BMO = GOAT
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o.o how do you know the exact amount?
*sigh* Posters should read the OP. Not just the bolded but everything.
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NPD Sales Results for September 2014 [Up1: Smash/HW/MK8, Destiny stats, 3DS HW]
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o.o how do you know the exact amount?
*sigh* Posters should read the OP. Not just the bolded but everything.
Delusibeta
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Car games, broadly speaking, has always been more of a UK thing than the US, hence why I'm not terribly surprised that Forza Horizon 2 missed the US top ten. I would expect Drive Club to follow suit.
Pre-season
Actually, it would be less. 190k includes digital sales.
Q
Queen of Hunting
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forza bombed if its below hyrule
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
For the people that had a PS4 and XB1 already, it sold more on XB1. The rest is assumptions.
Even that's an assumption actually.
Uno Venova
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You were really quick on the draw with that one.
KillerMan91
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Well last september had GTA.... Not to mention digital sales that take bigger pie of the total sw sales each year. It's kinda hard to compare NPD sw numbers nowadays to past years.
SneakySneaks
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Last year had GTA 5, Destiny was never going to reach the numbers set by GTA.
dungtongue
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So how much more did PS4 Destiny sell than XBO?
family systems still seem to be last gen platforms. they'll probably be the go-to until these new platforms drop in price next year and have a library better suited for kids. i think sony is planning for that with rumors of jumpstarting all their old mascot games again. it would be a good thing. until then, it's really weird, but not too surprising that the wii u continues to sell those kinds of games better than platforms with larger userbases.
Swass
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Wow that is surprising, my copy is still in shrink wrap, may return it and wait for the inevitable black Friday sale.
GTA last September. Thing's a monster.
Not a shocker. Forza isn't a big deal and racers are on the decline.
Hey, we live in the now.
I don't find this particularly surprising? It's more of a leggy franchise and is bigger in Europe.
soundscream
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There are over 460,000 people on the leaderboard
It's #4, ands that's 2 days of sales.
Hockeymac18
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? NPD doesn't track digital, to my knowledge?
Assuming the second entry is good. If Bungie fails to improve I could see it bombing. Then again who knows.
Kazuma Kiryu
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Shoot, it came out on PS2 last year.
This is exactly why I went with digital for this, and Diablo 3. New strat this gen for long term purchases. All single player games will be physical copies, unless they're some free digtal game.
But are digital sales not counted, as well as bundle sales in the NPD?
190k for Hyrule Warriors include digital sales.
But you don't know digital sales.
Welfare
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o.o how do you know the exact amount?
Magic
Number of posts next to a thread gives all the answers.
Magic
Vestal
Junior Member
Yeah the days of true software numbers are long gone. Digital is going to continue to murky the waters.
For example out of my 5 closest friends on Xbox live 4 of us are 100% digital.
TheDrowningMan
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Huge assumption and almost certainly false given that the XB1 figures include the free game w/ new console purchase.
it comes from nintendo's pr, which includes digital sales. we don't know what npd tracked.
lightning2k3
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Sony is already prepping for that this holiday with LittleBigPlanet3. That game will appeal to more casual and family gamers.
Soony Too
OT - Really though I expect was PR even if they were going to spin hard it's been like 6m+ since full PR.
Disaster Nebraska
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I think this is important to quote and should be included in the OP. Activision confirmed PS4 sold the most Destiny units worldwide. I know this is NPD, but may be pertinent.
Ambition
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Well damn, I knew Forza wasn't a sales giant but not even 500k?
Tallshortman
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Yeesh Forza didn't chart. Boy if Driveclub manages to outsell it with almost no advertising, that would be bad for the horizon brand.
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LowEndTorque
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I'd say that sounds about right. By comparison, Titanfall XBO is the next closest hardware at #47 followed by XBO+Kinect at #48.
neogaffer1
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Destiny PS4 sales being cannibalized by bundle makes sense to me, free Destiny w/ XB1 being reason it outsold standalone PS4 does not to me. Roommate is 360 gamer who plans to upgrade to XB1, thought Destiny was PS4 exclusive until I told him otherwise. I doubt the amount of people who got Destiny through the free bundle with Xbox One is way smaller than people are thinking it is.
Retail is down, though much of that is likely due to the digital boom.
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