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Forums - Sales Discussion - July 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

Super_Boom said:

Wow...I normally don't have much to say here, but I wasn't expecting this. I am shock.

Is this related to Pokemon Go's release, or did the 3DS see a price cut this month? I haven't seen much in the way of promotion for Monster Hunter, but maybe I just haven't been watching enough TV.

Someone said the 2DS got a price cut but pokemon go definitely is a factor too. 



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Trying to gauge whether xbox can make a little run with npd. August seams like a win no problem. I'm wondering about September? What exclusives(I know console exclusives in Microsofts case) do ms and Sony have for September?



Halo MCC will sell 5+ million copies(including digital)

halo 5 will sell 10 million copies(including digital)

x1 will pass ps4 in USA, and UK.

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No numbers this time?



Kerotan said:
Super_Boom said:

Wow...I normally don't have much to say here, but I wasn't expecting this. I am shock.

Is this related to Pokemon Go's release, or did the 3DS see a price cut this month? I haven't seen much in the way of promotion for Monster Hunter, but maybe I just haven't been watching enough TV.

Someone said the 2DS got a price cut but pokemon go definitely is a factor too. 

2DS price cut was in May 



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zorg1000 said:
Kerotan said:

Someone said the 2DS got a price cut but pokemon go definitely is a factor too. 

2DS price cut was in May 

I misread what Ryng_Tolu said then 



hudsoniscool said:
Trying to gauge whether xbox can make a little run with npd. August seams like a win no problem. I'm wondering about September? What exclusives(I know console exclusives in Microsofts case) do ms and Sony have for September?

Recore

Forza Horizon 3



Time for numbers... I hope.



ArchangelMadzz said:
Jranation said:

They should just become Third Party developers...... right? XD 

And not invest millions upon millions into R&D for hardware and just make huges piles of money on software with it being available on 60 million more machines on console alone? (Not even factoring steam)

Hell fucking yes.

you have no idea how much Nintendo makes on their software sales and accessories. as soon as you start providing titles strictly as third party newflash: you shares the revenue from software sales.

Its not like what you're implying, its actually quite possibly Nintendo would make less profit if they did it your way. obviously the Wii U failed but Nintendo would never make something like Wii profits (or remotely close) as a third party developer. also there's the topic of control; which you lose to some degree when providing software for someone else's hardware

THe benefits of it just do not add up at this point, especially when things like the 3DS and Pokemon GO show how much opportunity Nintendo has an how they still very much are in the minds of casuals; it would be an absolute waste not to try and find the right mix again with consoles.

Not to mention Nintendo isn't exactly a company dying for profit at the moment, they (unlike Sony) actually have a lot of money built up in the bank



jlmurph2 said:
hudsoniscool said:
Trying to gauge whether xbox can make a little run with npd. August seams like a win no problem. I'm wondering about September? What exclusives(I know console exclusives in Microsofts case) do ms and Sony have for September?

Recore

Forza Horizon 3

Does Sony have any?



Halo MCC will sell 5+ million copies(including digital)

halo 5 will sell 10 million copies(including digital)

x1 will pass ps4 in USA, and UK.