Holy shit. Switch dominating!
Glad to see both RE2 and KH3 doing well too!
Once more, I'm impressed that Era was able to attract everyone ever that bought a Wii U for how prevalent the thinking is that there's no additional audience out there for the games that system had. How many more Wii U ports will it take for them to realize that maybe no one wanted a Wii U for those game and said titles going on to sell considerably more on Switch, I wonder.
Guess Nomura concepts + long wait from announcement is a good formula for launch sales.Good question... KH3 is the second biggest launch month for a Square Enix game in history following FFXV.
Here's the weekly comparison:
2019
NSW: 284K / 4 = 71,000
PS4: 195K / 4 = 48,750
XB1: 101K / 4 = 25,250
2018
NSW: 275K / 5 = 55,000
PS4: 254K / 5 = 50,800
XB1: 235K / 5 = 47,000
Nice.
How down are the PS4 and Xbox compared to last year? That Xbox number looks particularly bad.
I did my part and bought KH3 on Xbox. Surprised RE2 sold more on XB1 though.
It didn't sold more. It was the most profitable Xbox title in january.I did my part and bought KH3 on Xbox. Surprised RE2 sold more on XB1 though.
Rankings don't prove anything either way. KH3 did over 1 million combined, so even an 80-20 split would give 200k units for XB1, probably enough for a top 2 rank in January. You can have lopsided splits and first place rankings. For Kh3, it will always be justifiable to bring the game to Xb1, since the appeal is big enough to find an audience, even if that audience is way smaller than the PS4 audience. Issues occur for smaller games like Tales and Vapour is Chronciles, where sales cannot reliably be expected to be above 100k/50k for the XB1 sku.
Sea Of Thieves was #6 best sell for Xbox but didn't even break top 20 for NPD.
I wonder where it did finished over all then.
kingdom hearts 3 being number 2 for xbox digital is absolutely fantastic........im amazed it charted so high and am really happy it did.
What's everyone's guess on the platform split for KH III?
Legit I think it's around 85/15-90/10
The fact that it's behind RE2 on Xbox speaks volumes.
Woah KH3 did great on Xbox
Fantastic achievement for that game
Top 10 Xbox One titles (January 2019)
Top 10 PS4 titles (January 2019)
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Sea Of Thieves
- NBA 2K19
- Battlefield V
- Madden NFL 19
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Resident Evil 2 2019
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- NBA 2K19
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Madden NFL 19
- Battlefield V
...and people here are petulant enough to say how game genre X is or isn't suited to Xbox while month after month both consoles have the same Top 10.
Yeah, but if we use UK as a reference, the split for KH III and RE 2 is brutal in favour of PS4. I think it's fair to say that Xbox audience is oriented to some genres in more degree than Playstation audience.
Proving once again how superior New Super Mario Bros. U is to Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Bring on the ratio you cowards. The people have spoken.
Both are amazing platformers and I'm ecstatic both found further success on Switch! :D
100k/50k is still good enough for a port though. Porting a PS4 game to XBOX One is not as difficult as you think. Especially in the case of ToV where Microsoft give support. As for VC4, I think every copy is important.Rankings don't prove anything either way. KH3 did over 1 million combined, so even an 80-20 split would give 200k units for XB1, probably enough for a top 2 rank in January. You can have lopsided splits and first place rankings. For Kh3, it will always be justifiable to bring the game to Xb1, since the appeal is big enough to find an audience, even if that audience is way smaller than the PS4 audience. Issues occur for smaller games like Tales and Vapour is Chronciles, where sales cannot reliably be expected to be above 100k/50k for the XB1 sku.
Probably people thinking YOY increase is weak given Smash ultimate but then forgetting to realise this is over 4 weeks not 5 which actually means switch increase YOY is hugeSwitch dominating. Then we have people on push square say that switch sales are flagging. Loll
Guess Nomura concepts + long wait from announcement is a good formula for launch sales.
