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NPD March 2019: The Division 2 #1, Sekiro #2, MLB 19 #3, DMC5 #4. Switch #1 Hardware
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Not sure why but you have no reason to worry, it won't remain at that position for the entire year.
Switch still killing it despite the lack of first party releases in relative terms.
Good to see The Division 2 doing so well too. It's a massive improvement over the original in terms of launch content.
Also, why are NPD threads so slow early on and so short nowadays overall compared to before?
Good to see The Division 2 doing so well too. It's a massive improvement over the original in terms of launch content.
Also, why are NPD threads so slow early on and so short nowadays overall compared to before?
Given that we have two games that have been charting consistently despite releasing two years ago, they're plenty amazing as it is.
I assume it's like magazines where you can't post too much or it's like stealing. Since their business is selling numbers
MLB 19 just quietly launched to being one of the most successful games of the year, and an even bigger hit than DMC5. Last year Sony did a PS4 Pro ad campaign for the first time (Yes, ~18 months after launch) featuring MLB 18 heavily which helped grow the MLB launch sales. But this one didn't have any push like that and still did the best in the franchise.
Truly amazing stuff
Truly amazing stuff
Time for the annual questioning of why The Show keeps selling from the people who don't play sports games.
A combination of a lack of hard numbers and the PS4 securing this generation's console war. (And before anyone asks, I'd argue that the Switch is a new handheld generation, as trying to fit it into the home console generations would be extremely awkward)
I'm sure it'll get dethroned. I just think it's a really bad game. haha
Damn it, I had #1-4 perfectly on point and only fucked up #5. I could not have anticipated Yoshi doing such a weak number.
Still I had 1-4 right on the money which was debatable given Sekiro's release date compared to DMC V and MLB being a strong seller
Even though Division 2 did well, isn't 6th best well below the original game? The original game sold tons so that's a tough act to follow though. Expecting those numbers again probably too much.
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people can't get enough of that elven boi pussy
Yeah sorry I was counting Thursday as well for early launches.
Woah...
Despite baseball ratings going down. Very good.
Congrats Kingdom Hearts. Opposite situation in Japan. Japan's taste might be diverging even from the West.
Technical note: here's all the publishers that submitted digital numbers, and the platforms they submitted numbers for:
Q: why is Sony submitting Xbox digital sales, and why is Microsoft submitting PSN digital sales?
Q: why is Sony submitting Xbox digital sales, and why is Microsoft submitting PSN digital sales?
Yep I keep saying that MLB is the PlayStation exclusive that people overlook every year. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
I mean, they already produce KH games pretty fast. The longest gap is only between KH3D and KH3, which they filled out with remasters and a prologue with Aqua. And KH3 is going to be getting free and paid DLC.
Surprised that Switch is considerably up YoY.
Guess smash hype has lasted quite a bit.
Very impressive that it's the best Q1 of any of the modern systems with a lot of people downplaying previous months.
It's nice to see, in any case. Still at full price without a lot of software backing it.
The rest of the year starting with Mario Maker 2 should be pretty crazy. Price drop and/or revision(s) will surely win over people waiting out too.
Guess smash hype has lasted quite a bit.
Very impressive that it's the best Q1 of any of the modern systems with a lot of people downplaying previous months.
It's nice to see, in any case. Still at full price without a lot of software backing it.
The rest of the year starting with Mario Maker 2 should be pretty crazy. Price drop and/or revision(s) will surely win over people waiting out too.
Any day now, any day...
I am confused by that too.
Wow, that's an amazing result for MLB. Deserved since it's looking like possibly the best entry in the series yet.
also, Switch's performance really throws a wrench in the "Nintendo NEEDS to announce games" idea. I'm not going to say it didn't suck that Q1 didn't have much of new announcements, but I really didn't hurt it like people made it out to be
I know it usually does, and ppl continue to underestimate it...but damn, 3rd???
This is shocking to me.
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I'm assuming that the big Ubisoft eshop sale helped get mario rabbids into the top 10. I think it can only help with transparency
I would love to see the digital to physical ratio for the game's sales. I have a feeling a lot of them came from the Playstation Store.
But the success of the MLB games each year just shows how broad the PS4 consumer base is.