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NPD Sales for July 2015
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Why would The Order chart?
Wow for the bolded ones above.
you can't beat dat bundle
Right, you can't fight against a back box ad.
Heh.
The gap looks impressive on raw number but increasingly miniscule in actual term comparing to the growing ltd of both consoles. I expect Sony would start shifting a gear, taking advantage of ps plus and ps now.
GoW 3 sales is good enough for a port at that price. It probably helps to be a future candidate for ps+ games too.
GoW 3 sales is good enough for a port at that price. It probably helps to be a future candidate for ps+ games too.
And just as slim hopefully, then I'll finally buy it.
Newtype-001
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( ⁰д⁰you can't beat dat bundle
Stone Ocean
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Gaddayumn, a Infamous + Madden + Tekken 6 + MAG + Uncharted 2 bundle?!!!
orthodoxy1095
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Hahahaha. Oh boy.
DC1
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You can't beat dat bundle.Gaddayumn, a Infamous + Madden + Tekken 6 + MAG + Uncharted 2 bundle?!!!
God of War 3 is one of the the worst remasters that I've ever seen. (In the sense of being very similar to PS3 version).
Gears Ultimate will do so much better and not just because multiplayer, it's almost like a remake, they remade a lot of things.
Eh its the same as the other GOW remasters.
They locked the framerate which was no where near 60 on the PS3.
It's little kids getting the old consoles. I gave my ps3 to my sister's first game they got was minecraft.
Swass
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Sure thing, and one they don't have to pay for.. I always assumed that's why they did the port in the first place as it wasn't anything anyone was asking for and wasn't a very good package to boot.
Damn, so the PS4 sold 218K in July. Still a decent number, but I overshot my predictions.
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This depends on many factors, honestly. With the BB promotion going on currently and bundles later this month, the XB1 has a good chance of winning August, though the PS4 might still be ahead. It's hard to tell as of now. But more importantly, Sony is very likely to drop the price before the holiday season. The question is when. I'm still predicting a price drop to $299 at TGS next month. If my predictions are right, then September could greatly favour the PS4 in sales, with MGSV and the TTK bundle coming out in September as well. I think the PS4 has a really good chance of winning the holiday season this time around. If Sony announces bundles for COD BO3 and Battlefront, the PS4 will do amazingly well in November. Either way, both consoles will do extremely well this holiday season.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
It's exactly what a remaster should be, they upped the resolution to 1080p and locked the framerate at 60 as opposed to 720p/40 fps on PS3. What were you expecting? If you want a bad remaster go and look at Prototype or Silent Hill.
Gears is a full-on remake, there's no sense in comparing the two.
thelastword
Banned
MS would be crazy if they did that though, their shareholders would be irate.you can't beat dat bundle
I just got my Xbox One after being a PS + PC gamer only.
Anyway, I'm not quite sure what games to get since I've got the MCC and am still going through the previous Gears of War games on the 360. Anyone care to share what games I should get on the Xbox One?
Thanks
pls tell me I did the right thing gaf...
Anyway, I'm not quite sure what games to get since I've got the MCC and am still going through the previous Gears of War games on the 360. Anyone care to share what games I should get on the Xbox One?
Thanks
Several remasters were improved much more than GoW 3 in this gen so I don't know what you talking about.
And Gears it's not a remake in the strict sense of the word.
Great post.
Damn, so the PS4 sold 218K in July. Still a decent number, but I overshot my predictions.
Edit:
This depends on many factors, honestly. With the BB promotion going on currently and bundles later this month, the XB1 has a good chance of winning August, though the PS4 might still be ahead. It's hard to tell as of now. But more importantly, Sony is very likely to drop the price before the holiday season. The question is when. I'm still predicting a price drop to $299 at TGS next month. If my predictions are right, then September could greatly favour the PS4 in sales, with MGSV and the TTK bundle coming out in September as well. I think the PS4 has a really good chance of winning the holiday season this time around. If Sony announces bundles for COD BO3 and Battlefront, the PS4 will do amazingly well in November. Either way, both consoles will do extremely well this holiday season.
Why drop the price 100 bucks when PS4 is smashing Nintendo and Xbox worldwide?
(Yeah I know this is an NPD thread). Sony want to keep margins up.
They're gonna go with value bundles to ride out Christmas.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
So some remasters are better? How does that make GoW3 a bad remaster?
And Gears is using a new engine and all new assets, in what way is it not a remake?
Final Verdict
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I just got my Xbox One after being a PS + PC gamer only.pls tell me I did the right thing gaf...
Anyway, I'm not quite sure what games to get since I've got the MCC and am still going through the previous Gears of War games on the 360. Anyone care to share what games I should get on the Xbox One?
Thanks
You should check out Sunset Overdrive and Ori. Also Forza Horizon 2 if you like racing games, and Rare Replay is always a nice add in.
I think it's a poor remaster very similar to PS3 version.
About Gears, it's not a new engine, they remain with UE 3, and remake is when the game code is rewritten from the scratch, there's not the case with Gears Ultimate.
