Quietly followed quite some NPD topics, but the last months got more and more boring.
Totally ready for the $299 PS4 announcement. I would bet on it if there wasn't Europe and PS4 selling like hotcakes there.
I really feel pressured into buying a wiiu and splatoon
I really feel pressured into buying a wiiu and splatoon
Do you have overall shares for 2015 at all?
Is this their plan to do a $299 500GB sku this holiday and drop the 1TB to $350 perceptive price drop?
IDG only publishes those once a year for the year prior.
I was mainly directing you to that single point you made.
That new IP's tend to be frontloaded. Yes, that can be very true... if the game only serviced a small niche, or if it didn't hit like it could have. Then you have those new IP's that shape not only the console they released on, but to degrees the entire market. CoD, Gears, Halo, and the Wii "" line are some to look at.
Popularity, word of mouth, signifies how frontloaded a games sales will be. And that's nothing you can get from it's first month of sales. Hell, even second and third month can hide an emerging trend.
You may be completely right about Splatoon. But it's first "month" of sales (in this case two days) won't tell you anymore than what it did in those first two days. And you can try to read tea leaves from sites like Amazon, but that's a crapshoot. Don't stake everything on it.
Most of all, have fun. NPD is our own personal monthly soap opera. That we get to influence. Some of us add wit, some add fact, some add wild speculation. At the end, hopefully, it is an interesting dramatic reading reflection of the current market. And probably not something to be proud of, but definitely something to marvel at.
Uhh...That actually looks like a fun game. I wish it were available on the PS4 or the Xbox One.
Day one sales have never been the extent of sales for pretty much any Nintendo game that charts decently initially. If one of their games comes out the gate well, it's gonna continue on having decent gains for at least a few months, historically. Nintendo has a lot of weaknesses, but colossal sales drop-offs month to month ain't one of 'em.It's 3 days of sales, I believe people keep saying two to try to downplay the fact we already have seen pretty much the extend of what the sales will be.
I mean, to me, 136k is not "a bomb" or whatever, but is it really much more than that? I understand all your confounding factors-- new IP, essentially comatose platform-- but you also have some important counterweights. First of all, the audience buying games on the WiiU is incredibly hardcore, as evidenced by Nintendo's core software sales across the platform this year and last year. Second, there was a very significant advertising push. The 136k sounded familiar to me and I couldn't place where. Then I remembered-- that's 3Kish worse than Heavenly Sword did in September 2007 when the PS3 was essentially a zombie. I don't think that got nearly the same caveats when people were talking about its US performance. You've also got digital, so there's that, but there are also more Wii Us than there were PS3s in year 1 so I'll just consider that even.
I think it's not a catastrophic number. It's not a Wonderful 101 number. But I don't really think it's a good number or an impressive number (I'm surprised CosmicQueso said that). Given Nintendo's strength on the platform, it's basically what you'd require of the title for it to not be considered destined for B-tier Nintendo IP land.
I get that it's "TWO DAYS" of sales but we have this discussion for games all the time. Excepting all but the genre titans, you've still got a really significant chunk of LTD sales in your first couple of days due to the way game releases work.
That actually looks like a fun game. I wish it were available on the PS4 or the Xbox One.
I don't know for two days it's very good for Splatoon.
I think that by the end of the June it might be over 350k in the US alone. So I expect Splatoon to chart next month and be around 4th place in the NPD. The game has legs and loads of people like me bought it digital because of the DLC Plans/intally low disk space requirement. So I think we should get a statement from Nintendo by the end of June about Splatoon doing 1mil digital+physical WW.
This is not MK8 which sold a million in two days - but the 4th biggest launch on the Wii U across the world is a great performance for a new IP.
It better not be chartzWhere are you getting the 4th biggest launch from though? I'm pretty sure Hyrule Warriors launched similarly for example.
Well that's not happening.
In fact, if someone is willing to re-size that picture, I swear to use it as my avatar for a month if it even enters top 10.
Out of curiosity, do we have total US sales for PS4/PS3 and X11/360 over the same time period?
I think it's not a catastrophic number. It's not a Wonderful 101 number. But I don't really think it's a good number or an impressive number (I'm surprised CosmicQueso said that).
I have a feeling this is the last month Sony leads.
I have a feeling this is the last month Sony leads.
Just top 10 for June?
You're going to lose..... badly.
Did you sell them all to me!?
I mean, didn't even W101 technically have legs. If I remember (which I may be off), didn't it open around like ~30k in NPD, and now it's around ~100k? (Someone corrrect me if these are incorrect).
If that game (new IP with little marketing or WoM outside of GAF) managed legs relative to it's opening...
