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NPD February 2019: Anthem #1, Jump Force #2, Far Cry #4, Metro #8. Switch #1 Hardware
- Thread starter ZhugeEX
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Anthem had 10 days of tracking and PC digital sales are not included.
I think it did well over 2 Million if we include PC.
Are y'all really puzzled by jump force? Look at the brands attached and the ones they pushed the most. Got hype at e3 too
And IDK why people keep bringing up GamePass. Is it even pulling it's weight there?
Crackdown 3 didn't even chart, I'm dying
And neither sku is charting under most played.
It's dead jim
And neither sku is charting under most played.
It's dead jim
"Gamepads" are the classification terminology for non joystick/wheel controllers. For Switch it includes the Pro Controller and Joy-Cons, etc.
I figured CD3 wouldn't do well after the UK chart but this is...... The chart even includes digital (MS is quite strong here) but you'd still have to go way down? Wow.
Anthem seems to have done pretty well in US. At least it has that going for it. Now, we monitor the legs.
I see ya down there, Spidey.
Anthem seems to have done pretty well in US. At least it has that going for it. Now, we monitor the legs.
I see ya down there, Spidey.
They specifically made Jump Force to rake in sales from the West.
And they succeeded.
Having two such trash titles at the top speaks poorly of what we're prepared to accept from our full priced releases these days.
Yea that's completely out the window now. The question is how far short they missed the targets.
Their expectations were 6 million by May I think? Doubt they'd set their expectations that high if they didn't plan on reaching them.
Have to take into account Origin Premiere members also who signed up to play it.
EA having a subscription model for PC users throws things out of whack just like gamepass does.
They definitely didn't plan on reviews being as scathing as they were.
This destroys the narrative of Microsoft claiming that Game Pass can lead to increase the normal sales of the titles featured in the service.
Yeah, that point has been proven valid for multiplayer games intended as GAS, because it will increase the player base and it will boost the popularity of the title.
But for games more focused in the single player aspect, this will lead to a heavy cut on the initial sales.
The only way in which a small developer can benefice from releasing a single player game debuting on Game Pass, is if they have a limited budget for marketing AND they are releasing the game in other systems the same day.
So the visibility of Game pass will boost the sales of the title in the other systems.
But by releasing the game only on Game Pass?
This is a recipe for disaster in the case of single player games.
Glad to see Jump Force sell despite the poor reception on this site. The story mode definitely sucks, but the game as a whole isn't bad, and it has one of the better combat in a 3D arena fighting game mechanically. Hope this encourages them to give us more Season Passes so we can get the characters we deserve.
Uh. How does crackdown 3, a game that had no hype and reviewed bad destroy that narrative? Is this a troll post?
Jump IPs have way more appeal worldwide ( Especially outside of US/Japan ). And it would also be on a much bigger install base ( PC/Xbox/PS).
It isn't a giant stretch to say it would match or beat. And by good game I also meant similar critical reception to Smash.
We need more data than 1 title for this to destroy their narrative. Crackdown 3 may have sold even less than it did without GamePass for all we know. We need to see more single player focused games launch day and date in GamePass before we can just end the discussion.
To everyone who told me that there was no hype for Anthem and it sucks so it won't sell... Well, sorry, that's not how it works. People are dumb. I was right.
I guess. I just don't see Naruto and DBZ as mainstream brands really but I guess I'm wrong.
I mean, for all we know, CD3 could have sold even worse without Gamepass.
Yup, and I'm sure they spent quite a bit on marketing that game, I kept seeing ads for it everywhere. Even Fanta sodas here in Peru have ads for the game.
WHAT? Yeah I know avatar quote and all, but didn't you see the crowds for Dragon Ball and how the latest movie did? DB/DBZ/DBS is mainstream as fuck.
No, but it counts as revenue for EA and I'm sure they have some way to account for that into their numbers in some form or fashion. I'm not an analyst or accounting member of EA to figure out how they do it, but they 100% take those accounts into account when looking at things.
Even more so if said subscribers spent money in game.
Surprising that the Switch still managed to get good sales despite that there were barely any notable releases this month (I think the only one was Steins Gate? And even that is extremely niche).
No digital sales against multiple new releases and multiplatform titles.
The game will be a consistent performer for months and will sell a ton over time.
Huh, I could have sworn I read statements from EA and BioWare that Dragon Age Inquisition had their best launch month sales
Does this really say much though when they released only one other title between ME3 and Anthem?
I think they might've prepared for that. Bioware and EA must've known for sure the state they were releasing the game in.
They thought they were going to get in the 70s range, they got 60s and 50s. They had no clue they were going to get ripped apart like this.