ethomaz
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hanspampel
Banned
No RE7 either
Persona 5 is also nowhere to be seen. Flop confirmed.
Hopefully The Last of Us Pt 2 can chart next month, or it's all over for Sony.
You guys know the top ten is revenue and not individual sales right?
I see people mentioning x sold more/less.
Data is in the link in the OP.
I see people mentioning x sold more/less.
Data is in the link in the OP.
Bornstellar
Member
Thank god people bought Titanfall 2.
Don't stop!
Don't stop!
chromatic9
Member
Looks like WD and Dishonored tallied with the UK and yet again nothing to do with Brexit bollocks or other silly notions.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
So WWE 2k17 flopped, huh.
Wake up call? Nah.
Wake up call? Nah.
ethomaz
Banned
Ohhhhhhhhh I forget that new bad trend in NPD.
The ranking means nothing
Pokémon single SKU could sell more but having lower revenue because it was cheaper.
Bleh, okay, I'm dumb. That's what I get for assuming the latter half of the article was all Pokemon talk.
Anyway, that's slightly more units than I assumed they shipped, but it's still way too low. How they didn't think they could sell more than double that easily is beyond me.
metalslimer
Member
Uh saying Pokémon would outsell a COD game in the launch month would have been heresy even 2 years ago.
Also that bodes well for TF2 if that is a revenue chart.
Conciliator
Banned
thats great for titanfall, well earned and smart plays from the publisher acting fast to get it more noticed
AAA will use Watch Dogs 2 poor sales as evidence for minority protagonists being
'risky'
AAA will use Watch Dogs 2 poor sales as evidence for minority protagonists being
'risky'
Though there was no bundle with the game. The Solgaleo 3DS was just the hardware.Well it high possible because 3DS sold about 550k... the bundle needs to be lower
OrbitalBeard
Member
God, imagine how well it would have sold if Nintendo had actually shipped enough to stores throughout the month.
Was AssCreed on a downward trend? Do not remember hearing anything about huge sales for Unity or Syndicate. But man, it is weird brand management to put games out eight times in nine years, then take the year off that you have a movie coming out. WD2 is all the more Bomba when you look at it that way.
ethomaz
Banned
It was bundled with 3DS XL.
sixteen-bit
Member
Fewer than Japan I see. I guess fewer were allocated to NA?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1314789
anothertech
Member
Oh gosh! Was this the first? Maybe we'll actually get news of VI at somepoint now lol.
Gratz Respawn. Let's move it to position 2 or 1 next few months. You deserve it
Absolutely, especially in hindsight. They could have sold a million of these.
But even taking the perspective of a company that trends on the conservative side of estimates, I would have expected them to ship closer to 300k, especially after the social media response to the announcement. It's a $60 impuse-buy-friendly product.
I'd even assume supply or manufacturing issues, if it were any company besides Nintendo.
OrbitalBeard
Member
semiconscious
Gold Member
Really? Is that I know that outside the US it had some bundles, but in the US I never saw or heard of one. Heck,people are still pissed off that moststores sold out of regular units and Nintendo made a huge deal of the Mario bundle.
ethomaz
Banned
I can be wrong and confusing with outside bundles
I'm not sure... I just saw pics of the bundles... even a 2DS one.The ranking being revenue based screw up the things... Pokémon had $39 MSRP.
Yeah. XDI can be wrong and confusing with outside bundles
I'm not sure... I just saw pics of the bundles... even a 2DS one.
There were no bundles in the US from what I know. But there were a few around the world like the light blue 2DS, the ones in EU with a figurine.
Heck, I sold a few 3DS units and copies of the games despite not working at retail anymore, so some would be asking for my head if there was a bundle with the game.
Dark Ninja
Member
Jesus even with COD being attacked left and right by EA it still got #1
. COD is a beast. I guess sending out Titanfall 2 to die was a good decision?
without Pokemon combined
There's something amusing about complaining about the makeup of the top 10, and then retreating back to a remaster of a game that came out five years ago.
