Video Game Sales Thread

[Max King of the Wild]

Because EA bought the rights to be the only one to make NFL games. 
It would literally be against the law for NFL 2k6 to have been made. 

Look, not only could 2k still make football games, and they did, but the version of 2k was the first and only GameCube version and one of their first attempts. It was also the first game to introduce online. Guaranteed 2k4 was substantially cheaper

[the-pi-guy]

Look, not only could 2k still make football games, and they did, but the version of 2k was the first and only GameCube version and one of their first attempts.

I never said they couldn't make football games, they couldn't make nfl games.  
Secondly like I said two or three times now, AAA isn't a well defined term.  

If you feel you feel X is AAA and Y is not.  You aren't really wrong.  
If Jimmy feels that both are AAA.  He's not really wrong either.  
If Kyle feels that only games that cost 100 million dollars are AAA, he's not really wrong either.  

[Max King of the Wild]

Did anyone complain about "playing a movie"  for LA Noire? I don't remember any criticism like that for the game but it's probably closest to playing a movie than other games that people say it about.

[ethomaz]

Abdiel said that his district was sold out of Pro units and others stores are getting low inventory.

Supply issues finally reaches America.

NeoGAF - View Single Post -  January 2017 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes Tuesday, February 7th

Hey guys, sorry for not posting in here until so close to the deadline - I've had a lot going on, even if the Holidays are gone.
 So tax season is in full swing now, people getting their refunds for the early submitters (like me, woo!), even though that really didn't start until a good bit into the month. It also means that once people start getting an idea of what kind of money they'll have back, what they know they can spend early sometimes too. Happens more often than you might realize. Put it on a card or something, and then clear that charge once the refund arrives.
 As to the numbers, it's looking like the PS4 is leading across the districts I've had the chance to check numbers for. It's maintained momentum pretty well (This of course is heavily relegated to the post-holiday DROP being factored in), and seems well within what I'm used to seeing. XB1 also seems to be doing decently, it didn't completely hit the breaks and almost stop selling like we've had problems with in the past post-holidays, though when we don't have special promos going for the system, it definitely loses that same consistency.
 A note on the Pro - I mentioned that I would be curious to see how it did in this period, post-holiday, and with tax season on the rise. Well, two of the stores in my district are totally sold out of them, and the other stores are all getting low on inventory, and the last shipment didn't give us an immediate replenishment. I haven't seen our Sony rep to ask him anything, but it makes me wonder if they are seeing the same trends I am and want to also split the demand for overseas customers, as I've seen more than a few GAFers who can't get ahold of a Pro in the Asian markets. We've seen a gradual positive shift in perception towards the system, and almost my entire team that owned PS4s replaced theirs with Pros after hearing about the overall satisfaction from the others (including myself).
 Could bode well for Scorpio, MS just needs to stick the landing like they did with the messaging of the One S, and make sure their audience has a clear expectation to work with.
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 Switch Commentary: I've already posited that I feel Nintendo's messaging is pretty all over the place so far for the system, and I'm hoping for them to tighten it up as it gets closer to launch. Right now, my nintendo regulars and a few more general gaming industry savvy folks are the ones who have really discussed the system. We had the rush of preorders both online/in-store, but the general public hasn't really shown any upswell from unusual markets for us in the gaming aspects.
 As we get closer to launch and after, I'll have a better idea of where I think the system is going to go, but for now, all we can do is sell out of the stock we're going to get and then see if the rest of the public catches on to it or not as a new thing.
 Zelda has done very well in preorders, but that's pretty much the only game with any consistent numbers for it so far for the Launch Titles. I feel like most of those titles will be impulse purchases due to discovery with little else available, depending on how quickly finish Zelda.
 We'll see. I'll let you guys know as I see more trends.
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 Cheers!
 

[Xevross]

Abdiel said that his district was sold out of Pro units and others stores are getting low inventory.

Supply issues finally reaches America.

