I will say I noticed this one didnt get much Advertising, personally I never saw a TV Ad
for real. EA didnt push it as a mega AAA game.
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NPD Sales Results for November 2014 [Up3: NPD Data Error, AC:U #5]
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I will say I noticed this one didnt get much Advertising, personally I never saw a TV Ad
for real. EA didnt push it as a mega AAA game.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Does this 400k wipe out the consistent leads that the PS4 has made every month prior?
What's the total global, NA, and UK sold for both systems?
CosmicQueso
Member
Packaged? Yes. Sales of packaged software are likely to continue to decline.
Packaged + Digital + DLC? No. Overall spending on software, including Digital Distribution and DLC has not declined. Between 15-25% of Day 1 sales on core titles are coming digitally now, however, which could get to 25-35% by end 2015. Over a product's life 15-20% of sales will come digitally right now. By end 2015 that maybe gets to 20-25%?? Combine that with what looks to be a packed 2015, can see a path to double digit % growth in software spend in 2015. Look for more offers digitally that include the base game with a season pass at some kind of combined discount (-10% or -15%) with a digital pre-order. This will be the trend of 2015.
Primethius
Banned
Wow, that's impressive numbers for MS. I expected a 250k-300k gap, certainly not a 400k one but I guess the PR early on in the month should have been a good indication of the massive success they were having.
What is better lock up a guy posting info or discredit that source by feeding him fake info. Either way would have basically the same effect.
Well, I guess this makes up for Microsoft really underestimating how big the impact of a $100 price difference would be. The insanely priced bundles should be worth it in the long run (thank god they decided to drop Kinect for their own sake).
DA:I not really showing up anywhere is sad but honestly expected. It might be good, but there is no way a Dragon Age game would beat all the other heavyweight champions releasing in November without some amazing marketing. Just being a Bioware game isn't enough anymore, and Dragon Age isn't Mass Effect.
Unity also doing somewhat worse than I expected, not even outperforming Far Cry 4. Guess bad word of mouth and mediocre reviews really do have an impact huh. It will be interesting to see how it will stack up against Black Flag after a few months.
DA:I not really showing up anywhere is sad but honestly expected. It might be good, but there is no way a Dragon Age game would beat all the other heavyweight champions releasing in November without some amazing marketing. Just being a Bioware game isn't enough anymore, and Dragon Age isn't Mass Effect.
Unity also doing somewhat worse than I expected, not even outperforming Far Cry 4. Guess bad word of mouth and mediocre reviews really do have an impact huh. It will be interesting to see how it will stack up against Black Flag after a few months.
UberTag
Member
Cheaper to do it this way, too. Lawyers are expensive.
Might have happened - maybe probable it has happened?
Assumed the 14 million number at PSX was "up to date", but I guess they might not have had numbers later than october 31?
Nightengale
Member
It wipes out two months, September and May.
A few people were saying Sony are still 800k ahead in NA. The 400k more consoles was also just for NA.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Doubt it very much.
CBOAT is MS they use him to leak fake info to gauge reactions on certain things
*tinfoilhat*
wotta, wotta hell do you want? /s
Japan should make up for UK difference, so it is mostly about continental Europe.
It is probably Lots vs. Almost None, but we have no real BF, so expect no miracles for November totals. Tie might be right.
^This. Congrats Microsoft for giving away your product to stay competitive. Well done.... because you know, this is more effective than building up consumer confidence, and a great games library year round which will make people see the value of your product and buy it at full price.
1st Course
Member
didn't DArigins start off quite slow then pick up later, after a couple of months. I know I didn't get it at launch and only picked it when passing it in the isle.
Origins was promoted as the successor of Bg2 tho, which to this day still has a lot of goodwill in the rpg community, plus it ran smoothly on both PC's and consoles, so that helped it remain relevant.
Inquisition on the other hand, came following the commercial and critical failure that was DA:2 and the the biggest PR bullet point was "it's sort of like Skyrim but not", plus the PC recommended specs are huge, the last generation console versions look and play horribly, and even the next gen console versions have issues.
