Ah I didn't realize this was just for there.
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NPD: Top 10 Life-To-Date Sold on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Vita
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It would be the same list in europe with some Fifa taking a few spots.
We're in a global world nowadays and when you put all of society into a pool it's going to be a pretty homogenized mess. We all have the same shit taste as one another when viewed in a group of tens of millions.
Digital tracking goes back to Jan 2012 if I'm reading your question correctly.
Yep. Especially when you consider that Fallout 4 and Destiny 2 also sold gangbusters on PS4, they just happened to be slightly outsold by two sports titles.
The same types of games are the most popular no matter which system people own. At least in America.
I stand corrected.
But I don't think it's as easy as taking the US sales and double them to get worldwide sales. Halo is much bigger in the US.
Rightly or wrongly, I don't think anyone ever sanely thought multi-platform shooters sold less on PS4 than on Xbox One, just that 'other genres' sold to a higher proportion of their console base.
And people keeps saying that COD is dying for years when it's a monster of a franchise. Look at how many there's on the list and the series is annual. Incredible.
It shows you were gaming as a whole in the US is focused. These are the titles that draw the most people, the big bombastic releases with tons of spectacle.
Seeing Halo and God of War get onto their respective lists is impressive considering the machines that are pumping out all the 3rd party titles.
uncharted sold a lot of copies in bundles with the system, which aren't counted here
they probably just missed the top 10. for sure in 11-20.
i just saw that it was confirmed recently that it had sold 2.5 million, but racing games seem to be bigger in europe.
That'll be all those white console bundles and so on that don't count as a solus sale.
I honestly wonder how much it's worth it for Sony to keep paying for exclusive content when it's not really pulling people to the system. Sure, it's ultimately minor content, but I can't imagine that it's cheap.
I mean, do we get this when Japan is full of RPGs? I understand encouraging diversity, bit this is a reflection of popularity, and these games are fairly different even though they share the same perspective. GTA5, Cod, Battlefield, Halo are world's worlds apart despite focusing on guns.
According to Matt's post, Spider-Man will be on the PS4 list next month. So probably that for Sony.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/np...ion-4-and-xbox-one.78720/page-2#post-14533763
To quote Matt again in that above link, remember Destiny sold as 3 different versions which were all counted separately.
What's crazy is that the number 1 game on the list on both systems is a remaster.
Ban this violent filth.
It's the little console that couldn't, but we love it anyway.
i don't think a top 10 of best selling current gen games from japan would have as many jrpgs as you may think.
a LOT of fifa, definitely no NBA games.
I'm pretty sure we got some indication that GoW sold better than UC4 in a couple of European countries, so I don't think it would change much. GoW is simply a bigger series than Uncharted.
In Europe it would probably be largely dominated by the Trinity GTA/FIFA/CoD.
Those are the games that made last gen so it is logical.
Those are the games that made last gen so it is logical.
Damn son, I bet Sony is salivating at the fact of having a God of War 2/Spider Man 2 after the first/second year of the PS5.
Keep in mind Minecraft is a 20 dollar game, so each copy sold only has 1/3rd the revenue of a 60 dollar game.
Puts Minecraft at a massive disadvantage.
is this true? the new god of war may have changed things, but on ps3 uncharted was bigger than gow.
Yeah, I feel like Uncharted sold a ton in bundles as an earlier system seller.
Is it not selling well enough on PS4? A bit hard to judge without knowing what it takes to break into PS4's top 10 software ranking.
edit: So all the software on the PS4 list are above 3 million. Hmm.
Probably. It's been said for like 8 years already and every year it's the best-selling game of the year.
Only way to do that really would be to basically rank on Franchise sales, which gets even messier for all kinds of reasons.
i don't follow NPD threads a lot but just based on people's comments i saw here or there i thought cod this gen was just a shadow of what it was last gen. i was very surprised to see the lists in the OP.
There we go. I knew it felt like it was a heavy bundle system seller.
It's not so much that it's not selling a lot (it is), but one has to wonder just how much it's worth it to keep paying for exclusive content if it's not making the case for potential buyers to play it on Playstation over Xbox, as it looks like they're pretty close. The same argument could be made for CoD, though I think we're already seeing Activision scale back the windows for the releases on PS4 as it is.
Destiny 1 I'm guessing because it was a smaller install base and it wasn't the juggernaut that COD was. Just like how titanfall 1 isn't on The cbox list
I realize everyone won't agree, but to me, this is a pretty sad statement on the state of the industry.
Man, super interesting to see how the N/A market taste is almost the same on both consoles (both in genre, and games). Whatever that is good or bad, well, dependes on what you like. Thanks for the info MatPiscatella.
Edit. Any reason why bundles are not counted? Or it was because the bundles doesn't reflect the revenue of the game itself?
Edit. Any reason why bundles are not counted? Or it was because the bundles doesn't reflect the revenue of the game itself?
what is close? those cod games are definitely selling a lot more on ps4.
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Thanks for sharing sir. I'll keep my eyes peeled for the next ones.
Man, this really takes me back to the good 'ol days of actual sales numbers in the chart. You know, early Xbox 360 and Wii setting the US on fire and Kinect blowing up the charts. Fond memories of waiting to see who 'won' Christmas and by how much. Shame its become so less transparant, but than again I also understand why its shifted to what it is now.
