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NPD Sales Results for March 2014 [Up4: FFX/X-2 HD]

Heshinsi

"playing" dumb? unpossible
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The one (ok maybe 2...no 3) casting decisions they got right in that series of movies.

And it was 3.9m to retail at the end of last year. 1.1m shipped in the quarter. As gofreak put it in the other thread, Sony is selling through to consumers in one month what MS shipped to retail in a quarter.

The numbers look worse for MS when you put it that way.
 

RE_Player

Member
Why is the PS4 Camera selling so well? I'm pretty uninformed on it and since I just bought my own PS4, wondering why it's so popular and if I should get one for any good reason.
It is a good price and a choice. Even though the Kinect is far superior people don't like to be forced to buy an accessory.
 

Pathos

Banned
I like MS and all but they really shit the bed with this. They could have had it all, because of what the 360 did for them. They need to bring back Allard and have him team up with Spencer.
 

zulux21

Member
So...2014 will be the last time we see an announcement for Vita titles?
I knew those 4 Vita games announcement was too good! Why would Sony want to market the Vita?
2014 Swan song...oh Vita, your amazing OLED screen will always live in my heart.

I seriously doubt it will be. At the very least companies like NisA and Aksys will continue to bring over games because they make good money off their vita releases (the vita pool might not be huge but it does well for niche games that only need 20-50k copies sold to turn a profit)

As for first party, well we will have to see. On one hand the vita isn't doing honorably in japan right now and thus it should still get games made for it there. On the other, if they get localized is another story.

At the very least we know we will never see a major western third party game made exclusively for the console at this point.
 
I have a PC webcam that I use for streaming, is it compatible?

Sorry for OT.

Nope. If you want your face visible to the stream audience, you need the Camera. It's proprietary connection.

However, you don't need the Camera to stream if you just want to show the game footage.
 
Well stocked, Titanfall packed, generously price cut, 2nd place. That's gotta be disappointing after all that. Makes you wonder what the numbers would've been without the incentives.

I honestly don't think they would be that different. Early adopters have money to spend, they just appear to want to spend it on the PS4.
 
Lower dat price and roll out a horde of hot exclusives.

and watch sony move their product and services forward with psnow and morpheus, on top of ps+?

frankly, fortaleza doesn't seem enticing at all. why transport a game to your world instead of transporting yourself to the game's world?
 

A Human Becoming

More than a Member
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IT'S OVER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S OVER!

I have a hard time imagining a month where Xbone will outsell PS4 at this point, besides maybe price drop month. Titanfall was as hot of an exclusive as you can ask for. Maybe Halo?
What an incredibly short sighted post. The systems haven't been released for 6 months yet. Remember that the 360 had a huge turnaround mid cycle and now near the Wii's total sales. I'm not saying that will happen again, but to call it over is very premature.
 
Devil's advocate: The PS3 gave up a year head start to the 360 and also had a bit of a rough launch, but managed to catch up world wide over the long run.

While I don't see Xbone doing the same thing, large-ish comebacks aren't completely unheard of.

The PS4's lead is already huge, though that's also a situation we haven't faced before since we're currently experiencing one of the most front-loaded console generations ever.

It's all a Brave New World, like the Iron Maiden song. Not the book, Iron Maiden is better than books.

Some of the key differences is that Sony had a clear advantage over MS in terms of first party support, they initially priced themselves way out of the market, and Sony had a lot more worldwide potential with the PS3 that the XBONE simply doesn't have.
 

Replicant

Member
It's rare that I didn't see a bus without Titanfall advert on it here in Sydney last month. So to know that the NPD for the month is won by PS4 here in Australia as well is so mind-blowing. Nice money-wasting there MS!
 

SegaShack

Member
I saw that but didn't think it was important enough to post. Would be interested in what others think though.

Nice to acknowledge "we know what we need to do". I think a lot has changed as fast as it could since June 2013 and the team has done a great job making changes as fast as they have. I think they definitely do know what they need to do and the relevant games. services, and changes will be coming. I am so glad Mattrick is gone. Marc Whitten was always cool but I think Phil is an amazing choice and I am excited to see what he does.
 

Marleyman

Banned
key differentiator? in what universe? people don't care about kinect, that much is true. if they did, people would've been buying the more-expensive system because "kinect is worth it".

and how has it been a "key differentiator" when nothing came out of it, or for it? so much so, that xbox even gave up gpu resources meant to be reserved for kinect.

