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NPD Sales Results for February 2015 [Nintendo Numbers, Majora's, MH4, ~XB1]
- Thread starter vinnygambini
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Sony has the fighting community on lock, I doubt they need to push hard to get fighting fans on their system.
While I think MKX will sell LOTS of copies. I don't see it selling a console if it's bundled if that makes any sense.
Mass Effect
Member
They really do, don't they? They have everything but Smash Bros. and Killer Instinct it seems.
Do they have a marketing deal for Tekken as well?
pixelation
Member
I think it's to early to know regarding Tekken.
slavesnyder
Member
We will see Batman-Gifs like crazy then...
Namco is focusing only on arcades with T7 presently so there is no way to know but fighting games aren't really system sellers anymore, generally speaking.
Could see them attempting something with SFV though.
For some reason I associate Tekken with the PS brand but if you've got SF5 on lock no doubt Tekken will sell well on PS4 as well.
slavesnyder
Member
In every NPD thread people say that next month will be interesting. I think this time this month will be interesting. And next month, too, of course.
Welcome to the mainstream, Bloodborne.
Welcome to the mainstream, Bloodborne.
theprodigy
Member
slavesnyder
Member
That's the spirit!
The Shogun
Banned
Oh its selling systems. With or without a bundle.
Where are the install and attach rate for these?
Well I stand corrected lol. I trust your insight more than mine
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I rememberseeing they projected 5 million.
Sangetsu-II
Member
When did the Bloodborne Bundle bump happened? Can't believe it keeps going up on Amazon hourly with the removal of the $20 gc deal. People are crazy...
Am I the only one that noticed this?
Am I the only one that noticed this?
StrongBlackVine
Banned
He still pushing Bloodborne is niche. Said it wouldn't sell 3 million or more. Waiting for him to eat crow.
slavesnyder
Member
Bloodborne and crow fits nicely together.
Hope we will get some numbers to chew on as this will be month number 1 after aqua.
Clearly ready for a meal seeing as he has brought his own salt =)
Welfare
Member
Damn you really aren't happy that someone doesn't think Bloodborne will do some high numbers.
If it does 3 million, hey that's some serious growth and I would be happy. Who wouldn't? I don't think it'll do it because of how DS2 sold.
I'll be the first to "eat crow" come the next NPD thread if Bloodborne does over 300k or PR is released on it doing 2 million sold worldwide.
bananafactory
Banned
Lol, Bloodborne is not breaking 1 million for March. Come on guys.
Anything more than 500k for its first month would be a big success.
Anything more than 500k for its first month would be a big success.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
500k worldwide would be low. Who is predicting 1 million in the US?
For the first month, not just March.
XxRampage07xX
Member
#TeamMillion
in first month 
The Shogun
Banned
People are not prepared for how big Mortal Kombat is going to open up. Who would think the biggest game in the first 6 months of the year would be an unbelievably violent Fighting game? WB are just on fire lately with their software output.
Chobel
Member
You think it will be bigger than Batman: Arkham Knight and BF: Hardline?
The Shogun
Banned
It will be bigger than Hardline imo yes.
Batman probably not but thats the end of June / beginning of second half of the year
MK imo will be the biggest launch of the front half of the year / until Batman
* these predictions are my own and not representative of any business or its projected numbers or data
AstuteClass
Banned
Why is there no prediction thread yet? Curious to see people's input. I think PS4 is going to bloody the competition this month.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
What are your thoughts on The Witcher 3? I see it didn't even cross your mind as a contender.
anexanhume
Member
If I'm remembering right, Batman performs nearly as well as AC games. That bundle will be crazy.
Chobel
Member
Thanks for the info! I had no idea MK franchise is this big.
Can't speak for Shogun, but pre-orders for TW3 at my store have been meh. MKX has been pretty damn good though.
I named MK as one of the games that's going to open the gap between PS4 & Xbox One in the next few months because PS4 don't really have a big fighting game yet & people love to play fighting games with the PlayStation controllers.
So I assume preorders are VERY strong?
anexanhume
Member
Minor note on this. The week of 03-30 hasn't been updated in their system yet, so March may not be completely up to date.
The last update is 3-23 and there haven't been any new week results since then.
I noticed earlier today mortal kombat x ps4 was around 34 to 40 on Amazon charts but didn't see xbone version in top 100. What are your preorders like
Mortal Kombat sold more than 1 million on launch, so is not surprising, the franchise is strong again.
The Shogun
Banned
What was Mortal Kombat 9s first NPD? Don't remember and am curious for comparison sake
Welfare
Member
+1 million with special editions. It was also an April.
The Shogun
Banned
Wow it did 1 million in its first NPD? Wow thought it did less than that. Nvm then people won't be surprised
Yeah. Mortal Kombat is a pretty mainstream video game brand. The last mainline one was a pretty big success. I'm pretty sure the DC crossovers were pretty popular too.
The Shogun
Banned
Oh yeah MK has been big for a long time now but 1 million for MK9 is astronomical big for the genre. I worked its launch and don't recall it being that big out of the gate. I was thinking it did like 500k or something
Disregard everything I said about surprising sales at this point honestly
The 3D MK games kept fighting games alive, as sub-par the franchise was the PS2 era. A lot of kids such as myself at time bought those games because everyone had it, now as adults we still buy these games because we have stuck with the franchise forever. It's weird, I suck at fighting games yet I always buy MK no matter what despite being bad at it. MK just has a draw that certain games have were you have to just have it despite everything.
theprodigy
Member
I'm kind of interested too...but is anyone really gonna answer this 2 months out? lol
anexanhume
Member
MKX is really high on Amazon charts now despite being 2 weeks out. I believe it will do very well.
anexanhume
Member
Yeah they just updated today. The last week of March is up: http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2015-03-30/videogames#1
Also, that batman bundle LE bundle is #69 for the month. It sold out fast and didn't have insignificant stock. They should definitely plan to allocate more to retailers. (For reference, the halo Xbox one bundle did not chart for March, just AC bundle).
Bloodborne appears to have done very well on word of mouth. It's still holding high on the hourly charts.
Doing some really janky math -> BB ~= XB1 AC. Amazon is roughly 10% of market; XB1 will have done about 60K through March accordingly. Therefore BB ~= 60K x 10 = 600k opening month. That's likely optimistic because Amazon over-represents core gamer, but perhaps we're still talking > 500k.
Welfare
Member
Really janky.
Amazon is more like 6% from what I remember Aqua saying. We also have no idea what each place sold. #1 for the month could be 30k and #4 15k for all know.