Go_Ly_Dow
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It wasn't marketed in your face but people still knew it was coming to 360.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2014 [Up4: FFX/X-2 HD]
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It wasn't marketed in your face but people still knew it was coming to 360.
CitizenCope
Member
As I said before I enjoy the multiplat titles. PS4 is the home where they look best.
Because I went all digital I'm going between these games constantly:
BF4
Dead Nation
Infamous
Trials
AC4
SteamWorld Dig
Tom Raider
Also just made plans with the wife tonight to watch Game of Thrones BluRay and then enjoy some drinks and watch people in Playroom for a couple of hours. Been a Fri night tradition lately.
bigboss370
Member
I feel like everyone from podcast beyond is like that though. When i tuned in once i was confused if it was actually a playstation podcast based on the amount of time they spent shitting on sony lol
eddfromtheriver
Banned
I expect TF sales to be heavily front-loaded, as it didn't appear to move that many systems and it sold primarily to existing Xbowners... guess we'll have to wait and see if it has any legs.
Diprosalic
Banned
yup. we speak German, Italian and French. It launched in Germany, Austria, Italy and France yet we still don't have a date.
So the localisation excuse must be bullshit. At this point they don't even have to bother officially launching the console. German XB1 are readily available and nobody is buying it.
I'm posting this one last time because I just realized my stupid formulas were still referencing some February cells. Sorry for the misinformation. It's interesting to me that the Gen-over-Gen console sales are actually up a bit, even with the Wii U and last-gen consoles not pulling their weight. Also, the Nintendo family sales are really dire. I don't normally include Gen-over-Gen family sales, but in 2007 Nintendo sold 933K total units of hardware, and in 2008 they sold 1419K units. This generation has been brutal for them.
Year Over Year
Gen over Gen
And here's the always exciting Powerhouse 3DS vs PSP race:
Year Over Year
Code:
2014 2013 % Change
XB1 311
360 111 261 -57.47%
PS4 371
PS3 67 211 -68.25%
WIU 70 67 4.48%
WII 28 91 -69.23%
3DS 159 230 -30.87%
NDS 86
PSV 10 33 -69.70%
PSP 8
Family
MSFT 422 261 61.69%
SONY 448 252 77.78%
NINT 257 474 -45.78%
HAND 169 357 -52.66%
CONSOLE 958 630 52.06%Gen over Gen
Code:
Console 2014 2007 % Change
360 199
PS2 280
WII 259
PS3 130
TOTAL 958 868 10.37%
Handheld 2014 2008 % Change
NDS 698
PSP 297
Total 168 995 -83.02%And here's the always exciting Powerhouse 3DS vs PSP race:
Code:
3DS 2014 PSP 2008 NDS 2008
January 97 230 251
February 153 243 587
March 159 297 698
April 193 415
May 182 452
June 337 783
July 222 608
August 253 518
September 238 537
October 193 491
November 421 1570
December 1020 3040
409 3829 9950Uno Venova
Banned
They beyond podcast is actually pretty good, mostly because of him.
The 360 sales seem like they're doing pretty well.
we know that now but I think everyone was expecting Titanfall to move boxes in the same way Gears did for the 360.
Well let's have a look at March. Infamous, Call of Duty. MGS5 GZ, NBA all sold more on PS4 than Xbox One. The general consensus has become that the PS4 is the place with the best looking multiplatform games - similar to the 360 vs. the PS3 - and so most people are buying the system for that reason, aside from the $100 difference.
The Antitype
Banned
We shall see next month.
I'm actually interested in seeing the tail on Titan Fall.
COD4 and Halo weren't overnight successes. They were small snowballs that built and built and built over the course of a year or so.
Give how expensive games are now, people are pretty hesitant to jump into new IPs they don't have a lot of experience with already. Name a new franchise that's done big numbers this year...I can't think of one off the top of my head.
So TF may continue to sell very well (and XBO may continue to benefit, if only marginally) as the months go on and word of mouth continues to stay strong.
Honestly I haven't met anybody who's played Titan Fall that didn't love the hell out of it.
I think TF2... which will probably launch on both XBO and PS4... will be where Titan Fall gets it's massive, industry shaking day-one sales.
Chobel
Member
How do you know that?
iamvin22
Industry Verified
wow really, insulting fellow GAF members when only that "phil spencer" tweet was provided? great job man.
Yeah they wouldn't have hyped it up and have every one of their execs talking about it if they weren't putting a lot of stock in it. They were obviously expecting to win march npd
ALL retail games sales are heavily front loaded.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Overall software sales at retail for XboxOne are over 10% higher than they are on PS4.
I don't think that is true though. Retailers can't discount off MRSP in such systems right?
It's more anecdotal with the company I work for. We've seen the 360 sold out in stores across multiple territories prompting us to order replenishment quicker than we were expecting.
Believe it or not, most people don't just like listening to podcasts where their favorite console is fellated nonstop. I could do that in the privacy of my own home if I wanted.
EmptySpace
Banned
colin talks out of his ass more often than not. he is too dismissive at anything he doesn't like.
best ign peeps are daemon and altano.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
That 2nd one is so hilariously off the mark, if they thought they hit the bullseye, the dart boomeranged to the back of their head with a nice dose of derp.The two of you were so right about the Xbox One's outselling the PlayStation 4 . . .
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104388192&postcount=2865
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104382561&postcount=2835
EDIT: Also gonna bookmark that one for future hilarity.
Oh wow lol, so does Sony also get an achievement for selling PS3 @ 600$ the past generation? XD
anexanhume
Member
That's not what he's getting at. Some games continue to sell well while others fall completely flat. I'd say it's a function of how active the MP is and what the price drop strategy from the publisher is. I'm sure SP DLC support has some affect too.
