All purpose sales and sales rumors/anecdotes thread next gen+

[goonergaz]

well that and uncharted

 

[DrJay24]

And Batman, MGSV, Battlefront, etc. there are a lot of bundles, I'm not sure any one is a main bundle. At least its not AC:U, this new AC is getting good buzz.

 

[ZhugeEX]

Star Wars bundles are the main bundles.

 

[goonergaz]

That will be November tho

 

[DieH@rd]

Star Wars bundles are the main bundles.

This. Sony is betting big on SW this holiday season.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

This. Sony is betting big on SW this holiday season.

Sony is betting on these guys?

 

[Shortbread]

http://www.gamesradar.com/ps4-wins-t3-awards-2015/

For the second year in a row, PlayStation 4 has snagged the T3 Awards' Gaming Product of the Year. The massive consumer-voted award ceremony (kind of like a techie version of our very own Golden Joystick Awards, if you're not familiar) gave the honors to PS4 over rivals like Xbox One, the Razer Blade laptop, and Oculus Rift.

With all the newly announced Japanese titles and others to come... I would agree, Sony is riding a wave of success with PS4.

 

[Clukos]

Yep, happening. Even before Halo: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...n-drake-collection-500gb-ps4-bundle-announced

Pricecut in the UK, US and rest of Europe probably at PGW or earlier. Pretty big news:

Sony has confirmed European plans to Eurogamer and the good news is that we'll get both 500GB and 1TB bundles. Both consoles also appear to be the new, revised PS4 hardware - the C-Series that's quieter and more power efficient. A close-up of the bundles shows model number CUH-1216A on the 500GB unit, and model number CUH-1216B on the 1TB unit, which indicates both are of the new 1200 series.

The bundles arrive 9th October along with the game. The 500GB bundle is £299.99, the 1TB bundle £329.99.

Down to £299 from £349 for the 500 gig bundle and £329 for the 1TB bundle.

 

[Globalisateur]

Sony struck a deal with Ubisoft, seems like the main bundle going up against Halo 5 for October?

...

Also PGW is the same day Halo 5 launches, there's no better timing to announce a worldwide price drop. For 500 gig bundles at least. I can't see them selling the 1TB edition for more than $/€400. But then again, it's Sony, they do some very questionable things some times

Written directly on the box:

Also includes Watchdogs for PS4

A gift to Sony after last year mess with Unity?

 

[Shortbread]

Written directly on the box:


A gift to Sony after last year mess with Unity?

Is there any confirmation that AC: Syndicate is running at native 1080p?

Console warriors fussing last year that AC: Unity on PS4 was sub 1080p (parity / 900p)...

 

[Clukos]

The fuss wasn't about both consoles running 900p, but about the abysmal performance in both versions and that Ps4 actually ran worse during gameplay. It must have taken an impressive amount of work (or none at all) to actually make the exact same version of a game run worse on the more powerful system. And nobody actually explained what happened there, or why it ran significantly worse on AMD hardware on PC.

 

[dogen]

I thought the developers said the game was mostly cpu bottlenecked.

 

[chris1515]

I thought the developers said the game was mostly cpu bottlenecked.

CPU can be a problem for framerate but not for resolution and many other things where the limit are on the GPU...

It was a rushed title like other title...

 

[dogen]

CPU can be a problem for framerate but not for resolution and many other things where the limit are on the GPU...

It was a rushed title like other title...

Oh right. Not sure why they ran at the same res.

 

[Rangers]

The fuss wasn't about both consoles running 900p, but about the abysmal performance in both versions and that Ps4 actually ran worse during gameplay. It must have taken an impressive amount of work (or none at all) to actually make the exact same version of a game run worse on the more powerful system. And nobody actually explained what happened there, or why it ran significantly worse on AMD hardware on PC.

Actually any title that's CPU limited has the potential to run better on XBO since it has 9.4% higher CPU clock. As well as possibly more portions of cores available for developers according to latest info (although this last will not really be provable, is dependent on SDK, and surely didnt apply way back when Unity was being developed)

Next day edit: oops just realized this is sales thread and therefore somewhat off topic. You lose track sometimes. Oh well...

 

[Shortbread]

Destiny: The Taken King crowned No.1 in the UK

The PlayStation 4 SKU took the lion’s share of sales, claiming 57 per cent of all boxed software for the game – unsurprising given PlayStation’s partnership with Activision for the online shooter.

Meanwhile the Xbox One SKU claimed 34 per cent, the 360 version took seven per cent and the PS3 edition made up two per cent.

Below is the UK software Top Ten for the week ending September 19th:

1. Destiny: The Taken King, Activision
2. Forza Motorsport 6, Microsoft
3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2016, Konami
4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Konami
5. Mad Max, Warner Bros
6. Super Mario Maker, Nintendo
7. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
8. Disney Infinity 3.0, Disney
9. Rugby League Live 3, Alternative Software
10. LEGO Jurassic World, Warner Bros

Side note: GTA V is a monster... talk about staying power.

 

[DrJay24]

launch sales of ‘The Taken King’ represent 16% of the original’s debut.

So anything on that list is not a lot of sales, relative to big sales weeks.

 

[DieH@rd]

Side note: GTA V is a monster... talk about staying power.

It sold maybe around 3k copies. This entire week had low sales all around.

 

[Shortbread]

It sold maybe around 3k copies. This entire week had low sales all around.

I wasn't really talking about the units sold... more like, GTA V has been on the charts since "FOREVER" and still going strong.

 

[London Geezer]

Yeah it's literally 2 years old and I can't remember a week when it hasn't been in the top 10 since then. The remasters are now 1 year old too. It's incredible.