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Forums - Sales - Global HW & SW Up! 29th March 2014

Pretty nice week overall, One holding fairly well.



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US Top 10

USA Top Sellers 29th March 2014

1 PS4 inFAMOUS: Second Son 109,584
2 XOne Titanfall 93,119
3 PS4 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes 43,594
4 PC Diablo III 42,732
5 X360 Minecraft 36,942
6 PS3 Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster 34,620
7 PS3 BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma 30,911
8 PS3 The Witch and the Hundred Knights 22,917
9 X360 South Park: The Stick of Truth 20,517
10 3DS Pokemon X/Y 19,205

 

Watch the quote trees people.



                            

DerNebel said:

Some US software:

Infamous SS: 110k (-70%)

Titanfall X1: 93k (-28%; insade hold I must say, I guess alot of bundles were sold)

MGS GZ PS4: 44k

MGS GZ X1: 13k

FF X/X-2 PS3: 35k

FF X/X-2 Vita: 10k


how do you know? great for titanfall!



Kongfucius said:

Yep, it's one of the most obvious victims not only of the divergence of Western and Japanese gaming tastes, but also of the move to big AAA development - western devs and publishers just aren't interested. If the Japanese industry hadn't had so many problems in Gen7 both technical and otherwise then they might have been able to cover this across the board, but not with the sort of games they're currently making.

A standalone FF or KH could still help generate something of a turnaround but it's always going to be niche. Still t least it punches above it's weight I feel in terms of SW sales


Yes, these Japan numbers at least will make sure that the handheld still gets support and I'm enjoying these eastern titles (specially Soul Sacrifice, Persona and Gravity Rush) while I know that on PS3 (and PS4) I will get the best of western games, so it's a win/win situation. If things remain like that, we will still have another good thing coming: more handhelds. It's no secret that in the west the smartphone are killing handhelds, but if Japan remains buying these devices maybe we can hope to have more handheld generations ahead.



Vita biting at X1's heels again.



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USA:

PosGameWeeklyTotalWeek #
1
inFAMOUS: Second Son (PS4)
Sony Computer Entertainment, Action
109,584 479,981 2
2
Titanfall (XOne)
Electronic Arts, Shooter
93,119 803,016 3
3
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4)
Konami Digital Entertainment, Action
43,594 209,235 2
4
Diablo III (PC)
Activision, Role-Playing
42,732 1,657,212 98
5
Minecraft (X360)
Microsoft Game Studios, Adventure
36,942 2,282,789 43
6
Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster (PS3)
Square Enix, Role-Playing
34,620 181,822 2
7
BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma (PS3)
Arc System Works, Fighting
30,911 30,911 1
8
The Witch and the Hundred Knights (PS3)
Nippon Ichi Software, Role-Playing
22,917 22,917 1
9
South Park: The Stick of Truth (X360)
Ubisoft, Role-Playing
20,517 240,005 4
10
Pokemon X/Y (3DS)
Nintendo, Role-Playing
19,205 3,335,272 25
11
Yoshi's New Island (3DS)
Nintendo, Action
17,037 102,522 3
12
South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3)
Ubisoft, Role-Playing
15,035 187,416 4
13
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (XOne)
Konami Digital Entertainment, Action
13,438 65,448 2
14
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS3)
Konami Digital Entertainment, Action
12,682 54,652 2
15
Call of Duty: Ghosts (X360)
Activision, Shooter
12,445 5,107,444 21
16
Forza Motorsport 5 (XOne)
Microsoft Game Studios, Racing
12,069 668,414 19
17
Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS4)
Activision, Shooter
11,644 1,020,772 20
18
Call of Duty: Ghosts (XOne)
Activision, Shooter
11,232 1,077,332 19
19
Grand Theft Auto V (X360)
Take-Two Interactive, Action
10,910 7,320,587 28
20
Dark Souls II (PS3)
Namco Bandai Games, Action
10,415 200,598 3
21
Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS3)
Activision, Shooter
10,352 2,956,322 21
22
Dark Souls II (X360)
Namco Bandai Games, Action
10,338 188,090 3
23
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (X360)
Electronic Arts, Action
10,217 111,218 5
24
Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster (PSV)
Square Enix, Role-Playing
10,112 52,300 2
25
Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
Take-Two Interactive, Action
9,369 5,340,660 28
26
The Last of Us (PS3)
Sony Computer Entertainment America, Adventure
8,863 1,695,226 42
27
Kinect Adventures! (X360)
Microsoft Game Studios, Misc
8,775 13,293,271 178
28
NBA 2K14 (X360)
Take-Two Interactive, Sports
8,448 1,542,609 26
29
The LEGO Movie Videogame (X360)
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Action
8,246 224,399 8
30
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (X360)
Bethesda Softworks, Role-Playing
8,113 4,096,233 125


torok said:
Kongfucius said:

Yep, it's one of the most obvious victims not only of the divergence of Western and Japanese gaming tastes, but also of the move to big AAA development - western devs and publishers just aren't interested. If the Japanese industry hadn't had so many problems in Gen7 both technical and otherwise then they might have been able to cover this across the board, but not with the sort of games they're currently making.

A standalone FF or KH could still help generate something of a turnaround but it's always going to be niche. Still t least it punches above it's weight I feel in terms of SW sales


Yes, these Japan numbers at least will make sure that the handheld still gets support and I'm enjoying these eastern titles (specially Soul Sacrifice, Persona and Gravity Rush) while I know that on PS3 (and PS4) I will get the best of western games, so it's a win/win situation. If things remain like that, we will still have another good thing coming: more handhelds. It's no secret that in the west the smartphone are killing handhelds, but if Japan remains buying these devices maybe we can hope to have more handheld generations ahead.


I know, though I haven't had much time to play it recently I love my Vita as well. However, I'm not sure about  the future of handhelds - mobile is rising significantly in Japan as well, even the 3DS isn't immune, and if you look in one of the Japan-sales threads you'll see it's beginning a fairly steep decline year on year. Now it may well be saturation, but I think mobile is shrinking the potential number of people to sell handhelds to and there's a question mark over whether the market will be big enough to support 2 platforms in Gen9



Wow, titanfall holding extremely well in the USA. well deserved for respawn..



Praise the One.

Carl2291 said:

US Top 10

USA Top Sellers 29th March 2014

1 PS4 inFAMOUS: Second Son 109,584
2 XOne Titanfall 93,119
3 PS4 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes 43,594
4 PC Diablo III 42,732
5 X360 Minecraft 36,942
6 PS3 Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster 34,620
7 PS3 BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma 30,911
8 PS3 The Witch and the Hundred Knights 22,917
9 X360 South Park: The Stick of Truth 20,517
10 3DS Pokemon X/Y 19,205

 

Watch the quote trees people.


Great Titanfall hold. 360 Titanfall tomorrow!

Edit: DAT MINECRAFT!



jlmurph2 said:
Carl2291 said:

US Top 10

USA Top Sellers 29th March 2014

1 PS4 inFAMOUS: Second Son 109,584
2 XOne Titanfall 93,119
3 PS4 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes 43,594
4 PC Diablo III 42,732
5 X360 Minecraft 36,942
6 PS3 Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster 34,620
7 PS3 BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma 30,911
8 PS3 The Witch and the Hundred Knights 22,917
9 X360 South Park: The Stick of Truth 20,517
10 3DS Pokemon X/Y 19,205

 

Watch the quote trees people.


Great Titanfall hold. 360 Titanfall tomorrow!

Edit: DAT MINECRAFT!

It is, but its in the bundle remember. Should be 2nd bestseller next week after 360 version.