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[Deleted member 11852]

Doesn't seem like that has happened since the article references other blunders and of course these are small mistakes they are costly mistakes in the millions or billions of dollars. Of course if it supports what the government wants they will turn a blind eye to it

It's well known that despite being one of the Microsoft's biggest customers, and using Microsoft technology in lots of critical and sensitive areas, the British Government absolutely are committed to destroying Microsoft because they all love PlayStation. #TheTruth

 

[BRiT]

COD isn't even in the Top 10 Games for September. It's almost like COD doesn't even exist on PlayStation 5.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583443123258073088

 

[eastmen]

It's well known that despite being one of the Microsoft's biggest customers, and using Microsoft technology in lots of critical and sensitive areas, the British Government absolutely are committed to destroying Microsoft because they all love PlayStation. #TheTruth

Or they just want to use microsoft as a piggy bank like I said when this first started. I guess swearing in new prime ministers every 2 months requires a lot of money

 

[Malo]

COD isn't even in the Top 10 Games for September. It's almost like COD doesn't even exist on PlayStation 5.

The new COD was only just released though this month, sales of the old one would have trickled into almost nothing.

 

[BRiT]

The new COD was only just released though this month, sales of the old one would have trickled into almost nothing.

Prior COD games are in Top 10 for Xbox though. So PlayStation gamers don't play/buy COD.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583443172734091265

 

[Deleted member 11852]

COD isn't even in the Top 10 Games for September. It's almost like COD doesn't even exist on PlayStation 5.

The vast majoirity of Call of Duty sales are digital. People ain't buying a disc to play it for a week, then sell it, Call of Duty is their life!!

edit: hang on, Call of Duty MW2 isn't related until this month - October. The numbers are for September. What am I missing? Surely this will only show sales from year-old COD?

 

[BRiT]

*Digital Sales not included.

The vast majoirity of Call of Duty sales are digital. People ain't buying a disc to play it for a week, then sell it, Call of Duty is their life!!

That's only for NBA 2K23. The only title that has the "*" Disclaimer.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

We were posting at the same time - and editing:

edit: hang on, Call of Duty MW2 isn't related until this month - October. The numbers are for September. What am I missing? Surely this will only show sales from year-old COD?

 

[BRiT]

We were posting at the same time - and editing:

edit: hang on, Call of Duty MW2 isn't related until this month - October. The numbers are for September. What am I missing? Surely this will only show sales from year-old COD?

You're missing that prior COD titles are in Top 10 for Xbox but nowhere on the list for PlayStation 5, hence the statement that it seems PS5 Gamers don't buy or play COD.

Also that "*" Disclaimer applies only to NBA 2K23.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

You're missing that prior COD titles are in Top 10 for Xbox but nowhere on the list for PlayStation 5, hence the statement that it seems PS5 Gamers don't buy or play COD.

This shows that Xbox owners buy Call of Duty games 10 months after they are released, and PlayStation owners do not.

On PlayStation - sourcing Sony - sales look to be front-loaded, i.e it sells gangbusters when released, not as it's about to be superseded.

 

[eastmen]

This shows that Xbox owners buy Call of Duty games 10 months after they are released, and PlayStation owners do not.

On PlayStation - sourcing Sony - sales look to be front-loaded, i.e it sells gangbusters when released, not as it's about to be superseded.

Sales are front loaded on xbox too but they also get the benefit of long term sales. The long tail of sales on the xbox platform shows that it would work really well on subscription plans and be a source of reoccurring engagement with the titles.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Sales are front loaded on xbox too but they also get the benefit of long term sales.

Interesting, can you demonstrate that by showing the monthly sales of Vanguard on Xbox since it launched in November 2021?

The long tail of sales on the xbox platform shows that it would work really well on subscription plans and be a source of reoccurring engagement with the titles.

For GaaS, recording engagement is also literal engagement, i.e. people playing the game since launch. Isn't an active user base most important to the long-term viability of GaaS titles.

 

[Dr. Nick]

Both Cold War Black Ops and Vanguard have been on the list every month for Xbox since the games launched.
VentureBeat is the source of the following information
This is just some of the NPDs but not all of them because Venturebeat stop creating such nice tables. Next Post will look different

November 2020 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Xbox games​

Rank	Last Month Rank	November 2020 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales	Publisher
1	NEW	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
2	NEW	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla	Ubisoft
3	3	Madden NFL 21	Electronic Arts
4	2	Watch Dogs: Legion	Ubisoft
5	8	NBA 2K21*	Take 2 Interactive (Corp)
6	1	FIFA 21	Electronic Arts
7	9	Marvel’s Avengers	Square Enix Inc (Corp)
8	6	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
9	5	Star Wars: Squadrons	Electronic Arts
10	4	NHL 21	Electronic Arts
		* Digital sales not included

December 2020 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Xbox games​

Rank	Last Month Rank	December 2020 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales	Publisher
1	1	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
2	NEW	Cyberpunk 2077*	Warner Bros. Interactive
3	2	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla	Ubisoft
4	3	Madden NFL 21	Electronic Arts
5	5	NBA 2K21*	Take 2 Interactive (Corp)
6	NEW	Immortals: Fenyx Rising	Ubisoft
7	6	FIFA 21	Electronic Arts
8	4	Watch Dogs: Legion	Ubisoft
9	8	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
10	11	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft (Corp)
		* Digital sales not included

