putting too much stock into past sales data....?
so what does one put stock into if not data
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NPD July 2018: Octopath Traveler #1, Switch Best Selling Console
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so what does one put stock into if not data
Isn't November Pokémon month? I mean I know Hype isn't huge around here for it, but it's still friggin' Pokémon.
Is it gonna beat Pokemon? Fallout 76?
Also its a an October game.
my thoughts exactly
Absolutely incredible :D
Also, it feels my heart with so much damn joy to see that a Monster Hunter game is the 3rd best selling game of the entire year <3<3<3
Switch is my new favorite console and Octopath is perfect for it. I'm 80 hours into the game and I'm still surprised that I haven't grown tired of it yet, despite the generic equipment system and predictable storylines. The game just keeps wowing me with new things all the time for hours and hours, something not many games can do (especially not JRPGs).
The future is bright for Nintendo.
The future is bright for Nintendo.
Pokemon is going to do really well, but Nintendo counts them as two SKUs, so it will be interesting to see where they land on the chart.
TWEWY ain't doing shit though.
No problem, no need to apologize, there are a billion other gaming things that people harass you about, no need to add to the pile
I keep seeing this sentiment and don't really get it.
Budget wise, the world was bigger than I originally anticipated. There's a decent amount of voice acting.
Graphically, there's an eff of a lot more going on that I noticed at first. Some of the techniques they use are a tier or 2 above what I thought.
Monster design variety seems in line
The main complaint is the disconnected story among the 8 and little party interaction.
That's not a budget concern, but more the creative direction.
I'm not sure what people want when they're asking for "more budget"
I agree. 4th place for November would be the "realistic" unbelievable sales position.
All the big games except battlefield, cod, darksiders, valkyria and pokemon abandoned October and November. If Switch owners are as into high quality rpgs as I think they are then only pokemon and BF can compete and they will beat it out.
I think cod will underperform a lot because it has to prove it is worth charging for the box against fortnite and it still has to compete with Red Dead and BF.
Mutantmagnet I hope this happens because it would certainly drive some press coverage.
Fake news!
Fake news!
Not high amount of preorders for Pokemon standards, but because this sort of game is not a pre-order popular game and is likely to have ready stock at launch, it doesn't mean bad numbers.
Yeah this has been confusing me too. Are people talking about things like monster Sprite animations? Or dungeon design? I think those are more design choices than lack of budget.
Maybe the dungeon aesthetic variety could improve with a higher budget but I don't see it affecting much else.
If Nintendo brings more games like octopath I might neeed to get a switch
Zelda and Octopath would be the games I'd buy
Zelda and Octopath would be the games I'd buy
You're right, it is October. I'll revise that. I actually see it getting 4th place for the month. It would be funny though if it could pull off second.
This is literally impossible. Here are some of the games launching in October:
Red Dead Redemption 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Battlefield V
Super Mario Party
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Forza Horizon 4
WWE 2k19
Soulcalibur 6
(though due to how NPD's tracking period works, a couple of these probably won't see their debuts in October...I think Forza will show in September's results, for example, though it will still sell more units than TWEWY in October's results)
Even a game like Mega Man 11 is going to handily outsell TWEWY.
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You don't need to know the LTD sales to know how the two has matched up in the months since Odyssey launched.
Odyssey is sure to be overtaken by Zelda and Mario Kart eventually if it hasn't already.
He is famous of being petty on game that he dont like, the best example was how he said that XC2 fans will be exposed when better Jrpg come to switch. So it is a hell funny to see most jrpg he hate suceed.( not like jason had good taste jrpg anyway lol. Suikoden no Kuni 2. "Shudder")
Zero chance to even make top 10 in October.
Might not even make top 10 on Switch only
It doesn't even matter at this point. October is going to be fucking huge and will blow away whatever released last year.
Hey, MatPiscatella , the charts suggests me that Crash is doing considerably better on XB than Switch. Am I totally wrong!?
EA and Activision are so far leaving the most money on the table. I don't understand why there isn't a Madden on here.
Rockstar pretty much skipped this whole generation without a GTA game on purpose because GTA V is still selling like crazy. GTA VI will probably be a 2023 game at this point!
Yep, crazy when you think about it. Nintendo having a home system that's both successful AND super appealing to core gamers hasn't happened since.... the SNES?
