Video Game Sales Thread

[Xevross]

Well Sony is going to have a couple financial flops next year as well though. I have difficulties saying anything concrete about TLG but Gravity Rush 2 and the Tomorrow Children will probably not do well at all either. R&C also has way less public interest than it deserves the way the game looks. And the whole VR project is of course a huge gamble as well.

Oh and Dreams could also possibly tank completely, but it cold also become really big, it's really hard to tell to me.

Very true. Sony is taking a lot of huge risks next year. Thankfully for them Horizon and Uncharted are going to massive and GT will be huge as well

[Cute Pikachu]

XCX is rising at Amazon

[Rorono]

Tomorrow children is still scheduled for 2015..somehow.
Vr could take off but I doubt it, probable money sink there.

[Xevross]

That person is down to 4,443,044 on the leaderboards now!

[darkknightkryta]

Well Sony is going to have a couple financial flops next year as well though. I have difficulties saying anything concrete about TLG but Gravity Rush 2 and the Tomorrow Children will probably not do well at all either. R&C also has way less public interest than it deserves the way the game looks. And the whole VR project is of course a huge gamble as well.

Oh and Dreams could also possibly tank completely, but it cold also become really big, it's really hard to tell to me.

Difference with Sony vs Microsoft (And to an extent, Nintendo) is that Sony's always investing in titles and IPs.  Look at their PSX lineup.  You had your bread and butter with Gran Turisimo, Crash and Spyro, then they invested in smaller titles like Medievil, Jersey Devil, Blasto, Omega Boost, etc.  Same with the PS2; Gran Turisimo, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, then there were little titles like Fantavision, Twisted Metal, Sly Cooper ,and before it became a Titan, God of War.  With the PS3 there was Gran Turisimo, God of War and Ratchet and Clank, Killzone, then Sony invested into Uncharted, Heavy Rain, Infamous, The Last of Us, etc.  Again with the PS4, Killzone, Uncharted, probably God of War, Infamous, all supplemented with new IPs.  Last Guardian is finally coming out, Gravity Rush, Horizion.  Whatever title overstays its welcome is eventually replaced with whatever sticks.  Problem with Microsoft (Again to an extent with Nintendo) is that, they haven't really invested in new IPs.  They milk what they have and are paying the price for it.  Though Nintendo will invest in a new IP every now and then, but Microsoft seems pretty hesitant and tends to not do much with any new IP they do invest in.

[DerNebel]

Tomorrow children is still scheduled for 2015..somehow.
Vr could take off but I doubt it, probable money sink there.

Very much doubt it'll make 2015.

VR is such a difficult thing to judge to me, I think it'll become a huge factor in gaming at some point, I just don't know if 2016 is going to be that point, if it isn't then god a lot of companies are going to lose money on that idea. I mean I see most forums as pretty sceptical of VR but have you seen how many companies are suddenly trying to launch one of these headsets? Is it like 5 or so?

Difference with Sony vs Microsoft (And to an extent, Nintendo) is that Sony's always investing in titles and IPs.  Look at their PSX lineup.  You had your bread and butter with Gran Turisimo, Crash and Spyro, then they invested in smaller titles like Medievil, Jersey Devil, Blasto, Omega Boost, etc.  Same with the PS2; Gran Turisimo, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, then there were little titles like Fantavision, Twisted Metal, Sly Cooper ,and before it became a Titan, God of War.  With the PS3 there was Gran Turisimo, God of War and Ratchet and Clank, Killzone, then Sony invested into Uncharted, Heavy Rain, Infamous, The Last of Us, etc.  Again with the PS4, Killzone, Uncharted, probably God of War, Infamous, all supplemented with new IPs.  Last Guardian is finally coming out, Gravity Rush, Horizion.  Whatever title overstays its welcome is eventually replaced with whatever sticks.  Problem with Microsoft (Again to an extent with Nintendo) is that, they haven't really invested in new IPs.  They milk what they have and are paying the price for it.  Though Nintendo will invest in a new IP every now and then, but Microsoft seems pretty hesitant and tends to not do much with any new IP they do invest in.

Yeah, I don't know, I found it laughable when there were these couple occasions on the chertz when people would try to argue that Sony is forcing their studios into one franchise the way MS is doing, there was this one relatively new user that went through ridiculous lengths to be able to argue that, but that dude was an idiot anyway.
Sure Sony studios generally stick with one IP for a couple entries, cause that's just what devs do, you make a new IP and you see all the things that you can improve upon after the first game is out, so you generally want to stick with that franchise a little to make it perfect, but after some time it gets old and you want to stretch your legs and do something else to stay creative.
In the last 5 years there are only 2 Sony studios that did not try a new IP (correct me if I'm wrong on that) Sucker Punch and PD and I've even been hearing rumours that Sucker Punch is making something that is not Infamous at the moment, so maybe that number will soon go down to one (and lets be honest Kaz Yamauchi is obsessed with making the perfect racing game anyway). On the other hand MS has a studio dedicated to Halo, a studio dedicated to Forza, a studio that was making a new IP that is now dedicated to Gears and another one that will be working on Fable Legends for the "forseeable future" (weren't they supposed to be making a new IP too? Guess that one got the boot) and only one big studio that is making a new IP and that is Rare. I know people say that it doesn't matter since they can get exclusive new IPs by non-MS studios, but it's simply not that easy. You need some freaking internal talent that can actually make something new by itself and can't just always have outside studios make that stuff until they are fed up with it at which point you jump in and try to continue the development with your own people, look at how that's been working out with Halo and 343.

