NPD February 2018: Monster Hunter World #1 SW, PS4 #1 HW

MechaX · Mar 20, 2018

Monster Hunter doing #1 two months in a row is damn good and a lot better than I ever would have expected.

DBFZ holding as strong as it is is not only damn good for Bamco and Arc System Workers, but damn good for fighting games in general.

Bayonetta 2 getting as high as it did is pretty damn impressive. I was hella surprised when the game was actually selling out at stores in my area. Good on SotC too.

xxbrothawizxx · Mar 20, 2018

Any word on how the Switch's bigger budget ports and multiplats (Fifa, NBA, Doom, LA Noire) have been doing? Skyrim definitely seems to be doing well.

Comic Obsessed · Mar 20, 2018

Cool for Bayonetta 2, it surely sold more than the WiiU version.

Lady Lunalesca said:
Bayo will fall out the chart after this month

Always good Switch-related comments right?

tiebreaker · Mar 20, 2018

And I was about to post how America disappoint yet again with their choice of gaming purchase. SotC at #6 is good. You did well.

MesaEterna · Mar 20, 2018

Hopefully the SoTC success story and other remasters show Nintendo they should price some ports at $40 instead of the full $60 (Captain Toad is $40 and that's great)

Memento · Mar 20, 2018

Wow, Shadow of the Colossus at #6?

Isnt the NPD list revenue based?

Since the game was $40, that means it must have sold REALLY well!

That is so awesome

Falconbox · Mar 20, 2018

So are we figuring Far Cry 5 to top the list for March?

I know it releases at the very end of the month, but that's a big multiplatform game.

Deleted member 5596 · Mar 20, 2018

Capcom has a real winner here.

I will be surprised if they don't step up their game and tried to go deeper as a GaaS title. The game is perfectly settled for that kind of experience.

JammerLammy said:
it's good but it's no Fortnite

Fortnite is for kids/newbs that can't win games on PUBG.

MHW is for grown adults that has been training with souls games for years, now they drink the tears of D2 fans while playing the superior GaaS game.

Not sure what's the deal comparing both games so I went extra silly

Deleted member 2145 · Mar 20, 2018

FarisR said:
Mario Kart Wii was a juggernaut and went on to sell 37.02 million units, looks like Mario Kart 8 may end up doing something similar if this continues.

I imagine its legs will get cut off at some point by Mario Kart 9

I still remember when it was revealed that Mario Kart Wii sold over 1 million units in 2013. talk about legs, wowza!

Elandyll · Mar 20, 2018

With the popularity of the Switch, combined with extra deals on the Xbox and basically nothing on PS4, I was sure it would be close due to tax season but basically PS4 in #2 or even 3.

Sony played it well, full price, and still #1.
Keeps on beasting.

Deleted member 1062 · Mar 20, 2018

MrCafecito said:
Hopefully the SoTC success story and other remasters show Nintendo they should price some ports at $40 instead of the full $60 (Captain Toad is $40 and that's great)

aren't their full price ports doing just fine for them though?

DriftingSpirit · Mar 20, 2018

Falconbox said:
So are we figuring Far Cry 5 to top the list for March?

I know it releases at the very end of the month, but that's a big multiplatform game.

Yep.

Never underestimate Ubisoft games.

famikon · Mar 20, 2018

Cess007 said:

Jawbreaker · Mar 20, 2018

Comic Obsessed said:
Cool for Bayonetta 2, it surely sold more than the WiiU version.

Always good Switch-related comments right?

I'm sure it did. What was its NPD debut on the Wii U? 68k?

tiebreaker · Mar 20, 2018

MrCafecito said:
Hopefully the SoTC success story and other remasters show Nintendo they should price some ports at $40 instead of the full $60 (Captain Toad is $40 and that's great)

I believe the Wii U version also released not at full price.

Deleted member 2785 · Mar 20, 2018

My own takes:

MH:W's performance is, quite frankly, amazing.

Xbox One is really pushing the HW sales up YoY, don't think that platform is getting enough credit for what it's meant to performance the last few months.

Very surprised by SOTC performance, did not see that coming.

The evergreens (GTAV, MK8, Siege, etc) continue to impress every month.

Now that the IGT hangover is about over, all of the accessory market level reporting is going to start looking a lot better and more accurately reflect reality.

PS4 continues to overperform my expectations.

So yeah, an awful lot to like right now in the sales data.

DriftingSpirit · Mar 20, 2018

famikon said:

Oh damn, I forgot all about Metal Gear Survive.

Yikes.

Majiebeast · Mar 20, 2018

MrCafecito said:
Hopefully the SoTC success story and other remasters show Nintendo they should price some ports at $40 instead of the full $60 (Captain Toad is $40 and that's great)

Nintendo

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Mory Dunz · Mar 20, 2018

Jawbreaker said:
I'm sure it did. What was its NPD debut on the Wii U? 68k?

I believe so.

LordBaztion · Mar 20, 2018

Glad to see PUBG keep doing well. Also surprised MHW keeps selling well on xbox. I hope more japanse publishers to take notice.

Heshinsi · Mar 20, 2018

Cess007 said:
I wanted SotC to be in the Top 10, but oh well. At least it charted.

Congrats to Capcom, MHW it's a home run and then some.

You mean top 5 right? Because it's #6 on the chart.

Edit: Cess007 was relying on info that was incorrect. My bad.

John Frost · Mar 20, 2018

Congrats Sony and SoTC god damn!

HPH · Mar 20, 2018

Impressive sales for SotC. Playstation is having a very strong start to this year, which will continue with God of War in April. Xbox One sales continue to surprise as well, maybe Sea of Thieves could be the next big hit for the system. Switch still selling well, but I feel Nintendo has to reveal their online plans and have a strong showing at E3 to continue the momentum. Labo's impact on sales will be very interesting too.

