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NPD May 2018: State of Decay 2 #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
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Dark souls was supposed to be ahead of Detriot too. Era plz lol. No more predictions from a lot of you
It's doing exceptionally well, but with how Switch software is performing I can see Smash taking it.
I can't remember whether the two Pokémon versions are split or combined. If they're combined, there's little doubt that it will be that.
Well to be fair Wii was already in its twilight years in 2011 (software sales were massively down yoy).
I guess that's a reason why Sony is planning downloads for PSNow - they see that it works for MS and want to copy that somehow with PSNow.
Overall I think this is one of those months where all 3 console manufacturers can be happy, keeping in mind this is US only of course. A Microsoft game won the month, Sony and Nintendo had their own share of top 10s, and there's enough multiplatforms helping everyone. Competition is what we need.
You highlighted the wrong part. It's their best May despite not tracking digital - and they barely had any digital retail games for sale May 2011.
Is Labo still "fine"? Top ten software for Switch seems ok given they had a great software sales month, but no numbers so who knows....oh you do.
Also, no more ranking of platform for multiplatform games? How have I not noticed this.
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Great to see GoW holding strong, also DK doing well in Switch. Planning to get Detroit and SF 30th Anniversary when I'm done with God of War.
Man I'm gonna have to set aside some serious cash for Switch games if everything goes well and I end up getting one in October-November. MK8, DK, Smash, Pokémon, Zelda, Pokken, Odyssey... there's Fighterz double dip too :( stay strong, my wallet.
Man I'm gonna have to set aside some serious cash for Switch games if everything goes well and I end up getting one in October-November. MK8, DK, Smash, Pokémon, Zelda, Pokken, Odyssey... there's Fighterz double dip too :( stay strong, my wallet.
Surprising to see SoD2 on the first place with 30$ price.
For how long was it tracked compared to Detroit?
For how long was it tracked compared to Detroit?
Seems like a really good month for all of the big three and the gaming industry in general. I wonder if God of War will ever be able to reach 17+ million copies sold like The Last of Us. It has really good legs everywhere, especially in the big markets like the US and the UK.
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And people on here keep debating against me the sales of future video games. The industry is incredibly strong and you should expect games to keep breaking records and records within their own series across the board. This is the best time to BRING BACK old IP's. Now is your chance to resurrect them.
It's weird and I don't fully understand it either, tbh. But they have the data to back it up, and clearly it has a positive effect.
That's what I thought I but wanted to confirm. Crazy that it didn't even make top 20 so soon after launch. Yikes.
True, although I think jank and bugs in these online co-op games is easily overlooked by customers if the overall experience is good enough.
I don't think Days Gone would be afforded that luxury.
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Because leaks on this forum don't account for digital sales. Digital sales are a large part of the market in 2018.
Game Pass gets people to try games they wouldn't normally try since it's "free" after you have the sub. So the game gets a ton of exposure it normally wouldn't have gotten which bleeds out to non-GP subscribers thanks to all the viral hooks on Xbox (friends list, streaming, etc).
Amazing.
Edit - So glad SoD2 did so well. MS and Undead labs must be really happy about this.
Brilliant to hear of Detroit's success and if it's anything like other countries, it'll have great legs too. Guarantees another QD game and can't wait to see where they go next.
A day where SEGA isn't dragged through the mud is a win for them in my book.
I actually didn't realize, but it charted nowhere ? It's fucking crazy if I'm not missing anything here, but it didn't even charted in top 10 of individual platforms ? It sold less than SF30th Anniversary Collection ?
oh god, dark souls
I forgot that even released in may. looks like I'm not alone, it didn't even chart in one of the single platform rankings.
I forgot that even released in may. looks like I'm not alone, it didn't even chart in one of the single platform rankings.
He said both sea of third and state of decay sold well because gamepass acts as a natural marketing tool. You see a friend playing a game and you check it out for $10 and you like it or your friend played it on Gamepass raves about it and then you buy it. More people playing something gets people to buy
Which is even more surprising considering the charts is revenue, not #sales in units.
Very happy that the reviews didn't tank the sales of State of Decay 2. I'm sitting and wondering how well it would have done if it scored well O_O
It's viral marketing. Everyone with an Xbox virtually has several friends with gamepass playing these games. Means they see clips or pictures etc, see their friends having fun and then buy it...
That is how Spencer explained it in his interview. He sounded as surprised as everyone else that it had boosted sales, but I'm guessing deep down they had done their projections.
Gamepass is now arguably the most important distribution model in the industry. One I'm positive Sony and Nintendo will be copying very very soon.
Excellent for Detroit. Was hoping for even higher, but I gladly take it. So so happy for Quantic, they very much deserve it for releasing their best game ever. For an interactive story type of game these sales are honestly amazing at a full $60.
Makes the acquisition of Undead Labs justified. I totally thought this game would come in at 3 or 4. Number one was a great surprise.
You caught why I added that line! Yep, even assuming a small digital share... Switch software sales are doing very, very well.
I think so. I dunno. It's a weird thing. Won't really know until holiday.
Don't know.... I'm curious on this as well.
Having a 94 rated game >>> Not having a 94 rated game. The Pro GoW bundle did very well, and PS4 continues to thrive. Is GoW directly causing this? Maybe. But I mean it's really impossible to boil down purchase motivators to one thing like a light switch. Always a combination of factors.
For members of the digital leader panel, yep. Only major pubs missing from digital are Bethesda and Nintendo.
What do you put there instead? Spangenberg is already playing every day, which is gross. Until Tatis/Urias are ready not much we can do. Wouldn't mind trading Hand and some pieces for a young 3B though.
Still the best may for a Nintendo Plattform in 7 years. Wii sales might have been down but it still had quite the installed base. Switch already reaching Wii levels software wise is good to see....especially since they improved their digital performance by a lot as well.