TheDarkKnight774
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You got to think we will hear something from ms or ea soon right? Either today or tomorrow
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Titanfall boosts Xbox One UK sales by 96%, Tea and Crumpets for all!
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TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
In the UK? 200k in the UK in 3 days or it's not impressive?
I don't think there was any pr from ms about massive sales increases since the price drop so that's pretty telling.
Then I'm having a really difficult time figuring out the point of this. How is this useful?
A couple of weeks before TitanFall released.
They are waiting for it to come to 360 so they can lie. They will say titanfall sales a million on XBOX*.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
It's not very useful, all we know is it sold more last week than the week before.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
200k in 3 days or they don't bother. It's not about impressive. They're advertising if you were to compare 100k+ to releases that do several hundreds of thousands it's not going compare so favourably as a lot of the people that'll see it won't care about the context of why those numbers are like that.
Under certain circumstance it may be impressive but the people that read it won't care so they don't bother.
Sometimes not saying anything at is better than posting comparatively mediocre number in comparison to the biggest sellers..
If we don't see a PR today or tomorrow, then that's my guess, too. If the XB1 version of TF were doing impressive enough numbers, EA and MS would be yelling about it from the rooftops.
And how would that be a lie?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
It's not a lie but it's muddying the waters. And if they do it, then that's telling.
Wind Water boosted WiiU sales by what? 120%?
Anyway, good for everyone that likes it i guess.
Edit: Holy hell, did it take me two hours to write this reply? Work can actually be fun.
It is not. They're saying that sales of the Xbox One are up 96% over the last week, largely due to the release of Titanfall. I can't imagine that the base number was that impressive to begin with, and we've seen other games give much larger boosts to sales in the past generation as well as with the Wii U. They probably thought using a big % would impress people; but anyone with a basic knowledge of how percent increases of sales work knows that it could mean absolutely nothing.
Mass Effect
Member
Battlefield has always done better on Playstation consoles for whatever reason (since BC1). However, that gap in numbers between the Xbone and PS4 didn't used to be that huge (used to only be about 10k difference). Maybe people are moving to Titanfall?
Beanies? Wait wait, what does that mean? Because I've only heard it being used as a slur a very ugly slur.
You seem to be obsessed with beanies. If you want one you can just request one, no need to be shy.
mangochutney
Member
Fastest selling game for the fastest selling console.
Mendax
Member
wasnt that over 1000% even? In any case goes to show how meaningless weekly percentages are..
edit lol : http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...5_percent_increase_in_uk_wii_u_hardware_sales
It wouldn't but it would seem like a lot of spin.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
What is ridiculous about what I posted? The UK is factually the PAL territory closest aligned to US taste, and those 3 days of sales (with 94% being in XBO) point towards it being the biggest next gen launch so far.
It will easily clear 700k in March NPD, which covers 3 weeks of the game's release.
Nobody is denying this, but thats not what Microsoft was communicating to masses. Their aggressive marketing was made to generate frontloaded sales to boost their new console that is stagnating in sales. Of course, the fact that EA just cut off a 100 million userbase with this deal was making the chance to become a million seller in a few days after release pretty impossible. Still, xbone is meassured by this title as its the big gun for a long time and it will have legs but Q2 and 3 arent exactly the best months for hardware sales, so the effect might not be as big as you hope.
The price was reduced prior to this week, so this bump is on top of what ever bump the price cut produced.
I think someone's overestimating UK sales, lol
The PS3 slim was 1000%.
PandyDandy
Banned
A national UK retailer, that isn''t just a gaming store.
3rdamention
Member
I am wondering the same thing. For some reason, Microsoft isn't wanting to share sales figures anymore. They did at launch, they did when they won December, then they haven't since. Its been 2 months I think since Microsoft has shared any Xbox One hard sales numbers.
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Saint Titanfall
Microsoft doesn't care about the front loaded sales, they want this game to move their systems on a monthly basis. Having good sales one month is worthless. That's why they're pushing this game so hard because actual system sellers have that kind of effect. For them the weekly/monthly hardware sales are more important.
