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[OrbitalBeard]

It did, and it was a wise move putting one out. It may sell enough to revitalize the entire franchise on consoles.

If so, I hope they make a much better game next time.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

I feel Bomberman is one of those titles that greatly benefited from being a launch title. Especially as Switch had pretty barren launch line up.

Definitely. Makes me curious what will happen if/when there's a sequel. Will it actually retain the audience, or fail because of not being a launch title?

The fact that it even seems plausible is cool though.

Also, the game is afoot for the Switch.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

HZD shipped almost 3 million WW. For a new IP it's done very well.

No Horizon Zero Dawn SOLD 2.6 million in less than two weeks. It's big time success for a new exclusive IP.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Tbh, I'll be surprised if Persona 5 is even in top 3 next month. It might make it into top 5. Maybe.

Still should be an impressive launch for the series.

if it hits top 10 i'll be happy

 

[Fdkn]

That puts Horizon >640 without digital

 

[Primethius]

Yes that is an error - it is Killzone 2. My error. Apologies

Thanks for the correction.

 

[ThisOne]

The genre was really no healthier, especially on consoles in 2009.

But the Halo IP was healthier then.

 

[gtj1092]

Happy for Neir and kingdom hearts.

 

[Hero]

As expected, Zelda > 1 2 Switch > Bomberman.

Incredible that Bomberman did as well as it did. Nintendo/Konami succeeded in banking on nostalgia a bit there.

Good number for Horizon. It wasn't counted in Feb NPD, right?

 

[Achtung Englander]

Are Battle.net, Origin, and uPlay sales included? The chart doesn't make that clear.

no - the small print never gets listed.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Yes that is an error - it is Killzone 2. My error. Apologies

Thanks for a answer.
That means HZD sold 646k without DD .
Not a bad number at all .

 

[Nirolak]

no - the small print never gets listed.

Thank you.

 

[Asd202]

no - the small print never gets listed.

Well this explains why Mass Effect is not second.

 

[get2sammyb]

That puts Horizon >640 without digital

Very good number.

 

[Achtung Englander]

Wait when did NPD switch to a Top 20 over a Top 10?

from now. Hope you like it

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Yes that is an error - it is Killzone 2. My error. Apologies

So it sold double Killzone 2? Or it was double Shadow Fall but that was erroneously labeled the previous best selling game for Guerilla?

from now. Hope you like it

It's definitely appreciated. Getting more rankings helps us see more of the industry (especially with several perennial games in the top 10).

 

[jroc74]

Mega hit? No. and anyone who truly thought that was being foolish.

That said, it's a new IP that is an exclusive......in that light and compared to how similar products have done this gen....it did very well. I'm sure Sony is very happy.

Even with that I would consider it a mega hit.

Sometimes these things need context, perspective. For example:

Horizon sold 2.6 million in two weeks. lol

No Horizon Zero Dawn SOLD 2.6 million in less than two weeks. It's big time success for a new exclusive IP.

 

[jon bones]

great news all around, glad to see continued success for the industry

 

[Crayolan]

That was my main concern/question if Mario Kart could still be #1 next month with only a couple of days. I have purchased Persona and will be buying Mario Kart day 1 as well, but the hype around my circle of friends that play video games for Mario Kart is low as some of them already own it on Wii U.

The original MK8 release charted #2 with 2 days of sales. I don't expect a re-release to do quite as well, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't top 5.

 

[onemanasylum]

Hardware up 91%? Whoa. The Xbox 1 is really putting in work.

?? What do you mean by this? Xbox 1 was last.

 

[Xbro]

-snip-

What's the likelyhood of NPD tracking Nintendo's digital sales in the future? Or is this something not known?

 

[funkystudent]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Resident Evil continues to truck along decently enough. Good to finally see a legit success story for Capcom. The game is excellent and I was shocked by how much I enjoyed it.

 

[LordKano]

The original MK8 release charted #2 with 2 days of sales. I don't expect a re-release to do quite as well, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't top 5.

How couldn't it be top 5 ? There's absolutely nothing releasing in April beside Persona 5 which did moderately well. I guess there are the potential Ghost Recon legs too.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

But the Halo IP was healthier then.

Sure, very much so.
This just seems like a potentially significant indicator of that decline - not appearing in the Top 20.

 

[Jawbreaker]

It's an exclusive on the non-leading platform of a game in a dying genre that was never a great genre for consoles.

Not surprising.


It deserves the sales, best sports franchise and frankly one of the best IPs for Sony IMO. The polish on this game is so great. The only, only....complaint I have about this game is they tried tacking on a silly NBA2K type "story" to RttS and didn't execute it nearly as well as NBA did.

