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[allan-bh]

But Microsoft said Xbox One was leading sales since the price cut. What are we to think!?

NPD October is before price drop.

 

[Japanmanx3]

SSB Stay killin. That WiiU vers will monster at least 2 months at the top.

 

[Futurevoid]

No Alien Isolation? USA i am dissapoint. Put down the rinse / repeat franchises for a while and buy the damn risk taking new IP will you.
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Colonial Marines destroyed the Alien brand for gamers. They had a tough mountain to climb to get back into their good graces.

 

[dakun]

Lets give it more than 4 days of NPD before we declare it dead.

it's dead.. sales for games like this almost always drop pretty sharply after the first few days. It ain't getting better for Insomniac.

 

[AdanVC]

I'm a lil sad of sports games selling the most... Those are the type of games that doesn't add anything new or attractive to the table yet they sell like crazy no matter If it's the same game as last year but only with a few enhancements. oh well.

 

[Hendrick's]

Insomniac got their money upfront to make the game, MS was the one who lost the money

I stand by my statement. I know they were not in it for just a paycheck, too much love went into that game.

 

[TomShoe]

But Microsoft said Xbox One was leading sales since the price cut. What are we to think!?

The price cut went into effect NPD tracking for November started.

 

[BeforeU]

But Microsoft said Xbox One was leading sales since the price cut. What are we to think!?

Stop manipulating things. This is Oct NPD and their yesterday's statement was for first 2 weeks of Nov.

 

[Toki767]

Hmm. I had read on http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-11-13-npd

The Evil Within was the highest-selling first month of sales for new survival horror IP



Yeah, new ip makes more sense unless NPD doesn't count RE as survival horror.

Well Capcom sure doesn't consider it survival horror either.

 

[borghe]

The -$50 Xbox bundle offer just started so next month might be a different story.

If it is, then things might get more interesting month to month in the US (maybe).

If it's not a different story, then hopefully we once and for all stop hearing "this NPD is going to be interesting"

 

[RespectThySole]

Surprising to see that The Evil Within did that well. The Destiny SKU rankings and Sunset not charting are somewhat interesting, but I suppose it's because bundles aren't included. Bayonetta 2 and DRIVECLUB didn't chart either as expected.

 

[AniHawk]

...Huh? Isn't that excuse given when something doesn't do well, and people hopelessly expect better next week/month?


It did 705K (with digital) in October. Smash isn't frontloaded like some games, but that's still a huge chunk. To move up in place next month is impressive to me.

usually when it's like a week, sure, but this was literally two days out of the first weekend plus an entire 'nother month. it probably had some decent word of mouth thanks to it being surprisingly playable for a portable party game (not a fighter)

 

[Whipped Spartan]

XB1 is the FPS console. That and destiny bundles weren't counted in.

It's still impressive. They have been showing it as a ps4 game since February 2013.

 

[postcyberpunk]

So Alien Iso should be 19.99 in a week or so, right?

 

[Arion]

But Microsoft said Xbox One was leading sales since the price cut. What are we to think!?

The price cut just started

 

[Kodros]

Well i heard they are gonna announce something cool tomorrow so fingers crossed. People working on weather stuff are probably not coding away at network stuff anyway ya know.

I bet it's just an announcement for the Challenges and Online fix for next week.

 

[Curufinwe]

Is it?

The VentureBeat quote says "That said, Bethesda still has to consider The Evil Within a success. It set a new record for the highest first-month sales for a release in the “survival horror” genre, according to the NPD."

I took that as highest first month for any survival horror game instead of for a new IP.

...Maybe that doesn't make any sense given Resident Evil.

Yeah, TEW can't have sold more than RE5 did.

 

[QaaQer]

See the mobile version dead last is rather interesting for a bevy of reasons.

It's a new thing, mobile games at retail. Give it time.

 

[Kouriozan]

Awaiting the PRs for some numbers.

 

[John Bender]

SO would have been #9 on the individual list of SKU's. Add to that digital plus bundled sales and it's not shocking to see why he might have been pleased.

If he expected medicore sales, well then I can see why he is ok with these numbers.

 

[KnockOneOff]

SO sounds like it bombed. :

NPD group multiplat don't they? Any exclusive will struggle to be on the top 10 as there are potentially millions more sale possibilities if it's multiplat

 

[Boke1879]

So then it sold even less?

I'm sure most of the sales came when the price drop went into effect. I DO know Major Nelson said bundles were limited.

This month might be a different story with the other bundles and b2g1 deals from stores.

 

[Snipes424]

No Sunset is disappointing, it is my favorite game of the year so far.

 

[ec0ec0]

I'm a lil sad of sports games selling the most... Those are the type of games that doesn't add anything new or attractive to the table yet they sell like crazy no matter If it's the same game as last year but only with a few enhancements. oh well.

and those are there year after year after year...