It seems like if it wasn't for NPD's weird distinction between the two versions of Pokemon (is this the only series that they do that for?), it would top the charts.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Got beat out in revenue by a $20 cheaper sku that didn't have digital sales included. The decline is very apparent.
They split Fire Emblem Birthright/Conquest earlier this year, though there'd be a better argument for separating those two than Pokémon.
WOM proves to be king again. It's starting to look like WOM is the single most important factor in determining post release sales potential for games this gen.
The ranking is for revenue not unit sales which means that any sales putting TF2 at a lower price point would actually be a disadvantage to it on the rankings. It actually makes it more impressive that it was able to rank as well as it did with a lower price.
It suffering for the sins of its forbearer. Watch dogs 1 burned a lot of bridges/good will with consumers. I don't know many that were chomping at the bit to jump back into the franchise.
Welfare
Member
Basically me. Got WD1 week 1, found it above average, not really excited to buy 2.
Honestly, Mafia 3 would get bought before WD2.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
It also just doesn't look very fun. Maybe people got their GTA clone fix with Mafia III.
DarkConfidant
Member
Same. Didn’t think we had a chance, but I still wanted to win.
I bought Sun for a friend and canceled myself out. Also I bought digital, so I don’t know if I even count in this number.
Also, good shit Titanfall 2!
I’m kinda done with online multiplayer shooters after getting an overload of them last gen, and changing life habits where I can’t spend time alone shouting at people not in the room while I play, but I’m so glad people are supporting what seems like a compelling IP.
soundscream
Member
If the chart is based on revenue then its even better for TF2 since it was so deeply discounted. The more people playing the better
Funny thing about the NES Classic Mini is we haven't gotten anymore since launch day at the Best Buy I work at. We had something like 20 on launch and none since.
Would have been such a hot seller had we the supply.
Hey, there's a thread about this. I'll post this there too.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Uh, the sales are down like 50% yoy in just about every territory we have numbers for, and it was outsold in November by another game (Pokemon), which hasn't happened in what, 8 years?
Overall:
October retail game sales are down 24% year over year.
Hardware was down 35% year over year.
Console and Handheld game sales were down 18% year over year.
Physical and Steam PC software sales were down 28% year over year.
Software:
Notes:
- There's a note here implying that Sun and Moon combined outsold Call of Duty.
- “Pokémon Sun and Pokémon: Moon had the strongest launch in the history of the franchise, selling 8 percent more units than the previous best-selling combo of Pokémon: White and Pokémon: Black despite having 19 fewer days in market during the month,” said Naji.
- “Pokémon Sun and Pokémon: Moon had the strongest launch in the history of the franchise, selling 8 percent more units than the previous best-selling combo of Pokémon: White and Pokémon: Black despite having 19 fewer days in market during the month,” said Naji.
- “Software spending in November 2016 declined by 19 percent compared to this time last year,” said Naji. “The decline can be fully attributed to the top 3 selling games which, combined, sold 43 percent less than the top 3 games from last November. Combined spending across all other titles grew 12 percent in November compared with a year ago.”
Hardware:
PS4: #1 Console
NES Classic Edition: 196K
Notes:
- The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling hardware system in the month, driven by the PS4 Slim System 500GB Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Bundle,” said Naji. “This SKU accounted for 30 percent of all hardware units sold.”
- “Unit sales of 3DS hardware grew 59 percent versus November a year ago, the sixth straight month of year-on-year growth,” according to the NPD analyst.
- “Total accessory spending, including PlayStation VR headsets sold through retail, declined by 6 percent versus November 2015 driven by a 49 percent decline in interactive-gaming toys,” said Naji. “All interactive-gaming toys franchises experienced declines in the month compared to November 2015. Lego Dimensions is the current market leader in the segment with 38 revenue share in November.”
