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

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Ryng_tolu

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Alo0oy said:
I think it will do better than Watch Dogs, I just don't think it can touch Destiny, which had a high profile bundle, and it was the most popular genre in the US.
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I agree here. But i think will be a close battle on current gen. Surely, if we include PS3 and 360 Destiny easy wins.


Pennywise83 said:
Are 3DS sales good or average?
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Pretty good. It's more than what sold in 2014, and has sold more than almost all prediction in the prediction thread.

I predicted 130,000 and this was one of the most optimist prediction...
 
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Ryng_tolu

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donny2112 said:
Only 3 people predicted 3DS at 160K or above. Whatever someone may think about it's YOY performance, it did significantly better than what 97% of predictors thought this month!
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It also did better than what sold in February 2014, that's not bad.

2014 February - 155,000
2016 February - 176,000

In March 2014 3DS also sold 159,000... huum, after a 150% MOM increase i expect a huge drop next month, so i doubt it can beat 2014 sales figure, but that's far from death as many guys believe.

We also know this holidays a pricedrop is incoming and NX at this point is most likely only a home console, and not an handhelds... Looks like 3DS has at last another decent year left, expecially with Pokémon Moon and Sun.

Of course, it's still gonna be the worse 3DS year ever...

Trup1aya said:
Well damn, no clue why I thought it launched on Novemeber did it get pushed back or something?
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It was originally a November title, but then released in May 27 2014. :p
 
Welfare

Welfare

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creamsugar said:
One more this month:
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Surprise Vita entry! After almost a year of no data, no less.

Thanks as always creamsugar!
 
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RibMan

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A wild Vita appears.

wonderful103 said:
Not only are consoles themselves in a state of decline, the market that remains is less and less receptive to those types of games. Ironically, genres like platformers are having s much better time on the extremely varied ecosystem on PC
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Let's just ignore the one console that isn't in decline that has a history of sustaining a variety of IP. That's the way to do business -- ignore the market leader!
 
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Sterok

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If February is so big for hardware, why aren't there more huge games released then? Last year's Majora's Mask was a little over 500K retail + digital + bundles. This year Primal was < 400K retail. Seems like a good time to release something along the lines of Mortal Kombat X.
 
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CosmicQueso

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Sterok said:
If February is so big for hardware, why aren't there more huge games released then? Last year's Majora's Mask was a little over 500K retail + digital + bundles. This year Primal was < 400K retail. Seems like a good time to release something along the lines of Mortal Kombat X.
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You mean something like Street Fighter V?
 
Welfare

Welfare

Member
Sterok said:
If February is so big for hardware, why aren't there more huge games released then? Last year's Majora's Mask was a little over 500K retail + digital + bundles. This year Primal was < 400K retail. Seems like a good time to release something along the lines of Mortal Kombat X.
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February has started to get more releases. This year, there are more games in February than March.

CosmicQueso said:
You mean something like Street Fighter V?
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No, something like anime fighters!

Did Naruto open higher or lower than Xenoverse?
 
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AniHawk

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Y2Kev said:
I'm not interested in who will win November. I mean don't you think releasing them at the same time will detract from sales of both? I can't justify 500 on both form factors but if they were staggered I might get both. Allowing people to self select and then buy one later might counter effect that but it also might not.
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i don't think they want people to buy both. i don't think there's much in it for them to do that. if the form factors play the same library or largely the same library, then the point is to reach a wide consumer base, not for the same consumers to buy multiple form factors.
 
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slavesnyder

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Ryng_tolu said:
Now we just Need to know all months what is The LT Gap between PS4 / XB1, ans with The New Cream Graph we will always have numbers for all 5 console.

I think The Best part is that we finally know Vita numbers.
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Don't expect to get this pie every month.
I am very surprised we get a 5-sliced pie suddenly. And I love that.
But I'd never think that this is a regular base now.
 
