Video Game Sales Thread

[DerNebel]

Pretty sure Japan has a bigger holiday lineup for PS4 than the West does. Also, plenty of those 2016 games are releasing early next year. Like Star Ocean, for example. I think the price cut was just to squeeze some extra holiday sales out. Next year is practically the "Year of the JRPG". I think we should wait until after 2016 is over to fret over Japanese sales.

I think there are a couple more small games but the big 4 (imo) for Japan have all been delayed to 2016

Dragon Quest Builder - Jan. 28th
Star Ocean 5 - Feb. 25th
Persona 5 - "Summer" 2016
Attack on Titan - I'm not totally sure but I think this was delayed to 2016 as well.

I have no doubt that 2016 is going to be a lot better for the PS4 in Japan, it's still a bummer that none of those games are making it this year to help push PS4s.

[Dr. Pezus]

Hmm not that good, especially when you consider how many sales it lost in the past 2 weeks due to the announcement. It's basically no net effect. Hopefully it will increase the baseline though

[Kerotan]

I think there are a couple more small games but the big 4 (imo) for Japan have all been delayed to 2016

Dragon Quest Builder - Jan. 28th
Star Ocean 5 - Feb. 25th
Persona 5 - "Summer" 2016
Attack on Titan - I'm not totally sure but I think this was delayed to 2016 as well.

I have no doubt that 2016 is going to be a lot better for the PS4 in Japan, it's still a bummer that none of those games are making it this year to help push PS4s.

I think it's a good thing.  Ps4 is handsomely up YOY and will continue to grow its lead and that's despite a 300k launch last year and almost all its games being on ps3, vita or both.  

Good to see a big PES YOY increase for the ps4. Next year it should have a commanding lead over the ps3 version.  

This holiday has 3 big ps4 games.  2 in November and 1 in December.  2 are next gen exclusive and the other is heavily down graded on last gen.  

Those games are black ops 3, battlefront 3 and fallout 4.

Until then we'll just have smaller releases like the uncharted collection to help the ps4 along.  

Long story short almost every month this year will be heavily up YOY and 2016 will be up again by a lot.  Basically ps4 is fine and if Nintendo ever release another home console they'll be competing against a ps4 that has cornered the home console market.  

[Dr. Pezus]

Someone post the software chart plox

[Aura7541]

After adding the PS4's sales from the last 3 weeks, the weekly average is 19.5K. In its last week prior to the pricecut announcement, it sold 18.5K. We should still wait and see if the price cut raises the baseline in any significant way since the price cut was in effect for only a half week.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

• [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu (Falcom, 09/30/15) – 88,879 (New)
• [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami, 10/01/15) – 48,473 (New)
• [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami, 10/01/15) – 39,017 (New)
• [PS4] Yoru no Nai Kuni (Gust, 10/01/15) – 35,907 (New)
• [PSV] Yoru no Nai Kuni (Gust, 10/01/15) – 32,904 (New)
• [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 32,676 (1,599,416)
• [3DS] Picross 3D 2 (Nintendo, 10/01/15) – 30,468 (New)
• [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 30,150 (275,332)
• [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo, 09/17/15) – 19,355 (215,733)
• [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 14,958 (696,454)
• [PS4] Mad Max (Warner Bros., 10/01/15) – 14,458 (New)
• [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 14,347 (1,065,020)
• [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 13,938 (386,171)
• [PS3] Yoru no Nai Kuni (Gust, 10/01/15) – 10,416 (New)
• [PSV] Tokyo Ghoul: Jail (Bandai Namco, 10/01/15) – 10,390 (New)
• [PS3] Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (Koei Tecmo, 10/01/15) – 10,337 (New)
• [PS4] Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (Koei Tecmo, 10/01/15) – 10,034 (New)
• [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix, 08/27/15) – 8,921 (785,585)
• [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,164 (351,598)
• [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 6,998 (174,689)

[Aura7541]

I'm impressed with Yoru No Nai Kuni's numbers as Gust's games tend to sell lower.

