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Titanfall month

He made an error, PS4 still won that month even with Titanfall

PS4 had Second Son and all they really had to do was supply enough hardware to meet the demand after months of shortages.

lol that was such a hilarious outcome given how much hype there was for Titanfall from both MS and Media

 

[FullMetaltech]

Pretty straightforward month:

PS4 is still killing it, easily winning the month in our stores, by a good margin. The MCC bundle really has done nothing to accelerate as direct competition.

Bloodborne did great, better than many of our store supervisors were expecting. Though even with that, Hardline still sold more in our stores... Though nowhere near as good as BF4 did. I'll be interested to see how the trend goes.

Not suprised. Didnt hardline get a price drop too? Crazy that it got one so soon though.

 

[ZhugeEX]

For those who want a reference -

(Updated PS4 and Xbox One figures below)
*Numbers are estimated

Ye no problem i remember shit hitting the fan with Sony winning Titanfall month, it was a damn entertaining NPD thread.

I haven't seen it....

 

[DieH@rd]

Titanfall month

PS4 won in Titanfall month That event caused one of the best NPD threads we ever had.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=803922

edit - March 2014 NPD prediction thread when news broke
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=108558972#post108558972

 

[Abdiel]

Thanks! What about other stuff (Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, 3DS, Mario Party 10, and older titles from February).

You quoted me just as I was editing my post about Type 0, haha. As to Mario Party... it looks like some folks picked it up, but it didn't really seem to be all that impressive.

 

[TheCarrotKiller]

[3DS] 271K
[PS4] 448K
[WIU] 95K
[XB1] 291K

 

[Chobel]

Thank you Aqua for the write up!

[3DS] 270K
[PS4] 310K
[WIU] 100K
[XB1] 255K

 

[Dodecagon]

[3ds] 300k
[ps4] 500k
[wiu] 140k
[xb1] 275k

 

[ZhugeEX]

You quoted me just as I was editing my post about Type 0, haha. As to Mario Party... it looks like some folks picked it up, but it didn't really seem to be all that impressive.

Would you be able to comment on the general buzz you're seeing from customers in regards to gaming in general. Are you seeing a lot more customers buying games than you used to? A lot less? Are people still excited and asking about the new generation of consoles?

I know this is a very vague question but I'd be interested to get your perspective on the consumer attitudes you're seeing at the moment.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

You quoted me just as I was editing my post about Type 0, haha. As to Mario Party... it looks like some folks picked it up, but it didn't really seem to be all that impressive.

Abdiel how were N3DS sales in its second month, because i cant get any clear picture of that on Amazon.

 

[shinobi602]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=155230729&postcount=370

Maybe I'm not getting the whole picture here but wouldn't a simple solution be to...stop leaking at that point? I don't understand, NPD numbers get released eventually no? I would assume not wanting to piss off your professional place of employment takes precedence over posting on GAF?

In any case I do miss Aqua's posts.

 

[slavesnyder]

PS4 won in Titanfall month That event caused one of the best NPD threads we ever had.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=803922

edit - March 2014 NPD prediction thread when news broke
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=108558972#post108558972

Thank you for the links directly into the hearth of madness. that was so much fun.
how good are the chances that PS4 doubles XboxOne sales? This would be the only news that would really make a wave.

 

[xehanort]

[3DS] 255K
[PS4] 444K
[WIU] 99K
[XB1] 311K

 

[ZhugeEX]

Maybe I'm not getting the whole picture here but wouldn't a simple solution be to...stop leaking at that point? I don't understand, NPD numbers get released eventually no? I would assume not wanting to piss off your professional place of employment takes precedence over posting on GAF?

In any case I do miss Aqua's posts.

I've overseen similar situations where employees have been leaking company data. Slightly different situation but the outcome by the organisation was to ask them to delete or ban the forum account and not to post anything related to the company online.

I'm guessing a similar situation must have happened here.

 

[Ravage_Hydra]

[3DS] 220K
[PS4] 520K
[WIU] 90K
[XB1] 290K

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Thank you for the links directly into the hearth of madness. that was so much fun.
how good are the chances that PS4 doubles XboxOne sales? This would be the only news that would really make a wave.