 

[hatchx]

SSB Stay killin. That WiiU vers will monster at least 2 months at the top.

I'm curious about that. I'm thinking COD, GTA, AC, and Halo will keep it in the middle/low on the list.

 

[Corto]

Alien Isolation deserves a top spot. Hope it has some legs on PC with seasonal sales and the likes. Creative Assembly rebuild the IP from ruins and managed to create an excellent game.

 

[RyanPierre]

Nice to see Smash so high =). Some interesting SKU ordering. Also, Just Dance didn't chart (does it usually during its launch month)?

Dance games have been on a decline for years. I looked at the charts for the last few years, and Just Dance apparently hasn't been in the top 10 since 2011.

 

[Nirolak]

Hmm. I had read on http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-11-13-npd

The Evil Within was the highest-selling first month of sales for new survival horror IP



Yeah, new ip makes more sense unless NPD doesn't count RE as survival horror.

Yeah, I'm switching to the gamesindustry.biz quote until proven otherwise, since outselling Dead Space 1's ~200-300K is way more believable.

 

[Shinjiru]

I'm glad to see that the PS4 is #1 again this month, but I expect the xbone to take November. Next months NPD results are going to be exciting.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

The only hope is that Walmart Xbox One MCC bundle on black Friday. Will Walmart really be Microsoft's salvation?

Working man's console.

 

[stryke]

As a PS4 owner i really don't know why they keep selling, PSN sucks and they have no exclusives at all at the moment and I can't really see that many on the horizon either right now


I honestly want ps4 to stop selling a little, might give them a kick up the arse to sort PSN out and get some games out

 

[Mass Effect]

B2 not charting shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

Seriously. Everyone knew the game was going to bomb.

Sunset is a different story though.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Bayo2

The Evil Within

Sunset Overdrive

 

[Live Free or Die]

As a PS4 owner i really don't know why they keep selling, PSN sucks and they have no exclusives at all at the moment and I can't really see that many on the horizon either right now


I honestly want ps4 to stop selling a little, might give them a kick up the arse to sort PSN out and get some games out

Lol wut? Notsureifserious.gif

 

[QaaQer]

I remember Brink doing really well for what it was too though.

It launched with 401K: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=433830

fair point.

 

[FourMyle]

Evil Within at #3? holy crap

 

[CosmicQueso]

Sunset is not the big platform exclusive with the lowest sales this month guys. Neither is B2.

 

[DukeBobby]

Colonial Marines destroyed the Alien brand for gamers. They had a tough mountain to climb to get back into their good graces.

I hate Colonial Marines more than ever now.

That piece of trash should never have existed.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Colonial Marines destroyed the Alien brand for gamers. They had a tough mountain to climb to get back into their good graces.

Yeah i think Marines really destroyed the franchise. I don't blame people this falls on SEGA and Gearbox

 

[mr2t]

Wow, people don't have comprehension skills sometimes.

SO bundles all sold out, no digital numbers. In order to top 10 it would have to beat all those games on one system vs the 4 systems multiplayform is on.

All this means is it didn't sell a huge amount of physical copies its first week. Game is amazing too

Still some at at least one Microsoft stores according to Major Nelson.

 

[harSon]

Bayo2

The Evil Within

Sunset Overdrive

Fixed

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Is the evil within any good on ps4? I heard its performance was pretty bad. Should be getting it early next week right beside GtaV. Gonna be a great week .

It runs good enough on PS4. They should definitely use a new engine for the sequel though.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Holy fuck Alien didn't chart at all?

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Shadow of Mordor is quite low. Thought that would have done better. Not that I feel it deserved to though but a popular license and good reviews should have helped it more.

 

[Visualante2]

Brink also launched amid PSN outages, right?

 

[Death2494]

They probably went Xbox exclusive under the assumption that MS wouldn't have faced the backlash that they did with XB1.

Microsoft financed the game. Remember they invest over 2 billion into new IPs. Sunset Overdrive was surely one of them. Too bad though, the games looks like a blast to play.

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Sunset is not the big platform exclusive with the lowest sales this month guys.

DC one would assume

 

[test_account]

SSB Stay killin. That WiiU vers will monster at least 2 months at the top.

I think that will be difficult unless it has very long legs. Next month (November), Advance Warfare will be on top. I guess that Advance Warfare will also be on top in December.

 

[biglittleps]

“October 2014 marks the first 12 months of sales for the Xbox One and PS4,” said Callahan. “After the first year, these consoles have had a great start as cumulative sales are currently over 70 percent higher than the combined first year totals of Xbox 360 and PS3.”

Can anyone provide cumulative sales of PS3 and XB360 first year so we can get cumulative sales of PS4 and XB1 to get numbers?

 

[Lakitu]

Very upset Alien didn't chart. Fuck...