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[Ōkami]

<60k is Witcher then.

 

[Fat4all]

S is for Nintendo fan, 3 is for RPG fan.

gow3r < 50k

Dang.

 

[OnionPowder]

Wow Witcher 3 less than 60k. Falling off HARD

 

[Nirolak]

That's my guess.

Doesn't seem too good for GoW, wonder how it did digitally.

I don't think there are many people out there who were excited to play God of War 3 again.

GoW1 and GoW2 were seen as defining games of the PS2 era. GoW3 was seen as a nice looking PS3 game.

 

[Welfare]

S is for Nintendo fan, 3 is for RPG fan.

gow3r < 50k

Ah thanks.

Splatoon, Witcher, and then God of War.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

lol gow3r bomba

 

[Wynnebeck]

While we wait, I'll throw in a X1 chart with some data for us to discuss...

X1 January-July 2014: ~1,230k
X1 January-July 2015 ~1,457k

YOY rise: ~18.5%

Xbox One has been up every month this year in sales over the last except for March.

Boom! You scrubs thought MS was playing about the whole pre-season and Playoffs thing huh? Xbone is taking the lead over PS4 this Xmas.

 

[Worship]

I wish I could make a top 10 list... and magically have most poeple buy those games instead of the crap on all these top 10 lists. So many games that need to be played that people arent playing.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Wow Witcher 3 less than 60k. Falling off HARD

Now that's interesting. Can't believe it has anything to do with the patches. Wonder what this is all about.

Maybe it's because the game didn't have much competition when it came out, so its sales were extremely frontloaded.

 

[Kodaman]

s > 70k

squid?

 

[Papercuts]

I don't think there are many people out there who were excited to play God of War 3 again.

GoW1 and GoW2 were seen as defining games of the PS2 era. GoW3 was seen as a nice looking PS3 game.

Especially at $40.

 

[PhantomVash808]

LOL this episode of It's Always Sunny was freaking hilarious.

 

[RespectThySole]

Damn God of War 3 completely bombed. I can't say I'm surprised though, I forgot it even released last month.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

I don't think there are many people out there who were excited to play God of War 3 again.

GoW1 and GoW2 were seen as defining games of the PS2 era. GoW3 was seen as a nice looking PS3 game.

It was also one of the worst remasters when it came to value .
Way to expensive and not enough content .

 

[Nirolak]

It looks like Splatoon is falling behind in the US compared to Japan.
Maybe this month will be better due to the update, but Japan also has the big numbers from holidays.

There's effectively vastly more competition in the West in terms of popular shooters.

 

[Boombloxer]

I don't think there are many people out there who were excited to play God of War 3 again.

GoW1 and GoW2 were seen as defining games of the PS2 era. GoW3 was seen as a nice looking PS3 game.

Nah, the last God of War had both high sales (5M) and MC.

Now, Ascension...

 

[kswiston]

Maybe it's because the game didn't have much competition when it came out, so its sales were extremely frontloaded.

This happens to almost every AAA game that isn't GTA or Call of Duty tier.

Most console games on PS4/XB1 are very much Flavor of the Month.

 

[freefornow]

Nice job Sony. $299, do it, it's going to be epic.

And every time I see the NPD's I just cant see why they would even consider it.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Still Not sure why they chose $40 as their price point for GOW3

 

[carlsojo]

Damn God of War 3 completely bombed. I can't say I'm surprised though, I forgot it even released last month.

Yeah there wasn't a whole lot of marketing and IMO it wasn't really a whole lot of value to buy day one. GoW3 is a great game but it's kind of silly it wasn't packaged any or all of the half dozen other GoW games.

 

[StevieP]

Handhelds are hurting because of smartphones grabbing casual users.

Consoles are doing better than last generation, except the casual console, the Wii, which lost its entire userbase to smartphones, which is effectively gone now. The change is that there are almost no truly casual console buyers. There are no moms or grandparents or teenage girls buying consoles for wii sports. That's really the only difference this gen.

Smartphones are not a replacement for or competition to a game console. Saying that console are losing to smartphones just means people are losing interest in consoles, which is possible, but not what the numbers are indicating, since PS4/XB1 are selling better than PS3/360.

The ps2 was the casual console of the 6th gen. It was the growth driver. Let that sink in for a moment

 

[Elios83]

Nice gow3r will soon be either 20$ or given away on Plus. Too little value, high price.
They should have gone with both 3 and Ascension in the same package at 40$ and with some little extra compared to just a resolution and frame rate bump.

 

[OnionPowder]

Now that's interesting. Can't believe it has anything to do with the patches. Wonder what this is all about.

Maybe it's because the game didn't have much competition when it came out, so its sales were extremely frontloaded.

No idea, it seems to be slowing down significantly on Steam as well. For July it sold ~30-35k units.

Rocket League has already surpassed it in owners on Steam.

Nice gow3r will soon be either 20$ or given away on Plus.

It was destined to be straight to IGC

 

[Fat4all]

Nice gow3r will soon be either 20$ or given away on Plus.

I could see it hitting PS+ before Knack.

