DriftingSpirit
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It is between 200-213K. So, essentially, yeah.
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NPD Sales Results for May 2016
- Thread starter Nirolak
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you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
The hell at gtav in the top 5 ?
That game has become sentient at this point.
That game has become sentient at this point.
KinofChaos
Banned
A full fledged GOW on PS4 with marketing def can.
It looks like 4 is making some changes and you can't base GOW on Ascension like you can't judge gears on Judgement.
get2sammyb
Member
I don't think there's all that much excitement for it myself. That could all change with a good demo next week - but it'll need to be good.
DriftingSpirit
Member
It is something that has perplexed me for a while. What will MS use as their big exclusive after Gears?
Cow Goes Moo
Member
halo 6
Well I wouldn't be surprised if a PC version was confirmed at E3.
KinofChaos
Banned
Gears will get hit with the same decline as halo, gears gameplay has not aged well imo.
Yeah, huge month, FF XIII, Bad Company 2, Pokemon and GoW III in the million club.
Probably an all time record for million sellers in march.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Sea of Thieves seems like it could be a big deal, but that's going to take a lot of muscle on MS's part to help it get attention. "It's Rare's first big non-casual game in ages!" isn't going to be enough for the mass audience, especially with how little the name of that developer means these days.
U4 can't, why GoW 4 can?
KinofChaos
Banned
GOW > UC in the US. Just because UC didn't doesn't mean GOW can't, the install base will also be bigger. UC never last gen either but GOW did. Why not?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
An E3 announcement?
This is why XBO sales being considered poor is relative to what you are comparing it to.
vs. PS4, yes.
vs. 360? Not so much. If Nintendo didnt drop the ball so hard with the Wii U XBO numbers could have looked even worse in comparison to the Wii U.
Movalpolos
Banned
It won't. The time for that series is over. It will most likely under-perform.
Don't know if this remains being true.
PlatypusDude
Member
Good job to Uncharted 4, Doom, and Overwatch (which I'm sure sold most of its copies digital on PC and thus isn't counted on NPD), wonder how big the gap between 3 and 4 is though since I would wager that Battleborn is closer to GTAV and the big-selling games every month compared to the other three new releases.
KinofChaos
Banned
Disagree. GOW4 will be big. Why is it time for it to be over? They are making some changes for 4, many franchises have gone on way longer.
We don't know it's not either.
WW uncharted is king and GT but US? God of War is BIGGER!
I doubt that's still true.
Movalpolos
Banned
They will likely get the marketing deal for Titanfall 2.
Thanks to Zhuge
Performance increases may only apply to the 2DS itself, and not all of the 3DS family.
OOT3D making the top 25 list for NPD (individual SKUs, I imagine?) is a pretty neat trick. It's never too late to start up a greatest hits line.
SliceSabre
Banned
I am...honestly shocked Battleborn is right behind Overwatch.
I don't think Gears will do much to actually make a difference, but I don't share your optimism. I'm more on the realistic side.
Ascension did >600k in 2013. Given a decent push and they take the franchise in an attractive direction, it's definitely a possibility. Not even UC4 level of push either. I wouldn't count it out. It is, after all, Sony's biggest franchise in NA.
And sold at a discount for the entire month.
Movalpolos
Banned
Was released earlier.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
I thought he was implying Microsoft would be jumping to their next gen system early and focusing big games on just that.
Slurpees.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
maybe halo 3 anniversary
anothertech
Member
Possible. But I'm betting against it.
FF Seraphim
Member
Hell yeah Doom is number 2! The game is so god damn great! I hope with its success that people see that type of gameplay is still worth making. The game is just so damn good!
Ehh -- I think I'm being realistic. Gears hasn't had a disappointing Halo 4 + MCC like combo and the remake did well last year. I think it has decent chance of having a bigger impact than Halo 5 (which probably would have sounded crazy 4 years ago).
KinofChaos
Banned
Uc4 is not a shooter, heck there is barely in the game lol.
KinofChaos
Banned
Gears gameplay in 2016 has not aged well and it had a judgement, it's not going to light the charts on fire imo.
Movalpolos
Banned
Plenty in MP. It's actually pretty popular too, thanks to the couple betas before release.
fargofallout
Member
I wouldn't complain if they added that to the Master Chief Collection like they did with ODST.
I was under the impression Uncharted games were TPS?
This is complete bullshit. On average you kill about 400-500 guys in a playthrough.
KinofChaos
Banned
True but I don't think UC is as popular for MP as other shooters, of course I have no facts just a gut feeling.
I was joking relax....but as far as shooters go there is definitely a lot less the then average shooter, there is more traversal, slow parts then combat.
It is but did you play it? There is a lot of not shooting in the game, more story, exploration and traversal.
Jarod McChicken
Member
If the stars are aligned (bigger installed base, PS4 Neo, november launch) anything is possible for God of War 4. Same goes for The Last of Us 2.
I can't wait for Horizon too, for a new IP launching in 8 months, the awareness around this game looks extremely promising
I can't wait for Horizon too, for a new IP launching in 8 months, the awareness around this game looks extremely promising
Ok, I'll bite. What are your realistic expectations for Gears?
To me, realistic in this scenario would be winning NPD that month and that's it. I don't even know if the margin would be considerable.