Video Game Sales Thread

[Dr. Pezus]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=188241365&postcount=309

So Xenoblade X debuts at #28. Flop, but a lesser flop than Xenoblade
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Last week's Black Friday deals helped propel 'Fifa 16' (-41%) back to the top, where it remains this week claiming its sixth No1 crown. It leads an unchanged Top 3 for the second week joined by 'Call of Duty: Black Ops III' (-32%) at No2 and 'Star Wars: Battlefront' (-34%) at No3. Despite the lack of change at the top, two titles do make their debuts in the Top 10 this week. Square Enix's 'Just Cause 3' is the highest new entry coming to PS4 & Xbox One for the first time. It's a triumphant start with the third iteration scoring a week 1 high for the series with sales up 46% on Just Cause 2. 'Fallout 4' (-27%) slips a place down to No5 but is ahead of Ubisoft debutant 'Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Siege' which makes its mark at No6. 'Minecraft: Story Mode' (+16%) continues to deliver impressive week on week sales figures holding the No7 spot for a second week. 'Grand Theft Auto V' (-20%) is down two places to No8 while 'Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection' (-36%) slides four places to No9. 'WWE 2K16' (+35%) benefits from retailer promotions delivering another increase in sales to propel it up four places to No10. Wii U exclusive 'Xenoblade Chronicles X' debuts at No28 with sales up 73% on the launch week of the original Xenoblade Chronicles, which released on the Wii in 2011.

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 5 December 2015


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   TW     Title Format Label Publisher
1  1     FIFA 16 PS4  EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
3  2     STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT PS4  EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
4  3     CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III PS4  ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
5  4     CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III XB ONE  ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
-  5     JUST CAUSE 3 PS4  SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
2  6     FIFA 16 XB ONE  EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7  7     STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT XB ONE  EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
6  8     UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION PS4  SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
8  9     FALLOUT 4 PS4  BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
-  10     JUST CAUSE 3 XB ONE  SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
9  11     FALLOUT 4 XB ONE  BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
-  12     TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE XB ONE  UBISOFT UBISOFT
-  13     TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE PS4  UBISOFT UBISOFT
10  14     HALO 5: GUARDIANS XB ONE  MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
17  15     MINECRAFT: STORY MODE XB360  TELLTALE GAMES TELLTALE GAMES
11  16     GRAND THEFT AUTO V PS4  ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
12  17     FIFA 16 XB360  EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14  18     RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER XB ONE  SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
13  19     FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 XB ONE  MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
16  20     FIFA 16 PS3  EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
15  21     CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III XB360  ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
19  22     ASSASSIN'S CREED: SYNDICATE PS4  UBISOFT UBISOFT
23  23     UNTIL DAWN PS4  SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
18  24     GRAND THEFT AUTO V XB ONE  ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
26  25     MINECRAFT: STORY MODE XB ONE  TELLTALE GAMES TELLTALE GAMES
24  26     MARIO KART 8 WII U  NINTENDO NINTENDO
22  27     THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED PS4  SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
25  28     SPLATOON WII U  NINTENDO NINTENDO
27  29     ASSASSIN'S CREED: SYNDICATE XB ONE  UBISOFT UBISOFT
32  30     LEGO DIMENSIONS XB360  LEGO DIMENSIONS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
28  31     MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION XB ONE  MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
39  32     WWE 2K16 PS4  2K TAKE 2
34  33     MINECRAFT: STORY MODE PS4  TELLTALE GAMES TELLTALE GAMES
-  34     XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X WII U  NINTENDO NINTENDO
-  35     WWE 2K16 XB ONE  2K TAKE 2
20  36     CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III PS3  ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
30  37     NEED FOR SPEED PS4  EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
29  38     DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 XB360  DISNEY INFINITY DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
35  39     MINECRAFT: STORY MODE PS3  TELLTALE GAMES TELLTALE GAMES
36  40     FOOTBALL MANAGER 2016 PC  SEGA SEGA

[Dr. Pezus]

http://www.afr.com/technology/gadgets/home-entertainment/sonys-ps4-stays-ahead-of-the-pack-20151206-glgyc3

Andrew House, president and global chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, said at the weekend that he expected the PS4 to match or outpace the PS2's sales in its first three to five years.

"We've just seen the most successful Black Friday in the company's history," he said in an interview with the Financial Times. "We are now trying to benchmark against the success of the PlayStation 2 - or exceed it if possible."

