twilight princess is the best-selling zelda game. it's ten years old and holds a lot of nostalgia for people. it's also one of the highest-rated in the series and comes with an exclusive figure at launch. it makes sense it'd have good numbers.
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NPD Sales Results for January 2016
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twilight princess is the best-selling zelda game. it's ten years old and holds a lot of nostalgia for people. it's also one of the highest-rated in the series and comes with an exclusive figure at launch. it makes sense it'd have good numbers.
Square2015
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Still no 3ds?
Cow Goes Moo
Member
What valuable ips does capcom have that they haven't utilize within the last 5 years or so?
Their biggest sellers monhun re and apparently not street fighter have all had games released remake or otherwise within the last year
Unless you mean fan valued ones which of course isn't the same *cough* megaman
slavesnyder
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I expect dark souls 3 split dat least 65/35 Ps4 .
This just doesn't feel at home on Xbox.
Division might be 55/45 PS4. With a more attractive bundle it would have been more extreme.
Winning a multiplat split for xbox seems nearly out of reach. Only hope would be an FPS with heavy marketing deal and (timed) exclusive content and no bundle.
OR sony having marketing deal and making a phantastic bundle, cheap and with great extra value.
This just doesn't feel at home on Xbox.
Division might be 55/45 PS4. With a more attractive bundle it would have been more extreme.
Winning a multiplat split for xbox seems nearly out of reach. Only hope would be an FPS with heavy marketing deal and (timed) exclusive content and no bundle.
OR sony having marketing deal and making a phantastic bundle, cheap and with great extra value.
I understand the reasons why it's getting good numbers. I just adamantly disagree on the quality of the title. My excitement at initial release was through the roof, only to collapse into hollowed out agitation.
DriftingSpirit
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US only.
Gunslinger
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Nah then i don't see them hitting 200k sorry. 60k-100k at most.
Meh. I'm not a Zelda fan, honestly... To be fair, i don't even like Twilight Princess. It doesn't sucks. But i don't like it. Though i played some amazing Zelda games. I agree that TP was boring.
Anyway, thanks for the info.
300,000-350,000 definitively not.
Imo, so far i say around 600,000. If not, i am SURE it will sell at least >400K.
It has 5 weeks of sales after all. And honestly, if i should be honest my first prediction was 400,000 as well. I recently changed my prediction.
This seem too big gap for The Division honestly...
Welfare
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70k.
CosmicQueso
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It's US only, not NA.
lol
Can Twilight Princess in March NPD sell more than Uncharted 4 in April NPD?
Twilight Princess won't exceed 100k packaged in month 1 on Wii U. Uncharted 4 will sell, at absolute minimum, 2x in its first month.
This is a random estimate... We only know is under 72k.
slavesnyder
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Maybe you are right.
I only think that the gap will push the needle towards PS4, also, even if not attractive, Xbox bundle should steal some sales.
DriftingSpirit
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I was mistaken. It is US only.
Ok, i need an avatar bet on this.
CosmicQueso
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I'd bet my house on this. Bring it.
Welfare
Member
Keeping this.
Also I agree. Twilight Princess won't sell much on the Wii U. Really, I don't expect much out of any Wii U game this year in the US.
Edit: Except for Zelda U. That's where people that own Wii U's will be spending their money, if they don't get the NX.
1 month of avatar controll.
Obliterator
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Cosmic should not make that bet.
CosmicQueso
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I ain't scared. Well I am scared, of spiders. And clowns.
Terrible Zelda game is terrible. The people know this. I believe.
Terrible Zelda game is terrible. The people know this. I believe.
Obliterator
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You really should be scared. Id get ready to retire the astronaut for a while
DriftingSpirit
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Well, look at the bet as something dressed in a clown suit covered in spiders. Don't do it!
Oh, i agree is terrible. it will still sell.
NinjaCoachZ
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God I love schadenfreude.
CosmicQueso
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Ehhh, maybe it'll do 100k. MAYBE. And maybe my kid's an alien and maybe Chobel will live down his bets and maybe anime will stop getting posted in the NHL thread.
I'll agree to the bet. However, I'll stipulate that a choice of avatars are to be presented to the loser. At least 3 options I think is fair.
And nothing lewd. This is a family show.
A bit presumptive.
I'll agree to the bet. However, I'll stipulate that a choice of avatars are to be presented to the loser. At least 3 options I think is fair.
And nothing lewd. This is a family show.
But ok, i will concede you 3 avatars to choise.
A bit presumptive.
Zelda lewed avatar incoming...
But ok, i will concede you 3 avatars to choise.
Ok, ok. We will see.
But ok, i will concede you 3 avatars to choise.
Ok, ok. We will see.
slavesnyder
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I did not expect such a happy ending for this overall lethargic thread.
An avatar bet, how exciting.
An avatar bet, how exciting.
I'd assume GTAV.
CosmicQueso
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Windwaker was not the best-selling one, that's for sure.
tww hd did about 30k in the last week of september and moved over 100k with hardware. i can see it doing at least 100k when other wii u games have been able to pull it off recently. being in the west and being twilight princess helps it out even if it doesn't look amazing.
