ZSaberLink
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What's releasing next month?
Wii U - Splatoon
3DS - Puzzles & Dragons combo pack
PS4/XB1 - Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
PS4 - Ultra Street Fighter IV
Are those our new releases next month?
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NPD Sales Results for April 2015 [Up1: Xbox One #1]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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What's releasing next month?
Wii U - Splatoon
3DS - Puzzles & Dragons combo pack
PS4/XB1 - Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
PS4 - Ultra Street Fighter IV
Are those our new releases next month?
Probably not at all since it comes out on the 29th. Should do good in June though.
LightningXCE
Member
Because when people are actively fighting to be top dog, it leads to fun developments and innovation.
Look at ALL of the software updates the XBO has been getting lately. It's kinda insane. If both companies are fighting for top, then they'll both be trying just as hard.
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ethomaz
Banned
If I'm not wrong the gap is still a bit over 700k discounting the 13k from this month.Gap is now below 700k
Zhuge make the graph
Edit- Nvm I saw the cream post now lol.
Welfare
Member
Yeah. Minecraft, MKX, CoD, NBA, Hardline, and GTA will be staying next month, so placing well for Splatoon will be a challenge.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
PS3 version had an additional character in Kratos so that certainly helped its sales. MKX was even featurewise.
Chobel
Member
loaf of bread
Member
USF4 is not coming to XB1. Its published by Sony.
It'd be easier to take a guess if we knew how Hardline did this month.
thelastword
Banned
Ahh! I don't read these threads too often. So its actually a 13k difference, which is not a big deal in the bigger scheme of things.
It's closer to 690k, just under.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Fixed. Thanks!
Also anyone else expecting Puzzles & Dragons to not do well next month? Normally Nintendo only seems to be able to promote a game/system at a time and the marketing support is clearly going to Splatoon & the Wii U...
It's a dumb viewpoint. Are you saying Sony has been doing nothing all this time?
Hoping a company doesn't "win too much" makes no sense. Weren't any of you around for the PS2 generation?
pixel monkey
Banned
Competition fosters not only creativity, but better prices for gamers. Perhaps it's boggling to the fanboy mind... but for the rest of us, we've had enough Ma Bell and Madden, thanks.
Mario is on the game, so will sell well.
biggest and most important market.
SuperLeviathan
Member
And the saddest thing is, this is the Wii U's best market. If it weren't for the USA, Wii U sales would be REALLY awful.
They'd be rolling out the updates anyway and them being behind as much as they are hasn't lead to a change in their ID@Xbox policy.
Do you believe that because Sony lost this month they're gonna start giving budgets out for more creative games or are those games already in development meaning that Xbox winning a couple months doesn't affect what they're doing, creative-wise?
Gamers make it so there's better prices for gamers. That's the free market. The market has dictated that people prefer the PS4 to XBO so XBO has to do things to improve it's value in the eyes of the consumer, price cuts being one of them. The market forced Xbox to cut its price, a couple lost months in the US will not affect Sony's plans of when to cut the price of the PS4.
People expect way too much from North America sales parity.
Edit: And it's a difference of only 13k? People think this is gonna change things?
Have you forgotten about China?
If just 1% of the population buy a PS4 that's like 13 million units.
You can't digitally download a PS4.... as far as I'm aware.
It's doing worse than the dreamcast that had been discontinued at this point (aligned launches) and bear in mind the Wii U is still selling whilst the dreamcast at this point was selling 0. Yet the dreamcast is still ahead ltd.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Pretty surprising that Xbox pulled ahead this month, even if it was only by less than 20k, especially when the software for the month leans so much in PS4's favor. There were some really good deals on Xbox in April, correct?
Bloodborne falling off the charts is really sad.
Bloodborne falling off the charts is really sad.
this will mark the first post of many others who will prove to us that competition is not necessarily good. How during the ps2 days..blah bah blah
Interesting results that I definitely was not close to predicting
competition is good
Hades Hotgun
Banned
Didn't help in Japan or UK.
Mario's not the strongest brand right now.
Mario Kart and Mario Party are strong franchises, but the characters aren't selling this elsewhere.
Alex_Mexico
Member
This is only good for the consumer. We all remember how amazing Sony was during the PS3 days when they were loosing to MS that they eventually tied the 360 in worldwide sales.
And if Sony doesn't bring something good for this year (or at least that $50 price drop) I don't see them winning this holiday season either what with the XB1's price advantage and three big exclusives coming their way.
And if Sony doesn't bring something good for this year (or at least that $50 price drop) I don't see them winning this holiday season either what with the XB1's price advantage and three big exclusives coming their way.
pixel monkey
Banned
Let's revisit that assessment if or when this becomes a trend. If the needle continues to move Microsoft's way in North America, and that's a VERY BIG if, Sony will drop the PS4 price in response. It's Economics 101.
Hades Hotgun
Banned
Put that fanboy card back in the deck, friend. The point was that sales parity does not equal competition.
Stone Ocean
Member
SFV means Sony has the FGC on lock
MS is sponsoring the big MK events.
This is not that. The PS3 was losing handily in the US but was always doing well Worldwide. A loss of less than 20k in the month of April isn't gonna make Sony go twice as hard.
Mr. Giggles
Member
Good show for MS.
Now we got a fight >
Now we got a fight >
Nobody is saying that, do you think MS would have been doing all of their promotions and incentives to get a XB1 if they were not getting whooped by Sony on their home turf?
Mikey Jr.
Member
Zhuge, I like your charts.
But why do you always make them so tiny? I can't see shit man.
Just put stuff in quotes and they will be resized as as not to break the page.
creamsugar
Member
TV: 2.5k
M.O.J.O.: 27
Shield: 33
OUYA: 3
M.O.J.O.: 27
Shield: 33
OUYA: 3
anexanhume
Member
Holy shit hahahaha
Neuromancer
Member
I've been saying for months that April NPDs were going to be interesting.
On this page you dope.
Mr. Giggles
Member
Is there really less content? Honestly asking, I think I saw a thread that also talked about that.
Edit:
I have been in the dark about this game but have been thinking about getting it!
Welfare
Member
Giving the real numbers we need.
Shield doing 10 better than OUYA. Where's that PR?
Wow no wonder they are giving away PSTV. I thought it did rarely well a couple months ago? I guess that was just when Amazon was selling it for a lightning deal.
Nightengale
Member
On the Xbox front, trade-in deals.
On the PS4 front, potential minor decline due to Batman bundle holdout.
It's not just games that sell consoles.
ethomaz
Banned
Amazing lol
Mikey Jr.
Member
Welp MKX certainly cleaned up. They beat BFH first month sales despite debuting in one of the slowest months of the year
Hah Nah I doubt it. Not when the protagonist looks like someone took an Abercrombie and Fitch mannequin out back and mercilessly beat him with a generic everyman bat. He might as well be named Joe the incredibly average looking leather fetishist.
But hey my predicictions were WAY off this month so who knows. I guess anything is possible.
Oh shield...