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PlayStation New Zealand breaks records

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Raylan

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PlayStation New Zealand Breaks Records

As Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand (SCENZ) looks towards 2016, with the promise of groundbreaking innovation, great games and all round home entertainment services, the company releases 2015 results demonstrating record-breaking momentum.

NPD Group data shows that PlayStation platform value share of the total market grew to 57%, which equates to a 10% increase on the company’s own performance for the previous calendar year. PlayStation 4 accounted for well over half the total console hardware value in 2015 with 59%. In fact, the PS4 overall platform accounted for 65% of the total current generation market value, which includes Nintendo Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One home consoles, games and peripherals.

Record-breaking results were delivered over the 2015 festive period in New Zealand. The Xmas week, was the highest performing of the year, with December 2015 proving to be the highest performing month in New Zealand PlayStation history. Festive season success was also replicated globally by the recently announced results of 35.9 million units sold through – 5.9 million, of which sold during the 2015 festive season.

Luis Gil, NPD, says, “As PS4 maintains its leadership position in the home console market, it is evident that the home entertainment unit has played an instrumental role in the market success of the New Zealand Interactive Entertainment category.”

Michael Ephraim, Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia and New Zealand comments; “We are so proud to see the performance of the entire PlayStation business continue to go from strength to strength. We’ve exceeded all expectations in the speed of achieving our major milestones for this year, and welcome the inclusion of PlayStation VR, that will again elevate our proposition by pushing the boundaries of innovative technology. Our New Zealand players hold an invaluable role in making PlayStation the success it is and we’re incredibly proud to enjoy these achievements with them.”

PS4 software success
According to the latest NPD Group results, PlayStation 4 software is outselling its closest competitor by double in both value (110%) and units (106%). PS4 software value and units grew by a booming 78% and 71% respectively compared to the previous year.

Taking players on new adventures with every new software release, 2015’s current generation software line up was the strongest to date. Top 1st party performers were; Bloodborne, The Order: 1886 and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. These titles, along with the inclusion of Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4 and Star Wars Battlefront from 3rd party publishers made it a record-breaking year for software.

2016 promises to be another groundbreaking year, with highly anticipated exclusives such as Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Hello Games’ procedurally generated space exploration game, No Man’s Sky and Guerilla Games’ newest action RPG, Horizon Zero DawnTM.
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Throw my sales over a cliff, if old.

edit.

From the PAL Charts thread:

LiquidSolid said:
The IGEA released an infographic on the Australian market a couple of weeks ago, now it's New Zealand's turn:

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Edit: And the 2015 Top 100 for New Zealand:

