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GribbleGrunger on 19 August 2015

Double post.





 

The PS5 Exists. 


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Checkmate81 on 20 August 2015

360 may have disappeared, but PSV is the one who seems to be invisible, i think there's not a single mention of it on the whole thread...

Wait, now there's one! :D



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kungfuian on 20 August 2015

Wait, so this is still the internet right? You know the modern day information delivery system where news gets out before it's actually supposed to or like instantly.

So what's with this site and what's the point of posting estimated month old numbers? I just don't get it, They might as well be reporting men have landed on the moon at this point.



kungfuian on 20 August 2015

Double Post



Roronaa_chan on 20 August 2015
Checkmate81 said:

360 may have disappeared, but PSV is the one who seems to be invisible, i think there's not a single mention of it on the whole thread...

Wait, now there's one! :D


There was one mention where someone tried to make it sound like being 3k ahead of Vita was a big deal



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MotherBound on 20 August 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
MotherBound said:
I haven't gotten around to picking up Splatoon and I really want too, one day :(

Get it. I went around to a friends house and watched him play.


I actually did the same, we took turns playing online. From what I played I really loved it



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Aeolus451 on 20 August 2015

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AZWification on 20 August 2015

No XB360 numbers? How weird.. The Wii is still getting tracked, so why not the 360?



                
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MoHasanie on 20 August 2015
binary solo said:
MoHasanie said:

Yay, numbers! Even though they are more than a month old, this was the second most interesting week of the summer.
The hardware numbers are expected and good for the PS4. but I'm surprised to see Batman selling so much better on the PS4.

Why are you surprised?

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Batman: Arkham City PS3 2011 Action Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 2.60 1.82 0.11 0.77 5.30
2 Batman: Arkham City X360 2011 Action Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 2.92 1.27 0.04 0.40 4.63
3 Batman: Arkham Asylum PS3 2009 Action Eidos Interactive 2.19 1.30 0.07 0.59 4.16
4 Batman: Arkham Asylum X360 2009 Action Eidos Interactive 2.14 0.95 0.02 0.30 3.41
5 Batman: Arkham Origins PS3 2013 Action Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 0.99 0.76 0.04 0.38 2.18
6 Batman: Arkham Origins X360 2013 Action Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 1.08 0.55 0.00 0.14 1.77

And this is with the global install base being in Xb one's favour, by a fairly decent margin in 2009 when the first game came out. 

Now with PS4 approaching a 2:1 global install base lead a large difference in Batman sales should be expected. At week 2 Arkham City was at 2.5 million across PS360. At week 2 Arkham Knight is at 2.6 million. Sales basically the same, just proportionally weighted to PS4 because of the large discrepancy in install base worldwide. So this sales difference is actually completely expected if you think about it.

You should expect this sort of result during this generation for franchises that did better on PS3, esp while PS3 was behind. The proportional difference in sales this gen for such franchises will be much greater than the proportional difference in install base.

hmm, I didn't know Batman sold better on PS last gen. I guess it makes sense since action adventure games have usually done better on PS than Xbox. 



    

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Nate4Drake on 20 August 2015

PS4 is dominating in the Global, Europe, Japan, Rest of the World. The only competition is in NA between PS4 and X1, a really sad console war this Gen, PS4 has already won.

And Batman on PS4... WOW !!!



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