January 2021 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Xbox platform games​

		Xbox Platforms
Rank	Last Month Rank	January 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales	Publisher
1	1	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
2	3	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla	Ubisoft
3	4	Madden NFL 21	Electronic Arts
4	9	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
5	10	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft (Corp)
6	5	NBA 2K21*	Take-Two Interactive (Corp)
7	2	Cyberpunk 2077	Warner Bros. Interactive
8	7	FIFA 21	Electronic Arts
9	15	Minecraft: Xbox One Edition	Microsoft (Corp)
10	16	UFC 4	Electronic Arts
		* Digital sales not included

February 2021 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Xbox-platform games in the U.S.​

		Xbox Platforms
Rank	Last Month Rank	February 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales	Publisher
1	1	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
2	3	Madden NFL 21	Electronic Arts
3	2	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla	Ubisoft
4	4	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
5	NEW	Little Nightmares II	Bandai Namco Entertainment
6	5	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft (Corp)
7	8	FIFA 21	Electronic Arts
8	9	Minecraft: Xbox One Edition	Microsoft (Corp)
9	12	Mortal Kombat 11	Warner Bros. Interactive
10	10	UFC 4	Electronic Arts
		* Digital sales not included

March 2021 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Xbox-platform games in the U.S.​

Rank	Last Month Rank	March 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales	Publisher
1	1	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
2	3	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla	Ubisoft
3	NEW	Outriders	Square Enix Inc (Corp)
4	4	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
5	9	Mortal Kombat 11	Warner Bros. Interactive
6	2	Madden NFL 21	Electronic Arts
7	6	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft (Corp)
8	NEW	It Takes Two	Electronic Arts
9	16	Marvel’s Avengers	Square Enix Inc (Corp)
10	22	Watch Dogs: Legion	Ubisoft
		* Digital sales not included

April 2021 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Xbox-platform games in the U.S.​

Rank	Last Month Rank	April 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales	Publisher
1	1	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
2	NEW	MLB: The Show 21*	Sony (Corp)
3	8	It Takes Two	Electronic Arts
4	5	Mortal Kombat 11	Warner Bros. Interactive
5	4	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
6	3	Outriders	Square Enix Inc (Corp)
7	2	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla	Ubisoft
8	NEW	NieR: Replicant	Square Enix Inc (Corp)
9	7	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft (Corp)
10	41	Mortal Kombat 11 PE + Injustice 2 LE: Premier Fighter Bundle	Warner Bros. Interactive
		* Digital sales not included

May 2021 NPD: Top 10 best-selling Xbox-platform games in the U.S.​

Rank	Last Month Rank	May 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales	Publisher
1	NEW	Resident Evil: Village	Capcom USA
2	1	Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
3	4	Mortal Kombat 11	Warner Bros. Interactive
4	5	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)	Activision Blizzard (Corp)
5	2	MLB: The Show 21*	Sony (Corp)
6	3	It Takes Two	Electronic Arts
7	7	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla	Ubisoft
8	NEW	Biomutant*	Nordic Games
9	9	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft (Corp)
10	12	UFC 4	Electronic Arts
		* Digital sales not included

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Both Cold War Black Ops and Vanguard have been on the list every month for Xbox since the games launched.

Cool.. so there are numbers for this? Is not known why Xbox owners in particular are buying old GaaS titles?

 

[BRiT]

Cool.. so there are numbers for this?

They're editing their post to include what they can find of NPD Top 10 Xbox Titles since November 2020.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

They're editing their post to include what they can find of NPD Top 10 Xbox Titles since November 2020.

???

 

[BRiT]

???

Scroll up. You asked for stuff and they're providing it.



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[Dr. Nick]

Credit goes to
Mat Piscatella
I can go on but the rest are all Jpgs. Also is there a spoiler tag I can use to hide these. I can keep going but this thread is going to get ugly real quick.

 

[eastmen]

Interesting, can you demonstrate that by showing the monthly sales of Vanguard on Xbox since it launched in November 2021?



For GaaS, recording engagement is also literal engagement, i.e. people playing the game since launch. Isn't an active user base most important to the long-term viability of GaaS titles.

You can go back and check sales records of it. I am only commenting on your comment based on this months data.

Sure active user base is important , I don't see any data in NPD about the active user base of these game in the months prior. Someone would have to go through each month and see how many each platform sold. People still buying in means the player base is healthy enough to support new people and fresh sales.

You'd also have to factor in the differences in install base to get an accurate depiction of what is going on.

In regards to the purpose of this thread if we are going to say that the absolute size of the sony player base is larger and thus Ms shouldn't be able to buy a company then MS would never be able to buy a company to increase content and install base. If anything Sony having the larger player base should stifle their ability to purchase any gaming content as it continues to insure their console dominance.

It be akin to saying that Target couldn't buy shop-rite because it might cost Amazon their position in the market but then allowing amazon to continue buying up companies like whole foods and fairway because amazon is bigger and people like to buy their groceries there and they weren't the same size as shop-rite so its different tm

 

[Dr. Nick]