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[CaviarMeths]

As a lifelong RPG fan, this year has just been the best, really. I mean, fantastic RPGs were released all the time on PSP and DS, and then on Vita and 3DS, but now they're back on consoles and people are actually buying them. It's great.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

PUBG is published by Bluehole.

And Bluehole ain't reporting.

 

[silva1991]

Sony has temp. exclusive Crash which is doing quite well. And don't forget their secret weapon, Knack 2.

I know it's not technically a platformer, but R&C came out last year and sold well too.

 

[ethomaz]

For reference, what are the PS4 numbers?

1997k (up YoU) and 1794k for Switch.

 

[Neoxon]

ARMS having better legs than Tekken 7 is a bit surprising. Still, solid sales overall. Congrats to Nintendo on their success with Splatoon 2, BotW, & ARMS.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

RPGs are experiencing a market resurgence. YTD $ sales of RPGs has grown more than 50% vs YA.

Switch behind this also?

 

[Gradivus]

Switch behind this also?

What rpgs are on the switch? Unless Zelda is counted as one here.

 

[Miniature Kaiju]

Was searching for the predictions thread on Google and saw this, heh:

 

[Kouriozan]

Also terrible legs for both Arms and Tekken. Injustice 2 however legging extremely impressively

Releasing Splatoon 2 so close to it was a mistake, ARMS should have released earlier.

 

[Scrawnton]

What rpgs are on the switch? Unless Zelda is counted as one here.

In my opinion if they're counting Horizon as an RPG then Zelda is definitely an RPG under their criteria.

 

[The Last One]

It seens that FF XII did way better than I expected. Good stuff.

 

[Vena]

Was searching for the predictions thread on Google and saw this, heh:

Telltales: The Goon Among Us.

 

[Brazil]

Fuck yeah, Splatoon 2. Go out there and rule the world, you beautiful game.

 

[Welfare]

Was searching for the predictions thread on Google and saw this, heh:

LMAO

 

[Toni]

The king, has returned.

The king has been here simce 2013?

 

[Ridley327]

Sony has temp. exclusive Crash which is doing quite well. And don't forget their secret weapon, Knack 2.

Crash is encouraging news on that platform, but it's not enough. I'm still amazed that they didn't bother to contract Sanzaru for a PS4 sequel to Sly 4 since I think that would have been a solid hit following up another and would have been a no-brainer to follow up on R&C's success last year.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Releasing Splatoon 2 so close to it was a mistake, ARMS should have released earlier.

It was literally released over a month before Splatoon2 launched how much earlier would you make it?

 

[RoKKeR]

Really impressive year for Sony and Nintendo. They've done a great job with compelling software that really pushes the hardware this year.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Was searching for the predictions thread on Google and saw this, heh:

Lol

Some mod, please add "NPD goon" to Mat's tag <3

 

[CaptainofIndustry]

Lol @ GTA V. Wow. This has to be the highest selling video game of all time or at least on track to become the highest selling video game o all time.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Was searching for the predictions thread on Google and saw this, heh:

That is to funny lol.

 

[Regiruler]

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

Can we frame this next to sai kun's famous quote please.

 

[Ridley327]

It was literally released over a month before Splatoon2 launched how much earlier would you make it?

I think most would have been happy to have it in May, but Nintendo taking on publishing for Ultra Street Fighter 2 in the west seemed to put a pin in that.

 

[Regiruler]

I think most would have been happy to have it in May, but Nintendo taking on publishing for Ultra Street Fighter 2 in the west seemed to put a pin in that.

Speaking of USF2, I don't know why that game is selling as well as it is.

More work was put into creating Bomberman R from the ground up as well as continual support, I'm kinda peeved it's not selling better.

 

[DominusLeges]

It hasn't sold PS4 numbers but I mean you're implying it's a sinking ship when I think people need to take a step back and understand what's going on. This isn't the WiiU after all. The system needs some good first party performers but it's not like it's imploding. Step outside the echo chamber for a bit.

What? It's sales so far this year have been awful. It's the worst year for the platform by a very large margin and has sold less than the OG Xbox did. It's been down substantially YoY every single month. What the hell does an "echo chamber" have anything to do with those figures?

Not really conventional wisdom would be both PS4 and Xbone hardware should be down YoY at this point in their life cycle. Xbox is but PS4 has been so strong this year it's really helping.

Obviously Switch is a huge growth factor though as well

Well yea obviously PS4 is performing ways bove expectation at this point in it's life but I'd imagine that the Switch makes up a much larger part of the YoY increase in spending than it does just by virtue of how poor the WiiU performed previously. But you're right both results are impressive.

 

[Poimandres]

Was searching for the predictions thread on Google and saw this, heh:

I thought "NPD goon" would be what Microsoft zealots would be drinking right now, while Sony and Nintendo crack champagne?

 

[Ridley327]

Speaking of USF2, I don't know why that game is selling as well as it is.

