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[CozMick]

XB1 is the FPS console. That and destiny bundles weren't counted in.

Not seeing it tbh.

Advanced warfare. Ps4>x1
Destiny. Ps4>x1
Bf4. Ps4>x1

 

[duessano]

You're missing the point. My question is, "why?"

Why are these consoles selling so much better than PS3 and 360?

More advertising, more gamers of age who can afford to buy these consoles? More information on media capabilities like they can now watch Netflix, Hulu and play games? More money spent on ad budgets?

 

[Miles X]

Wow hahaha I knew Sunset Overdrive wasn't going to do well.

Do you have numbers?

 

[Cheech]

No Sunset, No Bayonetta 2, No Driveclub.

The first two are niche, and word has been out on Driveclub since before launch.

That said, I went to Target today to try to score Sunset as part of their B2G1 promotion, and they were out of stock. Oh well.

But really, I get a serious Jet Set vibe from the game. Which makes me personally excited to play, but it's never going to blow the doors off saleswise.

Bayo 2 is a great game on a dead console. No shock there. Hopefully Nintendo gets their shit together and relaunches next year.

 

[AdanVC]

Bayonetta was never going to chart.

I was genuinely expecting to see her at least on the last position since it was positioned really high on Amazon's chart prior to release :'( Happy for Smash 3DS though.

 

[nobodyshero]

Wow, good for Evil Within! wasn't expecting that at all.

And Skylanders has to be disappointing for Activision. Series needs a refresh before it dies completely.

 

[hatchx]

I'm not surprised about the Evil Within selling so well, especially in October with Halloween.

 

[Gator86]

Congrats to Evil Within and Borderlands. I thought both might be in trouble but they did pretty well. Maybe we'll get an Evil Within sequel. I thought the first one was promising but average overall. Still waiting for that next-gen Borderlands port.

 

[Duxxy3]

You're missing the point. My question is, "why?"

Why are these consoles selling so much better than PS3 and 360?

Because people are tired of having the same console for 9 years.

 

[bombshell]

The real battle is in September, October, November and December.

We are still only in pre-season! lol

 

[OccamsLightsaber]

You're missing the point. My question is, "why?"

Why are these consoles selling so much better than PS3 and 360?

Because they are better that the PS3 and 360 in every way. I don't want to have to list them for you. 8 years since the last console launch is also a huge factor.

 

[QaaQer]

Tremendous overperform for The Evil Within.

I feel ZeniMax has really gotten very good at launching hard to market games, and often gets them way above expectations.

I like their focus on making single player stuff. I thiink that is part of their success. That and a reasonable ambition and budget for their games.

 

[stryke]

Why? How?

The only reason I can think of is that there are more gamers than ever before.

Incredibly front loaded sales combined with lesser stock issues compared to previous generation.

 

[commedieu]

Wow hahaha I knew Sunset Overdrive wasn't going to do well.

and here i thought you'd be all over it..

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Sunset Overdrive was only on the market for three days in October. With that being said, it still didn't chart?!

You only need one day to make a splash. But let's just fast forward one month for you. This is you, 4 weeks from now.

Question: forza horizon was released sept 30, and only had 5 days of tracking on the September NPD right? I thought id see if in the chart this month.

 

[MrCunningham]

TEW at number 3 is fantastic news! Good job Tango!

 

[Kusagari]

I love Sunset but did people really expect it to light the charts on fire?

The fact it made the top 10 individual SKU is more than I expected honestly.

 

[BeforeU]

Not seeing it tbh.

Advanced warfare. Ps4>x1
Destiny. Ps4>x1
Bf4. Ps4>x1

You from the future?

 

[Welfare]

Not seeing it tbh.

Advanced warfare. Ps4>x1
Destiny. Ps4>x1
Bf4. Ps4>x1

In the US?

 

[Chezzymann]

I'm happy for Smash Bros.

Sad that we probably won't get any leaks

What changed between this month and last month?

 

[GhaleonEB]

Lots of surprises in there. The Evil Within over performing, Destiny dropping very fast - and the platform mix changed up entirely - Sunset Overdrive with the soft start. Unexpected month.

 

[Rymuth]

Oh wow, it just hit me that Alien didn't chart. Kind of bums me out to be honest...

 

[duessano]

Wow, good for Evil Within! wasn't expecting that at all.

And Skylanders has to be disappointing for Activision. Series needs a refresh before it dies completely.

The new Skylanders is such a ripoff with having to buy traps as well, I bet parents were turned off. I know I was.

 

[mrjohill]

how hard the ps tv and vita bombed

We probably won't find out

 

[Silky]

Wasn't Sunset Overdrive on the market for 3 days?

