I am mystified. There are zero PS4 games in the top twenty of either service compared to 3-4 WiiU games, and yet the PS4 continues to outsell it. Are people buying it on the promise of things to come?
I am mystified. There are zero PS4 games in the top twenty of either service compared to 3-4 WiiU games, and yet the PS4 continues to outsell it. Are people buying it on the promise of things to come?
psychicscubadiver said: I am mystified. There are zero PS4 games in the top twenty of either service compared to 3-4 WiiU games, and yet the PS4 continues to outsell it. Are people buying it on the promise of things to come? |
on going promotion. bloodborne bundled with every ps4 digitally though summer. Without that Wii U would have the stronger summer.
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uran10 said:
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Bloodborne definitely helps but I don't think it helps that much, it would be closer with WiiU though. IMO for a long time the biggest selling point for PS4 has been future lineup, at the moment MGSV could boost this effect even more. One thing I've thought about is PS plus, especially among people who own PS3/Vita already. Some people might be interested only in 2-3 games already released and buy those with PS4 and PS plus, knowing they get lots of free games to play until the next big PS4 game gets released.
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uran10 said:
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I doubt this.
And you could say the same about Wii U, without Splatoon it would sell much worse.
Dr.Vita said:
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Um dr.vita that's common logic. No one expected the bloodbourne bundle and that's what has been driving sales without it Wii U would more than ikely be higher. Splatoon is not bundled so that logic doesn't apply here.
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uran10 said:
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It doesn't matter if Splatoon hasn't been bundled. Splatoon boosted Wii U sales and Splatoon is the reason why Wii U is still selling more than 10k. Without Splatoon Wii U would sell worse.
Dengeki:
Ranking | Last week | Models | Title name | Maker | release date | Estimated number of sales |
Cumulative sales |
1 | - | 3DS | Super Robot Wars BX | Namco Bandai Entertainment | 15/08/20 | 90,988 | 90,988 |
2 | 1 | 3DS | Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer | Nintendo | 15/07/30 | 68,728 | 916,405 |
Three | 2 | 3DS | Specter watch Busters white dog Corps | Level Five | 15/07/11 | 36,428 | 834,928 |
Four | Three | Wii U | Splatoon | Nintendo | 15/05/28 | 24,106 | 597,822 |
Five | - | Vita | Rendofururu | Idea Factory | 15/08/20 | 13,471 | 13,471 |
Six | Five | 3DS | Rhythm Tengoku The Best + | Nintendo | 15/06/11 | 13,383 | 450,746 |
Seven | Four | 3DS | Specter watch Busters Akaneko-dan | Level Five | 15/07/11 | 12,700 | 543,406 |
Eight | Six | Vita | Main Craft: PlayStation Vita edition | SCE | 15/03/19 | 8,684 | 307,836 |
Nine | Seven | Wii U | Mario Kart 8 | Nintendo | 14/05/29 | 5,488 | 1,071,257 |
Ten | Nine | 3DS | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | Nintendo | 12/11/08 | 4,278 | 3,897,736 |
Eleven | Ten | Vita | Guru V version of the drum | Namco Bandai Entertainment | 15/07/09 | 3,016 | 83,020 |
Twelve | Eight | Vita | Luminous Arc Infinity | Marvelous | 15/08/06 | 2,861 | 27,094 |
13 | Eleven | Wii U | Yoshi wool World | Nintendo | 15/07/16 | 2,833 | 63,810 |
14 | Twelve | 3DS | The Atsumare in ultra-or-flight! Strongest getaway who | Namco Bandai Entertainment | 15/07/09 | 2,822 | 40,018 |
Fifteen | Eighteen | 3DS | Monster Hunter 4G (Best Price!) | Capcom | 15/07/30 | 2,672 | 12,650 |
Sixteen | 13 | 3DS | Dragon Ball Z Super Ultimate Fighter | Namco Bandai Entertainment | 15/06/11 | 2,372 | 134,212 |
17 | Sixteen | 3DS | Fire Emblem if midnight sun kingdom | Nintendo | 15/06/25 | 2,311 | 239,338 |
Eighteen | Fifteen | 3DS | Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. edition | Gung Ho Online Entertainment | 15/04/29 | 2,306 | 307,736 |
19 | 14 | PS3 | Sengoku BASARA4 Emperor | Capcom | 15/07/23 | 2,205 | 78,786 |
Twenty | twenty five | 3DS | Pokemon Alpha sapphire | Pokémon | 14/11/21 | 2,156 | 1,518,519 |
twenty one | 19 | 3DS | Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo | 14/09/13 | 2,111 | 2,276,262 |
twenty two | 24 | Wii U | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | Nintendo | 14/12/06 | 2,028 | 679,699 |
twenty three | 17 | Vita | IA / VT -COLORFUL- (Oia visual Tracks colorful) | Marvelous | 15/07/30 | 1,863 | 47,477 |
24 | Twenty | 3DS | Girls Mode 3 Glitter ☆ Corde | Nintendo | 15/04/16 | 1,800 | 192,433 |
twenty five | twenty two | 3DS | Fire Emblem if dark night Kingdom | Nintendo | 15/06/25 | 1,794 | 172,607 |
26 | twenty one | 3DS | Large Ace Attorney - Narufu-doryunokai of 冒險 - | Capcom | 15/07/09 | 1,756 | 178,043 |
27 | 26 | 3DS | Mario Kart 7 | Nintendo | 11/12/01 | 1,688 | 2,423,294 |