1) Mario Kart 8 = 377K physical (May 2014)
2) New Super Mario Bros. U = 244K physical (November 2012)
3) Super Mario 3D World = 215K physical + digital (November 2013)
4) Splatoon = 163K physical
5) Hyrule Warriors = Below 163K physical, 190K physical + digital (September 2014)
Splatoon is 136k, also Smash and Captain Toad are missing
Isn't it a bit early for drunk posting?
Its 3:40 where I am baby!
Hear me out. With only a 13k difference if MS show H5 looking awesome(which I assume it will be) and the Gears collection all with a lower price point than the competition. Who knows maybe there will be another price drop, shouldn't it be feasible that they overtake?
I don't think so unless you're 3 different people (one guy bought two). There's 4 left thoufh if you want 4 more
Its 3:40 where I am baby!
Hear me out. With only a 13k difference if MS show H5 looking awesome(which I assume it will be) and the Gears collection all with a lower price point than the competition. Who knows maybe there will be another price drop, shouldn't it be feasible that they overtake?
Ehhh this is weak Bruce.Its 3:40 where I am baby!
Hear me out. With only a 13k difference if MS show H5 looking awesome(which I assume it will be) and the Gears collection all with a lower price point than the competition. Who knows maybe there will be another price drop, shouldn't it be feasible that they overtake?
I don't know for two days it's very good for Splatoon.
I think that by the end of the June it might be over 350k in the US alone. So I expect Splatoon to chart next month and be around 4th place in the NPD. The game has legs and loads of people like me bought it digital because of the DLC Plans/intally low disk space requirement. So I think we should get a statement from Nintendo by the end of June about Splatoon doing 1mil digital+physical WW.
This is not MK8 which sold a million in two days - but the 4th biggest launch on the Wii U across the world is a great performance for a new IP.
Where are you getting the 4th biggest launch from though? I'm pretty sure Hyrule Warriors launched similarly for example.
It better not be chartz
....though something tells me even they don't have it that high
Splatoon is 136k, also Smash and Captain Toad are missing
(also it was worldwide...and I doubt he has sales figures for the rest of the world)
I am actually eight people, so ya... couldn't have been me.
Its 3:40 where I am baby!
Hear me out. With only a 13k difference if MS show H5 looking awesome(which I assume it will be) and the Gears collection all with a lower price point than the competition. Who knows maybe there will be another price drop, shouldn't it be feasible that they overtake?
I mean Halo 5 is going to bump the Xbox One no doubt but I really doubt they drop the price again this year.Alright fair enough fair enough it was just a thought.
Out of curiosity, do we have total US sales for PS4/PS3 and X11/360 over the same time period?
I really feel pressured into buying a wiiu and splatoon
Well W101 also had a permanent price drop both in retail and the eShop, plus it too w101 a LONG time to reach 100k
I mean, to me, 136k is not "a bomb" or whatever, but is it really much more than that? I understand all your confounding factors-- new IP, essentially comatose platform-- but you also have some important counterweights. First of all, the audience buying games on the WiiU is incredibly hardcore, as evidenced by Nintendo's core software sales across the platform this year and last year. Second, there was a very significant advertising push. The 136k sounded familiar to me and I couldn't place where. Then I remembered-- that's 3Kish worse than Heavenly Sword did in September 2007 when the PS3 was essentially a zombie. I don't think that got nearly the same caveats when people were talking about its US performance. You've also got digital, so there's that, but there are also more Wii Us than there were PS3s in year 1 so I'll just consider that even.
I think it's not a catastrophic number. It's not a Wonderful 101 number. But I don't really think it's a good number or an impressive number (I'm surprised CosmicQueso said that). Given Nintendo's strength on the platform, it's basically what you'd require of the title for it to not be considered destined for B-tier Nintendo IP land.
I get that it's "TWO DAYS" of sales but we have this discussion for games all the time. Excepting all but the genre titans, you've still got a really significant chunk of LTD sales in your first couple of days due to the way game releases work.
If you have the cash, you won't regret it. Maybe wait for E3 announcements to seal the deal, or not.I really feel pressured into buying a wiiu and splatoon
How much of a price drop? from $60 to $45 for an old game?
Splatoon can get a price drop too if needed.
W101 was also one of the games offered for free with MK8 and still has managed to sell something after that. In the end the bomba reached 3 times the sales of first month after one and a half years.
Its 3:40 where I am baby!
Hear me out. With only a 13k difference if MS show H5 looking awesome(which I assume it will be) and the Gears collection all with a lower price point than the competition. Who knows maybe there will be another price drop, shouldn't it be feasible that they overtake?
Well that's not happening.
In fact, if someone is willing to re-size that picture, I swear to use it as my avatar for a month if it even enters top 10.
I just want to highlight this post as being outstanding.
Bolded is why I think pubs have become so conservative on the big releases. Trying to figure out what works outside of Console while playing it very safe on what is released for Consoles as everything outside is high risk.