The Mad Draklor
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Well played, sir. Well played.
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October 2015 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes November 10th
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Well played, sir. Well played.
Magnificent.
We have a winner!
slavesnyder
Member
I thought this could become a little contest.
There was none right from the start.
Chapeau.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
That Halo PR thread, oh boy.
Plague Doctor
Member
I just poked my head to read that thread and the other Halo. Woah! Totally off topic but is there another video game series other than Halo that has such... passionate 'edition*' warriors?
*Using the RPG term for lack of a better term.
harrisk954
Member
Honestly, Microsoft's PR is amazing. Biggest launch of Halo in history? The key is to reveal little info when sales are relatively low.Well, at least we got PR from them. Still, this sounds more like damage control, so I'm still leaning towards a PS4 win in October, I think.
This is interesting from the press release:
The last I checked, Halo 5 was 85 on Metacritic, with about one third of the scores at 80 or below. The "highest rated" XB1 exclusive is only at an 85 metacritic??? Really??
... Oh, I see now... "highest rated Xbox One exclusive, first person shooter game of 2015.
Man, MS PR is good!
piccio_ssl
Member
PS4 price cut
PS4 price cut. And that had more weeks in the month than Halo 5, too.
Well Darksiders 2 for the PS4/Xbox one came out on the 30th. It's the highest rated Deathinitive game on Metacritic..
harrisk954
Member
Fixed!
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Revenue =/= Profit
Obliterator
Member
Man reading the other thread the NPD results are going to be a mess when Halo numbers come in. God speed mods I dont envy you on the 12th
I know, but I'm assuming the profit for a $500 console with a first party title was big.
I'm sure the profits were big, but I doubt the manufactured a whole lot of them. Probably enough to cover pre-orders and a bit more than that.
Was at Fry's electronics the other day and it was littered with halo 5 bundles.
That's not an issue until they start falling off cliffs.
slavesnyder
Member
NPD will still track sales. And if we are good as gold we will get them. So let them have their fun with PR manufacturing and wait until the hammer falls.
We don't play revenue/profit here, we play sales.
You and a handful of others from the Halo thread would love that, no doubt
+1
Don't you mean the number of people logging online or renewing their PS+/Live subs? These are the true measures of success and sales in the modern era!
slavesnyder
Member
Even if we change our target numbers, it's difficult to imagine stats where Xbox would look good in comparisition.
It's ok to be happy about the revenue, if you're a fan and so on, but changing the tune to the point where you suddenly consider units sold as irrelevant is a beauty to behold.
To be honest, I don't remember seeing such a clear cut shift in narrative, here on GAF, as I've seen on that thread.
To be honest, I don't remember seeing such a clear cut shift in narrative, here on GAF, as I've seen on that thread.
Dash_Riprock
Member
You sure about that?
Yes I'm sure. Unless you can name a single other one that I am somehow unaware of. Or were you questioning whither people truly are that dumb?
theprodigy
Member
To be fair, I didn't even notice that line until people pointed it out.
Maybe that's the plan, put so much stuff that everyone forgets half of it anyway
yukianderson
Member
That halo sales thread will be comedy gold once the NPD comes out...
But look at how many people eat it up. It's said to make you feel good. It gives you. It gives you no particulars. But the words "smashing records" are what people latch on to
Primethius
Banned
Honestly I don't know why we didn't see that revenue focus coming sooner knowing the premium price put on the console bundle and the franchise first inclusion of Microtransactions. Thinking back it couldn't have been more obvious how they would spin it of sales figures ceased to impress.
Ehhh there's a difference between dumb and self imposed delusion. At least I hope that's what it is.
Ehhh there's a difference between dumb and self imposed delusion. At least I hope that's what it is.
yukianderson
Member
Sadly the spin works look at all those in the sale thread defending it to death. All those with common sense and point out the truth get hunt down. Now people don't care about sales is all about revenue lol...
Primethius
Banned
Fair enough.
slavesnyder
Member
Nah, it's not Microsoft's fault that Sony PR is a bunch of uninspired, lazy bums.
Best rated PS4 exclusive 3rd person shooter featuring Sir Galahad of 2015.
It's fun. And no one will ever notice you hide something...
At times they make it seem less like disrespecting human intelligence and more like having complete contempt for their audience.
But then again, like a previous poster said, there've been many instances were people swallow the narrative (FF14's exclusivity, Parity clause etc) - so we can't really judge them for it.
Dash_Riprock
Member
And yet if Sony did similar bullshit with U4 I'm positive numbers would suddenly matter to them again.
Honestly yea it feels like they are talking down at their fans treating them like they have no common sense. Reminds me of that whole "rumble is a last gen feature" bullshit that Sony pulled at the start of last gen. Except you know lasting the whole damn gen this time.
While I agree with you the PR isn't even for their fans. It's for people who aren't gaming enthusiasts. Who may just happen to read the headline on various news sites. It's really just another arm of marketing.
Sony does need to look at hiring a better PR company. I don't really see them put out anything quite as high quality as this.
Good point. It's easy to forget we aren't the intended audience for these little PR blurbs and it definitely explains the fearlessly brazen spin. The actual intended audience may genuinely not know any better.
