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[Acquiescence]

Their name didn't hurt Metal Gear Rising. This may be more of a Transformers thing more than anything else. It doesn't seem to be a strong brand at all in Germany, at least as far as games go. High Moon's games didn't seem to do well either.

I don't think Metal Gear Rising sold particularly well outside of Japan either. The game got price cuts incredibly quickly in the UK, I know that much, and that's always an indicator that a game isn't selling to expectations. It didn't set the NPD on fire either. I remember there being an insider or someone working in the industry who expressed disappointment at the numbers it reached when the charts for that month dropped.

I think it is pretty fair to say by this stage that Platinum Games are commercial poison. They have a string of flops behind them that surely can't be equaled by any other developer. Even when they have the Metal Gear IP to fall back on they can't create a surefire hit.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Driveclub is the best selling PS4 exclusive in Germany (alongside TLOUR). You rock EVO

 

[Moonstone]

German sales update

FIFA 16 - 500k (multiplatform)
FIFA 16 - 200k (PS4)
FIFA 16 - 100k (PS3)
Bloodborne - 100k (PS4) incl. digital sales
Project CARS - 100k (PS4)
Splatoon - 100k (Wii U) incl. digital sales
The Witcher 3 - 100k (PC)

There also some titles in your list (DRIVECLUB for instance) that include digital sales. But I#m to lazy to look up every title. Leaving this information out, may lead to wrong conclusions.

 

[viHuGi]

And sold much more after that.

Germany Hardware LTD through March 2015:
PS4: 1.600,000
Xbox One: 378,000


Soon PS4 will reach 2M in Germany [and if 4:1 ratio remains, Xbone will pass 500k mark].

Dafuq??

Bloody hell Germany is really big for Playstation.

 

[DieH@rd]

Finland

http://www.figma.fi/index.php/top-10

Is that retail-only? PC is strong there.

I wonder how much of those Xbox One consoles sold outside of Germany? I know the surrounding "Tier 2" countries were getting the console from Germany.

Supposedly a lot, but we don't have exact numbers [just annecdotal talk about many stores getting all their xbone stocks imported from Germany]. Tier2 launch in scandinavia/benelux was almost a year after console came to Germany [tier1].

 

[dolemite]

I'm still holding hope for a The Order sequel. Seems to be doing ok in Europe overall.

Sequel could be Euro exclusive

Not with that Metacritic score.

 

[geordiemp]

Drake collections is the official bundle of the season for PS4 so its first week sales are no cause of concern.

They should have included some of the coop sections of Uncharted, especially Uncharted 2 for players that have already played the single player.

To me the coop bits of UC2 were the best bits of uncharted, so I have been in no hurry to pick it up.

Social coop games seem to have more market appeal imo

 

[Hamster Plugin]

Is that retail-only? PC is strong there.

It's retail only, but Steam is very overpriced here (more than PSN and Xbox marketplace!), so it may lead to higher PC retail sales. You don't even need a disc drive because all PC copies come with a Steam key (or Origin or Uplay). Also the chart has no platform split, it's all platforms together for each game.

Key resellers are the real biggest threat to PC retail right now.

 

[theprodigy]

Far Cry 4 is at Watch_Dogs level in Germany... Wow, that's very good.

Pretty happy about Splatoon should be nearly 120k in Germany with digital. Good BloodBorne too.

There also some titles in your list (DRIVECLUB for instance) that include digital sales. But I#m to lazy to look up every title. Leaving this information out, may lead to wrong conclusions.

oops

Spoiler

Splatoon will probably pass 120k quickly anyway though

 

[Paganmoon]

Not with that Metacritic score.

please don't crush my dreams

 

[Ryng_tolu]

oops

Spoiler

Splatoon will probably pass 120k quickly anyway though

Well, he said SOME titles, so Splatoon is not confirmed one of those games.

 

[theprodigy]

Well, he said SOME titles, so Splatoon is not confirmed one of those games.

He specifically pointed to Splatoon and Bloodborne as including digital, the part about some of the others also including digital was for the PS4 list.

 

[Mpl90]

He specifically pointed to Splatoon and Bloodborne as including digital, the part about some of the others also including digital was for the PS4 list.

Hey, maybe, just maybe, Moonstone was wrong at pointing to Splatoon as a title with digital sales included, and he'll edit that detail in the next few hours. Don't exclude any possibility, man!

 

[Ryng_tolu]

He specifically pointed to Splatoon and Bloodborne as including digital, the part about some of the others also including digital was for the PS4 list.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Spoiler

Oh well

 

[c0de]

New charts up:
Four For FIFA
[FIFA 16 (click for larger view)]

19/Oct/2015

‘FIFA 16’ (-40%) takes a 4th straight week at No1 leading an unchanged Top 4 for the second week.

‘Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection’ (-50%) sees sales drop 50% but still holds No2 ahead of Activision’s ‘Destiny: The Taken King’ (-22%). ‘Lego Dimensions’ (-17%) remains at No4 ahead of a resurgent ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ (+4%), which climbs the chart for the third week up to No5. ‘Forza Motorsport 6’ (-16%) is pushed down a place to No6 just ahead of ‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’ (+15%) at No7, which benefits from price promotions.

Several new releases make their debuts this week although Bandai Namco’s ‘Tales of Zestiria’ is the only one to make it into this weeks’ Top 10 at No8. ‘WRC 5’ races into the chart at No12 placing the 4th best launch in the series in terms of week 1 sales. There’s no shortage of titles for RPG fans as Square Enix release ‘Dragon Quest Heroes’ (The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below) at No19. There’s also room for ‘Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance’ by NIS America, which lands at No27 giving fans of the genre three titles to choose from. Finally Koch Media bring ‘Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut’ to Xbox One and PS4. The title includes a host of improvements and remastered visuals and rounds off this week’s new releases at No36.

 

[stryke]

Looks like Zestiria won the battle of the niche Japanese titles.