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NPD February 2019: Anthem #1, Jump Force #2, Far Cry #4, Metro #8. Switch #1 Hardware
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Next month is going to probably have the Division 2 higher than DMC5 and Sekiro. DMC5 has an 88 on open critic and Sekiro might just be even higher.
Reviews don't dictate sales. At all.
It's somewhat sad that the big four releases of the month (Anthem, Jump Force, FarCry, Metro) charted in that exact order, when the perceived quality of those four games is flipped the other way around, in the exact opposite order.
Crackdown 3 tho....... hooo boy. I thought MS had a good strategy in place that worked for Sea of Thieves, State of Decay, and Forza Horizon 4, somewhat surprising to see it fall flat on it's face here.
I just think they should've marketing it a bit more. Maybe not the traditional way. Maybe shouldve paid streamers and advertise the beta tests heavily. All the prior three games I listed... Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 4 had a lot of hype prior to release. And State of Decay too had enough hype for what it was, a budget $30 game that has managed to pull in 4 million players.
Crackdown 3 tho....... hooo boy. I thought MS had a good strategy in place that worked for Sea of Thieves, State of Decay, and Forza Horizon 4, somewhat surprising to see it fall flat on it's face here.
I just think they should've marketing it a bit more. Maybe not the traditional way. Maybe shouldve paid streamers and advertise the beta tests heavily. All the prior three games I listed... Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 4 had a lot of hype prior to release. And State of Decay too had enough hype for what it was, a budget $30 game that has managed to pull in 4 million players.
Very happy for Metro Exodus as it's an excellent game and second best overall 2019 game only behind REmake2 in my opinion. Have to wonder about Far Cry New Dawn and where it would have ranked if it was $60 instead of $40. Not surprised by Anthem or Jump Force at all even though I did expect Jump Force to be closer to 10 than to 1.
Next month will be great as im looking forward to seeing where The Division 2, DMC 5 and Sekiro rank for the month of March.
Next month will be great as im looking forward to seeing where The Division 2, DMC 5 and Sekiro rank for the month of March.
I'm normally just here for sales data, but this time round I'm like 40% here for people getting really salty over 'bad' games selling well
This was explained in my message, but you can get a single quote, ignoring the rest of the message.
And the single flop has been one of the most marketed games by Microsoft through an entire generation, and featured in various E3s.
I'm sure that even being a disappointing game, a lot more of people could have purchased the game only for curiosity, for seeing the next big thing of Microsoft, even with the bad critical reception.
But having a chance of being disappointed for "free" is what in my opinion caused a severe cut on the initial sales.
Lol didn't the latest dbz movie make over 100 million dollars at the box office
At the end of the last quater they were around 14.5M for the fiscal year.
I mean, I don't think anyone expect the series to sell amazingly.
Although the dead of the 3DS probably made things even worse.
How did it bomb? It sold twice as much as the last game. They never were massive sellers and they really don't have to be.
The evergreen titles are evergreen for a reason. There are still plenty of people out there who have yet to buy a Switch and have the likes of Smash, BotW, Mario Kart and SMO waiting for them, with Super Mario Party making a strong case for being included in that group as well.
It wasn't explained. Again, you have 0 evidence and it's all about your opinion here, you don't have any data to support this. Mutant Year Zero isn't really a legacy title and also a SP focused product, too.
Having a game featured in E3 and having little to no marketing after that isn't marketing the game a lot, too, and Game Pass or not, Crackdown wouldn't do well either way. We can wait to see the result of Ori 2, though.
And in you yourself say that in the end, what cut sales was the quality. (not for me though i loved the game rofl)
Switch #1 since December is nice and a bit surprising.
No major software since Smash and no price drop/major bundle.
Should be a really good year for them if they get the lite model and a price cut out. Line up is pretty killer
No major software since Smash and no price drop/major bundle.
Should be a really good year for them if they get the lite model and a price cut out. Line up is pretty killer
stunned at jump force
mario U? sure its a port but it sold well in all territories
mario U? sure its a port but it sold well in all territories
Yeah, but The Division 2 with 80 MC is much better than Anthem...
Nintendo knows how to make evergreen-sellers. Smash, Mario Odyssey/U Deluxe, Breath of the Wild etc. are all going to continue moving copies at a solid pace for the next few years.
"Flopped" depends on a lot of things. Could be that Atlus knew about how many copies it would move, and budgeted the release accordingly. (That's why neither Nexus nor Persona Q2 have an English dub; when you're releasing 3DS games in 2019, you have to play things fairly safely.) As with Strange Journey Redux last year, the more likely scenario is that Atlus only made a small number of physical copies, and then sold most of them. In that case, it wouldn't really be a flop, despite the overall number of units moved, especially when digital sales are factored in.
Bad games selling well is not a problem. The problem is when good games don't sell well. That's just sad.
But guys, I was told Anthem is an utter bomb and completely dead. /s
Very happy for Bioware. Have enjoyed my time with Anthem a lot and I know they'll keep improving it. Nice hold by KH3 as well, and even if it's just for a few months, I love that it's the year's biggest seller.
Very happy for Bioware. Have enjoyed my time with Anthem a lot and I know they'll keep improving it. Nice hold by KH3 as well, and even if it's just for a few months, I love that it's the year's biggest seller.
Switch being up YoY with no major releases is a good sign for the rest of the year for Nintendo. They have several huge titles and even more big titles. They are looking to move a ton of software and hardware this year. Think some people are going to be surprised at some of the figures in the second half of the year.
I never really bought this idea that Game Pass increases sales to be honest. I know there's more evidence to the contrary that people will throw at me, but I think if Marvel's Spider-Man and Super Smash Bros are available as part of $10 subs, they sell significantly less at full-price than they would without.
I know there's an argument for recurring revenue and stuff like that, but I just don't see how cheap subs can significantly drive full-price game sales without simultaneously impeding them.
I know there's an argument for recurring revenue and stuff like that, but I just don't see how cheap subs can significantly drive full-price game sales without simultaneously impeding them.
man that's just putting salt on the wound
Forza Horizon 4 and State of Decay 2 did franchise best numbers being on Game Pass, though
we'll have to see on the long term, we don't have a ton of evidence tbh
d Big advertising campaign from Microsoft and EGS, drama around no steam, and how long it's been in development. It should have sold higher.
Heh.
It sold worse compared to Jump Force and lots of older games. For a heavily marketed $60 AAA game, it simply didn't do well. Maybe not in bomba category, but still.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/wkd-box-office-1•18-20•19-glass-comes-in-lower-than-expected-funimation-seriously-underestimates-dragon-ball-super-broly-thirst.94647/
Broly Debut at #3 at the box office. Worldwide it made over $100 million.
Metro is one of those series that will never blow up isn't it? Shame because the devs put a lot of effort on those games and their output is really solid, i'll say lack of marketing but what do i know.
We will see. Late April/Early May should be when we see the results for the quarter ending in March.
More importantly, a huge average of $23k for only 467 theaters
It's a bummer, but it happens in basically any artform. C'est la vie, and all that
No real surprises with the best selling game and console. But Crackdown 3 not in the top 10 of it's own platform shocking.
I mean Switch being as much up yoy as it has might have been surprising. It being number 1 for these months is not. Both PS4 and XBO have entered to their sixth year in the market and are naturally declining. Switch is entering to its third year which is traditionally the peak year for most of consoles.
You really don't want to go down that rabbit hole Mat :P
People are just surprised when bad games sell very well. For some reason.