Deleted member 5604 · Mar 20, 2018

phanphare said:
I imagine its legs will get cut off at some point by Mario Kart 9

I still remember when it was revealed that Mario Kart Wii sold over 1 million units in 2013. talk about legs, wowza!

They won't be in any rush to release Mario Kart 9 if MK8 Deluxe keeps selling. Won't be surprised if we don't see another Mario Kart until the Switch 2 or whatever.

Prompto · Mar 20, 2018

Remember when people were all pessimistic about console gaming in 2012/2013?

bucklam66 · Mar 20, 2018

Nice to see Radiant Historia at #3 on 3ds chart, good rpg with adult characters.

Deleted member 5596 · Mar 20, 2018

Wait...where's MGSurvive?

Deleted member 7753 · Mar 20, 2018

Heshinsi said:
You mean top 5 right? Because it's #6 on the chart.

When he wrote that the list was wrong, sotc was not in top 10

Mory Dunz · Mar 20, 2018

MrCafecito said:
Hopefully the SoTC success story and other remasters show Nintendo they should price some ports at $40 instead of the full $60 (Captain Toad is $40 and that's great)

that'd be nice for us.

But they can look at their current top 10 and see Pokken, Skyrim, Mario Kart 8D and shrug

SolicitorPirate · Mar 20, 2018

As someone who's been playing MonHun since the first game on PS2, it's fucking amazing to see how much the franchise took off.

Nergigante's going to be hunted to fucking extinction at this rate

Mpl90 · Mar 20, 2018

Relaxed Muscle said:
Wait...where's MGSurvive?

You could say it just didn't

*puts sunglasses on*

survive.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Deleted member 2785 · Mar 20, 2018

Prompto said:
Remember when people were all pessimistic about console gaming in 2012/2013?

Yeah. Had a guy in a long range planning meeting one year around then hold up his iPad and say "this is the console killer". I laughed at him and got in trouble for it lol.

Majiebeast · Mar 20, 2018

Mpl90 said:
You could say it just didn't

*puts sunglasses on*

survive.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

NO! Bad MP that was very bad

Falconbox · Mar 20, 2018

famikon said:

Jesus, I totally forgot Metal Gear Survive came out this month. Not even in the top-20.

silva1991 · Mar 20, 2018

Relaxed Muscle said:
Wait...where's MGSurvive?

Where it belongs.

Deleted member 2145 · Mar 20, 2018

FarisR said:
They won't be in any rush to release Mario Kart 9 if MK8 Deluxe keeps selling. Won't be surprised if we don't see another Mario Kart until the Switch 2 or whatever.

you might be right. I honestly don't know what they do with Mario Kart 9 tbh because 8 is just so damn good. I feel like if they change it up too much it'll be worse off for it and if they don't change it enough it'll get dinged for being too iterative.

N.47H.4N · Mar 20, 2018

Owww Shadow of the Colossus is #6 amazing

Deleted member 5596 · Mar 20, 2018

Mpl90 said:
You could say it just didn't

*puts sunglasses on*

survive.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Man, that's some Megabomba

Not even top 20...

stersauce · Mar 20, 2018

the biggest surprise for me is ufc 3

how did i miss this when did that come out

black070 · Mar 20, 2018

What are we thinking for Shadow of the Colossus, 400K ?

Cess007 · Mar 20, 2018

Heshinsi said:
You mean top 5 right? Because it's #6 on the chart.

In my defense, when I wrote that post SotC was at #16. But yeah, super happy for SotC :)

Charamiwa · Mar 20, 2018

I wonder if Far Cry 5 will go straight to the number 1 spot for the year, like Ghost Recon did.

DanteLinkX · Mar 20, 2018

Thanks to the north star of the all seeing eye of truth made the queen reach top 14.

Bayonetta 3 we waiting you for top 1. Grace us our queen!!!

MesaEterna · Mar 20, 2018

icespide said:
aren't their full price ports doing just fine for them though?

Mory Dunz said:
that'd be nice for us.

But they can look at their current top 10 and see Pokken, Skyrim, Mario Kart 8D and shrug

And that's the issue. As long as they keep selling, they have no incentive to price them at $40. But damn I would impulse buy all wii u ports if they were $40

black070 · Mar 20, 2018

Charamiwa said:
I wonder if Far Cry 5 will go straight to the number 1 spot for the year, like Ghost Recon did.

I have zero doubts on that being the case, probably #2 though considering Monster Hunter World has been a juggernaut.

HStallion · Mar 20, 2018

What I can see is that the console market is healthy all around in the US. Everyone is selling hardware wise and a wide variety of great games, new and old, are selling incredibly well. Seriously this is great all around.

Deleted member 2785 · Mar 20, 2018

Konami isn't in the digital leader panel, keep in mind, so digital sales of MGS aren't included in the rankings.

Deleted member 1062 · Mar 20, 2018

MrCafecito said:
And that's the issue. As long as they keep selling, they have no incentive to price them at $40. But damn I would impulse buy all wii u ports if they were $40

if their games quality can command full prices even if they're ports then more power to them imo

ULTROS! · Mar 20, 2018

So Shadow of the Colossus is at 6 and Bayonetta 2 is at 14.

Heshinsi · Mar 20, 2018

JammerLammy said:
When he wrote that the list was wrong, sotc was not in top 10

Lol I realised that as I started to read through the thread.

Cess007 said:
In my defense, when I wrote that post SotC was at #16. But yeah, super happy for SotC :)

I'm terribly sorry. I added a note into my original post indicating what happened lol.

NPD February 2018: Monster Hunter World #1 SW, PS4 #1 HW

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