The Mad Draklor
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That's pretty good considering it was only tracked for 5 days.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2016
- Thread starter Nirolak
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That's pretty good considering it was only tracked for 5 days.
Hm, dang, it's hard to know.
I guess we can start with what it's definitely below:
NSMBU, Nintendoland (due to bundles I would think), MK8, Smash, and 3D World I believe.
Seems like that's it.
Wheras in Japan it's above Smash and 3d World.
Gunslinger
Member
Can capcom ever win the hearts and minds of casuals? Or that ship has sailed with the mistreatment of them for 3 barebones game now? Marvel 3, SFxTekken and now SFV. What can capcom do anymore? Imo they should sell the rights of SF to NRS and disband. Then we can forever have MKvsSF and SF games made by NRS fighting engine....
7DollarHagane
Banned
And how often do you play sf4, having gone back to it? How often did you play it before getting sf5?
Omnistalgic
Member
Im interested in this, what exactly do you do in SF4? Im definitely on the opposite end as I found going through Arcade mode with all characters an absolute chore just to get colors/unlocks whatever. Trials, Last Man standing, Survival modes, all of it, I completely ignored and just played online ranked or lobbies, what would be a great mode for SFV to add?
Im genuinely asking as Ill be sure to post it to Ono on twitter and go the Capcom unity with the suggestion.
All of the dev tweets have implied that they are way up over last year's version. I can believe it as it's a great game.
Sony first party didn't really get going until four years in. Having Bloodborne+ Ratchet is a good start comparatively.
Ah you addressed that point below.
Now that I think about it, Sony's first party was very slow the first few years, so I guess it's par for the course for Sony. But the first few years of 360, Microsoft was kinda killing it. Here's what Microsoft published their first 3 years on the Xbox 360.
2005
Retail
Kameo: Elements of Power
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
2006
Retail
Gears of War
Ninety-Nine Nights
Viva Piñata
2007
Retail
Blue Dragon
Crackdown
Forza Motorsport 2
Fuzion Frenzy 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Project Gotham Racing 4
Project Sylpheed
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
Shadowrun
Tenchu Z
Viva Piñata: Party Animals
Xbox Live Arcade Compilation
Then Don Mattrick took over the Xbox division and completely restructured (IE Ruined) their first party production. Now compare that to what they've done during the same span on the Xbox One.
It's sad, 360 is probably my favorite console ever, and mainly because of those first few years.
But sorry to derail the thread.
Gunslinger
Member
I think they just play half an hour everyday or do a run of Arcade mode a day in hardest settings. But that's ok if thats how they like to play nothing wrong with that.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Ok ok, now all their games have been barebones and they should just let Netherrealm make their games.. Obviously this is the answer.
Omnistalgic
Member
Unghh...dude, SF and MK are so thematically different. That would be awful. Anime themes, light heartedness, goofy characters like Elf and R.Mika. And you want Mr. Boon to take over that with his hell themes? Nah...wouldnt touch it with a 200ft. pole. SF lives and dies with Capcom, and I think it will live on just fine.
I also think Sub-zero and Scorpion are really cool, but 2 very different philosophies on fighting games.
7DollarHagane
Banned
A half an hour everyday? Since ultra? Or since vanilla? I'm really curious how people can find the cpu so interesting to out hundreds of hours of play into it.
Gunslinger
Member
You don't want to see ryu perform fatality on ken? That's one of the main attraction of NRS games.
also it was joke btw. Just the though of having a sf game in that stiff NRS fighting engine............
StrongBlackVine
Banned
NPDs are so boring now. Guess the next two months will be more interesting with Quantum Break, Ratchet & Clank and Uncharted 4.
Legitimate spoiler for the campaign:
he doesn't have a trainer, that girl is just following him around
Omnistalgic
Member
Oh yeah, 360 was PS2.0 in the beginning. Then, it happened lol? I guess as you say Don Mattrick took over.
I'd like to know this as well! We'll love and marry you forever.
Omnistalgic
Member
lol...maybe when I was 12...lol
An M-rated SF might do wonders, but I would think Capcom developers would be too prideful to emulate their rivals.
The Silver
Member
Come home, kick back and relax playing arcade or some other mode.(love the various stuff in MK) Online is different, that's when you have to be serious, not very conductive to relaxation.
gundamkyoukai
Member
It was not only casuals that were saying that .
It was hardcore gamers like me , SF is a content light game is fact .
And some of the things capcom did with it makes no fucking sense .
Like how you have to unlock colors , like how you get nothing from playing off line vs or casual online games .
Hell thanks to it not selling well the league system is broken as hell .
Side note why the hell sagat or akuma was not one of the first DLC characters if they were not in the main game.
Casual matches m8. I almost exclusively play non-ranked modes in fighting games because I just like screwing around.
