Kinda unrelated but I bought a Switch and a Black DS4 just this month.
Altho I live in Argentina, every gaming tech probably comes from NA.
Altho I live in Argentina, every gaming tech probably comes from NA.
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NPD May 2019: MK11 #1, Days Gone #2, Total War #3, Rage2 #4. Switch #1 HW.
- Thread starter ZhugeEX
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Sonic Racing launching on everything and still doing poorly isn't great.
Was also delayed but that didn't seem to help a ton.
Sonic Brand isn't doing super good these days.
Was also delayed but that didn't seem to help a ton.
Sonic Brand isn't doing super good these days.
That was the problem though. For whatever reason they decided they wouldn't make a sequel to Transformed and that a standalone Sonic racing game would do better. I don't know what was the origin of that plan, but it was clearly misguided.
eShop sales are not reported by SEGA, but still not good.
It's double digits for both May and YTD.
With Switch hardware doing so well, it's only to be expected the the evergreens will be doing well too.
Hard to draw conclusions without actual numbers, though.
To recap:
- There was basically no marketing until a month before release (including going full blackout during the holidays)
- The game was unavailable to preorder digitally, at all
- CTR is coming next month
And the game is currently unavailable on amazon. They couldn't ruin this release further even if they tried, such a shame too since it's a great game.
Sonic Racing performing quite low, I had little doubt already but the CTR remake should outsell it easily. Now with the momentum if Activision can make new solid entries I expect this to keep up and possibly be the most popular mascot platformer after Mario in terms of videogame sales.
At least Sonic still has the memes I guess.
At least Sonic still has the memes I guess.
Mark me impressed with Days Gone retention.
Also Yoshi came back on to charts what's up with that.
Also Yoshi came back on to charts what's up with that.
The only thing Sega can do to save Sonic now is make an actual good game.
So yeah, they're f*cked.
So yeah, they're f*cked.
Was wondering why Team Sonic Racing was half off just a few weeks after release, guess this explains it. Doesn't help that the reviews, while not terrible, weren't amazing.
I know they talked about this "low budget, low price," strategy at SEGA for Sonic games, but I just don't think it's working. All it does is create these Sonic games that are not memorable in any way, that as a result of their mediocrity, still don't sell.
Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Heroes while mediocre games, still had some really great aspects to them (environmental design, music, and some stages being fun to play). From Lost World onward, I don't get the feeling that Sonic games are bad to play, but they just feel so uninteresting that they feel to keep my attention for more than half an hour.
SEGA needs to do better with this franchise, especially after all the positive press it received after Mania.
I know they talked about this "low budget, low price," strategy at SEGA for Sonic games, but I just don't think it's working. All it does is create these Sonic games that are not memorable in any way, that as a result of their mediocrity, still don't sell.
Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Heroes while mediocre games, still had some really great aspects to them (environmental design, music, and some stages being fun to play). From Lost World onward, I don't get the feeling that Sonic games are bad to play, but they just feel so uninteresting that they feel to keep my attention for more than half an hour.
SEGA needs to do better with this franchise, especially after all the positive press it received after Mania.
Wow at days gone. I expect the second one to be a huge jump in quality. I need to finish the game in the near future.
I think Unleashed bombing so hard is what scared them off making high budget Sonic games. Maybe the success of Crash and Spyro will convince them to give it a proper budget, and time to make a good game.