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III , Activision
  2. Minecraft , Microsoft
  3. Fallout 4 , Bethesda Softworks
  4. Grand Theft Auto V , Rockstar Games
  5. FIFA 16 , Electronic Arts
  6. Star Wars Battlefront 2015 , Electronic Arts
  7. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , CD Project S.A
  8. Far Cry 4 , Ubisoft
  9. Battlefield Hardline , Electronic Arts
  10. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare , Activision
  11. Battlefield 4 , Electronic Arts
  12. NBA 2K16 , 2K Games
  13. Rugby League Live 3 , Tru Blu Entertainment
  14. The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited , Bethesda Softworks
  15. FIFA 15 , Electronic Arts
  16. Batman: Arkham Knight , Warner Bros. Interactive
  17. Call of Duty: Black Ops II , Activision
  18. Need For Speed: Rivals , Electronic Arts
  19. Call Of Duty: Ghosts , Activision
  20. Bloodborne , Sony Computer Ent.
  21. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate , Ubisoft
  22. Need For Speed 2015 , Electronic Arts
  23. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim , Bethesda Softworks
  24. LEGO: Jurassic World , Warner Bros. Interactive
  25. The Order: 1886 , Sony Computer Ent.
  26. Halo 5: Guardians , Microsoft
  27. Assassin's Creed: Unity , Ubisoft
  28. Mortal Kombat X , Warner Bros. Interactive
  29. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection , Sony Computer Ent.
  30. Forza Horizon 2 , Microsoft
  31. Lego Marvel Super Heroes , Warner Bros. Interactive
  32. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag , Ubisoft
  33. Dying Light , Warner Bros. Interactive
  34. Driveclub , Sony Computer Ent.
  35. Call of Duty: Black Ops , Activision
  36. Skate 3 , Electronic Arts
  37. Just Cause 3 , Square Enix Inc
  38. Dragon Age: Inquisition , Electronic Arts
  39. NBA 2K15 , 2K Games
  40. Little Big Planet 3 , Sony Computer Ent.
  41. Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor , Warner Bros. Interactive
  42. The Last of Us , Sony Computer Ent.
  43. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain , Konami Digital Ent.
  44. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare , Electronic Arts
  45. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse , Bandai Namco Games
  46. Injustice: Gods Among Us , Warner Bros. Interactive
  47. Destiny: The Taken King , Activision
  48. Disney Infinity 2.0 , Disney Interactive Studios
  49. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham , Warner Bros. Interactive
  50. Assassin's Creed: Rogue , Ubisoft
  51. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 , Activision
  52. Mad Max , Warner Bros. Interactive
  53. The Crew , Ubisoft
  54. The LEGO Movie Videogame , Warner Bros. Interactive
  55. The Sims 4 , Electronic Arts
  56. Destiny , Activision
  57. Gran Turismo 6 , Sony Computer Ent.
  58. Forza Motorsport 6 , Microsoft
  59. Evolve , 2K Games
  60. WWE 2K16 , 2K Games
  61. inFAMOUS Second Son , Sony Computer Ent.
  62. Final Fantasy: Type O HD , Square Enix Inc
  63. Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga , Lucasarts
  64. LEGO The Hobbit , Warner Bros. Interactive
  65. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls , Blizzard Entertainment
  66. Disney Infinity 3.0 , Disney Interactive Studios
  67. Just Dance 2015 , Ubisoft
  68. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection , 2K Games
  69. WWE 2K15 , 2K Games
  70. Far Cry 3 , Ubisoft
  71. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes , Warner Bros. Interactive
  72. Watch Dogs , Ubisoft
  73. Madden NFL 16 , Electronic Arts
  74. Skylanders Trap Team , Activision
  75. Rugby 15 , Big Ben Interactive
  76. FIFA 14 , Electronic Arts
  77. UFC , Electronic Arts
  78. Lego Dimensions , Warner Bros. Interactive
  79. The Sims 3: Starter Pack , Electronic Arts
  80. Terraria , 505 Games
  81. God Of War III , Sony Computer Ent.
  82. Titanfall , Electronic Arts
  83. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare , Activision
  84. Until Dawn , Sony Computer Ent.
  85. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars , Lucasarts
  86. Skylanders SuperChargers , Activision
  87. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege , Ubisoft
  88. Project Cars , Bandai Namco Games
  89. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! , 2K Games
  90. Driver: San Francisco , Ubisoft
  91. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood , Bethesda Softworks
  92. Batman: Arkham City , Warner Bros. Interactive
  93. Killzone: Shadow Fall , Sony Computer Ent.
  94. Halo: The Master Chief Collection , Microsoft
  95. Pokemon Omega Ruby , Nintendo
  96. Forza Motorsport 5 , Microsoft
  97. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire , Nintendo
  98. Sniper Elite III , 505 Games
  99. Super Smash Bros. , Nintendo
  100. Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 , Warner Bros. Interactive
http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/the-2015-new-zealand-igea-top-100-chart-powered-by-npd/0163738

More:

http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/ps4-celebrates-another-record-year-in-new-zealand/0163789
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S

Soul_Pie

Member
Skate 3 has some pretty crazy legs. Game seems to have gained a large following over the years.

Driver: San Francisco is another surprising one. Didn't know the game was that popular.
 
K

KeyChainDude

Member
Rurunaki said:
Is Mexico the last fort or was it Brazil?
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It's pretty much a split in Brazil. The XB1 had an advantage for being much cheaper for a long time, but now the odds are even, the PS4 has been growing like crazy. It might have surpassed the X1 already.

I think Xbox is still the leader by a considerable stretch in Mexico tho. So probably that's the last stretch PlayStation needs to hit hard for global domination.
 
G

Gen X

Trust no one. Eat steaks.
And yet RRP games in NZ are fucken laughable. I remember my mate preordering one of the CoDs last gen, the one before Ghosts and he paid $150NZD from EB. That equals around 75GBP just for the vanilla version.
 
N

Neuromancer

Member
One more time, with feeling!

oconnomiyaki said:
Anecdotal, but demand seems to have dropped off a cliff in New Zealand. You can pretty much walk in and get one at major retailers. A friend who works at JB Hi-Fi is pretty much begging people to come in and pick one up. Seems like the early adopters swooped in and post Christmas everyone is re-evaluating priorities. I know I was going to pick one up but decided to clear some debts instead.
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