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NPD Sales Results for October 2014 [Up3: All of Nintendo's 3DS million sellers]
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metalslimer
Member
Seems like a lot of bombas.
Didn't Fuse only do ~20k it's first month? I don't think it'd even be possible for SO to do worse.
Fake Edit:
13-20k first month, less than 35k total after 2 months.
An Aquamarine/ creamsugar double confirmation.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=71472761&highlight=fuse+20k#post71472761
Ahh ok. Fuse was a multiplat late on in the gen so I was curious...
duessano
Member
Overstrike.
No way that game was going to chart.
The Platinum curse continues, and it will continue until they make a PS4 game.
All of the other games in the top 10 are available digitally (well, other than Skylanders). What makes Sunset Overdrive extra special in that regard?
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Miyamoto: What can Nintendo learn from this month's NPD numbers? Nothing.
I know that Europe consists of more of the PS4's install base than the Wii U's and that racing games typically tend to sell a lot better in Europe, but it's still surprising considering Driveclub came out weeks earlier and considering how niche Bayonetta 2 is.
I meant in terms of a Sunset Overdrive pitch.
Wickerbasket
Member
Eh, maybe.
But that still doesn't explain it's place, or lack of place, in the charts. If we assume more people are buying digitally, then surely all the other games have lost sales to digital too, so it should even out.
The charts are generally a pretty good indicator of how good a game is doing.
Numbers would be great, but we can't have everything.
Mass Effect
Member
No. I asked in the last NPD thread, and in that Xbox PR thread (the one about almost shipping 10 million Xbones) and still never got an answer.
John Bender
Banned
Insomniac wants to keep the rights of their IP. That's a nono for Sony when they're funding it. So Insomniac went to MS. End of the story: Insomniac owns the Sunset Overdrive IP (and the game bombs).
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
What did worse than Bayo 2, Sunset or Driveclub?
And_Gignac
Member
Haha, yup. I am certainly loving it tbh.
And well Bayo2 is THE third party (second party?) exclusive of Wii U, so it outselling a minor PS4 exclusive like Driveclub isnt that shocking.
theprodigy
Member
actually, it was more about using UK's Forza Horizon 2 vs Driveclub battle in the charts and using that for the US
also The Evil Within PS4>Driveclub on the Playstation store chart for the US? hmm....
Zatoichi's Cane
Member
What would constitute a bomb for sunset numbers wise?
Smiles and Cries
Member
I think for what Nintendo is it really cannot afford poor quality software releases I like your idea that they are merging platforms to prepare for the day that they can learn to develop for a wide range of platforms I think that transition will take time to keep the quality most fans expect from Nintendo
Once the Miyamoto generation has retired from Nintendo we should not really expect the same anyway so it will be interesting to see what kind of Nintendo we have in 5 years
2020 Nintendo will be a very different company
I thought someone answered this earlier in the thread Sunset > Bayo2 > DC.
Glorified G
Member
Also (I know, it's an NPD thread):
PS Store Charts - EU
It's possible for a game not appear in the top ten in one specific metric in one specific region and still be successful, shocking I know
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
Why would people keep saying Sunset and Driveclub bombed when both are single sku games...
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
John Bender
Banned
The sad thing is... that's actually true for them ;_;
I still don't know if is unwritten rule because everyone is saying that is gone, but I remember.
From the Time interview with him they are interested in VR development.
But it doesn't seem like VR in the sense of a single player experience like Oculus or project Morpheus is something he wants.
http://time.com/2881482/interview-nintendo-miyamoto-virtual-reality/
Not really, they still generally count for 80%ish of the console/handheld space. Something that didn't do well as a physical product isn't magically going to have done better digitally.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Sunset > Bayonetta > DC according to a poster earlier in the thread.
If Bayo did > 100k I'd honestly be pretty surprised, it deserves better but it'd be literally 2x my expectations.
VaultBoy101
Member
The Evil Within ranking so highly while Alien: Isolation didn't even crack the top 10 is an injustice of the highest order.
Zatoichi's Cane
Member
DC shouldnt even be considered, it's broken. Who would buy that game?!
