*sighs* That's depressing.
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NPD Sales Results for February 2014 [Up2: PS4/XB1/Wii U/360 Hardware, BD/Poke/DK]
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*sighs* That's depressing.
Well, while 3DS aggregate software and hardware sales aren't stellar, they do at least bring in a fair amount of licensing fees still, and I believe they actually have some level of profit margin on the hardware.
The Wii U's issue is they both don't make any money selling their own games and hardware, nor do they make any money from licensing fees because no one else even prints discs for their platform.
But yeah it's going to be hard to pull good financial results like this, especially since they're not likely to have a bunch of big first party sellers on 3DS given the void of announcements.
OMG, TW101>Tearaway. I thought Tearaway would at least win that one.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Castlevania breaks my heart, such an awesome revitalized franchise.
LoS2, Really good game, totally flat lined.
The success of Theif, which kind of spanked Hitman reboot even, paints a good picture for the hunger of next gen owners for new software though. Those SKUs did surprisingly well despite the mixed reception (similiae to LoS2) which was old gen only.
Konami probably regretting not having these skus ready considering castlevania is the bigger brand with more momentum coming off of more recent success of LoS1
Hell new rayman legends did better
LoS2, Really good game, totally flat lined.
The success of Theif, which kind of spanked Hitman reboot even, paints a good picture for the hunger of next gen owners for new software though. Those SKUs did surprisingly well despite the mixed reception (similiae to LoS2) which was old gen only.
Konami probably regretting not having these skus ready considering castlevania is the bigger brand with more momentum coming off of more recent success of LoS1
Hell new rayman legends did better
sanic
Sonic Lost World
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Dr. Phil?
Aquamarine
Member
Tearaway vs. TW101 in an epic battle for relevance.
No. I highly doubt that was the reason for the bump. May have contributed a bit.
You may want to make 'titanfall' one word instead of two.
Sonic Lost World.
Chobel
Member
They mean XBO+X360+PC sales, so it's totally possible.
Hey, it was at 224k on 3DS in December!
Sonic: Lost Worlds I guess.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Now that would be a team up, now wouldn't it? Sony and Google team up for the purpose of doing analytics on gamers.
Take the space out of "Titan Fall", it will make a massive difference. "Titan fall" is 40% less popular than "second son", "Titanfall" is 733% more popular than "second son"
LTD numbers should for MH3U WW should be over 500K now.
That probably be a 50%+ attach rate for one game. Doesn't seem likely.
Ah didn't know that myself...It really had to have a fairly big impact on this NPD..there is no other explanation for a recent uptick in sales...well the 50 dollar off deal that was going on with some stores like Target,etc probably helped as well.
Ah, okay. I was going on Vita being 2 years old. Forgot 3DS was release the previous Spring and not the previous Fall like the DS was.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
I can't be the only one who saw S:LW and thought slow
too slow
too slow
Kenshin001
Member
It's the same with web search, news search and youtube hits. I'm sure Infamous will sell well, the past two did and there isn't much on PS4 at the moment but it will be dwarfed by Titanfall.
I use 2007 for consoles, and 2008 for handhelds. They line up pretty nicely with the launches that way.
Let me join the fun just because I have been using Topsy recently.
http://topsy.com/analytics?q1=infamous&q2=titanfall&via=Topsy
http://topsy.com/s?q=infamous&window=m
http://topsy.com/s?q=titanfall&window=m
I mean in all honesty I can't imagine a game backed as a major flagship title by EA (the biggest third party on consoles) and Microsoft (huge success at pushing multiplayer shooters) from the creators of Medal of Honor and Call of Duty (two of the biggest shooter franchises of all time) getting outsold by Infamous, which was a mid-tier performing franchise on PS3.
I think this is a good timing for growth for Infamous, but still, that's a huge hill to climb.
I remember when 150k for Skies of Arcadia and Eternal Darkness was bad...
Sammy Samusu
Member
You gave us an update in December, so in January + February:
Rayman +11k
MH3U +4k
Sonic +12k
W101 +16k
famousmortimer
Banned
You may be right. There's usually a weakness in every metric. Youtube views are down... but is that because other youtubers have vids of one game and not the other? Is it because in the overwhelming media coverage of TF they saw all the video they needed there?
