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NPD January 2020 : Dragon Ball Z Kakarot #1 SW, Switch #1 HW
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The GC should be in that 6th gen statistic considering it was essentially in-between the PS2 and XB's power.
We never really got exact splits after launch period of those consoles. I recall someone stating that generally Pro was 25% of PS4 sales (can't find the source or when this was). Also lower during holidays when price is the king. Also obviously not every PS4 Pro/ XBO X owner had the base console so it's hard to calculate how many double dippers there are.
Nah. We peaked during PS3/X360 gen. You are forgetting Wii. This gen will be probably quite similar to PS2 gen (if we ignore very late PS2 sales). Depends on do you count Switch to PS4 gen or to PS5 gen. If you count it as a PS4 gen this gen will be far higher if not then somewhat similar. Also people should remember that handhelds still moved also good amount of sw and hw during PS2 and Wii gens (especially Wii gen). Now they are completely dead and only traditional home consoles are left (With Switch being something between)
Thanks that's the info I wanted
edit: wait that's US only not WW
I figured the PS4/XB1's sales would fall off hard like the PS3/360's did when their successors were announced but I figured it'd be by a lesser amount not more, especially when this year will have so many big games on them before next gen systems even come out
The PS4/XB1 have Pro models so I'd say that more than tips the scales back in their favor
This year PS4/XBO will fall behind 360/PS3 then. Maybe PS2/XB too really.
With how small next gen user base is going to be in 2021, the software sales better not be dead on 4 and box1 though.
Impressive stats for the Elite Series 2 controller. Great to see Modern warfare thriving at the top even though that's really not a big surprise to anyone. GTA still astoundingly dominating and I'll never understand why. Surprised a bit by Kakarot as I haven't heard much hype about the game before release. Actually might give Kakarot a shot at some point since I've heard it's a pretty good truncated entry point if you're not into or super familiar with Dragonball.
It should also be noted that a lot of the lifetime sales of ps3 and 360 were during a very bad recession while most of the life ps4 and Xbox one have been during better times, PS4 and Xbox one should be much higher imo
Not sure if this makes you feel better, but the cheapest ringfit you can buy on Amazon UK is £109 new, and £95 used... last time it's in proper stock it's sold out in minutes...
Great news. Now how to they become competitive outside of America?
Why? One is the best 2D Mario of all time. The other is a tool for people to make 2D Mario stages.
Most people want a curated A-to-B experience, not playing a bunch of troll stages (which I honestly believe is the #1 reason SMM didn't sell better).
What released in the last few months that could break the top 10? There was only Just Dance and it is 10th
Also the least time a big multiplatform launched day and date on switch it topped Switch charts (MK11)
If the full charts were broken down by SKU you might start to think all consoles were really Nintendo machines. ;)
I mean, if your don't release anything, you make a self-fulling prophecy
Dragon Ball still huge in the US, not surprised it did well, and I'm glad for it. It's not perfect but it contains a lot of elements I wanted to get from a single player DBZ game and it's solid.
I am only a bit surprised it topped COD, but I also know this is revenue and COD was discounted often in January if I remember right, plus a few months on market will inevitably slow any annual release title a bit.
I am only a bit surprised it topped COD, but I also know this is revenue and COD was discounted often in January if I remember right, plus a few months on market will inevitably slow any annual release title a bit.
That's down on Nintendo's Message not pushing the communities more polished stages to the center (And also, probably would have helped if the online multiplayer was less of a lag fest as well). Heck, maybe even advertise there was a Curated A-to-B experience with the games single player.
Maker 2 just also has a lot more going for it with all the new tools for creating levels of different types. Only thing NSMBUD brought to the table from it's Wii U counterpart was a power-up that inadvertently led to Bowsette taking over the internet for a good while. .
Pretending that the Xbox One was a non factor in the US (its biggest market) is disingenuous.
I dont disagree. However i dont think that this statement can be extrapolated to all publishers.
I think the same could be said about Xbox and Playstation: why publish games on their platform if you are not the same 10+years yearly returning franchise from EA/Take2/activition/ubisoft eg. Madden, FIFA, COD, assasins creed?
Other games appearing on either platform may just have more to do with what platform is willing to pay more under the table for exclusivity ( https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-interview-phil-spencer-on-microsofts-firs/1100-6429471/)
Apart from the yearly returning franchises, i think Sony and Microsoft spendings on 3rd party exclusivity is significantly higer than Nintendos.
I would love to be proven wrong or read some hard data on this, but thats probably unlikely.
Nintendo did do that...in fact that's most of what they promote about the game, but let's be honest...no one is interested in "polished stages"...the crazy hard stages and troll stages is what made this game famous. People aren't buying SMM to play a stage like ones that were made in traditional 2D Mario games. You won't see one stream or video of anyone doing traditional Mario stages. Of course some people do them but they are crowded out by all the super-hard stages. Even the games single player can be a bit weird and too difficult some many Mario fans.
There is no Venn diagram where Mario fans and Dark Souls fans meet.
other than FIFA (which the switch has a gimped version of) and Minecraft (which has sold great on the switch) the rest of the top ten for the other platforms aren't even released on the switch. So how are third parties supposed to get on the switch top 10 when they don't release the games for it?
To be fair, what third party games release on the system that would even appear in a top ten list? The majority of what I think of as "third party switch games" are digital-only eShop releases or late ports that the majority of the marketplace has likely played years ago.
Why does it have to have released in the last few months? Switch owners have no problem buying years old Nintendo games.
This doesn't even make sense. A product is selling because there is demand for it and not because it has no competition. It's the same dumb argument when people try to downplay the sales numbers of launch games eventhough there are a ton of bombs at launch as well.
You can extend the argument for the last 3 years and it would be still correct. What worthwhile 3rd party games released in the last 3 years that should top the charts? The full-priced gimped ports?
First time Death Stranding is out of the PS4 top 10.
Is its run over or do we think it has a chance of returning?
Is its run over or do we think it has a chance of returning?
Doesn't the Switch MK port have issues?
And it's weird that even when third-party developers say they're happy with Switch's sells and how it increased their profits, people still uses 'Nintendo fans don't buy third-party' because the third-party game isn't in the top 20.
I would say yes. Death Stranding had bad legs everywhere. Probably from bad word of month once people realized what type of game it was.
MK11 did get number 1 on the switch charts when it launched, and it isn't on either of the other two systems top 10 either...
Watch Dogs and Destiny were two big successes, even if they did most of their sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Kakarot is a good time, did my part. Not expecting much post launch dlc, but I'd be down for some DBS arcs... I don't think DBS warrants an entire new game... honestly, theres only two good arcs.
not particularly? it does have some performance issues though
also, Switcher did very well
I do remember MK for the Switch needed an extra patch and the whole thing about them hiding what the game looked like until late.
Witcher is just the latest out of stuff like DOOM and Diablo.
Right, not sure how anyone can say "Switch is a Nintendo machine" or "3rd parties don't sell" anymore for the system. Skyrim, Doom, Diablo, Civilization, MK, Witcher have all sold good. That's not even considering the more indie/eshop style stuff doing well and sometimes best on the system.
Why would they announce GTA 6 when people are foolish enough to still be throwing thousands of dollars in GTA 5 online?
Have we had numbers for any of those games you mention. Civ in particular seemed to come and go with little fanfare.
I think all we have ever gotten was feedback from the publishers, no hard numbers. I could have sworn Civ also came out with very positive things regarding sales.
EDIT: I do think it was confirmed at one point that Skyrim did get close to 1mil though?
Incredible how Switch owners failed to buy DBZ:K, CoD2019, NFL20, SW:FO and GTAV.