NPD US Software - Year-To-Date Timeline - 2019 - May
Observations:
- MK11 takes over the top spot from KH3
- Jump Force drops out of the top 10
- Days Gone enters the top 10 after not charting in its release month, now #8 YTD
- MLB 19 climbs and leaves Sekiro in the dust
* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
Observations:
- MK11 takes over the top spot from KH3
- Jump Force drops out of the top 10
- Days Gone enters the top 10 after not charting in its release month, now #8 YTD
- MLB 19 climbs and leaves Sekiro in the dust
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+--------+-+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------+
| YTD | | 19-05 | 19-04 | 19-03 | 19-02 | 19-01 | YY-MM-DD |
+--------+-+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------+
| MK11 | | 1. | 2. | -- | -- | -- | 19-04-23 |
| KH3 | | 2. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 19-01-29 |
| TD2 |^| 3. | 3. | 2. | -- | -- | 19-03-12 |
| ANTHEM |^| 4. | 4. | 3. | 2. | -- | 19-02-22 |
| RE2 | | 5. | 5. | 4. | 3. | 2. | 19-01-25 |
| SSBU |*| 6. | 6. | 7. | 6. | 5. | 18-12-07 |
| RDR2 | | 7. | 7. | 5. | 5. | 6. | 18-10-26 |
| DAYSGO | | 8. | -. | -- | -- | -- | 19-04-26 |
| MLB-19 | | 9. | 10. | -. | -- | -- | 19-03-26 |
| SEKIRO |^| 10. | 8. | 8. | -- | -- | 19-03-22 |
+--------+-+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------+
| JFORCE | | -. | 9. | 6. | 4. | -- | 19-02-15 |
| BO4 |^| -. | -. | 9. | 7. | 4. | 18-10-12 |
| NSMBUD |*| -. | -. | 10. | 8. | 3. | 19-01-11 |
| NBA-19 | | -. | -. | -. | 9. | 8. | 18-09-11 |
| AC7 | | -. | -. | -. | 10. | 7. | 19-01-18 |
| MK8 |*| -. | -. | -. | -. | 9. | 17-04-28 |
| GTA5 | | -. | -. | -. | -. | 10. | 13-09-17 |
+--------+-+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------+* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
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Super Smash bros Ultimate is the standout game for me here. It's the highest selling non-2019 release, on one platform without both price cuts (not 100% sure on this but it's likely yeah?) and digital sales. It's even outselling several 2019 games, even multi platform 2019 games like Sekiro. Like wow. Could we be seeing potentially 30 million sales here? 20 million is a forgone conclusion at this point after all.
I'm glad to see Total War so high up the list tho. I haven't played it but TW is a great series.
Pretty incredible run for Days Gone. I'll be 100% real and say that I didn't foresee this happening, and quite honestly, I don't understand it. I won't knock a studio for succeeding though, so congrats.
I think the mixed reviews also plays a part.
Anyways happy to see the game is a success and bend gets to make another game.
Its December release gives SSBU a good position for performing well in a 2019 YTD chart, but I would not be surprised if it does keep climbing up the chart.
I'm here for Days Gone news.
Keep it coming.
Big smile on my face for this game.
Thing is, Sonic Unleashed DIDN'T do badly. I think by the end of 2010 it sold above 3,000,000 copies. But SEGA for whatever reason was so scared of review scores that they took pretty much every Sonic game from 2005 to 2010 off of store shelves and to this day pretty much never acknowledges that chapter of the franchise's history.
Even up until now, image over performance feels like what SEGA's doing with Sonic these days; from their social media to the games themselves. Sure, Team Sonic Racing didn't receive terrible reviews, but it doesn't look like that translated over into the sales.
You're right on that last point, if SEGA just had the slightest bit of confidence in the franchise and actually gave it a budget again, maybe it would actually both sell and review well.
This is the biggest issue with the franchise. Altho, Mario&Sonic looks like it has actual budget and is fully priced. Perhaps it will help restore Sonic's reputation. It'd be sad if M&S ends up having more budget than the next mainline game.
Oh weird. I wonder why only Sega and Microsoft don't report eShop sales?
Also are Nintendo, Bethesda and THQN the last "big" digital holdouts then?
Not sure why I had in my mind that Unleashed had done something like half a million or so, but I just chekced and you're right. I think it all lies on quality in the end, Sonic Mania was a digital-only small release and still sold over a million copies before the retail version hit the market but as long as we are still getting these low-budget poorly-reviewing games like Forces (that seem to be satisfying SEGA for some reason), sales won't improve and nor will the brand's image. They have this absolutely massive character completely wasted.
wat. you know that other nintendo games are still selling like crazy, don't you?
