Yup. My brother isn't a massive gamer, but when I gave him access to my US PSN account for some games while I didn't have access to my PS4, he recognised every retail game I had bar that... Kinda sad, especially as he loved Skyrim.
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PAL Charts - Week 52, 2014
- Thread starter Bruno MB
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Yup. My brother isn't a massive gamer, but when I gave him access to my US PSN account for some games while I didn't have access to my PS4, he recognised every retail game I had bar that... Kinda sad, especially as he loved Skyrim.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Its going to be interesting to see where prices of consoles go from here. The US price cut ends friday, but in the UK there was never an official hoilday price cut.
Yet you can get the console as cheap as £250 without games now. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbo...toymaster-stores-250-ramsdens-grimsby-2100855
It would be suicide to try to return to anything over £300, arguably for either console but more so the Xbox one.
Yet you can get the console as cheap as £250 without games now. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbo...toymaster-stores-250-ramsdens-grimsby-2100855
It would be suicide to try to return to anything over £300, arguably for either console but more so the Xbox one.
You can buy Driveclub physical copy at lower price also. Not only the bundles affect good Driveclub sales.
lochnesssnowman
Member
Working back through Bruno's posts in the PAL charts threads - It's currently sitting at 1,042,178 on PS4 / XBO.
Week 51
Week 50
Week 49
Week 47 / 48
Miles Quaritch
Member
Maybe a price cut along with some marketing will do the trick? EA can't be happy with how badly it's all gone for Inquisition, especially with how good it's turned out to be.
Well damn, looks like the VITA Slim is also £99 from Sainsbury.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ps-vita-pch-2003-99-99-sainsburys-2101587
Almost tempted to head down to my local and see if they have any left...
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'd wait as well. Be strong.
Since PS4 / XBO versions launched (also includes last gen sales).
Yeah, re-stock for the new year with an RRP cut and get out an advert with a bunch of review scores and GOTY awards like publishers like to do for a mini-resurgence along with an XB1 bundle. Should at least shift some units, it did shit on the NPDs as well.
Watching the new Hobbit movie gave me an urge to go out and buy Shadow of Mordor, I'll assume this is the same for other people, Dragon Age, got nada, not even trying to ride on the coattails of a hightened interest in fantasy atm. Would have thought MS would have tried hard to get a marketing deal given their history with Bioware.
Hell, they have a marketing deal with EA in general so clearly EA and MS both said "Eh, what's the point."
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
yeah, i saw it for £19.99 in asda, still not going to bite until they support my g27 the war thunder way. evo pls!
That is what I meant when I said it has seen a resurgence.
It was but I am pretty sure that bundle has been discontinued now.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Smash has been a complete and utter failure in the UK, which is surprising after Mario Kart did commendable. But then personally I've only seen some Pokemon and Tomodatchi ads on TV and nothing for WiiU, so there seems to be little/no push from Nintendo.
Maybe they needed another "Get a free game" promotion with Smash to help it like it obviously did for Mario Kart.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Well I know at least one child who got a wiiU for xmas and is loving it, so progress I guess.
Before I was the only person in my entire social circle that owned one, parents and children alike.
Pennywise83
Banned
UK =/= PAL.
I have Dragon Age Inquisition and I don't think I like it very much. I think the combat is a bit wonky and I don't like how the maps are stitched together. I wouldn't recommend it to a new player. I'd be more likely to recommend Tales of Hearts R on #V1t4 or whatever.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Well it would have been nice for EA/MS to you know advertise the game
iceatcs
Junior Member
It is.
Pretty much, US NPD = All world market and UK = All PAL market.
There is no market in the other countries, none at all
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Maybe if Microsoft and EA showed some commercials here. Why EA even did a co marketing deal with MS is beyond me, all their focus is on COD and ACU.
This.
Not that Wii U's showing in the rest of Europe has been that spectacular obviously, but it's been a lot better than in UK, relatively to the market.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
GTA is probably gonna have some long legs till the next GTA, crazy.
Stilton Disco
Member
I'm seriously wondering if EA didn't just send Dragon Age out to die in some odd insurance swindle at this point.
Between them and MS it's certainly not a case of being too cash strapped to run a decent add campaign, there's great reviews and top tier rewards to crow about, fantasy games haven't suddenly stopped being popular, and Microsoft have haemorrhaged money and thrown everything but the kitchen sink at getting the XO to actually sell.
Or maybe Bioware really have just screwed their fanbase over one too many times to recover. These games aren't exactly a broad appeal, casual friendly set of games, most of their potential customers likely do know it exists and is out, but DA2, SWTOR and ME3 where a pretty impressive hat trick of incompetence and contempt for their customers, so maybe the adverts wouldn't help.
Also damned shame about the WiiU. Really should have done the same free game deal with Smash as with MK, at the very least. I dread to think how bad next year will be with just Zelda to carry sales.
Between them and MS it's certainly not a case of being too cash strapped to run a decent add campaign, there's great reviews and top tier rewards to crow about, fantasy games haven't suddenly stopped being popular, and Microsoft have haemorrhaged money and thrown everything but the kitchen sink at getting the XO to actually sell.
Or maybe Bioware really have just screwed their fanbase over one too many times to recover. These games aren't exactly a broad appeal, casual friendly set of games, most of their potential customers likely do know it exists and is out, but DA2, SWTOR and ME3 where a pretty impressive hat trick of incompetence and contempt for their customers, so maybe the adverts wouldn't help.
Also damned shame about the WiiU. Really should have done the same free game deal with Smash as with MK, at the very least. I dread to think how bad next year will be with just Zelda to carry sales.
shadowsdarknes
Member
Looks like the PS4 is ending the year with a bang.