FunkyPajamas
Member
How much were you selling the game for?
Chart Track give numbers to their subscribers, not us scrubs.
LoveCake
Member
It is a spike in sales yes & people will of been holding off for a proper next-gen game & also a price cut, the other thing though to remember is that here in the UK all retailers are out of PS4 stock & what there is is in very limited supply, when i asked in my local GAME store they said they were getting a new delivery of PS4's in w/c 17/3/14 also Amazon UK said when i was looking to get a PS4 that they were looking at 15/3/14 for the KZ bundle, but now all are out of stock at RRP, they do have the InFamous - Second Son bundle for pre-order & released on 21/3/14.
Yes Titanfall & the price cut has helped the X1, but the lack of PS4's in stock has also helped.
Yes Titanfall & the price cut has helped the X1, but the lack of PS4's in stock has also helped.
You know, given the information in the article, it seems like one could figure out a bottom ceiling for the numbers of copies of TF sold:
So, if DS2 is in second place, and it sold 20% more than DS, then we really just need the DS first week sales numbers. It won't give the actual number, but you could at least figure out a floor for the number.
Anyone know what DS first week sales in the UK were?
So, if DS2 is in second place, and it sold 20% more than DS, then we really just need the DS first week sales numbers. It won't give the actual number, but you could at least figure out a floor for the number.
Anyone know what DS first week sales in the UK were?
Dreamgazer
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I always knew there was something up with TechnicPuppet.
I don't know if I agree with that part.
I think you made a few errors with your assumptions:
1. The U.S. Xbox One does not have a price drop. (It doesn't need one, yet. But that could be another reason why sales increased in the U.K. -- the combination of a price cut and free Titanfall. The U.S. is only getting one of the two)
2. The U.S. Xbox One has been selling very well since launch (so the percent increase is more likely to be lower)
3. The percent increase will not maintain over the subsequent weeks after the game's release. (It's 96% increase for this one week, not the entire month).
I find that hard to believe.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
The OP should probably update the thread by putting that this is a Chart-Track statement (not MS PR), the sales % of PC vs Xbox, the estimated units sold, relevant software sales comparisons (Gears of War, Uncharted, Halo, whatever), and relevant hardware bundle comparisons.
It's kind of hard to filter a reasonable discussion through all the noise.
If we could still do ban bets, I'd wager that TF sells > 700k, and it will sell more on One than PC and 360 combined in March. I've been making this prediction for the past 6 months, btw, and nothing about this sales ratio has changed that. The debut will be closer to Gears of War than Bioshock.
I never said anything about a sustained sales bump, in the US MS would only need a minor bump to go over 300k for the month, which would be viewed as very healthy, especially with their first big Kinect game on the way shortly after.
It's kind of hard to filter a reasonable discussion through all the noise.
If we could still do ban bets, I'd wager that TF sells > 700k, and it will sell more on One than PC and 360 combined in March. I've been making this prediction for the past 6 months, btw, and nothing about this sales ratio has changed that. The debut will be closer to Gears of War than Bioshock.
I never said anything about a sustained sales bump, in the US MS would only need a minor bump to go over 300k for the month, which would be viewed as very healthy, especially with their first big Kinect game on the way shortly after.
thewhitehawk
Member
Slightly concerned at the low increase of sales Dark Souls 2 had, compared to Dark Souls. Given how much was spent in advertising, I'm near-certain the publisher was expecting a bigger sales.
This is what I expected to happen (for there to be a lot of marketing investment but low ROI) but I hope this doesn't impact the release and quality of future games in the series.
This is what I expected to happen (for there to be a lot of marketing investment but low ROI) but I hope this doesn't impact the release and quality of future games in the series.
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Saint Titanfall
It's better for them for short term PR but if it doesn't translate to more consistent sales it's not great for them. A system seller is not simply that and that's what MS refers to Titan fall as. It's big for the year as the now CEO said not just for month.
crazygambit
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Well you could just multiply that number by 2 and should get you pretty close to where Titanfall should be. Unless they meant biggest debut of the year on Xbone, which would be pretty sad.