And none of those 4 games play/feel exactly the same. Hence the variety. Unless you think Ghost Recon plays the same as Zelda.
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NPD Sales Results For March 2017 [Up2: Year to date charts, platform specific charts]
And none of those 4 games play/feel exactly the same. Hence the variety. Unless you think Ghost Recon plays the same as Zelda.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
900k on Switch, 400k on Wii U.
Primethius
Banned
I think MK8DX might be #1 unless Ghost Recon has a crazy impressive hold.
I'm expecting MK to body stuff left and right for the rest of the year.
Thanks ! They are all LTD I guess ?
So, third best selling so far. We'll have to see if it has legs to crawl the second place.
I wish I could find the post where someone said no one cared about GTA V for PS4, XBO and MLB The Show before GTA V launched for current gen.
Yea, especially with what its going up against. Baseball season just started too.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
We don't have digital sales for it, though.
Mega hit? No. and anyone who truly thought that was being foolish.
That said, it's a new IP that is an exclusive......in that light and compared to how similar products have done this gen....it did very well. I'm sure Sony is very happy.
Achtung Englander
Member
retail only - Zelda, Horizon, MLB, 1-2 Switch, Bomberman
HZD shipped almost 3 million WW. For a new IP it's done very well.
BoxManLocke
Member
I didn't say it was a bad game. I'm talking about its technical issues
The fact that it pulled these numbers in such a competitive month despite all the issues is a great signal for EA and other publishers. Not so much for us consumers though.
Not only can you get away with releasing a game to soon, you can even reap the financial rewards. How lovely.
DecoReturns
Member
Mario Kart 8 on Wii U sold 1.2 million Worldwide in its first Weekend for reference.
Think Deluxe might get there too
Think Deluxe might get there too
Primethius
Banned
Seems like the sales are fine for a new IP? We had a pretty good sales indicator with the 2.6 mil (with digital WW) PR release too.
It wasn't going to open higher than UC4 (800k) and the current number seems in line with the PR we got.
NPD said Zelda switch sold over 900K. The 1.4 million includes Wii U.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Come on. It's a pretty big hit.
KillerMan91
Member
it wasn't shipped. 2.6 million global figure for first two weeks was sell trough and that is even more impressive
get2sammyb
Member
Ermmm? We already have its worldwide sales numbers and it performed very well. Besides, there were plenty of NeoGAF posters expecting the game to bomb prior to launch, so...
friskykillface
Banned
Bomberman 64 the 🐐
No wonder second attack is rare af
Funny story I saw one copy in New York all those years ago, I should have bought it
Magic Mushroom
Member
What's a mega hit? It sold around 3 million WW in two weeks. How many exclusives this gen sold more in such a short amount of time?
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
A bomberman game is in the top 20.
A BOMBERMAN GAME.
A BOMBERMAN GAME.
Zeouterlimits
Member
How badly did HW2 do I wonder?
The first sold surprisingly well iirc.
But Halo, the platform and the competition is different I guess.
The first sold surprisingly well iirc.
But Halo, the platform and the competition is different I guess.
Calm waterfall
Banned
MLB charts every year. Is there a growth year on year for these games or the sales are flat?
SuperDowns
Banned
Gameboy Advanced....
So the digital ratio isn't that large then. Unless it was talking about combined?
For the PC games, do those include Battle.net, uPlay, Origin, etc, or just Steam?
btw, the most important thing here is "ranked on dollar sales"
Oh wow I didn't know that. It did better than I imagined.
KillerMan91
Member
I feel Bomberman is one of those titles that greatly benefited from being a launch title. Especially as Switch had pretty barren launch line up.
whatever6352
Member
That was my main concern/question if Mario Kart could still be #1 next month with only a couple of days. I have purchased Persona and will be buying Mario Kart day 1 as well, but the hype around my circle of friends that play video games for Mario Kart is low as some of them already own it on Wii U.
Jawbreaker
Member
MLB is such a consistently good seller. I wonder how well this one did compared to the last few years.
It would have sold considerably less if it released one year from now.
It would have sold considerably less if it released one year from now.
Toni
Member
PS4 had the biggest debut of all time. The thing is not even slowing down whatsoever 3 years after its release.
I dont think we'll ever see that again.
Horizon sold 2.6 million in two weeks. lol
OrbitalBeard
Member
I just noticed there isn't a single Microsoft title in the top 20. Not even Minecraft.
It will sell it's the game to get after Zelda. There isn't much else you can get on the Switch.
It's an exclusive on the non-leading platform of a game in a dying genre that was never a great genre for consoles.
Not surprising.
It deserves the sales, best sports franchise and frankly one of the best IPs for Sony IMO. The polish on this game is so great. The only, only....complaint I have about this game is they tried tacking on a silly NBA2K type "story" to RttS and didn't execute it nearly as well as NBA did.
Dark Cloud
Member
I still want to know the Bomberman R sales! Hoping someone will come out and say it or figure it out lol.
Graphics Horse
Member
The amount of hardware in people's hands should be roughly in the same region as Wii U was when MK8 launched, so quite possible.
Primethius
Banned
Tbh, I'll be surprised if Persona 5 is even in top 3 next month. It might make it into top 5. Maybe.
Still should be an impressive launch for the series.
Still should be an impressive launch for the series.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
It did, and it was a wise move putting one out. It may sell enough to revitalize the entire franchise on consoles.
Zeouterlimits
Member
The genre was really no healthier, especially on consoles in 2009.
Achtung Englander
Member
Yes that is an error - it is Killzone 2. My error. Apologies
DriftingSpirit
Member
lol
Bomberman R the Trauma Center of this launch. Konami will probably keep the updates coming.
Erm... It's a new first party IP.. It did very well, especially considering how busy that month was.
Mario Kart 8 sold 1.2 million worldwide on Wii U in a couple of days. Wii U had a slighty better userbase at the time than the Switch will likely have by end of april, but the Switch is a healthier platform right now than what the Wii U was, one year and a half into its life.
It will likely be the #1 game next April, but the real question is : will it surpass MK8's opening ?
Er by your metrics, for an exclusive, TLOU was not a 'mega hit'