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With so many major titles releasing in September compared to August chances are close to nil.
None of the digital sales for Nintendo games are disclosed.
With NBA, Destiny, FIFA hitting?
Unlikely. Esp at the price tag. (the charts are based on revenue)
Diprosalic
Banned
Digital not included I suppose.
Thank you!
Yakuza kiwami is not tracked for august as the period is till august 26 and the game released after but I doubt it will track in the top 10 anyways but maybe top 20.
Soldiussnaku
Member
Thankfully both proved the naysayers wrong, sure arms hasn't sold millions and millionsbut for a new ip it sold enough to warrant a sequel. Horizon, well that sold gangbusters.
sixteen-bit
Member
I wonder how MvCI will do next month. Cool to see Injustice still hanging on.
I don't think it was counted. doesn't NPD usually track until the 25th or so of the month?
Captain Tuttle
Member
OléGunner;249011620 said:
Aren't these ranking by revenue though?
Thanks for letting me know @noshten, @Diprosalic and @sense, that's good to know! Judging by what I've heard of Kiwami's 6 months of development, very little investment was necessary when producing this title (using many familiar elements from prior titles like 0) so this was more of an opportunity for Sega of America localising their game at a low-cost in order to appeal to newcomers and cultivating/growing their fanbase through word of mouth/brand awareness for future/inevitable Yakuza instalments. I'm sure the real value for them is in that rather than just making good back on their initial investment, at least for this specific title.
Interested to see how yak6 does in March, it seems like ever since Resi5 came out, it's always been close to as cramped as the autumn/fall. 2018 especially seems like a big year and they'll also be more output from MS to add into the mix.
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This year's NPD have really reminded me how much I've missed out on the whole, cool to see Injustice 2 hanging in there (personally I'm waiting on the XL edition for this one) and Tekken 7 seems to have fallen off too
Interested to see how yak6 does in March, it seems like ever since Resi5 came out, it's always been close to as cramped as the autumn/fall. 2018 especially seems like a big year and they'll also be more output from MS to add into the mix.
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This year's NPD have really reminded me how much I've missed out on the whole, cool to see Injustice 2 hanging in there (personally I'm waiting on the XL edition for this one) and Tekken 7 seems to have fallen off too
Correct.
Did Yakuza 0 make the top 20? Anyhow, the franchise has never been a major seller.
Good point, I'm not sure as there isn't any concrete info about it out there (I don't think it reached NPD, but I think it may have for the UK equivalent) I just thought the high demand of 0 (with it being sold out here for a while) perhaps the lower pricepoint and producing enough units at launch it'll fair better. Either way, I'm sure it's started off well enough, with much of the attention now going towards getting perople invested to play it down the line for the inevitable black friday sales and hype leading up towards 6...)
Again, Yakuza Kiwami is not in the top 20 from the simple fact that it released too late for the NPD August 2017 tracking period. Same with Mario x Rabbids.
They both released 29th August. Their release dates are tracked in the September report.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Imagine if it gets ported to Switch and then eventually PS5 if VI is further off.
uncleniccius
Member
Positive word of mouth does wonders.
Still playing and loving it, ubisoft deserve all of the success they get with this game.
It's sales have been incredible. I'm starting to wonder if this will finally be the game to break OoT's lifetime sales. Would love to know what BotW's LTD numbers are.
MatPiscatella
Member
Hi everyone, sorry just waking up on the west coast.
I'm around if anyone has any questions.
Also, thanks Guymelef for dropping the link to my first go at a summary video:
I'm trying to make everything a bit easier to digest with some added points of clarification. It's certainly more info than can be included in a tweet or thread, so I hope you dig it. But yeah, it's very much done in corporate-speak. I have a new found respect for everyone who makes videos now, that's for sure!
(And please excuse the error when I called it a 5 week period. DOH!)
I'm around if anyone has any questions.
Also, thanks Guymelef for dropping the link to my first go at a summary video:
I'm trying to make everything a bit easier to digest with some added points of clarification. It's certainly more info than can be included in a tweet or thread, so I hope you dig it. But yeah, it's very much done in corporate-speak. I have a new found respect for everyone who makes videos now, that's for sure!
(And please excuse the error when I called it a 5 week period. DOH!)
Papacheeks
Banned
It literally came out at 8.29?
Also it's 29.99 which makes it hard to track compared to most 59.99 games. Which was mentioned for Lost legacy in this thread I believe as well.
