Welfare
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Those tentacles sure are sticky.
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NPD Sales Results for May 2015
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Those tentacles sure are sticky.
Well, at least the Wii U is... consistent
Splatoon is more likely to have tentacles, since it's a new IP.
Gotdatmoney
Member
Previous NPD sales numbers
Day one game sales are pretty big.
I dont disagree that first day sales are a large piece of the pie. I more disagree with the idea that a game with only 2 days of sales can only do 50k max its next month. It seems far too low a maximum given that the game is fairly casual and the promotion has been pretty good. If you said 80k max sure but when even Kirby was able to do 50k second month with way more time I dont see why splatoon could not.
Holy shit! 13K difference again?! This gen is really starting to give me the creeps.
April was both Easter and tax month, right? Wonder how much that figures into things.
Edit: to be clear, we've discussed Easter before, and there may be some effect. But that was years ago when I looked at it. Retail, in my opinion has glommed onto Easter as another sales holiday and so I think it more likely there is an effect now than before.
Edit: to be clear, we've discussed Easter before, and there may be some effect. But that was years ago when I looked at it. Retail, in my opinion has glommed onto Easter as another sales holiday and so I think it more likely there is an effect now than before.
creamsugar
Member
HD ~ 60k
3 < 700k, 4 ~ 60%
CARS (all) - HD < 500
PD < 32k
DS2RB < 23k
3 < 700k, 4 ~ 60%
CARS (all) - HD < 500
PD < 32k
DS2RB < 23k
Obliterator
Member
I dont find it likely Splatoons legs will be all that great. Seems a title that will appeal to Nintendos core demo. And those atrocious hardware numbers back that up. Game had no impact on hardware
Welfare
Member
That's better than I thought it would be, really.
The software is here. Games are selling. But you need your COD's, Battlefield/Front, Halo's, Fallouts, AC's Batmans Uncharted's to help move consoles.
I say this Summer Sony will try to squeeze every last buyer at that $400 price point. Then announce a price drop at Paris games show.
But you have to be concerned with MS as well. At $350 your machine isn't selling better than the competition? That's worrying. Does PS4 go $299 later this year?
Mario is so worthless nowadays.
Does 3 mean The Witcher 3? If so, 700K seems quite underwhelming. And 60% on PS4? That's better than I thought. How much did the XB1 do?
I have a feeling that MLB 15 is the best selling MLB in some time. Is that correct?
That's not the point of my comment. The point of your comments is to be sarcastic towards others I see (there is another example just above somewhere), but your sarcasm is not supported by better predictions, so I don't know, maybe look yourself in the mirror or something from time to time.
What has HW sales and other games selling has to do with the point of my post (which was that nobody on GAF predicted that Splatoon will heavily outsell Pikmin 3 at launch), I have no idea. Besides moving posts for whatever you think you have to win here.
Mister Megative
Banned
What's getting out of hand?
Final Verdict
Member
BTW, thanks for the Pies Cream!
We appreciate having numbers to discuss
We appreciate having numbers to discuss
Oh, I was expecting more for The Witcher, but it' a very respectable debut.
Obliterator
Member
About 700k for Witcher 3 is pretty bad ass
ethomaz
Banned
I just expected more for all of them
Wait, did you forget a k.
1st Course
Member
What is "CARS (all) - HD < 500"?
Project Cars sold less than 500 units?
Project Cars sold less than 500 units?
theprodigy
Member
If you actually bothered to read the entire quote chain rather than cherry picking, you would've realized the real point of contention was Nintendoland (aka an example of a not Mario/Zelda/Smash game, which was sorine's point)>Splatoon, so unless you think Splatoon will sell over 4 million my point still holds.
and HW was because the first post you quoted was clearly about HW sales, hence the thing about Xbox One/Wii U getting major boosts
The Grim Reaper
Banned
It has the best-selling first-month unit sales within the RPG genre for 8th-gen consoles.
Just a reminder that Wii U sales picked up on Japan after Splatoon released, in its second week, not the first.
Not saying that this is going to happen on North America for this month, but one never knows, I hope they do pick up a little bit.
If Splatoon has word of mouth and legs, and hits the young demographic, its going to show this month and in December.
Not saying that this is going to happen on North America for this month, but one never knows, I hope they do pick up a little bit.
If Splatoon has word of mouth and legs, and hits the young demographic, its going to show this month and in December.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
And yet no hardware movement for any of the competitive platforms.
Splatoon didn't move any hardware; neither did its competition.
The industry is not where it used to be.
KillerSloth
Banned
MS is in a far worst position, at 350 in their main territory and it is behind the ps4, and worldwide it is dire. When Ps4 price drops going to be tough for MS.
ethomaz
Banned
You had to add so much filters lol
In terms of units sold, I guess. In terms of profit, PS4 didn't get a price drop while Xbox One did.
Jigolo
Member
No surprise. Its the only console that's been getting price drops.
Overall, hardware sales seem pretty disappointing, but it's to be expected I guess. The PS4 drop seems normal but the XB1 drop is quite big. Goes to show how much the Gamestop trade in deal in April helped. I really hope the Batman bundle can significantly boost the PS4 sales in June.
Dat Kinectless SKU and price drop doing the work!
The Grim Reaper
Banned
Probably "When you subtract the sales of Project Cars and Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster, you get a less than a 0.5K sales difference."
Not to mention Sony raking in on software sales.
RespectThySole
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700k is pretty good for TW3.
Insofar as its the only system thats (significantly) cheaper YoY its one hell of a Pyrrhic victory.
60% PS4 on The Witcher 3, which is about 1.5x a 40% Xbox One market share.
Assuming the proportion stays constant relative to market shares outside the US and the 1.3 million number for PC, as well as putting the 15% or so digital split for consoles, we should get to around 2:1 sales.
So, about 1.8 million on PS4 and around 900k on Xbox, total worldwide? Something around there?
Assuming the proportion stays constant relative to market shares outside the US and the 1.3 million number for PC, as well as putting the 15% or so digital split for consoles, we should get to around 2:1 sales.
So, about 1.8 million on PS4 and around 900k on Xbox, total worldwide? Something around there?
Of course the price change had nothing to do with.
Mister Megative
Banned
Only it's not struggling. Neither is the X1. Both have vastly outpaced their predecessors worldwide over the same time period. It was a slow month. This holiday is gonna be nuts for both.
Geez. You'd think both consoles were packing it up and calling it quits tomorrow.
Obliterator
Member
Yep and we know it was 4 million in 2 weeks worldwide. So between this and PC we are at 2 million. Game must have done big business in Europe as well
Puzzle & Dragons
Show's how little Mario matters.
Not surprising. Xbox Ones were still $499 with Kinect included back then.
KillerSloth
Banned
MEh the consoles are way ahead of the previous gen it was going to hit saturation faster,....cannot say this at all. PS4 and x1 had a few low months last year to. Need to look at the big picture..if last gen sold this fast early on they would have slowed quicker and hit saturation at their price point faster.