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NPD May 2018: State of Decay 2 #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
- Thread starter ZhugeEX
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Would a game that sold 100k make it into the top 10 this month?
Blimey.
Seeing State of Decay 2 on top of the software charts is a genuine surprise to me!
It's somewhat strange seeing the likes of Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2 do really well in their opening months in the US however, neither of them set the charts alight anywhere else in the world except from the first couple of weeks in the weekly PAL charts threads.
If they sell so well, especially in the US, why don't Microsoft just be open about their sale figures as opposed to the comparatively meaningless 'players played' numbers?
Anyhoo, God of War being the #2 best selling game in the US this year, and on a single format to boot, is fantastic to see, and Detroit: Become Human has had a great debut.
The trio of Donkey Kong, Hyrule Warriors and Mario Kart in the top ten is a very pleasing sight, and the Switch selling more or less the same as last years hardware numbers is very good too.
Xbox One hardware is up 39%, but up from a shy over 100K units with a $50 price cut across all Xbox One S bundles isn't that great IMO. Only needs to sell 160K or more next month to have their best H1 since the Xbox One launched back in 2013.
As for the PlayStation 4, it has been available from $299 all year up until the beginning of June, and they have come out on top of the hardware ranking for the fourth month in a row. It has really deserved all of those sales, and I hope they pass the 80 million milestone very soon!
Seeing State of Decay 2 on top of the software charts is a genuine surprise to me!
It's somewhat strange seeing the likes of Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2 do really well in their opening months in the US however, neither of them set the charts alight anywhere else in the world except from the first couple of weeks in the weekly PAL charts threads.
If they sell so well, especially in the US, why don't Microsoft just be open about their sale figures as opposed to the comparatively meaningless 'players played' numbers?
Anyhoo, God of War being the #2 best selling game in the US this year, and on a single format to boot, is fantastic to see, and Detroit: Become Human has had a great debut.
The trio of Donkey Kong, Hyrule Warriors and Mario Kart in the top ten is a very pleasing sight, and the Switch selling more or less the same as last years hardware numbers is very good too.
Xbox One hardware is up 39%, but up from a shy over 100K units with a $50 price cut across all Xbox One S bundles isn't that great IMO. Only needs to sell 160K or more next month to have their best H1 since the Xbox One launched back in 2013.
As for the PlayStation 4, it has been available from $299 all year up until the beginning of June, and they have come out on top of the hardware ranking for the fourth month in a row. It has really deserved all of those sales, and I hope they pass the 80 million milestone very soon!
Game Pass is great and surely helping increase exposure, and plus, pirates and zombies are two things that never really go out of style, especially multiplayer capable ones. There was also quite a long drought of exclusives for the platform. But with both of these titles reviewing below average, it shows how little the review scores matter for the marketability of certain types of games.
Well, what you expected? Very low weak for SEGA game catalogue (pls, help us ATLUS), and that SEGA collection still bug as hell.
But need to agree, this month was a big win and full of surprises.
Really surprised to see State of Decay in first place, I was expecting god of war still in first.
Really good month for everyone, that's amazing
Yes, that's how I interpreted ir too.
Really good month for everyone, that's amazing
Yes, that's how I interpreted ir too.
It's not meaningless when you sell a subscription service that allows people to play the game. It's only gaming forums where unit sales are still counted like points. Even console sales, while important I think investors care more about PS+/XBL numbers. They also like player numbers and digital sales as that means you're more likely to have a customer's credit card on file, etc.
Zombies are still popular. But i think SoD2 isnt just zombies. Its mechanics are cool and pretty unique in such a world.
I hope we see SoD in a other world with 3.
I hope we see SoD in a other world with 3.
Do you have a source for that HR number? and since most copies sold are the standard versions which cost 60$ for both games I don't think the number should be way off?
NPD February 2010 thread from the old site. Good old times when we got plenty of numbers without leaks.
I imagine it works similar to Amazon's Kindle Unlimited. I work with a writer whose book is enrolled in Amazon's subscription program (i.e. readers can read the book for free if they pay Amazon subscription), and she says it actually helps the book's sales, because more eyes on the book=more recommendations to friends. Not to mention that some readers treat the program like a test run: they read for free and then buy the book anyway if they like it, because they want to own the book.
I imagine it works the same way with GA, and that's why SoD2's sales didn't suffer because of GA.
That's exactly what I did. Though being able to play it a bit earlier was also a factor.
Hopefully they give all their developers free reign. Just reading the sony/crossplay thread answers and most people responded "no I like Sony exclusives" so it's good to have a wide library of genres, including niche ones, because they sell consoles and give you WW appeal.
I haven't played a Japanese RPG in a long time but there are people that have a PS4 for that reason.
Shouldn't Sony be earning somewhere around 50$ per copy? They sold 1 million copies in 2 weeks so even if the cost of developing + marketing the game was around 60 million this means they should be close if already in the black right now. Or am I missing something?
Last year Nintendo had no software for May and Minecraft was the only big title on the console. This year they had Tropical Freeze and hyrule warriors so it's probably because of that.
MatPiscatella
Any estimates for quantity of GamePass subscriptions you can share? Mainly interested to know if its <1 Million or already much higher than that.
Any estimates for quantity of GamePass subscriptions you can share? Mainly interested to know if its <1 Million or already much higher than that.
Not necessarily. Sony has more than 1 sku per console. But considering the difference in unit sold (55k) I'd say it's likely.
I was talking in average. You get almost all of the digital revenue and around 45$ for the physical (based on Ubisoft numbers). 50$ on average isn't a bad estimate since most copies sold are physical (even if it was lower it should be something like 48$ which shouldn't change the general idea). The only thing I can think of is if QD has a high royalty on every copy sold instead of just Sony paying them to develop the game.
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Neither moved hardware in other countries (Japan), so I'd say it's just more stock + better catalogue in general.
Well, here it seems that it moved a bit since they're pretty high in their debut. But yeah, the catalogue probably have something too.
So Dark Souls didn't rank? Do we know how well it did?
I don't need Sony looking at Dark Souls Remastered sales and thinking it's not worth remastering Demon's Souls.
I don't need Sony looking at Dark Souls Remastered sales and thinking it's not worth remastering Demon's Souls.
Wow at PS4 keeps on selling more than xbone and Switch without a price cut, just amazing!!
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