Aside from Ass Creed, it's got the highest selling versions of
GTA, COD, FIFA, Far Cry, The Crew, Destiny, etc.
Aside from Ass Creed, it's got the highest selling versions of
GTA, COD, FIFA, Far Cry, The Crew, Destiny, etc.
So Sony was telling the truth about sales in EU being extremely strong and they are trying to keep up with the demand?
Well, I never doubted what they said but some people thought it was just bullshit PR
Anyway, good to see Driveclub selling strong!
chromatic9
Member
It did chart. Was 5th at launch and 33rd the next week. For All formats UK DA I was 5th, 14th, 20th over a month.
For some context, DA2 was number 1 and charted for 6 weeks in the top 20. DAI has had a poor showing over the EU and quite possibly US. DAI did not chart in the Nov NPD. It actually charted in the UK. We'll see how Dec NPD does but seriously, does the US not like RPGs????. DAI did not chart in the US yet it did over here.
Nov 24th 2014
01 (NE) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
02 (NE) XBO GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
03 (NE) PS4 FAR CRY 4 (UBISOFT)
04 (NE) XBO FAR CRY 4 (UBISOFT)
05 (NE) PS4 DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
06 (02) PS4 ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY (UBISOFT)
07 (05) XBO CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
08 (03) XBO ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY (UBISOFT)
09 (04) PS4 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
10 (06) 360 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
11 (10) XBO FIFA 15 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
12 (08) 360 FIFA 15 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
13 (NE) PS4 WWE 2K15 (TAKE 2)
14 (NE) XBO DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
15 (01) XBO HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION (MICROSOFT)
MS should bundle FH2 with all xbones in the UK, it seems to be working extremely well for drive club.
GTA is a monster. Easily going to sell >50million I reckon, everyone I know is waiting for a 50% off on xbox store before double dipping, and then there's still PC to come aswell.
Shame that AW still hasn't outsold Ghosts in the same timeframe. I hope the sales picks up. It doesn't deserve lower sales than Ghosts.
GTA is a monster. Easily going to sell >50million I reckon, everyone I know is waiting for a 50% off on xbox store before double dipping, and then there's still PC to come aswell.
Shame that AW still hasn't outsold Ghosts in the same timeframe. I hope the sales picks up. It doesn't deserve lower sales than Ghosts.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Really? Got any number for that? France is the only one that remotely shows the WiiU doing the minimum of ok.
Sorry, I did mean to say UK.
they did bundle FH2 while it was still actual... now they bundle newer games.
Gold_Loot
Member
I'm enjoying it. My friends are enjoying it. People in the OT are enjoying it. If you don't like it, that's fine. We're all entitled to our own opinions. But your opinion is not fact, and shouldn't be treated as such.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Pretty sure they didn't officially bundle Horizon 2.
Even now, none of the bundles I've seen feature Horizon 2. They all feature download codes for Motorsport 5 instead...
Wait what shops? I don't remember that, it's gone from Titanfall>FIFA>SSO>CoD/AC with random games tossed in which may have included FH2 at times but not like Sony is doing with DC.
I think Argos had a FH2 bundle but who really goes there to buy a console especially when it didn't have much advertising to begin with? I'm not even sure if they still do that.
MMaRsu
Banned
Wrll just because a bunch of people like it doesnt make it a good game either
I thought the beta was horrid
Miles Quaritch
Member
Argos had a Horizon 2 bundle?
MS threw everything behind Horizon 2, seems the market just isn't interested in the IP, which is unfortunate. Maybe Playground should try to resurrect PGR instead...
Yeah I saw it in one of the leaflets you get in store. I just looked at their website and it's not there any more, but there's a MCC bundle.. I'm not sure if that's official or just custom art to advertise it better.
Googled forza horizon 2 bundle and found this - http://www.tesco.com/direct/exclusive-xbox-one-forza-horizon-2-bundle/795-7798.prd , this is the same box I saw in the argos leaflet. I don't have a tesco near me so not sure if they sold this in store or not, but I've never saw it in GAME or Asda.
Callibretto
Member
For me, da2 had such a bad reception that I simply did not play the game, when inquisition come out, I want to play it, but I didn't want to skip da2 story since there will be da2 character in inquisition so I'm forcing myself to play da2 right now. Although I've also buy ps4 version of inquisition just to support bioware for releasing apparently great game. But I'm not surprised if not many does that.
theprodigy
Member
to be honest for Wii U, most countries outside France/Germany are much closer to UK
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Deleted member 125677
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Yeah, no reason to be too optimistic about the Wii U even if it's doing slightly better in some countries. I mean, love the thing, but in my country (Norway) you hardly see it displayed even at retailers who specialises in video games, even less so in the general electric stores.
For the average consumer walking into a store, the choices available will appear to be ps4 or xb1, wii u are for those who have a special interest and inquire about it.
For the average consumer walking into a store, the choices available will appear to be ps4 or xb1, wii u are for those who have a special interest and inquire about it.
velvet_nitemare
Member
Isn't PAL Nintendo's weakest market though? I believe their earnings report numbers bear this out as well
I have seen quite few bundles with FH2 in Germany.... there was something like this for official MSRP at this time, with 3 games:
It wasnt The Evil Within, but it could have been FH2 + FIFA plus another controler... like this bundle in Austria:
It was first deal I said wow at because at the time, PS4 was bundled with Fifa only for the same price, if even that.
Weeaboosuke
Member
Driveclub is still putting that work in. Awesome.