Hi, nib95, thanks for the positive feedback!
The best-selling title of the October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Report, Microsoft's Console Software SKU 'Halo 5: Guardians,' sold a combined total of 935K including all Bundle units.
''Sales'' usually mean sell in if they don't mention sold trough anywhere in the statement. They just gave us global sell in numbers.But their statement says in global SALES. Not sold into retailers. It's the same statement and wording from Halo 4 when they made $220 million in 24 hours and $300 million in first week. Only difference is they added hardware to software this time.
it would be funny if Cboat posted the numbers.
"Haol vife 937xyo"
Sales=shipped. When PR doesn't specify its usually because they have nothing to gain from it. Sold through is more impressive and thats why Sony PR tries to use it when possible. That $400 million number is shipped for sure. I see no reason to think otherwise.
I don't think shareholders would like that
SALES could be sell-in (to retailers) or sell-through (to consumers).
That's the gaming industry for you man. No other entertainment sector works as hard to hide numbers or spin the numbers (this goes for all not just MS).
Microsoft played their cards right before launch, they fixed the majority of their errors from when they first revealed the Xbox one. I don't see how you're so sure it would have been "killing " it, but this is the kind of stuff I hear from fanboys.
Ok. Everyone screaming about the death of consoles, you DO know these numbers match perfectly with every October for almost ten years, right? These are normal October sales. It's the month before the busiest sales period in America. I'm not sure what everyone was expecting, but look up the numbers and see for yourself.
Good lord. You people are acting like both MS and Sony are packing it up over absolutely nothing. That's what this is: nothing.
They can't.
H5 isn't like the others because its better, theres lots of improvements that 343 have nailed.So in other words it is still worse than those before it!
Unless you be improvin', your units won't be movin'.
People get bored of the same thing after a while, hard to maintain that. To be fully expected.
I can see him right now...sitting at his desk. Laughing...dancing.
They, or their companies have signed ndas. If George is from npd, and is not breaking NDA, then it is not a leak.
I don't think shareholders would like that
So, we have ( including bundle):
UK - 150,000
US - 935,000
UK+US - 1,085,000
I think US+UK is around 70% of WW market for XB1, or even more, so, i think 1.55 million for Halo 5 first week WW seem legit.
If we including digital, 1.7-1.75 million. Not more.
for sure? 100%? You know?
Yeah, total hardware sales went up a few % YoY too. I guess the doom is coming from the fact that Sony had a price cut and dropped YoY.
Please stop with the persecution complex. This is a sales thread. A major franchise massively underperforming is a source of discussion. I'm sure some immature jerks would find some glee in it, but the response has been shock or disbelief, not your supposed happy or pleased bs.
It's just as embarrassing to read your passive aggressive post.
Yeah, total hardware sales went up a few % YoY too. I guess the doom is coming from the fact that Sony had a price cut and dropped YoY.
So in other words it is still worse than those before it!
Unless you be improvin', your units won't be movin'.
People get bored of the same thing after a while, hard to maintain that. To be fully expected.
Well, they could stand to slow the fuck down with their releases. Unlike online shooters, this type of game cannot be a long term yearly. People are sick of it.
I get what you are saying. I'm saying that is nit realistic. NPD's NDA for its employees is not going tobe lesser than than who they disociate informaion too. Why would that make sense?
Yeah, total hardware sales went up a few % YoY too. I guess the doom is coming from the fact that Sony had a price cut and dropped YoY.
Well some people were saying it was not enough .
Guess we have to wait until next year to see what happens .
Ok. Everyone screaming about the death of consoles, you DO know these numbers match perfectly with every October for almost ten years, right? These are normal October sales. It's the month before the busiest sales period in America. I'm not sure what everyone was expecting, but look up the numbers and see for yourself.
Good lord. You people are acting like both MS and Sony are packing it up over absolutely nothing. That's what this is: nothing.
Was PS4 up YoY? Sony was heavily pushing pre-orders on bundles that don't release until next month, so we won't really have a good look at what it accomplished until next month. Even then, it will be hard to say whether the price cut drove sales or the popular promotional bundles drove sales instead (or at least which had the biggest effect on sales). We'll almost have to do a YoY comparison for the combined October-November sales for PS4 to get a decent picture maybe.
My thoughts exactly. Be stronk George...I think NPD George is in a round table with 5 mods at his throat, that's why neither him or the mods are responding. We'll have to wait it out unfortunately.
Do we know if Xbox One has even hit 20 million hardware sales yet or no? They haven't come out with any numbers in a long time.
Do we know if Xbox One has even hit 20 million hardware sales yet or no? They haven't come out with any numbers in a long time.
creamsugar was online 10 minutes ago. hope he posts to confirm or deny this madness!
AND THERE IT IS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!!What a time to be alive.
After so much time in the cave, staring at shadows, NeoGAF is now free to stare at the light of truth. It will burn your eyes at first, and you may want to return to the comfort of the cave. But fear not! Your eyes will slowly adjust to the sun and you will never again wish to return to the darkness.
creamsugar was online 10 minutes ago. hope he posts to confirm or deny this madness!
I guess two poison pills in a row really can hurt a franchise.
Lol, it doesn't. Still it would be cool to npd exec drop by once in a while, at least until he found out what a den of .... we can be.
What a time to be alive.
After so much time in the cave, staring at shadows, NeoGAF is now free to stare at the light of truth. It will burn your eyes at first, and you may want to return to the comfort of the cave. But fear not! Your eyes will slowly adjust to the sun and you will never again wish to return to the darkness.
What a time to be alive.
After so much time in the cave, staring at shadows, NeoGAF is now free to stare at the light of truth. It will burn your eyes at first, and you may want to return to the comfort of the cave. But fear not! Your eyes will slowly adjust to the sun and you will never again wish to return to the darkness.
The Last of Us debuted higher than Halo 5 in NPD.
What a time to be alive.
After so much time in the cave, staring at shadows, NeoGAF is now free to stare at the light of truth. It will burn your eyes at first, and you may want to return to the comfort of the cave. But fear not! Your eyes will slowly adjust to the sun and you will never again wish to return to the darkness.