Well, publishers care most about ww sales though. And that picture is very different from the one we are seeing in NPD threads...
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NPD Sales Results for December 2015 [Up1: Super Mario Maker]
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Well, publishers care most about ww sales though. And that picture is very different from the one we are seeing in NPD threads...
According to Mulcair's recent posts, PS4 SW bundle > GeOW bundle.
Mulcair, SW : Battlefront PS4/XB1 sales split in December?
And COD BO III PS4/XB1 sales split in December?
So if we didn't have George then we would believe that GeoW bundle > Everything else by far and nothing came close while reality looks different. That's messed up.
NDP_Mulcair
Banned
I never said that.
The question was whether Gears of War: Ultimate Edition were "the best by far" and I clarified that the initial statement is in the context of Xbox One hardware SKUs...where indeed the Gears of War: Ultimate Edition led other Xbox One hardware SKUs by a very wide margin.
But the Gears of War: Ultimate Edition bundles did sell more copies than the Star Wars Battlefront PS4 bundle.
It's actually 5 AM where I live and I don't have access to the data at the moment, that's why I haven't been responding to any other requests for data because I don't have everything memorized. Instead I'm about to go to bed!
Sleep tight and don't dream of spreadsheets!
NDP_Mulcair
Banned
The original quote was "No bundle can come close to touching it {Gears of War: Ultimate Edition}."
I clarified with two words, saying "No 'Xbox One' bundle can come close to touching it {Gears of War: Ultimate Edition}."
I never said anything directly about the PlayStation 4 Star Wars Battlefront bundle outselling the Gears of War: Ultimate Edition bundle.
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Force choked the lot of them
What's there to ask.
According to George the best selling bundle was the GeoW bundle. The magnitude by which it outsold any other bundle is the only thing that is disputed.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I would like to know this as well ;____;
OK! Sorry then!
After he explained it to me, he reffered to Xbox One bundle family, not the GeOW bundle > PS4 SW bundle. I misrepresented him wrongly
Wow, really? That's a surprise.
Not at all imo. Gears was the only bundle for 299$, while on the PS4 side there were SW + Uncharted. And the CoD Bundle had the biggest game of the year.
Pretty sure that the majority of XB1 sales was the Gears bundle. They did this to push the Gears IP again.
gundamkyoukai
Member
If anything this shows how much a good bundle would have help TR .
SW sold near a 1 million in bundles alone in the US .
I doubt MS would have done a $299 TR bundle though. Gears is their own IP and a remaster, so way cheaper to bundle, allowing them to price at $299. Also helps to raise awareness of Gears in preparation for Gears 4
ethomaz
Banned
Why should MS choose a 3rd party bundle over a 1st party bundle for $299??? the Gears was cheaper for them making more profit (or losing less).
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gundamkyoukai
Member
It did not have to be 299 just better than the one they had .
Which was only in select stores and 400 if i remember right .
They also pay to make it exclusive and there still a lot of time left to push for gears .
Most big bundles are 3rd party games to begin with just look at last year AC one and that was mulitplatform .
Also here is another way to look at it .
Why spend all that money making it exclusive if your not going to use it to drive sales.
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Sammy Samusu
Member
Quite shocking to see the 3DS on top. There's definitely an audience for NX handheld.
It's going to be a big success if we can play all Nintendo games on it, no more distinction between console and handheld. That means more games and less droughts. Everybody wins.
They probably didn't want to take an extra hit on the TR bundle.
If you don't make it $299 then it won't drive sales like the gears one did. You have your $349/399 bundles for those already buying XB1 and giving them the choice of software. The $299 one is the one to drive sales for those on the fence. You throw the cheapest bit of software in to save costs.
My mistake, forgot about it. Update now.
Calm waterfall
Banned
Yes let us ignore the huge downward spiral trend that the 3DS has had in the past couple of years, and call everything is dandy.
ethomaz
Banned
Some? PS4 has almost three trimes supported countries.