It's gonna do fucking wonders for Metroid too.
By Mario Kart sure, but no way in hell will Odyssey be overtaken by Zelda.
I dont think we can say that.
On the Xbox chart, the #3 game (PUBG) isnt in the top 20.
Meanwhile, on the Switch chart you have to get to number 7 to find a title not on the top 20.
Theoretically, the Switch Crash could be selling the same.
Well...
Regarding metroid i think the direction of the game will matter. Anything other M like and people will avoid it like the plague. Metroid needs it's botw like modernizing
Not from my reading. PUBG, just below Crash on the xbox listing, yet didn't chart on the overall. Neither did Splatoon 2 which was just above Crash on the Switch listing.
....EDIT upon more thought...
Then again, we know Crash (NS) sold less than Captain Toad (NS) which placed 14th. So we know had Crash only come out on Switch, it could have charted below 14th.
I can probably infer from this that the X1 version of Crash had to make up the highest percentage of sales to boost it from >14th place to 2nd.
I'm not sure if PC sales fit into this either.
The battle between Switch and PS4 in the end of the year will be very interesting. Except for December which I see Switch being the best-selling, November and October are quite unpredictable.
Octopath was published by Nintendo, even if regional and it's original. Later it's Xenoblade 2 The Torna Country (Stand alone physical DLC) and Labo vol 3 in September, Super Mario Party in October, Let's Go in November and Smash in December. So it's that.
NSMBU wil probably be announced for this year in some of those months and maybe other titles as well in the september direct.
Octopath was published by Nintendo, even if regional and it's original. Later it's Xenoblade 2 The Torna Country (Stand alone physical DLC) and Labo vol 3 in September, Super Mario Party in October, Let's Go in November and Smash in December. So it's that.
NSMBU wil probably be announced for this year in some of those months and maybe other titles as well in the september direct.
Mario Tennis #1 last month amd Octo this month? Whats with this fake news? Im told every day Switch has no games. People wouldn't lie about that.
Yep, can almost guarantee PS5 and XboxTwo will have versions of GTAV before VI is released.
Yep, can almost guarantee PS5 and XboxTwo will have versions of GTAV before VI is released.
Third parties must be looking at this chart likedropped the ball hard on the system so Nintendo had to pick it up for them.
Same as Wii, same as Switch.
Indies been noticing though....
Oh yeah absolutely. Metroid definitely will depend on the direction it takes.
My post was assuming that Prime 4 will of or near the quality of the first three just for the sake of comparing how platforms impact sales. Should've mentioned that, my bad.
Hell, I think even a simple remaster of the Trilogy would actually sell very well and bring in lots of new fans to the series.
Basically, if there's a system that Metroid would thrive on, it's the Switch easily over the Wii (casual audience) or GameCube (underperformance)
Well, if considering only North America, the 64 would be that last system. And I would put the Wii as well.
This is insane considered Octopath Traveler is a traditional "J" RPG. Well deserved and it goes to show good games will sell well.
What is more insane is the number of people wishing this game to fail even before its launch.
The following downplay and salty responses are priceless.
First we have that the game is 2D with low budget mobile graphics so it's not worth 60 dollars nobody in the right mind will buy it's going to bomb hard, then after launcg because Switch has no games so anything will sell gangbuster regardless. The logic.
What is more insane is the number of people wishing this game to fail even before its launch.
The following downplay and salty responses are priceless.
First we have that the game is 2D with low budget mobile graphics so it's not worth 60 dollars nobody in the right mind will buy it's going to bomb hard, then after launcg because Switch has no games so anything will sell gangbuster regardless. The logic.
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Yup.
I've been saying it before and after the Switch launched. I'm sure others have too.
3rd party exclusives is what ppl should look for, want for the Switch. That was an underrated pro about the Wii. Wii U also, too bad console sales didn't help.
i love the Wii, but let's not pretend it's appealing to core gamers on the level of the Switch.
I saw this statement a while ago - The majority of the Wii audience bought a Wii for Wii Sports, while the Switch audience bought one for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Third parties must be looking at this chart likedropped the ball hard on the system so Nintendo had to pick it up for them.
Not sure what people want these companies to do when their games can't run on the system. It's 2007 all over again where everyone says they're pissing money away when it was nintendo who decided to make a super underpowered system.