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NPD: Top 10 Life-To-Date Sold on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Vita
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Aha! Great point.
What's there to downplay? When 3rd party output is nearly identical on both platforms, exclusives are going to help people decide between platforms. This has an impact on which platform 3rd party sales ultimately skew towards.
The performance of Sonys exclusives boosts their outlook because it'll boost their console, service, and 3rd party sales.
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Yeah. Don't use sites like these to gauge success of any one game. Chances are, the consensus is way, way off.
Really surprised at no Destiny on PS4. God of War did amazing and nothing is stopping GTA5 until GTA6.
God of war was pretty good in Europe
But check the sales of god war ps4 on all Europe charts
Its massive
The consensus isn't way off... Halo 5 is clearly isn't a massive success "relatively". Since when does a Halo game sit behind Battlefield and Battlefront?
Not to mention the massive budget H5 had compared to previous entries that outsold it.
I'm not sure what metric someone has to use to argue Halo 5 was relatively a massive success. Relative to what? This list looks a lot like last Gen's list, except Halo's at the opposite end.
Read the thread and you'll see all the exclusives don't matter posts.
Mat said in a follow up tweet, Spidey will make it by next month.
I know the new one did well, but historically the franchise wasn't as big in Europe as the US
I get that but it would be nice if there were other types of experiences that could bring people together in these big numbers without the need to emulate things/activities that are tools of war, actually kill people, tear families apart and cause real damage in real life.
I wouldn't go as far as to say its indicative of wider issues in society as a whole but when you see it laid out in front of you like this it is slightly concerning. I guess these experiences tap into our primal instincts more than any other type of game available and that's something that will never go away regardless of how far we advance as a species.
It wasn't and even Sony commented about how they tried to make the new one appeal better to Europe.
Im aware. I agree with you. I'm saying a console specific top 10 list doesn't support the argument that exclusives don't matter.
What I'm saying is that sending projectiles back and forth is basic, playful social interaction. We go outside to play, and we end up throwing/kicking a ball around and try to do so with accuracy. shooting games are fun for the same reasons dodge ball is fun. They also happen to be the perfect example of coordination in a virtual 3D space.
As far as the imagery goes, I think there's a lot of room to innovate in this space. I don't think "shooters" have to be all bullets, explosions, and death to be successful. But the industry is reluctant to put on different skins when the current one works so well. Something like Splatoon would work on any platform IMO.
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For reference, I put this chart together a couple of years ago which shows the rise of shooters in the US.
Poor racing games. Does that include Mario Kart or is that family/casual?
Oh wow then that is bad. No wonder those games are so few-and-far-between.
Thanks for the info & clarification.
That's a third person splatter :p
No but seriously, we already have 3 first party games that sold better than Splatoon 2 and that's without any mainline Pokémon. I think there's a very good chance that it will be kicked out of the top 10 by the end of the Switch lifetime.
Reading this thread is hilarious.
Appreciate some rational thoughts on this. ZhugeEX even tried to put it into context. I think most ppl talking about Halo 5 meant in relation to previous Halo games. But that context just gets thrown out the window for some reason.
Exactly. I said before, to see at least one for each platform is amazing. God of War being on there even tho this counts since 2013 is absolutely amazing.
Also...imagine a Nintendo system with no exclusives or very little. I don't think Doom or Wolfenstein would carry the Switch to the sales it's at right now. Then factor in the games on this list that aren't on the Switch...
For some reason context doesn't matter either.
Funny to see people downplaying the importance of exclusives. No they're not the only factor, but they're a very, very important factor.
When PS4 sales triple during the months of GoW and Spidey is that just a coincidence? Or when Halo 5/MCC convinced masses of Halo lovers to stick with XB1?
When PS4 sales triple during the months of GoW and Spidey is that just a coincidence? Or when Halo 5/MCC convinced masses of Halo lovers to stick with XB1?
Dont get me wrong, it'll happen eventually but it'll take some years. Game was at 1m+ already last year and should end confortably above 2m.
Spidey has already outsold GoW (most likely), it's probably the 3rd best selling game of 2018 already only behind the juggernauts Rdr2 + Black Ops 4.
Far Cry is 4th, God of War 5th.
October NPD thread should clarify this though but I'm pretty sure that's what Benji expects.
1. Rdr2
2. Black Ops 4
3. Spidey
4. Far Cry 5
5. God of War
Don't forget with BF & Xmas bundles Spidey will sell insanely more but it won't count towards that figure.
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I think I wanna add something to this:
What makes this is a good example...those exclusives can only be played on that console.
I wonder do platform holders do this for multi platform games?
If not, there you go.
Guess this explains why Halo5 has had active development for forever (only dying down recently as far as I can tell)
Also maybe explains why I could still find MP games without issue last time I played
Also maybe explains why I could still find MP games without issue last time I played
Who? Who is saying COD is dead?
Please throw up a link to who is saying such things.
The only racing franchise showing growth is the Forza franchise
Honestly outside of Forza and Mario Kart the genre is mostly dead
And I'm not really sure what could be done to rectify it either. What kind of game changes would have to occur for the genre to gain more momentum? Possibly, more stuff akin to Forza Horizon and Mario Kart instead of games that lean toward traditional racing?
God of War is an especially impressive entry on these lists considering it is only six months old and has yet to see any actual price cuts.
Xbox line up doing nothing to dispell that 'Shootbox' image it has always had though.
Xbox line up doing nothing to dispell that 'Shootbox' image it has always had though.
Many people in this forum constantly whine about COD. They just cant accept that its still a gargantuan in sales and its going nowhere.
Everything goes full circle. Bring back arcade racing games.
I would assume that a Crash Team Racing remake would do well.
I haven't played a COD in forever. I was actually thinking (last year) that this would be the year but, alas, no time.
I would like to try the Advance Warefare story mode one day.
They got a big audience. That's amazing.
But a let's get some range in that top ten.
I would like to try the Advance Warefare story mode one day.
They got a big audience. That's amazing.
But a let's get some range in that top ten.
I'm guessing this is physical only? Unless Microsoft has released digital numbers for it.
Yep, I have no doubt in that.
God of War is #7.
Edit - I'm sorry. You meant Gears of War 4.
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And Zhuge's already said that UC4 would be on the list if bundles were included.
I think traditional racing games need a new model. With each iteration, your playing with the same cars, on the same tracks, with basically the same physics, and a slight visual upgrade. What's the incentive to keep plopping $60 down every time?
Its the "roster update" problem in sports games, on steroids. Sports have ultimate team and create a player story modes to break the monotony.
There is a reason third parties could gaf about Nintendo. Would love to see a switch breakdown at the same point in its lifecycle.
No chance. The Uncharted series was at over 41 million copies sold ~1 year ago. God of War isn't close to that.