Well as you all can see by my new tag (-_-) I clearly thought Hardline was gonna underperform. The figures online and personal circumstantial evidence really had me going. The game just seemed dreadfully underwhelming to me in every sense of the word. I just didn't realize how much weight the battlefield brand carried. Figured consumers would slough it off. Like I said I guess I'm more out of touch with the western market than I thought.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2015 [Up1: Nintendo numbers, PS4 placing]
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Well as you all can see by my new tag (-_-) I clearly thought Hardline was gonna underperform. The figures online and personal circumstantial evidence really had me going. The game just seemed dreadfully underwhelming to me in every sense of the word. I just didn't realize how much weight the battlefield brand carried. Figured consumers would slough it off. Like I said I guess I'm more out of touch with the western market than I thought.
Orniletter
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Square Enix couldn't even dream of shipping 1 million Type-0 Vita copies.
Type-O HD may not have been a smash hit, but it did better than any Vita game could.
Psycho_Mantis
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720k
DryvBy
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lol just saw that. Congrats!
I'm not sure congratulations is the correct word here.
As a Bad Company fan I feel much the same way about Hardline which is why it's killing me that I've been branded with this poor excuse for a game as a tag. What a shitty shitty day.
Pound_lb003
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To be fair to you, it DID do badly by Battlefield standards.
DarkLordMalik
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Comparison for Square Enix Remasters
Honestly Type-0 HD isn't so bad for a PSP remaster selling for $60. It sold as good as FF X|X-2 HD on PS3, and that was a much more popular FF that launched at $40 compared to $60 for Type-0 HD.
Honestly Type-0 HD isn't so bad for a PSP remaster selling for $60. It sold as good as FF X|X-2 HD on PS3, and that was a much more popular FF that launched at $40 compared to $60 for Type-0 HD.
I don't think so. This is not a mainline Battlefield so more than 1 million is pretty good.
Did it really? I thought it performed comparably to BF4. Honestly I was expecting like ~650k so it tore my predictions to shreds either way. I wouldn't really classify over 1 million in sales as underperforming.
Boogalogist
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I thought Malaysian Laksa has a darker color to the soup like this one:
The one I linked earlier was Singaporean Laksa, which I've always recognized as having a much lighter (more milky/creamy) color to the soup.
The darker color one is asam laksa. The one you originally linked is curry laksa. Both are delicious.
Dark_castle
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Happy for Bloodborne's sales, as well as Mario Party 10. Enjoyed it despite the mediocre reviews.
Wasn't very surprised with Type-0 HD barely making the chart though. $60 is just overpriced for a remastered PSP title with only graphical improvement and minor game balance changes, and before people bringing Episode Duscae up, I just don't believe a demo is that much of a big deal. People who wants to try it out could find codes on Ebay instead for much lesser than $60.
Wasn't very surprised with Type-0 HD barely making the chart though. $60 is just overpriced for a remastered PSP title with only graphical improvement and minor game balance changes, and before people bringing Episode Duscae up, I just don't believe a demo is that much of a big deal. People who wants to try it out could find codes on Ebay instead for much lesser than $60.
Never underestimate the power of shootbang for a mainstream series.
Now seeing how well Hardline sold for a spinoff, Battlefront should do gangbusters even if it's only current-gen.
Hardline is rather a big Expansion than a true mainline entry. If this was BF5, i would agree with you. But lot of BF fans like me are into BF for conquest large with tanks, jets, helis, AA and etc.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Japanese Xbox support this generation is poor. If you look at how many Japanese games that are skipping Xbox One, I think it's clear they learned their lesson from last generation. What SE does with FFXV and KHIII depends on how well or badly FFXV sells on Xbox One I guess. I'm expecting the split to be the same as Type 0, if not worse because I theorise many people will wait until FFXV launches to buy a PS4, especially if a bundle is involved.
KZObsessed
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Wow that's even better than I thought. There has to be more PS4 exclusives from FROM Software now, it's worked out too well for all parties. Sony would be crazy not to secure more.
PoweredByHentai
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This is called Asam Laksa here in Malaysia, while the previous one you posted is Curry Laksa. I dislike both of them.
Sacrilegious!
Indeed. Thing is, the curry laksa doesn't taste anything like curry and more like coconut milk curry.
Exterminieren
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Bloodborne did very well, I underestimated Battlefield, and Mario Party did much better than I was expecting. Nice to see Toad and Kirby continuing to sell, too.
