outunderthestars
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I bought a madden bundle, got a second free copy of madden, then sold them both to buy Destiny on the PS4.
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NPD Sales Results for September 2014 [Up1: Smash/HW/MK8, Destiny stats, 3DS HW]
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I bought a madden bundle, got a second free copy of madden, then sold them both to buy Destiny on the PS4.
Infinite Xero
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So there are more Xbox gamers playing Destiny than PS owners in America. PS3 has been pretty weak post-PS4 launch with cross-platform games. It seems that one MS executive was right when he said PS3 owners are looking to upgrade to next-gen (PS4) while 360 owners are happy with keeping their 360 and not upgrading yet.
creamsugar
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Sorry, didn't count special edition, update:
1 ~ 35%, 4 ~ 33%, 360 ~ 23%, 3 ~ 9%, total < 2.7M
SoM: 4 ~ 59%, 1 ~ 41%, total < 350 k
1 ~ 35%, 4 ~ 33%, 360 ~ 23%, 3 ~ 9%, total < 2.7M
SoM: 4 ~ 59%, 1 ~ 41%, total < 350 k
tauroxd
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Thanks. Great that it sold 750k in 2 days.
That's funny, when people were talking about Xbox One exclusive sales, digital and bundles never seemed to enter the equation when people "talked" about it.
MS was handing the game out for free with all new Xbox One purchases. There's still more PS4 owners with the game than there are Xbox One owners playing.
Call of Duty is the one that is really going to hurt it. But that mostly goes without saying. Not much you can do against that. I'd imagine Destiny would still be more popular for multiplayer than the MCC on Xbox One. I'd genuinely be surprised if it wasn't.
Thunder Monkey
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I said the same earlier.
Just weird.
Depending on the next few months Sony might be able to build up a lead of nearing 2 million units in MS largest market in a year,
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
As someone who lives in Europe and bought the game digitally through the US PSN I can safely say there is a market in the United States for digital goods that will never show up on NPD. That 30% price difference.
but indie developers will most benefit from a freer environment. they're going to be leading the future in a console-less world. the less people rely on the aaa market, the less relevance the traditional industry has.
Amen to this. And bring back mid-tier gaming.
Dragonborn
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What do you mean? Are you referring to Madden, because even with Bundles, the PS4 version of that still sold more.
speculawyer
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I can't believe a game with such mediocre reviews is the best-selling game of the year.
Bobby needs to give his marketing team a raise . . . they were able to sell mediocre to a HUGE audience.
Bobby needs to give his marketing team a raise . . . they were able to sell mediocre to a HUGE audience.
Not particularly, no.
That chart makes me wonder if this generation got off to a fast start but will slowdown quicker than previous gens.
lightning2k3
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I don't think activision will mind that players are leaving one of their games to buy another one of their games. I'm sure most of them will be brought back in December when the DLC launches.
If most of those fans buy MCC, I just don't see how they will stick with Destiny. What exactly makes Destiny superior in any way to Halo 1-4 in a singular package with a singular bulk PvP setup of all map and game-type choices? I don't care if you've played those games before on Xbox and 360 at 480p/30 or 720p/30, you've never done it all in one single package of 1080p/60 with all multiplayer map choices available. I just don't see how a singular Bungie developed game competes with a package providing 3 Bungie developed games in one.
If total is 3 million and PS4 bundle sold 300k, standalone versions are at ~2.7m
So is ~945k on Xbox One. I think 100k is a good bet.
The Shogun
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Yep, still talk to customers daily about the game over a month after release. The vast majority of buyers are still playing it a LOT as has been shown by the data Bungie has released.
Destiny doing this well is fantastic news for the industry. It shows there is still plenty of room for new IP to grow and for publishers to take risks on them.
That's what you take away from this?
Droopaloop
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I think that Destiny will entertain a certain audience for a long damn time, the game has it's recipe for longevity down I think. The people that are waiting for the MCC collection to come out are not part of that group. The people who have the Chief Collection pre-ordered at the moment are probably pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Halo (haven't seen a commercial for it yet.) But, depending who you are, for better or for worse, Destiny was not Halo.
fake edit: took me 3 tries to get knowledgeable correct, come at me Webster.
I honestly think the combo of Call of Duty plus MCC will make people move away from Destiny; not just MCC.
There will still be many playing Destiny though.
Of course not. Activision can basically laugh as hard as they want for the next several months.
Because they're still just a bunch of old games.
Unknown One
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It probably will. Wii-U and Xbone cannot hold and PS4 is not exactly the PS2. It needs to be cheaper to be the PS2.
We're about to hit a holiday season. We should see a new generation spike.
DanganRonpa 2 please?
Do they even exist
In the grand scheme 500k can look like a dead cat bounce...Not particularly, no.
I feel holidays will be important to gauge the health though.
ilikecandy
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I thought Shadow of Mordor would've done better.
Mass Effect
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So:
1: 945K
4: 891K
4+B: 1.1M
360: 621K
3: 243K
And beaten of course.
1: 945K
4: 891K
4+B: 1.1M
360: 621K
3: 243K
And beaten of course.
I'm a masochist and I want to be disappointed
I think that you just proved BigDug13 right even more.
SwiftDeath
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Neuromancer
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The other possibility is its a good game that a lot of people are still enjoying. Reviews aren't everything.
the game did well for what it was. be happy to know that.
astrogamer
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So any PL vs. AA's this month?
joecanada
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Yes the reviews these days are especially mediocre, luckily there's twitch, YouTube. Noone takes those faux journalists seriously these days
TotallyNotGlenn
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Wow! I read like... one sentence out of that whole quote.
Nightengale
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For as good as it was received, it's prelaunch hype levels were only matched by Lords of Fallen.
the game did around 800 last month so hopefully it broke 1,000.
It released on 30 September. So a very small window of sales made it into this NPD.
He's asked by a client to ballpark it, usually. It's just as relevant as if you or I do it. It's us idiots that put stock in it and post it bloody everywhere that cause this problem.
I wonder how much the X360 is negatively impacting the X1 at this point - in terms of hardware and software sales. Software is still strong for the X360 and hardware sales are still decent. The PS3 dropped off a cliff in the US following the PS4 launch.
RyanPierre
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Any idea how low the number is for Kinect XB1s in September? I have to wonder if the percentage has been getting lower and lower each month since June.
astrogamer
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I was referring to any new games being bombs
Go visit Kevin Dent's Twitter account to see the the real idiot.
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