I have a feeling it will sell less than Origins in the long run, and be less relevant.
cboat was waiting for precisely when the thread dropped too, lol. Dude did some master trolling.
Justzisguyukno
Member
I think the miscommunication is that this is supposed to be Yen.
As far as DA, I think it'll have legs, especially if it starts getting some love via either winning or being nominated for GOTY from various outlets. It was released in a month with a ton of higher profile games.
I'll be getting it for Xmas, and purposely put off playing it since it's an RPG and will take much longer to complete than the AC, FC4, GTA5 that I picked up in Nov.
I'll be getting it for Xmas, and purposely put off playing it since it's an RPG and will take much longer to complete than the AC, FC4, GTA5 that I picked up in Nov.
Nintendo or bloomberg writer was drunk ahahahaha
SpartanN92
Banned
If that's the case then i better not see you congratulating your favorite sports team after a win.
Congrats MS.
Stone Ocean
Member
Yeah, I'm not too worried about DA. It has great reviews and word of mouth, game came out in the heaviest month of the year and in the same day as GTA, people will get it eventually.
What are the chances MS held tons of xboxes? and flooded the market? They havent exactly been selling out.
People make it seem BF madness saw things like ps4s at the shelves
as customers passed it by running towards Xbones.
On the other hand, Assassin's Creed Unity bombing on PS4 shows there is justice.Dragon Age bombing shows there is no justice in this world
I think it was already clear that the Bloomberg writer confused Reggie's estimate of 1$ projected till the end of 2014 for the OVERALL figurines market (amiibo + Skylanders + Infinity) for an estimate about just amiibo. Why are users still confused about it
gamechanger87
Member
Appreciate the color. I think people are discounting the fact that NPD doesn't really get digital. Some games may look like they had poor sales but may have been a heavy digital preorder buy. I agree that 25 percent digital is coming soon. The preloading is a godsend for digital and adding in pre order bonuses will continue that trend.
But Unity sold crap loads on X1 which is a shame.
I think Wii U will be copped way more in 2015 2016, Nintendo are in
No rush they know their IPs will carry them.
gamechanger87
Member
Unity did around 1.5M if you include bundles. MS sold around 700-800k of them.
It was a xbox marketed game this time, so it was expected...
John Bender
Banned
Florida_Man_5000
Member
No DAI this month, no Sunset O. last month? I am disappointed with consumers.
I know that. It's just a shame Ubi will still be happy tho.
Dragon Age bombing shows there is no justice in this world
This is justice for the turd they crapped out with the last DA installment.
Zero chance. I don't think you realise how bad the situation is for Xbox 1 outside of NA/UK.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
I wonder how many like me bought it for MCC then felt screwed
Probably had about a hour on my X1.
Probably had about a hour on my X1.
Wait a moment, could it be that CBOAT meant that the gap between PS4 and Xbone in the US now is 710k and that we just didn't correctly translate his crazy-type this time?
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
And people still complain why we get annual sequels of COD, AC. Well because it sells. Companies look at sale numbers and not review scores.
There is absolutely no excuse to miss type a number and let the craziness drag for 40+ pgs. It was a troll post nothing more
Agreed. Ubisoft deserves 0 success for Unity. Here's hoping Victory bombs so we can move away from AC.
gamechanger87
Member
Allegedly MS green light SSOD 2. I think it did well digitally. For a new IP I think it did well. Wouldn't be suprised to see MS offer it as a game with gold this spring. They want people to try it out and get ready for 2.
Stone Ocean
Member
As bish said, he said 7~10k, there's very little interpretation there.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Well they could have him in custody, and have access to his account details through CIA-inspired interrogation methods and use his account to post fake crap to discredit his earlier leaks.
He hit Microsoft with a jab so he should have been ready for a flurry of uppercuts coming at him in response.
gamechanger87
Member
He had a chance to correct himself and didn't. That may be where he got his number but as Bish said he was quite clear in what he meant.
Ya he essentially popped into the thread, threw out a controversial number, and sat back and watched 45 pages of chaos ensue, without once coming in to clarify his post. Seems kinda troll-ish to me.