse than 3DS and way down yoy.
An other shitty prediction month for me, it's becoming quite difficult, trends are erratic.
Ratio wise, I wonder if W101 has them all beat.
Yes there is some level of fee's to release on a system. They likely vary game to game though ...
Congrats on being right about Battlefield brand carrying the game I guess. Amazon sales certainly painted a damning picture and honestly I think it would've been a kick in the pants for publishers if it had sold like an add on instead of a numbered entry in the series. I find the fact that a glorified add on sold over 1 million copies based of brand recognition to be pretty damn depressing myself.
Sangetsu-II
Member
You done eating the hat Chobel?
SnowFlakeCake
Member
Yep, there's a fee for EA to have their game on the PS4 much like apple when apps are purchased. It's how Sony and MS make the money from software.
WelfareBurger
Member
I didn't expect Hardline to flop, but I didn't expect this much sales! Crazy.
$32 with GCU was too hard to resist.
$32 with GCU was too hard to resist.
Chobel
Member
PoweredByHentai
Member
Yes, they have a cut of the 60 bucks due to the platform royalty.
hodayathink
Member
No. Especially considering they have put games up on release, at which point they have no Metacritic ranking.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Nope. Did 220K in November. Nintendo even gave PR w/ that # and everyone was like "Why? That's terrible". Hit like 500K+ by December iirc (so another 300K+).
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Last month was terrible for me. It's becoming harder though to accurately predict months with each passing NPD's.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Overestimated all sales except 3DS.
Lol you're not letting him away with it huh?
Steverulez
Member
Yes. Digitally they get 30% give or take, retail I think I've seen $7 or so mentioned, not 100% on that
First post says Wii U: ~80-85K
??
EDIT:
It had really legs (percent wise) but it's openings in Jpan in NA were bad.
djblackice
Member
Why do I feel like he's memorized your post history at this point? Better watch out!
Super_Cobra
Member
Monthly and LTD
I didn't know the gap between ps4 and xbone were so close. Wow. Sony dropped the ball by not dropping the price during the holidays.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Smash Wii U (and of course 3DS) continues to have nice legs then (assuming that's 2nd). Could Smash Wii U seriously catch up to Mario Kart 8 sales
?
ethomaz
Banned
It is ~720k...
freefornow
Member
So how much did Bloodborne boost PS4 sales this month? Was there an increase in PS4 sales this month?
Sangetsu-II
Member
So with a 700k gap now in Sony's favor:
-How much do you guys think the gap will be this Holiday after they throw the Batman & MGSV Bundles with Battlefront Marketing?
-How much do you think Microsoft will close gap after holiday?
-How much do you guys think the gap will be this Holiday after they throw the Batman & MGSV Bundles with Battlefront Marketing?
-How much do you think Microsoft will close gap after holiday?
Super_Cobra
Member
It would had been bigger if they would had counter MS with a temporary price drop too.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
So PS4 won by over 100k as many predicted.
Sales are getting lower though. I expect $299 this Fall for PS4.
Sales are getting lower though. I expect $299 this Fall for PS4.