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[Kazerei]

FIFA 14 got quite the World Cup boost, it seems. It was ranked #5 on June 2014's NPD charts, and then it held out stronger than Watch_Dogs and Mario Kart 8, which both dropped below it.

 

[Mokubba]

Microsoft PR got a stability update.

LOOOOL wow

 

[Eolz]

Nice month without surprises.
Microsoft is ecen more vague than usual though.

Spoiler

I still don't get why/how that many people are willing to pay more than 30$ for a one year old remaster though.

 

[prag16]

Wasn't this because it was almost impossible to get a PS4?

iirc, yes.

Wasn't COD ghost for X1 practically given away in July for 19.99 or less at many retailers.

iirc, yes.

 

[ComputerBlue]

TLoU doing big numbers in such a short amount of time. Wonder how much it's sold so far.

Sony on top again, not surprised.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Need the combo for this thread.

Jesus

F**

C

Thank you.

 

[SmokyDave]

Wait for the word of mouth of Mario Kart 8 and the Treehouse awesome stream at E3 to spread a too, and you'll see...


You'll seeeeee....

Perhaps the Luigi stare needs to go more viral!

 

[SwiftDeath]

They said "the momentum continued" as in, sales either stayed the same (good) or increased.

I was simply clarifying that the doubling of sales refereed to May -> June not June -> July

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

So... who's gonna have the balls to make a leak site and pm everyone the address? ;p

You mean like that site that popped up last month?

Dunno man, hopefully they pull through again...after the usual suspects have some fun being mathematicians with early numbers of course

 

[Neuromancer]

Sniper Elite at #8 is a pleasant surprise. That game is some good old fashioned testicle exploding fun.

 

[Ridley327]

Damn, TLOU did quite well for itself for being on sale for five days. Granted, it was the only major new release this month, but still.

 

[coolasj19]

December 2013 by about 50k during heavy PS4 shortages

I wonder if it keeps the Sony PR person up at night that they can never use the "PS4 has been leading since launch" line. I know I'd be bother to hell about it. Maybe when he walks into his office, he has a torn out calendar page of December 2013, a reminder of what could have been.

Primary reason software is down yoy is because EA stopped making NCAA games.

Oh yeah. That too. Wonder where NCAA would have placed.

 

[AmuroChan]

Well, damn. Why in July in particular?

Because XB1 had nothing of any significance come out to counter TLOU?

 

[phanphare]

Nice result for TLoU. Deserves that top spot.

Wii U bump didn't happen then. I'm truly shocked, honest.

bump was last month

this is the stabilization

I think it went from about 28k/week to 20k/week (June was 5 weeks)

 

[xxracerxx]

Spoiler

I still don't get why/how that many people are willing to pay more than 30$ for a one year old remaster though.

Because it is a great game.

 

[prag16]

Need the combo for this thread.

Won't lie. That is pretty badass.

 

[Morfeo]

Nice result for TLoU. Deserves that top spot.

Wii U bump didn't happen then. I'm truly shocked, honest.

Why should the Wii U bump?

 

[EventHorizon]

The July NPD press release on August 14th refers to the June doubling of sales?

What else they got? And the doubling wasn't all that impressive because May's numbers were so bad. There really is nothing good in XB1's July numbers so they have to manufacture something, anything, in order to have a positive press release.

 

[m@cross]

Love the hardware totals up 100% from last year!

 

[ElTorro]

I still don't get why/how that many people are willing to pay more than 30$ for a one year old remaster though.

Fans love the game, and a lot of PS4 owners did not own a PS3, so for them it's practically a new game, and a damn good one as well.

 

[DryvBy]

Like, December? Supply shortages, y'know?

Oh yeah. Felt like that was forever ago. That was the time some of my friends were saying, "Sony is purposely making this shortage like Nintendo did with the Wii."

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Skylanders bomba?

 

[SmokyDave]

bump was last month

this is the stabilization

I think it went from about 28k/week to 20k/week (June was 5 weeks)

Last month, the bump was going to be this month. The bump was a wrinkle.

Why should the Wii U bump?

Some racing game or other was released at the arse end of last month.

 

[ProfessorMoran]

Nice month without surprises.
Microsoft is ecen more vague than usual though.

Spoiler

I still don't get why/how that many people are willing to pay more than 30$ for a one year old remaster though.

Because it's an awesome game and it looks and runs great at 1080p 60fps, I think a lot of us who have the PS3 version double-dipped as well.

 

[Ridley327]

Nice month without surprises.
Microsoft is ecen more vague than usual though.

