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[Skittzo0413]

I guess I haven't been paying that much attention to NPD charts lately but I'm actually a bit surprised that Zelda is the #2 best selling game of the year so far. With the lower combined install base I figured it would probably be in the lower part of the top 5 if anything.

Switch software is doing great.

 

[Yjynx]

What leak?

Numbers has been leaked few hours ago

Hardware:
NSW: 222K
PS4: 217K (+34.7%)
3DS: 105K (-44.3%)

Software:
PS4: 2299K (+52.0%)
NSW: 736K
3DS: 384K (-49.2%)

This one

Do you believe everything you read on the internet?

Hmm I'm guessing still sub-100k then.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

In US? It should around half of that probobly less as it did 330k at retail.



Check the preditions thread.

Ah, okay. Well if the leak's numbers are real, that already scuppers my estimate of Splatoon 2 being closer to 3 mil than 2.

Edit:

It's nowhere near a million in US. Leak gave us 332k figure for Splatoon 2 retail this month.

Yeah, wasn't aware of that when I posted. Don't usually keep up with the prediction threads I admit.

 

[Aters]

Heh thats true. I'll just have to take solace in the fact that its already Atlus' best selling title ever while selling at full price.

Still hasnt seen any price drops anywhere either.

I saw a copy of P5 last week in local Target, the first time I saw one, next day it was gone. I think Atlus was conservative when printing the game, not entirely a good thing cuz you should keep your product on shelf so people can pick it up.

 

[phanphare]

It did 332k and there is a high chance Crash did more.

doesn't this contradict that?

“Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 was the best-selling title of the month,” said Piscatella.

"best-selling" sounds like units sold, not revenue

 

[Yabberwocky]

Congrats to Splatoon and Nintendo, that's fantastic! GTAV is a ride that never ends, goddamn.

Can I be cautiously hopeful that FFXII did mildly well? I'd wanted a non-steelbook version of the game from Amazon the other week, and they were sending out UK copies as they were out of US copies. I've been really surprised how much I'm enjoying revisiting FFXII, it's aged like a fine wine. The facial animation - hnnnngggg. The quality of life additions have been great, too, but I'm still so surprised how well the game holds up in general.

 

[allan-bh]

It did 332k and there is a high chance Crash did more.

"Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 was the best-selling title of the month,” said Piscatella.

Splatoon sold more than Crash.

 

[MasterSheen]

I wonder if the DLC helped Zelda sales at all

 

[MatPiscatella]

I guess I haven't been paying that much attention to NPD charts lately but I'm actually a bit surprised that Zelda is the #2 best selling game of the year so far. With the lower combined install base I figured it would probably be in the lower part of the top 5 if anything.

Installed Base, Attach Rates and Tie Ratios matter equally. A title on a platform with a small installed base can still have big sales if the software tie ratio and/or the attach rate of that game is high.

Top games sell what top games sell regardless of installed base in many cases.

"best-selling" sounds like units sold, not revenue

All quotes refer only to consumer spend.

 

[ethomaz]

If the leak are accurate, might be less than 100k....

The leak never said anything about XB1 being below 100k... people jumped conclusion that he leaked the TOP3 hardware but he never said that.

 

[LiquidSolid]

Horizon is considered an RPG?

Yes, it's an action RPG.

It's a little annoying we still haven't received any further leaks, particularly regarding Xbox's numbers.

But aside from the leaks, it's great to see FFXII in the top five. Great game and remaster.

 

[gdt]

"Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 was the best-selling title of the month,” said Piscatella.

Splatoon sold more than Crash.

Obviously it's not reported, but I gotta think PUBG is the actual best selling game of the month right?

 

[ethomaz]

"Nintendo's Splatoon 2 was the best-selling title of the month," said Piscatella.

Splatoon sold more than Crash.

332k are units... Crash could have sold more units.

In revenue Splatoon indeed was the best-selling title.

doesn't this contradict that?



"best-selling" sounds like units sold, not revenue

It is revenue.

 

[phanphare]

All quotes refer only to consumer spend.

oh ok cool

never mind ethomaz

 

[Asd202]

I wonder if the DLC helped Zelda sales at all

I guess vast majority just buy Zelda alongside the Switch like GTAV is constantly in top.

 

[Floody]

What's the lowest GTA5 has been this year? Seems to always be around the top, just insane at this point

Got home, so decided to look it up myself, possibly fucked it up though.
It's been 6th twice. 3rd every other month. Just crazy.

 

[immortald3ath]

Nintendomination.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Nintengod slaying the evil and blessing the tainted.

 

[DeuceGamer]

Not a dumb question at all!

Strategy games have been tough on console. But, if one is going to break that mold and sell at outlier levels, it's this one.

To be honest, I just don't know.

I wonder what Ubisoft expectations for it are.

 

[MatPiscatella]

Nintengod slaying the evil and blessing the tainted.

Some of y'all are in this a little too deep.

 

[Welfare]

Do you believe everything you read on the internet?

But the Xbox One isn't in the best place right now. It being close to sub 100K already isn't a good sign when Xbox One X is still a fair bit away, and that is a $500 device.

 

[allan-bh]

All quotes refer only to consumer spend.

Kinda strange say that a game is the best seller of the month if there's other game that sold more units.

 

[suicreeps]

Mat does your data infer there is increased production for switch or do you think it was only a case of Splatoon launching and we haven't truly seen that increase yet?

