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NPD Sales Results for February 2016 [Up1: Fire Emblem]

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CosmicQueso

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JeffGrubb said:
"Ubisoft’s Far Cry: Primal was the top game of February 2016 with greater sales than Far Cry 4 when adjusted for the number of days the games sold within their respective launch months.”
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Super interesting, and frankly a bit shocking. If the bet to go with such a different type of game pays off for them, it's really encouraging for the entire industry, yeah?

JeffGrubb said:
“Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 was the top-selling game on a SKU basis with its PS4 version, and when sales exceeded Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 by 90 percent when normalized for days within the month.”

I've asked for clarification regarding this Naruto point. To me, it is saying that Naruto PS4 is the top-selling game by SKU for February. Maybe I'm not comprehending.
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Also amazing if the translation is correct. I'm with you though, comprehending that sentence is not easy!
 
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AncientDiety

Banned
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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MS "Greatest Lineup" spin or "Unmatched" is really cringe at this point. Number of hours there it is lol.
 
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Dash_Riprock

Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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Wow, they actual went with Hours Spent Gaming (tm).

Must be worse than I thought.

Also lmfao at "unmatched" gaming.
 
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Palocca

Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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Maaaaaan, where's my MAU
 
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Ryng_tolu

Banned
So, here what's happen when you compare Zughe prediction with the actual result :p

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agentofatlas

Member
Ridley327 said:
Anime games aren't a particularly lucrative subset of video games. They have a solid audience, but they're typically not the kind of games that can outsell something like a new mainline Street Fighter.
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Its a Naruto game not just a simple anime game. It has a wider audience than Street Fighter at this point plus Naruto ending helps.
 
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Lindsay

Dot Hacked
Kinda feel bad for SFV. I mean sure they tried ta sell a super barebones fighter at full price no less but sheesh. Capcom and Sony really flubbed this one.

How long til thread reaches niche leaks? Gonna need Project X Zone 2 figures!
 
Welfare

Welfare

Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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Ridley327

Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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Sony: We're selling a lot of consoles
Nintendo: We're selling a lot of Fire Emblem
Microsoft: Look forward to March and April!
 
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Wagram

Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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That's a lot of words that have nothing to do with February.
 
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MrDaravon

Member
Revven said:
Naruto is a special case, though. It's the only way anyone who is a fan of that series can see an animated ending to the series so 90% of people who bought it did so to see the story's finale outside of the manga. It's not unexpected for it, with that in mind, to outsell SFV. I'm not surprised by it in the least, especially when you consider the other Storm games' numbers -- they've always been million sellers (at least the mainline Storm games, not sure about stuff like Revolution or Generations). It's not a very niche game series at all.
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This ^^^^. Naruto is super popular, and this was also the only way to see an animated end to the series. I'm actually kind of surprised Naruto isn't the #1 game this month period, hardly shocked to see the PS4 sku of it is the #1 sku across the board.
 
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Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase

I swear to God, I don't get what they mean there. Console sales? Games sales? Exclusive games sales? What, what.
 
DeepEnigma

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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MSFT starting to trickle that Windows 10 [see: transition] PR.
 
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massoluk

Banned
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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Haha, wtf. Total number of hours spent?
At least Sony was using "PlayStation family"
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
MrDaravon said:
This ^^^^. Naruto is super popular, and this was also the only way to see an animated end to the series. I'm actually kind of surprised Naruto isn't the #1 game this month period, hardly shocked to see the PS4 sku of it is the #1 sku across the board.
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While Naruto does well in the West, Far Cry 4 did over 7 million copies LTD and Far Cry 3 was even higher at 10+ million.

Black Ops 3 is the best selling game of this generation and GTA V is basically the best selling console game of all time, so they have good legs.
 
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viHuGi

Banned
Microsoft PR:
"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft
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Hahahaha this Is priceless xD
 
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hydrophilic attack

Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft​
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Windows 10 was mentioned almost as many times as XBO in that release. (four times vs six times)
 
NeonZ

NeonZ

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Gunslinger said:
Are they 3 different games or same game? Whats the deal behind these fire emblem?
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Birthright and Conquest are almost completely different campaigns, with even menu skin and bgm changing from one game to another. Game progression, resources and the style of map/enemy design are also different between them.

However, it's all the same engine with many shared assets (like characters that are playable in one game appear as enemies in the other, a few locations also appear in both, weapons that can be easily bought in one game are rare and limited drops in the other). One game can also be downloaded as 20 dollars DLC for the other version.

There's also a third DLC only campaign (also included in the physical cart with the Special Edition). It's just as long as the other two, although that one has much heavier asset reuse from the two basic games.
 
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slavesnyder

Member
JeffGrubb said:
Microsoft PR:

Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’(...)​
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This is poetry.

Apart from that quite boring PR statement.
Xbox1 mentioned 6 times, Windows10 4 times. At least that.​
 
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CLEEK

Member
DryEyeRelief said:
That seems pretty normal for a fighting game.

They aren't that popular.

A lot of people in the Street Fighter V related threads the past month need a reality check.
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Fighting games are popular, and can be multi-million sellers. Online competitive fighting is a niche within this through. Something the FGC stubbornly fails to realise. Every time I see one of them comment "why should SFV have and arcade mode, no one plays that mode any more", I want to slap some sense into them.
 
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Cipherr

Member
Fire Emblem used to be the franchise I would point to that Nintendo continued to support the development of, despite it not ever really selling super well.

But its really been building over the last few entries. 400k in the US in one month? Jesus Christ.
 
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rhandino

Banned
Gunslinger said:
Are they 3 different games or same game? Whats the deal behind these fire emblem?
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3 different games, also you can buy the other version as DLC for the game ypu bought so very few people will double dip physical.

Oh, and there is another path/game that is going to be released as DLC for both versions.

Basically, Nintendo must be making MAD money with this entries in the series and the fans got basically 3 games that cater to almost very single fan of the franchise (Conquest is similar to the classic games, Birthright is more like FE: Awakening and Revelations is a combination of both games)
 
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Ryng_tolu

Banned
400,000 for Fire Emblem is just freaking awesome. This game is gonna sell 2.5-3 million worldwide, that's insane for a Fire Emblem game.
 
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