Welfare
Member
Code:
Xbox One 242k
MoM drop = 3%
YoY rise = 6%
Weekly average
Xbox One February: 249K / 4 = 62,250
Xbox One March: 242k / 5 = 48,400
Code:
PS4 330k
MoM drop = 19%
YoY rise = 0%
Weekly average
PS4 February: 405K / 4 = 101,250
PS4 March: 330k / 5 = 66,000
Code:
Wii U 66k
MoM drop = 6%
YoY drop = 20%
Weekly average
Wii U February: 70K / 4 = 17,500
Wii U March: 66k / 5 = 13,200LTD Market Share
PS4: 53% [+0%]
XB1: 47% [-0%]
PS4 V XB1 GAP
>1.6m
Code:
Xbox One February: 249K / 4 = 62,250
Xbox One March: 242k / 5 = 48,400
Weekly average down 22%
PS4 January: 230K / 4 = 57,500
PS4 February: 405K / 4 = 101,250
Weekly average down 35%
Wii U January: 40K / 4 = 10,000
Wii U February: 69K / 4 = 17,250
Weekly average down 25%It's boring if you are a console warrior or like to see the sparring between warriors, still a lot of interesting discussion if you look for it.
Edit: for example, I find the SFV/FG discussions in this thread pretty good
I play a couple of matches every now and then. I'm actually playing more now than I did before SF5 because I felt the SF hype and "rediscovered" the game, in a way.
I just like trying out all the different characters, going through Arcade Mode, things like that. I know it's a brand new entry, but going from dozens of characters to only 16 feels like such a downgrade. I know the pro players are loving it and that's great, but keep in mind I am in no way one of those. I just play because I like that universe, I love and grew up with all these characters, and I respect the series for what it has done to the industry. That it looks and plays a little bit better doesn't do much for me if the content isn't there.
The Silver
Member
No, if im facing a real person I want to fucking win
No one can deny that compared to the Wii U's success as a piece of hardware it's produced more big hits than expected. That's an obvious positive for Nintendo - they're on the right path and as relevant as ever software-wise, and should only come up with a console launch that's not as obviously and thoroughly mangled as the Wii U, with _more_ of these games, to see even more hits coming.
Omnistalgic
Member
fair enough. Some of the design issues are badly thought out. You should get your FM offline or not, and the easy story mode could have just been made into a standard Arcade lol...Like its there, just code it differently. I think Capcom devs were smoking some good.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
This Street Fighter V talk is played out. We all know it flopped. It barely charted in February, but people really expected it to chart again in March? This is just a re-hash of last month's discussion. Just replace Naruto with Pokken.
Omnistalgic
Member
lol...I feel you, its not the same as playing against CPU, you learn the CPU, with casuals, theres a different human on the other side of that match every time, even if no rank points are on the line.
Well, hopefully theres like a million other fans like you out there whos just waiting for there to be 5-6 different SP modes and 30 characters and they buy it for $40. Id like to bop some newbies once in a while and feel like a senpai training new comers.
Omnistalgic
Member
Its much move civil now...Im enjoying it, during launch, I just white knighted and bailed lol...
Agree it's civil now and not just shitposting. People are legitimately discussing issues, what needs to be done, would it matter, etc.
That's just you though. I've seen many people being experimental with how they play, for better or for worse, in non-ranked matches.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
No I would think that is most people. Who enjoys losing at anything competitive?
This even applies it to single player games these days that have been made piss easy so people won't get frustrated and quit. People don't like to lose.
I don't consider casual matches competitive. The name of the mode speaks for itself.
The Silver
Member
Did I imply otherwise?
Never said you did.
joecanada
Member
Eh opinions and all I guess but personally I'd delete that whole first two years (couple alright titles but two whole years there) .... Year 3 looks solid. I bought a 360 several years down the line which felt good
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Seeing SFV Sales makes me so upset at what Capcom has done....
Thx Cream, for what you do.
Sorry for being an idiot, but how do you guys interpret Cream's pie chart in terms of numbers?
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Yep. A complete fuck up. They should've copied the model of casuals first/EVO second like MK and Smash. It's going to have to rerelease when it's finished with masses of content and a budget price.
Iced Arcade
Member
Are NPD software sales even a reliable source for software anymore? I know 1 maybe 2 people out of a group of 30 that buys physical games now.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Dont be. People have screamed, begged and pleaded with Capcom to not take advantage of its fanbase, nurture its Community and take risks with bringing back its classic IP.
People are looking at SFV sales and seeing doom, but nearly nothing Capcom has put out this generation has been a massive success. Strider was instantly forgotten, rev 2 fell flat, RE 6 has been one remaster too many, DmC: Apology edition basically got ignored and DMC4 just didnt generate the hype it should of.
Capcom, as we know it cannot survive this generation. As a company they have scared away their best talent, both from a development and business point of view and gamers are now a generation temoved from their best era so now they cannot coast games purelfy on brand name alone.
Yep.
The hardcore fans/FGC will play SF regardless of how the game is, they'll always pick it up so it's better to have focused on those casuals more because at the end of the day if the casuals are pleased we'll get a lot of sales towards the game and that's even if the hardcore doesn't love the game. However if the hardcore is pleased and casuals aren't? We might not be getting another SF for a long long time. The FGC ain't going to keep the series rolling on their own, they're the minority when it comes to these fighting game companies and sales.
That's the main reason Tekkens as packed full of content before they hit console, they want those casuals.
Glorified G
Member
Yeah, remember the awesome lineup of Heavenly Sword, Lair, Haze, Genji: Days of the Blade, Gran Turismo Demo edition and the worst Uncharted in the series that aged terribly. Sony really kicked into high gear with their first party lineup in the first three years of the PS3 era compared to the PS4.
"PS3 has games" was an appropriate meme for the time.