Also, as for Mario x Rabbids, do you see that as a mid-tier production value? I would love to hear how you think it would do in the market. As for me, having Mario is a giant plus, but the game itself is in a genre yet to find a large enough player base(except for maybe XCOM). EDIT: I see you already slightly answered this part

 

[Yjynx]

The leak never said anything about XB1 being below 100k... people jumped conclusion that he leaked the TOP3 hardware but he never said that.

Yeah and thank God for that. Still (I guess) sub 100k though. Don't know how I feel about that...

All quotes refer only to consumer spend.

So basically crashes could still sell more unit but less profitable...

 

[Hero of Legend]

I noticed Fate/Extella on Switch is #9 in the Switch chart and that would only have had a few days of tracking as it came out on July 25th, hopefully it did well.

Do we ever get leaks anymore? I wonder what the most recent LTD is for Super Bomberman R and Disgaea 5 Complete are for Switch for example. D5C reached 100k WW as of June 30th and SBR was at 500k WW as of the end of March.

 

[MatPiscatella]

Kinda strange say that a game is the best seller of the month if there's other game that sold more units.

Go take a bunch of units to the bank and see what they say.

A dollar is a dollar. Same value no matter what.

Units do not have the same value. A game can go on sale for $5 and sell 100 units. Is that actually a better seller than a game that costs $50 and sells 75 units?

Mat does your data infer there is increased production for switch

It does not. I've no idea.

 

[Akainu]

Mine haven't.

 

[ethomaz]

So basically crashes could still more unit but less profitable...

Well Crash was $40 and Splatoon 2 $60.

 

[NobleGreenBeast]

What leak?

Go Splatoon!! Never played the first and am addicted to this one a getting better with each play.

That's kind of guaranteed I think, or it will be the best selling in the franchise (if it reviews decently). WiiU's sales was dragging down a lot of potential sales for so much software.

How big of a bump do you think the game will get due to being on the switch? I don't know how much the previous two entries sold. If the leak for Splatoon 2 is true and it sold 330k, hopefully Xenoblade 2 can reach the 300k mark?

 

[adamsapple]

Got damn. GTA V has to have some of the strongest legs in all of video gaming.

 

[13ruce]

Splatoon is now for sure a potential IP that will last for decades just like Zelda and Mario.

Hopefully Nintendo takes more creative risks now not all will pay off or sell multimillions and some may even flop. But when you got a new long lasting IP after those then it certainly pays off.

Heck i was a skeptic when i saw Splatoon 1 at first and even skipped the game for years. But man after playing that Splatoon 2 testfire and finally got 1. I knew it was something special made by passionate devs. Why i ever thought it was just for kiddies is beyond me must have been those edgy late teen years.

 

[Forkball]

Top two games are filled with cartoony animal mascots.

THE 90S ARE BACK

 

[Obliterator]

Very healthy month all around for the industry. Really great to see

 

[Sangetsu-II]

The leak never said anything about XB1 being below 100k... people jumped conclusion that he leaked the TOP3 hardware but he never said that.

Then why not leak XB1 numbers?

Edit: Anyway soon enough we will get an average of what XB1 sold in the Predictions thread so it doesn't matter.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

“Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 was the best-selling title of the month,” said Piscatella. “Three of the month’s top seven best-selling games are published by Nintendo. Nintendo was also the best-selling software publisher in July.”

 

[silva1991]

Nintengod slaying the evil and blessing the tainted.

lol

So basically crashes could still more unit but less profitable...

Yes, because it's much cheaper.

 

[DominusLeges]

Very healthy month all around for the industry. Really great to see

With one extremely notable exception...

 

[ethomaz]

Units do not have the same value. A game can go on sale for $5 and sell 100 units. Is that actually a better seller than a game that costs $50 and sells 75 units?

A better seller? Yes... sold more, build the franchise, etc.

More revenue or profit? Probably not.

Then why not leak XB1 numbers?

He/she said it is because we can math it when the prediction results go up.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

It did 332k and there is a high chance Crash did more.

I seriously doubt Crash sold more.

 

[Meowster]

Very happy to see Final Fantasy XII so high and quite proud of Crash's continued success.

 

[allan-bh]

Go take a bunch of units to the bank and see what they say.

A dollar is a dollar. Same value no matter what.

Units do not have the same value. A game can go on sale for $5 and sell 100 units. Is that actually a better seller than a game that costs $50 and sells 75 units?

Well, I believe the common sense is understand "best-selling title" as the game that sold more units.

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

The king, has returned.

 

[Lexxism]

I'm around if people have questions.

“Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 was the best-selling title of the month,” said Piscatella.

Units sold or revenue?

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Then why not leak XB1 numbers?

Because apparently they don't care about Xbox to give em.

 

[Hero]

Good to see Splatoon 2 at the top!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Congrats on the great debut, Spla2n!

Tekken got left behind

 

[MatPiscatella]

Units sold or revenue?

All quotes are consumer spending.

 

[phanphare]

Go take a bunch of units to the bank and see what they say.

A dollar is a dollar. Same value no matter what.

Units do not have the same value. A game can go on sale for $5 and sell 100 units. Is that actually a better seller than a game that costs $50 and sells 75 units?

we're just all used to "best selling" meaning a certain thing that has now changed. best selling meaning the most sales and a sale meaning a single purchase of a game. now it's all about the dollars.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

So basically crashes could still sell more unit but less profitable...

There's still digital to account for, since Nintendo doesn't give those out nor have they made a press release specifically for NA.

 

[Xbro]

Some of y'all are in this a little too deep.

Meet Sammy.