Agreed. If MS doesn't take October's NPD with Halo 5 leading the pack... then November and December seems out of the question.
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Agreed. If MS doesn't take October's NPD with Halo 5 leading the pack... then November and December seems out of the question.
Anyone have any tinfoil hat theories on this? Maybe some bad blood brewing between MS and Activision...
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Yeah, it's a hard one to call. It's a hellishly crowded period game-wise and unless you have money to burn then you're going to have to pick between Halo 5, Battlefront, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Fallout 4, Black Ops III and Just Cause 3. And there are no doubt people really looking forward to Assassin's Creed and the many other games coming out.
edit: added Battlefront to the list. You see - too many bloody games!
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Not realistic ones. Activision did this with Spider Man last year but I wonder if they've simply cocked up with a retailer specific marketing deal.
That shouldn't really matter... since Halo 5 (standalone and bundle) have been on pre-order for many weeks now.
I wouldn't rule it out at all. I expected MS to wait for Sony before doing anything.
Or they could just continue with the retailer deals, maybe even stronger, without an explicit drop. Both sides seem to have transitioned to multiple vale added bundles. Considering they were already pretty crazy for Xbox last year, now they have even more motivation.
I think Wal Mart had the Gears bundle for preorder for $329 and that was the everyday price...this one that's why it's "see details in cart" http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-One-...ion-Console-Bundle-Walmart-Exclusive/46620251
I guess Sony felt some pressure to do this, the last few NPD's have been pretty close regardless of PS4 winning them all. Or more likely as Spencer said it's corporate tradition at this time of the life cycle.
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November is going to be a bloodbath for AAA game sales. I'm really interested to see where consumers spend their money!
True. But it becomes tougher with games like SW: Battlefront leading the charge in November.
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I'm most interested in how Battlefront does against Fallout 4. They're on the same three platforms, they're both mature franchises, one is pure single player and the other is pure multiplayer.
I have a feeling September's NPD is going to have some distance between PS4 and XB1 unit sales... in Sony's favor. The Destiny: The Taken King bundle has done very well from what I gathered.
I'm almost sure Battlefront will be the bigger title (sales wise), with Fallout 4 bringing up the rear. They both will do great numbers... Battlefront will just have the edge do to the media hype, Star Wars fans, movie, etc...
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Let's have a friendly wager, I think it's going to go the other way with Fallout 4 not only topping Battlefront but by obliterating it. Atomic obliteration.
Seeya back here in 9 weeks! 
Let's have a friendly wager, I think it's going to go the other way with Fallout 4 not only topping Battlefront but by obliterating it. Atomic obliteration.
Game of your choice bet?
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Sure!Game of your choice bet?
Excellent.
Let's have a friendly wager, I think it's going to go the other way with Fallout 4 not only topping Battlefront but by obliterating it. Atomic obliteration.
Strange bet. Fallout 4, a hardcore western RPG versus a Star Wars game that comes out around episode 7 when the Star Wars hype and PR machine will be rolling in way not seen in years? Metacritic will favor FO4, but sales?
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Yeah but Star Wars was last good in 1984, I've played the Battlefront beta and I have seen what JJ Abrams does to franchises. I don't rate its chances when it's going up against Destiny and Halo multiplayer and DICE's last effort was BF4.
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Damnit, way to make me feel old.
BTW - Revenge of the Jedi was 1983. I remember seeing it in the drive-in.I also remember going to a pre-release screening for Star Wars: A New Hope. I was expecting the movie to be horrible. Boy was I wrong. Getting old sucks.
I used to be HUGE into Star Wars. The last time I was hyped for a Star Wars film was back in 1999. And then the movie came out, which was bad enough. And then Jar Jar Binks happened, which turned it all into a nightmare.
I was expecting the movie to be great. Boy was I wrong.Now I'm not at all interested in the upcoming movie...couldn't care less. But am interested in the game just because it revisits locations from Episodes 4-6.
I think this one might be close. If it was only core gamers involved, I'd say Fallout 4 would win by a huge landslide. But I think a whole lot of casuals are going to buy it. Like grandparents buying it for their nephews for Christmas, for example.
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