The game was half price by December for that big Christmas time sale. And then I'm pretty sure it was starting to be bundled free with every new console, either by retailers or packed in with bundles. I'm almost certain the increase in 'numbers' for the series is that 2 million+ new Xbox One owners got a free copy. That's what I meant by decline in sales. It was lighting up the charts until the problems became known.
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NPD Sales Results for August 2015 [PS4 #1 HW/SW, 7M Amiibos LTD, 600K LTD Splatoon]
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The game was half price by December for that big Christmas time sale. And then I'm pretty sure it was starting to be bundled free with every new console, either by retailers or packed in with bundles. I'm almost certain the increase in 'numbers' for the series is that 2 million+ new Xbox One owners got a free copy. That's what I meant by decline in sales. It was lighting up the charts until the problems became known.
plasmawave
Banned
GTA5 is a beast.
I'll tell you exactly what's going on. Less people want an Xbox One than a PS4. Price has nothing to do with it at a certain point.
I don't know about US, but globally, they have 9 million seller:
Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Mario Bros U, Luigi Bros U, Mario 3DWorld, Wii Party U, Nintendo Land, Zelda Wind Waker, and Splatoon.
Why are you expecting flat or increasing sales in Sept/Oct?
That probaby depends on when you're playing.
Cause there should be more "western" players in total than Japan.
Disney Infinity is September.
What will be interesting is to see if last gen console sales will be higher or lower than next gen.
Because that's what happen with Mario Kart.
And you should see the Japan sales some times...
Do you mean NPD?
NSMB
MK8
Smash
3D World
NintendoLand (...right?)
Did I miss anything
Sales have been flat or down most months this year no? At some point, making a little more profit per unit is not worth giving up marketshare/momentum. The only system in the past 4 generations to go this long without a price drop was the Wii, and the PS4 is not pushing Wii numbers in North America.
He's applying trends seen in Japan to the USA.
Reminiscent of the failed sales push where Sega bundled a DVD player with a Dreamcast to try an beat the PS2.
MS's holiday season will be defined by the reception of Halo 5. Whether MCC damaged the brand, and how it stacks up against Battlefield, Destiny and BLOPS3 (all three having PS4 marketing).
I suspect a $50 official price cut will happen possibly this holiday season to create extra competition during the holidays.. But based on how well the PS4 is selling, Sony may just save that as an E3 announcement. And for the mean time just continue to rake in that premium price.
@ZhugeEX
Do you think the PS division has recouped the costs of the PS3 gen yet? As it took some time for Xbox 360 to recover from the Xbox OG costs due to Nvidia.
TheSlySoul
Member
Until Dawn and Rare Replay doing well makes me happy.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Sony really needs to drop the price already. $350 in time for the Holiday will do wonders.
Slackerish
Member
The PS4 SW bundles that was announced before the Uncharted bundle, don't have a price yet. Not listed on Amazon/Gamestop/Walmart (unless I missed it).
aaronwt
Member
It still doesn't count the digital copies either does it?. None of my game purchases ever seem to get counted since I only do digital. And Between August and November I will spend over $500 for games on the Xbox One and PS4.
I'm not really sure that the territories are comparable in buying habits. Isn't Japan already selling more Splatoon per month at this point, despite similar totals?
ArchedThunder
Banned
Yeah, Star Wars's two bundles are mysteriously without a price right now. I really think we're either getting a $50 or $100 price drop announcement at Paris Games Week.
theprodigy
Member
Too bad the trends in Japan aren't exactly similar to the ones here.
on that note, what's Wii U hardware sitting at for this month?
Meh, not really. Just increase the value. It'll do well enough and a price cut can come next year.
But I can see Sony doing a price cut this year as well if they decide too. It's not needed though.
Splatoon has done very well in Japan and will continue to do well through the rest of the year.
In the USA there is trends with Nintendo first party games selling well over a long period of time but it's not going to be like Japan in this case.
This is a moot point. Businesses don't work that way. It's not like the PS division is in debt/credit with the rest of Sony. Companies work on a financial year by year basis. The disastrous years that Sony went though, across their entire business, are past history. Current and future results are all that matter.
EightBitNate
Member
PS4 Won
Until Dawn charted
I thought people hid their fanboyisms
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Sure, but I wouldn't say Splatoon is doing badly in the US or anything though right? Selling 60K in its 4th month is still pretty good.
Disaster Nebraska
Banned
I am so incredibly happy that Until Dawn charted. Might not stay on the chart in September but Sony needs to push this game for Halloween at the end of October.
Damn for PS4's performance, despite Xbox One pulling out all the stops. This was supposed to be an "easy win" for Microsoft considering their lineup, and with September's lineup I don't imagine Xbox One taking this month either.
Damn for PS4's performance, despite Xbox One pulling out all the stops. This was supposed to be an "easy win" for Microsoft considering their lineup, and with September's lineup I don't imagine Xbox One taking this month either.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
It's good but comparing with Japan should be selling better, after all the instal base is higher.
ArchedThunder
Banned
I still think we'll get a $50 price drop announcement at PGW and then the price will drop again to somewhere between $250 and $280 in the second half of 2016 with a Slim hardware revision.
It's very good.
But that doesn't mean it'll do better than Japan as Ryng Tolu insinuated.
Yeah, digital sales dont count, which is a shame,
CosmicQueso
Member
The Wii U doesn't count?
It's doing well, but we don't have evidence that baseline sales going forward will be higher than that. Nintendo software tends to do well in the legs department, but he is expecting the game to double its LTD in the next 4 months.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Until Dawn made the top ten!! #NotaFlop
LifEndz
Member
Neuromancer
Member
Hooray for Until Dawn and Supermassive! It's a hell of a game.
paragonpro
Banned
Very happy to see rare replay up there
