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NPD Sales Results for March 2016
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Colonel Mustard
Banned
Capcom to Nintendo: "If you order now, we'll throw in this IP about some blue robot guy that we forgot we had, absolutely free."
Big Green Anus
Member
I'm very happy the best 3D Zelda game sold well.
We never did get numbers for Cold Steel 1. ;_;
ethomaz
Banned
I was ranked 360k last month with 0FP... there were way lower ranking than mine.
Just the know sales put it over that number.
NPD Feb: ~205k
PC: ~160k
JP: ~70k
UK: ~30k
> 450k
Except PC all numbers are outdated (late Feb or mid March).
There are a lot of WW countries to count yet.
I believe the game is close to 1 million WW at end of March.
They are close to 1 million sold thought... shipment will be over 1 million.Yup, but I think they will baaarely make it
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
So is Minecraft just being given away to people in the street?
I only personally know like 2 people that bought it of the group of 10 or so friends/family who game. How many people are left to buy this damn game on consoles?
I only personally know like 2 people that bought it of the group of 10 or so friends/family who game. How many people are left to buy this damn game on consoles?
Kayo Police
Member
"We'll also toss in this weird dinosaur horror series as well."
Nah man, Im pretty sure you can try harder than that
RespectThySole
Member
Oh my
Not really. Pokken had as many if not more modes at launch than SFV did after the March update.
A couple of points. You can't compare Splatoon to SFV. Not only was the WiiU staved for new games - something that isn't the case on PS4 - but Splatoon had a full single player mode. It was light on online content, but was still enough meat on the bone for tons of people to enjoy as-is. SFV was, and still is, a gloried demo. It will be months and months until it's in a state that you'd expect from a full retail game.
Sony part-funded development of the game, but it's published by Capcom. Capcom decided when the launch the game and were solely responsible for marketing it, both on PS4 and PC. Something they have done a spectacularly bad job at. The post-launch PR has been awful. They have been silent on many of the legitimate complains. The closest to a mea culpa around the state of the game is the recent statement from Ono saying they were taken by surprised that people wanted single player modes. Which was bullshit, as in interviews before the game releases, Ono said the the most amount of feedback and requests he'd gotten was around single player modes and content.
Capcom dun goofed and only have themselves to blame.
Newly turned 18 year olds.
Petrae
Member
An exclusive fighting game for the console with the weakest install base outsells an exclusive fighting game (in a well-known series, no less) for the console that has the largest install base.
Street Fighter V, you are already dead. And not EVO, not the Capcom Cup, not Story Mode... nothing is going to bring you back from the dead.
Repairing negative word of mouth and weak launch reviews is an improbable (if not impossible) thing to accomplish-- and Capcom isn't a regular achiever of the improbable.
Street Fighter V, you are already dead. And not EVO, not the Capcom Cup, not Story Mode... nothing is going to bring you back from the dead.
Repairing negative word of mouth and weak launch reviews is an improbable (if not impossible) thing to accomplish-- and Capcom isn't a regular achiever of the improbable.
outunderthestars
Banned
The SA!e people buying new consoles?
Welfare
Member
"Oh sure, thanks... um... yeah... I think we have an orange robot girl or something so we're good."
chromatic9
Member
Yeah, possibly. Could be good for Sony in the long run.
Just digging up some old numbers from 2009, yeah I know, while it sold over 800k in it's first month, the second month it didn't even chart. That's with the buzz of fighting games coming back and all.
Who is going to hear about a March update, seriously.
LOL, not what I was referencing, but well done. That was hilarious. XD
Yup. SF4 had 10 years of hype and anticipation. This game didn't have that. SO while if it launched with what it should have had. I still doubt it would see the sales similar to 4. I think it would be in a better position though.
That said. I think A F2P version or even putting this up for PS+ while pushing the season pass could help. Basically it needs to turn into a service.
Steverulez
Member
Imperfected
Member
"Or, you know, we can throw it in even if you don't buy MH. Look, just take it. It's attracting Inafunes, and that's the last thing we need right now."
Welfare
Member
~155k
Easily. Especially given the anticipation and success of SF4. But it seems common sense wasn't part of SFV's development, and no one could have anticipated that to be honest.
RespectThySole
Member
Primethius
Banned
Yea, SFV pretty much had no legs on PC.
At all.
At all.
Capcom: "Oh i'm sorry, did I say robot? I meant suit, like something a lawyer might wear."
DISSESHOWEDO
Banned
GTAV is an anomaly that generates money out of thin air!
"Xbox Live engagement was driven by the greatest games lineup, including new titles released in March like Killer Instinct: Season 3 and Tom Clancys The Division."
Love MS PR as always!
"Xbox Live engagement was driven by the greatest games lineup, including new titles released in March like Killer Instinct: Season 3 and Tom Clancys The Division."
Love MS PR as always!
