ethomaz
Banned
If SFV is super front loaded game then what most games with 75-80% drop in second month are?
From my head... so it could be not accurate.
US ~270k
UK ~40k
JP ~70k
PC ~160k
~540k
* Outaded numbers except PC and US
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NPD Sales Results for March 2016
- Thread starter Nirolak
- Start date
US ~270k
UK ~40k
JP ~70k
PC ~160k
~540k
* Outaded numbers except PC and US
Jarod McChicken
Member
I expected a way way bigger gap between Zelda TP and Pokken Tournament, but either way, nice showing for the Wii U games.
Obliterator
Member
268k is an absolutely abysmal performance for SFV
Primethius
Banned
There's a couple things wrong with this post. You can go to the February NPD for a detailed breakdown on SFV talk.
Hint: One more console wasn't going to stop it from being a bomb.
CharminUltra
Member
Also, years later, the best game of 2013 aka GTA V still charting. Well deserved.
illmatic22
Banned
Baseball please.
creamsugar
Member
D: PS4+XBO>1.75
PS4 ~ 52.35%
PS4 ~ 52.35%
ethomaz
Banned
First month yes.
Second month did hold well.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
looked flat to me, but i dont have a calculator
SFV first month is 205K, second is 268K, so that's a 76% drop. Still super front loaded!
More than 80? I guess... super duper front loaded. lol
less than 2 million as expected. does this number include xbo bundles?
Sf is bomba Fighter there. Tp and Pt is doing absolutely banana there ^^^
Welfare
Member
creamsugar
Member
LTD gap:
1628
6571
1628
6571
Omnistalgic
Member
I just dont get why they didnt make the story mode into the standard Arcade mode though? Like those drawings and cut-scenes are good enough for an intro/ending lol...
- Just make each character start out with that initial still.
- Make you fight against the whole cast with Bison/V-trigger Necalli at the end
- Unlock a few colors every time you beat a characterss arc
- Advertise the big update and real story is in June
its like, the content is already there for a barebones Arcade mode lol...Dunno why they put it in like they did.
Good points, especially given the fact how much hype there was for SFIV at the time when it launched and how fighting game fans had been waiting.
There was that Halo 3 hype thread from yesterday but the hype for SFIV was huge when it released, especially for a game released in February.
Still though, hypothetically, if Sony paid to have it console exclusive it obviously didn't pay off.
Or if Capcom decided to not launch the game on Xbox One they lost a lot of sales combined with another large potential player base.
SFIV's growth and popularity was certainly helped by the fact it launched on both the 360 and PS3 on the same day.
I expected well over 2M for The Division.
ethomaz
Banned
Division really underperformed for most predictors.
Thanks.
Primethius
Banned
Cream delivering all the numbers.
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
Welfare
Member
Gap is 88k. Thanks!
Omnistalgic
Member
Ok, those were my numbers as well, I just estimated a possible 100K we cant account for in ROTW and Digital.
ethomaz
Banned
Time for math.
Same.
3rdamention
Member
What ever happened to the real MAU numbers from Microsoft? That was their number to gauge success, but I only think they have given 2 updates since they announced their new metric. I just assumed there would be updates in at least every other NPD PR. I am just curious as to how the number has grown since their Windows 10 initiative with Xbox One.
You would think they should have some very nice monthly active user numbers steadily growing recently. Instead, they focus on hours played compared to last year, which should obviously be higher after a full year of additional worldwide console sales. But you would think MAU numbers, after the focus Microsoft placed on them, would make for much better, positive sounding PR and should be pretty impressive at this point.
The whole MAU fascination has obviously been a thing in these NPD threads, most for fun, but some of us have been seriously curious. Are the numbers leveling off? Do they wait until the MAU numbers build and make a bigger splash? Was it a bait and switch tactic to turn the focus from console sales to a different number they really weren't going to consistently share publicly? Is MAU more of a number only for investors?
I honestly think that MAU numbers are going to remain more of a Financial Report statistic in place of console sales, and the MAU updates in NPD PR are going to remain pretty rare. I guess everyone can stop asking for the holy MAU update each month.