John Bender
Banned
lol....
For me less than 100k.
Other people have pointed out the bundle is digital as well. I think it's certainly possible for more digital copies of some games to be sold then others.
I doubt it's 80% retail 20% digital for all games. Some of them have to be 90/10 or 70/30. I guess it could average out and have a low std dev. It just seems unlikely given how disparate the types of games and fanbases are for all three consoles.
digoutyoursoul
Member
I bought a friend a copy and from what I played its a terrific game. Platinum games are talented, I'm disappointed their games don't sell better.
Zatoichi's Cane
Member
I'm sure they sold way more than 100k to date.
lonedigitalwolf
Banned
Glad that PS4 took this month, i'm rooting for them to take Nov/Dec against all odds... the good shall prevail =D
darkstar0155
Member
This is effectively what i expect them to do, and it seems the smartest route. The DS was supposed to be a 3rd pillar when it was launched. If they had effectively a console, a handheld, and some type of medium beteen the two like a tablet, that are all sold just a little above cost, and ran the same software, then they would have a winning strategy.
The difficulty of this is selling the hardware at a profit, while not pricing yourself out of the market. The reason i feel you would have to make sure you the hardware is sold at a profit, is the loss of revenue from software sales. At that point you wouldnt have mario/mario kart both having two different sku's bringing in revenue. You would just have one sku that would be bringing in revenue, and hope that single source of revenue is more than what the two individual revenue streams combined bring in (now also it would be cheaper to dev. and market one sku than two)
quoting myself from the first page of this thread:
we all remember, but we (at least i) dont know for sure if it was true or not...
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
This NPD is such a mixed bag.
-Im really bummed SO didn't at least chart. Its the best game that has come out in a while.
-Proud of PS4 owners for not picking DC up based on visuals alone. No developer should be rewarded for the shite show that was that launch.
Really hoping next NPD:
-MCC doesn't debut at #1. I know it probably will, I mean hell my purchase counted toward it but it doesn't deserve it. I hope word of mouth spreads fast enough and sends a clear message to MS.
-AC Unity is the worst selling game of the franchise.
-Im really bummed SO didn't at least chart. Its the best game that has come out in a while.
-Proud of PS4 owners for not picking DC up based on visuals alone. No developer should be rewarded for the shite show that was that launch.
Really hoping next NPD:
-MCC doesn't debut at #1. I know it probably will, I mean hell my purchase counted toward it but it doesn't deserve it. I hope word of mouth spreads fast enough and sends a clear message to MS.
-AC Unity is the worst selling game of the franchise.
shinra-bansho
Member
Depends on the platform and time frame. And likely nature of the title. We have credible info that some games are going north of 30%.
I'm saying less than 100k on October NPD.
Ash Sparrow
Banned
It seems like Sunset still has a chance to succeed. MS and Nintendo should negotiate a deal for a Wiiu version of Sunset and Xbox One version of Bayonetta
Nightengale
Member
You don't think there's a porpotional relationship between retail and digital if they're both priced the same?
The assumptions of digital making up for shortfalls of retail, when digital has no notable advantage from a pricing or availability standpoint is weird to me. Realistically, if both are equal, a game that does well on retail will also do well on digital, relative to retail success. And likewise if it bombs.
Excellent results for Sony. I think there are tiers of denialism about the current state of affairs; the first few months provides at least some realistic belief that things might turn around; by 8 months in it should be quite clear; at this point virtually anyone who doesn't see what's happening -- who holds out some suggestion that maybe the Xbox One will turn a major corner, or that Wii U's success can be redeemed -- can reasonably be labeled a denialist.
At this point, the best hope for Xbox One is to do mediocre sales, and the best hope for the Wii U is "well, at least we didn't lose tons of money."
At this point, the best hope for Xbox One is to do mediocre sales, and the best hope for the Wii U is "well, at least we didn't lose tons of money."
Well, it's a game that get hyped for almost a year.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
North of 30%? On a big game sold at retail too? Which game.
You really think MCC will beat Call of Duty? It would have be the best Halo debut ever and COD sales would have to drop by like 50%.