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Forums - Sales Discussion - February 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware estimates up!

NPD DATA:

  Hardware:

PS4 - 404.9k
XBO - 248.2k
WiiU - 69.4k
3DS - ~176k
PSV - ~19.5k
360 - 33.5k
PS3 - 3.7k

LTD:

PlayStation TV - ~187.6k
OUYA - ~67.8k
Shield Portable - ~30.5k

 

  Software:

Note: No bundles or digital sales included (unless specified so)

February Top 10:

1. Far Cry: Primal (PS4, XBO) - 363k
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
3. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
4. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (PS4, XBO) - 287.5k
5. NBA 2K16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
6. Lego Marvel Avengers (PS4, 360, XBO, Wii U, PS3, 3DS, Vita)
7. Street Fighter V (PS4) < 207k
8. Minecraft (360, XBO, PS4, PS3)
9. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright (3DS) < 140k
10. Fallout 4 (PS4, XBO, PC) > 117k

 

This month:

Street Fighter V (PS4) - ~207k (with special edition?)
Fire Emblem Fates (3DS) - ~315k (without digital sales and bundles); (44% Birthright, 41% Conquest, 15% Special Edition)
Fire Emblem Fates (3DS) < 400k (with digital sales)
Fire Emblem Fates 3DS bundle - 25k
Project X Zone 2 - ~18k
Far Cry Primal - 363k (PS4: ~56.8%)
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - ~287.5k (PS4: ~66.66%)
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (PS4) - 64k
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 - 117k (XBO: ~59.5%)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - 707k (including bundles)

 

LTD:

Xenoblade Chronicles X - 235k
Grand Theft Auto V > 18m
Street Fighter IV (PS3/360) > 1.6m

 

  PR comments:

Sony:

“We would like to thank our fans and partners for making PlayStation 4 the top-selling hardware platform and the software sales leader in February, according to NPD. We continued to see strong year-over-year sales growth for PS4 hardware and software and are truly humbled by the support and enthusiasm from gamers. We will continue to deliver amazing gaming experiences with the upcoming launches of Ratchet & Clank, MLB The Show 16 and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.”

Microsoft:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

Nintendo: 

"February was a fantastic month for Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, the newest entries in the critically acclaimed strategy RPG series from Nintendo. The games took two top-10 spots on the best-sellers list from the NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. In little more than a week, the two versions of Fire Emblem Fates totaled nearly 400,000 combined units sold, including physical and digital versions. This far outpaces 2013’s Fire Emblem Awakening game, the series’ previous record-holder in the United States, and is a testament to both the longstanding popularity and rapidly growing fan base of the franchise.

Momentum should continue with today’s release of Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation, a digital-only third version of the game available for purchase to anyone who owns either Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright or Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest. Fans have weekly DLC to look forward to purchasing, as well.

February also saw the digital debut of the 2D Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Yellow games in Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. The games instantly shot to the top of the charts, and together, combined to break the first-week Nintendo eShop sales record previously held by Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

With classic graphics and timeless gameplay, these versions of the original Pokémon adventure are proving to be a popular way for fans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series."

 

VGC DATA:

Three weeks of February are missing for hardware.

 


 

 

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The Ps4 have it E-Z for february.

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ps 4 will win. but by how much?
COD, Battlefront and Siege still sold more on XB1?
will SFV chart?
will we see a huge February because People bought Consoles early for The Division?



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Won bet with t3mporary_126 - I correctly predicted that the Wii U's LTD at the end of 2014 would be closer to 9 million than 10 million. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=6673287