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Forums - Sales Discussion - USA Pre-Order Charts January 30, 2016

Pavolink on 10 February 2016

March 2016 NPD is going to be fun. TPHD needs to be above 700k to match pre-orders.



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Nautilus on 10 February 2016
CosmicSex said:
Nautilus said:

Just because they are selling better on one site? lol

 

I mean, sure they could be higher.As many said here, these numbers can be, and are most likely wrong by a certain margin.But saying they are wrong because of one retailer site that probably dosent even represent 10% of the total sales?

Zelda is a much more beloved franchise than those both.By miles ahead.And Fire emblem is one franchise which is gaining much more popularity.So seeing it being ahead of the division, a Ubisoft game, is somewhat easy in the preorder.SF5 is a different story, but its well within the realm of possibilities.

Pick any site but this one and lets see then.  How about that.    No, this has nothing to do with Zelda.  I Iove Zelda - see my avatar I am making a Zelda clone but I'm not blind.  I am saying that real life, as in reality, doesn't reflect what this chart shows.  At what point do you let real life trump a personal feeling  or preference.   Maybe never but I can acknowledge reality. 

I never said that TP HD would sell better than the other two.After all, it is a remaster, and remasters always sell much less than a new entry.What I meant is that there is a small probability that this could happen.Or at the very least TP HD cpould sell better the first week in the US than the other 2.I was just saying that your argument for saying otherwise is weak, that only one pre-order retailer and the instinct is not enough.

I truly believe that it will do well the first few weeks in US at least.It has been awhile that we had a new console Zelda, and many consider Twilight Princess as one of the best Zelda.So that will push sales.But sell more than the other two worldwide?That wont happen.But the game will do good nevertheless



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

GuyDuke on 10 February 2016
Jranation said:
ninjapirate42 said:

Pre-Order numbers must be some of the hardest to track! I know this list isn't the most reliable but it's a good starting point if you accept a high margin of error. I'm thinking TPHD could be easily overtracked by 30% but that would still give it 400K preorders which is insane for this game.

 

Until someone finds me a better pre-order chart I shall continue referencing this one :)

 

Yep! That was my point. People can complain about VGChartz if they find another source that provides real numbers for the pre orders. 

But it's true that it's been more accurate in the past. I think the person has every right to complain in a constructive way, and maybe this same person could offer solutions to narrow the gap between tracked and actual preorders



Teeqoz on 10 February 2016
guiduc said:
Jranation said:

 

Yep! That was my point. People can complain about VGChartz if they find another source that provides real numbers for the pre orders. 

But it's true that it's been more accurate in the past. I think the person has every right to complain in a constructive way, and maybe this same person could offer solutions to narrow the gap between tracked and actual preorders

For instance JRPGs have a longstanding history of being massively overtracked in the pre-order charts, so the algorithm there needs to be adjusted downwards. That's my no. 1 suggestion.



GuyDuke on 10 February 2016
Teeqoz said:
guiduc said:

But it's true that it's been more accurate in the past. I think the person has every right to complain in a constructive way, and maybe this same person could offer solutions to narrow the gap between tracked and actual preorders

For instance JRPGs have a longstanding history of being massively overtracked in the pre-order charts, so the algorithm there needs to be adjusted downwards. That's my no. 1 suggestion.

Good, that's constructive at the very least.



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Swordmasterman on 10 February 2016

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SuperNova on 10 February 2016

Those TPHD numbers can't be real....can they? At this rate it would do over 1mil first week WW. That would put a Zelda remaster on par with Mario Kart.



GuyDuke on 10 February 2016
SuperNova said:
Those TPHD numbers can't be real....can they? At this rate it would do over 1mil first week WW. That would put a Zelda remaster on par with Mario Kart.

I feel like it's overtracked, but on the other hand it could totally happen.



97alexk on 10 February 2016

brb, gonna pre-order Twilight Princess HD... ohh wait i live in sweden



ktay95 on 10 February 2016

Twilight Princess is a JRPG confirmed
Seriously its Lifetime numbers will be lucky to surpass its final preorder numbers