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Jigorath

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Pennywise83 said:
People were expecting 100k+ for Digimon in the predictions thread and interest in the gaming community was quite big so 64k units at retail is not that surprising. Well, at least 1 PS4 jRPGs selling ok-ish.
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You're not even trying anymore.

Bamco was expecting about 110k in the West in the first two months. It sold 64k in the US alone in one month on one platform in retail only. Even with poor legs, it'll go well above Bamco's sales expectations. And given how much time you spend in sales threads, I'm surprised you haven't figured out the difference between a realistic and unrealistic expectation. Hint: 100k+ is an unrealistic prediction for a game that the publisher didn't even bother to send out review copies for. It's a cheap as fuck localization.
 
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sense

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creamsugar said:
LTD

TV ~ 187.6
OUYA ~ 67.8
SHIELD ~ 30.5
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Well at least psTV outsold ouya and shield!!!
Man they really messed up the execution with the pstv device. It could have done well if it had the right TV support(Netflix hulu amazon etc...) and marketed better
 
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wonderful103

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RibMan said:
A wild Vita appears.



Let's just ignore the one console that isn't in decline that has a history of sustaining a variety of IP. That's the way to do business -- ignore the market leader!
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Sorry, but the PlayStation of today is vastly different than the PlayStation of yore.

The market that likes atypical-from-popular software types and family friendly fare is not extremely prevalent on a PlayStation console.
 
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AniHawk

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RibMan said:
Let's just ignore the one console that isn't in decline that has a history of sustaining a variety of IP. That's the way to do business -- ignore the market leader!
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sony's had a real hard time since 2011 or so getting that audience on board for things (not for lack of trying either). i think lbp2 was their last real success. nintendo would probably do better on xbox one considering that at least minecraft is doing a better job there.
 
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Elandyll

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allan-bh said:
With some crazy deals I thought PS TV had sold more than that.
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It would probably have if it had been marketed to the masses as a PS4/ Vita streaming companion, with access to PS Now and PS Vue (I don't think it does), -and- with the video services it should have (Netflix/ Prime / etc.).

I just think that Sony saw this more like a way to sell unused Vita components rather than a true market, but that's just my 2cps.
 
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jbluzb

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Happy for Naruto game with good to great sales number, a fun game and easy to play, a good conclusion to shippuden

bought trails of cold steel to have more localization support :)
 
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Pennywise83

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Verelios said:
Breh, one of them is for the best selling handheld of its generation, the other is retail and dl.
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I don't remember BN promoting the DS Digimon game back then, and Pokémon was just too big for people to care about a similar game on the same platform. Also, Dawn & Dusk wasn't so good (notice how few reviews exist for them), while Cyber Sleuth got a lot of word-of-mouth on gaming forums.

Jigorath said:
You're not even trying anymore.

Bamco was expecting about 110k in the West in the first two months. It sold 64k in the US alone in one month on one platform in retail only. Even with poor legs, it'll go well above Bamco's sales expectations. And given how much time you spend in sales threads, I'm surprised you haven't figured out the difference between a realistic and unrealistic expectation. Hint: 100k+ is an unrealistic prediction for a game that the publisher didn't even bother to send out review copies for. It's a cheap as fuck localization.
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I didn't know BN expectations for the game. It seems quite in line with how BN was expecting to sell, then. The new Digimon game is Next Order: let's see how quick BN will localize it and how it will sell, since the company seems willing to keep the franchise on Sony platforms.
 
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Fdkn

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Pennywise83 said:
Pokémon was just too big for people to care about a similar game on the same platform.
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Wait what? you're always complaining when a monsterhunterclone or a pokemon clone doesn't go to 3ds because that's where the fanbase for those type of games are and where they would sell more according to you and now you're using the popularity of pokemon as a handicap to overcome by a game on the same genre?

CyberSleuth sold well, in both Japan and the west. You've showed enough times how upset you are about that, but let it go already please.
 
