First thing I noticed. Nintendo needs to jump on that stat. A nice price drop before Christmas would do wondersOriginally Posted by airmangataosenai
People have been downplaying the middling performance of Pokemon for a while now, but it almost got pushed completely out of the Top 40 this week. That seems like a bad sign.
Also I'd expect this kind of drop for X1. It's PS4 launch week too and that obviously would take attention away from new purchases and the people who bought theirs last week are probably not in a hurry to get new games. PS4 launch is incredible though, especially with how dire the market had looked for a while. Next few weeks will be interesting to see which console has the momentum.
Yeah, it hasn't completely vanished, which is mildly encouraging. A title like that needs to do well.Originally Posted by michaelius
I think i saw it on the bottom in all formats combined top 40
Shame about it and 3D World being held back by their limited audience.
Yeah, I still think Ł35 - Ł40 is too much asking price for 3DS software. This week GAME started sales for GTAV @ Ł30. Nintendo software prices are really holding back the 3DS imo.Originally Posted by Wynnebeck
First thing I noticed. Nintendo needs to jump on that stat. A nice price drop before Christmas would do wonders
01 (NE) PS4 KILLZONE: SHADOW FALL (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
There have been many new entries / rises during this week, and having two major launches near each other affects a lot all other titles charting from past weeks. Numbers are surely way higher than usual in this period in top 40, even at the bottom.Originally Posted by Magicpaint
Pokemon is really lower than I'd have expected at this time of the year but then I remember the 3DS has never really done better than "so-so" in the UK.
And seeing MK7 back in this kind of week is possibly a good signal for 3DS hardware sales.
Killzone was heavily bundled, but it's still nice to see an exclusive title hit number one at launch rather than the standard fair multiplats.
Where's jvm and his weekly round ups? I didn't see last week's would be interested to know if the Bone launch helped this year pull ahead of 2012, this week I think the PS4 launch could help 2013 pull ahead of 2011.
Week 47
Week 48
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 23 November 2013
FIFA 14 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
BATTLEFIELD 4 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG - UBISOFT
FORZA MOTORSPORT 5 - MICROSOFT
LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
DEAD RISING 3 - MICROSOFT
GRAND THEFT AUTO V - TAKE 2
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK BETWEEN WORLDS - NINTENDO
RYSE: SON OF ROME - MICROSOFT
MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION - MICROSOFT
SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALS - ELECTRONIC ARTS
JUST DANCE 2014 - UBISOFT
DISNEY INFINITY - DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
WWE 2K14 - TAKE 2
PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE AZRAN LEGACY - NINTENDO
TOMB RAIDER - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
POKEMON X - NINTENDO
POKEMON Y - NINTENDO
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014 - SEGA
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF - NINTENDO
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
HALO 4 - MICROSOFT
TEARAWAY - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2014 - KONAMI
ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
NEW SUPER LUIGI U - NINTENDO
MONSTER HIGH: 13 WISHES - LITTLE ORBIT
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U - NINTENDO
SAINTS ROW IV - KOCH MEDIA
LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
F1 2013 - CODEMASTERS
PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK - NINTENDO
MAX PAYNE 3 - TAKE 2
LUIGI'S MANSION 2 - NINTENDO
RAYMAN LEGENDS - UBISOFT
MARIO KART 7 - NINTENDO
MOSHI MONSTERS: KATSUMA UNLEASHED - MIND CANDY
As you can see, considering two brand new entries in top 20 (Killzone and Knack), + titles rising due to deals (Batman & Angry Birds), Pokémon didn't drop that much in chart, and not even Zelda, after all. In the meanwhile, Mario Kart 7 rose a lot. Layton did lose too many places considering these factors, though...and the same could be said about Xbox One main exclusives, IMHO.
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 30 November 2013
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
FIFA 14 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
BATTLEFIELD 4 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
KILLZONE: SHADOW FALL - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG - UBISOFT
LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
GRAND THEFT AUTO V - TAKE 2
NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALS - ELECTRONIC ARTS
JUST DANCE 2014 - UBISOFT
BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION - MICROSOFT
KNACK - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD - NINTENDO
FORZA MOTORSPORT 5 - MICROSOFT
DISNEY INFINITY - DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK BETWEEN WORLDS - NINTENDO
DEAD RISING 3 - MICROSOFT
TOMB RAIDER - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014 - SEGA
ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
WWE 2K14 - TAKE 2
RAYMAN LEGENDS - UBISOFT
RYSE: SON OF ROME - MICROSOFT
HALO 4 - MICROSOFT
NBA 2K14 - TAKE 2
POKEMON X - NINTENDO
POKEMON Y - NINTENDO
MARIO KART 7 - NINTENDO
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF - NINTENDO
F1 2013 - CODEMASTERS
THE LAST OF US - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
SAINTS ROW IV - KOCH MEDIA
PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE AZRAN LEGACY - NINTENDO
LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
TEARAWAY - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US ULTIMATE ED. - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
MOSHI MONSTERS: KATSUMA UNLEASHED - MIND CANDY
TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST – UBISOFT
When else could they have released these? Later and you get too close to Christmas, sooner and the game is not ready. Maybe Braverly Default should have stuck to 2014 (do I recall correctly it was going to be 2014 at one point then suddenly moved to 2013).Originally Posted by axisofweevils
Yep, I did think it was a questionable decision.
