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Forums - Sales - NPD March 2014 Thread - PS4 #1 (371k), Xbox One 311k, 360 111k, WiiU ~70k, Vita close to 4 digits. Titanfall tops software

 

Did the NPD results surprise you?

Yes 379 53.23%
 
No 308 43.26%
 
Total:687
jlmurph2 on 18 April 2014
Hankoney said:
jlmurph2 said:

I see you trying to put Titanfall on the pedastal of a 22 year old established 1st party IP that's coming out 1 year and 6 months after a console's release, which it is far from. We knew Titanfall would sell great, but it was never a savior this early in a console's life.

Oh and since when does Vita = PS4 in any situation??

The way i look at it, Titanfall was never supposed to be a "savior". From its introduction, it was supposed to be a cherry on top of the North American market domination, as everyone expected XOne to carry over 360's momentum into next-gen and maintain market share.

And then came the fumbles and stumbles, and in just a few months the outlook changed, and at that time Titanfall got downgraded to "savior".

And that is the most troubling - every single game to follow will just be considered a "savior", comparable to WiiU. Living on the promise of a turnaround every time a new exclusive's release date nears.

It should not be that way. MS needs to make serious efforts in order to turnaround XOne's numbers and gain marketshare on the strenght of its hardware first, and then in the second place rely on possible saviors. Whether it's through price-cuts, unbundling Kinect, or vastly improving it's offering of non-gaming possibilities.


The fumbles and stumbles were before Titanfall was even announced though.



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BenVTrigger on 18 April 2014
BeElite said:
BenVTrigger said:

Just wait for April......its gonna be ugly most likely at this rate.

 


May will be far worse.

MLB14 (ex)
Bound by flame (ex/pc)
Wolfenstein (multi)
Watch Dogs (multi/sony ex marketing)

In terms of vs the PS4? Yes that is probably true 

But in terms of units May actually might be better as Watch Dogs is gonna have a solid launch on the One. 



vivster on 18 April 2014
jlmurph2 said:
vivster said:

We all thought Titanfall would sell consoles. But now it sold so few consoles that we can't even with certainty say what sold more consoles, the game or the pricecut.

It's not about raw sales. It's about relations. It's about having the perfect month and failing to outsell even your closest competition. In a way Vita sales are currently to WiiU sales what PS4 sales are to X1 sales.

And yes I know I'm the strongest opponent of comparing handheld with console sales but the numbers just fit so great.


I don't see it at all. Wii U sells much more than Vita in the US and Vita doesn't double Wii U sales WW does it? So how are they relatable??

You're making my fun comment into exact science :(

Vita currently outsells WiiU ww. Don't put too much thought into it, I know I didn't.

And don't come with "but this is an NPD thread so we are only allowed to talk about US numbers". It was a simple analogy. You didn't like it. Let's leave it as that.

Won't undoom this month though.



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bananaking21 on 18 April 2014
Boutros said:
Oh thanks a lot for taking over this month :/

I've been so incredibly busy the past week that I didn't even remember NPD was today.

im disapointed that you think anything in your real life is more important than an NPD thread, specially this months NPD. get your priorities straight man!!



D-Joe on 18 April 2014
darthdevidem01 said:
EB1994 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
so we have WiiU numbers.

On a side note if Titanfall was > 1 Million.... WOW that's incredible sales for a game on a console with such a low userbase. Big success in terms of numbers.

You have any idea if those include PC sales? I'd imagine the PC version would be low though, since most people use Steam nowadays.

No clue sorry!

He never inculde PC version when he said Titanfall sold>1 Million

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=108614049&postcount=4592

So it seems the buy ratio is pretty crazy



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Nate4Drake on 18 April 2014

I'm not surprised because I consider PS4 a better console. But for March, the Titanfall month, I was expecting something more from Xbone.



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Nate4Drake on 18 April 2014
Shinobi-san said:
BenVTrigger said:
Man I knew going into week 3 of the month this was going to get crazy.

Titanfall week Xbox One was in the lead, but man Titanfall was a flash in the pan. Huge opening week and nice hardware boost and a big drop off. By the time Infamous release rolled around I wasn't sure who would win NPD, as there was a huge momentum swing in favor of the PS4.

Crazy stuff.


Benv a are you surprised that the gap between the two is actually pretty big?

Also is PS4 still supply constrained?

Yes, it is :

''Today’s NPD report confirmed that PlayStation 4 was No. 1 in sales for March and extended its cumulative lead for next generation game consoles, despite continued supply constraints. NPD also highlighted that PlayStation sold the most total consoles and demand for inFAMOUS Second Son was extremely strong.''

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/04/17/sony-comment-on-march-ndp-victory-for-ps4-cites-supply-consntraints-and-infamous-demand/



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ryuzaki57 on 18 April 2014

Pathetic Titanfall boost. Doom it is then...

btw PS4 or X1 > Nintendo family



 

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newbie2007 on 18 April 2014

Here's my summary:

VGChartz: ~350k XB1 sold > PS4 (~300k)
MS: We shipped 310k units in March
Sony: NPD shows we are #1 console in March.



celador on 18 April 2014

I wonder if Sony are kind of surprised they won NPD this month. A lot of people, myself included, assumed they had got wind that X1 had beaten them this month so they announced the 7 million sold the day before.

Either they knew the result and wanted a double blow to MS or they genuinely thought they were second