 

[libregkd]

Still Not sure why they chose $40 as their price point for GOW3

Agreed, price should have been ~$20. $40 would have been ok if they included Ascension with it (I still not sure why they decided against doing a 2 pack or something).

 

[Jarod McChicken]

Anyone would have the LTD for God of War III and God of War Ascension to give an idea of the drop ?

Kratos is really not on a roll since Ascension. Maybe the PS4 will rejuvenate the franchise but the indifference towards the remaster says something.

 

[Vena]

Still Not sure why they chose $40 as their price point for GOW3

Make as much money off of the people who buy it day one, then price it as it should have been a month or two later. Profit.

 

[Final Verdict]

Boom! You scrubs thought MS was playing about the whole pre-season and Playoffs thing huh? Xbone is taking the lead over PS4 this Xmas.

Ha ha, woah there! Let's not jump to conclusions just yet, there is still a lot of ball to be played this year!

 

[OnionPowder]

Agreed, price should have been ~$20. $40 would have been ok if they included Ascension with it (I still not sure why they decided against doing a 2 pack or something).

Should have been $60 and just throw every GoW game in there at 1080p 60FPS

 

[creamsugar]

 

[libregkd]

Should have been $60 and just throw every GoW game in there at 1080p 60FPS

This of course would have been ideal. $60 for 6 games ain't bad.

 

[neogaffer1]

Should have been $60 and just throw every GoW game in there at 1080p 60FPS

cuz that would've worked so well

 

[Welfare]

PS4 218K

Wii U 46K

 

[Cripshay]

lol gow3r bomba

It's s remaster. When all is said and done, it will be over 100k (retail and digital). Sold for $40, made by 2 people. Believe me, that's not bomba at all. It's some nice $$$!

 

[neogaffer1]

will gears bomba just as hard or will it do good cuz all gears included through bc

 

[OnionPowder]

cuz that would've worked so well

Because that's extremely similar. 4 games with different engines and multiple engines running at once all with extreme online issues rushed out the door, vs all single player games. Are you expecting the UC collection to be a similar clusterfuck?

 

[Toki767]

It's s remaster. When all is said and done, it will be over 100k (retail and digital). Sold for $40, made by 2 people. Believe me, that's not bomba at all. It's some nice $$$!

I also doubt they put much work in it. It's just extra sales at this point.

 

[Obliterator]

cuz that would've worked so well

To be fair the game ran like shit but in terms of performance at retail did very well

 

[Boke1879]

will gears bomba just as hard or will it do good cuz all gears included through bc

I doubt it will. It'll do well because of the multiplayer aspect and it's been a long time since Gears1

 

[ArchedThunder]

cuz that would've worked so well

That was fucked up because they tried to stitch all the games together and they had multiplayer. A simple menu to boot into which game you want like last gen HD collections for a GoW Remastered collection would have worked just fine.

 

[Ōkami]

Using 189k for Xbox One I get.

PS4: 218K
WIU: 47k

 

[Fat4all]

PS4 218K

Wii U 46K

Overestimated my PS4/Xbone predictions.

Underestimated my WiiU prediction.

I will never doubt Nintendo ever again.

 

[RespectThySole]

This happens to almost every AAA game that isn't GTA or Call of Duty tier.

Exactly. I don't see why anyone is surprised. I'm sure that with PC sales included The Witcher 3 is doing quite well. We already know that the game sold 4 million in the first 2 weeks.

 

[Boke1879]

So what's the gap between PS4 and Xbox One now?

 

[Nirolak]

will gears bomba just as hard or will it do good cuz all gears included through bc

Gears 1 is the most liked of the series and also has a PC release so I would expect it to do better overall.

 

[Nameless]

Hmmm month or gen...

 

[Fat4all]

So what's the gap between PS4 and Xbox One now?

Between 799k-809k I think.

Probably closer to 810k, my memory is shite.

 

[Elios83]

So what's the gap between PS4 and Xbox One now?

I have it at 810-820k

 

[Final Verdict]

PS4 218K

Wii U 46K

Darn, I over shot them both in my prediction!
At least it wasn't by too much...I should do fairly well I think

 

[orfax]

its honestly the biggest gaming franchise in the world in my opinion

I just want to comment on this. I think the general consensus is that Minecraft is around 70 million. I think it's a little higher, about 80 million which I have mentioned before, but I have no figures to back me up. From a purely game sale units perspective this puts it at around Gran Turismo levels, and just below Assassins Creed.

While Minecraft is certainly huge, as a series there are other much larger franchises, like GTA at 220 million or Pokemon at 240 million. Even Mario Kart is at 100 million. This does not include any of the following which I don't have figures for: Call of Duty, FIFA, Madden or any of the MOBA/MMO games.

From an individual game (ie not series) it's definitely up there with the biggest in terms of units. I think the only bigger ones are Wii Sports (which was bundled with the console) and I think a mobile Tetris (which EA announced at over 100 million). Again I don't have figures for things like League of Legends and mobile games. In terms of dollars it will drop down further as games like GTA5 and Halo 3 & 4, various CODs will have brought in more money (and cost more to make as well) despite selling less units.

Minecraft is a phenomenon. It's one of the biggest games, but it's still not the biggest.