Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Being one of May's two or three major releases and and debuting at 5 isn't exactly good. .
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Being one of May's two or three major releases and and debuting at 5 isn't exactly good. .
Nice to see Zelda is doing better than Horizon
The king of adventure is back.
Are some of you 12?
It'll be temp price drop/sales vs. improved stock this month, so take your bets!
joe_zazen
Member
It would not have changed the WOM. The game is the game.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Well nier is still charting a couple months later so that's something to say about persona. All in all they dropped the ball
The large gap between region release
Barely any marketing
Shaky pr with the dual audio thing
Streaming restrictions
It all added up
The large gap between region release
Barely any marketing
Shaky pr with the dual audio thing
Streaming restrictions
It all added up
Got a number on that, and how exactly is it an excuse? The simple fact is HZD is the only single platform title in the YTD Top 10, and the warrior bait expressed in at least 2 posts in this thread should be contextualised (IIRC WiiU sales in the launch month were about 1/3 of total unit sales).
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah, I'd say P5 did damn well.
Great to see Nier, Horizon, and Farpoint and Star Trek for VR.
Ah, that makes more sense. Though still interesting.
Great to see Nier, Horizon, and Farpoint and Star Trek for VR.
Ah, that makes more sense. Though still interesting.
Because being confused and panicky is easier than being informed
And coming in right under a game that's two months older sure isn't a good look, even if it is Zelda.
MastaKilla
Member
Somebody give Sony the formula
Sammy Samusu
Member
Exactly.
I don't understand the good word of mouth for Nier though. Game is pretty average but I guess people are curious about it. I bought it out if curiosity!
professor_t
Member
Okay, guys, we did it. Everyone with a video game console now owns GTAV.
joe_zazen
Member
The strong start Imo, was a product of P4 love. Legs are a good indication of fan reaction.
I know, right?
Obliterator
Member
I expect Switch to be up from May in June but it probably won't be a huge jump.
It looks like PS4 outsold it by a decent amount in May and June will have the $249 Gold PS4.
PS4 should take the month I think
Dargor
Member
We can only hope. If not, sheesh...
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
That and Mario Kart are going to remain in the top 20 for at least a year.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I think Persona 5 has done pretty well unless you're expecting Persona to be the next final fantasy.
Persona 5 shipped like 1.5 ww after 4 days or something and was sold out in many places. Game done great for a niche series.
I don't
Well, not on my current gen systems/PC at least.
I don't
Well, not on my current gen systems/PC at least.
If a company doesnt have a risk plan on place for other companies "taking" their materials then they are incompetent. Did Nintendo not think that anyone else could possible use the same materials? I never said they had to buy all 18 million units of materials either.
D.Lo
Member
That's because at this point in last generation, the Wii had eaten the PS360's lunch and was 50% of the market. PS4bone would need to be around 90% up on PS360 to make up for the Wii to Wii U fall at this point. PS360 also pivoted at about this point to the Wii audience with Kinect/Move, the former giving MS a near re-launch and PS360 ended up having very backloaded sales and a prolonged generation to get to their totals.
No clue. I have no idea what the shipment was for the NPD for Switch vs. PS4, and I have no idea what June will look like either but I expected PS4 to go up on a price drop like that (unless it was super limited).
Logic dictates that the price drop + ample supply would end up above a system that's strained on both sides by production and demand with no surplus.
It's more like Nier:A is super overperforming considering the gulf in mindshare of their previous entries (Nier, P4)
Hawk269
Member
Yeah, that is great news. I know there is a lot of console warz shit that goes on, but I really think that MS fighting back a bit and Sony just kicking ass is a great thing for the industry and in the end it is really good for the gamers. I hope they combined continue to drive sales and grow the industry and with the Switch doing well just makes the industry healthier.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
This is me saying "depends if you..." again, but depends if you consider injustice 1 a "strong performer." Seems they launched on par but with a stronger revenue strategy-higher priced SKU drove rev
MatPiscatella
Member
Persona 5 has been a massive sales success, with a launch month many multiples higher than any previous release in the franchise.
I doubt a game like gtav would effect preys sells, it was gonna bomb regardless thanks in part to bethesdas review policy
If they didn't buy gtav they'd probably buy cod or something else not some immersive sim
joe_zazen
Member
I'm no judge of games doing "good" or ''bad'. l' m just of the belief that P5 won't be as beloved as 4 by the community and the WOM won't be nearly as strong.
Yea gotta agree with you on this.
Look at some upcoming smartphone articles or about Apple having 2-3 different suppliers for their screens. Or going with someone other than Samsung because Samsung might can't supply enough of what they want. They use Samsung alot for their iDevices.
Now that I think about it, you are both could be right.
What if the back up Nintendo wanted to use is also used by Apple...
There weren't any truly huge PC releases in May. In 2016, there was Doom and Overwatch, both gargantuan releases. This year, there was Prey and it sold less than 300k copies on Steam for May and June, although that might be better than it did on consoles (poor Prey...) However, the one thing that confuses me is how they are even tracking PC releases, considering digital sales info aren't given out by many companies. Doom/Overwatch were huge in 2016 May, but don't Blizzard and Bethesda not give out digital sales info? Also, Prey digital sales info not given so did the 250k sales in May for PC not count?
Persona 4 was a rather unknown name back then. People bought the game months later because they heard about it from somewhere. Now all those people have become diehard Persona fans and bought Persona 5 day one, that's why P5 had a stronger start than previous entry. The problem is that it cannot attract new players. Every potential buyer has already bought the game. I don't think fan-reaction is that important when it comes to the second month's sale. If you are a fan, you already own the game no matter what. We'll see how well P5 is received by fans when P6 launches.
GTAV is similar to Wii Play because every new Wii owner saw it as an essential purchase. The whole platform was centered around local multiplayer, so you needed more than one controller. Wii Play was basically a second controller that included a whole new game for $10 extra.
joe_zazen
Member
Pokemon?
theprodigy
Member
Well, there's actually a ton of room for it to have slid in between the first month sales of Awakening and Fates, which it almost certainly did.
The question is where did it actually end up in that range?
MrCookiepants
Member
I already explained that Zelda being multiplatform is not a factor when it's still at a userbase disadvantage compared everything else on the list.
There are less than 10 million Switches and Wii U's in America compared to over 20 million PS4's.
J
Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
So again you don't know what you are talking about.
You don't compete with companies like Apple for components. There are no plans that circumvent the gap in spending power.
MatPiscatella
Member
Blizzard console digital is included, but sales on battlenet/blizzard launcher are not. No Bethesda digital is included.
Yabberwocky
Member
yaaas
Pokemon is Pokemon, just like GTA is GTA. You don't expect every open world adventure game does as well as GTA. Likewise you don't expect Pokemon leg from other JRPGs.
DarkConfidant
Member
Farpoint, Nier, and Fire Emblem all make me happy.
You did it y'all.
Also, I thought Switch might start beating out PS4. Wonder why exactly it didn't happen this month.
You did it y'all.
Also, I thought Switch might start beating out PS4. Wonder why exactly it didn't happen this month.
Because it's amazing but not everyone has to like everything.
Obliterator
Member
From what I've seen Ultimate Edition had a very strong split