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NPD Sales Results for November 2015 [Up3: Combined Hardware For PS4 + XB1 + Wii U]
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Neuromancer
Member
Oh Square Enix. I hope the money was worth it.
Imagine if Uncharted 4 gets delayed again, until the Fall...
Imagine if Uncharted 4 gets delayed again, until the Fall...
get2sammyb
Member
I can't believe it. I just refuse to believe it. There's absolutely no way that Square Enix would delay the game for a year on the most prominent platform just to let fans of that format know that the title's eventually coming out.
Just. No. Way.
I can't believe it. I just can't believe it.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Nah , they ill just meet the GOTY version .
You think SE going to spend money on TR if FFXV comes out next year Nov \Dec .
Nightengale
Member
Don't be surprised when your game is somehow massively unanticipated next fall... again.
boredandlazy
Member
Plus the PS4 first party schedule is stacked for the first time this gen. Next year still had a fair few unknowns.
It wasn't just Square who was afraid.
Guys.
SE can still salvage this.
FF7:R Demo packed in with the PS4 version of RoTR.
Instant mega-seller
More like "get it for free on PS+".
It won't.
But the hi-larious (and sad) thing is that we may very well be asking which sold more next November NPD, between the GOTY edition of UC4 with DLC, or the "Definitive" edition of the "brand new on PS4" Rise of the Tomb Raider.
/smh x infinity
Bitch Pudding
Member
Plague Doctor
Member
What the bloody hell? This could be the worst deal in all video game-dom.
So they wanted to pull a capcom re4
And did it all wrong
You think ffviir part 1 of 13 will have enough contents for a demo lolololol ?!?
And did it all wrong
Guys.
SE can still salvage this.
FF7:R Demo packed in with the PS4 version of RoTR.
Instant mega-seller
You think ffviir part 1 of 13 will have enough contents for a demo lolololol ?!?
Nightengale
Member
Guys.
SE can still salvage this.
FF7:R Demo packed in with the PS4 version of RoTR.
Instant mega-seller
That's about the only way they can salvage this, lol.
IMO, even a $40 GOTY edition or a $60 "comes with TR2013 free!" edition will get buried.
LifEndz
Member
Guys.
SE can still salvage this.
FF7:R Demo packed in with the PS4 version of RoTR.
Instant mega-seller
It worked for tobal
Guys.
SE can still salvage this.
FF7:R Demo packed in with the PS4 version of RoTR.
Instant mega-seller
I think this probably will net them some sales. Maybe not a full recovery, but I imagine people that were otherwise not interested Final Fantasy Type-0 gave it a shot to mess with FFXV.
They think a port released 12 months late during the always crowded holiday season is a better strategy than releasing it 6 months late, during a usually not so crowded launch window, 2 months after UC4 (so not even directly competing with it)? All so they could mention a port a few months earlier?
What even.
dancrane212
Member
Wow. Had just figured that the announcement of other platforms was part of the deal since from the start after Adam Boyes said that we would know the exclusivity details of FF7 before that game released. Figured if it was true for Sony it would be the same for MS.
It's a PSP remaster that sold better than Tomb Raider so you tell me lol.
Nightengale
Member
Between diffusing a SMALL amount of hatred ( they kept it quiet for one whole year since the initial reveal, not as if they openly came out in the open within a month ) and throwing ROTR PS4 into the wilderness of Fall 16 is honestly not a difficult choice IMO.
It's absolutely not going to be worth it.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
There must be more, another perk that they traded for the extended exclusivity. If pre-orders were lackluster that was the indication that people were already well aware that it was coming to other platforms. Why would you make things worse just to confirm to people what they'd already figured out?
This is just too monumentally stupid to fathom.
