Polygonal_Sprite
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And three of them will be delayed 😂
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NPD Sales Results For March 2017 [Up2: Year to date charts, platform specific charts]
And three of them will be delayed 😂
astrogamer
Member
Mario & Luigi's big problem is the jump to HD as AlphaDream isn't all that suited for it.
I feel like they'd dedicate more resources to ARMS DLC
The Kirby series has at least two teams (Rainbow Curse and Planet Robobot were mostly developed separately). Depending on who's developing that 3D multiplayer game, a 2018 Kirby release is possible
I'm pretty certain 2018 will also get a Mario Party as MP10 did fine and Star Rush seems like a victim to the 3DS being done.
Next Level Games also seems like they should be ready with their next game by late 2018 too
Pokemon Spinoffs seem likely as well as a major collaboration (like Pokken or Hyrule Warriors)
Sinnoh Remakes seem like a possiblity too considering they are starting a bit of promotion with that new movie
I think his point is they'll be bundle games. Destiny 1 has probably sold more PS4s than any exclusive has, not unreasonable to think the by far 4 biggest games of the year will move PS4s.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
i couldn't remember the last name of this npd guy but saw his post about living in u.k so thought making a Harry potter reference would be funny. I was wrong.
where are you getting this 800k number from? Horizon sold twice as well as killzone 2 which sold 323k copies in its first month. That gives us 650k.
I didn't know that. When did this happen?
What's so bizarre about my posts lol. Why is it that people get so butthurt over sales expectations? I expected horizon to sell well over a million seeing as how Sony marketed the shit out of it. Also because it's a phenomenal game that deserves to sell better than freaking ghost recon. The fact that the ps4 sku beat out horizon is a travesty.
Jawbreaker
Member
Estimating digital sales, which are not included in the NPD number.
Liabe Brave
Member
Well, you might see that PS4 has sold more units in 2017 than it did during the same period of 2014 and 2015. Or you could note that this February was the 9th highest any console has posted in 15 years. Or other contextualizing info about the typical sales trajectories in fourth years.
PS4 is not the most successful console of all time, but focusing on a single fact and proclaiming it a disappointment is naive.
No, Horizon sold more than twice as much as Killzone 2. How much more we don't know, but we do know that's solely physical copies. With a normal digital share, Horizon will be way over 800k for the month. Over 900k isn't a terrible reach, and even over a million is technically possible (though doubtful).
Liabe Brave
Member
EDIT - Sorry for the double post, meant to edit.
Not many other places it could be. Unless the 3DS somehow beat it too.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
As assumption of at least 150k digital sales is not unreasonable.
They both posted it was happening in the March prediction thread.
Your incredulity at the sales thing and random comments about Sony's board not being happy with HZD's 2.6m sales. It's a new IP, and Sony always look at WW as a yardstick for performance.
Leona Lewis
Banned
The game's been bundled for so long that it's probably siphoning off what would otherwise have been individually sold units.
I don't understand what you mean by this, who is questioning whether the game really sold the reported 2.6 million WW ?
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Go back a few pages. Hell I would say the person you quoted is subtly questioning it. I thought it was understood by now that U.S. is only a minority share of the sales for PlayStation hardware and software yet here we are again with an overemphasis on NPD and what it means overall.
whatever6352
Member
NPD goes off of dollars not individual units. I imagine about half if not more of Uncharted 4 sales come from bundles.
Some person(s) a few pages back.
Magic Mushroom
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For Honor, like R6, is a good game though.
Went back a few pages and just wow.. this is why I stay away from NPD threads.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Chobel
Member
Nice, hopefully this put some pressure of Sony and Nintendo so they also share digital sales.
Any losers this month?
Guerrilla is more popular in Europe, PlayStation 4 is more popular in Europe. Sony also didn't announced physical-only sales, they announced physical + digital. So of 2.6 million, we know 0.6 is physical in the US.
wow so Horizon Zero Dawn with digital is more than 1 million?
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Well there it is. All the poor mouthing for HZD can stop.
It is absolutely ridiculous that we have at least 3 games over 1 million for the month of March NPD. I'm assuming Mass Effect Andromeda is a 4th even though it hasn't been confirmed.
There it is.