Hmmm didn't they recently release that Xbone software attach rate is 2.9, while PS4 is 2.93. If this is true, that means PS4 is doing more digital sales than Xbone?
Who fucking knows. Since MS got exclusivity for consoles, this has been said to be a huge boost for sales.
Not sure why people are saying otherwise.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
It rhymes with expressionist misery.
Unexpected ps4 win. Titanfall did well, but not as it hype predicted, it didn't move many consoles. Xone will do well in the US, but will be way behind ps4, that will make it hard for MS to buy exclusives unless very US centric.
They still have a chance to lead the us this year if they have halo5 for holiday and a price cut
They still have a chance to lead the us this year if they have halo5 for holiday and a price cut
Crimson_Fate
Member
Nor the bundling for free or the $50 price drop. It was all just a coincidence!
Chobel
Member
Multipat games sold better on PS4 (save Lego game) this month, I guess that means Titanfall sales were pretty huge.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
To the people stating that the Xbox is only available in 13 markets: you clearly haven't seen the amount of Xboxes we have at every single retailer here in Sweden (and most other European counties) where it hasn't had an official launch. It's better stocked than PS4.
Xbox One also has more retail games that I am aware of. So I'm sure that 10% number was true at launch, probably not now. Unless that 10% is current and Titanfall sold that much, of course.
Almost every person I know personally that got an XB1 got the console for Titanfall. I'm sure the attach rate is ridiculous.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Think about how much more it is with people going all digital too. I'd actually wager the attach rate might be up around 45% with digital factored in. Flipping insane really.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
What? Even if MS supported it the way they did a new Halo, it did great and will probably go on to do pretty damn well the rest of the year as the SMALL, SMALL userbase grows and it hits a holiday. I have no idea what the hell you guys were expecting..... the XBox One would sell a couple million in a non holiday month and TF to do 4+ million?
A Halo dropped this early in a console lifespan wouldn't have done substantially better, either.
Thank you (and everyone else) for your answer. I guess my problem is that I already have a 360 and PS3, and apart from the bump in graphics, I haven't seen any next-gen experiences that I want and can't get on my current platforms. Most of the system exclusives that I enjoyed from the last gen were on the 360, and Xbox Live was miles ahead of PSN. I have heard that the gap is closing fast, but PSN still makes me wary, and I'm reticent overall to drop $500+ (system plus another controller and tax makes this the minimum) for what's out there at the moment.
Oh well, didn't mean to turn this into a thread derail.
Yeah its really crazy. I certainly didnt expect it to be over a million. Even crazier you have people suggesting the game flopped because it didnt force a million people to run out and spend $500 in March. Just SMH...
LTD right?
That's the impact of those strong first party titles. Definitely a plus for MS.
IDK.
I remember Konami saying they were either going to speed up or slow down MGS5 based on how it did...
The retailer *could* set their system to sell at a different price point but the supplier is still going to expect the payment sent to them to be at the previous cost which they had communicated to the retailer earlier via UPC communication which is then acknowledged by the retailer as being received and active. A retailer adjusting it on their own is going to likely cause problems. For an SBT relationship costs have to be in snyc at all times, cost changes are sent in advance with activiation dates by the supplier so everyones system is ready for when a price on a product is going to change.
Most of the time the supplier and retailer would work together on a price change if such was happening due to an upcoming promotion or permanent change in sales price. So if Microsoft or any supplier for that matter wanted to have a special sales promoted that they say on 3/15 begin selling a SKU for XXX.XX and keep that active until 4/15 for example and then change back to ZZZ.ZZ, they could do so without too much trouble if everything is running as it should.
Since both sides are carefully monitoring sales movement I've seen both sides offer up 'suggestions' on price changes although you need retailer okay typically before doing so as it could effect their margins on that square footage of store space.
Factor in indies and f2p.
I agree. Twice in a row with the Original Xbox & the Xbox 360, Microsoft comes on strong early throughout each generation & brings out loads of exclusives, then they start slowing down on that front after a few years in where they milk their biggest IP's and let 3rd party titles do the rest of the work.
It's like they have no long-term commitment towards 1st party exclusives at all, outside of their biggest sellers. Both Nintendo & Sony have always had long-term commitment towards 1st/2nd party titles, save for Nintendo with the Wii starting in 2011.
Microsoft could've been even more relevant on that front had they done that, & not just rely on Halo, Gears, Forza, Kinect, & 3rd party games doing the work for them since E3 2010.
Basketball
Member
I think just the price is killing the xbone more than any if the ps4's games and performance
If both consoles play a majority of of the same games and I doubt that the typical consumer cares about resolution or if the game is 30/60fps. They see that price tag and that glaring 100 dollar difference. That alone is the gamechanger.
If both consoles play a majority of of the same games and I doubt that the typical consumer cares about resolution or if the game is 30/60fps. They see that price tag and that glaring 100 dollar difference. That alone is the gamechanger.
NoSkillz187
Member
You bet your boots. Hopefully this will mean a XIIHD remaster
Don't tease me like this man...I can only imagine how good 12HD would look..
eddfromtheriver
Banned
Halo isn't the same franchise that it used to be, price cut may help... but the unofficial one didn't make that much of a difference even while including free games and whatnot.
The thing is that word keeps spreading around about the PS4 being more powerful than the XBO. At least that's how it is with the people i hang out with, so... why would you buy the less powerful and most expensive system?
exclusives i know but... we've seen the difference that TF ha made...