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NPD March 2018: Far Cry 5 #1, Sea of Thieves #2; PS4 Tops Hardware Charts
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Whenever someone mentioned possible gamepass users, it was considered "downplay" my people who were happy of SoT's numbers. The fact is, we didn't know and most people wanted to wait until more information was out.
It include digital, but not PC digital sales, only Xbox One store.
Happy for Rare being rewarded for making their own awesome Rare games rather than someone else's idea of a Rare game. The game is a breath of fresh salty air among all the other great games coming out right now.
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I think using the term SKU (which is the term most people are familiar with) might have helped.
It's just me spitballing, though, I personally didn't have much trouble differentiating
Well deserved for Far Cry 5. Really enjoyed my time with it and looking forward to the dlc. It looks like another great month for everyone and really surprised at Sea of Thieves, I thought it would end up at 3 behind Far Cry and The Show.
Since when has the Switch been having discounts? Is it that hard to grasp that I'm talking about Microsoft?
Isn't it correct? Sea of Thieves doesn't have an asterisk to mark the "*No digital sales included" part.
Two can play this game
SoT has a 7 days headstart
SoT is a hyped first party game on a console that lacks them
I never said that SoT performance is bad or not impressive. Just wanted to know if there is any more information about it. So your passive aggressive fanboy response is not warranted.
Calm down. You said the competition, which includes the Switch. Say what you mean.
Switch isn't a 5 year old console unlike the PS4.
I remember reading here that PS4 is still only $100 cheaper than the SW. Looking at Amazon it might be even smaller.
The fact that's it's still outselling the SW and has that price 5 years in gives Sony a lot of leverage in what they can do and when.
I mean it is an RTS. So I'm assuming the PC crowd would be more up for it
I think it makes perfect sense. The original xbox one is draftily under powered, while the regular ps4 is powerful enough. There really isnt any need for ,much of the ps4 fanbase to upgrade to the ps4 pro. While most gamers right now are on 1080p tvs ps4 can handle that. while just to get to 1080p on most games for the xbox one you would need an X. Ps4 Pro is just there if you want it. you dont really need it, because the ps4 itself is good enough.
Xbox is extremely close to the switch, while the PS4 is roughly 50k over their competition. Not Bad!
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Is it that hard to actually say what you mean instead of thinly veiled passive aggressive console war trolling?
O- kay?
Conversely- Switch has had a slump in lineup, while PS4 has been receiving major big name releases all year. The fact that even with no games Switch is able to keep pace is pretty amazing.
This is all pointless, regardless. My original point was to call out the thinly veiled console warring nonsense. All consoles are doing well, as much as that might hurt some people to admit.
PS4 doesn't see competition they only see first place. Lol just kidding.
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LMAO
I just pointed out, that MLB is one of the best selling games every year in the US, with constant yearly growth like NB2K for example, and SoT was able to sell even considerably more.
I mean i could also give you historical MLB first month unit sales to get an even better idea of the sales performece about SoT
But in this case i rather go with a fanboy reply, so go fuck yourself...
Is it that hard to grasp that there is at least some competition between Nintendo and Sony when it comes to moving units?
You either mistyped what you were going for or were flat out wrong. If you mean Microsoft, type Microsoft.
Still blows my mind that Wii U was selling literally around 10% of this around this time of year, and really every time of year outside of the Christmas season, for its entire existence.
Couldn't be happier that things have worked out swimmingly for Nintendo. It was kind of scary there for a few years.
It's a great time for everybody in the industry, really.
Yup. I subbed for Sea of Thieves and intend on staying subbed for other games in the future.
Those saying that the PS4 is a 5 year old console seem to be forgetting the half-gen refresh at the end of 2016...without the Pro how would the sales be? Same with the One X. The Switch isn't the only new hardware on the market and it's just good seeing all 3 doing well.
I mean, most consoles are at their peak when they're at where the PS4 is in it's lifetime right now, so I'm not really sure why people are acting surprised that the PS4 is outselling NSW.
So Sea of Thieves actually did really well at retail plus digitally it looks like. That's great for Rare.
All that preemptive hand wringing about the sales not mattering ended up being for naught.
All that preemptive hand wringing about the sales not mattering ended up being for naught.
Does this include PS3 and PSV sales from March 2014 or just PS4 sales in May 2014?
Pretty much - not even talking about the big new 3rdParty releases this year like FighterZ, Monster Hunter or Far Cry 5 that are missing but also evergreen/mainstream games like Fortnite or GTA V. Its very impressive that Switch can keep up in Q1 when the most notable release was a Kirby 2D plattformer.
Did we get software sales? (As in specific unit sold)
If so I missed these.
Man, things escalated quickly...
Even so, the Switch is a new platform for Nintendo. The Pro n X are the typical revisions, refreshes. Just with higher specs this time instead of just smaller, or bigger hard drive.
These mid gen refreshes sure have muddied the waters, lol.
I would say they are far more than just typical revisions. You've got the higher specs/4k and additions like 4k blu ray on the X. Sure they play the same games as the originals but the difference between the games seem almost cross-gen like. I bought a Pro because of how poorly MH ran on my launch PS4 for example.
I mean, PS4 would be selling really well regardless imo, but you can't really say that PS4 Pro is a typical revision: for one, it's significantly more powerful which would entice both current and future owners to jump in. Besides that, it coexists with the regular PS4 model, and that regular PS4 model got an actual revision with the PS4 Slim.
Thats quite the difference compared to past homeconsole upgrades. Factor in VR, 4K and co. they can obv. be much more attractive in terms of upgrade than just the same console a bit smaller like in the past.
That Gamepass got you, ha!
But seriously, the subscription system will ultimately benefit both developers and consumers.
More visibility, more playability, less initial commitment by the consumer unless inclined to purchase. I see this being a great, long term cornerstone of the X.
Hmmm, seems like the source of most confusion is the way the article summarized the notes. Well, something to look to improve for next month.
Absolutely. One of the big differences right now for many titles is the premium priced digital SKUs that are available. That's allowing for higher ASPs without actually raising the price of the base game. I guess technically it's cheating a bit as for the most part the included content is DLC/MTX stuff and it's included in the full game revs. No real way around that, however.
Absolutely. One of the big differences right now for many titles is the premium priced digital SKUs that are available. That's allowing for higher ASPs without actually raising the price of the base game. I guess technically it's cheating a bit as for the most part the included content is DLC/MTX stuff and it's included in the full game revs. No real way around that, however.