Well, Sony has a history of having the first price drop being a $100 price drop, so I think the same will apply for the PS4. Yes, I'm aware that Sony wants to keep margins up, but keep in mind that Sony also forecasts lower revenues for this year, so I would say a price cut is inevitable. The question is a price drop to $349 or $299. Personally, I'm predicting $299, but after Gopher's post, I see $349 being possible. Also, the limited edition TTK bundle is priced at $399, so I think we'll see a price cut next month.
I think will be MGS V.
OnionPowder
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The Taken King by itself won't be in retail, just the retail bundle with the original game and other expansions. I don't imagine that special edition will outsell MGSV on 5 platforms.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
In what way should it be different? I'm not really sure what your getting at, what is it you want?
I'm no expert on game engines, but the version of UE3 used in the original is completely different than the one used in the Ultimate edition. It's not an up-res of the old game, it has completely rebuilt assets. It's a full-on remake in every way.
That's a crying shame.
The buzz over Rory PGA got me yearning to play a golf game but I'm primarily a PC guy who doesn't own new-gen consoles. So I opted instead for a used copy of Tiger PGA 14 on 360.
Even with the online server-features shut down Tiger 14 is gd amazing. Like 100% landing on my 2015 GOTY list amazing.
Hearing how bare-bone and janky Rory PGA turned out, it's a shame to see it outselling Tiger 14 and consequently giving EA zero incentive to up their golf game. It just makes me shake my head.
Did they predict lower revenues or lower profits? I thought it was lower profit
Big difference and the answer would sway what I think is going to happen.
Agree.
I wonder more how Mad Max will do as it seems interesting but coming out the same month as MGS, TTK, Forza and so close to Madden, Gears, etc. could kill it. I think if it would have come out in the summer it would have been big on the charts
Shit, now that you mention it, I'm not sure. I've never been really good at revenues and profits
Final Verdict
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Here is a chart comparing PS4's sales to last year.
PS4 HW January-July 2014: 1,762k
PS4 HW January-July 2015: 1,784k
PS4 HW YOY: + 01%
PS4 was up YoY 3/7 months this year, and overall is just about flat YoY.
PS4 HW January-July 2014: 1,762k
PS4 HW January-July 2015: 1,784k
PS4 HW YOY: + 01%
PS4 was up YoY 3/7 months this year, and overall is just about flat YoY.
When Sony eventually cut the price they wont faff about and go with a $50 cut.
They'll at least go whole hog at $100 but this will be next year.
Sony anticipating lower revenues (though I think it was profits they mentioned) isn't completely dependent on a lower priced PS4.
Could be the shit ton of marketing deals, promotion and bundling worldwide bringing up costs.
I also saw Gopher's post which seemed to explain how Sony treat low margin products.
Because it's about expanding the userbase, not just being #1 on a monthly list for PR purposes.
Holidays are all about price of entry, not just perceived value, so I definitely see them going down $50 between October and November, if not more.
I don't know if it will Bomb but it won't do great IMO. Unless it catches great word of mouth like shadow of mordor
drotahorror
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All of the textures, assets etc have been remade from scratch.
http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2015/08/gow-ultimate-edition-campaign-gameplay.html
Look at the screenshot comparison below the videos. It looks like a completely different game.
Revenues are directly correlated with a PS4 price point. Profits are tied to it and the things you mention later. Hence my earlier question. If they are saying lower revenues a price drop of some significance is coming. But IIRC they said profit, and while some have the mindset that EA, Activision, etc is asking Sony to market, I think that's silly, Sony is paying $ for those deals. As much as MS would have to pay? Likely not but they are still paying good $ for them and hence cutting into the profit margins
Mister Megative
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Eh, I dunno. It's 50/50 for me. The PS4 is still selling like an absolute beast at the launch price and its massively profitable for Sony. I dont think its an absolute certainty at all.
Honestly, I find it hard to believe that Sony won't drop the price at all this year. The PS4 has been in the market for 21 months without a price cut, the longest of any PlayStation console. I highly doubt that Sony won't drop the price before the PS4 is in the market for 2 years. Also, we have signs that point towards a price drop besides the lower profits. The PS4 just got a revision that is believed to be significantly cheaper to manufacture. I think even a $400 Battlefront bundle will have a hard time competing with the XB1 this holiday season, especially if Microsoft announces bundles of great value. But the main reason of price drops is not to outsell the competition, but to increase the install base, which is why I see a price drop happening before this holiday season.
I just got my Xbox One after being a PS + PC gamer only.pls tell me I did the right thing gaf...
Anyway, I'm not quite sure what games to get since I've got the MCC and am still going through the previous Gears of War games on the 360. Anyone care to share what games I should get on the Xbox One?
Thanks
If you have real interest in buying what they have on offer past and upcoming, of course you did the right thing.
I think a 399 battlefront bundle will be very competitive unless XB1 goes down to $299. Would it beat XB 1 if they had deals like last year, maybe not but it would hold up better than the Black Friday bundle Sony had last year. Star Wars is huge and PS4 is still the preferred console in the U.S. Combine those two and it will sell.
I know, just saying isn't a remake because the code was not remade from scratch. They used the original code and reshaped some aspects.
The value proposition isn't very good but if it's the "worst remaster" you've ever seen, you've probably haven't seen very many then.