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Forums - Sales Discussion - April 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

NPD DATA:

  Hardware:

PS4: 174.8k (+0.1% YoY)
    Call of Duty: Black Ops III PS4 bundle < 157k 
XBO: 167.6k (-10.3% YoY)
3DS: 75k?
Wii U: 32.3k (-24.8% YoY)
360: 12.5k (-50.6% YoY)
PS3: 3.7k (-86.8% YoY)
PSTV > 5k (up 100% YoY)

 

  Software:

Note: No bundles or digital sales included (unless specified so)

April Top 10 (Combined SKU's):

1. Dark Souls III (PS4, XBO) - 504k
2. Ratchet & Clank (PS4) - Between 207.5k (highest selling Ratchet game) and 237k
3. MLB 16: The Show (PS4, PS3) < 185k
4. Tom Clancy’s The Division (PS4, XBO, PC) < 175k (including bundles)
5. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
6. Minecraft (XBO, 360, PS4, PS3)
7. Quantum Break (XBO) - 109k
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3, PC) - 105k
9. NBA 2K16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3) - 103k
10. Star Fox Zero (Wii U) - 100k

April Top 10 (Individual SKU's):

1. Dark Souls III (PS4) - ~353k
2. Ratchet & Clank (PS4) - Between 207.5k (highest selling Ratchet game) and 237k
?. Dark Souls III (XBO) - ~151k
?. MLB 16: The Show (PS4)
?. Quantum Break (XBO) - 109k
6. Star Fox Zero (Wii U) - 100k
9. Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS) < 100k
10. Pokkén Tournament (Wii U)

 

This month:

Dark Souls III - 504k
   Dark Souls III (PS4) - ~353k
   Dark Souls III (XBO) - ~151k
MLB 16: The Show - Just below 185k
Tom Clancy's The Division - 175k (including bundles)
   Tom Clancy's The Division (XBO) - 91k (including bundles)
   Tom Clancy's The Division (PS4) - 84k (including bundles)
Quantum Break - 109k (standalone); Somewhere below the 150k mark (including bundles)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - 105k (standalone); 262k (including bundles)
   Call of Duty: Black Ops III (PS4/PS3) - 197k (including bundles)
   Call of Duty: Black Ops III (XBO/360) - 65k (including bundles)
NBA 2K16 - 103k (standalone)
Bravely Second: End Layer < 100k
Pokemon Rumble World - Well below the 50k mark
Tales from the Borderlands - Well below the 25k mark
Ratchet & Clank - Between 207.5k (highest selling Ratchet game) and 237k
EA Sports UFC 2 - 78k
Star Wars Battlefront - 43k (-52% YoY from Battlefield); 3.97 million LTD (-9% YoY)
FIFA 16 - 38k (-42% YoY); 2.3 million LTD (-23% YoY)
Madden NFL 16 - 24k (-34% YoY); 4.71 million LTD (+0% YoY)
Star Fox Zero - 100k
*Hyrule Warriors Legends - Well below 50k
*The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD - Well below 125k
*Fire Emblem Fates - Well below 75k
*Pokémon Rumble World - Well below 40k

*"Cut all of those numbers in half (or more) and you get a more realistic idea about their performance this month", from Aquamarine.

 

LTD:

Tom Clancy’s The Division - ~1.971m (including bundles)
EA Sports UFC 2 - ~363k
MLB 16: The Show < 460k
Star Wars Battlefront - 3.97 million (-9% YoY)
FIFA 16 - 2.3 million (-23% YoY)
Madden NFL 16 - 4.71 million (+0% YoY)

 

Ratchet & Clank franchise sales history:

Ratchet & Clank - 112k
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando - 125k
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal - 207.5k
Ratchet: Deadlocked - 55.3k
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - 74.5k
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time > Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank : All 4 One < Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank : Full Frontal Assault < Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank : Into the Nexus < Tools of Destruction

 

 

  PR comments:

Microsoft:


 

VGC HARDWARE ESTIMATES:

Last week of April is missing for hardware. Numbers in red are estimates I made. They can be changed. I accept bribes.

 

 

 

VGC SOFTWARE ESTIMATES:

Note: All VGC software estimates include hardware bundled copies (physical or digital)

 

 

 

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Will be interesting to see how well/poorly Star Fox did.



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"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

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Since everyone is doing it...tag, I wonder how the Gears 4 beta performed.



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are we going to get the actual numbers before NEOGAF? I will be refreshing this thread then. :)