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Give us some dang numbers, Sony

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The PS4's performance has been boosted by growth in new markets such as the Middle East and China, after a 14-year ban on sales there was lifted in March. In Europe, meanwhile, Germany has become Sony's largest console market for the first time, as gamers switch from PCs to PlayStations.

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Guess we know where part of the missing PS4s are on chertz lulz

[Rorono]

Largest console market could just be a combination of considering total numbers + market share. Market share is bigger in other countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal etc) but their total numbers are a lot smaller, thus making them a bit less important. But market share is much bigger in Germany than UK.  It does not mean, unlike what GAF is thinking, that Germany PS4 sales have overtaken UK's.

[Dr. Pezus]

Largest console market could just be a combination of considering total numbers + market share. Market share is bigger in other countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal etc) but their total numbers are a lot smaller, thus making them a bit less important. But market share is much bigger in Germany than UK.  It does not mean, unlike what GAF is thinking, that Germany PS4 sales have overtaken UK's.

It is possible. But I can believe that PS4 sells more in Germany tbh. More people + complete domination of the market

[DerNebel]

Largest console market could just be a combination of considering total numbers + market share. Market share is bigger in other countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal etc) but their total numbers are a lot smaller, thus making them a bit less important. But market share is much bigger in Germany than UK.  It does not mean, unlike what GAF is thinking, that Germany PS4 sales have overtaken UK's.

I have no problem seeing the PS4 having sold more here than it has in the UK. We have over 15 million more people living here and the PS brand is significantly more dominant here as well. Even the chertz have the gap between the two at less than 400k, I can easily imagine the site being off by that much in these 2 countries.

Edit: And we won't have to wait too much longer for numbers, thursday baby.

[Dr. Pezus]

I have no problem seeing the PS4 having sold more here than it has in the UK. We have over 15 million more people living here and the PS brand is significantly more dominant here as well. Even the chertz have the gap between the two at less than 400k, I can easily imagine the site being off by that much in these 2 countries.

Edit: And we won't have to wait too much longer for numbers, thursday baby.

Well they won't give BF numbers specifically though ;/

[Dr. Pezus]

53% of all physical copies of Rainbow Six Siege sold in the UK during its launch week were on Xbox One, according to figures revealed by GFK Chart-Track. 47% were sold on PS4, with 0% of physical copies sold on PC.

 The figure should be considered a win for Microsoft, which has typically seen multiplatform titles sell more on PS4 at launch. Just Cause 4, for example, saw 57% of its physical copies sold on PS4 last week and 42% on Xbox One. 2% were sold on PC.

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Rainbow Six 0% on PC lol??

[DerNebel]

Well they won't give BF numbers specifically though ;/

Eh, we might also get something on those. And maybe the gap will be big enough to just be able to assume who won that day anyway.

[Dr. Pezus]

Eh, we might also get something on those. And maybe the gap will be big enough to just be able to assume who won that day anyway.

I doubt that though. The gap will probably only be like 1-200k

[Rorono]

The BF battle will be as boring as October NPD
i just want to know the whole November gap

[Dr. Pezus]

10k for Xenoblade X is apparently good.

Meanwhile, some of the same people saying that are saying Rainbox Six Siege with ~75k sales flopped. Wat.

I was thinking that was quite decent considering the low profile release

[DerNebel]

10k for Xenoblade X is apparently good.

Meanwhile, some of the same people saying that are saying Rainbox Six Siege with ~75k sales flopped. Wat.

I was thinking that was quite decent considering the low profile release

It's expectations I guess, Ubisoft wants Rainbow Six to somehow sell 7 million copies, so that makes this launch simply appear as not very good. We of course don't know what expectations for XCX are but I wouldn't call 10k for that good either.

[ethomaz]

Largest console market could just be a combination of considering total numbers + market share. Market share is bigger in other countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal etc) but their total numbers are a lot smaller, thus making them a bit less important. But market share is much bigger in Germany than UK.  It does not mean, unlike what GAF is thinking, that Germany PS4 sales have overtaken UK's.

Germany  and UK was close enough to see Germany overtaken UK.
It is possible.

[Dr. Pezus]

It's expectations I guess, Ubisoft wants Rainbow Six to somehow sell 7 million copies, so that makes this launch simply appear as not very good. We of course don't know what expectations for XCX are but I wouldn't call 10k for that good either.

Lol Ubisoft is so out of touch though. 7m?!?! That's worse than SE's expectations for Tomb Raider

[ethomaz]

This guy on GAF is so smart

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Just to compare UK and Germany.
 Germany: 1.6m sold @ March 2015
 UK: 2m sold @ May 2015
 The numbers were close enough to Germany reach the top position in 8 months.