You would think they should have some very nice monthly active user numbers steadily growing recently. Instead, they focus on hours played compared to last year, which should obviously be higher after a full year of additional worldwide console sales. But you would think MAU numbers, after the focus Microsoft placed on them, would make for much better, positive sounding PR and should be pretty impressive at this point.
The whole MAU fascination has obviously been a thing in these NPD threads, most for fun, but some of us have been seriously curious. Are the numbers leveling off? Do they wait until the MAU numbers build and make a bigger splash? Was it a bait and switch tactic to turn the focus from console sales to a different number they really weren't going to consistently share publicly? Is MAU more of a number only for investors?
I honestly think that MAU numbers are going to remain more of a Financial Report statistic in place of console sales, and the MAU updates in NPD PR are going to remain pretty rare. I guess everyone can stop asking for the holy MAU update each month.
Omnistalgic
Member
I thought I saw number for Pokken it the 250K range? I didn’t know that was doing so well?
I think this is one of the games with that big digital share. Plus it had a bundle
Obliterator
Member
I think digital is increasing rapidly. Like REALLY rapidly.
Omnistalgic
Member
Nah, dont think it wouldve helped much man. People want to play a lot of different ways OFFLINE. SFV, along with the small rosters, does not do that yet. Theres probably like 100 million platforms between PS4/PCs capable of running the game so user base is not the issue, its just content and lack of hype.
I honestly think a lot of it is just Wii U owners being starved for big(ger) games. Wii U exclusives do pretty well because the system doesn't have third party support; It's funny since so far this gen, PS4 and Xbox One exclusives haven't done too well because of those systems having great third party support.
It has been a very interesting generation.
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True. I wonder how the bundle did.
Jarod McChicken
Member
I feel a little out of touch, but the first one is the gap between PS4/XBO right ? What is the other one ?
I agree. I usually like to buy games at retail, but with The Division that didnt even crossed my mind for a second. Went full digital.
Welfare
Member
It has to be PS4 ~329k and XB1 ~241k, or PS4 ~328k and XB1 ~240k.
Pokken did good because it was a fun Pokemon spin-off that obviously had a lot of effort put into it while also being appealing to fighting game fans by providing them with something new, yet still satisfactory. Nothing more, nothing less. The state of the Wii U had no bearing on Pokken's sales.
ethomaz
Banned
I just question where Ubisoft found they sold more than Destiny or Watch Dogs.
Unless they are talking only about revenue and not sales because the gap is really big:
US it sold way less
UK it sold way less
JP it sold way less
I don't thing Digital and others places can make the gap that is already over 1m for Destiny.
Unless they are talking only about revenue and not sales because the gap is really big:
US it sold way less
UK it sold way less
JP it sold way less
I don't thing Digital and others places can make the gap that is already over 1m for Destiny.
creamsugar
Member
Omnistalgic
Member
I don’t understand this? How come people keep moving goal posts with was is successful?
Infamous - successful
Killzone Shadow Fall - successful
MLB - successful
Until Dawn - successful
Blood Borne - successful
Knack - successful
The Order - bombed
DriveClub- claimed back success
SFV - bombed
More success than bombs here unless my math is wrong? I don’t want to hear stuff like “it was only because it was at launch” that’s nonsense. People like Killzone and Knack was a decent time at budget prices. Sales are sales.
Not everything is going to be Splatoon or Smash brothers and sell 5 million units.
ethomaz
Banned
PS4 is not up yoy?
PS4 is down YoY afterall.
3rdamention
Member
I am starting to get the hang of Microsoft's PR Department I think. I am getting closer to predicting their PR statement each month. However, this month was a pretty safe and easy prediction. Probably by October, I should have it down pat. Just disappointed we didn't get a stat for how many people Time Dodged, but maybe next month.
Obliterator
Member
Digital share is substantially larger than when those titles launched and PC is significantly over 1 million
I mean idk if I'd call until dawn a success Chart wise. Wasn't it below rare replay? But I suppose Sony may have been happy with what it was