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Post by stonecoldload on Mar 14, 2014 15:14:02 GMT
From Charlie Intel.
Despite CoD Ghosts sales lagging behind both BO2 and MW3, the game is still the industry leader, selling the most units in February. And with some game price cuts coming in March this week, it will be interesting to see if it can retain the top spot, ahead of TitanFall.
Call of Duty: Ghosts was the best selling title in the US for February 2014
By Keshav on March 13, 2014@KeshavB11
The NPD February 2014 results are out, and Call of Duty: Ghosts is once again in the #1 spot for best selling title in the US.
1.Call of Duty: Ghosts (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, PC)
2.The Lego Movie Videogame (360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, Vita)
3.NBA 2K14 (360, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, PC)
4.Thief (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
5.Grand Theft Auto V (360, PS3)
6.Battlefield 4 PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
7.Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (360, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Wii U, PC)
8.Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 360)
9.Minecraft (360)
10.Bravely Default (3DS)
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Post by brown on Mar 14, 2014 15:36:00 GMT
I think it's nuts GTAV is still selling like that. This sort of reminds me of the decline of big shows like American Idol. It stagnates but stays number one until another big show like the voice comes and kicks its ass, meanwhile syndications of Seinfeld always show well. (GTAV)
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Post by stonecoldload on Mar 14, 2014 16:03:13 GMT
I think it's nuts GTAV is still selling like that. This sort of reminds me of the decline of big shows like American Idol. It stagnates but stays number one until another big show like the voice comes and kicks its ass, meanwhile syndications of Seinfeld always show well. (GTAV)
If memory serves me correct, GTA V passed up CoD last fall to become the highest unit selling console game ever.
Edit...it did
13.52 on xbox, and 16.97 on ps3 = 30.49 million units sold.
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Post by stonecoldload on Mar 19, 2014 17:55:21 GMT
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/14/npd-february-video-games/6410189/
Highlights:
- Hardware sales spiked 42% last month compared to the same time last year, raking in $347 million (vs $244 million Feb 13)
- Microsoft sold 258,000 Xbox One consoles in Feb, gross sales of $129 million
- Sony sold 286,667 PS4 consoles in Feb, gross sales of $115 million
"Callahan says software sales are off to "a great start" for both new platforms. When comparing software sales for the first four months of availability, PS4 and Xbox One sales are up 80% compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360."
"And Microsoft also clarified specific numbers in a separate press release stating that the Xbox One sold 258,000 consoles "surpassing Xbox 360 sales by over 61 percent at the same point in time." Microsoft also wrote that, combining the 360 and Xbox One, "The Xbox platform sold more hardware than any other home console platform," which would put it above the PS3/Vita/PS4 and Wii U/3DS combinations"
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Post by exheavyhippie on Mar 27, 2014 19:44:42 GMT
The Lego Movie game is the shit!!!!!!!!! COD killer.
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Post by stonecoldload on Apr 1, 2014 13:22:37 GMT
www.zacks.com/stock/news/126490/video-game-sales-up-in-feb-software-sales-dismalVideo game software sales continued to disappoint in Feb 2014. Software sales declined 9.0% to $318.0 million according to Venturebeat.com, which tracks video games market research firm NPD’s monthly data. However, according to The Wall Street Journal (also quoted NPD data), software sales actually declined 11.0% to $328.0 million in February. Although the difference between the sales figures is immaterial, it is easy to note the fundamental problem that is crippling sales. Games for new consoles from big players such as Electronic Arts (EA - Analyst Report) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI - Snapshot Report) have failed to offset the plunge in retail unit sales for older hardware. NPD cited few game releases in the month as another reason behind the dismal software sales. Moreover, gamers continued to spend on new consoles from Microsoft (MSFT - Analyst Report) and Sony (SNE - Snapshot Report), which further affected software sales. Hardware sales soared 42.2% year over year to $347.0 million. Total retail sales increased 9.0% year over year to $887.0 million. NPD figures do not include digital and online sales.
