Amazon U.S. March monthly bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

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FIT_Gamer said:

JRPGfan said:

You think MS is worried about Quantum break sales? I mean I think I would be, if less than 20days to release and its that far down the ladder on amazon.

QB is still behind Ratchet & Clank though, at GameStop, Amazon, and BestBuy. Not sure how strong R&C pre-orders are, but i'd say QB intially isn't going to make waves sales wise. 

First month NPDs of new IPs published by Sony and Microsoft that don't have multiplayer:

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune - 117k

Infamous - 175k

Heavy Rain - 219k

Alan Wake - 145k

The Order 1886 - 200k

Until Dawn - 90k

I tried to keep within the Action adventure/adventure Genre.  Note -Infamous is open world, the rest are linear.

First party new IPs that have only a small element of multi player(mainly coop):

Two Human - 169k

Beyond Two Souls - 120k

Sunset Overdrive - 110k

It's hard to know exactly what Microsoft expects, but the above should give a baseline on what to expect.  THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR QUANTUM BREAK WILL BE WORD OF MOUTH, AND REVIEWS!!  Look above, The Order 1886 is one of the highest sellers here, but it completely flamed out (selling only 150k over the next 10 months), and the prospects for a sequal are slim to none.  Meanwhile, the lowest seller here, Until Dawn, came out of August with amazing word of mouth, its sales were excelent post launch (240k in 4 months), and chances for a sequal are high.