More work was put into creating Bomberman R from the ground up as well as continual support, I'm kinda peeved it's not selling better.

SF2 is eternal in its appeal, and while the price point is rather dodgy for hardcore players, someone less inclined is going to see it's available, see that's it's $20 less than other games and has a feature list on the back of the box that looks and sounds pretty exciting compared to what they remember back on the SNES.

I don't think Bomberman is ever going to shake off the initial launch negativity, but one can hope that Konami takes it as a learning opportunity to ensure that what they do next isn't plagued with the same issues and that the game starts at where R is currently at. There's clearly a passion there with how well it managed to sell in spite of the state it launched in, which makes me think that a flat-out good one out the box could stand to be a real contender.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

What rpgs are on the switch? Unless Zelda is counted as one here.

Since Horizon counted as one I can only assume whatever rubric decided that also slotted Zelda there.

I'm curious about Zelda's contribution to the RPG resurgence because I love handhelds for the genre, so if publishers see a lot of money in it then I may actually buy one.

 

[kyser73]

I thought "NPD goon" would be what Microsoft zealots would be drinking right now, while Sony and Nintendo crack champagne?

For non-Australians 'goon' is a local colloquialism for cheap alcoholic beverages.

 

[The Last One]

Since Horizon counted as one I can only assume whatever rubric decided that also slotted Zelda there.

Horizon is an RPG.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Horizon is an RPG.

Yes, it is.

Good talk.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Crash had two days on the market last month and is 40 bucks.

It's a likely possibility that it outsold Splatoon in terms of units

Hottest new Nintendo game on the hottest new Nintendo console and that's not including digital sales and it's highly unlikely Crash sold more units.

 

[13ruce]

Honestly i think Switch is gonna outsell Xbox one in 2-3 years or so.

Unless they get their first party support issue together finally, it was good at the beginnig but now it feels very lackluster. This is in a year where nearly all other game platforms are killing it software wise. And 2018 seems to be a killer year aswell they need to be there with good games too in that year.

 

[Usobuko]

Injustice doing so much better over Tekken is an aesthetic issue first, IP appeal second.

This should be apparent since the last gen.

 

[Toni]

Yes, it is.

Good talk.

Its been an RPG since it was first shown in E3 2015.

I'm not even sure if people are being genuinely serious or just intentionally deflective.

 

[CharminUltra]

The king, has returned.

2 more months, buddy.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Injustice doing so much better over Tekken is an aesthetic issue first, IP appeal second.

This should be apparent since the last gen.

People really like DC characters. That's not hard to understand.

 

[Vroadstar]

2 more months, buddy.

Please remind me what happens in two months time?

 

[Blanquito]

Was searching for the predictions thread on Google and saw this, heh:

Haha. Just like he asked for

 

[Niceguydan8]

And Bluehole ain't reporting.

Correct, never did I say it was. Just correcting the statement that it doesn't have a publisher.

 

[Square2015]

What are the estimate range for FFXII?

 

[TheDinoman]

Please remind me what happens in two months time?

Literally right there in the GIF?

 

[kyser73]

Literally right there in the GIF?

Like me he probably can't see the gif.

But I'm assuming Mario Odyssey.

 

[Gradivus]

Since Horizon counted as one I can only assume whatever rubric decided that also slotted Zelda there.

I'm curious about Zelda's contribution to the RPG resurgence because I love handhelds for the genre, so if publishers see a lot of money in it then I may actually buy one.

Fair enough, usually Zelda BotW is listed as action/adventure game on most sites while Horizon gets the action/RPG title, so I tend to feel the same way.

 

[13ruce]

Please remind me what happens in two months time?

It's a Mario Odyssey gif.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Its been an RPG since it was first shown in E3 2015.

I'm not even sure if people are being genuinely serious or just intentionally deflective.

I have no idea how anything I wrote would come off as sarcastic or quippy. I'll try to make myself better understood in the future. In general and for the purposes of genre performance analysis, Horizon is an RPG. I 100% agree with that idea. I'm happy that the genre is up YoY and would love it if the hot new handheld 1) increased supply so I could buy one and 2) RPG dev houses and publishers took that increase to mean they should make more.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Great news for Splatoon, happy to see it doing well.

 

[Nyoro SF]

I'm around if people have questions.

Do we have comparisons between Breath of the Wild and other Zelda games in North America in the same amount of release time? Including the handheld titles on DS. Curious how the pacing of sales is different.

 

[Principate]

ARMS having better legs than Tekken 7 is a bit surprising. Still, solid sales overall. Congrats to Nintendo on their success with Splatoon 2, BotW, & ARMS.

So I think we can say ARMS does in fact have legs.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

I'm around if people have questions.

I read that as "I'm aroused if people have questions." That wrong quote combined with your pic had me laughing.

The Switch really is doing amazing. Before launch, if someone had said it would be beating PS4 in NPD's come July a lot of people would have laughed. I believe that if Nintendo were able to provide unlimited stock it would have won every NPD from launch until 2018.