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Pennywise83

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Fdkn said:
Wait what? you're always complaining when a monsterhunterclone or a pokemon clone doesn't go to 3ds because that's where the fanbase for those type of games are and where they would sell more according to you and now you're using the popularity of pokemon as a handicap to overcome by a game on the same genre?

CyberSleuth sold well, in both Japan and the west. You've showed enough times how upset you are about that, but let it go already please.
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Pokémon-wannabe games sold well when they were good or differentiated enough (e.g., Yo-kai Watch) - was Dawn & Dusk good? How much did BN promote the game? Also, my argument about massively popular games and their following always focused on Japan, where the trend is proven to exist for IPs such as Pokémon, Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter - I have yet to see a popular game following Pokémon structure in North America, at least in the past 10 years; perhaps Fossil Fighters was quite successful but Nintendo promoted it just fine on DS (IIRC it bombed on 3DS).

Btw, I'm not upset: I'm just reporting my opinion on the issue. If BN is happy about the product, the localization of Next Order shouldn't take much and sales will be good as well; and the company will not wait to develop another game perhaps directly on PS4.
 
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Fdkn

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Pennywise83 said:
Pokémon-wannabe games sold well when they were good or differentiated enough (e.g., Yo-kai Watch) - was Dawn & Dusk good? How much did BN promote the game? Also, my argument about massively popular games and their following always focused on Japan, where the trend is proven to exist for IPs such as Pokémon, Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter - I have yet to see a popular game following Pokémon structure in North America, at least in the past 10 years; perhaps Fossil Fighters was quite successful but Nintendo promoted it just fine on DS (IIRC it bombed on 3DS).

Btw, I'm not upset: I'm just reporting my opinion on the issue. If BN is happy about the product, the localization of Next Order shouldn't take much and sales will be good as well; and the company will not wait to develop another game perhaps directly on PS4.
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Well you're certainly contradicting yourself. Dawn wasn't really a good game and it sold well, because it was on Nintendo DS. So Pokemon popularity did not hurt it, on the contrary, it helped a mediocre game.

Next Order have nothing to do with CyberSleuth and you already know that from many MC threads. I personally have 0 interest in the game while I love CS.
I don't know what BN has planned for that title or the future of the franchise, but CS did good for them and that's a fact.
 
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Pennywise83

Banned
Fdkn said:
Well you're certainly contradicting yourself. Dawn wasn't really a good game and it sold well, because it was on Nintendo DS. So Pokemon popularity did not hurt it, on the contrary, it helped a mediocre game.

Next Order have nothing to do with CyberSleuth and you already know that from many MC threads. I personally have 0 interest in the game while I love CS.
I don't know what BN has planned for that title or the future of the franchise, but CS did good for them and that's a fact.
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Did the DS game sell well? In 2007, 210k on DS doesn't seem "well", perhaps a mediocre result for a mediocre game with some popularity leftovers from early 2000s.

If CS sold so well, BN should be thrilled in keep localizing Digimon games in the West.
 
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Fdkn

Member
Pennywise83 said:
Did the DS game sell well? In 2007, 210k on DS doesn't seem "well", perhaps a mediocre result for a mediocre game with some popularity leftovers from early 2000s.
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What did you want that game to sell, a million?

210k is more than what it sold in Japan, so yes, it sold well.

Pennywise83 said:
If CS sold so well, BN should be thrilled in keep localizing Digimon games in the West.
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Again, CS is selling better than what BN expected as was showed some posts ago. What they do after that, it's up to them.
 
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KawabataSan

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Verelios said:
Breh, one of them is for the best selling handheld of its generation, the other is retail and dl.
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I'm trying to help you with numbers to allow for comparison with last mainline game release.

LTD:
SFIV Standard/Collectors SKU's (PS3/360) > 1.6m

1st Month:
SFV Standard/Collectors SKU's (PS4) > 0.2m
 
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