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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?



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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:
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.


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:
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.


I doubt this. 
And you could say the same about Wii U, without Splatoon it would sell much worse.



Dr.Vita said:
uran10 said:


on going promotion. bloodborne bundled with every ps4 digitally though summer. Without that Wii U would have the stronger summer.


I doubt this. 
And you could say the same about Wii U, without Splatoon it would sell much worse.


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:
Dr.Vita said:


I doubt this. 
And you could say the same about Wii U, without Splatoon it would sell much worse.


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.


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.



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Skullwaker said:
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.


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:
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.


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.