Dash_Riprock
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Like the MCC?
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PAL Charts - Week 44, 2015
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Like the MCC?
I think it was Shadow Fall?
Steverulez
Member
Well that has little to do with the point you made but ok
Worth quoting this from last week's thread, on the discussion of the FPS genre.
If we consider CoD to be holding on to the crown, but fatigue to set in eventually (look at Assassin's Creed), and Halo to be slipping, where do you guys see the positions of other FPS franchises?
I'm talking Battlefield/Battlefront, Fallout (not multiplayer but a big release), Destiny, Titanfall and the DOOM reboot (DOOM particularly interests me because I've been thinking a lot about where a game like that fits in with the current state of consumers, is it a fresh breath or have we moved past that type of game?).
CoD will sell better than the last two entries IMO. Battlefront will probably do better than Hardline but slightly worse than BF4.
I don't consider DOOM a dudebro shooter, whether that helps it or not is up for debate though.
Do you not think that's what Bethesda want for it though? It's not exactly being positioned as a niche title, I imagine they want people playing it in say, university dorms and to capture that young male audience. I think it has the possibility of being a dudebro with the whole focus on violence, gameplay and fun rather than any kind of story or whatever.
chromatic9
Member
Another point is Halo 5 retail is only ~£35. I would say it's been consistently offered lower than any other big game at launch. While the next gen tax has mostly gone, Halo 5 is very cheap as a new game.
Now that I think about it, do we have any idea how Call of Duty: Black Ops III preorders are doing compared to the last entries?
Die Squirrel Die
Member
DOOM is a weird one to be sure. It's been so long since the last DOOM, and even longer since the series was at its peak. I don't think it can just be DOOM, but it also can't be a modern shooter in a DOOM wrapper.
Wolfenstein: TNO did pretty well, right?
We don't know. MS doesn't talk consoles anymore.
Assuming bundles that went out a week early were included, not very much. Think the PS4 price cut may have overshadowed it seeing how well Watch Dogs is doing.
It's been a very busy day on Xbox live.
Stilton Disco
Member
Bloody hell. I was expecting Halo 5 to be slightly lower sales wise than 3 due to 4 and MCC's problems, but not less than half.
I was honestly expecting it to blow the barn doors off and carry the XO through the entire Christmas period into next year. I mean it's Halo! Halo is the Xbox brand, the flagship title that sets it apart from Playstation and the number one reason to own MS's consoles.
Selling this (relatively) badly is just madness to me.
I was honestly expecting it to blow the barn doors off and carry the XO through the entire Christmas period into next year. I mean it's Halo! Halo is the Xbox brand, the flagship title that sets it apart from Playstation and the number one reason to own MS's consoles.
Selling this (relatively) badly is just madness to me.
Don't think I can, sorry.
unlike Mario for example on Nintendo, Halo has plenty of competition like Destiny and COD
That would make sense I think. Not to go off topic but I think for similar reasons Tomb Raider is really going to regret launching next to Fallout and very close to CoD and Battlefront.
Primethius
Banned
Oh boy. Having seen the numbers for Halo 5... it seems almost certain that TR will get slaughtered.
That's actually a great reference point. Wolfenstein TNO had a stellar single player campaign which is rare for FPS games and helped sell the game well enough.
In the case of Doom I think it's got to nail it's single player out the park to have a wider appeal. The MP looks a little bit too old school gameplay wise but that might click in a major way with the more mainstream audience perhaps..
I dunno, I mean they're both relaunches of legacy titles, but whereas TNO focused on single-player, I get the feeling with DOOM the focus is on the arena-style multiplayer and SnapMap particularly. I really can't see DOOM having some well written campaign?
