Chobel
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Ouch.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2016
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Ouch.
Wow.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Thread title updates sorely missing!
Transistor
Banned
Wow, PS4 was the lead SKU on everything except Minecraft and COD (which can probably be attributed to bundles)
Poor SFV
Poor SFV
Dash_Riprock
Member
That MS PR is just sad.
Yep. Extremely. These SFV Apologists make me sick to my stomach and I say that as someone who's a fan of the series. To be honest, I feel a lil bad about talking shit about SFV since I've loved the series for over 20 years. At the same time, they fucked up bad and it hurts but you just gotta be real about it. They did it to themselves. It's like Old Yeller or something. I can't stand when companies screw up a series I love, I just can't believe this happened but then again it's Capcom, I should have known given last-gen.
But this begs the question...
People thought the March Update would help this game, shit didn't do a thing and it'll likely continue so those who are heavily defending it I gotta ask...how long is it going to take for this game to stand on it's own two? How long does it need until it gets some sales, some content? How long do we need here? I keep hearing "nah next month's updates-" and all that crap but it'll keep going on and on and on and on and on.
Capcom just needs to do a major re-release and people need to stop apologizing for their shitty business model. They shat on the floor so now they need to lie in it.
DriftingSpirit
Member
How many months has PS4 been number 1 since launch?
PanicFreak
Member
Holy shit.
Welfare
Member
Every month outside December 2013, November -December 2014, April 2015, October 2015 i think.
Source?
Cosmic posted this in the prediction thread. I'm too lazy to link it.
Also, thanks for the numbers, guys. Seems like it won't tell us much for now. Gotta wait for them pies!
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
I think Sony should pack in SFV w/ new PS4s like they did Driveclub. Yeah yeah, technically not their game and all, but it could only help.
Waiting for a F2P version by the holiday season (when new games will eat up the attention) isn't going to do too much; the game needs the push during a slow month or two alongside w/ EVO (EVO on its own isn't going to do very much b/c believe it or not a lot of players don't care about being pro-level competitors, they just want a fun game and enough content to have fun with. SFV currently only has the former going for it).
Waiting for a F2P version by the holiday season (when new games will eat up the attention) isn't going to do too much; the game needs the push during a slow month or two alongside w/ EVO (EVO on its own isn't going to do very much b/c believe it or not a lot of players don't care about being pro-level competitors, they just want a fun game and enough content to have fun with. SFV currently only has the former going for it).
Welfare
Member
It almost outsold SFV's Month 1+2.
OH. MY. GOD.
NX handheld can't come soon enough
No, Pokkén sold near Street Fighter lifetime by end of March.
Pokken outsold SF V first month and is close of SF V LTD.
ethomaz
Banned
Yes... that is why the first month comparison needs to be close because SFV doing crap in second month put it ahead.
That is what I said lol
First month comparison is close based in these points.
I think it's very good. If only 30% did buy the game we must consider it a huge success.
CosmicQueso
Member
Sorry, I only give guidance. In the Universe, there are billions and billions of stars, and an unknown number of black holes, where matter ceases to exist.
This is at one of those two extremes. Good luck.
PreyingShark
Member
Pokken's first 13-ish days sold near SFV's first 45-ish days. Pokken's word of mouth is much better than SFV's so it's very possible it'll pass SFV next month.
Primethius
Banned
Why would Sony sabotage PS4 sales like that?
CosmicQueso
Member
Actually, it's not that close at all.
Poimandres
Member
Sony and Microsoft don't have exclusive games every month. It's mostly multi platform 3rd party titles doing the heavy lifting, punctuated with the occasional exclusive. Nintendo on the other hand needs to get by with ONLY exclusives a lot of the time!
It's been this way for years. Not sure why anyone would find this overly surprising.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I wonder if they'll just put out an updated game on NX.
PreyingShark
Member
Well, SFV could have still done like 70K in its second month. Who knows. I would be shocked if it sold, like, nothing, even with its horrible word of mouth.
ethomaz
Banned
Hummm interesting... that make SFV not that bad.
70k is a good hold for 2nd month... it is 60% drop... that is pretty low drop.
No Pokkén sold because it's a Pokemon game. I'm really shocked people are surprised by that.
I don't think anyone is arguing that capcom did not screw up with the launch and released the game with barebones content. The core gameplay seems to be well done and liked by fighting game fans and they are probably just hoping the game will pick up as more new content rolls out and story mode is out and there is some sort of rerelease and promotion. There is a reason capcom was reluctant to release a new sf and needed support from Sony.
Yup. Sony is about to be focused on Uncharted 4 next month, Then E3, NO Mans Sky. I assume they also have a partnership with Mankind Divided. Capcom needs to launch a F2P version on their own accord and fast.
CosmicQueso
Member
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Jack The Nipper
Banned
And with that pr, earth is now revolving around microsoft hq
OrbitalBeard
Member
It hasn't really been this way for years, at least not for Sony. Last year they had Bloodborne. Infamous before that. God of War Ascension before that. Plenty of other God of War titles before that.
Sony usually drops a big exclusive in March (outside of MLB), so it is kind of surprising they didn't this year.
Wow...
Ok, I'm going to ask: is Pikachu Libre a good disciple of EL CAPITAN TODD, or is she even better than her life master?
