slavesnyder
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Didn't even once talk about the console itself.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2016
- Thread starter Nirolak
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I have no idea it was 8 last NPD it was on its way put with word of mouth and even if it added a character it was at the end of the month.
It technically does. The card isn't as impressive though.
I was really hoping MLB would defeat UFC.
MLB is fantastic, but I don't understand why UFC sold more. Any idea what the sales split was between PS4/PS3. I am hoping they finally drop PS3 support and go all in the PS4 version. UFC on the other hand is a glitchy mess, and I'm on a loss at how it reviews so high and performed so well.
I'm honestly surprised Xbox One isn't #1 this month. With The Division exclusive marketing, KI3, $50 price cut, and insane Gamestop deals going on, I thought this month would upset the trend.
MLB is fantastic, but I don't understand why UFC sold more. Any idea what the sales split was between PS4/PS3. I am hoping they finally drop PS3 support and go all in the PS4 version. UFC on the other hand is a glitchy mess, and I'm on a loss at how it reviews so high and performed so well.
I'm honestly surprised Xbox One isn't #1 this month. With The Division exclusive marketing, KI3, $50 price cut, and insane Gamestop deals going on, I thought this month would upset the trend.
ethomaz
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NinjaCoachZ
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How well did Wind Waker HD do? A bit over a million or so? TP is probably somewhere in that spot, so it probably wouldn't beat OOT regardless of where it is in the Wii U's lifespan unfortunately.
Probably going to be really damn tough with the recent Nintendo Selects version of OoT3D.
Speaking of, I wonder how well the whole Nintendo Selects line did for the month. At my store, it seemed like people were definitely hankering for the Mario games, Pikmin 3 and OoT3D.
Absolutely no way 6 million unique users played it in March alone
Wouldn't 6mil in one month be more than say the Division?
I am definitely interested in seeing how April goes for them. I forsee PS4 holding steady with Ratchet, DS3 and MLB continuing to sell.
sixteen-bit
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WWHD was bundled with Wii U hardware for a time.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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CosmicQueso
Member
It did, in dollars.
The question remains about how much having a full package with all the single player features that people (including me) wanted at launch would have raised sales in the real market.
Surely the game would have enjoyed much better word of mouth and higher sales.
But higher to the point to turn a bomba into a major success?
I kinda doubt it, the harsh reality might have been that the series is simply strongly declining anyway.
Btw yeah I also think that the core gameplay in SF5 is top notch fighting.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Oh, I forgot about that. Seen it in stores all the time too...
I didn't have that bundle - was it a physical copy or preinstalled? Would Nintendo count the bundles in their sales figures?
gigantor21
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So Pokken charted and SFV didn't despite the huge advantage in customer base and SFV getting aggressive promotion on consoles far earlier (December '14 vs WiiU version of Pokken announced in August '15).
Capcom fucked up. Capcom fucked up REAL bad.
Capcom fucked up. Capcom fucked up REAL bad.
And not on a portable.
It is impossible to use a number in the millions when it is called xbox one.
High numbers just sound a million times better.
Wind Waker HD is at 1.69 million worldwide. I expect TP HD to beat that, but there's no chance it will be able to get close to Ocarina's current numbers.
I was thinking the same.
Many people compared TP to Wind Waker, which sold 124,000 first month... i always said a comparation with Majora Mask was better.
1) Better Wii U sales compared to Wind Waker launch
2) Amiibo bundle
3) Amazon (yes, cause i get all, but it was just too insane)
4) Twilight Princess is just the bigger Zelda ever... good sales should be expect.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Exclusive software on the weakest-selling platform by a decent margin, one of which is a HD remake and the other is a niche spinoff.
Yup. I got a good chuckle out of that as well.
dancrane212
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1.52 million as of the same time in 2015. Twilight Princess did do much better compared to Wind Waker when looking at their original releases but the short time it will, presumably, be on the market will work against TP HD in that regard.
UFC 2 was out March 15 , MLB March 29.
Seeing how obviously strapped for resources Capcom are, and how log it's taking them to even get out the content that was on their road map, if they were going to make a much needed Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, I can't see it releasing any time before Q4.
You'd have thought that after the critical and commercial flop and the massive fall out from not having an arcade mode, they'd be working around the clock to implement one, and be shouting from the rooftops that it's coming. But still radio silence on the matter. Capcom's PR around this game has been as poor as the shipped content.
SFV is the most disappointing game I've bought in years, Mostly because it had (has?) the ability to be amazing. The core game is wonderful. But I don't blame anyone for skipping out on buying it. It's a glorified demo and still has technical issues.
slavesnyder
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If they just add up numbers, march is of course the highest yet.
That would be too stupid, even for them.
nope
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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"Hardware was down 19% year over year."
Can we blame the hardware revision rumors for that?
Can we blame the hardware revision rumors for that?
Gaiaknight
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glad for both tphd and pokken makes me happy now bring on the next mainline zelda 
CosmicQueso
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LOL no. Both consoles with rumored revisions were up.
Nah man.
Primethius
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What the hell?
SFV had terrible first month sales. What the hell are you people smoking expecting it to chart in its second month. Seriously.
I'm face palming so hard at some of these SFV posts.
No blame price cut. This is "revenue".
No New 3DS's second month effect this March.
ethomaz
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PS4 is up YoY, no?
No, hardware was even worse last month.
DeepEnigma
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Hey fam, stop buying GTAV please, that way they will announce a new one, as in, Red Dead already. Ktnx
gigantor21
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Glad I built that escape hatch into my predictions:
They probably didn't, so I ain't eating nothing.
Welfare
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Handhelds will be down and 7th gen hardware is dead.
Nah, my guess would be falling 3DS and Wii U.
For the love of God, sfv launched in February. Game did not do well but you must be smoking something good if you thought it was going to chart again in March