Fully expected RE2 to outsell KH3 given it's earlier release date. Guess people really wanted KH3. Wonder if KH3 has it in it to outsell the first game (which is still the highest selling by a wide margin).
well its sold 5mill since launch so even if the split is 80/20 it sold a million on xbox aloneRankings for each platform doesn't mean game sold well on that platform, though. Saying that KH3 sold well on X1 just because that version is 2nd on X1 chart list is a spin actually if we look how split is big in PS4 favor ( reference taken from UK charts and from Benjis quote few weeks ago ).
Agreed. The issue comes when you consider bringing a game that tends to sell less than 500k worldwide. For such games, XB1 shares could be below 10%(see for example Valkyria chronicles 4 UK split). In those cases, you're looking at a sub-50k sales potential for the XB1 version, at which point the financial viability could come into doubt. for bigger games, it won't be an issue.I don't think any publisher use one console sales metric to another one as evaluation because of different install bases. I bet Square are more than happy because their game is the second most profitable january Xbox title. And Capcom to be the number one.
Looks like Breath of the Wild benefited the most from a post-Christmas bump among the Switch evergreens. Usually it sells less than Mario Odyssey
Parents can also get KH3 for kids, unlike Remake 2. Unless you the kids have cool parents lol.Fully expected RE2 to outsell KH3 given it's earlier release date. Guess people really wanted KH3. Wonder if KH3 has it in it to outsell the first game (which is still the highest selling by a wide margin).
Okay, so on a weekly basis, the PS4's drop isn't bad at all.
Xbox on the other hand... I guess the X Factor has fully worn off now.
Here's the weekly comparison:
2019
NSW: 284K / 4 = 71,000
PS4: 195K / 4 = 48,750
XB1: 101K / 4 = 25,250
2018
NSW: 275K / 5 = 55,000
PS4: 254K / 5 = 50,800
XB1: 235K / 5 = 47,000
Porting a PS4 game to XBOX One is not as difficult as you think. Especially in the case of ToV where Microsoft give support. As for VC4, I think every copy is important.
well its sold 5mill since launch so even if the split is 80/20 it sold a million on xbox alone
Okay, so on a weekly basis, the PS4's drop isn't bad at all.
Xbox on the other hand... I guess the X Factor has fully worn off now.
You mean irresponsible parents?Parents can also get KH3 for kids, unlike Remake 2. Unless you the kids have cool parents lol.
I was being facetious lol.
Here's the weekly comparison:
2019
NSW: 284K / 4 = 71,000
PS4: 195K / 4 = 48,750
XB1: 101K / 4 = 25,250
2018
NSW: 275K / 5 = 55,000
PS4: 254K / 5 = 50,800
XB1: 235K / 5 = 47,000
but they are both $60 dollar games, so wouldn't it still be true?
Rankings for each platform doesn't mean game sold well on that platform, though. Saying that KH3 sold well on X1 just because that version is 2nd on X1 chart list is a spin actually if we look how split is big in PS4 favor ( reference taken from UK charts and from Benjis quote few weeks ago ).
Hardware spending in January 2019 declined 28 percent when compared to a year ago, to $199 million. Total hardware dollar sales were the second highest total achieved since the $239 million reached in January 2014.
Rankings for each platform doesn't mean game sold well on that platform, though. Saying that KH3 sold well on X1 just because that version is 2nd on X1 chart list is a spin actually if we look how split is big in PS4 favor ( reference taken from UK charts and from Benjis quote few weeks ago ).
well its sold 5mill since launch so even if the split is 80/20 it sold a million on xbox alone
Eh, kids have gotta learn what a face looks like with a jaw ripped off sooner or later
Here's the weekly comparison:
2019
NSW: 284K / 4 = 71,000
PS4: 195K / 4 = 48,750
XB1: 101K / 4 = 25,250
2018
NSW: 275K / 5 = 55,000
PS4: 254K / 5 = 50,800
XB1: 235K / 5 = 47,000
Curious as to why you are surprised?I did my part and bought KH3 on Xbox. Surprised RE2 sold more on XB1 though.
I still expected KH3 to sell more as I figured it had more potential for casual sales.Curious as to why you are surprised?
RE series had a presence on Xbox before. I'm not saying KH3 would have been first on Xbox if they would have released 1.5+2.5 and 2.8 on the console but it might have helped 🤷♂️