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[allan-bh]

It did less than Madden 2nd month.

Second month for Madden I suppose is good.

 

[Finaj]

Froza 6 bomba. Stop pumping out the same games Microsoft.

Forza games never sell amazingly.

 

[Boke1879]

Side note, I really feel like these consoles need to be $299, not $350. They're not yet in compulsive mass market purchase territory.

Doubt it'll be that way for at least another year.

 

[On Demand]

Both PS4 and XB1 sold roughly ~550k combined which is less than the 822k from last year September.

...OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D: D: D:

 

[Asd202]

MS strikes again with deceptive PR.

 

[jmaine_ph]

Xbone is down YoY.

Please don't be fooled by MS PR

It is not. Both consoles are down YOY.

Got it. MS PR you sly devils you.

 

[Neuromancer]

It's made to sound as though it's up this month YOY when it's actually down.

I see, thanks. I'm not sure what they're actually trying to say in that case.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

I changed the OP to reflect that both consoles are down.

So, rereading the Microsoft statement, is it FIFA that's up year over year on console sales?

Microsoft's statement is, probably intentionally, vague. Depending on how you read it, it could relate to either XBox One or FIFA.

 

[curb]

Really surprised by the Disney Infinity console sku numbers. The game was pushed heavily for the PS4 and yet XB1 still outdid it. Very interesting.

Of course the XB1 didn't do itself any favors at the NYCC panel when the controller died in the middle of a demo. Oh well.

If the Saga Bundles sold aren't counted in the main sku, the results could be different. It's kids and families game too so probably more likely to have an old console or a Wii U for the kids.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Destiny sold more on X1. Color me very surprised.

 

[Schryver]

So PS4 did win TTK including bundles. Still shocking that it didn't win outright IMO

 

[3rdamention]

How is this possible if Xbox One > 284K ? And Ps4 won.

Don't believe MS PR?




They made the PR statement sound like Xbox One sales were up over last September, when it was really that Xbox Sales all year through September were up over last year through September.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Disappointing to see MGS fail to outsell Madden in its second month. Again a PS4 bundle could have been a greater success for the game and the PS4 this month but just baffling in its absence.

 

[Tapejara]

Warner Bros. is really on a roll this year, at least in terms of software sales. LEGO Dimensions not charting is surprising though. As others have said, it can probably be attributed to the game's high price compared to its competitors - not to mention Disney Infinity has the Star Wars advantage.

 

[Toki767]

I changed the OP to reflect that both consoles are down.

So, rereading the Microsoft statement, is it FIFA that's up year over year on console sales?

FIFA and/or Forza also since that's a yearly release now?

 

[Mory Dunz]

i don't think kids have made the leap yet in droves for that to be the case. Majority of parents/grandparents went to WiiU as a follow up this gen. That will surely change this holiday and next. majority of PS4/XB1 is still *us*

I thought it was going to change around last year tbh. I expected the wii U sku of these games to be on top of next gen in 2013, but not past that. Especially as the other consoles raced ahead.

If grandmas bought the wii u, who the eff owns a wii U? lol, is it the casuals or ninty hardcore? There's almost not even enough room in that 10m for both...

 

[thelastword]

2k is doing really well with their nba game, wished they did all the other sports titles to compete with EA on those as well.

 

[nib95]

Doubt it'll be that way for at least another year.

Then sales will continue to only be decent and not excellent imo. Price drops are coming too slow and too limited.

 

[Kusagari]

Destiny sold more on X1. Color me very surprised.

That's been the case since the beginning if you don't include the PS4 bundles.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Anything from Nintendo?
Mario Maker looked like it sold well and the 3ds could be up yoy due to that animal crossing bundle.
All assumptions btw.

 

[Ryng_tolu]

Wii U up YOY.

 

[Chris R]

Glad to see a non-EA sports game do well, should lead to only positive things in the years to come.

 

[Obliterator]

Destiny was the best selling game on PSN for both PS4 and PS3, and Taken King was the best selling Add-On for both platforms as well. It's really not out of the question.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/10/08/playstation-store-september-2015s-top-sellers/

TTK is likely at 2-3 million sold at least.

Over 1 million played Raid within weeks of launch with no matchmaking and an at the time high level requirement

It was a huge launch, mostly digital

 

[Katana_Strikes]

I see, thanks. I'm not sure what they're actually trying to say in that case.

Well they are still up for the year on the whole but down this month (but they try to deceive with what was meant there) which isn't great for the format since last year it was higher priced.

 

[Jigorath]

That Star Wars DI 3.0 deal didn't help out the PS4 version at all.

It's a kids game, and moms ain't buying the most expensive next gen console on the market for their kids. There's a reason why the 360 version is still the most popular.

 

[CrichtonKicks]

MGS 4 sold 4.33 milion copies on its first months.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/mgs4-sells-over-4-million-copies

Referring just to June 2008 NPD which was 770k.

So you are comparing MGS V Steam worldwide sales with MGS 4 US sales?