- “While spending across gamepads was down overall, sales of the Microsoft Xbox Elite Wireless Controller grew 46 percent in November versus the prior year,” said Naji. “The Sony DualShock 4 was the month’s No. 1 selling gamepad overall.”
October retail game sales are down 24% year over year.
Hardware was down 35% year over year.
Console and Handheld game sales were down 18% year over year.
Physical and Steam PC software sales were down 28% year over year.
Software:
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Battlefield 1
- Pokémon Sun*
- Pokémon Moon*
- Titanfall 2
- NBA 2K17
- Madden NFL 17
- Watch Dogs 2
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*
- FIFA 17
Notes:
- There's a note here implying that Sun and Moon combined outsold Call of Duty.
- “Pokémon Sun and Pokémon: Moon had the strongest launch in the history of the franchise, selling 8 percent more units than the previous best-selling combo of Pokémon: White and Pokémon: Black despite having 19 fewer days in market during the month,” said Naji.
- “Pokémon Sun and Pokémon: Moon had the strongest launch in the history of the franchise, selling 8 percent more units than the previous best-selling combo of Pokémon: White and Pokémon: Black despite having 19 fewer days in market during the month,” said Naji.
- “Software spending in November 2016 declined by 19 percent compared to this time last year,” said Naji. “The decline can be fully attributed to the top 3 selling games which, combined, sold 43 percent less than the top 3 games from last November. Combined spending across all other titles grew 12 percent in November compared with a year ago.”
Hardware:
PS4: #1 Console
NES Classic Edition: 196K
Notes:
- The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling hardware system in the month, driven by the PS4 Slim System 500GB Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Bundle,” said Naji. “This SKU accounted for 30 percent of all hardware units sold.”
- “Unit sales of 3DS hardware grew 59 percent versus November a year ago, the sixth straight month of year-on-year growth,” according to the NPD analyst.
- “Total accessory spending, including PlayStation VR headsets sold through retail, declined by 6 percent versus November 2015 driven by a 49 percent decline in interactive-gaming toys,” said Naji. “All interactive-gaming toys franchises experienced declines in the month compared to November 2015. Lego Dimensions is the current market leader in the segment with 38 revenue share in November.”
- “While spending across gamepads was down overall, sales of the Microsoft Xbox Elite Wireless Controller grew 46 percent in November versus the prior year,” said Naji. “The Sony DualShock 4 was the month’s No. 1 selling gamepad overall.”
Watch Dogs 2 rebounded decently in the UK charts, I think it will have decent legs thanks to word of mouth.
Dishonored is certainly a bummer though, hopefully it shows some legs. Good thing for Arkane that Bethesda usually has very realistic and modest expectations for their games (and could probably live half a decade on Fallout 4 revenue alone) and can likely handle Dishonored 2 disappointing in sales.
Dishonored is certainly a bummer though, hopefully it shows some legs. Good thing for Arkane that Bethesda usually has very realistic and modest expectations for their games (and could probably live half a decade on Fallout 4 revenue alone) and can likely handle Dishonored 2 disappointing in sales.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Pokemon beating COD in the november NPD without digital sales its amazing, Cant wait for the first mainline game in HD
Dishonored 2's sales are bit disappointing, and I hope that doesn't mean the end of the series...unless Arkane Lyon want to move on to something else themselves.
I also hope this shows Zenimax that not providing review copies before release, and launching a game with optimization issues, isn't a good idea. Considering the better performance of DOOM across all platforms, probably a sign they should just develop all their games around idtech6. Would probably save them money as well, and it's one of the smart decisions EA has done with Frostbite.
I also hope this shows Zenimax that not providing review copies before release, and launching a game with optimization issues, isn't a good idea. Considering the better performance of DOOM across all platforms, probably a sign they should just develop all their games around idtech6. Would probably save them money as well, and it's one of the smart decisions EA has done with Frostbite.
Movalpolos
Banned
Good for Battlefield. Best shooter of the gen.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Where are people seeing Pokémon outselling COD...?
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