I think by Nintendo standards it's on the niche side. It's a largely unknown IP, just this side of Ice Climbers in terms of recognizability, and it came boxed with a peripheral. I don't know how it sold, though.
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NPD Sales Results for October 2014 [Up3: All of Nintendo's 3DS million sellers]
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I think by Nintendo standards it's on the niche side. It's a largely unknown IP, just this side of Ice Climbers in terms of recognizability, and it came boxed with a peripheral. I don't know how it sold, though.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I'm not saying any of those things aren't true but we can't support this idea that its fine to beta test a game at $60. It needs to stop.
On a side note has Raymaker or Hindle swung by or are they in a fallout shelter somewhere?
100k just for october.
reptilescorpio
Member
Oh wow The Evil Within did well!
Sunset would have done okay, bundles would have taken up quite a few sales, same with AC Unity for Nov NPD.
Sunset would have done okay, bundles would have taken up quite a few sales, same with AC Unity for Nov NPD.
BlowoverKing
Banned
So I'm guessing we're not going to get Freedom Wars, Senran Kagura or Vita/PsTV sales?
shinra-bansho
Member
I'm going by a statement from earlier prediction threads of titles on the new platforms in their early weeks seeing 30%+. My memory could be failing me.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
So how much did SO cost to make then?
Sure it is. 1.2M copies shipped after a year of sales worldwide. That's pretty much the same range as Fire Emblem.
*Claps*
People dont seem to get it, Drive club is still a very decent game but with online issues, it is not fully broken, Many people still enjoy the game
PeregrinSe7en
Member
Where's Bombenetta?
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lol that got me good
good to hear survival horror is making a comback
They both got hit by the lawnmower.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Ah suck. It would have been at the very least entertaining if they were around for this. Especially with all that denial.
theprodigy
Member
CosmicQueso vs John Harker, FIGHT! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
spookyfish
Member
I am at work so I cant shop this, can someone do this for me?
Man! Love how he's setting up for the third guy! Need to google this.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Got it. Was just curious. Personally I hacent seen higher than 26% on the high end but There may be some outliers.
In generally it's still around 10-20, closer to 20+-% these days than before thi
DoubleTake
Member
I miss Aqua and Creamsugar :/
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
This NPD was a good touchstone for the posters that pretended to have some kind of insider knowledge as well. Lots of people wrong.
Colonial Marines did its part but really, the game just doesn't have mainstream appeal.
Driveclub was beta tested under the name Project Cupcake, and it worked pretty fine, online and everything, This software code issue was clearly unknown and happened at launch
Stop being ignorant like Evo let the game release with this issue do this on purpose
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
Member
Destiny is doing really bad.
Didn't you know? Hindle went nuclear on his own!
Well, they're about 200 employees, and the vast majority of them seem to be working on Sunset, so let's put that at an average 150 given they almost assuredly had contractors at some point to boot.
We'll be generous and say it only took two years to develop given this average employee count.
In Burbank you're not employing someone for less than $100,000 a year (including your office rent and their health insurance and equipment and etc), so 150 * $100,000 * 2 = $30 million.
That wouldn't be terribly expensive for a modern AAA game, but it's a lot of money still, and that's before even manufacturing and marketing the game.
What's your point? Why is that necessary information?
It's a big studio in California. Make an assumption.
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
No DriveClub? Uh oh.
SwiftDeath
Member
So with Smash 3DS supposedly at 485k for October counting both retail and digital
If we go by September's digital rate, retail sales for October were 392k.
If we go by the 20% quoted for the game by Reggie, then retail sales for October were 388k.
So Evil Within all SKUs Retail is most likely below 390k.
Everything below Evil Within is then likely < 390k
Destiny had a massive drop-off
If we go by September's digital rate, retail sales for October were 392k.
If we go by the 20% quoted for the game by Reggie, then retail sales for October were 388k.
So Evil Within all SKUs Retail is most likely below 390k.
Everything below Evil Within is then likely < 390k
Destiny had a massive drop-off
Most likely bish'd at this point.
Disney Infinity 2.0 serving uncharted.
Strange considering Disney Interactive recently posted profits.
Strange considering Disney Interactive recently posted profits.
Kind of petty. It's been two days since the launch, and the developers have been nothing but apologetic, transparent and proactive in attempting to fix the issues.
LilWayneSuckz
Member
I know it was for IP ownership.
I doubt they would have passed on the game for the sales pitch alone.
Nightengale
Member
Not really. It's easy to guess what it'd be.
"Good start for a new IP because doesn't include bundles, will have good legs because WOM, wait for November."
It's not the game itself that's the main money driver.
Orthogonal
Member
What is so bad about it? I am considering picking one up just to play my PS+ Vita backlog.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I whole heartedly endorse this statement. Resistance 3 is the best FPS of the last 10 years. It's the Half Life 3 all you fuckers have been waiting for, even the actual Half life 3 won't measure up to it.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Nothing surprising to me except Destiny dropping to number 5. I guess if there's PS4 bundles selling maybe that's partly why but...eesh. Maybe make a more complete game next time Bungie.
Which probably puts 10 at around 100K at most which is bad for SO
Why uh-oh. The moment that the PS Plus version got delayed for a second time everyone knew it would flop.
What would be the point of Nintendo launching another home console if they don't intend to compete with Sony and Microsoft?
They are competing right now and losing. It's clear that they need to cater to third parties in order to succeed in the current market. Capcom and Level 5 are keeping their handheld alive in Japan. They mistakenly thought that their games would remain as popular they were in the Wii and DS era. Now it should be clear to them that western style games by companies like EA, Ubisoft and Activision are the ones western gamers want to play.
I predict that the next Nintendo console will be similar to the Xbox One and the PS4 in terms of architecture. If the young adult male is the major audience for console gaming in the west, then they need to appeal to that audience. I don't see the point of funding games like Bayonetta 2 or Devil's Third otherwise.
That's what the Wii U symbolizes. Either compete directly with Sony and Microsoft or stop manufacturing consoles. There is no in-between.
They are competing right now and losing. It's clear that they need to cater to third parties in order to succeed in the current market. Capcom and Level 5 are keeping their handheld alive in Japan. They mistakenly thought that their games would remain as popular they were in the Wii and DS era. Now it should be clear to them that western style games by companies like EA, Ubisoft and Activision are the ones western gamers want to play.
I predict that the next Nintendo console will be similar to the Xbox One and the PS4 in terms of architecture. If the young adult male is the major audience for console gaming in the west, then they need to appeal to that audience. I don't see the point of funding games like Bayonetta 2 or Devil's Third otherwise.
That's what the Wii U symbolizes. Either compete directly with Sony and Microsoft or stop manufacturing consoles. There is no in-between.
Nightengale
Member
Why?
Sony has never shied away from passing games that screamed bomba like Puppeteer. Or Quantic Dream games.
Almost 10 million copies sold*. I'm sure they're sobbing right now.
* according to Activision.
GTA, AC: Unity and COD will not allow MCC to debut #1
The Vita titles that don't work are mostly unsurprising, but the lack of most media apps that are already available on the vita is baffling.