Yakuza is super niche and Kiwami didn't have much of any advertising compared to Yakuza 0.
But I know what You mean, I'm enjoying it. Not as good as 0 but still really fun.
Edit: Someone already mentioned when NPD tracked month wise, so Kiwami and Rabbids will most likely be represented for September's NPD.
Also are there any numbers for Consoles sold? Switch?PS4?
DriftingSpirit
Member
None of it is understandable.
FonkyByNature
Member
I'm one of them and i know 3 people around me in the same situation, these people don't contribute to sales.
I'm actually surprised it's in the top 5, i think it's a great result for a good game.
I am surprised it is still charting well.
I would have thought Mario Kart would have murdered everything.
Makes me wonder about who is buying the Switches so far.
uncleniccius
Member
Not sure if you can answer but any ideas on siege numbers in the US LTD?
MatPiscatella
Member
Sorry, can't disclose. Ubisoft did recently announce 20m registered users and 2.3m dailies worldwide back in August.
ThisIsMyDogKyle
Banned
At long last the answer is actually yes.
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
Banned
You've probably been asked this a million times but I'm new here so I'll ask anyway. Is the Switch classified in any way whatsoever as a handheld in these? If not do you foresee doing away with the need to detail handheld sales at say this time next year if the 3DS plummets to irrelevance? What if Nintendo do some sort of dockless Switch (not that I think they will) would that be the only way you see dedicated handhelds surviving into 2019?
Also I can't remember where I asked this and I think it's been buried away several pages ago but how will the SNES mini be detailed? No official numbers outside of Nintendo's PR? Do you have the numbers to compare with the NES Classic launch month since Nintendo have promised multiple times the numbers should be significantly higher?
ARMS does nothing for me. The controls, the character designs - all of it. So I'm not exactly enthusiastic about the possibility of a sequel. The idea of such a skilled dev team alternating between pumping out Mario Kart and ARMS every gen as opposed to working on...pretty much anything else, doesn't sound great to me.
This is why we need it on Switch next.
MatPiscatella
Member
It's classified as a Console.
On the hardware side, I'm sure we'll eventually get to just talking about "gaming hardware" and not break out into Console and Portable components. Not there yet though. On the software side, the split will probably last a little longer.
Well, a Switch is a Switch is a Switch. It would remain a console unless there was some other differentiating factor.
It'll be categorized in the "Plug N Play" subsegment of Console hardware, just like the NES Classic is.
We'll be tracking it of course, and sure we have monthly NES Classic tracking as well.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
My problem with ARMS is that I found it to be not very enjoyable. I can't put my finger on why. I just found it cumbersome to play. I'm not shocked it isn't holding well.
Would have much rather had a new Punch-Out!, but I get why Nintendo thought it would catch on.
Would have much rather had a new Punch-Out!, but I get why Nintendo thought it would catch on.
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
Banned
Thanks for the answers! I'll look forward to seeing the results for next month, SNES, Mario + Rabbids, Pokken and Destiny 2 all intrigue me.
Do you think 2017 might end up the all-time best year for shooters, given it's only down by 30% with Destiny, Battlefront, and Call of Duty still to come?
MatPiscatella
Member
Certainly possible. I expect Destiny 2 to be the #1 game of Sept and the #5 game of Q4. Call of Duty: WWII should get a double digit % sales increase over IW and keep #1 for Q4, Star Wars Battlefront 2 could be not too far behind at #2, and we still have games like Wildlands, Siege, Overwatch, as well as COD and BF catalog doing nice numbers every month.
Wouldn't that be a big hill to climb when you look at 2015 which also had a Battlefront and probably the best selling COd this gen. Along with halo 5 and siege
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Don't forget PUBG on console :s
After watching Matt's NPD video I believe he said 2016 was the all time peak shooter year in terms of spend.
I think with the rest of the shooters to come out this year it could be close.
semiconscious
Member
still confused as to how capcom can be disappointed in this game's sales. maybe not as successful as re6, numbers-wise, but 10th best-selling 2017 game has to count for something
...theprodigy
Member
still confused as to how capcom can be disappointed in this game's sales. maybe not as successful as re6, numbers-wise, but 10th best-selling 2017 game has to count for something
Do you consider Mass Effect: Andromeda a success? It's even above RE7.
still confused as to how capcom can be disappointed in this game's sales. maybe not as successful as re6, numbers-wise, but 10th best-selling 2017 game has to count for something
They don't care about chart positions, they care about numbers.