Not surprised it didn't make it on, anyway.

But holy shit at TEW. dat ZeniMax marketing.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Do you have numbers?

No no no, these Sunset fans were telling me to eat crow in another thread.

I didn't know for sure, but several social media indicators showed that it didn't have much buzz.

 

[Stare-Bear]

As much as I loved SO, I'm not sure I would need it to be a series that got regular sequels, but theres definitely more they can do. The online multiplayer is a bit barebones, in my opinion, theres a lot they could do (including online co-op) in a sequel.

Its difficult to know how the game did without a budget and actual numbers from any chart, but I doubt MS or Insomniac thought it would sell like all these cross-gen games did, I suspect it did well and I think/hope it has.

Phil Spencer already commented on sales on Major Nelsons podcast a week or two ago and was happy, I don't see any bomba here personally.

Don't think Phil is going to be like; Well, SO sold like crap to be honest. We might start making Kinect games again...

 

[TheSlySoul]

Not worried about sunset, given the bundle was pretty much sold out all over US going by reports.

Pretty much. It is the same thing as Destiny for PS4 plus NPD does not count digital. I bet SO sold well. I bet Xbox One will have low retail software sales for most of their games. November will be more n interesting month.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Doesn't seem to bode well.

From a SW standpoint WW, having a 3rd party title exclusive to them will most likely cannibalize sales. I would almost buy any IG game but no XB for me yet.

 

[Shard]

I found these interesting.

Funny how the 360 owners are jumping on Destiny, really shows how the core FPS market was on that system.

Also, the 3DS version of Skylanders did really poorly. I didn't expect to see the Wii U version so high, and I guess looking at the wii sales, we can almost deduce that it's the only thing left selling on wii. The 360 probably moved over half the units for this game.

See the mobile version dead last is rather interesting for a bevy of reasons.

 

[TomShoe]

Damn, now I have to consider the Evil Within in my Black Friday rush. For $25 - GCU? What a steal.

 

[Eolz]

So I guess Smash 3DS is #1 if we count them as single SKUs?
Wonder how much the WiiU did.

 

[ChaosXVI]

Damn...I knew Bayonetta 2 had no chance to make the top 10, but I still had hope a miracle could happen...

Rather surprised to see Alien not making it in, especially with how early in the month it launched. Kind of unfortunate that Colonial Marines pretty much tainted that brand for a good while, combined with it being a survival horror game coming out around the same time as one with a considerable amount of hype and a big name behind it.

Oh well.

 

[Toki767]

We are still only in pre-season! lol

At this rate Microsoft should comment on how they only care about the playoffs.

 

[Nirolak]

So what's the biggest previous survival horror game debut?

Dead Space 3 did 605K: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=524145

 

[HariKari]

There a chance we get hardware numbers or estimates?

 

[Infinite Justice]

its weird how so many things (official bundles, sku combination, digital) can now skew a ranking.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Well, at least we know server load isn't the real reason why Driveclub's been a mess.

 

[mujun]

Petty as it is I'm glad that Drive Club didn't make it. The game is crap.

 

[Trey]

Another month, another PS4 win. Looks like sunset bombed.

Truly the console of the generation. At this point I don't see it ceding any month to Xbox One regardless of what Microsoft does.

 

[Live Free or Die]

Dat PS4 domination.

 

[Usobuko]

Alien should have replaced Borderland.

 

[Steverulez]

Don't think Phil is going to be like; Well, SO sold like crap to be honest. We might start making Kinect games again...

He wasn't what sales were like, he could have easily just said nothing about them

 

[CaptNink]

Borderlands The Pre-Sequel at number 4! So glad to see that! The game is awesome!

 

[cosmicblizzard]

So from my understanding of the last thread, we pretty much don't have anyone at the moment to leak anything, correct?

Something happen to creamsugar too?

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Didn't expect no Sunset or Evil Within to do that well. Crazy.

 

[jakncoke]

You're missing the point. My question is, "why?"

Why are these consoles selling so much better than PS3 and 360?

I think it has to do with how long the gen lasted. So many gamers were ready to move on to next gen or current gen 2 years ago but had to wait it out till the new consoles came out.

 

[Raist]

read the op?

1. Look up first year sales for PS3 and 360.
2. Add 70%.
3. Deduce October sales for PS4+XB1 by substracting their combined LTP as of september to the number from 2.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

Not really surprised at Sunset Overdrive's performance since I don't really apply Neogaf hype to the real world.

does this also explain all of the, The Evil Within avatars on neogaf???

I mean it charted on NPD

coincidence???? I think not

 

[Facism]

Happy to see The Evil Within do well, unhappy that Sunset Overdrive didn't chart.