poklane on 21 November 2016
Even more via Aquamarine (Astronaut Claire): https://twitter.com/AstronautClaire
- At Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, Madden NFL 17 sold 304K this month (+23% from last year's 248K), but cumulatively it's down -12%
- At Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, FIFA 17 sold 301K, up +36% from last year's 221K, reflecting soccer's burgeoning popularity in the USA
- FIFA 17 has sold 737K in the USA Lifetime-to-date, compared to FIFA 16's 856K, but you can explain this -14% decrease from increased digital
- NBA 2K17 sold 293K at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, down -29% from last year's 410K, but lifetime sales of 1599K are still +5%
- Love it or hate it, the new WWE 2K17 sold 283K in its debut at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, +26% from WWE 2K16's launch (225K)
- Nintedo's most popular game at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW was Paper Mario Color Splash which sold around ~100K. OK considering Wii U is dead
- I thought Nintendo's Yokai Watch 2 would have more momentum this month at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, but apparently not. Below 50K AGAIN
- Although the real disaster for Nintendo at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW is the abysmal debut of Disney Magical World 2. SUPER low (think 10K)
- Nintendo's Dragon Quest VII 3DS had poor legs at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, outsold by ancient SW like Pokemon X/Y, Pokken, Super Smash Bros
- Remember Just Dance? Ubisoft released Just Dance 2017 at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW and it sold poorly at <30K (even The Division sold more)
- Guitar Hero Live Supreme Party Edition also released at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW! That's right! More old franchises! Too bad it sold <10K
- On a more positive note, Bandai Namco's Dragonball Xenoverse 2 sold ~200K this month at Oct 2016 NPD USA SW, despite being launched late Oct
Also personal guess from her: she thinks EA will not produce Titanfall 3. That means Respawn will have to find a new publisher (unless they can self-publish a $60 game which I highly doubt) or they'll have to put the IP away for now.