My biggest issue with the series is still the lack of anisotropic filtering. :lol

 

[sense]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

Mass effect includes digital and horizon doesn't

 

[onemanasylum]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

LOL...new IP versus Established multiplat franchise...Horizon was a huge success. As was said also, ME includes digital, HZD doesn't.

 

[Kyoufu]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

Horizon is a new IP, on one platform and doesn't include digital sales. What are you saying?

 

[watdaeff4]

The genre was really no healthier, especially on consoles in 2009.

If you thought it would do well (or chart) in it's second month, I'm sorry you were mistaken.

 

[Nirolak]

Yes that is an error - it is Killzone 2. My error. Apologies

So just to clarify, did Horizon double Killzone 2, or Killzone: Shadow Fall?

 

[ThisOne]

Mass effect includes digital and horizon doesn't

It's also a huge IP on two consoles. Sure, the reviews weren't stellar but it's not that surprising it beat Horizon.

 

[onemanasylum]

Looks like HZD is not a mega hit most were expecting. on the other hand wild lands is becoming a major hit

Don't really know what you are talking about,,.,,

 

[StrongBlackVine]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

Just wow. It doesn't need help. No sure what kind of standards some of you are using. Before animation gate no one would have predict Horizon to out sell Mass Effect and now it's a failure if it didn't(which we don't know for sure because digital isn't included)?

 

[Celine]

Hi

This is Sam Naji from NPD

I will be online for the next hour to help with inquiries

Was Switch HW opening month bigger than XBO one as implied or is it an error?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

What ?
You expect HZD to out sell ME with it's 4th game ?
Even if ME A was only 1 week the last one sold 1.3 million first month and HZD only on PS4 without DD numbers.

 

[Jawbreaker]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

This post was written in bizarro world.

 

[Achtung Englander]

As expected, Zelda > 1 2 Switch > Bomberman.

Incredible that Bomberman did as well as it did. Nintendo/Konami succeeded in banking on nostalgia a bit there.

Good number for Horizon. It wasn't counted in Feb NPD, right?

correct

 

[cw_sasuke]

The original MK8 release charted #2 with 2 days of sales. I don't expect a re-release to do quite as well, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't top 5.

Most people just wanna have MK on their new Nintendo console/handheld... The fact that it's based on the WiiU game will be a non issue. It should perform rather strong.

 

[Crayolan]

How couldn't it be top 5 ? There's absolutely nothing releasing in April beside Persona 5 which did moderately well. I guess there are the potential Ghost Recon legs too.

Wasn't thinking of specific releases, good point.

 

[Reg]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

The haters are coming out lol

 

[onemanasylum]

This post was written in bizarro world.

No, just Neogaf. Par for the course here really now.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

How can we trust info coming from a banned member? After all, NeoGAF is the ultimate authority, being a nexus of hardcore gamers and all.

*sniffs own farts*
*satisfied expression appears on face*

Lol

 

[Instro]

Seems like the sales are fine for a new IP? We had a pretty good sales indicator with the 2.6 mil (with digital WW) PR release too.

It wasn't going to open higher than UC4 (800k) and the current number seems in line with the PR we got.

Can we unpack that number a bit because I'm confused at how that was supposed to be 2 week sell through. Doesnt really match up with these NPD results. I could just be dumb though.

 

[Dragonslayer_023]

Started from the bottom now we NieR.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

Starting next month, Microsoft's digital sales will be reflected in the software charts.

nice should be interesting

 

[Square2015]

Do we have any sale data of past Bomberman games ? I'm really interested. It probably sold around 100k here.

Highest selling Bomberman history up to 2006:
>40k

N64 Bomberman 64 417,000
N64 Bomberman Hero 230,000
GC Bomberman Generations 129,000
GBA Bomberman MAX2 95,000
GBA Bomberman Tournament 83,000
GBA Bomberman Classic 82,000
SNES Super Bomberman 2 74,000
GEN Mega Bomberman 69,000
PSX Bomberman Party Ed 56,000+
PSX Bomberman World 46,000
GC Bomberman Jetters 40,000

 

[Deleted member 284]

Hi

This is Sam Naji from NPD

I will be online for the next hour to help with inquiries

Oi Sam! Are you worried about our bet?

 

[OrbitalBeard]

A little surprised Mass Effect outsold Horizon.

Horizon had a full month. Mass Effect had 1 week.


Not a great look. At least Horizon will be bundle fodder for the foreseeable future so I expect that to help it long term.

What the hell?

 

[zelas]

?? What do you mean by this? Xbox 1 was last.

Let me tell you about a little thing called online engagement...