Blackleg-sanji1
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Days gone will be the next horizon/Ubisoft game for gaf already called it
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NPD Sales Results For March 2017 [Up2: Year to date charts, platform specific charts]
OrbitalBeard
Member
It's not going to be lower than Wii U. If you wanted to go digital on that system, you needed to purchase an external hard drive. If you want to go digital on Switch, you can purchase an inexpensive microSD card.
DriftingSpirit
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Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Really glad to see Andromeda do relatively well and not crash and burn.
It's a damn great game with a few obvious issues -- but still great none the less.
Praying for a sequel.
It's a damn great game with a few obvious issues -- but still great none the less.
Praying for a sequel.
Not going to predict anything about Days Gone until we see more. That might not to UC, GOW or Horizon numbers, but it could still be very successful.
Spiderman is going to be huge because it's going to be marketed right.
Detroit will sell to the Heavy Rain, Beyond, Until Dawn crowd. Will sell enough to keep warranting these games get made.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
I get a nice warm feeling about Nintendo's success. For Breath of the Wild alone they deserve to top the NPD charts for the next 6 months!
Spider-Man is capable of outselling horizon in first month sales especially if the movie is good.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Spiderman movie franchise should be bigger than Iron Man and Captain America combined but it aint. Don't have confidence in the new movie.
Spiderman is to Marvel what Batman is to DC.
Like his shit sells. The game just needs to be good and marketed right. Movie being good is a bonus though.
It would have been if it was tied in directly to the other marvel movie "universe" . The next Spider-Man movie will be HUGE.
Yup. He was a huge hit in civil war. It's tied to the MCU and he'll be in Infinity War. This movie is going to be big.
The Bat man trilogy performed great in the box office along with the Arkham games . Sells like shit ? That's a negative .
Edit: read your post totally wrong . It's getting late lol . But you aee correct
I actually don't think the movie is gonna be as big as other comic book movies but that's a discussion saved for the movie thread in OT
ethomaz
Banned
I read Wii U digital ratio is around 10% (here in this thread)... I expect it to be lower with Switch games.
Zelda had a 2% digital sales ratio... let's see how the next big retail release will turn out.
Days Gone flops reminds me of " Horizon has been sent to die" ...
OrbitalBeard
Member
Already been discussed in this thread. I do think it will take a bit for the digital ratio to rise, but it will.
Sangetsu-II
Member
I just want to thank you again Mat, for taking our feedback and making NPD threads lively again. I haven't seen a NPD thread with more than 20 pages since you guys changed the format. Feels good, good job you two.
If they review bad that could change . I'm hoping they don't . The ecosystem is so ripe.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I consider Detroit and Dreams major exclusives (maybe you could argue the latter isn't, but I would disagree) and if they hit 700k at launch, literally anything is possible.
A new open-world Spider man game? If it's good (and it probably will be coming from Insomniac), I think it can do far, far better. As an exclusive, you know Sony is going to put muscle behind the marketing. The only way it's selling only 500k is if it comes out in the last 1-2 days of the month.
I think Days gone has the potential to be huge, and I'm certain Spider-Man will be huge.
Oh okay. NBA is still relevant for a longer amount of time though so it's not too surprising to me.
NBA 2K series rapidly grew in popularity after the release of 2K11 and it has never stopped since then. Madden has seemingly pretty much remained the same.
ethomaz
Banned
Yeap... Detroit and Dreams included
it is a bold prediction after all.Dougieflesh
Member
That's when 2k really nailed the gameplay. Also I think Lebron going to Miami brought in alot more "casual" basketball fan purchases.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Spidey will do more than 500k easy .
Sony will market the hell out of that game .
Sony will market the hell out of that game .
PS4 Pro + Horizon, Black Friday 2017. Yep, Sony will do that.
Toni
Member
...in the US
They are not big openers in the US on their first month out. But just this gen, Sony has had more million sellers in PS4's first 3 years on the market than they did in the first 3 years of the PS3.
Sony's forte when it comes to sales is world wide appeal.
OrbitalBeard
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Well yes, he's talking about the US, because you are currently in a thread about US sales.
Toni
Member
He should have stated it as so. It sounded like he meant to say that PS4 exclusives don't sell, which is simply not true.
Chill.
OrbitalBeard
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inpHilltr8r
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Anger management simulator.
Fast Forward
Member
Best piece of news from this is Microsoft adding digital sales next month. Hopefully it will put pressure on Sony and Nintendo do the same. Curios to see the physical vs. digital ratio on games.
But yeah, when it comes to BotW specifically, while I had a feeling the digital sales were low, I'm still a bit surprised they are THAT low. Still, makes sense when I think about it. When I look at the "Best Sellers" list on the eShop. "Joe Gamer" is not gonna go buy a micro SD card from Amazon, and download Zelda like I did.
But yeah, when it comes to BotW specifically, while I had a feeling the digital sales were low, I'm still a bit surprised they are THAT low. Still, makes sense when I think about it. When I look at the "Best Sellers" list on the eShop. "Joe Gamer" is not gonna go buy a micro SD card from Amazon, and download Zelda like I did.
Toni
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Probably best to assume posts about sales in a region-specific sales thread are being specific to said region unless otherwise stated or they have obvious intent.
gregor7777
Banned
Exactly
jmaine_ph
Member
Which number?
Why?
It's an NPD thread.
That's like going into a Media Create thread and telling people they have to specify whenever they talk about Japanese sales.
Gonna disagree, I think wb is gonna market this to hell and back, shows like arrow, flash, legends of tomorrow and supergirl are all active now, I think only aerie was on air back then and we got a Wonder Woman movie and justice league.
All that is marketing
It's gonna do numbers
Jon Carter
Member
Yeap... Detroit and Dreams included
Dreams will do 700k+ first month?
ethomaz
Banned
That it did more than UC4 when you include digital.
It's nice to see that NPD is giving out more details about software sales.
Many titles selling really well last month.
I've read in the thread that Horizon is estimated at 1m+ including digital sales but if Sony is not sharing digital sales how is this being calculated?
The next step should be getting charts where both retail and digital sales are factored in for all titles otherwise it's always going to be misleading.
Hardware numbers.... :/
Many titles selling really well last month.
I've read in the thread that Horizon is estimated at 1m+ including digital sales but if Sony is not sharing digital sales how is this being calculated?
The next step should be getting charts where both retail and digital sales are factored in for all titles otherwise it's always going to be misleading.
Hardware numbers.... :/
We got an insider
Jon Carter
Member
I must be out of the loop concerning that game then. I was thinking more like 70k.
ethomaz
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I don't believe any big exclusive for PS4 not being remaster did that low.
The Order did 200k+ if I'm not mistaking.
Maybe DC was under 200k but that is about it. Also racing is basically dead in the US.