Ah, the lack of a BF price reduction for the Battlefront bundle makes a lot of sense now. Excellent decision to have PS4 bundles at $299.99 for the holidays. I expect Microsoft to react to this with a promotion of their own -- they cannot afford to let Sony runaway with NA. Any way you look at it, a lot of parents will be able to afford a current gen system for their kids!
In the grand scheme of
things aren't fighting games dead? They don't move consoles the way they used to anymore. They died in the 360/PS3 generation. There are still some people who like them but those games have become very niche which is why you are seeing unique pricing structures with games like KI
Has the uncharted series ever been a big system seller? I swear I thought someone broke it down awhile ago.
Don't get me wrong, PS4 will still hit those numbers but I don't think it will be due to those games.
Edit:
UC3 released in November 2011 and the most accurate number I saw for PS3 was in the 900k range. By comparison, the 360 sole 1.7M that month.
The big games that released that month were Skyrim, COD MW3, AC Revelations and BF3. UC3 is said to have sold 6M copies but that is likely to the existing UC fan base not a bunch of new users.
1) No. Fighting games did not die in the 360/PS3 era. The market has certainly contracted, but it's not at a point of 'concern'. In case you haven't followed the sales charts, one of the top selling games of the year is an old-school fighting game.
In other words, Street Fighter V will be more than fine. I can see a SFV bundle attracting a lot of casual consumers. The popularity of the franchise + the family-friendliness of the title will help in attracting a different set of customers.
2) The last console Uncharted game did 700k+ in its first month (in NA) and reviewed very favorably. The general consensus was that while it didn't live up to Uncharted 2, it was still an amazing game. With that in mind, it would take a lot of creative and marketing mistakes to make Uncharted 4 a sales disappointment. Anything can happen (story could turn out bad, multiplayer could be subpar), but I think Naughty Dog and Sony would sooner delay the game again than release it in an underwhelming state.
Barring a complete mess of a game, it's safe to predict Uncharted 4 will top both God of War 3 and Halo 5 in lifetime sales. Keep in mind that Uncharted games do well globally, and the PS4 has an advantage of having 16-17 million more consoles than the One. Again, it would take a lot of mistakes to make UC4 a sales disappointment. Thanks to the Nathan Drake Collection bundle and the E3 gameplay demo, UC4 is being positioned to do big numbers. Big big numbers.
Obviously, games like God of War and Gran Turismo
can move consoles, but I honestly don't think that:
1) God of War 4 will be bigger than Uncharted 4
and
2) Gran Turismo Sport can be managed correctly
In other words, I think the PS4 will have a higher chance of hitting big sales numbers due to Uncharted, third-party titles, and new technologies. I don't think GoW 4 and the next GT will contribute as significant of an increase in console sales as games like Destiny, COD, and Uncharted. Those are just my thoughts.
I should mention that if games like No Man's Sky and Horizon turn out to be 'the real deal', then Sony will have two more hardware sellers. The excitement behind those games is incredible.
