Mediacreate/Famitsu week ending Aug. 23rd

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binary solo said:

uran10 said:

horuhe said:
Don't know exactly the point. But, Wii U surely is above 10k thanks to Splatoon. I can't confirm that for PS4. I mean, it problaby has helped, but in my opinion, not that much I expected for a summer promotion.

The Point is that a limited time frame bundle will cause a major increase in sales all the way until that time frame is up which is why Ps4 is performing this way. Yes its baseline has improved but with how little releases it had over the summer it would be on Wii U level or lower in its sales without the deal. Splatoon was released in may and its effect is still on going. This deal lasts until MGSV launches (maybe longer I'm not exactly sure).  Its similar to the xbo deal last holiday season.

We have no data on digital sales on PS4, so a great majority of PS4 owners could be choosing to buy digital, which will deflate the software charts for PS4 games by a lot. And it could be that WIi U gamers are still primarily buying physical. Just because the retail software charts are underwhelming for PS4 doesn't mean PS4 games are not selling. Everyone need to start treating retail software charts differently to how they were regarded  even at the end of last generation. On the UK side, for instance, the top selling game for the week a couple of weeks back was actually a digital only title (Was it 'Everyone's gone to the Rapture'?). So digital is clearly becomming a much bigger thing, and is only going to get bigger. Making retail charts less and less reliable.

This could be a point but the truth is that we DO have data for digital sales, or at least estimates from Famitsu tracker.

And the July chart was recently posted. Here the Top 10 and I don't see any PS4 game for the month. Unfortunatly Famitsu didn't track Bloodborne free campaign, probably because is given for free so it's not a purchase.

Famitsu July 2015 Top 10 Digital {2015.6.22 - 2015.7.26}

 

01. [3DS] Tobidasu! Nyanko Taisensou  {2015.5.31} - 83.673

02. [WIU] Splatoon {2015.5.28} - 47.164

03. [3DS] Cube Creator 3D {2015.7.15} - 41.654

04. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest {2015.6.25} - 39.070

05. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad {2015.7.11} - 33.243

06. [PSV] Fushigi no Gensoukyou: The Tower of Desire {2015.6.25} - 25.970

07. [PSV] DEEMO Last Recital {2015.6.24} - 15.898

08. [3DS] The Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken {2015.7.9} - 15.563

09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf {2012.11.8} - 13.304

10. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version {2015.7.9} - 8.117