I think double is a bit excessive, im expecting a 120-150K gap between the 2.

 

[Dinjooh]

Is Battlefield historically just as favoured on Xbox as COD is or is it more equal?

 

[shinobi602]

I've overseen similar situations where employees have been leaking company data. Slightly different situation but the outcome by the organisation was to ask them to delete or ban the forum account and not to post anything related to the company online.

I'm guessing a similar situation must have happened here.

But my point of confusion is, as soon as it started getting serious, before you're asked to delete your account, why wouldn't you just stop right then and there instead of letting it escalate?

 

[The Shogun]

What was BF4s first NPD?

 

[Kagari]

Pretty straightforward month:

PS4 is still killing it, easily winning the month in our stores, by a good margin. The MCC bundle really has done nothing to accelerate as direct competition.

Bloodborne did great, better than many of our store supervisors were expecting. Though even with that, Hardline still sold more in our stores... Though nowhere near as good as BF4 did. I'll be interested to see how the trend goes. FF Type 0 also did pretty well, from what I can see. A *huge* slant towards PS4. Seriously, I'm guessing higher than 75% in favor of PS4 for both preorders and sales after the fact.

Thanks for the update as usual Abdiel.
Type-0 HD on XB1 is already being discounted on Amazon FWIW.

 

[Welfare]

What was BF4s first NPD?

825,000-850,000 (360, PS3, PC)

Aqua ;~;

 

[slavesnyder]

I think double is a bit excessive, im expecting a 120-150K gap between the 2.

Agree. Some postet 2:1 already though.
Depends not only if PS4 is strong but how weak Xbox is.
When I see AssCreed Bundle being strongest SKU on Amazon, and it is nearly half a year old, I wonder when there will be something really new and appealing. MCC bundle helped at least a bit.

also:
@Abdiel: Thank you!

 

[The Last One]

Pretty straightforward month:

PS4 is still killing it, easily winning the month in our stores, by a good margin. The MCC bundle really has done nothing to accelerate as direct competition.

Bloodborne did great, better than many of our store supervisors were expecting. Though even with that, Hardline still sold more in our stores... Though nowhere near as good as BF4 did. I'll be interested to see how the trend goes. FF Type 0 also did pretty well, from what I can see. A *huge* slant towards PS4. Seriously, I'm guessing higher than 75% in favor of PS4 for both preorders and sales after the fact.

I guess MS will come up with another bundle up soon then.

 

[TomShoe]

Maybe I'm not getting the whole picture here but wouldn't a simple solution be to...stop leaking at that point? I don't understand, NPD numbers get released eventually no? I would assume not wanting to piss off your professional place of employment takes precedence over posting on GAF?

In any case I do miss Aqua's posts.

Sales threads turn men into boys.

 

[The Shogun]

825,000-850,000

Aqua ;~;

Hmmmmmm

Hardline comparison for launch is gonna be very interesting. If EA was really hoping for 1/3rd of BF4s sales from Hardline they are going to be quite happy.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Hmmmmmm

Hardline comparison for launch is gonna be very interesting. If EA was really hoping for 1/3rd of BF4s sales from Hardline they are going to be quite happy.

Were sales before the pricecut decent?

 

[ZhugeEX]

But my point of confusion is, as soon as it started getting serious, before you're asked to delete your account, why wouldn't you just stop right then and there instead of letting it escalate?

No idea on that one. I think they worked something out originally but I don't know enough to comment tbh.

What was BF4s first NPD?

BF4 - 825k (PS3/360/PC)
BF3 - <2000k (360, PS3, PC)
BC2 - 1279k (360, PS3)

 

[Wynnebeck]

Golly, I hope the NPD ninjas don't catch up to Aquamarine and murder her for making that image exclusively for NeoGAF. That would be sad, and seems like a likely outcome for someone of her notoriety with the NPD.

Godspeed Aqua. ;__;7

[3DS] 285K
[PS4] 350K
[WIU] 85K
[XB1] 275K

 

[The Shogun]

Were sales before the pricecut decent?

