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NPD Sales for July 2015
- Thread starter Mpl90
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This is like the first time I agree with you to a certain degree, in Japan Splatoon might just end up the highest selling console game of the year.
In the US it appears to be big game for the Wii U but certainly not at the same level as MK8/SSB. The question is how them tentacles hold up for the rest of the year. 85K is decent for the 3rd month provided it continues to roll on like other larger franchises published by Nintendo. This would be confirmed if it does better in August due to the update - MK8's legs were in part due to the DLCs and support after launch.
Yea - that's why I'm wondering. But that timed DLC is a big thing and if they bundle it, it's going to be huge. Also - CoD eSports flipping to the PS4. CoD is a culture thing.
Depending on those 360 converts - if those gamers are CoD gamers, that platform change can mean gamers follow the "CoD platform"
I think this is a bit different than a normal marketing switch/bundle. And am curious of the November NPD outcome because of it. Sony gambled on this.
If Rare Replay and Gears Ultimate can possibly win MS August (remasters), why can't Uncharted possibly win October ??
I think a lot of people are underestimating what CoD will do for PS4 sales. Marketing, Competitive and DLC all moved to PS. So that community that's been on Xbox all these years is likely to switch to PS.
Welfare
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In the US? By itself, I don't think it'll push so many PS4's. With a bundle though, that is different.
Final Verdict
Member
Looks like I got very close to the X1 number in my predictions...can't wait to see the rest of the numbers drop.
Halo 5 Gaurdians
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But seriously, it is not just RRP and Gears that are helping X1 in August. You also have the two Xbox bundles with Madden & Gears, and you also have the big Best Buy X1 deal which is apparently selling a lot of units.
Halo 5 Gaurdians
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But seriously, it is not just RRP and Gears that are helping X1 in August. You also have the two Xbox bundles with Madden & Gears, and you also have the big Best Buy X1 deal which is apparently selling a lot of units.
Primethius
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...because Halo 5 is a mainline title in one of the biggest IPs in gaming. UC Collection ain't doing anything.
Jawmuncher
Member
I'm just happy to see a Jurassic Park game doing so well. Even if it's tied to the Lego brand.
Bolds well for someone making something for Jurassic World 2 as well as Lego Jurassic World 2/
Bolds well for someone making something for Jurassic World 2 as well as Lego Jurassic World 2/
chromatic9
Member
Yes, seems there's a big Destiny love in we're not privy to, out there, somewhere. Adam Boyes was also talking to them on stage at E3.
Halo 5.
I think the issue for me is that the overall Gen 8 totals are currently under even Gen 6. That shows that the core console market is contracting to me because it disregards the Wii. This is a scary chart below. Smartphones/iPads, to me, are eating the console's lunch by far. Sure the top 2 consoles are killing it comparatively, but that's a pretty narrow view.
Can't believe the "Console gaming is dying!" people showed up on page 2. Of course Gen 8 sales are going to be under Gen 7 considering how hard Nintendo shit the bed. We basically went from 3 console options to 2. You're going to see lower numbers when a third of the market trips over its own feet and dies. Sony and MS are doing absolutely fine by any metric.
harrisk954
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Halo 5 is releasing in October... If XB1 doesn't win, the internet may very well implode.
twothunder
Member
Same thing for me.I am so out of touch with popular games these days. Nothing in the top interests me in any way.
Pretty much
Did not expect Rory Mcilroy PGA Tour though
As for Splatoon.
1.62 million as of june 30th
Add 85K for july npd and another 148K for japan and it's around 1.85 million now.
Will reach two million soon enough.
edit: nevermind. The 1.62 were shipments. not sold
TheXfactor
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and when we get to finish this year then we can talk, but till then there really isn't proof that it is going to do better or worse till its all said and done, just the facts that it is still down.
For COD I think you'll be in for a surprise. With marketing on PS4 and no doubt it will get DLC early. I think you'll see a lot of people make the switch.
Youtube COD content creators will have to get the game on PS4 with DLC being first. I would not be shocked if COD sold more on PS4 and if they have a bundle with the new game I believe it'll move the needle in a big way in PS4's favor.
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Deleted member 80556
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Sony would be dumb not to do a bundle of their biggest game so far.
Bruno MB
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I was going to say that this month's NPD is completely dead but then I realized that it has been opened late.
Anyway, another month where I can't comment anything due to a complete lack of data. I lately enter these threads, I check how the hardware did it and until the next month
Anyway, another month where I can't comment anything due to a complete lack of data. I lately enter these threads, I check how the hardware did it and until the next month
Even Bloodborne moved units.
Of course there will be a bundle and it will be huge, don't see any reason why you're discounting it.
Yeah lol double standard logic
Truth is that looking at past examples remasters have never been system sellers.
Uncharted Collection won't be a system seller and neither will those Microsoft games.
Melchiah
Member
That remains to be seen. The current situation is an increase from last gen.
Its only out for like 4 days in October though.
I mean...uhh...sure...
Wait a minute. Na-uh. Not falling for this one. Poor troll attempt. 1/10.
XB1 will win Oct, Nov and Dec and IMO by a large amount again. MS care far too much about halo month and the holidays to risk losing, if they think there's even a chance of losing they'll give away consoles for free pretty much just to win.
What is Sony releasing this month? What is MS releasing in Oct?
Huge difference.
Plus I think some people predicting a MS win this month are factoring in the Best Buy deal.
