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NPD May 2018: State of Decay 2 #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
- Thread starter ZhugeEX
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Are you impressed by Detroit performance? Did you expect more? Less?
Wow great month for everyone. Gamepass putting in some goddamn work with those Xbox software sales, God of War and Detroit beasting for Sony, and Switch almost doubling from last year. Best May ever for hardware for all three too.
PRs should just be a round of beers for everyone.
Also it's amusing to me to see an ArcSys game at #5 best-selling game of the year.
PRs should just be a round of beers for everyone.
Also it's amusing to me to see an ArcSys game at #5 best-selling game of the year.
Did State of Decay 2's numbers surprise you like everyone else or was that expected? I didn't expect it to bomb, for sure, but to chart in number 1 and double's the first one sales, that's quite a shock.
Microsoft did a good investment acquiring Undead Labs. The games might not receive critical acclaimed but they are generally beloved within the Xbox community. Happy to hear the game is selling well and I'm greatly enjoying what I have played so far. Nice to see Detroit doing well too as I think Quantic Dream brings something unique in gaming to the table. Haven't had the time to get to it myself though. Seems all three consoles are doing fine which is great for gaming.
Awesome to see SoD2 doing well. Hopefully this means Microsoft sees the promise in investing in them and State of Decay 3 or whatever they make next doesn't have the technical issues their previous releases have. Also great to see Tropical Freeze doing well too, it didn't deserve to die on the WiiU.
Congrats to SoD2 putting in the work, it sounds like an incredibly fun game by all accounts.
I'm amazed that PS4 is still breaking records this late in its cycle, especially considering how well it has sold previously! It's a high bar they've set and yet they're somehow still outdoing themselves, the numbers come September and Spider-Man will be interesting to see.
I'm amazed that PS4 is still breaking records this late in its cycle, especially considering how well it has sold previously! It's a high bar they've set and yet they're somehow still outdoing themselves, the numbers come September and Spider-Man will be interesting to see.
I'd say it's right where I'd thought, although I saw the same statements that everyone else did around launch. It's fine. Dunno how the legs will be though.
So, I thought Game Pass would give full game sales a boost, as with Sea of Thieves. But I would not be honest if I said I thought it would be #1. Yep, a bit surprised.
Congrats State of Decay 2 and Undead Labs. That's awesome for a budget title on a revenue chart.
Phil Spencer said as much. They have internal data that shows Game Pass somehow helps sales overall. Can't remember exactly what he stated, but it was something along those lines. Of course plenty of arm chair analysts think they no more than him and their business model, but here we are.
Congrats to Undead Labs!
Btw, am I reading this right or is GoW the second best selling game of 2018 so far?
Btw, am I reading this right or is GoW the second best selling game of 2018 so far?
On his recent giant bomb interview Phil Spencer said their internal data suggested games on gamepass were actually selling more than they might have done not on gamepass.
Gamepass was actually selling copies as well as getting subscription revenue.
Getting to the point where I expect MS are courting 3rd party for gamepass, given their data points to increased sales and increased engagement.
Also clear that resetera isn't on the ball with what the gaming market enjoys in general....
Gamepass was actually selling copies as well as getting subscription revenue.
Getting to the point where I expect MS are courting 3rd party for gamepass, given their data points to increased sales and increased engagement.
Also clear that resetera isn't on the ball with what the gaming market enjoys in general....
Correct, after Far Cry 5. It just overtook Monster Hunter World.
Does this imply the NPD group tracks digital sales on Playstation and Xbox?
I think everyone is a big winner this month.
I'm especially glad to see Detroit debut 20% above Heavy Rain.
Part of the reason why I think Days Gone will spook the naysayers with good sales debut, provided the game is quality of course.
I'm especially glad to see Detroit debut 20% above Heavy Rain.
Part of the reason why I think Days Gone will spook the naysayers with good sales debut, provided the game is quality of course.
Detroit already exceeded QD's previous best seller, Heavy Rain. Do you think this will continue with the legs Detroit has, meaning do you think it can keep ahead Heavy Rain in long term sales also?
Heavy Rain had debut of 220K so 20% more means about 264K for Detroit.
Edit. Forgot somehow that this is revenue based nowadays. So my math doesn't work.
Edit. Forgot somehow that this is revenue based nowadays. So my math doesn't work.
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Important question:
How will people be spinning this: "Big 3 break records: Sony's PlayStation 4, Microsoft's Xbox One and Nintendo Switch all achieved all-time unit sales highs for a May month. Previous highs were May 2016 for PlayStation 4, May 2015 for Xbox One, and May 2017 for Switch."
in console war material. Because 10 pages from now things wont be as peaceful, it never is. Lol
Hurdle warriors did like 7 places better than I was expecting. Where did the original place?
Most switch software seems to be doing great. Kirby and Labo legs seem kinda short though we know the former has already done fantastically. I'm nervously anticipating some Labo discussion in this thread...
Most switch software seems to be doing great. Kirby and Labo legs seem kinda short though we know the former has already done fantastically. I'm nervously anticipating some Labo discussion in this thread...
Sorry for the people defending it but hate when incomplete buggy games (State of Decay) manage to sell well, love when that kind of games flopped because freaking hate greedy people sell to us incomplete shit. Sorry had to say it i know a few people are with me.
But how? I mean, really. How? I just don't get it. I would expect gamepass to make people just use gamepass and not buy the game, instead it's helping sales?
