poklane on 21 November 2016
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- Mafia III sold 503K at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software (310K on PS4 and 193K on XBO). +122% higher than Mafia II's 2010 debut (227K)
- Gears of War 4 sold ~415K excluding bundles and 505K including bundles at October 2016 NPD USA Retail Software
- Gears of War 4 launch sales of 505K are lower than GOW Judgment's ~620K 2013 NPD debut (-19%), but digital sales are much higher now. But even with digital, compared to GOW3 launch sales (more than 2 mill.), this is still a fundamentally disappointing sales result for Microsoft
- Uncharted 4 had the #1 selling bundle at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail, selling 17% of all HW units (~130K), ~40K more than the GOW4 bundle
- Typically at NPD 1st-party games don't have good legs. Uncharted 4 is being kept alive at retail only because of the PS4 Slim bundles
- Bethesda's Skyrim Special Edition (Remastered) release sold ~400K at October 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, a fantastic result for a remaster
- Square Enix's Rise of the Tomb Raider wasn't so lucky. PS4 release was this month at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, and ROTR only sold ~120K
- The toys-to-life genre has finally collapsed at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW. The new Skylanders sold a tiny 66K, or -41%
- Titanfall 2 was a big failure at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, selling a mere 182K, or -79% from Titanfall 1's March 2014 debut (865K)