This is just too monumentally stupid to fathom.
chromatic9
Member
Given the fact that we know Rise of the Tomb Raider did 70k in two weeks UK, that doesn't fit 10% already. The third 3 week was black Friday here in the UK which gives a huge boost and it's still holding in the charts after five. I can only guess it's around 90-100k in the UK after 5 weeks. Plus the US 200k. I'd say the rest of Europe amounted to 100k, which I feel is pretty in-line with how you feel the XB1 is doing outside UK/US. 400k plus the rest of the world? 30-50k for rest of? 430k plus 20% digital is around 500k. Also we've got two more weeks of US sales in a Decemeber, I of course note how sales tail off but I don't think 20-30k is unreasonable for the US in Dec at this point so we can even brush rest of the world under the carpet if you like..
I would hate to get worked like that. I already own the game on Xbox One. However day 1 if the FFVII demo was packed in.Guys.
SE can still salvage this.
FF7:R Demo packed in with the PS4 version of RoTR.
Instant mega-seller
Walker_Boh
Member
I wonder if this gives credence to the rumor that CD was pushing Square to take the deal. No one can be that stupid to think that this would be a good deal.
It's kind of vindictive of MS too I think, but then they were holding all the cards as soon as the deal was made. Nothing at all with this whole thing has been in the favour of Square.
I can't think of a worse publishing job for a title with AAA aspirations. It's so botched.
I can't think of a worse publishing job for a title with AAA aspirations. It's so botched.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Bloodborne did a million in less than two weeks. ROTR should have way more mainstrean appeal.
Nightengale
Member
We want to give them some benefit of the doubt.
But two times in a row now it seems like they've clearly made a blatantly bad choice.
Not sure if they deserve it.
chromatic9
Member
I'm in no way trying to make out Rise of Tomb Raider sales are positive or negative. My opinion is sales seem low for a TR game. I'm actually just talking about the figures we know that don't tally with the post I quoted.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Would any one be surprised to see Darrell Gallagher get an executive position at Microsoft in the near future?
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I've been trying really hard to find a way not to blame this on Square Enix and i've been struggling....
Crystal Dynamics is not in charge of Tomb Raider, that franchise belongs to Square Enix and at the end of the day its Square's job to make sure that the game is put in a position to succeed. They didnt do that with Rise of the Tomb Raider. This was a bad deal and they need to learn from it.
cyber_ninja
Member
Sony should delay on purpose, lol.
that is funny.
-MD-
Member
Doesn't even really matter where Uncharted 4 goes, 2016 is so stacked I don't see a late port of this doing all that well regardless of when it comes out.
I guess then 500k would seem like a fine 2015 estimate. No idea how it'll sell on PS4/PC. I think I read the original reboot sold 7m. Not sure if the sequel will get anywhere close of they have 500k only right now.
Nightengale
Member
mejin
Member
And to make things worse: XB1 and PC versions will already have bargain price.
They really don't think and care for the ip.
Stilton Disco
Member
That's just fucking insane. It's the most comprehensive mishandling of a product and misreading of the market I have seen from anyone other than Konami.
Also, isn't Horizon: Zero Dawn supposed to be out at the end of next year? If so, they've avoided Nathan Drake only to go up against another third person adventure game with a bow wielding female protaganist, but one who also fights fucking robot dinosaurs, in one of the most anticipated upcoming PS4 exclussives.
You couldn't make this shit up.
Also, isn't Horizon: Zero Dawn supposed to be out at the end of next year? If so, they've avoided Nathan Drake only to go up against another third person adventure game with a bow wielding female protaganist, but one who also fights fucking robot dinosaurs, in one of the most anticipated upcoming PS4 exclussives.
You couldn't make this shit up.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
It will also be going up against another SE property in FFXV. Which one do you think will get the bigger push?
Horizon is going to get a gigantic push from Sony. They think they got something potentially very big with the series.
Not sure it'll be able to rival the advertising behind FFXV, presumably SquareEnix is going to need to sell five trillion copies in order to actually make a profit.
Cornbread78
Member
Btw, as s follow up to earlier, that 500GB PS4 BOIII bundle retails at $349 now, so it's cheaper to buy the $299 bundle, then BOIII for $49.