I think this month will be really close FWIW. I don't think either of Xbox remasters are system sellers personally. I think the BB promotion will have much more of an impact.
harrisk954
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Yeah, but games like Halo and CoD and GTA (the industry's "heavy hitters") always sell HUGE numbers the first few days. Then, in November Halo will be compelling with Fallout. Should be interesting!
Exactly, Boyes wouldn't talk about Destiny unless they knew how many people still love and play the game.....the numbers for players logging in everyday must still be a very good number. We just have a very vocal group on the main forums....but if you check out the community forums.....there is a reason why there have been so many OT's made for the game.....its a very populated game.
I was talking about Gen 6?
Coulomb_Barrier
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About this gen to gen comparison...when the NX releases next year, and say it sells like hotcakes, will its sales be added to gen 8 or is Ninty's new console (if it is even a console) in a new gen of its own, gen 9?
Did Xbox win Oct. 2014? I thought they only won Nov./Dec. 2014.
I honestly don't think MS will drop the price as aggressively as they did last year. I think they are comfortable in their position behind Sony. It did little for them throughout 2015. In fact it may have hurt them. They have good stuff coming up - their in a good position for the holiday.
Melchiah
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The PS and XB platforms aren't currently down from last gen based on the quote in the OP.
I don't recall there being such doom-mongering, when gen 7 failed to beat gen 6 in its first three years. Eventhough the sales of first two years were pretty close with gen 7 and 8.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
It's whatever it wants to be, like the 3ds and ds before it.
This is basically the war chest theory part two and how no third party could refuse Microsoft's money, right?
With a PS4 price cut coming during Halo launch week, exclusive COD, AC and Star Wars Battlefront bundles and marketing you shouldn't assume anything really.
Welfare
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By a big number in the US? You know this for a fact? Sales from February(342k) to March(340k) fell, and the weekly disparity is bigger, as March was 5 weeks compared to February's 4.
By the time UC4 launches, it'll be the PS4's 3rd March, and March has almost always been lower than February, even with an additional tracking week, and regardless of the software launched in the month.
Source or just speculation?
Coulomb_Barrier
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So word is its not a console but handheld?
Well sure but Halo comes out at the very end of October. Will October continue tracking into November as well? And sure Uncharted is a remaster but it's one of Sonys most popular and biggest ip. So that can move systems as well and it comes out in the beginning of October.
I don't see Microsoft winning all three months. Call of Duty and Battlefront are going to lead the holiday sales. And since Playstation is marketing both it will be in Sonys favor. Sure MS can do bundles and PS can do the same thing. A lot of people are seriously underestimating what Call of Duty and Battlefront will do.
Pure speculation. Didn't a Sony insider already warn posters not to expect too much of a price drop (if at all)
Regarding the BB promotion i think people need to remember that Best buy only accounts for like 10% of the USA Market.
And it's not like ps4 sold 0 units during the promotion.
I think it will give a fair boost to XB1. This boost added to the fact PS4 doesn't have any notable release might put XB1 on top for the month.
This is what Abdiel (BB insider) said on the prediction thread
And it's not like ps4 sold 0 units during the promotion.
I think it will give a fair boost to XB1. This boost added to the fact PS4 doesn't have any notable release might put XB1 on top for the month.
This is what Abdiel (BB insider) said on the prediction thread
August goes to Sony confirmed.
SmoothRunningGun
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Destiny #7 after almost a year. Bodes well for TTK.
Speculation
Don't discount Uncharted Welfare, it's a huge game, each chapter sells what? 5m units worldwide and they did that on the PS3 which has always been lukewarmly received in the US.
With PS4 every big game bundled with it picks fire.
An Uncharted 4 bundle with a customed themed PS4 will do huge hardware numbers in March, Destiny like.
AgentP
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I know, but it might have driven physical sales down.
TheStruggler
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Freedom = $1.05
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What I meant is that Nintendo doesn't really care for generations. What they do care about is declining sales.
The wii u came out as a response to the wii slumping. This next machine will launch as both the wiiu and 3ds are in the decline. They're not doing it out of some sense that the generation passed them or to get a leg up on competitors for he next round. They're launching because of a need for a successor.
LiveFromKyoto
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I am so out of touch with popular games these days. Nothing in the top interests me in any way.
Same. I moved overseas and could only pack one console...so I brought the Wii U
girlfriend loves Mario Kart
GopherD gave an insight saying that Sony is more focused in profits than scale. the exact quote:
I just saw that he's banned. Anyone knows why?
Alex_Mexico
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I get the feeling I see more consistently FIFA charting on NPD throughout the year than Madden. Is this true?
I'd love to know how sales of these two franchises stack up to each other in the U.S.. If there ever was a good metric to judge the growth of soccer in the USA is the soaring sales of FIFA in the last few years.
We've come a long way from the days where EA felt the need of adding "soccer" to the title because they thought the average American was too dumb to know FIFA meant soccer.
I'd love to know how sales of these two franchises stack up to each other in the U.S.. If there ever was a good metric to judge the growth of soccer in the USA is the soaring sales of FIFA in the last few years.
We've come a long way from the days where EA felt the need of adding "soccer" to the title because they thought the average American was too dumb to know FIFA meant soccer.
How much?
UC was not on the level of Gears/Halo as system sellers in the US last gen. This gen who knows with the PS4 being the dominant console.
Welfare
Member
Madden still sells a lot better in the US compared to FIFA.