No making the point that the PC release is a significant source of digital sales that will not be tracked in any of the retail sales reports which make it very difficult to make an apples to apples comparison with the franchise's prior performance.

 

[fastballspecial]

Mad Max charted. I'm shocked. I really like the game but did not think it would place in the top 10.

 

[NateDrake]

FIFA and/or Forza also since that's a yearly release now?

FIFA sales or that Xbox One sales for 2015 are higher than 2014 sales to this point in time.

 

[Penguin]

Nintendo's PR

The ability to create, play and share your own unique Super Mario levels was a dream 30 years in the making for Mario fans. Turns out it was also a great reason to jump into the Wii U experience. The Super Mario Maker game for the Wii U console launched in the U.S. on Sept. 11 and sold nearly 445,000 combined units in its first three weeks (Sept. 11, 2015 – Oct. 3, 2015), bringing the lifetime total to more than 500,000 combined units in the U.S. alone (Sept. 11 – Oct. 19, 2015). Perhaps the biggest impact however has been on hardware sales. For the full month of September, sales of Wii U hardware in the United States increased by nearly 110 percent over sales in August. Software sells hardware and no one sells hardware like Mario.

Other Nintendo highlights from September include:

Through the first nine months of 2015, sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware have increased by nearly 25 percent over the same time frame in 2014.
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer for the Nintendo 3DS system launched on Sept. 25 and sold nearly 115,000 total units in its first week on the market.

 

[Boke1879]

Then sales will continue to only be decent and not excellent imo. Price drops are coming too slow and too limited.

Well these companies are in the business of making money. These consoles are still selling. The holidays are just around the corner so these consoles will sell and obscene amount anyway.

Once it hits $299 those people will still be there to buy the console.

 

[thelastword]

So PS4 did win TTK including bundles. Still shocking that it didn't win outright IMO

Maybe most people bought it digitally on PS4, it does command a bigger slice of digital sales over the XB1.

 

[Ryng_tolu]

3DS < 129k
Wii U < 89k

 

[Welfare]

Wii U almost 90k but has to be below 87k if everything is down from last year.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Holy shit at Animal Crossing O_O
I mean I wasn't expecting a mixed reviewed spin off to sell over 100k first week.

 

[CLEEK]

Destiny sold more on X1. Color me very surprised.

Retail only, so excluding bundles and digital. Destiny has always sold more overall on PS4, but XB1 has more retail sales.

 

[erawsd]

Both PS4 and Xbone do a pretty damn poor job of moving family friendly software tbh

I imagine there's not much of a young audience on the new consoles. $350 is probably still more than many parents will spend on a "toy". Plus, between free mobile games, the old consoles still getting the playsets and minecraft updates, the kids themselves probably arent asking for them.

 

[Mory Dunz]

As Bear Force One pointed out, the Saga Bundle likely isn't counted in that sku so it's possible that PS4 could have sold better overall than the Wii U version. Given the marketing deal, it seems plausible to me.

thread moving too fast
oh yeah, that makes sense. It's possible then.

What's XB1s excuse then? ha

 

[Boke1879]

Retail only, so excluding bundles and digital. Destiny has always sold more overall on PS4.

It also doesn't include the bundles. Which if you include that. It sold more on PS4

 

[GravityInsanity]

 

[Kriken]

Destiny sold more on X1. Color me very surprised.

Same as last year, bundles don't count in the rankings, so PS4 retail+bundles>Xbox One retail

 

[Chobel]

I changed the OP to reflect that both consoles are down.

So, rereading the Microsoft statement, is it FIFA that's up year over year on console sales?

Maybe it's 2015 consoles sales vs 2014?

 

[hawk2025]

Nintendo's PR

hmm, finding out how it charted may help bound Forza 6 sales and other games that didn't chart this month like Until Dawn.

 

[Neuromancer]

Well they are still up for the year on the whole but down this month (but they try to deceive with what was meant there) which isn't great for the format since last year it was higher priced.

Ah I get it now. Thanks again.

 

[Ryng_tolu]

Looks like Wii U did way better than i predicted... still bad numebers lol, but is something.

 

[allan-bh]

Great sales for Wii U.

 

[NoPiece]

I could be crazy but "car culture" in general seems to have nosedived in the states. Seems to be less enthusiasts but could be off on that

That's a good observation, it is probably a factor along with franchise fatigue.

 

[zeopower6]

It's a kids game, and moms ain't buying the most expensive next gen console on the market for their kids. There's a reason why the 360 version is still the most popular.

By the time they phase out last-gen for Disney Infinity, I can see people going with whatever's cheapest on the market.

Holy shit at Animal Crossing O_O
I mean I wasn't expecting a mixed reviewed spin off to sell over 100k first week.

Reviews probably didn't factor much into purchasing decisions. (as it should be)

 

[shinobi602]

Surprised The Taken King did better on Xbox One.

 

[ILoveBish]

Forza?

Check your local targets clearance section.

 

[Welfare]

Surprised The Taken King did better on Xbox One.

PS4 bundles are not counted in the top 10.