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NPD Sales Results for February 2014 [Up2: PS4/XB1/Wii U/360 Hardware, BD/Poke/DK]
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Apophis2036
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I did indeed but I only said it on here to show how clueless I can be regarding sales figures
and to be fair to myself I predicted that number before Nintendo had announced a launch price or launch games...I predict sales for some light hearted fun and a bit of banter, some people take the whole thing far, far too seriously
.The general cautiousness of the AAA games getting announced (sans the amount of money being invested per game) also speaks to this I feel.
There aren't many projects I'd consider conceptually risky as opposed to risky due to huge budgets.
Thunder Monkey
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You did too ehhh?I did indeed but I only said it on here to show how clueless I can be regarding sales figures
I predict sales for some light hearted fun and a bit of banter, some people take the whole thing far, far too seriously
We can be crazy together!
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shinra-bansho
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I think Titanfall will definitely see big numbers. It's the shoe-in for the month's top spot, and I think it will see a really high attach rate among the current 2.2M XB1 owners and push new hardware sales in March specifically for the game.
Although I'm not yet convinced that it will necessarily provide the boost that some are expecting to hardware - I still expect a good boost; but I do think that many people who want the game will have already jumped in.
The big thing will be though whether software is finally up again next month with two big next gen titles in Titanfall and Infamous, as well as things like MGS and Dark Souls II.
Maninthemirror
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Well all of them are multiplatforms , I am talking about an exclusive on one platform selling
To be honest I'm not sure how much more they can do.
The 3DS is already started to get Nintendo first-party game starved in order to support the amount of Wii U output they're doing as it is.
FWIW, I think the reason for the speedier replenishment was because of what went down with FE:A. The immensely unexpected success of that game took everyone by surprise, including NoA who thought, and I feel it was correctly at the time, that the first shipment was going to last them the life of the product, especially coming off the rather poor sales of Shadow Dragon and passing on the second DS game. No one could have seen that surge coming.
If we use Kagari as a source who despises FFXIII, then it is very suspect. NPD has it 8 before 10 so I chose to believe the official one. Don't forget that LR was offered digitally as well.
Yeah, the ROI should be better on BD. But we don't know what sort of publishing deal S-E did with Nintendo. So there's a possibility that because of that, S-E did make more money on the western release of LR.
But we don't have digital sales for LR.
Thunder Monkey
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Which isn't doing their biggest market any favors I tell you what.
Yes, cause a mod would lie about facts.
I've seen NPD numbers (usually later on) for a few years now and can confirm that she's not BSing.
Creamsugar should be along though if you don't want to trust me, which is fair as I have no track record.
shinra-bansho
Member
Oh, with so many numbers out I forgot we didn't have 3DS yet. Maybe creamsugar can help.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Post-Titanfall, how long can Microsoft sell Xbox One's while giving away free games and keep up? At some point you're going to hit a wall and discover you can no longer juice demand with giveaways.
There's really nothing they can do now. Everything that's happened is the result of their poor decisions and planning years ago.
Now they just have to figure out how to avoid this problem with their next generation of hardware.
Apophis2036
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It was on another forum I predicted those numbers (it was between 10 and 15 million units in year one actually) which I don't think is too bad considering I didn't know the launch price (I predicted $249) or launch games (I predicted a 3D Mario) and no one predicted the total flop WiiU has been.
I actually voluntarily posted my old predictions on GAF just to show people how much I actually care about being right or wrong about sales. I find sales talk / numbers / predictions interesting and it's cheaper than betting on football at the bookmakers
.Relaxed Muscle
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The explanation of BD being sold out in the first weeks and so pushing way more digital sales that normal makes more sense than Kagari straight up lying.
Yes, as much as I want it to be true we cannot affirm either way.
Physical: Lightning > Bravely Default
Download: ???
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Microsoft has infinite juice bro.
reptilescorpio
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That's very true as well. I would be very interested to hear more indepth details on how these Nintendo publishing deals go down.
Maninthemirror
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What is the ltd in NA sales of xbox one and ps4 now
It's not a lie.
Official NPD:
8: LR
10: BD
BD physical + digital = ~200.000.
So LR physical <200.000
Ok, that's all
Skiptastic
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Nice healthy business for the next gens. Great to see!
Thunder Monkey
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Hah!It was on another forum I predicted those numbers (it was between 10 and 15 million units in year one actually) which I don't think is too bad considering I didn't know the launch price (I predicted $249) or launch games (I predicted a 3D Mario) and no one predicted the total flop WiiU has been.
I actually voluntarily posted my old predictions on GAF just to show people how much I actually care about being right or wrong about sales. I find sales talk / numbers / predictions interesting and it's cheaper than betting on football at the bookmakers
Stay in front of your crazy and you can mitigate the impact of it. This is why I've always been willing to say "I WAS FUCKING SO WRONG!"
My prediction was made after we'd learned the price and launch wares though. I really did have that much faith in NSMB.
OT: PS4s are back in stock at Amazon, and #1 again; 1K+ available.
Titanfall at #4
Infamous: SS at #7
MGS: GZ at #9
XBO Titanfall Bundle at #10
How so? Re-using assets? I've always assumed that 3DS games were cheaper and easier to make, hence the lower price than a console game.
Titanfall at #4
Infamous: SS at #7
MGS: GZ at #9
XBO Titanfall Bundle at #10
How so? Re-using assets? I've always assumed that 3DS games were cheaper and easier to make, hence the lower price than a console game.
I think he's saying Bravely Default beat Lightning Returns on a per-platform basis. We already know Bravely Default was the #2 best-selling title of the month on the per-platform list.
So something like
BD: 200K
LR PS3: 134K - 199K
LR 360: 66K - 100K
If LR PS3 outsold LR 360 2:1.
So something like
BD: 200K
LR PS3: 134K - 199K
LR 360: 66K - 100K
If LR PS3 outsold LR 360 2:1.
It's not significantly lower in terms of physical versus the physical + digital total, but with optimistic but still traditional digital attach rates on Lightning for 360/PS3 I'd still expect it to be a bit lower.It's not a lie.
Official NPD:
8: LR
10: BD
BD physical + digital = ~200.000.
So LR physical <200.000
Ok, that's all
It's true, it just seems like they aren't capable of carrying two systems entirely on their own. They needed to really focus on WiiU for it's second year, and they really really really needed to pull out all the stops on partnerships to get more games. They should just be publishing more stuff outright for the WiiU from 3rd parties like they have for 3ds.
Kenshin001
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MS must be pretty happy with those numbers. $100 more and they are not far off PS4's sales plus CoD on XBone leading. With the release of Titanfall they should push past PS4 for next month. Sony really needs to release some games media to get that momentum going again as it seems the wind has been taken out of their sails. Good scores for Infamous may do it I guess.
Thunder Monkey
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A pittance really.
Yeah, Nintendo did just about everything you could want: lots of in-store advertising, feature spots on the eShop (and a meaty demo with a save file transfer to the final game didn't hurt), and TV ads. Combine that with the strong word of mouth from importers and doing a good job of fostering the RPG fanbase on the system in 2013, and there's really not much more you could ask of them.
Chobel
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What wind? What sails? Instead of selling 100% of available stock they will sell...100% of available stock? You keep repeating it but where is the math behind your momentum?
Both are lower.
Thunder Monkey
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Go_Ly_Dow
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plasmawave
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Sony is probably planing to drown the market with PS4 this month to bury the Titanfall hype.