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First week sales comparison (UK).
QB ~28K
TR 36K (doesn't include XB360 sales)
Alan Wake ~36K
The Order 1886 ~40K
Are sales of new IPs (minus Tomb Raider being a new IP) generally low in the UK?
QB ~28K
TR 36K (doesn't include XB360 sales)
Alan Wake ~36K
The Order 1886 ~40K
Are sales of new IPs (minus Tomb Raider being a new IP) generally low in the UK?
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Ike Turner
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Compared to what? Multiplatform new IPs? New IP MP games? Openworld games? There are tons of factors to take into account. In the case of QB a good chunk of the first week sales are going to be digital given the pre-order promo (free Windows 10 version + Alan Wake + AW: American Nightmares).
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New IPs in general...
As for "digital downloads" I'm not disputing those factors because we will never know for sure (the numbers). From a standalone sales points (physical disc), those games listed above are quite low.
Ike Turner
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Totally agree with you. This is most probably why Publishers are more & more afraid of launching new single player/non-open-world focused IPs this gen. The success of The Division somewhat validates their thinking.
I asked a local toy store manager for a sales breakdown and he said
PS4: 60% Xbox1: 20% Xbox360:10% PS3:4% Wii:5% WiiU:1%
Continent: Europe, Country: Netherlands
Told him it was reeeeeealy specific, but he said that it's the data they got from headquarters; the individual stores have the freedom to arrange the store how they want it, but they were guidelines. In the store though, the part on the wall for PS4 was barely bigger than all Xbox, while it should be twice as big. He said that arrangement was made during the 2010 store rebuild...
I wonder if the NL situation will be the same for NPD: PS4 outselling the Xbox group 2:1. Xbox had Quantum Break coming up, so maybe people were saving for the bundle?
PS4: 60% Xbox1: 20% Xbox360:10% PS3:4% Wii:5% WiiU:1%
Continent: Europe, Country: Netherlands
Told him it was reeeeeealy specific, but he said that it's the data they got from headquarters; the individual stores have the freedom to arrange the store how they want it, but they were guidelines. In the store though, the part on the wall for PS4 was barely bigger than all Xbox, while it should be twice as big. He said that arrangement was made during the 2010 store rebuild...
I wonder if the NL situation will be the same for NPD: PS4 outselling the Xbox group 2:1. Xbox had Quantum Break coming up, so maybe people were saving for the bundle?
What's interesting for me is 360 outselling PS3 2:1
Btw this is only 1 franchise ("Bart Smit") which is primarily for toys, though a large percentage of the stores is dedicated to games. Therefore I expected the Wii much higher..
Also: PS3 is rather expensive compared to 360 in the Netherlands. With Xbox you can use the basic model (external usb etc), but PS3 basic model only has 12GB and it gets really frustrating without one. Also Xbox has the Kinect which should still appeal to (people buying semi-expensive stuff for )children. The Netherlands has a lot of Wii's so the people still buying it is strange as well. Everyone should have them at this point
Sorry for the offtopic.
Also: PS3 is rather expensive compared to 360 in the Netherlands. With Xbox you can use the basic model (external usb etc), but PS3 basic model only has 12GB and it gets really frustrating without one. Also Xbox has the Kinect which should still appeal to (people buying semi-expensive stuff for )children. The Netherlands has a lot of Wii's so the people still buying it is strange as well. Everyone should have them at this point
Sorry for the offtopic.
So you're saying that - shock horror! - anecdotal evidence is useless?
Who knew!
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Some interesting sales data n the game "Shovel Knight" was posted on a blog. Not sure how much we can really learn, but.
http://gamasutra.com/blogs/DavidDAn..._One_Million_Copies_of_Shovel_Knight_Sold.php
Small sample size that means jack really, but I'm interested at 7% for Canada. Fits with the "5-10%" I always use for Canada sales. So if for example PS4 has sold 12 million by NPD, it's probably sold another 600,000-1.2 milliion in Canada. Maybe 7% is a good estimate for Canada?
I suspect for a lot of games Wal mart's share is much higher. Amazon has a healthy share there too, but again I'm not sure how much to read into it.
http://gamasutra.com/blogs/DavidDAn..._One_Million_Copies_of_Shovel_Knight_Sold.php
Small sample size that means jack really, but I'm interested at 7% for Canada. Fits with the "5-10%" I always use for Canada sales. So if for example PS4 has sold 12 million by NPD, it's probably sold another 600,000-1.2 milliion in Canada. Maybe 7% is a good estimate for Canada?
I suspect for a lot of games Wal mart's share is much higher. Amazon has a healthy share there too, but again I'm not sure how much to read into it.
for Amazon in April, QB is #8 and the XB1 isn't in the top 100. PS4 is #22.
Unreal 4 is releasing soon?
I'd take their figures with a huge pinch of salt. According to Nintendo, as of Dec 31st 2015 they'd sold 58 million 3DS. Three months later, this report comes out saying that Nintendo have sold less than 50 million 3DS (for that same period).
That's quite the discrepancy.
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