Bruno MB
Member
Other new releases that didn't chart in the individual formats top 40:
MINECRAFT: STORY MODE (TELLTALE GAMES)
Xbox 360 - 46%
Xbox One - 22%
PlayStation 4 - 17%
PlayStation 3 - 15%
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TOP 20 SONY PLAYSTATION 4, WEEK ENDING 31 October 2015
20 (NE) DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN: ENHANCED EDITION (KOCH MEDIA)
XX (NE) SHOVEL KNIGHT (YACHT CLUB GAMES)
XX (NE) DARKSIDERS 2: DEATHINITIVE EDITION (NORDIC GAMES)
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TOP 20 XBOX ONE, WEEK ENDING 31 October 2015
XX (NE) DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN: ENHANCED EDITION (KOCH MEDIA)
XX (NE) DARKSIDERS 2: DEATHINITIVE EDITION (NORDIC GAMES)
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TOP 20 NINTENDO Wii U, WEEK ENDING 31 October 2015
07 (NE) SHOVEL KNIGHT (YACHT CLUB GAMES)
XX (NE) PROJECT ZERO: MAIDEN OF BLACK WATER (NINTENDO)
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TOP 50 NINTENDO 3DS (FULL PRICE), WEEK ENDING 31 October 2015
15 (NE) DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 RECORD BREAKER (NIS AMERICA)
17 (NE) SHOVEL KNIGHT (YACHT CLUB GAMES)MINECRAFT: STORY MODE (TELLTALE GAMES)
Xbox 360 - 46%
Xbox One - 22%
PlayStation 4 - 17%
PlayStation 3 - 15%
I mean these low sales for Halo and Assassin's Creed beg the question: What are people saving their money for?
The three possibilities seem to be Blops 3, Fallout 4, and Battlefront. I'm really not sure how to estimate ranking for these three on sales basis. What do you guys think?
The three possibilities seem to be Blops 3, Fallout 4, and Battlefront. I'm really not sure how to estimate ranking for these three on sales basis. What do you guys think?
They might not be saving, just not interested.
I'd probably go Blops, Fallout and Battlefront but the last two are totally interchangeable. Fallout is getting a big push though so it could pull the upset, but I'm not holding my breath,
Yes I can't see Doom having a particularly well written campaign either. Maybe the balls-to-the wall craziness might carry it through and making it a bit more unique in the shooter space.
I hope they nail the MP, that's what seems interesting to me so far as a guy who hasn't played Doom in god knows how many years.
Primethius
Banned
Blops, BF and F4. In that order for me. I think Blops is just simply a massive franchise. F4 will be big no doubt, but I think the hype for Force Awakens will ensure that BF is closer to sales with Blops then F4.
Blops 3 > Battlefront > Fallout 4 is my guess.
2 of those games are FPSs, like Halo, then you have Destiny
I'll probably agree with you both now. Thought the movie Star Wars was next year for some reason so yeah, will steer those numbers up.
Can you tell who lead this week sales in hardware? XBO or PS4?
I know but I'm thinking in terms of your average joe consumer. What they see is:
Black Ops 3 ("Hey, everyone loves CoD and Black Ops is great!")
Fallout ("Seems like everyone's talking about this Fallout game, and it's post-apocalypse Skyrim? Cool!")
Battlefield: Star Wars ("Oh man they've made Battlefield with a Star Wars skin, I'm so hyped for the new movie I'm gonna play the shit outta this.")
They may not be the same exact genres of game, but I think the power of people who buy one or two games a year cannot be underestimated, and there's every possibility the reasons numbers for AC and Halo are low is because people are more interested in these games.
Personally I'd like to see Fallout surprise everyone and outsellf CoD and BF.
I don't have hardware numbers.
Visualante2
Member
Does that mean Project Zero didn't even make the top 20 on Wii U? I suppose it only had a couple days on sale but crikey. Minecraft splits are super interesting thanks for sharing!
Katana_Strikes
Member
I thought you said it was 4m vs 5m?
I'm just playing witcha 
Fallout should be big. Lots of talk about that. I think CoD will be around last year, still big but franchise fatigue setting in still, no real sales improvement, especially with Battlefront coming and people might want a bit of a change. TR isn't really going to do much in the face of all those games. It'll still do respectable numbers week 1 but unless it's bundled to hell and back, I can't see it sticking around long.
I thought you said it was 4m vs 5m?I'm just playing witcha
I'm a fool. A damn fool.
Katana_Strikes
Member
If Fallout 4 does very big number,s I wonder if it'll change the announcement to release schedule for anyone. A lot of publishers right now seem to think it's best for over a year of announcement to release, but I've loved this Fallout cycle.
mejin
Member
Hahaha, I remembered your posts yesterday. XD
Dash_Riprock
Member
More like people holding off for BF and CoD. Halo just doesn't command the attention it once did, and the one two punch of Halo 4 and the MCC didn't help either.
Primethius
Banned
Yep, this is my biggest take away too. Even more so then the sales themselves, it seems that the game just didn't move a lot of consoles.
Unless NA and UK differ wildly for this game of course.