February 2015 NPD Thread! 3DS: 395k, PS4: 342k, XBO: 276k, WiiU: 96k

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Snubble2 on 12 March 2015

I have a question please.

Dragon Ball Xenoverse has sold over 300k copies according to NPD yet Vgchartz say it only sold 146k copies.

Why is there such an enormous gap between the two?

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ethomaz on 12 March 2015

CosmicSex said:

I would suggest people read that sentence again. They did not say the Xbox One was up 89%. They said it sold more than last year and that consoles were up 84%.

It is clear Xbox One... it is the best Febuary so it is better than last year 245k (I guess) that make the 89% only possible for Xbox One giving 276k.

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RealGamingExpert on 12 March 2015

Snubble2 said:

I have a question please.

Dragon Ball Xenoverse has sold over 300k copies according to NPD yet Vgchartz say it only sold 146k copies.

Why is there such an enormous gap between the two?

Because VGC isn't accurate.

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HylianSwordsman on 12 March 2015

BreedinBull said:
Nintendo has me torn now. At first I thought those saying the N3DS was separate hardware were being silly, but now learning there is a game only playable on N3DS that can't be played on 3DS, I don't know now. It's not as easy as Kinect as the comparison would require Nintendo to sell whatever makes the N3DS different separately for 3DS users to buy, which they don't. Dang it Nintendo, my brain don't need this :(

DSi did the same thing, you know. No one ever questioned that it was a DS. Of course, I'm sure no one questioned that it was the leader in NPD at the time. Game Boy Color also did this, extending the life of the Game Boy from a 4th gen system straight through all of 5th gen. Yet we count it as one system, the Game Boy. 3DS is 3DS, be it XL, 2D, or New.

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Ryng on 12 March 2015

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Drake, that was hypothetical.

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Cloudman on 12 March 2015

So it this the big NPD thread I heard about from Boutros? It`s def a lot to soak in. So glad to hear MM did so well. It`s getting the recognition it deserves : )

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Kerotan on 12 March 2015

CosmicSex said:

poklane said:

CosmicSex said:
Where did the Xbox One numbers come from?

Microsoft PR. It says sales are up 84% compared to January, and the XB1 sold 152k then. 152*1.84=~280k

I would suggest people read that sentence again. They did not say the Xbox One was up 84%. They said it sold more than last year and that consoles were up 84%.

They didn't... Did they? !!

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TheGoldenBoy on 12 March 2015

Also, VGC has Super Smash Bros. for Wii U overtracked right?

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OfficerRaichu15 on 12 March 2015

Great NPD
good for majoras beating evolve(but still did well)
mh4 fantastic order fantastic
hardware fantastic(except wii u which is not great but not terrible)
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