PS4 123
Xbone 42
* These numbers are for end of 2014
** I didn't remember any other launch announce in 2015
*** I don't believe MS will launch Xbone in more countries
SpaceDrake
Member
As a note, the numbers in December for ToCS might seem depressingly low, because it launched all of three days before Christmas and only had nine days to sell in the month. The combined December + January result would be more illuminating concerning its performance, doubly so because this month is when the hype really started to roll in on the media sites and word of mouth began to spread on places like GAF.
Game is amazing. I played through twice for the platinum, and I am now anxiously awaiting Cold Steel II later this year.
I hope it does well for them across the two platforms, I know it has to be a rough spot only being on PS3 and Vita.
Do you have it on Vita or PS3, Abdiel?
Lots of great games do not go on to be the blockbusters they deserve to be, such as The Order: 1886.
panda-zebra
Banned
Nightengale
Member
Still waiting for more reviews. Only one "big site" review finally came in after so long and it was GameInformer.
Listening to how Greg Miller/Colin Moriarty didn't get any codes from XSEED on Cold Steel made me a sad owl.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I played it on my Vita. Matched up well with my experiences in line with Persona 4 Golden. I'd love to see the game get those kinds of numbers. Heh. It really does deserve the recognition, as the storytelling, world building, etc. are all incredible.
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Helluva way to usher in my 3rd decade. -_-
History has proven me right anyway...
A late thanks to NDP_Mulcair for dropping so much data in here.
So with him saying that the Star Wars Battlefront PS4 bundle attributed >580k of the total 2.58million Star Wars Battlefront December sales, it's pretty much impossible for the PS4 SKU not to come out comfortably on top when including the bundle.
So all of us who pointed to the bundle sales early on in the thread when the myriad of people posted about the Xbox One > PS4 sales order in the OP data were of course right.
The same is likely to be the case if NDP_Mulcair could shed some light on the Black Ops 3 split.
So with him saying that the Star Wars Battlefront PS4 bundle attributed >580k of the total 2.58million Star Wars Battlefront December sales, it's pretty much impossible for the PS4 SKU not to come out comfortably on top when including the bundle.
So all of us who pointed to the bundle sales early on in the thread when the myriad of people posted about the Xbox One > PS4 sales order in the OP data were of course right.
The same is likely to be the case if NDP_Mulcair could shed some light on the Black Ops 3 split.
ethomaz
Banned
You are talking about a company that launched in only 13 countries in the first year.
CosmicQueso
Member
What's funny/depressing is that MS spent a good chunk of brain on coming up with that ridiculous PR statement when instead they could have just said "including the GOW bundle, the months best selling hardware bundle" which would have gotten much better play. You might be trying to spin too hard these days, MS friends.
slavesnyder
Member
One thing about the new3DS. I would really like to know the manufacturing costs as they are right now. It should be crazy cheap to make (especially without power cable of course), and the ugly 2D twin should be even cheaper. If they sell about 500k each month worldwide (reasonable estimate?), it should make them good profit even with low game sales.
Cornbread78
Member
I think you just sold me on the game right there.
I guess he can't five specific Ltd numbers, which is unfortunate. I wonder if Cream can come through with those jrpg numbers.
Obliterator
Member
You guy's want to see some crazy shit?
US+UK+Germany+Japan+Steam puts Fallout 4 sales at 8.5 million sell through in 2 months.
Keep in mind this figure does not include Console digital and other markets.
God damn Bethesda
US+UK+Germany+Japan+Steam puts Fallout 4 sales at 8.5 million sell through in 2 months.
Keep in mind this figure does not include Console digital and other markets.
God damn Bethesda
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
I wonder when Sony / Microsoft will quit manufacturing PS3's / Xbox 360s?
PS3 just sold 25K in the busiest month of the year. It has to be discontinued this year, no?
PS3 just sold 25K in the busiest month of the year. It has to be discontinued this year, no?
It's not that hard when you realize Europe is just one country. By that logic, MS is serving far more than Sony could ever hope to reach.