[Dr. Pezus]

That person is down to 4,443,044 on the leaderboards now!

We also must not forget the sales for Christmas gifts! Many of the sales haven't started the game yet

[Xevross]

We also must not forget the sales for Christmas gifts! Many of the sales haven't started the game yet

Yep! Which is why that is very very minimum. Will surely be way over 5m

[darkknightkryta]

Very much doubt it'll make 2015.

VR is such a difficult thing to judge to me, I think it'll become a huge factor in gaming at some point, I just don't know if 2016 is going to be that point, if it isn't then god a lot of companies are going to lose money on that idea. I mean I see most forums as pretty sceptical of VR but have you seen how many companies are suddenly trying to launch one of these headsets? Is it like 5 or so?
Yeah, I don't know, I found it laughable when there were these couple occasions on the chertz when people would try to argue that Sony is forcing their studios into one franchise the way MS is doing, there was this one relatively new user that went through ridiculous lengths to be able to argue that, but that dude was an idiot anyway.
Sure Sony studios generally stick with one IP for a couple entries, cause that's just what devs do, you make a new IP and you see all the things that you can improve upon after the first game is out, so you generally want to stick with that franchise a little to make it perfect, but after some time it gets old and you want to stretch your legs and do something else to stay creative.
In the last 5 years there are only 2 Sony studios that did not try a new IP (correct me if I'm wrong on that) Sucker Punch and PD and I've even been hearing rumours that Sucker Punch is making something that is not Infamous at the moment, so maybe that number will soon go down to one (and lets be honest Kaz Yamauchi is obsessed with making the perfect racing game anyway). On the other hand MS has a studio dedicated to Halo, a studio dedicated to Forza, a studio that was making a new IP that is now dedicated to Gears and another one that will be working on Fable Legends for the "forseeable future" (weren't they supposed to be making a new IP too? Guess that one got the boot) and only one big studio that is making a new IP and that is Rare. I know people say that it doesn't matter since they can get exclusive new IPs by non-MS studios, but it's simply not that easy. You need some freaking internal talent that can actually make something new by itself and can't just always have outside studios make that stuff until they are fed up with it at which point you jump in and try to continue the development with your own people, look at how that's been working out with Halo and 343.

Sucker Punch actually came from Sly Cooper, so they did switch franchises, and it's possible they might be switching again.  Polyphony made Omega Boost (Which I mentioned earlier) and they tried that motor cycle sim.  Unfortunately both games never panned.  No idea if they're going to try to venture off again.

[Xevross]

Playstation 4 1TB Players Mega Pack for PlayStation 4 at GameStop

Could this be a new European bundle?

[Xevross]

Amazon November Best Sellers List

#15 - PS4 Black Ops LE Bundle (+1)
#18 - PS4 NDC Bundle (+1)
#24 - PS4 Battlefront LE Bundle (+2)
#25 - PS4 Battlefront Standard Bundle (+2)
#31 - XB1 Fallout 4 Bundle (+3)
#40 - XB1 Gears Ultimate Bundle (+3)
#59 - XB1 Madden 16 Bundle (+3)
#65 - XB1 1TB Holiday Bundle (+8)

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Playstation 4 1TB Players Mega Pack for PlayStation 4 at GameStop

Could this be a new European bundle?

Very nice. That should be the holiday bundle here too.

[Xevross]

Amazon Hourly Top 100 Update:

#12 PS4 SW (+1)
#13 PS4 SW LE (+1)
#17 PS4 COD LE (-3)
#20 PS4 NDC (+2)
#37 XB1 Fallout (+3)
#48 XB1 Gears (+1)
#70 XB1 Madden (-3)

Deals: Gears bundle + COD for extra $20, Fifa 16 bundle with fallout 4 for free, 1TB 3 games bundle with halo 5 for free

Very nice. That should be the holiday bundle here too.

Yeah its amazing value. For £10 less than the RRP for The Nathan Drake Collection 500GB bundle you get 1TB with TLOU, GOW3 and The Nathan Drake Collection. That would do really well in America

[Rorono]

That should be the 299.99 BF bundle, but with 500gb instead of 1TB of course. All first party remasters = doesn't cost them a thing. Why just NDC?? Wake up SCEA.

[Xevross]

That should be the 299.99 BF bundle, but with 500gb instead of 1TB of course. All first party remasters = doesn't cost them a thing. Why just NDC?? Wake up SCEA.

Yeah SCEA are terrible with bundles, they need to make some good value ones instead of just a few official game related ones every now and then