For February, Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts retained the #1 position. The Lego Movie Videogame from Warner Bros.’ subsidiary TT Games grabbed the #2 position, pushing Take-Two Interactive’s (TTWO - Snapshot Report) NBA2K14 to #3 spot. Nintendo announced that it sold 200K and 180K units of 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default, and Wii U’s Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, respectively. The strong performance from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze drove Wii U sales by 25.0% from the year-ago period. Microsoft announced that it has sold 258K Xbox Ones in February. Per NPD, Sony’s PlayStation 4 sold more units than Xbox One, but earned less revenues in dollar terms. On a month-over-month basis, most of the hardware consoles achieved double-to-triple digit growth in the month. Digital Games Sales According to market research firm Super Data, the highly anticipated launch of EA’s Titanfall (finally hit stores on Mar 11, 2014) negatively impacted digital game sales in February. This, coupled with sluggish social gaming performance, overall digital sales declined 5.0% month-over-month to $959.0 million. However, on a year-over year basis, digital sales jumped 17.0%. Revenues from social games decreased to $167.0 million in February. Zynga’s (ZNGA - Snapshot Report) Farmville dropped to #3, while International Game Technology’s DoubleDown Casino grabbed the #2 position. Average revenue per user of King Digital’s Candy Crush Saga remained almost flat at 58 cents in both January and February, while Supercell’s Clash of Clans increased from $1.29 to $1.34 during the same period. Downloadable content (DLC) revenues surged 23.0% year over year to $291.3 million. Revenues from free-to-play games jumped approximately 27.0% from the year-ago quarter to $584.8 million. Our Take We expect video game retail sales to improve slightly in 2014 due to strong unit sales of new consoles from Microsoft and Sony.Although we expect retail software sales to increase in 2014 (due to new game releases), the long-term outlook remains bleak. According to PwC, worldwide console game sales are expected to grow 4.2% to $26.0 billion in 2013 and 6.4% in 2014. However, this is much slower than the 28.0% growth reported in 2007, after the release of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. We believe slow software sales growth reflects the ongoing consumer transition to smartphones and tablets. We expect increasing revenues from mobile and DLCs to drive digital revenues, going forward. Mobile has strong growth potential due to improving gaming quality, which is a major factor behind higher user spending. Among the traditional gaming companies, we believe EA, Activision and Take-Two Interactive have significant growth opportunities due to their innovative product pipeline in the near term. However, market fragmentation remains a major near-term headwind. We believe Titanfall will boost EA’s sales in March. The game’s exclusive availability on Xbox One will boost the consoles’ unit sales, driving Microsoft’s near-term revenues. Currently, Microsoft has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Take-Two has a Zacks Rank #2 (Hold), while EA and Activision carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Post by stonecoldload on Apr 1, 2014 13:34:07 GMT
www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/17/is-sonys-ps4-losing-ground-to-the-xbox-one-and-wii.aspx
Is Sony’s PS4 Losing Ground to the Xbox One and Wii U in the Console Sales Battle?
By Leo Sun | More Articles
March 17, 2014 | Comments (32)
Headlines last month all suggested that Sony's (NYSE: SNE ) PS4, which recently hit 6.1 million units on a strong Japanese launch, was outselling Nintendo's (NASDAQOTH: NTDOY ) Wii U and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT ) Xbox One by a healthy margin.
However, recent numbers from Japan and the U.S. strongly suggest that it's not too late for Nintendo and Microsoft to mount a comeback. In Japan, Sony actually sold fewer PS4 units than the Wii U during its first three weeks on the market, according to Japanese research firm Media Create. Meanwhile, new NPD numbers in the U.S. indicate that the Xbox One is catching up quickly to the PS4 despite costing $100 more.
PS4 barely edges past the Xbox One in the U.S.
Meanwhile, new data from research firm NPD and Microsoft suggests that the Xbox One is catching up to the PS4 in the U.S. Microsoft just reported that it sold 258,000 Xbox One units in February, 61% higher than sales of its seventh generation Xbox 360.
NPD suggests that those numbers are equivalent to 90% of PS4 sales during the same time, a huge improvement from last month, when the PS4 outsold the Xbox One by nearly two to one. That big jump in sales was widely attributed to the eagerly anticipated release of Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA ) Titanfall on March 11 for the Xbox One and Windows.
The first-person multiplayer shooter will also be released for the Xbox 360 on March 25. Microsoft unveiled a $500 Titanfall bundle across multiple markets prior to the game's release, essentially giving away the $60 game for free.
Titanfall has been well received critically with an 86% rating at review aggregator site Metacritic, and could hit sales of 2.5 million units (half on the Xbox One) between March 11 and the end of the month, according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia. Those numbers suggest that the Xbox One could actually outsell the PS4 in the U.S. in March if Titanfall is a hit.
However, neither EA nor Microsoft has announced any sales figures for Titanfall. By comparison, Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO ) was quick to boast that GTA V hit $1 billion in sales (nearly 17 million copies) to customers within three days last September. Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI ) also announced $1 billion in Call of Duty: Ghosts sales within its first 24 hours on the market, but that figure was actually the initial number sold to retailers, and not to customers.
Therefore, it's a little troubling that EA and Microsoft have kept quiet regarding Titanfall's initial sales figures nearly a week after its launch, but both companies could just be waiting for the title to hit the Xbox 360 before reporting concrete sales figures.
The bottom line
These recent developments in Japan and the U.S. reinforce a key point I made in a previous article -- that although Sony has won the early battles of the eighth generation console race, the war is far from over.
If Sony fails to gain traction in Japan, which is widely considered to be a microcosm of Asian gaming, it could lead to Nintendo's Wii U gaining market share on the back of its robust 3DS sales. If Titanfall is a bigger than expected exclusive hit, Sony's PS4 could experience an unexpected slowdown in Western markets, since many of its top launch titles (Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Battlefield 4) can also be found on the Xbox One.
Investors should note that it's far too early to call a winner or loser for the eighth generation. The seventh generation concluded with 101 million original Wiis, 81.1 million Xbox 360s, and 82.5 million PlayStation 3s sold -- which means that the Wii U, Xbox One, and PS4 still have a lot of additional gamers to woo before one can be definitively proclaimed the victor or loser.
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Post by otisman666 on Apr 1, 2014 17:25:12 GMT
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Post by stonecoldload on Apr 1, 2014 18:26:36 GMT
I think app cells are handled differently, under a different classification.
To be honest, I didn't even read the link closely. I just put it up on here, to read later. I use this thread as kind of a docking station for gaming news.
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