Honestly, I thought Capcom's target of 2 million worldwide this quarter seemed reasonable; perhaps optimistic, but not crazy. It's in line with their other fighting game sales (vanilla SFIV sold 3.4, vanilla MvC3 sold 2.2, and SFxT sold 1.7 mil). And while the lack of XBO release was going to hurt somewhat, I kinda felt there was more anticipation for SFV than those aforementioned titles, which I thought would help make up for it. But what do I know :lol. Really did not expect SFV to be such a steaming pile of shit upon release.
5 copies to Combofiend to run his tournament/Capcom Cup.
Primethius said:
Word of mouth travels fast on PC.
It's been going up and down over the past two months. People are refunding it due to the lack of content. And Capcom isn't doing shit about that until the summer. #RIP any hope of it catching on.
chromatic9
Member
Yes, that's my instinct no pun intended, go F2P. I think it would bring SF into a new era and help create a new fanbase. It's a super well known game that is very steady. Even the SF fan base likes to stick with SF2, Third Strike and IV. F2P could inject a lot of excitement.
Not that I'm championing digital but if there's one game I want digital it's fighting game these days. Perhaps it's done a bit better ~20%.
Sounds like something CeoKaz would say
gigantor21
Member
I think so.
The negative word of mouth has mainly focused on the lack of content. Capcom badly misread how important that was to casual gamers--especially when Ono himself kept selling the game as a "reset" meant to lower the barrier of entry and bring in a new crop of more casual players.
The actual game and it's release schedule don't line up with Capcom's stated goals of broadening the player base at all--and with other fighters doing more on that score they really don't have any excuse for that. Small wonder it's gone over so poorly in light of that.
Megadragon15
Member
I feel sorry for Capcom. They release a great product in Street Fighter V and people didn't appreciate it.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
Oh man I want to call out everyone who doubted my year one, less than a million figure, but I'll be the better man.
I'll wait until February to put the crow on the serving tray
With the exception of Street Fighter V, excellent software month! Portable software is in trouble (and has been for a while), but console software seems to be alive and kicking.
The failure of SFV is interesting in every sense of the word. The negative word of mouth and scorching user reviews have made matters much worse for the game's long-term performance. Clearly, Capcom needed significantly more foresight and resources (e.g. Time) to prevent the terrible sales performance. It makes you wonder if Sony (as the financier and platform holder) will look at the sales performance of the title and create some distance between themselves and upcoming games that they're also supporting, e.g. FF7R. Square's announcement that they'll be selling the game in slices is definitely looking like it could backfire. Big time. If the slice is big then people will be less hesitant to jump in, but I can see how a smaller slice -- especially for a single-player driven experience -- can lead to another SFV scenario, where a number of people choose to not buy the game until the whole 'pie' is complete , by which time the interest from consumers and the price of the game at retail will more than likely be significantly less than it initially was. It's obviously not a good thing for PlayStation to become the console brand known for incomplete software experiences, so I wonder if Sony are going to pay extra attention to the development and content plans for FF7R. Interested to see how it all shakes out.
The failure of SFV is interesting in every sense of the word. The negative word of mouth and scorching user reviews have made matters much worse for the game's long-term performance. Clearly, Capcom needed significantly more foresight and resources (e.g. Time) to prevent the terrible sales performance. It makes you wonder if Sony (as the financier and platform holder) will look at the sales performance of the title and create some distance between themselves and upcoming games that they're also supporting, e.g. FF7R. Square's announcement that they'll be selling the game in slices is definitely looking like it could backfire. Big time. If the slice is big then people will be less hesitant to jump in, but I can see how a smaller slice -- especially for a single-player driven experience -- can lead to another SFV scenario, where a number of people choose to not buy the game until the whole 'pie' is complete , by which time the interest from consumers and the price of the game at retail will more than likely be significantly less than it initially was. It's obviously not a good thing for PlayStation to become the console brand known for incomplete software experiences, so I wonder if Sony are going to pay extra attention to the development and content plans for FF7R. Interested to see how it all shakes out.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
The gameplay is great and I'm glad it got into the hands of pros so early cause E3 is gonna be nuts.
But the overall product is pretty damn far from great.
xabbott
Member
As someone who has only been reading these threads for a few months. I was PC gaming most of last gen so I don't know what it was like then as well.
What exactly is expected of "the loser's" PR response?
AcademicSaucer
Member
Lmao!!
The gif is perfect. And of course the one above me too.
As a hardcore SF fan who has spent over $1,000 in buying the games and the sticks: fuck outta here with that nonsense. Anybody with an ounce of common sense knew by launch that they were on stupid sauce and the game would bomb because of it. The only question I had by that point is how badly and if they would get their shit together ASAP, which they have not. They outsourced everything to everywhere and very little outside of the actual combat makes any kind of sense from a design or business standpoint. It really looks like they have a team of like 8, where the sound design guy is also in charge of the menus or something indie-budget like that.
The good news is they have paved the way for anybody who ever wants to release a fighting game to see what NOT to do.
DriftingSpirit
Member
It has been this way for a little while. MS is concerned with MAU (Monthly Active User) now so this has to be expected.