NeoGAF - View Single Post -  January 2017 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes Tuesday, February 7th

Finally? I thought there's always been supply issues with the pro

[Aura7541]

Finally? I thought there's always been supply issues with the pro

IIRC, the Pro had stock issues early December, especially after Nov 27-28. Stock replenished mid-December, so it took ~1.5 months for the US stock to run out again.

[Xevross]

IIRC, the Pro had stock issues early December, especially after Nov 27-28. Stock replenished mid-December, so it took ~1.5 months for the US stock to run out again.

Oh I see. I wonder how well it was selling during that time

[Aura7541]

Oh I see. I wonder how well it was selling during that time

NPD estimates had the Pro making up about 18% of total PS4 sales over the holiday season which is pretty good considering the price consciousness of holiday shoppers.

[Kerotan]

Pro is selling really well.  Sony underestimated demand WW.  Hopefully it continues to grow throughout the year.  A price cut to $349 during the scorpio launch would be nice too.

[BananaKing]

Pro is selling really well.  Sony underestimated demand WW.  Hopefully it continues to grow throughout the year.  A price cut to $349 during the scorpio launch would be nice too.

yeah its selling decently. but it wont make such a big difference in the total scheme of things. i mean overall how much is the pro going to sell? 10 million? 15? its not going to massively sell like the base PS4 or slim. but it will be pretty profitable for sony thats for sure. it also paints an interesting picture for scorpio, just how much can a mid gen upgrade sell? Sony isnt going to market PS4 Pro like MS is going to market Scorpio, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

[ethomaz]

Media Create Sales: Week 5, 2017 (Jan 30 - Feb 05)

01./01.  [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard # <ADV> (Capcom) {2017.01.26} (¥7.990) - 52.665 / 239.971 (-72%)
02./03.  [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) - 19.831 / 3.132.451 (-3%)
03./04.  [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.01.19} (¥4.700) - 13.058 / 70.482 (-27%)
04./07.  [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) - 11.585 / 952.704 (-5%)
05./06.  [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki <RPG> (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) - 11.509 / 653.756 (-12%)
06./00. [PS4] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - Road to Boruto <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.02.02} (¥6.800) - 9.204 / NEW
07./05.  [PS4] Gravity Rush 2 <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.01.19} (¥6.900) - 8.518 / 98.677 (-46%)
08./00. [3DS] BoxBoy! Hakobume Box <BoxBoy! \ BoxBoxBoy! \ Sayonara! BoxBoy!> <PZL> (Nintendo) {2017.02.02} (¥3.200) - 7.582 / NEW
09./09.  [PSV] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony # <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft) {2017.01.12} (¥6.400) - 6.631 / 108.475 (-32%)
10./11.  [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) - 6.621 / 265.942 (+3%)
11./08.  [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue <Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD \ Kingdom Hearts χ: Back Cover \ Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.01.12} (¥6.800) - 6.251 / 178.049 (-44%)
12./12.  [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) - 5.484 / 1.101.500 (-6%)
13./16.  [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) - 4.793 / 122.197 (+4%)
14./13.  [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! <TBL> (Nintendo) {2016.12.22} (¥4.980) - 4.751 / 280.099 (-15%)
15./17.  [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) - 4.318 / 932.549 (-6%)
16./02.  [PSV] Uta no Prince-Sama: Repeat Love # <ADV> (Broccoli) {2017.01.26} (¥5.800) - 3.981 / 32.989 (-86%)
17./19.  [3DS] Miitopia <SLG> (Nintendo) {2016.12.08} (¥4.700) - 3.919 / 165.079 (-7%)
18./18.  [PS4] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony # <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft) {2017.01.12} (¥7.400) - 3.907 / 56.210 (-10%)
19./10.  [PS4] Valkyria Revolution <RPG> (Sega) {2017.01.19} (¥7.990) - 3.463 / 49.071 (-53%)
20./23.  [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) - 3.133 / 286.082

