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Circana (NPD) September 2023: #1 Starfield #2 Mortal Kombat 1 #3 EA FC24; PS5 #1 Units + Revenue, XBS #2 Units + Revenue
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Vlodril
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Of course charts aren't being reported anymore.
Is this the first time they kill of the individual charts for each console?
We have a YTD chart showing it’s already outsold quite a number of ‘big’ titles from its first month.
It’s compared to September 2022, not the previous month.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Not true. It had Baldur's Gate 3 come out for it.
Yeah, two platforms vs one, definitely need a case study on how this is possibleThat it has surpassed a release of the caliber of FFXVI should perhaps be studied if FFXVI was supposed to have been a sales success.
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GHG
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I didn't say otherwise.
HeWhoWalks
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The Xbox version?
Reckheim
Member
yeh, ok. if that includes gamepass; then this is the biggest news in this release.
nial
Gold Member
IT'S JOEVER, MOTHERFUCKERS.
Negotiator101
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Wait a minute Starfield was a colossal failure wasn't it? I read that on Gaf so it must be true 
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Starfield outsold FFXVI's YTD in just its first month.
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
The Xbox gamers were the ones saying that.
Humdinger
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They don't separate out GP from other subs. So GP might have had a significant rise, while the others had a significant fall. We just don't know.
p.s. It's also inaccurate to say that Starfield didn't push any hardware. It did. Just single digits YOY.
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Mibu no ookami
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It’s interesting to see people praise the #1 position on this chart. Based on the Bethesda name, Microsoft’s marketing, the time this game was in development and the lack of competition for the month I think it was expected to be 1 for September.
The bigger and real concerns for the game and why I called it a flop and a disaster is because I didn’t think it moved enough Xbox units to displace the ps5 and because it fell off the charts soon after its release.
Anyone praising it as a success willing to go on the record for where it’ll be positioned in October?
It’s the 7th best selling game of the year on two platforms. The games it’s ahead of are largely fighting games, exclusive titles to one platform, remakes, or annual releases.
I just think it’s really sad to see the goalposts get moved.
If this game wasn’t able to push Xbox ahead of ps5 for a single month October November and December are going to be brutal.
The bigger and real concerns for the game and why I called it a flop and a disaster is because I didn’t think it moved enough Xbox units to displace the ps5 and because it fell off the charts soon after its release.
Anyone praising it as a success willing to go on the record for where it’ll be positioned in October?
It’s the 7th best selling game of the year on two platforms. The games it’s ahead of are largely fighting games, exclusive titles to one platform, remakes, or annual releases.
I just think it’s really sad to see the goalposts get moved.
If this game wasn’t able to push Xbox ahead of ps5 for a single month October November and December are going to be brutal.
HeWhoWalks
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The Xbox version? Asking for a friend.
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mansoor1980
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#1 Starfield
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The chart's right in the OP. And, no, there is no Xbox version of FFXVI .. yet.
It's a chart of all US game sales YTD reported from 1/1 to 9/30.
Mibu no ookami
Member
For septembers only.
Most hardware units sold since Sep 2016, most dollars in nearly a decade.
‘Flop’ indeed
Maybe you want to do an analysis as to what games were released in September of each of these years.
I don’t think that’s saying much, especially when we consider the Xbox one had been dead in the water since like 2017 or 2018.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I think if that was the case, "THEY" would be telling us that. THEY went from never using the Xbox name (remember "other consoles") to using Xbox's name everywhere now that there's good news to share.
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
You know what I meant. So the answer is, two platforms vs one, as I thought.The chart's right in the OP. And, no, there is no Xbox version of FFXVI .. yet.
It's a chart of all US game sales YTD reported from 1/1 to 9/30.
Negotiator101
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No must me a mistake, apparently it hardly sold anything because its on Gamepass and its rubbish, apparently.Starfield outsold FFXVI's YTD in just its first month.
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Thirty7ven
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Considering Steam carrying the majority of the weight here, doesn’t look like Gamepass on PC will get much of a boost from Starfield.
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
It outsold Resident Evil 4 and Final Fantasy 16.
This game has a higher budget than both. It's going to need to do more before it's considered a success.
Mibu no ookami
Member
You make it sound like FF16 had been out for 6 months.Starfield outsold FFXVI's YTD in just its first month.
It released on ps5 only ie no PC and it came out at the end of June. So 2 months and a week.
Not the boast you think it is. Especially with FF16 underperforming.
HeWhoWalks
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Na bruh! Steam is an Xbox platform now! Get your shit straight!
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I was referring to the sales figures. If it is stated here that FFXVI has been a great success but SF has sold more in less than a month...... You can illustrate what we should understand
That said, FFXVI comes out on PS5, a highly anticipated exclusive from a very famous license, in a period with little competition and without being a game released on a day one subscription service... I don't know about the logic It doesn't fit much either.
yazenov
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Starfield outsold FFXVI's YTD in just its first month.
One is an exclusive game for a single platform and the other is not.
One is supposed to be the game of the generation and the other is not.
Its fun to compare things.
Mowcno
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Starfield and Series S 1TB launch but as expected still couldn't beat the PS5 even in Xbox strongest territory. If it was going to win a month this was the one to do it. I guess Xbox One level sales really are the best that can be hoped for Series. It doesn't look like that ships getting turned around.
Humdinger
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I don't like to make assumptions based on lack of data.
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HeWhoWalks
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All he'll do is post a laugh emoji and ignore the real points you made.
.... up, like clockwork!
We can clearly see the hardware bump from Starfield. Posting growth where they would certainly have had declines like Sony and Nintendo.
Clearly not enough to overcome the PS5’s strong headwinds for 2023 + Spiderman bundle
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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demigod
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Wow, they called out playstation and switch declines. But when it was xbox in decline they said “other”. Cunts
yazenov
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So you have total sales of 2 games or its just for the Npd where the Xbox sells the most? Come back to me with the worldwide figures.
Also my predictions were dead on for the reviews
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JackMcGunns
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It's hard for just one game to achieve that in the middle of a gen race, that usually happens near launch. I think GTA 3 was probably the only game that I could think of where people were lining up to get a PS2 for that game alone, or Halo for the OG Xbox, but it's nice to see Starfield taking the #1 spot, it really deserves it, if you invest enough hours into the game, you start to realize how much effort was put into it, its so inmense that I can't even begin to explain it, I've sunk over 100hrs so far and I feel like I'm only scratching the surface.
HeWhoWalks
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Final Fantasy XVI sold 3 million on a single platform in its first week (WW). What are Starfield's WW totals on Xbox?
Oh no, see above, I didn't ignore the real points he made
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Reave
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Ah, so that’s where some of this weird giddy-like energy is coming from in this thread.
ByWatterson
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Really great result for Starfield!
But didn't get Xbox to #1 in a month. I wonder if that gets people inside Xbox more or less worried about Game Pass. As in "Hey we can still sell games!" or "It doesn't matter how many games we sell, the boxes aren't moving."
But didn't get Xbox to #1 in a month. I wonder if that gets people inside Xbox more or less worried about Game Pass. As in "Hey we can still sell games!" or "It doesn't matter how many games we sell, the boxes aren't moving."
GHG
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ByWatterson
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Most hardware units sold since Sep 2016, most dollars in nearly a decade.
‘Flop’ indeed
Er, in "a September."
