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Forums - Sales Discussion - February 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware estimates up!

tbone51 said:
Fire emblem fates was hard to find. BTW numbers exclude digital purchase as 2nd game. So it could be well over 600k for instance :)

Nintendo said the two versions combined sold 400,000 retail and digital though.



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Protendo said:
I'd really like to see the Naruto PS4/Xbox One breakdown. Naruto use to be pretty big in the US. So it'd be interesting to see if an anime game popular in the US performs better on the Xbox One.

what? we know naruto sold better on ps4. it's listed first
we also know naruto on ps4 sold more than street fighter on ps4, so > 200k
we also know naruto was the best selling single sku this month, so more than FC Primal on ps4

split is probably 80:20  +/- 5



poklane said:

Microsoft PR:

ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.”Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

That's not nothing. That's talking more about Windows 10 than Xbox One for gaming in a console press statment. That seems pretty significant.



TheGoldenBoy said:
tbone51 said:
Fire emblem fates was hard to find. BTW numbers exclude digital purchase as 2nd game. So it could be well over 600k for instance :)

Nintendo said the two versions combined sold 400,000 retail and digital though.

Yes but that's not including the 2nd digital download which is counted as dlc sales not digital sale. 



poklane said:

Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.”Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

 

wow they start to talk about windows 10 in npd pr now?
they're serious about this stuff :O



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poklane said:

Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.”Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

They should have just said a thanks to their fans and that's it.



tbone51 said:
TheGoldenBoy said:

Nintendo said the two versions combined sold 400,000 retail and digital though.

Yes but that's not including the 2nd digital download which is counted as dlc sales not digital sale. 

Oh, I get it now.



tbone51 said:
binary solo said:
SFV, why is not showing PC as well? Is it only available digitally for PC, so NPD can't track any of its sales?

So NPD has SFV>200K according to neogaf sources, and at #7 on the chart. VGC has SFV at 247K and #2 on the chart. The actual sales nujmbers will be reasonably close, but other things sold much better.

Fire Emblem quite over tracked it would seem.

GTAV, what a beast.

Glad to see Naruto charting decently. I certainly prefer that game over SFV.

Fire emblem is undertracked. 

 

eff Grub is on fire on twitter with NPD infos

-Naruto outsold SFV on the PS4
-Farcry Primal is outselling FC4 when aligning launches
-Counting all Sku's Fire Emblem was #3

I think you mis read Jeff Grub. On a sku basis VGC has FE at #1 for the month, whereas NPD has it at number 3. VGC has FE at 300K, but it sold less than SFV on NPD and SFV only sold >200K. Which suggests FE sold well below 300K. Therefore FE is overtracked on VGC. 

If Naruto is #1 for a single sku the sales difference with Xb one must be pretty big. Great result for Naruto on PS4. I hope it has great legs.



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poklane said:

Microsoft PR:

"The unmatched lineup of games available on Xbox One continues to generate a strong response from gamers as seen through global Xbox Live engagement and exclusive game sales. Compared to February 2015, exclusive Xbox One U.S. game sales drove a 49 percent increase and the total number of hours spent gaming on Xbox One worldwide rose 93 percent. Earlier this week, we launched the Xbox One ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle to coincide with Ubisoft’s release of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ and looking ahead to this spring, fans can look forward to the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated ‘Quantum Break,’ launching on both Xbox One and Windows 10 on April 5, as well as the built-for-Windows 10 visual showcase, ‘Forza Motorsport 6: Apex.’ We are truly grateful to our fans for choosing to play the greatest games lineup in Xbox history across Windows 10 devices, and are excited to share more in the coming months on our full lineup of holiday exclusives as well as new innovations, features and experiences coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live.”Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Microsoft

 

What did I just read? This is surely not an NPD PR release. Talking about global. talking about exclusive game sales only. Talking about the future of gaming with emphasis on Windows 10. This is almost a signal that MS is pivoting to PC as their main gaming platform.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

binary solo said:
tbone51 said:

Fire emblem is undertracked. 

 

eff Grub is on fire on twitter with NPD infos

-Naruto outsold SFV on the PS4
-Farcry Primal is outselling FC4 when aligning launches
-Counting all Sku's Fire Emblem was #3

I think you mis read Jeff Grub. On a sku basis VGC has FE at #1 for the month, whereas NPD has it at number 3. VGC has FE at 300K, but it sold less than SFV on NPD and SFV only sold >200K. Which suggests FE sold well below 300K. Therefore FE is overtracked on VGC. 

If Naruto is #1 for a single sku the sales difference with Xb one must be pretty big. Great result for Naruto on PS4. I hope it has great legs.

 

Bro... 


Fire Emblem quite over tracked it would seem.

 

 

VGC has it at 300k and it did 350k+ retail