It's more the overall market shrinking due to how poorly the WiiU is doing compared to its predecessor.
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NPD Sales for July 2015
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It's more the overall market shrinking due to how poorly the WiiU is doing compared to its predecessor.
Chobel
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Satire posts are a dime a dozen. You gotta try harder, man. Make me believe
And it's NPD time
. Can't wait for those cream pies VicDaMoan03
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Wanted to see Witcher 3 still in top ten. Such a good game. Wanted to see the developers rewarded with Skyrim like numbers.
Alebrije
Member
It seems patches droped its legs.
Lime_In_Da_Coconut
Banned
Wow at Destiny charting. The way some people on GAF talked about it you'd think it was a flop on the level of Titanfall (which wasn't a flop either, but that's the narrative)...
Very possible the One Beats PS4 this holiday but some act like the PS4 either won't sell or won't have a plan going into the holiday.
PS4 has options. 2 BIG bundles and if they wanted they could drop the price. I don't think they will though. Just have a bundle with COD and battlefront and maybe toss in another game for the holiday. Sony is more interested in their bottom line PS4 will sell well this holiday.
Next year I agree. If Uncharted, SFV and Ratchet launch early next year thats a tough set of games to go against. Also we could potentially see Horizon and FF15 next year as well.
Melchiah
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Because the PS4 and XBO are selling better than their predecessors, which means the market that Nintendo lost didn't affect them. At least so far.
The Last One
Member
This is good. What a wonderful game.
Never seen anyone say this, most of the time Destiny gets ripped it's for the actual game and how repetitive the gameplay is.
paragonpro
Banned
I think it's just the crowd, when I look at my friends list on Xbox one the most commonly played titles are multiplayer games so it doesn't shock me
Coulomb_Barrier
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When Xbone has chance to beat PS4 in NPD's? November or December? At this rate it won't be until then.
Obliterator
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The Taken King hype seems to be getting tons of people back on board with Destiny.
Everything they've said sounds so damn good. Pls deliver Bungie
Everything they've said sounds so damn good. Pls deliver Bungie
illmatic22
Banned
October
Yeah, it's possible for MS this holiday. But then again if the PS4 got a price drop, it will be very hard for the competition, and if not they at least got a few bundles that will do miracles.
Early 2016 will be big for Sony though with all the games you mentionned, 3rd party stuff + maybe a price drop if it does not happen this holiday.
Halo launches later October and has a limited edition console bundle. I feel that's the best chance it has to beat the PS4 until Nov. Dec.
Also I'm wondering how big this best buy sale will help the Xbox 1 this month.
Maybe not even then because of Call of Duty and Battlefront.
Halo 5 comes out in October but at the end. Uncharted Trilogy comes out in the beginning of October.
So it's possible it can go either way, Uncharted has more time though.
Chobel
Member
August.
ninjablade
Banned
I like how people compare USA sales being similar to Japan for splatoon. There is a huge difference in market size. Splatoon is a huge hit in Japan for a console game, while in the USA it's selling just good enough for a console game.
I'd say they have a shot in August, no shot in September.
August has Rare Replay, Gears Remastered (w/bundle), Madden (w/bundle) and this Best Buy TV deal that seems to be doing very well.
Not guaranteed... but definitely possible with no major PS4 releases and Batman inevitably dropping.
On NX.
I wonder what PS4/CoD Dlc/marketing/bundle does for new gen converts. Although Xbox has those nostalgic games and some BC titles - losing one of the biggest sellers of the year has to be a deep thorn to Xbox's side. Especially when that association was there. Interesting times ahead.
AkelisRain
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Yep. Jesus.
Something tells me they won't drop this price this holiday. Batman Bundle seems to be doing well for them and I'm sure with MGSV and the TKK bundle in sept. they'll take that month pretty convincingly.
With bundles doing so well for them and them selling so well. They most likely won't drop the price.
TheXfactor
Member
no concrete numbers of ps4?
outunderthestars
Banned
I am so out of touch with popular games these days. Nothing in the top interests me in any way.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Minecraft man. hollyshit.
Witcher 3 should have been up there.
COD is associated with Xbox, years of marketing and money has been spent on that. Just because its market on PS4 is not going to make everything turn. It will sell great on both hardware.
same thing for MGS V. if Microsoft had marketing rights for MGS V, it would 't make that much of a difference.
Witcher 3 should have been up there.
COD is associated with Xbox, years of marketing and money has been spent on that. Just because its market on PS4 is not going to make everything turn. It will sell great on both hardware.
same thing for MGS V. if Microsoft had marketing rights for MGS V, it would 't make that much of a difference.
There were people painting the narrative that it was a disappointment since Activision never released numbers. That seems to have mostly died down recently though.
Where Zhuge BTW? why he is not commenting on GAF, i really likes his statistics.
Welfare
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Uncharted, let alone a collection of old Uncharted's, won't do much in the US for hardware sales.
Melchiah
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I think the issue for me is that the overall Gen 8 totals are currently under even Gen 6. That shows that the core console market is contracting to me because it disregards the Wii. This is a scary chart below. Smartphones/iPads, to me, are eating the console's lunch by far. Sure the top 2 consoles are killing it comparatively, but that's a pretty narrow view.
The forecast seems be on par with gen 6 though, and I don't think there would have been such a rise from gen 6 to gen 7 without the new Wii audience. Based on the current gen hardware sales, the PS and XB platforms have remained unscathed by the market shrinking, unlike Nintendo.
That's why I find it misleading, that its misfortunes are applied to the market as a whole, eventhough the two other platforms' sales paint a different picture.
Banned, will be there next week probably.
Eh I think Uncharted 4 could push the needle when it's released.
TheXfactor
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except gen 8 is down its first three years when compared to gen 6?
Note that Dreamcast isn't in that chart, so that hurts this gen too.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Collection no, but U4 will obviously be a system seller.
I dun think so. PS4 will dominate even more from where I'm sitting; with a price drop, morpheus, and their first real commercial game line up all coalescing. And to add to that, PS4 has established so much staying power with its huge 3rd party marketing deals. It's literally going to take small miracles for Microsoft to get the upperhand on any of that.
Uncharted 4 bundle will move lots of units in the US.
Remasters of course are never system sellers.
Uno Venova
Banned
Had this one typed up in advance, huh?
Kind of a predictable month. Interesting to see Destiny back in there. Came out six months before Battlefield Hardline, but it is sticking around longer. I wonder if more people are migrating to co-op shooters after years of multiplayer. GTA V seems like it is going to hang around forever.
Melchiah
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And gen 7 was down from gen 6 during the first three years as well.
EDIT:
Dunno about that, as I'd wager most DC owners bought another system when it was discontinued. I could be wrong, but I have a faint recollection of ZhugeEX saying something similar.
UberTag
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Wasn't the first time customers flocked to an unfinished bugfest published by EA.
Certainly won't be the last, either.
microsoft and sony aren't going to sell as much hardware this gen as they did in gen 7. they might do a combined effort for gen 6, maybe. gen 6 and 7 saw growth for all parties involved (except sega in gen 7 for obvious reasons) though.