CosmicQueso
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But it still sold over 100K.
Not without hardware.
KillerMan91
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Well I guess we will see. I am not as pessimistic as CosmicQ but for sure it will open lower than Majoras Mask. I eat my hat if it comes to even distance of Majoras Mask (over 450k). =P
Welfare
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That's even less likely to happen than it opening less than 100k.
spatenfloot
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All 3 avatars will be a spider in a clown suit.
Wonder what is you'r prediction.
I know Ryung is being a bit provocative and instigating some nice discussion in a fairly dry thread but the idea of any remaster outselling a brand new game seems a bit outlandish. The amount of remasters that can achieve these sales is so small it's ridiculous.
Uncharted 4 should destroy Twilight Princess.
I am curious how the latter does though. I loved WW HD but have no motivation to pick up this one. TP is just a very unmemorable and bland experience for me. It's far too long as well. Maybe one day but I'm definitely not picking it up at launch. I wasn't aware the original was a sales powerhouse but I think a lot of this can be attributed to it being THE hardcore game on the Wiis release, which obviously does not apply to the Wii U in March 2016. The exclusive Amiibo being tied to it will be helpful in bringing in all of the collectors though.
Uncharted 4 should destroy Twilight Princess.
I am curious how the latter does though. I loved WW HD but have no motivation to pick up this one. TP is just a very unmemorable and bland experience for me. It's far too long as well. Maybe one day but I'm definitely not picking it up at launch. I wasn't aware the original was a sales powerhouse but I think a lot of this can be attributed to it being THE hardcore game on the Wiis release, which obviously does not apply to the Wii U in March 2016. The exclusive Amiibo being tied to it will be helpful in bringing in all of the collectors though.
To be fair, the Wii one kind of sucked. The GameCube one was fine. Not super great but fine. Motion controls sucked, though. For reference, I played the GameCube one when it came out but waited until Nintendo Selects to play Twilight Princess on Wii.
This one uses proper controls, though, so no hindrance there.
Wolf Link amiibo. If it had to sell on its own merits at $60, I wouldn't be so sure. Wolf Link amiibo looks great, adds something/anything to Zelda U/NX, and Amazon/BestBuy are both 20% off the game with it being #1 Wii U game on Amazon (lol, like that's an accomplishment!) since the Amazon preorder 20% stuff was announced. So I'm thinking > 100K with it releasing early in the month is pretty well certain. Wouldn't want to try to predict anything massive, though.
CosmicQueso
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Hold on... TP isn't hitting NPD until the March release?
Meh. Was thinking it was going to be included in Feb and contain only a few days' sales.
It'll definitely surpass 100k in 5 weeks.
If that's the case, I rescind my bet agreement.
400k is batshit crazy though.
Wow that's abyssmal
Boombloxer
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Sorry, but i wanna ask a question.
This seem almost crazy to ask, but i think we can discuss about this.
Can Twilight Princess in March NPD sell more than Uncharted 4 in April NPD?
I mean, i know this seem crazy, a remastered on a dying console versus the bigger exclusive of the main console on the market, but all considering:
1 - On amazon Twilight Princess is an absolutely monster.
2 - It's 5 weeks VS 1 weeks
3 - March is bigger than April
4 - Uncharted bigger market is the Europe, for Zelda is the USA. We discuss about NPD sales, not Worldwide.
5 - Talking about the sales performance of the series, Majora's Mask has sold 515,000 in 3 weeks in February 2015.
It was on 3DS, so with a bigger userbase, but Zelda on home console is bigger, and Twilight Princess is literally the bigger Zelda game ever, so the conception is way bigger than Majora's Mask.
There is a good chance for Twilight Princess to sell well over 600,000, maybe even 700,000 in March.
Uncharted 3 sold over 800K in November NPD 2011, but in 4 weeks, and well, November with Black Friday and all...
Uncharted 4 has one week, and in one of the worse month of the year.
Opinion? Who will sell more, Zelda in March or Uncharted in April?
If you ignore most of the general trends of the generation, I can see how this could possibly be a question. But if you actually pay attention? Hell no.
It won't be close, Uncharted by a country mile.
I predict over 600,000 for Uncharted in April NPD only at retail ( no digital), indeed. Maybe people didn't read what i said. I don't said it will beat Uncharted lol, i only asked.
Indeed, i predict one week of Uncharted will be bigger than 5 weeks of Zelda, and worldwide lifetime Uncharted will outsell it by like over 3:1 easy.
Since Cosmic rescind his bet, and i really wanna bet on TP sales, i will ask a bet with you, since you are one of the best predictor ever i feel like this will be interesting.
Wanna accept?
Welfare
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I think my bet W/L is like 2:1. Sure someone has a better record lol
But ehh, sure, why not? I win if TP sells below 150k and you win if it sells over 400k. Anything in between, I don't know, SalesGAF picks our avatars. Deal?
And it'll be for 1 month.
400,000 + 150,000 = 550,000 divided 2 = 275,000
So, here the mark. 275K. Less than this, you win, more than this, i win.
And keep in mind i mean retail+digital.
Deal?
And is also over both version of The Division. xD