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NPD July 2018: Octopath Traveler #1, Switch Best Selling Console
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Monster Hunter World will prob be 2 again in August thanks to the PC release.
I'm still feeling good about my holiday predictions, including Switch being the best-selling hardware platform of 2018. But I guess we shall see.
Interactive Gaming Toys as a segment is no longer meaningful. Some Amiibo continue to sell well. They're the only IGTs selling.
Interactive Gaming Toys as a segment is no longer meaningful. Some Amiibo continue to sell well. They're the only IGTs selling.
Not surprised, the game seems to have turned a lot of long time fans off.
I also don't think it's the large leap people were hoping for when it finally jumped from handheld to console. Not even talking about graphics either. It seems kind of scaled back in a lot of ways
wow and they haven't even announced Waluigi as a playable character yet
LOL Didn't realize but should've figured it was an actual username on here. Is it Shu?
Any insight on how Octopath sold in general like in NPD and where ever else you might know? All we know is that it shipped 1 million copies I think in only a few days and its numbers in Japan. Thanks!
Do you know if supply has been an issue for the game like in Japan and the EU? Was it supply-constrained in any way?
Thank you and Mat for taking the time to answer our questions. Very generous of you as always.
I can't really tell because I don't know how much Sun and Moon sold in their first month, I think those sales would be close to what Brawl put up though.
I'm definitively losing a lot of details that O love in stories but I'm doing it for nostalgia... I will start again when I got my copy in September.
I wanted to import the 3DS version without owning a 3DS just because it won't come to West.
They would be pretty stupid to release NSMBU this year when they could be making an entirely new 2D Mario for 2019.
I can already see not everyone getting adapters and controllers. :(
I asked on twitter, but do you have anymore specifics on Octopath, like maybe comparisons to get a better idea on how well it sold other than being #1 this month?
Thanks! :)
New IP, no digital... so I'm not sure how I could frame the performance without giving numbers, which I cant do.
What can I say? It did really well even without digital.
Gah, I didn't know NOA published it. Maybe I'll play it in 2 years (: Just not a game any of us were eager to jump into at $60 with a lot of the cool other indie releases going on right now.
I skipped the Wii U version because I knew my friends weren't getting it. But we're all already talking about Smash for the Switch. It's going to be massive, because I'm clearly the barometer for how well a game will do.
It's 45 bucks here phsyical at the moment because of Gamescom, so I think if I want to bite I should do it now lol.
About Smash: honestly, I've never bought a single Smash game and am not even a big fan of it (I'll happily play it with friends at a party, but that's it), but the amount of content and care that's being put into the game is so apparent from the E3 Direct and the latest Smash Direct that I'm seriously considering buying it. It helps that Castlevania and K. Rool are in. I hope the mysterious Adventure/Spirits mode is good.
Thanks for taking the time to give us insights!
I was wondering what your take is on Captain Toad's sales this month?
Octopath Traveled to numba' 1 my dudes! I hate congratulating big ass companies but mad props to Nintendo and Square Enix for this achievement! Also Nintendo continues selling Switches like pancakes! If it's selling this well in July, just imagine how it will do during holiday season with freaking Pokémon and Smash Ultimate! So cool to see Nintendo doing so well. I honestly thought they would never recover after the disaster that was Wii U but damn, what a comeback.
Just gotta look and shop around for deals. I got Bayonetta 1 & 2 on Switch for $30 . . .Canadian.
Shit always goes on sale, just gotta be attentive.
I wouldn't be surprised if the only hardware revision for the Switch in the next year was simply removing the amiibo support
No worries! :)
How has Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy done on Switch compared to XBO, PS4, and PC?
All we heard IIRC was that in the UK the Switch version was just barely behind the XBO version in its debut week, that was it.
Thanks for answering what you can, I deeply appreciate it. :)
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So many Xbox One inclusives in the top 20, congrats
Thank you I really appreciate it
1st party controllers certainly dominate the market no mistake there. Doesnt mean there isnt a place for 3rd party controllers it yeah the lions share of them are from first party. Mat would know better but I believe as a percentage 3rd party controller sales are smaller this generation than last
Tough to say, I'm still not certain either way. Smash is already moving hardware and is going to continue to. Pokemon hasn't really begun to have any impact though and I think part of them hitting their goal is the Let's Go games need to be pretty heavy sellers. Hopefully there is a late ramp up affect from them with more casual consumers
Switch should likely take August as the top selling platform as well, as PS4 Pro shortages continue
It's insane. I get hyped for the games and think they're fun, but the core gameplay is not nearly all I use them for. These games are like a museum.
It's worth $60 alone for the 900+ songs across gaming history that can be used as an MP3 player lmao. I sometimes could spend 45 minutes just flipping through trophies and reading descriptions.
What if since they did not announce a port for nsmbu this year, they are making a new one for next year instead like u just said?
As someone who didn't grow up with the old school JRPGs and have zero nostalgia for these type of games, the very first demo and it's easy to grasp, yet deep gameplay mechanics along with the music drew me in.
The demos did a very good job on both people like me and old school gamers who really appreciate these types of games. It's a very good game so far.
I'd be willing to bet a lot of the continued sales now are tied to pc/Xbox x/ps4 Pro upgrades.
I doubt Matt can tell us (or knows), but I wouldn't be surprised if most GTAV sales this month were across those machines rather than ps4/XboxOne
Come on let's not do this.So many Xbox One inclusives in the top 20, congrats
Holy Crap! Congrats to Acquire and SE for Octopath Dominating sales in July! It was definitely the biggest game release that month, but man I didn't think it would top GTA5. That's huge for the Octopath folks!
Having 2 2D Marios released so soon would be a bad idea
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For real. As an oldschool 8-bit gamer you almost feel obliged to buy it. And I'm not one to go for "best value" over sheer quality, but Smash is fun enough where I can let the overwhelming amount of content sway me. I know I can find things to enjoy in it, and if it's truly priced like any other Nintendo game, it really is a steal and a big middle finger to the microtransaction-riddled part of the industry.
Oh of course. It's doing incredibly well. Even plenty of big multiplatform games don't do as well. So it's just weird why some people are acting as if it isn't
Well my post was tongue in cheek. Yeah, I wanna see it make it's way over too
I think it has to do with people seeing it as a evergreen and people's perception of evergreen titles being heavily biased thanks to games such as GTAV and most of Nintendo's games in the top 20. They expect the for mentioned games to remain steady and either raise or fall only a few spots a month rather than falling steeply as God of War did. With that said, the fact that God of War is still in the top 20 and its in its 5th month makes it, without a doubt, an evergreen. I expect it to remain in the top 15 for the rest of the year, not counting November or December where I expect it make it back into the 10. It's great to finally see some Sony first party games achieving the status of evergreen.