Mine. You don't care about Kinect and obviously you enjoy speaking for other people. I already stated that KSR, to me at least, wasn't even the reason I enjoy Kinect. I have used it in other titles and actually think KSR looks like shit. I don't want Kinect to be used for games like that; let me use it in some innovative ways on core titles like they have already, use it for OS functions and I will continue to enjoy it .
 

ZehDon

Member
...And lol@5 million sold-in to retailers, they probably threw that number in hopes of media outlets reporting it as sold to consumers
I think it might have to do with Microsoft trying to achieve its 5m sold by end of fiscal year. I believe March is the end of that year? Or was that just for Sony? In any case, Sony has shattered their goal of 5m sold through by over 2m consoles. Sony also managed to win against Microsoft's biggest exclusive till Christmas and aggressive Xbone bundles and price drops. It seems the theory that a lot of Titanfall players either stayed on the 360 and PC, or already bought their Xbone. However you dice it:
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Silky

Banned
I hate webcams for consoles but I think Kinect should stay for Xbox One. If it's a means of getting creative shit on the thing like with D4, or to simply be there for Twitch streaming then it's okay.
 

Orayn

Member
Some of the key differences is that Sony had a clear advantage over MS in terms of first party support, they initially priced themselves way out of the market, and Sony had a lot more worldwide potential with the PS3 that the XBONE simply doesn't have.

Yep, which is why I don't see Xbone replicating it the way things are now. I guess they could try to build their worldwide appeal, but it would still be a very long, arduous process that still wouldn't result in a full PS3-style recovery.
 

Gorillaz

Member
I wonder if this could finally be the cold shower than the AAA machine needed. EA/Microsoft were trying to buy success with Titanfall. It didn't work. Last month's XBone sales aggregated to a 5 week tracking period would have been 322.5k. This month is worse for the XBone than last month. The game is almost certainly going to be an unprecedented commercial failure after accounting for marketing costs. And now as GTA 5 has predictably fallen off the charts, Minecraft on a single last gen system continues to hit the top 10 two years after its release.

I'm wondering what the internal talk is tho. Because they did try to market the hell out of it.
 

Drakeon

Member
It's rare that I didn't see a bus without Titanfall advert on it here in Sydney last month. So to know that the NPD for the month is won by PS4 here in Australia as well is so mind-blowing. Nice money-wasting there MS!

Not really what I'd call a waste, just wasn't enough.
 

Marleyman

Banned
What an incredibly short sighted post. The systems haven't been released for 6 months yet. Remember that the 360 had a huge turnaround mid cycle and now near the Wii's total sales. I'm not saying that will happen again, but to call it over is very premature.

That is a good point, but what is over anyway? The Xbox One isn't going to stop being produced and MS isn't going to pack up, take its ball and go home.
 
I am sure that after the success of Playroom, MS might be secretly building their own "Playroom" app somewhere in Redmond. Playroom sold plenty of PS Eye cameras and combining it with streaming was a genius idea for sure.
 

Blackage

Member
So...2014 will be the last time we see an announcement for Vita titles?
I knew those 4 Vita games announcement was too good! Why would Sony want to market the Vita?
2014 Swan song...oh Vita, your amazing OLED screen will always live in my heart.

The attach rate on vita games is too high I think. It's not like the Wii where all software sans Nintendo first party just straight up stopped selling. All those indie ports are selling, and those niche japanese games are somehow finding an audience to justify a localization. Probably not gangbuster #s, but profit is profit, if money is lying on the table you pick it up.
 
Made a whopping $20 bet last year with another gaffer that by May 2014 the Ps4 would end up having sold more in the us than the xbone. They might as well just pay me now
Please.
 

ironcreed

Banned
and watch sony move their product and services forward with psnow and morpheus, on top of ps+?

frankly, fortaleza doesn't seem enticing at all. why transport a game to your world instead of transporting yourself to the game's world?

I just want some great games and features, man. Both systems will offer that, but I'm just more sold on the Xbox One for the first system I plan to buy.

As for their AR plans, I'll wait and see what they have to offer before deciding if I dig it or not. But I do think the possibilities are nice and am looking forward to seeing it.
 
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