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Is the age of 'system sellers' and 'killer apps' dead? I ask that as I have no idea if this is still a thing. People mention TLG and FFXV as titles that will push more systems, and I'm not sure that's accurate. TLG especially!
yea that's a tough one. It pretty much doesn't exist anymore, we have more games per year now than ever before, the concept that 1 title is so great and applicable to everyone whose formula cannot be copied or improved upon, just doesn't seem to make sense. There's something for everyone out there.
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TLG is a question mark, but FF will definitely push PS4s in Japan, seeing as how there is a bundle attached to it.
Also, I didn't necessarily call those games 'system sellers' but they are the type of games that will provide noticeable bumps in sales in Japan. Since sales are tracked on a weekly basis, the affects of software is more easily seen.
Also, I didn't necessarily call those games 'system sellers' but they are the type of games that will provide noticeable bumps in sales in Japan. Since sales are tracked on a weekly basis, the affects of software is more easily seen.
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I think this comes down to the lack of opportunity (and likelihood) for an exclusive studio to overwhelmingly shine so brightly, compared to the competition, is far less these days. Part of it is expecting a studio to outshine the likes of Rockstar and Ubisoft, companies who invest hundreds of millions of thousands of man years in a single product. The other part is that the likes of God of War and Halo broke new ground in gaming. You can't put that lightning back in the bottle.
Its more the package now, Sony are established and you kind of know what you're going to get...that sells the system to me.
Putting some numbers to oct NPD
https://mobile.twitter.com/AstronautClaire/status/800564533655793664
Is astronaut Claire aquamarine?
Anyway
94k unit difference.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AstronautClaire/status/800564533655793664
Is astronaut Claire aquamarine?
Anyway
94k unit difference.
Well you can read it on her twitter but, many Triple A titles fared quite poorly this year.
WD 2 per GAF estimates, down huge in UK, from 380k WD 1 to 80K WD2 opening week.
COD has been down big.
Gears 4 sold about as well as Judgment, but way down from Gears 3.
Battlefield 1 was the main large franchise "winner" that I see, in that it's sales were actually up over BF4.
Cool numbers compiled from welfar on neogaf
Rounded to nearest 10k.
PS4: 14,830,000
XB1: 13,340,000
Gap: 1,490,000
2013
PS4: 2,000,000
XB1: 1,820,000
Gap: 180,000
2014
PS4: 4,680,000
XB1: 4,370,000
Gap: 310,000
2015
PS4: 5,730,000
XB1: 4,930,000
Gap: 800,000
2016 YTD
PS4: 2,420,000
XB1: 2,220,000
Gap: 200,000
WD 2 per GAF estimates, down huge in UK, from 380k WD 1 to 80K WD2 opening week.
COD has been down big.
Gears 4 sold about as well as Judgment, but way down from Gears 3.
Battlefield 1 was the main large franchise "winner" that I see, in that it's sales were actually up over BF4.
Cool numbers compiled from welfar on neogaf
Rounded to nearest 10k.
PS4: 14,830,000
XB1: 13,340,000
Gap: 1,490,000
2013
PS4: 2,000,000
XB1: 1,820,000
Gap: 180,000
2014
PS4: 4,680,000
XB1: 4,370,000
Gap: 310,000
2015
PS4: 5,730,000
XB1: 4,930,000
Gap: 800,000
2016 YTD
PS4: 2,420,000
XB1: 2,220,000
Gap: 200,000
Yes
PS4-Slim have been #1 on amazon.com since the price drop. It's also starting to climb in the 2016 YTD sales.
It seems 249 makes the slim much more attractive for value-conscious consumers. Pro sales however are significantly down today (didn't get any price drop), so the market moved based on choosing between a Pro or a Slim.
It seems 249 makes the slim much more attractive for value-conscious consumers. Pro sales however are significantly down today (didn't get any price drop), so the market moved based on choosing between a Pro or a Slim.
Absolutely. There's no way Pro is going to get any sort of traction without a price decrease/bundle on BF. BF shopping is strictly about maximizing deals, things will normalize again with Pro after this event.
That being said however, in the top 50 items for this month there are 3 XBO SKUs (pos 13, 15, 32), and just the 1 PS4 UC sku (pos 1). This could make for a very interesting finale to this month.
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How can you tell? Position 1 could be 100 times more than positions 13, 15 and 32 combined or far less. This is the pointlessness that is trying to infer trends from Amazon sales rankings.
I can't tell. But that doesn't mean it won't make it fun for predictions! Limited information is what gambling is all about!
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Gambling =/= guesswork
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That makes sense, PS4-P was always going to be front-loaded due to pre-orders and people that would have upgraded to a slim in the past would now go for a PS4-P. However, the holidays will have a larger percentage of new console owners, and for them, the PS4-S is going to be the far more attractive device. Even without price cuts. But I imagine there will be price cuts for the PS4-S in order to combat the XBO-S.
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Amazon was wrong the last two months anyway vs NPD. Embarrassingly so in October. Unless I'm missing something there were 3 normal PS4 SKU's (meaning not counting the PS4 pro) ahead of any Xbox hardware SKU in October. And the the top XBO SKU came in at #91. Yet in NPD Xbox won by almost 100k.
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PS4 bundles seem to be selling well at gamestop, too. IIRC, they have the largest marketshare.
http://www.gamestop.com/browse
PS4 is #1, #2 and #33. The only XB1 SKU is #17. (top 50)
http://www.gamestop.com/browse
PS4 is #1, #2 and #33. The only XB1 SKU is #17. (top 50)
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I think it's an hourly thing.
It will help with monthly sales, seeing as how the majority of November sales are on Black Friday.
It will help with monthly sales, seeing as how the majority of November sales are on Black Friday.
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