Also, Arslan flopped. I'm worried about how it'll do overseas (and the XBO will probably do really bad).

[Cute Pikachu]

I'm impressed with Yoru No Nai Kuni's numbers as Gust's games tend to sell lower.

Also, Arslan flopped. I'm worried about how it'll do overseas (and the XBO will probably do really bad).

Why just why

[ethomaz]

PS4 price cut happened.

[Aura7541]

Why just why

Because XBO fans were vocal about it and Koei Tecmo thought there was demand from the XBO userbase.

[DerNebel]

PS Store September Top Sellers:

US:

PS4 Games

1. Destiny
 2. METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
 3. EA SPORTS FIFA 16
 4. NBA 2K16
 5. Madden NFL 16
 6. EA SPORTS NHL 16
 7. Rocket League
 8. Mad Max
 9. Until Dawn
 10. Grand Theft Auto V
 11. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
 12. DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin
 13. SOMA
 14. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition
 15. Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
 16. Dragon Ball Xenoverse
 17. Metro: Last Light Redux
 18. Metro 2033 Redux
 19. Resident Evil Revelations 2
 20. Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist

other stuff here: PlayStation Store: September 2015's Top Sellers – PlayStation.Blog

EU:

PS4

Destiny: The Taken King (New)
 FIFA 16 (New)
 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (New)
 Rocket League (2)
 The Last of Us Remastered (RE)
 Mad Max (New)
 PES 2016 (New)
 Battlefield 4 (3)
 Driveclub (RE)
 Until Dawn (7)
 Minecraft (9)
 Goat Simulator (5)
 Grand Theft Auto V (RE)
 NBA 2K16 (New)
 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (RE)
 SOMA (New)
 Killzone: Shadow Fall (RE)
 NHL 16 (New)
 Monopoly Plus (RE)
 EA Sports UFC (13)

more here:
      PlayStation Store charts, September: Destiny The Taken King takes on FIFA 16 - PlayStation.Blog.Europe      

Btw. looking at this, how likely do you think it is that Forza 6 won't make the top 10 in Septembers NPD?

[Legend]

Btw. looking at this, how likely do you think it is that Forza 6 won't make the top 10 in Septembers NPD?

How do PS store stats inform us about Forza?

[DerNebel]

How do PS store stats inform us about Forza?

By showing us what released in the month (I know you could find this out in a better way, but whatever, lol) and giving us an idea on how it could have performed.

At this point I can think of 7 games that should definitely have sold more than Forza in September, I 'm wondering if there are more that could have done it, like Skylanders or the new Lego game.

MGSV
Madden
Fifa
NBA2K
Mad Max
Mario Maker
Destiny

[Raven]

Forza 6 probably made it into the NPD top 10 but likely thanks to consolidating the versions of each game into one rank. I'm going to guess that it didn't make it into the top 5 for the US.

[Legend]

Quick screenshot of the amazon charts before the price cut effects show up.

Uncharted bundle: 144 $350
TLOU bundle: 26 $400
SW standard: 415 $350
SW limited: 66 $400
Destiny: 18 (one left in stock) $420
COD: 64 $430
non bundle: 80 $400


madden+nba2k: 986 $400
fifa: 182 $400
fallout: 168 $400
gears: 87 $350
halo le: 36 $500
holiday bundle: 730 $400
kinect bundle: 4,250 $500
lego: 867 $350

[ethomaz]

UK top 10 for September*

1. FIFA 16, EA
2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Konami
3. Destiny: The Taken King, Activision
4. Mad Max, Warner Bros
5. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Microsoft
6. Until Dawn, Sony
7. Forza Motorsport 6, Microsoft
8. Disney Infinity 3.0, Disney
9. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
10. Super Mario Maker, Nintendo

*Physical units sold at retail

2.67 million units of software were sold last month, down 6.5% YOY

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/uk-boxed-games-market-suffers-september-sales-slump/0157057