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NPD Sales Results for April 2014 [Up2: XB1/360 hardware, PS4 #1/XB1 #2 best selling]
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Stumped.
Jesus, Americans have no taste at all, calling out publisher like Ubisoft for milking franchises yet continuing to eat the same homogenized garbage every year.
TF is without bundle right?
MightyHedgehog
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Not very far apart.
Graphics Horse
Member
Best selling next gen game sold 82k. well that's erm
serversurfer
Member
They could drop below 50K. It basically depends on how many people in April begrudgingly paid $50 extra for Kinect, TV, Titanfall, and a year of Gold, and will instead hold out for a $400 console that has none of those things.
This is the shit people were flipping out over in the beginning of the thread?
Bwahahahahaha.
IAmRandom31
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I don't understand how Sony thinks they can sell Vitas without some software that would appeal to more casual people. The price is right and is capable of impulse purchases but what software is available that would cause someone to buy it on impulse? Big fighting games? Big shooters? Big exclusives?
I love my Vita no doubt but that is from smaller titles that won't appeal to my more casual buddies.
I think It is too late for the system unless Sony has actual plans for it at E3. Tekken, Ridge Racer, Monster Hunter, Puzzle and Dragons in the Japanese market, The Last of Us, Resident Evil, etc. They have to put the big names like they tried to in the beginning. But, prob too late. Highly doubt Sony wastes time with another handheld next round to be honest unless the PS4 and other departments really start churning in the profits. Enough for them to dedicate money for exclusives and paying for first party development that would excite the market.
I love my Vita no doubt but that is from smaller titles that won't appeal to my more casual buddies.
I think It is too late for the system unless Sony has actual plans for it at E3. Tekken, Ridge Racer, Monster Hunter, Puzzle and Dragons in the Japanese market, The Last of Us, Resident Evil, etc. They have to put the big names like they tried to in the beginning. But, prob too late. Highly doubt Sony wastes time with another handheld next round to be honest unless the PS4 and other departments really start churning in the profits. Enough for them to dedicate money for exclusives and paying for first party development that would excite the market.
eighty(one)
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I don't think any mortal expects gangbuster Vita sales (haven't for almost 2 years), however, you can't easily buy a new Vita at retail. Those low Vita numbers shouldn't surprise for being abysmally bad (Sony hasn't been supplying new 1000's since Jan), as it leaves the used market (or amazon sellers), which don't count toward NPD....
lmao
Hoho for breakfast
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Hardware adoption is slower than expected? News to me. I could be wrong here, except I'm not. Even if we have less AAA games in the future, it won't matter imo.
Basically the Wii/PS2 past sales comparisons are just ridiculous and it gets me.
shinra-bansho
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I'm somewhat curious whether the bigger publishers consider this favourable or not. If they can draw the same revenue from a consolidated line of releases, do they consider that good, bad, neutral, worrying.
I'm pretty sure the people criticizing Ubisoft on NeoGAF are not the same people responsible for low handheld numbers.
It's telling how long the stock purgatory for the vita has been happening. That is obviously a terrible thing for keeping the system relevant in customer's eyes. It's sold like, what? Less than 8K in two months? Something around that.
And jesus christ Nintendo.
And jesus christ Nintendo.
Poor Vita it's a good little game machine but it was sent out to die in NA. I am guessing it will be pretty much killed next year. On a good note indies will probably keep releasing on it and remote play will always work but there is no chance of it getting significant releases.
Best selling next gen only game. Best selling next gen game is probably COD.
Best selling next gen only game. Best selling next gen game is probably COD.
Nothing from Polygon. Not even "Titanfall top seller for April" as expected.
Because they are using year over year for growth. Last year console sales were on life support before the PS4/Xbone launched. So this year we see growth vs a period where sales were almost dead.
The only thing that may move some Vitas is a Minecraft bundle.
TF only 77k?! Oh my god.