Google searches... never said that infamous was leading this, but even if they were... does that just mean that titanfall info is easier to find?
Twitter mentions? Again, I didn't say who was ahead (because I don't know). But there can by a myriad of reasons why it's mentioned on twitter, including the debate over the downgrade.
Metrics aren't perfect. All I was trying to say is that people who follow these things have repeated over and over that infamous is going to do very well. They might be wrong and you might be right. I'm not passing judgement. I'm just passing info.
theprodigy
Member
the great Wonderful 101 vs Tearaway battle continues
in a way, it's almost like Wii U vs Vita in general in the UK
in a way, it's almost like Wii U vs Vita in general in the UK
It took me a while to think what it was, it took a while to realize LW=Lost World
creamsugar
Member
MH 3DS ~ 240K now
Nightengale
Member
PC and 360.
Chuck Norris
Banned
I think so too, but analytics like this isn't as simple as a keyword comparison.
Yay! I hope Capcom/Nintendo put more effort into promoting MH4U
That's not bad.
MH3U selling 16K from January to February is pretty good.
And we see why MH4U is going directly to 3DS.
That's... slightly better.
I'm sure that Kamiya is happy though, he's just glad people are playing and enjoying it.
Won't that meant 12M sales by year end? That seems too high, I don't think Xbox One will hit it though, maybe around 8-10M or so.
The sad part is that the Wii U version of Rayman is still the best-selling version.
By and large, gamers just do not want Rayman, and that's all 31 flavors of sad at the Baskin-Robbins of depressing facts.
HunterOfBananas
Banned
You may be right. There's usually a weakness in every metric. Youtube views are down... but is that because other youtubers have vids of one game and not the other? Is it because in the overwhelming media coverage of TF they saw all the video they needed there?
Google searches... never said that infamous was leading this, but even if they were... does that just mean that titanfall info is easier to find?
Twitter mentions? Again, I didn't say who was ahead (because I don't know). But there can by a myriad of reasons why it's mentioned on twitter, including the debate over the downgrade.
Metrics aren't perfect. All I was trying to say is that people who follow these things have repeated over and over that infamous is going to do very well. They might be wrong and you might be right. I'm not passing judgement. I'm just passing info.
Oh infamous will do well my friend. Just not titanfall tier well.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Could end up having longer legs, too. If PS4 continues to sell more than XB1 on an ongoing basis in the months to come.
Multiplayer games sell well, but then again open world games can also sell extremely well.
No way does InFamous do better than Titanfall in the US in its first month though. But it'll still be quite successful.
So was the XB1 number for January deflated because of returns from scrapers? Pretty good numbers for it and the PS4 though. Last gen drop off isn't good though.
Donkey Kong did ok I guess for only 8 days, will have to see what legs it has. Wii U software sales up 180% and hardware up 25%. 3DS software up 25% with Bravely Default hitting 40% digital. Those are all decent numbers but definitely want to see the 3DS hardware. Retail releases are bad for Wii U until Mario Kart but perhaps indie games are doing ok in filling the gaps for them.
Donkey Kong did ok I guess for only 8 days, will have to see what legs it has. Wii U software sales up 180% and hardware up 25%. 3DS software up 25% with Bravely Default hitting 40% digital. Those are all decent numbers but definitely want to see the 3DS hardware. Retail releases are bad for Wii U until Mario Kart but perhaps indie games are doing ok in filling the gaps for them.
shinra-bansho
Member
Seeing probable 3DS number... I really need to stop editing my predictions after posting them. Bleh.
Sonic: Lost Cause
Metallix87
Member
Honestly, I blame this on a decade or more being spent flooding the market with lazy Rayman 2 ports on every device known to man. Rayman became synonymous with rushed, early-gen filler, and two relatively awesome games can't seem to kill that reputation.
This is no fair imo, he was a junior why the hell would he had to know who that person is, why cant he question him?, it doesnt make any sense to me really.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
SwiftDeath
Member
I guess going forward Nintendo has to decide if those HW profit margins are worth it or is trying to spur higher sales again worth more. I'm sure Nintendo still has money to be made with the 3DS but it seems to be slowing down only what 3 years into its life? And it certainly feels like the 3DS is carrying the Wii U on its back financially at least. Without the 3DS eating some of the losses the Wii U pulls, Nintendo has some tough decisions going forward