I love NPD_George aka. the nefarious NDP_Mulcair. His posts just crack me up in how they are worded. Not sure how to describe it, maybe dry?
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NPD Sales Results for November 2015 [Up3: Combined Hardware For PS4 + XB1 + Wii U]
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I love NPD_George aka. the nefarious NDP_Mulcair. His posts just crack me up in how they are worded. Not sure how to describe it, maybe dry?
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Ah well Bethesda, guess it's time to pack up this Fallout nonsense and make a new Elder Scrolls
.
please
Doesn't he say there were 400k bundles last year?
DustyVonEric
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The most popular games usually play better on PS4 than Xbox. And this was the case when PS4 was cheaper than Bone, and is still the case now that the prices are even. WiiU doesn't even get the most popular games that aren't Nintendo exclusives. And Sony has a large stable of exclusives also
that don't seem to count in these discussions for whatever reason
More factors include goodwill built up from PS3's later game releases, and a smooth launch compared to Xbox's. Then there's more aggressive pricing and deals this holiday season, with smart partnerships / bundles / marketing deals. It all adds up to crazy sales.
Killing_Joke
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Wow, so that still leaves 1.2m units for the UC/Star Wars bundle. Sony hit a grand slam in marketing to guarantee a victory.
gundamkyoukai
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Very impressive for both Fallout and COD and this not counting DD .
NDP_Mulcair could you give us NDC bundle sales .
NDP_Mulcair could you give us NDC bundle sales .
Welfare
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Great info, you are the hero we deserve.
Of course, I still voted for the other guy, sooooo
Awkward.
Sad to see Lara Croft not in the top 10 sales. I would hope more people bought Tomb Raider digitally instead 
. I bought Tomb Raider on Xbox One, need Lara gameplay in my veins. Man, the PS4 trains isn't slowing down anytime soon. I guess all MS can do is just keep trying to ride the wave of second place till the end of this gen. Did Cream release the apple pie yet?? Need pie numberz
. I bought Tomb Raider on Xbox One, need Lara gameplay in my veins. Man, the PS4 trains isn't slowing down anytime soon. I guess all MS can do is just keep trying to ride the wave of second place till the end of this gen. Did Cream release the apple pie yet?? Need pie numberz Familienoberhauptvogel
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The data for comparison is in the very same post...
Wildarmsjecht
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Maaaaaaan!
This thread is amazing!!!
So, 200K+ in Call of Duty PS4 Bundles. Effectively ended up getting them the decisive win over Xb1 this holiday month.
Successful Marketing partnership confirmed.
But that also means that UC Bundle and SW Bundle did so goddamn good it's insane.
There are few words to describe how Sony has hit it outside so many parks this gen with the PS4 besides "Amazing, Fantastic, Jiminy Christmas that's good"
Wow wow.
This thread is amazing!!!
So, 200K+ in Call of Duty PS4 Bundles. Effectively ended up getting them the decisive win over Xb1 this holiday month.
Successful Marketing partnership confirmed.
But that also means that UC Bundle and SW Bundle did so goddamn good it's insane.
There are few words to describe how Sony has hit it outside so many parks this gen with the PS4 besides "Amazing, Fantastic, Jiminy Christmas that's good"
Wow wow.
What price was the AW bundle last year?
OnionPowder
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I'm a straight fool for thinking Fallout could touch Call of Duty
gundamkyoukai
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It depends on what you mean since Sony also had SW and NDC bundles .
The NDC bundle was the one to get if you were looking to buy a PS4.
opticalmace
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Hm hard to say, they might have bought PS4s anyway and just got different bundles.
Digital sales for Fallout 4 on Steam have to be higher than Call of Duty's digital sales though.
Probably not 2 million higher, mind you.
soul creator
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Yea it could have been people wanting CoD and just got the bundle. Hard to say if the numbers would have been much different without it
Good numbers for the platform holders this month. Worldwide numbers for PS4 must be insanity. I'm interested in who Sony has managing their manufacturing and supply-line operations nowadays, it has to be a large undertaking and they're doing a fine job this year. If Sony can keep this discipline and planning every generation (like Apple does with its product lines), then they'd be very well off moving into upcoming platform launches. Of course, console cycles see lessons-learned thrown to the wayside with amazing frequency, so I'm sure something will go wrong in the future.
I don't have any opinion on Tomb Raider since I haven't played the reboot, but I can see where Amirox is coming from - I like to play Anniversary fairly frequently because I like that style of TR.
In any event, SE really needs to discipline or jettison upper management at CD for pushing that RoTR MS deal (the developers themselves did fine given overall reception to the game). If the management of CD is going to let their development history with MS rope them into deals so horrible that even us pleebs on gaming forums can tell how horrible it will be then they have no business managing a third-party development studio any longer. Go work for an MS first-party studio if you're that enamored with Xbox and can't adjust to present market realities.
I don't have any opinion on Tomb Raider since I haven't played the reboot, but I can see where Amirox is coming from - I like to play Anniversary fairly frequently because I like that style of TR.
