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NPD Oct 2018: COD: BO4 and RDR2 top the charts, PS4 best selling hardware
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Yeah, €199 and $199 isn't happening. They're making huge profits keeping the price up like this. I think Sony is going to launch TLOU 2 during the summer. That way they can keep the sales up after the strong first quarter of next year and Days Gone in the spring. The PS4 is definitely going to lose some steam after that.
If the permanent price drop (249$ PS4 and 349$ PS4 Pro) does not happen in 2019 then I don't understand anything anymore about the games market. What will be the best month to make it happen and sustain the momentum in the more efficient way is one big question though. Especially as long as we don't know if one the Big Three (TLOU II, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima) will be out in time to support 2019 or not.
Not at $200 and certainly not at $150. Quote me on this.
PS2 was $99 at one point. My take is PS4 should reach $129 to surpass PS2.
We might see a price drop next year, because Sony doesn't have an exclusive lined up for 2019 on the same level as GoW or Spider-Man (unless TLoU2 actually launches next year) and outside of the next CoD, I can't think of another third party game on the same level as RDR2. 2019 seems like a good time to drop to $249.
I wonder how Dreams is going to be received. That's a wildcard.
The problem is that we and Sony don't know how the PS4 is going to keep selling next year. They've probably been planning the PS5 for years and delaying it might cause less profits if the PS4 is slowing down.
It will never pass ps2.its not possible anymore it will certainly be more profitable for Sony than ps2 but in terms of pure hardware numbers ,it's not happening .PS4 will stop around 130 million and that's a bit optimistic honestly
It is interesting to see the strategy by ms compared to Sony and even Nintendo. Ms has multiple bundles going into the holiday season- nba2k, fallout, battlefield, Minecraft, Starter, pubg etc... Nintendo has little less with Pokemon, fort nite, diablo and the up coming smash. Sony only has Spider-Man for slim and rdr2 for pro and cod comes after Spider-Man is done.
No they arent. They are for the month.
Diablo obviously got most of its sales last month on Switch but the game is still on other platforms as well. The amount it made on other systems last month was able to push it above Zelda overall.
The fact that the #4 selling title on the PS4 ranking took #8 on the all platform list whereas the #4 exclusive title on the Xbox One platform list took #11 indicates to me that there is a marked disparity in software sales/revenue between the two.
I wish we still received some indication do sales split for multiplarform titles. I'm especially curious to see how these mega blockbuster titles fare split wise in the XB1's strongest market. While the rankings give us a hint that there is likely a disparity for releases #4 and down it doesn't really give us much to go on when it comes to these titles
I wish we still received some indication do sales split for multiplarform titles. I'm especially curious to see how these mega blockbuster titles fare split wise in the XB1's strongest market. While the rankings give us a hint that there is likely a disparity for releases #4 and down it doesn't really give us much to go on when it comes to these titles
I think so too and the same goes for EA with Fifa which the moment it switched to Playstation had its sales Numbers explode because Playstation+Fifa+Europe are such a good match.
Activision and Rockstar would trade in someone who is able to advertise their product worldwide and has a lot of reach for someone who is only strong in 2 markets because so far MS hasn't proven their new product is this time relevant outside of the US+UK.
If a switch may happen it probably won't happen at the start of the Gen or won't be that cheap as long as there is no indication they won't get crushed again by Sony.
It seems to have fallen out of vogue here. Even the real-life Nascar sport has been declining for years.
the focus is no longer a price drop to move units. its content, content and more content.
they have said multiple times that they want to offer more value for the same price, instead of dropping the price to sell more. with a library which keeps growing, they are doing great and selling more then ever.
dont expect a price drop in 2019. sony will drop the price of ps4 when ps5 launches.
It's strange that they still do this. I mean technically they are two games but for all intents and purposes it's the same game.
MS does shotgun bundles. Throwing everything at the sink increasing chances that something sticks. Sony goes for headshot bundles. Spider-Man and RDR2 during specific months because they already know the bundles will be sellers. But maybe I'm wrong.
Yeah sorry I was confused because it says YTD on the chart lol.
I heard an interesting story about that recently.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...55-compared-to-sc5.76249/page-7#post-14147486
Wait, Super Mario Party is the top selling Switch game this year?!?!?!
Also, Monster Hunter being in YTD top ten is awesome, but I'm kinda surprised it isn't in any specific platform's top ten.
EDIT: Oops. I understand now.
Also, Monster Hunter being in YTD top ten is awesome, but I'm kinda surprised it isn't in any specific platform's top ten.
EDIT: Oops. I understand now.
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It's strange that two games are treated as two games?
The publisher ultimately determines how games are classified and aggregated. If Nintendo wished us to combine the two into one for rollup purposes we would.
I do too.
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Never thought about it like this. Interesting...
So you can use the rankings to try to see.
I also miss the platform splits.
Call of Duty shifted from November to October, and there was a new Rockstar game. October results were purely slate driven.
Any chance that they could come back in the near future? or is that just something we will not be seeing again in the public release?
Isn't Nintendo counting them together on their financial reportings ?
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/3ds.html
Ah, so they basically tell you how to report them? Interesting.
Other trackers like Media Create in Japan report them with combined totals so I assumed it was a decision made by each tracker.
Its not about momentum being a problem, its demand and interest for new consoles from consumers. Right now they are more than happy with the current hardware choices so announcing a PS5 anytime soon isnt going to the impact Sony wants. The PS4 launched when the PS3/360 were exhausted and people were starving for a new generation. Thats why the PS4 sold so well and so fast right out of the gate.
Great results. Sony especially must be really happy, and it's completely deserved with the incredible year PS4 has had in game releases. One of the best years for any system ever.
I'm seeing upwards of 1.5 million for Switch this November when PS4 did 1.7 million last year. I don't know if PS4 will go much higher than that considering Wii managed 2 million in November at it's peak.
Though if you take into account the $ value of each, they're likely both very close in terms of where they'll end up.
wait this is like, the ranking for these consoles right now in 2018? like someone bought chrono cross somewhere the NPD tracks in oct 2018?
That would be like +100% YoY increase for Switch, I don't see that, PS4 doing better than last year is a given since insiders said stock is larger this year than last.
Am I?