State of Decay 2 topping the charts has to be the shock of the century, I've heard and read nothing but horrible things about this game. Also graphically looks terrible
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NPD May 2018: State of Decay 2 #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
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I have a feeling we're going to see a lot of terrible MonHun clones from western developers soon
Is v-rally 4 Switch releasing later than the other platforms?
I have small faint memory of them spawning from Chartz back in a day when I was a active user there long time ago. That is why I was always puzzled how SuperData is regarded as legit data when we know Chartz is bs. Maybe I am just remembering wrong though.
No, but as even other mods have alluded to on here, whether due to marketing, difference in perception or whatever else, often times exclusives tend to do slightly better on a per single platform basis with certain types of games, comparative to multiplatform stuff of the same genre. I can't see the Xbox One version of The Crew 2 for example doing nearly as well as FH4.
I remember when i used to be a very active user on Chartz, good times lol.
I plan to comeback tho, recently i was busy and i decided to spend the little time i had on ERA, but on Chartz there are some great person who also have knowledge of some markets. (elso they do a great work for Amazon and COMG threads)
Very nice list. I'd think that Assassin's Creed might outsell Spider-Man due to it being multiplatform and probably garnering good reception. But I wouldnt be surprised if SM still trumps it.
You must not be digging too deeply then. The first game was really well received by gamers and it became the best selling XBLA game of all time in a very short window.
I'm sure I'll get more than a couple things wrong, the gaps between titles on the lower end of the list is so small that placement doesn't really matter that much. AC making the list wouldn't be a huge surprise, although AC:O missed the top 10 entirely last year and this year's slate has arguably much higher sales potential overall.
Well, apart from the PlayStation 3, two PlayStation consoles are over 100 million and the PlayStation 4 is definitely going to pass that milestone too, therefore the average works out pretty well for the PlayStation home consoles.
Nintendo have always had a portable and home system to support and develop games for so, showing the average for their home consoles tells us that their portable market is the one that is worth them pursuing, hence the hybrid nature of the Switch as well as continuing to make the odd game or two on the 3DS.
Xbox One is likely to hit somewhere in the region of ~50 million so, again, that's a pretty good average to look at especially considering it only does well in both the US and the UK respectively. The Xbox 360 remains an outlier due to the frontloaded popularity of Kinect and being the cheaper alternative (between the PlayStation 3) for an entire generation.
Few data points? Maybe. Pretty close average numbers all told? Yes.
nah, my sources say that Media Molecule has been assigned the task to make the next super smash hit The Order 2, with cuddly character and user defined objectives and random dynamic creation. It will explode our minds and will cause start of the end of the civilization. jk
the order 2 will be called The Order: B.L.T. (buyable lengthy teaser) and will surprisingly introduce Knacks, a gritty reboot of the beloved franchise, directed by kojima and werner herzog.
Super Data only tracks digital, those are Digital only estimates.
They already hit and announced that haha.
Buti think we get some info about the upcoming dlc. And maybe a new number of players with that.
I'd probably separate Switch as it's really something else. More people use it portably than stationary too.
Nintendo
home: 289m
portable: 427m
hybrid: 18m
PlayStation
home: 420m
portable: 92m
Actually I'm surprised Nintendo handhelds outsold Sony home consoles despite only launching 5 years earlier and both being 4 gens of hardware. PS4 will move Sony ahead in the end but it's strange they're this close given the perception around each.
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Good on SoD2 for snagging top spot, I didn't expect that. And those God of War legs etc.
But where's the Dark Souls Remastered? This isn't a good look for you people.
But where's the Dark Souls Remastered? This isn't a good look for you people.
I don't understand why that's surprising? What is the perception around each? Haven't Nintendo handhelds always been considered massive beasts? Same number of gens and launching a bit earlier?
Small correction but more like five and half years earlier. GameBoy launched in April 1989 in japan and original Playstation in December 1994 in Japan.
Your surprised that Nintendo's sold more portable hardware when it started releasing 4 years before Sony's first console. Really? Even though portable hardware is usually sold cheap than the console of the same generation. I'm surprised that Sony's home console total is so close to Nintendo's portable console sales.
I'm not that surprised considering that the handhelds are a lot cheaper, they're easier to lose/break (thereby necessitating replacement) and are prime candidates for double-dipping when improved hardware revisions come along (seriously, did anybody who bought that hideous OG DS not eventually upgrade to a delicious lite or DSi?).
Do YouTube trailer views mean much? I believe quite a few around E3 were inflated by advertising - or so some users were tracking
Will Pokemon's bundle with the Pokeball be counted towards total revenue for the game?
If you really want to go down this road, how many ps1, ps2s and 360s "don't count"? Or now with our mid Gen refreshes in the mix, how many ps4s do we want discard? I'd love some numbers
Well to the your original point. Hardware sales are indeed rather similar but if we look at the software sales maybe that is where the somewhat different perception comes from. PS1 and PS2 combined have shipped more software than all Nintendo handhelds put together. Add PS3 and PS4 and the difference is massive.
Im a bit late, but couldnt this be more of a plus to be an entry-friendly, "go-related" title with less complex features? I know its difficult to predict anyway.
Definitely. And given the latest increases in the Pokemon Go user base I could be completely missing the potential upside. However, my forecast is already pretty high given Switch projected installed base and franchise historicals... I don't know sometimes it feels like throwing at a dart board will deliver as good a prediction as anything.
It should, but I'm not 100% certain on how this package will be categorized yet.
Sometimes, but I find google trends more directionally helpful personally.
RIP my mentions.
I'm not trying to say they don't count, I'm just saying there are plenty of reasons for Nintendo handhelds to sell so well (on top of being excellent devices with killer libraries).
In conclusion:
Sony sold 510 million units with 6 consoles which is average 85 million per console
Nintendo sold 720 million units with 11 consoles which is average 65 million per console
For shits and giggles Imma spitball MS in there. Portable obviously zero. Home: Xbox~25m, Xbox 360 ~85m, Xbox One ~40m. ~150m. If you wanna quibble that Xbox One is 35 m (I'd disagree) well OTOH 360 could have pushed close to 90m, (I recall last figure they gave was 84) so whatever it cancels out and still~150m
Nintendo
home: 289m
portable: 427m
hybrid: 18m
PlayStation
home: 420m
portable: 92m
Xbox
Home: 150m
Portable: 0/NA
I mean, comparing that to iconic Nintendo's home total over a longer period actually doesn't look too bad. But I'd rather not really go there, it's just for fun.
Nintendo
home: 289m
portable: 427m
hybrid: 18m
PlayStation
home: 420m
portable: 92m
Xbox
Home: 150m
Portable: 0/NA
I mean, comparing that to iconic Nintendo's home total over a longer period actually doesn't look too bad. But I'd rather not really go there, it's just for fun.
I was also active user there back in a day (joined 2006...damn times flies) before I switched to GAF around 2011/2012 and now very rarely take a peek there. While sites own numbers are bs I also remember that some users shared some real data that you couldn't even find from GAF so it was nice in that way.
Thanks for your response. Defenitely will be interesting to observe. Keep up the good work.
Sony's Home Consoles average: 105 million
Microsoft's Home Consoles average: 50 million
Nintendo's Home Consoles average: 48 million
So even Xbox has higher average than Ninteno's home consoles.
