Video Game Sales Thread

ethomaz · May 17, 2016, 02:40 PM

Quote from: Xevross on May 17, 2016, 02:40 PMWhy don't you just add money to your wallet when you buy the item?

Because dumb Sony didn't accept Brazilian International Credit Card lol

You can use PayPal but I guess I was used to Amazon way... so I continue to use it... same for most non-US gamers with PSN US account.

That is why PSN Cards are so high in the ranking.

PS. Let's explain the PSN Store Brazil was launched in 2011 or so and before that you couldn't create a BR account... so my PSN is US and I don't want to loose my stats/trophes making a BR one (the credit card works here in local currency).

Dr. Pezus · May 17, 2016, 02:49 PM

Quote from: ethomaz on May 17, 2016, 02:40 PMBecause dumb Sony didn't accept Brazilian International Credit Card lol

You can use PayPal but I guess I was used to Amazon way... so I continue to use it... same for most non-US gamers with PSN US account.

That is why PSN Cards are so high in the ranking.

PS. Let's explain the PSN Store Brazil was launched in 2011 or so and before that you couldn't create a BR account... so my PSN is US and I don't want to loose my stats/trophes making a BR one (the credit card works here in local currency).

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BananaKing · May 17, 2016, 02:51 PM

Quote from: ethomaz on May 17, 2016, 02:16 PMYou need to buy these pesky PSN card to buy U4

I brought 2 $50 to get the $80 deluxe edition.

Why not buy a 50, 20 and 10 cards, that way you have 80 exactly instead of having an extra 20 laying around when you get two 50 cards

ethomaz · May 17, 2016, 02:59 PM

Quote from: NotBananaKing on May 17, 2016, 02:51 PMWhy not buy a 50, 20 and 10 cards, that way you have 80 exactly instead of having an extra 20 laying around when you get two 50 cards

I always left some $$ in my account for fire sales... right now I have $22.49.

The dollar is increasing here due the instable economy so it is safe to hold some credits (that payed less) than buy new ones.

DerNebel · May 17, 2016, 03:49 PM

Forza is the best selling racing franchise of gen 8 in the US (with pretty much no competition)

ethomaz · May 17, 2016, 03:51 PM

Quote from: DerNebel on May 17, 2016, 03:49 PMForza is the best selling racing franchise of gen 8 in the US (with pretty much no competition)

Weird use of words... they did not used Forza 6 so that means Forza 5 is ahead it yet (expected by the lower launch numbers).
That means too they needed to combine two games (or maybe even add Horizon?) to say it is the best selling with close to no competition.

DerNebel · May 17, 2016, 03:58 PM

Quote from: ethomaz on May 17, 2016, 03:51 PMWeird use of words... they did not used Forza 6 so that means Forza 5 is ahead it yet (expected by the lower launch numbers).
That means too they needed to combine two games (or maybe even add Horizon?) to say it is the best selling with close to no competition.

Oh, I guarantee you it's all 3 Forza games on X1 combined, that's why I'm saying it's without competition. Forza is the only racing franchise that already has 3 games out this generation, Need for Speed is the closest with 2 games, but their last effort reviewed pretty poorly so I doubt that sold a lot.

Anyway being the best selling racing franchise in the US nowadays is like being the best NBA game in Europe, these types of games clearly sell the majority of their units in oter markets.

Cute Pikachu · May 17, 2016, 08:31 PM

Isnt forza going down hill in sales(wherr as quality its fantastic).

Xevross · May 17, 2016, 08:33 PM

Quote from: Cute Pikachu on May 17, 2016, 08:31 PMIsnt forza going down hill in sales(wherr as quality its fantastic).

Yeah, along with all racing game series.

Raven · May 17, 2016, 08:45 PM

Quote from: Xevross on May 17, 2016, 08:33 PMYeah, along with all racing game series.

Which is exactly what I said would happen earlier this gen. That racing games as a whole would see a significant decline, including the popular racing sims. There's just too great of a thirst for certain genres right now on top of what seems like a waning interest in straight up racing.

Cute Pikachu · May 18, 2016, 12:20 AM

Honefront is gonba flop and I drop the ball on goty prediction

Legend · May 18, 2016, 12:26 AM

Quote from: Cute Pikachu on May 18, 2016, 12:20 AMHonefront is gonba flop and I drop the ball on goty prediction

Wait you expected it to be goty?!?

Cute Pikachu · May 18, 2016, 01:15 AM

Quote from: Legend on May 18, 2016, 12:26 AMWait you expected it to be goty?!?

You dont remeber

Kerotan · May 18, 2016, 03:23 AM

Quote from: ethomaz on May 17, 2016, 02:59 PMI always left some $$ in my account for fire sales... right now I have $22.49.

The dollar is increasing here due the instable economy so it is safe to hold some credits (that payed less) than buy new ones.

Same. Nothing worse than an American psn flash sale and you've got nothing in the account. It's a must imo.

Mediacreate tomorrow. Fingers crossed for another week of good ps4 sales

DerNebel · May 18, 2016, 08:52 AM

I have no words

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Azzanation said:
So you call Greenburgs statments "i would never affiliate my good word with the battleship of greenbergs" yet you say "if people cant handel factual data and sales comparison, then they should go cry somewhere else."

Greenburgs statments were facts, seems like your contridicting yourself here.





UC Collection was also heavily bundled with the PS4 and was its cheapest Bundle going around. Plus the User base being twice as much, its not a fair comparison. Halo 5 is one of XB1s most expensive bundles and has half the User Base. Talk about doing an unfair comparisons while one franchise is heavily handicapped. If Halo 5 was released on the PS4 it would outsell UC4 and the collection. Thats based off Halos history which if you do the research you will find that Halo is a much bigger franchise and especially in Sales terms. What hurt Halo 5 was the XB1. Halo 5 would sell millions and probably twice the amount on the PS4. Uncharted games never surpass 7m yet Halo on multiple occasions has and can.

I don't think that Userbase is a problem for a Franchise, new franchises will sell much more with a bigger user base but if a franchise already is huge like Halo, people would purchase a Xbox One to play the game.

Uncharted have 3 Main games + 1 Vita Spin Off + 1 Remaster and sold 28-29 Millions according to Sony if we take the Spin-off away (because it don't sold the same as the other games) We will have a Average per game bigger than 6.5 Millions for Uncharted's franchise this is a very solid Franchise, Halo games did 5+ Millions and on the Xbox 360 Era 10+ Millions, but now it is selling less. Even if Uncharted 4 made the same numbers of Uncharted 3 would already surpass Halo 5 in Sales, Halo is the one who damaged itself, Uncharted franchise only stayed consistent and selling each time more than the previous entry

Uncharted doesn't come out every year so its a game thats been on wish lists for a very long time. If Uncharted came out yearly it would also suffer a similar decline like Halo. If you want to do a fair comparison then compare title to title. Halo 1 vs Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 4 vs Halo 4. There's your true winner in sales.



No damage has been to the Franchise because Halo 5 still sells well and has only increased Halos value. Selling 4m and possibly 5m including Digital is far from a damaged Franchise.