Ok put like this, it makes sense, thanks. I can't get my head around the Wii U selling 50k though my god.
Coldnoodle
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SEGAvangelist
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.42 is Wii U of Xbox One, 1.73 ratio to PS4?
Graphics Horse
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Congrats Sony and Sucker Punch! :applauds:
Officerrob
Banned
Now that is a story
Freeman
Banned
I still think Sony can improve Vita situation considerably, by lowering the price a little, releasing VitaTV in the West wish PS Now and getting Minecraft on the system. I also hope they fix the memory card prices and multiple account issue.
Sony should have secured stronger partners for the Vita in Japan like Capcom and Level-5. They also wasted to much money on FPS for the Vita like CoD, Killzone and Borderlands 2, I think that Killzone would have suficed. God of War Ascension should have being a Vita game.
I'm still more than satisfied with my vita, but its frustrating to see how slow Sony is to try anything, they just don't seem to care. Vita is a great hardware, 2 years is to soon to give up.
Sony should have secured stronger partners for the Vita in Japan like Capcom and Level-5. They also wasted to much money on FPS for the Vita like CoD, Killzone and Borderlands 2, I think that Killzone would have suficed. God of War Ascension should have being a Vita game.
I'm still more than satisfied with my vita, but its frustrating to see how slow Sony is to try anything, they just don't seem to care. Vita is a great hardware, 2 years is to soon to give up.
Decode this for me, please...
Both the 3DS and Vita launched way too expensive and never really recovered. Whereas the 3DS could crawl back to less bad numbers with franchise titles, the Vita could not. But Nintendo needs to deliver something closer to impulse buy territory with some compelling exclusives - and soon.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Year over Year. Last April total is less than this April total.
It's easier to compare that way, since you aren't measuring seasonal fluctuations.
Holy shit....and this was a slow month with no major releases.
creamsugar
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Yes, the bundle is ~ 55% Xbox One HW.
Officerrob
Banned
It was basically given away last month
PhoenixDawn
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MrPregnantBear
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Ohhhhhh. Ok that makes perfect sense. Thanks for taking the time to clarify.
Can it be said that the hardcore have bought their consoles or is everyone waiting for e3 to decide what to do next?
Like others have said, Vita sales being abysmally bad are kinda funny but explained by low supply. I don't think that's actually the reason it's dead. I mean it IS dead, but not because of this month's sales; its sales have been abysmally bad for a while now to indicate the fact that it's near death.
Worst news here is Xbox One doing bad could potentially mean entire console gaming market is shrinking pretty heavily and that we should really worry about that.
Also I can't figure out what the "HW" thing is.
Worst news here is Xbox One doing bad could potentially mean entire console gaming market is shrinking pretty heavily and that we should really worry about that.
Also I can't figure out what the "HW" thing is.
maabus1999
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Remember it doesn't include bundles, but still total units moved are probably around 120K, which is still low.
What does this mean? I can't figure out.
theviolenthero
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Remember, Titanfall was bundled with the system and i'm guessing that at least 90% of the 115k that the XB1 sold were TF bundles.
SEGAvangelist
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So yeah... under 200K for PS4. This is terrible for everyone.
Randolph Freelander
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Interesting perspective. To be honest, I was originally tossing the question out there to see if it prompted discussion. So many are down on consoles, and we all point to Wii U as obviously struggling and Xbox One beginning to languish, but why would it only be on Nintendo and Microsoft to improve the situation? Is the situation not also improved with an even stronger PS4? The industry wouldn't care how the pie is split, they just want a large pie, or am I wrong?
Perhaps it is as you say, the worry is not there yet for current generation adoption, as it has certainly been faster out of the gates for 2 of the entrants. But the pace has slowed, they're going to start losing ground, as based on what we can discern, PS4/Xbox One/Wii U did not combine to sell what Wii did by itself in that first April, let alone matching the total with PS3 and Xbox 360 chipped in.