Video Game Sales Thread

[ZhugeEX]

You know, few days ago I thought about making a prediction thread on chertz saying that the next PS4 GT would outsell all 8th Gen Forzas combined..

Forza sells like crud in the U.S. and is HEAVILY overtracked on VGChartz. The only reason it actually sells decently is because bundles.

But to give you an immaterial example so you can compare with VGChartz, FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 sold through approximately 750,000 units according to the U.S. Games Industry Sales Report from The NPD Group. This number excludes bundles but as far as I'm aware there was not a FM2 bundle in the U.S. or any other packaged software SKU. Yet VGChartz has the game selling over 2,150,000 units in the US.

So where did all those extra units come from?

Do you know if this is retail only? Or includes digital? GT PSP has been frequently very cheap on the store and many Vita owners would have bought it too

It is indeed retail only of course. But I'm just shocked that either the digital ratio would be that high, or that the game was really heavily bundled.

I'm sure it does all add up. Just it's the only game which doesn't follow the trend of having packaged unit sales of at least more than half of the total North American sell in mentioned on the Polyphony Digital website.

[the-pi-guy]

Forza sells like crud in the U.S. and is HEAVILY overtracked on VGChartz. The only reason it actually sells decently is because bundles.

But to give you an immaterial example so you can compare with VGChartz, FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 sold through approximately 750,000 units according to the U.S. Games Industry Sales Report from The NPD Group. This number excludes bundles but as far as I'm aware there was not a FM2 bundle in the U.S. or any other packaged software SKU. Yet VGChartz has the game selling over 2,150,000 units in the US.

There were bundles for FM2.  
Mole report: Xbox 360 to get Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance pack-in  | Ars Technica
Xbox 360 Holiday Package Includes Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance - TechGadgets

[ZhugeEX]

There were bundles for FM2.  
Mole report: Xbox 360 to get Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance pack-in  | Ars Technica
Xbox 360 Holiday Package Includes Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance - TechGadgets

Fair enough. Google failed me. My fault on not finding that. I spent a solid 20 minutes trying to find something like this but I guess because I'm in the UK it only showed me UK bundle stuff and not US stuff.

Original point still stands that Forza sales would be insignificant without bundles. I'm not sure how big of a role the Marvel bundle played as I don't have that data but I know the standard SKU for FM2 didn't even break 3/4 of a million as noted above.

[the-pi-guy]

Original point still stands that Forza sales would be insignificant without bundles. I'm not sure how big of a role the Marvel bundle played as I don't have that data but I know the standard SKU didn't even break 3/4 of a million as noted above.

Think this is the bundle my cousin got.  And it was a little tricky finding it.  
Yeah, I could have told you that.   The game is definitely insignificant.  It's not that significant including bundles, and I am fairly convinced that is probably where it gets most of its sales.  
Vastly overestimated by Xbox fans.  

[darkknightkryta]

Fair enough. Google failed me. My fault on not finding that. I spent a solid 20 minutes trying to find something like this but I guess because I'm in the UK it only showed me UK bundle stuff and not US stuff.

Original point still stands that Forza sales would be insignificant without bundles. I'm not sure how big of a role the Marvel bundle played as I don't have that data but I know the standard SKU for FM2 didn't even break 3/4 of a million as noted above.

You wouldn't happen to have Project Gotham numbers would you?  I think a comparison between the both would be an interesting look at how racers faired from when the Xbox launched vs now.

[ZhugeEX]

You wouldn't happen to have Project Gotham numbers would you?  I think a comparison between the both would be an interesting look at how racers faired from when the Xbox launched vs now.

Were there any bundles for the 360 titles?

[Cute Pikachu]

So apparently DK broke 1 million shipped as of December 2014 according to that Nintendo shipment thread on gaf...

[ZhugeEX]

So apparently DK broke 1 million shipped as of December 2014 according to that Nintendo shipment thread on gaf...

It's a number from the CESA white paper for 2014.

They usually take shipment number direct from the publisher.

[Cute Pikachu]

It's a number from the CESA white paper for 2014.

They usually take shipment number direct from the publisher.

So it is true  

[ZhugeEX]

So it is true  

Correct.

Here is some additional data about series LTD as of December 2014 (unless otherwise stated)

Final Fantasy 110M
Dragon Quest 64M (66m as of Jun 2015)
Tekken: 43.44M
Smash Bros: 36.13 (Mar '15)
Street Fighter: 36M
Mario RPG 22.55M (Mar '15)
Kingdom Hearts 20M
Tales Of 17.59M
Soul Calibur: 12.99M
SaGa 9.9M
Dead or Alive: 9M


They only publish sell in figure from Japanese publisher.

[darkknightkryta]

Were there any bundles for the 360 titles?

There was only Project Gotham Racing 4 for 360.  I'm not sure if it was bundled.  Microsoft abandoned the IP in favour for Forza.  I was just curious if that was a wise move.

[ZhugeEX]

There was only Project Gotham Racing 3 for 360.  I'm not sure if it was bundled. Microsoft abandoned the IP in favour for Forza.  I was just curious if that was a wise move.

It was.

PGR 1 - 1220k
PGR 2 - 790k
PGR 3 - 530k
PGR 4 - 260k

U.S. Packaged Software Unit sales.
Bundles not included (not that there were any I think)

[Rorono]

Shame..cause PGR was better imo.

[Aura7541]

You know, few days ago I thought about making a prediction thread on chertz saying that the next PS4 GT would outsell all 8th Gen Forzas combined..

It's pretty much a given considering the PS4's dominance in Europe.

[Cute Pikachu]

Non all I need is an update on MM and UD and I'm set.