Honestly, you know it's a crime to lie to investors, right? They are legally obligated to give truthful numbers. You're being ridiculous here.
Edit: I see HZD with digital is even over 1 million, incredible result for the game!
Nope its still a failure. Needs to outsell ME and Zelda combined now. Not to mention that apparently Sony lied about HZD number.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I just need to know how close to 250k NieR Automata was.
npd plz ;___;
npd plz ;___;
So pleased for GG. Horizon is my GOTG so far and only the 2nd game i've platinum'd. If the next one doesn't sell at least 10m (not including physical) in the first 16 hours of release Sony should pack up...
I'll grab Nier at some point in the year but nice to see PG rewarded with a healthy start...
I'll grab Nier at some point in the year but nice to see PG rewarded with a healthy start...
Holy shit at those digital sales for Horizon, more than 30% of the overall total. The PS4/ One digital sales trend continues.
John, mere curiosity: Zelda has a 3% digital sales share; I wanted to know if the other Switch launch games are in a similar ballpark or a bit higher.
Also (if there's any possible way you can tell us) is Just Dance 2017 on Switch higher or lower than 50k at retail?
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Holy shit at those digital sales for Horizon, more than 30% of the overall total. The PS4/ One digital sales trend continues.
John, mere curiosity: Zelda has a 3% digital sales share; I wanted to know if the other Switch launch games are in a similar ballpark or a bit higher.
Also (if there's any possible way you can tell us) is Just Dance 2017 on Switch higher or lower than 50k at retail?
Lower, but not far off
GravityInsanity
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gundamkyoukai
Member
That means over 40% plus on DD .
Just goes to show how fast consoles DD is growing.
We might be seeing near 60% to 65% DD rate by the end of this gen ( thinking 2 years from now)
It could be more than 640K on retail we have no idea exactly. 700k? 800k?
I found HZD "Journey" have been interesting since the introduction.
- People sceptical of GG
- Predicted as the next massive flop (3+ thread)
- Predicted as the next critical flop
- Predicted as the next commercial flop
wapplew
Member
I get 1m, but 1mm? That's rather small.
Also, where you got the numbers since Sony didn't share digital numbers to NPD.
geordiemp
Member
So Horizon sold more than 1 million total in USA when including digital ?
Yes.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Nice, hopefully this put some pressure of Sony and Nintendo so they also share digital sales.
Any losers this month?
I feel like there's no way I can answer that question without like, enflaming people haha. Mass effect looks to be down about 30% from me3?
Overall a good month tho, just my opinion but seeing growth is always good.
Nintendo put up some really strung stuff
geordiemp
Member
That makes the top 3 or 4 really hard to know with varying digital percentages....and for publishers who really cant claim anything as they wont know what other publishers sold digitally.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Is MLB The Show up or down from last year? It placed high in a very competitive month.
Physically or combined with digital ? If the former, that would put it's sales at around the 910K mark not including digital. That's a pretty good result.
Switch could have a massive Holiday if they introduce that MK8 Deluxe console bundle, Pokémon Stars is real and Mario Odyssey.
Everything else would be a nice extra but those three bulletpoints could make it difficult to find a Switch during the Holidays.
Add in solid versions on multiplattform games like Skyrim and NBA2K.... E3 will be really interesting this between the big 3.
Everything else would be a nice extra but those three bulletpoints could make it difficult to find a Switch during the Holidays.
Add in solid versions on multiplattform games like Skyrim and NBA2K.... E3 will be really interesting this between the big 3.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Could be more don't think this chart has Origin sales in it .
Wonder how much sales we missing for pub that have there own DD platform .
gundamkyoukai
Member
People that now buying there systems.
GTA is the game to get when you now buying a console .
Really wonder what number it going to end up at when all said and done .
If we assume the usual 30%+ digital share (though I believe the % is even higher these days) then Horizon did at least 925k copies in March for USA.
edit: Ah, it's actually verified 1m+.
Anyhow, we know the worldwide sell-in numbers directly to customers reached 2.6million from Sony PR, in two weeks time.
edit: Ah, it's actually verified 1m+.
Anyhow, we know the worldwide sell-in numbers directly to customers reached 2.6million from Sony PR, in two weeks time.