In any event, SE really needs to discipline or jettison upper management at CD for pushing that RoTR MS deal (the developers themselves did fine given overall reception to the game). If the management of CD is going to let their development history with MS rope them into deals so horrible that even us pleebs on gaming forums can tell how horrible it will be then they have no business managing a third-party development studio any longer. Go work for an MS first-party studio if you're that enamored with Xbox and can't adjust to present market realities.
In the short term I wonder if Sony predicted these kind of numbers for November, if they were caught by surprise on how well it's doing there could certainly be some shortages later in December
Worldwide, Fallout 4 is on 2.4m on Steam, Black Ops is on 560k. So yes, 2m isn't possible.
Plague Doctor
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NPD_George! You are the man and thanks for all the info.
slavesnyder
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MakeMeFeelAlive
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This is insane and impressive. Sony has nailed most of their marketing this gen. They jumped on COD when everyone said it was dead, but blops3 got monster sales, and they aligned themselves with star wars when hype for star wars is peaking. They got the uncharted collection rolling with bundles. Everybday, I am more convinced that Sony purposefully delayed UC4. Or. They had some great lucky bounce, because many of the new ps owners who never played uncharted will play it and that just means fore UC4 sales.
PS4 train is steam rolling everyone andoes everything in its sight. What will it look like when first party starts rolling in with uc4, when the new GOW comes out, and when the new gran turismo is released?
PS4 train is steam rolling everyone andoes everything in its sight. What will it look like when first party starts rolling in with uc4, when the new GOW comes out, and when the new gran turismo is released?
Wowowow... hold on man.
I believe that I may be the one (or one among others) who made this theory public on Gaf a few weeks ago, supported by public claims of close ties to MS by CD management (all the way back to TR Underworld).
But in the end it's just a theoretical scenario that I find likely, but far from a fact, and we should be carreful to not present it that way, unless you have infos that I do not.
For reference, I originally linked this article, but there were others:
http://www.destructoid.com/crystal-...hip-with-microsoft-began-in-2008-288147.phtml
Now that's my kind of discipline!!!
I was mainly going by that information others on the forum, so it may be wrong. Regardless of the particulars though, this was an absolutely horrible deal to be made, and the fact that a third grader could tell how bad it was going to be only speaks volumes on how myopic the decision to move forward with it was. Whoever made this decision has bombed the second game in a rebooted IP, and to make matters worse, the release schedule moving forward gives them no good window to release it on more platforms and get the exposure the game actually needed, which mains the decision maker has potentially thrown the IP itself in the trash. I can't imagine there won't be consequences.
Too late. The upper management of CD has already been hanged.
CosmicQueso
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An impressive lack of f's given if The Nefarious NDP isn't employed by said group.
Keep rocking your bad self.
Keep rocking your bad self.
I got my numbers wrong. Halo 5 actually sold 935k in its first month.
A few factors to consider why it saw a dramatic decrease in sales from previous Halo titles:
1) Halo 4 was a disaster. The online multi-player player base dropped like a rock as it wasn't very good which put a sour taste in the community's mouths.
2) Bungie released Destiny which took a lot of old Bungie Halo fans.
3) Master Chief Collection was an absolute mess and did a lot of harm to the brand. I imagine 343i lost a lot of trust by now.
I'm thinking as soon as they were confident Bluepoint would get Uncharted Collection out this fall they delayed Uncharted 4 because the holidays were just too crowded and Naughty Dog proved with Last of Us they did't need to release in the holidays for it to be a huge seller. The Uncharted Collection PS4 bundle is just perfect especially for those new to Playstation
Thanks a lot NDP friend.
Can we get numbers for Until Dawn and the Tomb Raider split between 360 and One?
Honey badger?
MisterR
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I think it will pay off big for Uncharted 4 as well. Introducing lots of new players to the series
Hey NPD_George,
I went to ******** just for some laughs, but what do you say about those
numbers? Legit?
http://gamrconnect.********.com/thread.php?id=211134
If those numbers don't come from poopoo-land, man, Tomb Raider is bomba of the year for sure! 260.000 on One + 360 combined!?!?!?! Mario Kart 8 doing better?!?!?!? I hope someone gets bitchslapped for this stupid deal.
I went to ******** just for some laughs, but what do you say about those
numbers? Legit?
http://gamrconnect.********.com/thread.php?id=211134
If those numbers don't come from poopoo-land, man, Tomb Raider is bomba of the year for sure! 260.000 on One + 360 combined!?!?!?! Mario Kart 8 doing better?!?!?!? I hope someone gets bitchslapped for this stupid deal.
I like to imagine it is actually an npd exec chiillin on gaf. I also liked to imagine cboat was a pissed Phil.
AnthonypUK
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I've heard the same from elsewhere, weeks ago, and months before that about the deal the person i know said not to be surprised if the bolded happens, If his claim comes true, then i'll put more credence into what he's said, until then, its nice info to have but not double sourced.
Darth Smurf X
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I would like to make a request for the Battlefront numbers with bundles, if I may. Thanks in advance.
Wait people actually believe this? The game isn't ready. Even at psx they mentioned how they are working on it and might be some extra vo passover from Nolan. It's not about delaying it because November was packed is because if they didn't delay it we'd have an incomplete game.