Spoiler

I still don't get why/how that many people are willing to pay more than 30$ for a one year old remaster though.

I imagine Sony wasn't lying about there being a lot of new-to-Playstation owners right now on the PS4, and TLOU is certainly one of the buzziest games in recent memory.

 

[Ooccoo]

TLOU is a system seller. Saw someone with the PS4 bundle earlier today, seems like it sells like hot cakes. Say what you want about remasters, but they're here to stay and more to come 100% guaranteed with the success of TLOU Remastered.

 

[ethomaz]

Damn, TLOU did quite well for itself for being on sale for five days. Granted, it was the only major new release this month, but still.

It was 3, no?

Edit - it was five

 

[Amentallica]

No real numbers on PS4 or XB1?

 

[Dead Prince]

honestly am surprised #TLOU is #1

 

[Derphoof]

Already done. WiiU ~81k.

Thought it might be able to pull 100k, but oh well. Compared to past numbers, its acceptable.

ImOkayWithThis.jpg

 

[Fnord]

One month till Polygon eats crow?

Do they have room on their plate for more?

 

[icespide]

It was 3, no?

NPD tracking until August 2nd

 

[Petrae]

You mean like that site that popped up last month?

Dunno man, hopefully they pull through again...after the usual suspects have some fun being mathematicians with early numbers of course

After that leak last month, I wouldn't expect any outright and direct leaks. Perhaps our sources here can point in the right direction, but that's all I think we're gonna get.

NPD Ninjas are watching.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Why should the Wii U bump?

The momentum....


THE MOMENTUM

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

I wonder if it keeps the Sony PR person up at night that they can never use the "PS4 has been leading since launch" line.

Technically they can actually say that xD. They've had the larger WW LTD since 2013.

After that leak last month, I wouldn't expect any outright and direct leaks. Perhaps our sources here can point in the right direction, but that's all I think we're gonna get.

NPD Ninjas are watching.

Yeah, it's just as fun either way. Actually it's more fun having the guessing game and then getting in the hard figures once that's done. I can't remember if last NPD had any major meltdowns tho.

Spoiler

I hope this one does.

 

[Aquamarine]

No real numbers on PS4 or XB1?

Not yet.

Microsoft won the award for worst current-gen NPD PR...and that's about it.

 

[phanphare]

Last month, the bump was going to be this month. The bump was a wrinkle.

wait, what?

didn't it do like 140k in June? that was the bump


I must be missing a joke or something haha

 

[gigantor21]

Oh yeah. Felt like that was forever ago. That was the time some of my friends were saying, "Sony is purposely making this shortage like Nintendo did with the Wii."

One of the employees at our local Gamestop felt the same last year, LOL.

 

[Morfeo]

Some racing game or other was released at the arse end of last month.

Lol.

 

[anexanhume]

Diablo III possibly but defo Madden.

Forgot Madden. No question it's top.

 

[benny_a]

Wait a minute: did TLOU:R was the best selling game even though was tracked for 5 days only? 0.0

Video game sales are extremely frontloaded for a lot of console games.

 

[AlucardGV]

i guess it was not the last of them. good for sony, they did a great job with the ps4

 

[AmuroChan]

MS's best chance at taking #1 is in November. If they can't win that month with FOUR Halo games for the price of one that also comes with Halo 5 beta, the race may be pretty much over.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Good month for Playstation.

Decent month for Nintendo.

 

[Vestax]

Software

1. The Last of Us (PS4, PS3)

Yikes! The PS4 user-base alone put this game at the top. Wow.

I know I'm enjoying it tremendously.

 

[SmokyDave]

wait, what?

didn't it do like 140k in June? that was the bump


I must be missing a joke or something haha

Eh, you might be right, it all blurs into one. I thought for some reason there was an expectation that sales would be notably affected again this month.

My bad, must've been thinking of MC or something.

 

[Gator86]

Nice month without surprises.
Microsoft is ecen more vague than usual though.

Spoiler

I still don't get why/how that many people are willing to pay more than 30$ for a one year old remaster though.

I'd put LOU in my top 5 games of all time and it's my GOTY right now. And the remaster is more than just a facelift. The 60fps upgrade is a legitimate difference in gameplay in single and multiplayer.

 

[SwiftDeath]

No real numbers on PS4 or XB1?

Of course not. Too early. Wait an hour or two

 

[Raist]

sony be like:

This reminds me. Where the fuck is Cerny. He's vanished for months now.

 

[Drencrom]

Hm, hardware sales numbers will be interesting