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NPD Sales Results For January 2017 (We also have platform charts)
The Last One
Member
Even though KH II.5 didn't chart in December the game sold on par with KH I.5.
Do we know how well KH1.5 sold? How does it compare to 2.8?
Personally I was surprised to see it chart.
So Switch will be counted as a console by NPD? I was fairly certain that would happen, but good to see confirmation. How did you decide it counted as a console?
The Last One
Member
The numbers are leaked in the NPD threads but iirc the numbers were ~200k for both.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Mmm if I recall an article I'll try Nd find it so don't quote me yet 1.5 did like 120k in Japan first week for na no clue
Ah there ya go
it contains the award winning game Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -a fragmentary passage-
InsaneTiger
Member
I cannot wait to see Gamespot turn this into news.
falconxcrunner09
Member
Damn. Kingdom Hearts charted pretty high overall and just the PS4 chart. Wasn't expecting it to sell that well
DarkConfidant
Member
Shame on NA. Yakuza should be on that list.
The market making the wrong choices again.
The market making the wrong choices again.
Not much to discuss, RE7 number one was predictable but no split? Also still no hardware datas.
Yakuza is a series that needed Sony's help just to be localized in the west, it was never supposed to be a top ten game. First month sales ausually are well below 50k.
But the most important thing is how and if the series is growing in the west, how digital sales are going and so on.
Unfortunately we won't know these details through a simple top ten chart and that's the only thing NPD is offering :/
Shame on NA. Yakuza should be on that list.
The market making the wrong choices again.
Yakuza is a series that needed Sony's help just to be localized in the west, it was never supposed to be a top ten game. First month sales ausually are well below 50k.
But the most important thing is how and if the series is growing in the west, how digital sales are going and so on.
Unfortunately we won't know these details through a simple top ten chart and that's the only thing NPD is offering :/
That's good to hear. I am looking forward to KH3 but to be frank I haven't played KH 1.5 or 2.5 even though I bought them. Maybe I will revisit them with the kids a few years down the road.
MatPiscatella
Member
Well, didn't want to create a new "hybrid" category, so... there was a lot of discussion around where to put it. Given the market, I'm of the opinion that it's getting about that time to remove the distinctions entirely.
New console buyers. Strong correlation between GTAV sales and new console sales. The curves look pretty similar.
Yep. Just because a game didn't chart doesn't mean it didn't do well compared to historical benchmarks or expectations. But I have no idea what those expectations may have been.
Shame on NA. Yakuza should be on that list.
The market making the wrong choices again.
They really undershipped Yakuza 0. I couldn't find in store anywhere til a week ago
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
I was wondering whether or not I was taking crazy pills.
If no one knows, then how do you know the xbox one has had awful Januaries? Which January was the least awful?
DriftingSpirit
Member
We have numbers on January sales from 2014 through 2016.
Pokken is still 60 bucks right.
Now that I think about it, I guess 3D World being there is pretty decent considering it's $20 now.
MiamiWesker
Member
Well of course RE7 is going to be number 1, we need to know by how much.
onemanasylum
Banned
Because we know the other years NPD numbers...not hard bro. This one was the least awful obvious.
Tales of has a consistent fan base. This is like the first Yakuza game that has made any splashes.
hanspampel
Banned
MatPiscatella
Member
Yep, and yep. But big fish in a pretty small pond.
I still think that in 5-10 years Wii U consoles will be really pricey on the secondary market with it having the same kind of cachet with the core the Dreamcast has. Great games on that system that many didn't play for whatever reason.
Welfare
Member
2014: 141K
2015: 150K
2016: 132K
2017: >150K
Those are pretty awful, and the post holiday drop is just terrible.
MatPiscatella
Member
A bit of a chicken and egg thing though on the strategy though, no?
Sony had a bunch of exclusives and some really good games come out in Jan, while the Xbox One Jan slate was... sparse.
Quality new content results in console sales, so yeah the drop off sure ain't great, but don't see how it could be expected to be anything but that way?
Well, Tales of Berseria did launch worldwide on Steam on Jan 27, three days after the PS4 release (thanks Bamco) so if anything that could have taken off sales too.
EDIT: Steamspy is going for 65ksales.
GR2 is a sequel tho...
IronicSonic
Member
Yakuza 0
I blame Atlus/Sega for understimate demand
I blame Atlus/Sega for understimate demand
Jaguar Victory
Member
Microsoft with the #1 WiiU game. What a world we live in.
Release the new Mario game on Scorpio to reciprocate, Nintendo! Dreams...
It's not Nintendo's fault that Microsoft caves.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
man, i really did bad guessing the numbers this month
King Gilga
Member
Like gravity rush 2?
Liabe Brave
Member
So with this flaw in strategy being so obvious, why do you think Microsoft haven't done anything about it? They may not have a sufficient number of first-party studios to fill the gaps themselves. But what's stopping them from engaging in more partnerships with third parties to bolster their schedule year-round? When they do engage in partnerships, most of those games also come out in the fall/holidays.
pretty done
Member
Next time maybe release it in a window where there's not 5 other (and better) games to play. Really poor time to release a niche Japanese sequel to a handheld game.
You can ban publishing new games for a month and GR still will not chart. It just is not that popular. Great game but beyond niche.
Welfare
Member
True. Just an observation on post holiday performance.
Thanks to the XB1S I wonder how many more months there will be of "best sales ever". Only months for the first half of the year I think won't be passed is March and June as March 2014 had Titanfall and June 2015 had the launch of the 1TB model. I think both months will see YoY growth from 2016, so that would still be a success.
tiebreaker
Member
No Yakuza and Gravity Rush 2 is to be expected, but still disappointing to see.
MatPiscatella
Member
You raise some interesting questions. I'm sure you understand why I can't speculate on them.
On a unit basis you make all the sense.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I feel kinda bad; I bought Minecraft for my Wii U late last year when one of the Visa Checkout promotions was running but since I was moving at the time my Wii U is in storage (and still is)
By the time I get around to playing the game the Switch version will be out. Whoops.
Liabe Brave
Member
Darn, was hoping at least for some blue-sky theorizing. I don't think that's untoward for an analyst. But I do get that it might be imprudent or step on toes that are better kept comfy. I sometimes curtail my own analytical flights (in a different market/ambit) for the same reason.