Same goes for releasing ALBW during the XBO launch week too.
I'm not surprised with ALBW performance though. I struggle to remember when a Zelda game was not front loaded here in the UK hence why I'm trying my chances for a price drop. I wonder if other owners feel the same.
Ah so chart-track count the 3DS hardware (I'm sure it is a digital copy though) as that is Amazon Ł130 lightning deal.And seeing MK7 back in this kind of week is possibly a good signal for 3DS hardware sales.
When they said it significantly outsold the PSP my first thought was "probably around 250k."Originally Posted by jabuseika
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-are-over-250k
Haha! I predicted at least 250k in the other thread.
Nice.
If we're playing that game:Originally Posted by jabuseika
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-are-over-250k
Haha! I predicted at least 250k in the other thread.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...&postcount=532
Originally Posted by zomgbbqftw
PS4 will breeze past all previous UK records. I expect over 250k sold on Friday and Saturday. Anything less would be a disappointment for Sony IMO.
Probably their best year of games too. An incredible amount of diversity and most, if not all bombed spectacularly. Beyond must have hurt the worse though. Massvei ad campaign and yet they couldn't manage half the sales of Heavy Rain with an even bigger install base...Originally Posted by dragonbane
Outside of PS4 and The Last of Us Sony's WWS output did terrible this year sales wise. Bombs left and right :/
Sold half of 3 if I'm not mistaken. Charted second behind TR, so I guess it wasn't all bad.Originally Posted by SwiftDeath
How did GOW:A do?
Ah ok. That's too bad heard the game was rather fun but not as good as previous iterationsOriginally Posted by Dragon1893
By the franchise's standard sales were pretty underwhelming, at least at full price. Sony dropped it to 40$/€ about a month after release which helped the sales but should also tell you how poorly it did initially.
Better to contact The Guardian directly here:Would you all mind if I open a thread to denounce what's happening with share splits?
media@theguardian.com
Ask why they stopped posting the weekly top 20 for games.
Mmh, ok. I'll give it a try before opening the thread.Originally Posted by zomgbbqftw
Better to contact The Guardian directly here:
media@theguardian.com
Ask why they stopped posting the weekly top 20 for games.
I fear they won't answer, and that's when the thread will be opened
COD
FIFA
FIFA
COD
Battlefield
FIFA
COD
FIFA
Battlefield
sigh
Great game.
It's pretty obvious, but people will ignore it and proclaim Killzone as no longer dead, which it is.Originally Posted by Miles Quaritch
Come on, I think it's fair to say most of those sales come from the bundled version. I doubt it would have sold as well if it hadn't been bundled. Same with Knack...
It's not a very good series and using the sales of Shadowfall to make any kind of statement about the series is pretty misleading.Originally Posted by TheBioLover
So?
Pretty much. Master-stroke by Sony to bundle it though.Originally Posted by zomgbbqftw
It's pretty obvious, but people will ignore it and proclaim Killzone as no longer dead, which it is.
Yeah the Individual SKU formatting and lack of raw numbers does skew things a little. But I expected a Pokemon rise around this time, especially with the availability of 2DS deals. That it is staying relatively flat isn't very encouraging imo.As you can see, considering two brand new entries in top 20 (Killzone and Knack), + titles rising due to deals (Batman & Angry Birds), Pokémon didn't drop that much in chart, and not even Zelda, after all. In the meanwhile, Mario Kart 7 rose a lot. Layton did lose too many places considering these factors, though...and the same could be said about Xbox One main exclusives, IMHO.
CEX have just shy of 900 copies for sale (it's possible they could have removed the game from any bundled consoles they took in) and 410 copies of Knack.Originally Posted by Kenshin001
I wonder if both Killzone and Knack drop off the charts when people start trading them in and there is a glut of used copies in stores. Just hope the initial sales success of KZ:SF doesn't delude Guerrilla into thinking they are making good games when by most accounts KZ:SF is severely flawed.
CEX numbers with regards to Shadowfall could be skewed for the reason I mentioned above though.
It hurts dude. Especially Beyond. It did well over Black Friday at least. It sold out in less than a minute on Amazon.com (faster than TLoU) indicating a lot of people are interested in playing it (just not for 60 bucks because of the mixed reviews probably). Combining all the sales Beyond did roughly 350k in the first month. So right now it probably sits somewhere between 400k-600k. Not catastrophic, but not good either. This tweet was especially painful. It came in 30 minutes after NPD released their numbers for October. Those last words.... :(Originally Posted by Miles Quaritch
Probably their best year of games too. An incredible amount of diversity and most, if not all bombed spectacularly. Beyond must have hurt the worse though. Massvei ad campaign and yet they couldn't manage half the sales of Heavy Rain with an even bigger install base...
Not good compared to GoW 3. Big ad campaign too.Originally Posted by SwiftDeath
How did GOW:A do?
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