28 | 29 | 3DS | Pokemon Omega Ruby | Pokémon | 14/11/21 | 1,656 | 1,321,015 |
29 | Thirty | Vita | God Eater 2 Rage burst | Namco Bandai Entertainment | 15/02/19 | 1,583 | 342,295 |
Thirty | twenty three | PS4 | Batman: Arkham Night | Warner Entertainment Japan | 15/07/16 | 1,461 | 78,278 |
31 | 27 | PS4 | Sengoku BASARA4 Emperor | Capcom | 15/07/23 | 1,317 | 40,928 |
32 | 31 | Wii U | Mario Party 10 | Nintendo | 15/03/12 | 1,222 | 170,709 |
33 | 28 | Vita | Magic 壊神 Trillion | Compile Heart | 15/07/23 | 1,219 | 30,170 |
34 | 38 | 3DS | Dragon Ball Heroes Ultimate Mission 2 | Namco Bandai Entertainment | 14/08/07 | 1,217 | 228,547 |
35 | 33 | PS4 | Grand Theft Auto V | Rockstar Games | 14/12/11 | 1,189 | 188,983 |
36 | 32 | PS4 | U~itcha 3 Wild Hunt | Spike Chunsoft | 15/05/21 | 1,167 | 132,358 |
37 | 46 | 3DS | Dragon Quest VII Eden Warriors (Ultimate Hits) | square Enix | 15/04/16 | 1,156 | 22,100 |
38 | 35 | 3DS | Brave Lee second | square Enix | 15/04/23 | 1,122 | 149,748 |
39 | 53 | PS4 | Metal Gear Solid V ground Zerozu | KONAMI | 14/03/20 | 1,076 | 160,896 |
Forty | 49 | PS3 | Grand Theft Auto V | Rockstar Games | 14/06/26 | 956 | 136,936 |
41 | 41 | 3DS | Assassination Classroom killing sensei large encirclement !! | Namco Bandai Entertainment | 15/03/12 | 922 | 91,013 |
42 | 37 | Vita | Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 | KONAMI | 15/03/26 | 917 | 86,363 |
43 | Forty | Vita | Date A Live Twin Edition 凜緒 linker Nation | Compile Heart | 15/07/30 | 913 | 20,127 |
44 | 39 | 3DS | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | Nintendo | 12/07/28 | 882 | 2,259,549 |
45 | 45 | 3DS | Specter Watch 2 star performer | Level Five | 14/12/13 | 867 | 2,666,081 |
46 | 48 | PS4 | Earth Defense Force 4.1 THE SHADOW OF NEW DESPAIR | D3 Publisher | 15/04/02 | 861 | 55,592 |
47 | 43 | 3DS | Kirby: Triple Deluxe | Nintendo | 14/01/11 | 856 | 697,270 |
48 | 34 | 3DS | Nobunaga's Ambition 2 | Koei Tecmo Games | 15/08/06 | 850 | 6,827 |
49 | Fifty | 3DS | LEGO (R) City undercover Chase Begins | Nintendo | 15/03/05 | 817 | 60,354 |
Fifty | 36 | Vita | Gal ☆ cancer double piece | Alchemist | 15/08/06 | 788 | 9,282 |
Hardware:
Models | August 17 week estimated number of sales | August 17 week composition ratio (%) | 2015 estimated number of sales | 2015 composition ratio (%) |
PS4 | 13,508 | 20.3% | 347,256 | 22.8% |
PS3 | 1,976 | 3.0% | 62,915 | 4.1% |
Vita | 10,882 | 16.4% | 283,453 | 18.6% |
Wii U | 11,637 | 17.5% | 249,071 | 16.4% |
3DS | 28,231 | 42.5% | 572,543 | 37.7% |
X One | 181 | 0.3% | 4,737 | 0.3% |
Total | 66,415 | 100.0% | 1,519,975 | 100.0% |
Dr.Vita said: It doesn't matter if Splatoon hasn't been bundled. Splatoon boosted Wii U sales and Splatoon is the reason why Wii U is still selling more than 10k. Without Splatoon Wii U would sell worse. |
You're missing the point. Splatoon isn't a special promotion, it's just a game that doesn't change the value of the purchase of the console itself.
The Bloodborne promotion is specific to the summer and is what has been driving sales recently. It's like how the temporary (at the time) price cut for the XBO seriously increased sales last holiday. Without it, it surely would have performed worse. And that's not to say that it's the only reason people are buying the PS4, it's just a big reason currently.
Skullwaker said:
You're missing the point. Splatoon isn't a special promotion, it's just a game that doesn't change the value of the purchase of the console itself. The Bloodborne promotion is specific to the summer and is what has been driving sales recently. It's like how the temporary (at the time) price cut for the XBO seriously increased sales last holiday. Without it, it surely would have performed worse. And that's not to say that it's the only reason people are buying the PS4, it's just a big reason currently. |
The whole year has had a higher baseline for the PS4. So it can hardly be said that the Bloodborne promotion is the reason for high sales. It could even be simple MGS V prebuyers as they say is driving sales next week. I would call the bundles performance disappointing if not for Bloodbornes already high sales and being a new ip.
Skullwaker said:
You're missing the point. Splatoon isn't a special promotion, it's just a game that doesn't change the value of the purchase of the console itself. The Bloodborne promotion is specific to the summer and is what has been driving sales recently. It's like how the temporary (at the time) price cut for the XBO seriously increased sales last holiday. Without it, it surely would have performed worse. And that's not to say that it's the only reason people are buying the PS4, it's just a big reason currently. |
I am not missing the point, we don't know if the Bloodborne promotion is the reason why PS4 is selling better than Wii U.
It could be also the Metal Gear Solid 5 hype for example.
And the same thing goes to Wii U. We don't know how much Splatoon is helping Wii U.
We can only guess these things. And in my opinion PS4 without the Bloodborne promotion would still be bigger than Wii U without Splatoon.