We never had a price cut so can't comment on the difference in sales volume pre and post cut

 

[RamzaIsCool]

[3DS] 270k
[PS4] 470k
[WIU] 100k
[XB1] 300k

 

[BlackBuzzard]

We never had a price cut so can't comment on the difference in sales volume pre and post cut

So Shogun what were your impressions on the New 3DS sales for this month, if you don't mind me asking.

I thought every retailer cut BF:H price i guess that was not the case.

 

[Vena]

[3DS] 290k
[PS4] 370k
[WIU] 80k
[XB1] 300k

 

[Rand6]

[3DS] 220k
[PS4] 400k
[WIU] 80k
[XB1] 245k

 

[DieH@rd]

I guess MS will come up with another bundle up soon then.

Soon? With what game?

The next big one that they will promote is Witcher 3, but that game comes out mid May.

 

[Delusibeta]

[3DS] 350k
[PS4] 400k
[WIU] 80k
[XB1] 300k

Big month for PlayStation here. I think Bloodborne will be the biggest single SKU by a wide margin, and follow closely behind Battlefield Hardline in the combined rankings. Final Fantasy I would expect in the mid-chart, although I imagine SE would be wondering to itself why it's publicly committed to an Xbone version of FF15. The Show might make top ten, might not, ditto ResiRev2. Mario Party & ScreamRide I would expect both to have turned out to be wet farts, sales-wise.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

[3DS] 230K
[PS4] 410K
[WIU] 112K
[XB1] 190K
[Bloodborne] 340K

 

[1st Course]

[3DS] 220k
[PS4] 400K
[WIU] 85k
[XB1] 270K

 

[Rymuth]

FF Type 0 also did pretty well, from what I can see. A *huge* slant towards PS4. Seriously, I'm guessing higher than 75% in favor of PS4 for both preorders and sales after the fact.

As always, much appreciated, Abdiel.

If the ratio is 80/20 (like in the UK) or higher, then Square-Enix *seriously* needs to take a look at their priorities.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

As always, much appreciated, Abdiel.

If the ratio is 80/20 (like in the UK) or higher, then Square-Enix *seriously* needs to take a look at their priorities.

With such a skew PS4 would probably have 85-90% of total sales.

 

[Kagari]

As always, much appreciated, Abdiel.

If the ratio is 80/20 (like in the UK) or higher, then Square-Enix *seriously* needs to take a look at their priorities.

UK ratio for the XIII games was pretty similar to the US, so I'm expecting the same to happen here.

 

[slavesnyder]

As always, much appreciated, Abdiel.

If the ratio is 80/20 (like in the UK) or higher, then Square-Enix *seriously* needs to take a look at their priorities.

don't worry. they will have a better ratio with tomb raider...

 

[BlackBuzzard]

don't worry. they will have a better ratio with tomb raider...

Hehe.

 

[ascii42]

[3DS] 280K
[PS4] 380K
[WIU] 90K
[XB1] 250K

 

[Conduit]

FF Type 0 also did pretty well, from what I can see. A *huge* slant towards PS4. Seriously, I'm guessing higher than 75% in favor of PS4 for both preorders and sales after the fact.

Same split happened in UK. I expecting same results in US for March.

 

[prag16]

[3DS] 315k
[WIU] 95k
[XB1] 260k
[PS4] 340k


EDIT: Missed Aqua's final departure. Shit. Huge loss for gaf (not just because of NPD leaks). I did enjoy her rant about what such colossal bitches NPD suits seem to be. That aspect of her departure was at least entertaining.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

GO TYPE 0!

 

[GnawtyDog]

For those who want a reference to use -

Very nice.

Very nice OT by Aqua too.

100k+ gap between PS4 and XB1.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Ah man Aqua was my favorite part of these threads.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Wait....

For the entirety of March, WiiU had only 1 game?

That can't be right.

 

[Sangetsu-II]

[3DS] 300K
[PS4] 400K
[WIU] 85K
[XB1] 250K