The amount of interest in the Mario Party Amiibo bundle only further confirms to me that there is legitimate interest in the figures that Nintendo isn't taking proper advantage of. Get a full-on Amiibo game out for the holidays, Nintendo.
The amount of interest in the Mario Party Amiibo bundle only further confirms to me that there is legitimate interest in the figures that Nintendo isn't taking proper advantage of. Get a full-on Amiibo game out for the holidays, Nintendo.
Is the gap tracking to be smaller between PS4 and XB1 by October 2016 or larger or roughly the same? Curious to see if there's enough trends visible already to get a view on whether XB1 will be further behind - gap wise - or closer to PS4 heading into October and Halo launch?
Prototype Viktor
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could have been worse, i was being laughable with my predictions far as the Xbone
Interesting data, and lets hope SE have learned that not even a FFXV-demo can sell a remaster for 60 $.
You do realize that Skylanders and Disney Infinity really only exist to sell figures. Meanwhile, Amiibo seems to be selling fine on its own without a game like that.
AnthonypUK
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Bigger I think it was 1 million before hols down to 500k now up to 700k with 6 months before October, ps4 has a steady stream of games plus batman and metal gear marketing/bundles versus not much, maybe madden marketing? Unless Microsoft has some surprises and more "promotions".
Omnistalgic
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Why though? BF is fun and FPS are still a big part of U.S favorite past-time. Still have other popular genres like open world lego with Minecraft, GTA, PC scene with LoL, etc...Souls games is basically popularizing a new genre which other studios will likely emulate and it seems to be growing in popularity. all is well.
wapplew
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Xbox actually did very well without any big release in NA. Auto-cruising?
DarkLordMalik
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Speaking of Witcher 3, do you guys think it has a shoot at matching BB sales?
Personally speaking, I can see it doing more than 500k in its debut month on the high end, and <400k on the low end.
May will have 2 days for Splatoon. Will be interesting to watch (Probably will be low and people will call bomba).
small44
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It should at least been a ps4/psv games then a ps4/xb1 game
It's multiplat. Will outsold Bloodborne.
DarkLordMalik
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Yeh, but did the previous part do any well?
What is the LTD for W2 on Xbox 360, and what was its debut month?
keram
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I don't think debut was very good. It's 6th place and 1st sold less than 235k.
The Witcher is more strong on PC but I'm feeling a good amount of hype for consoles versions of The Witcher III.
Prototype Viktor
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Exterminieren
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They're selling fine, but they're selling mainly to a base of hardcore collectors by this point. Getting the figures established with a range of minor features in different games is probably a good move, but I think a title built from the ground up with Amiibo in mind coupled with a decent supply of the figures has a much better chance of getting some mainstream attention, even if it can't compete with Skylanders.
A title with decent Amiibo features has finally hit the market, complete with an Amiibo bundle, and it's performed very well. I feel like it'd be a good idea to capitalise on that, is all.
Do we have any updated LTD figures on Amiibo?
tattooed_dwarf
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You do understand that some might have bought both? And of course fps from hugely popular franchise sells more than "niche" RPG.
Right. At least 7,5k must have been sold digitally.
Reckheim
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I'd be very surprised if splatoon does well sales wise regardless of how good the game is.
February was at 3.5 million in US. No update for march.
Yeah, I don't think sales will be very good either, but the game looks very interesting.
One can hope that the people who were interested in the game and didn't buy it will be there for the PS4 version later this summer. Media Molecule appears to have put a ton of work into it, and the hot streak the PS4 has been on should be conducive to a much better lifespan for the title. I hope so, since Tearaway is by far the best thing Media Molecule has done, and I really hope that they do more with 3D gameplay in the future.
Maybe Sony will actually bother advertising it this time too.
What were FFX/X-2 Vita's first month sales? I'm pretty sure they were more than Type-0 XB1 sales.
Yeah, considering it sold 14k in the first month, that's pretty good legs. There have been pretty good sales on it, too, so I'm hopeful it sold a lot digitally.
Yeah, considering it sold 14k in the first month, that's pretty good legs. There have been pretty good sales on it, too, so I'm hopeful it sold a lot digitally.
~52k
iceatcs
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I was expecting PS4 to be up yoy
Impossible. They haven't price cut yet.
Coulomb_Barrier
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April NPD looks like it's swinging even more heavily in PS4's favour, again, I'm only going off Amazon trends. Could be double PS4 sales compared to the Xbone.
Do we know a worldwide retail figure for Tearaway?