NPD October '16 Result - XB1 #1 - Battlefield 1 #1

[ethomaz]

Battlefield 1 was #1 at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW with 1250K excl. bundles and 1292K incl. bundles! And this isn't even a holiday month!

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

This is a HUGE improvement for Battlefield at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, a massive +50% increase from Battlefield 4's 836K launch!

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

BF1's only weakness at USA retail is that the XBO S BF1 bundle sold a mere ~42K, upstaged by the Gears of War 4 XBO S (#1 bundle for Xbox).

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

So at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, Battlefield 1 sold 1292K in total. That's 647K on Xbox One and 644K on PS4 INCLUDING Xbox bundles.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

[DerNebel]

I think November will be close because Microsoft's offerings are more aggressive than Sony's offerings. The Pro might help the PS4 eek out a win.

Are MS' offerings really that more aggressive? They seem fairly even to me this year, neither seem to have an especially outstanding deal.

[Aura7541]

Are MS' offerings really that more aggressive? They seem fairly even to me this year, neither seem to have an especially outstanding deal.

Slightly, I guess. Microsoft offers more options while Sony is sticking with the UC4 bundle.

[ethomaz]

$SNE's Uncharted 4 had the #1 selling bundle at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail, selling 17% of all HW units (~130K), ~40K more than the GOW4 bundle

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

$MSFT's Gears of War 4 sold ~415K excluding bundles and 505K including bundles at October 2016 NPD USA Retail Software.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

$TTWO's Mafia III sold 503K at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software (310K on PS4 and 193K on XBO).+122% higher than Mafia II's 2010 debut (227K)

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

Bethesda's Skyrim Special Edition (Remastered) release sold ~400K at October 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, a fantastic result for a remaster

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

Square Enix's Rise of the Tomb Raider wasn't so lucky. PS4 release was this month at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, and ROTR only sold ~120K.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

[DerNebel]

So even if we assume a 25% digital attach rate we're still not looking at over 700k first month for Gears 4, which is still less than half of what Gears 2 sold in its first month (1.56 million) to a lower installbase in 2008, great job MS.

Also Tomb Raider... what can you say to that? They really made a dumb decision with that timed exclusivity, I don't know why some people thought this was going to make a huge splash on PS4.

[Aura7541]

$MSFT's Gears of War 4 sold ~415K excluding bundles and 505K including bundles at October 2016 NPD USA Retail Software.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

Square Enix's Rise of the Tomb Raider wasn't so lucky. PS4 release was this month at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, and ROTR only sold ~120K.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

Woof...

[Max King of the Wild]

I wonder how much they paid for it

[ethomaz]

BOMB!!!

Titanfall 2 was a big failure at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, selling a mere 182K, or -79% from Titanfall 1's March 2014 debut (865K).

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

[Aura7541]

EA, you fudgin idiot...

[ethomaz]

At Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail Software, $EA's Madden NFL 17 sold 304K this month (+23% from last year's 248K), but cumulatively it's down -12%.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

At Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, $EA's FIFA 17 sold 301K, up +36% from last year's 221K, reflecting soccer's burgeoning popularity in the USA.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Making exclusive deals with  xbox  isnt a wise business move.

[ethomaz]

FIFA 17 has sold 737K in the USA Lifetime-to-date, compared to FIFA 16's 856K, but you can explain this -14% decrease from increased digital

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

$TTWO's NBA 2K17 sold 293K at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, down -29% from last year's 410K, but lifetime sales of 1599K are still +5%.

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

Love it or hate it, the new WWE 2K17 sold 283K in its debut at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail SW, +26% from WWE 2K16's launch (225K).

— Astronaut Claire (@AstronautClaire) November 21, 2016

[Legend]

So Gears flopped and Titanfall bombed.

[DerNebel]

Gears 1 btw sold a million first month in the US.

[darkknightkryta]

I wonder if Microsoft is questioning their purchase of the Gears franchise.  

Serves Square Enix right

How come the Xbox sold more than the PS4 last year?