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Forums - Sales Discussion - October 2015 NPD Thread! Everything is in the OP!

Pretty bad month overall I think. My best guess as to why is just the sheer weight of what was coming in November hindered October sales.



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Definitely November will be bigger and December too I guess. With PS4 and Xbone same price and bigger exclusives like Halo, Forza and even BC to lure 360 owners I thought Xbone has a pretty big advantage this year at least in the US. But it is going to be close



 

Teeqoz said:
Ruler said:


I dont see this 274k number, not in the news or in OPs first post


Maybe you should read the OP again then. It's right there near the top.


Its now but wasnt when i made my comment



Dark_Feanor said:
bananaking21 said:

 

if you dont want to believe the numbers, feel free to do so. though these leaks proved time and time again that they are legit. it seems you are upset about the news, and its your right to not believe them. but really, its pretty clear that they are legit.


The previous leakers, who were a lot more obscure than this George, have never been confirmed. Even when we hade a "official" leak that the mainstream media reporte in july 2014 they were never specifics.

Now, NPD_George comes out of the blue, claiming he doesn´t know much about NeoGaf AND just in time to explode one of the most prediteble and boring months for NPD reports.

He brings very specifics numbers that were never disclosed. Even the famous NeoGaf leakers with years of monthly leaks never been so pricise.

And more, this is the best story to feature the Gafers favorite narative - XOne is a piece of junk. Halo is dying. Microsoft is lying and etc...

You don't have to believe any leakers. The official, confirmed UK numbers corroborate this performance. Anyone thinking instead of wishing/hoping would have guessed these H5 sales after seeing those. What's "unbelievable" is how anyone who saw a 8% attach ratio in the UK thought the US could have one of 40% (that would be 3.4M FW BTW).. Which is the only way the PR would not be BS. 

150k / 1.9M = 8%

8% of 8.5M (X1 LTD in the US at the end of October) = 680k. US rate for Halo usually slightly higher so add a few points, let's go with 10%. Of 8.5M, that's 850k. 

Simple, easy to follow math.

Tbh honest I can see attach rates being a big problem for many future games across both MS and Sony, it's not just Halo or Forza. Some of these third party IPs/names have become so big and also expensive (season passes, dlcs, microtransactions) that it's going to keep eating away at their pie of published games.



Any numbers for Zestiria or Dragon Quest Heroes?



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Abunion said:
This site is a joke,really and the mods are trash.I replied to a moderator who abused their power and I should not have to email them about something they posted in the open.I should have the right to criticize a mod in the open just like I can on every other site.How hypocritical can you be to ban me and ignore a mod breaking their own rules?delete my account,because I am done with this trashy website and I advise everyone else to find a better site to post on.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7612583

Please delete my account from this garbage site,thank you.


How unclassy and disrespectfull. I first though it was ethomaz angry alt, at least it was someone that didn't contribute much.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Dark_Feanor said:
bananaking21 said:


they probably felt pressured to release a PR statement or people would have thought it would have under performed. they probably knew what people would know the numbers, so they threw them off with the 400 million PR, which you are still going to see people use. and fanboys use


So you rather use a number from a random anonynous neogafer as proff?

I have the ask who is the fanboy.


Do you never tire to complain about the leakers? They are the only info we get, you never gave any optional source, you just want to dismiss all the leakers because they don't paint the picture you want. You even said it yourself several times.

If NPD threads for the last 6 months or so basically have only leaked numbers since MS and Sony don't release numbers, and you don't believe the leakers what are you doing here every month? You have been very tiring.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

twintail said:
Wait, the X1 barely outsold the PS4?


Yes, 28k. lol if sony would have made the pricecut 8 days earlier they probably would have won by a nose.



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twintail said:
Wait, the X1 barely outsold the PS4?


Yep.  The price cut didn't help the PS4 as much as I thought it would.  I'm surprised the Xbox One pulled it out.  Halo is still powerful.