Top 20

3DS - 8
PS4 - 8
PSV - 3
WIU - 1

HARDWARE

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+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS4 # |     36.378 |     40.671 |     31.058 |    244.597 |    150.207 |   4.345.264 |
| 3DS # |     26.101 |     24.707 |     27.544 |    200.289 |    201.499 |  22.361.034 |
| PSV # |      9.626 |     10.553 |     23.090 |     79.539 |    132.743 |   5.522.606 |
|  WIU  |        778 |        710 |      3.939 |      6.598 |     64.288 |   3.319.808 |
|  PS3  |        548 |        579 |      1.715 |      3.541 |     10.102 |  10.453.309 |
| XB1 # |        111 |        231 |        286 |        632 |        822 |      76.216 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     73.542 |     77.451 |     87.632 |    535.196 |    559.661 |  46.078.237 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  XB1  |        111 |        231 |        286 |        632 |        822 |      76.216 |
|PS4 Pro|      9.508 |      9.893 |            |     42.663 |            |     173.189 |
|  PS4  |     26.870 |     30.778 |     31.058 |    201.934 |    150.207 |   4.172.075 |
|  PSV  |      9.626 |     10.553 |     23.090 |     79.539 |    132.743 |   5.337.155 |
|  2DS  |      5.593 |      5.806 |            |     53.059 |            |     341.668 |
|n-3DSLL|     18.891 |     17.600 |     19.991 |    132.577 |    141.435 |   3.960.573 |
| n-3DS |      1.617 |      1.301 |      4.389 |     14.653 |     31.933 |   1.095.661 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

[ethomaz]

PS4 Victory Road Trip

Week 150: PS3 3,533,131 / PS4 4.100.667
Week 151: PS3 3,573,091 / PS4 4.187.836
Week 152: PS3 3.610.629 / PS4 4.234.839
Week 153: PS3 3,641,525 / PS4 4.268.215
Week 154: PS3 3,671,756 / PS4 4.308.886
Week 155: PS3 3,701,733 / PS4 4.345.264
Week 156: PS3 3,737,794
Week 157: PS3 3,786,719
Week 158: PS3 3,825,217
Week 159: PS3 3,859,969
Week 160: PS3 3.906.497
Week 170: PS3 3.964.279
Week 171: PS3 4.039.395
Week 172: PS3 4.276.480
Week 173: PS3 4.386.999
Week 174: PS3 4,501,368
Week 175: PS3 4.562.958
Week 176: PS3 4.598.114
Week 177: PS3 4.625.080
Week 178: PS3 4.659.511
Week 179: PS3 4,684,961
Week 180: PS3 4.709.772
Week 181: PS3 4.741.902
Week 182: PS3 4.769.665
Week 183: PS3 4.798.489
Week 184: PS3 4.824.970
Week 185: PS3 4.875.134
Week 186: PS3 4.925.582
Week 187: PS3 4.964.459
Week 188: PS3 4.993.432
Week 189: PS3 5.019.022
Week 190: PS3 5.044.651

[ethomaz]

German BIU Sales Awards for January 2017: https://www.biu-online.de/blog/2017/02/07/biu-sales-awards-die-erfolgreichsten-computer-und-videospiele-im-januar-2017/

• Watch_Dogs 2 (PS4) >200K
• Resident Evil 7 (PS4) >100K
• Super Mario Maker (3DS) >100K

[Kerotan]

Ps4 needs to average 27k a week for the next 26 weeks to stay ahead of the ps3 at 5m.

Ps4 pro selling out its 9k+ shipment every week is a good sign.  At this rate the Pro will sell 500k-700k in Japan this year alone.  

[BananaKing]

Ps4 needs to average 27k a week for the next 26 weeks to stay ahead of the ps3 at 5m.

Ps4 pro selling out its 9k+ shipment every week is a good sign.  At this rate the Pro will sell 500k-700k in Japan this year alone.  

PS4 doing better in Japan than I would have initially expected. I would have guessed it would sell around 6 million in Japan  (lifetime) 2 years ago.

Now it will reach that mark easily and most likely within a year's time. Can this outsell the PS3?