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April 2016 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes May 10th

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RealityPales

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Beautiful Ninja said:
If the UK numbers are any indication, it won't be If, but by how much. Ratchet and Clank has managed to keep the #1 sales spot on UK individual charts for the 3 weeks it's been out there.

The only thing QB seems to have going for it saleswise is that it came out a week sooner, but sales seem to have died down pretty much right after launch, while Ratchet and Clank is cashing in on some huge word of mouth.
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Crimson_Gold said:
I wouldn't be too shocked. $20 difference in price and good WoM helps
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slavesnyder said:
Isn't this expected by now?
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Ryng_tolu said:
Wow
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Poor Remedy.
 
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Napalm_Frank

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Why is established franchise with lower price tag on a better selling console outselling something like Quantum Break (that is also sold digitally on PC), ''wow''?

Did MS have some huge marketing push I am unaware of?
 
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N.Domixis

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Napalm_Frank said:
Why is established franchise with lower price tag on a better selling console outselling something like Quantum Break (that is also sold digitally on PC), ''wow''?

Did MS have some huge marketing push I am unavare of?
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some people assume a cinematic "AAA" game has to outsell a 3D platformer.
 
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slavesnyder

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Napalm_Frank said:
Why is established franchise with lower price tag on a better selling console outselling something like Quantum Break, ''wow''?
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Did you think the same 3 months ago? Be honest.
Quantum Break had an exciting concept, was a fresh IP and had shootbangs.
R&C was a dead franchise for kids.

I love how suddenly everyone knew it from the start.
 
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Blackleg-sanji1

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Napalm_Frank said:
Why is established franchise with lower price tag on a better selling console outselling something like Quantum Break, ''wow''?
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Well for me Quantum break had an actual marketing campaign,was a Big AAA exclusive for Microsoft. Where as R&C has fallen as time went on,had no marketing whatsoever and honesty in this day in age is a much harder sell.
 
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DriftingSpirit

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slavesnyder said:
Did you think the same 3 months ago? Be honest.
Quantum Break had an exciting concept, was a fresh IP and had shootbangs.
R&C was a dead franchise for kids.

I love how suddenly everyone knew it from the start.
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Yep.

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Well for me Quantum break had an actual marketing campaign,was a Big AAA exclusive for Microsoft. Where as R&C has fallen as time went on,had no marketing whatsoever and honesty in this day in age is a much harder sell.
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Another yep.
 
demigod

demigod

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Napalm_Frank said:
Why is established franchise with lower price tag on a better selling console outselling something like Quantum Break (that is also sold digitally on PC), ''wow''?

Did MS have some huge marketing push I am unaware of?
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Triple AAA title, hyped to hell, better graphics than Uncharted 4, its from Remedy, Best new IP this generation, surely it has to sell more than a remake/remaster R&C right?
 
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donny2112

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RexNovis said:
Donny please tell me I fixed it in time! In my excitement to post after my long ban I completely forgot the proper formatting T_T
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That's why I was like "Ahhhh!", since you just got back! It's past the deadline, so can't change it, BUT I can do like I did with Aquamarine when she was late one month and add your entry in with an asterisk. That way you can still see how you ranked, including overall, but it just won't be officially included. The final overall annual rankings will still drop the two lowest months of the year, per usual.
 
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Napalm_Frank

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slavesnyder said:
Did you think the same 3 months ago? Be honest.
Quantum Break had an exciting concept, was a fresh IP and had shootbangs.
R&C was a dead franchise for kids.

I love how suddenly everyone knew it from the start.
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R&C wasn't dead. They just stopped actually releasing mainline games for some reason until Nexus that came out at an awkward time and felt like an aftertought.

Did I know it would outsell QB? No, I didn't even think about correlating the two. What I am asking is why is it supposed to be so shocking? Did anyone expect QB to be huge?

Hell, I'm the dude crusading the idea that a new Crash Bandicoot would sell well. That is a fuckin dead franchise.

Triple AAA title, hyped to hell, better graphics than Uncharted 4, its from Remedy, Best new IP this generation, surely it has to sell more than a remake/remaster R&C right?
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Why would it. The Order already showed that just having super cinematic AAA shootbang with graphics don't automatically mean sales.
 
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ps3ud0

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CosmicQueso said:
Lombax by a chunk. But not #1.

Top 10 is pretty crazy.
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Still surprises me purely as for QB to underperform like that and for R&C to overperform is pretty significant and out of the ordinary...

Still expected an underperforming QB to outsell R&C considering how they were marketed.

ps3ud0 8)
 
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AnthonypUK

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demigod said:
Triple AAA title, hyped to hell, better graphics than Uncharted 4, its from Remedy, Best new IP this generation, surely it has to sell more than a remake/remaster R&C right?
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Hollywood actors, big budget...to sell less than a remake of a PS2 game... its also pretty much the only Xbox One exclusive until the holidays, released in a pretty quiet time.
 
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Blackleg-sanji1

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Napalm_Frank said:
R&C wasn't dead. They just stopped actually releasing mainline games for some reason until Nexus that came out at an awkward time and felt like an aftertought.

Did I know it would outsell QB? No, I didn't even think about correlating the two. What I am asking is why is it supposed to be so shocking? Did anyone expect QB to be huge?
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I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be yea.
 
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Rymuth

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Napalm_Frank said:
Why is established franchise with lower price tag on a better selling console outselling something like Quantum Break, ''wow''?
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Because said established franchise had been dead for years? Because the 'something' like Quantum Break had been touted as a 'potential mega-hit' by Microsoft and one of their four pillars of their 'greatest line up in all of Xbox history'? Because QB had a huge marketing campaign that was a big priority for MS?

I don't know, your guess is as good as mine.
 
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Jarod McChicken

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Napalm_Frank said:
R&C wasn't dead. They just stopped actually releasing mainline games for some reason until Nexus that came out at an awkward time and felt like an aftertought.

Did I know it would outsell QB? No, I didn't even think about correlating the two. What I am asking is why is it supposed to be so shocking? Did anyone expect QB to be huge?

Hell, I'm the dude crusading the idea that a new Crash Bandicoot would sell well. That is a fuckin dead franchise.
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"Huge" I don't know because it's not like it's a multiplayer shooter, but I had the impression it was easily the biggest Xbox One exclusive of the entire first half of the year.
 
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Daft Punk

Banned
slavesnyder said:
Did you think the same 3 months ago? Be honest.
Quantum Break had an exciting concept, was a fresh IP and had shootbangs.
R&C was a dead franchise for kids.

I love how suddenly everyone knew it from the start.
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Hindsight is 20-20. Surprised QB fans couldn't see this possibility
 
Chobel

Chobel

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CosmicQueso said:
Sorry.
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AnthonypUK

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Rymuth said:
Because said established franchise had been dead for years? Because the 'something' like Quantum Break had been touted as a 'potential mega-hit' by Microsoft and one of their four pillars of their 'greatest line up in all of Xbox history'? Because QB had a huge marketing campaign that was a big priority for MS?

I don't know, your guess is as good as mine.
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Didn't one review say "the Xboxes Last of Us"

also had a console bundle.
 
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