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Post by suikoden on Jul 21, 2017 0:38:44 GMT
So here's how Andromeda is tracking so far according to the June NPD report (released today) along with some comparables that debuted alongside Andromeda. If there's any takeaway from this information... it's this: How is GTA5 still selling so well?  EDIT: I believe this deserves it's own thread, seeing how most people have poo-pooed the VGChartz post. That thread could probably be merged with this one. Mass Effect: Andromeda March: 3rd April: 7th May: 15th June: Didn't chart (so worse than 20th) Breath of the WildMarch: 2nd April: 3rd May: 4th June: 6th Horizon: Zero DawnMarch: 4th April: 12th May: 12th June: 10th Ghost Recon: WildlandsMarch: 1st April: 5th May: 6th June: 11th GTA 5March: 6th April: 6th May: 3rd June: 3rd venturebeat.com/2017/04/20/march-2017-npd-zelda-and-tom-clancy-have-a-big-month/venturebeat.com/2017/05/18/april-2017-npd/venturebeat.com/2017/06/19/may-2017-npd-injustice-2-comes-out-on-top-as-nintendo-games-keep-selling/venturebeat.com/2017/07/20/june-2017-npd-tekken-and-injustice-roundhouse-kick-the-sales-chart/And as this was deleted from a thread that took quite a bit of research to put together and is worth the read: Let's do some reading between the lines. EA just happened to have a recent franchise that had a perceivedly weak instalment akin to Andromeda. Thoughts? Or are these similarities just happenstance? DS3: "While we have not announced sales for Dead Space 3, we are proud of the game and the franchise remains an important IP to EA," an EA spokesperson told Eurogamer. MEA: "We’re very happy with how BioWare is doing and how BioWare is treating Mass Effect. Our expectations for the Mass Effect IP are strong for the future." DS3: "VideoGamer's source claims EA executives informed Visceral Montreal last month... with details of the company's restructuring plans." MEA: “With our BioWare and Motive teams sharing studio space in Montreal, we have BioWare team members joining Motive projects that are underway. We’re also ramping up teams on other BioWare projects in development.” DS3: "EA believed Dead Space 3 could comfortably outsell its predecessors, with company CEO John Riccitiello saying he could see the game selling 5 million units. EA announced Dead Space 3 pre-orders were "outpacing" those for Dead Space 2 in January's earnings call, although the publisher didn't disclose by what margin." MEA: "EA didn’t actually mention Mass Effect: Andromeda in its earnings release, even though this was the publisher’s only major game that came out during the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31." "EA has gone on the record to say its core game franchises need to sell upwards of five million copies to remain viable." www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-05-ea-cans-dead-space-series-following-poor-sales-of-dead-space-3-reportwww.engadget.com/2013/03/05/report-dead-space-4-canceled-after-poor-dead-space-3-sales/venturebeat.com/2017/05/09/eas-ceo-still-has-faith-in-bioware-after-mixed-mass-effect-andromeda-reviews/ |
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Post by Pearl on Jul 21, 2017 0:40:18 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said.
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Post by smilesja on Jul 21, 2017 0:44:02 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said. People try to talk sense to him about the validity of the sales sites, but he bats them away using the same argument. |
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Post by Pearl on Jul 21, 2017 0:46:28 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said. People try to talk sense to him, but he bats them away using the same argument. All I've ever seen people do is chastise him for not blindly suckling at Bioware's teat. Granted, I don't read this section very often these days, so I'm probably missing something. |
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Post by smilesja on Jul 21, 2017 0:49:56 GMT
People try to talk sense to him, but he bats them away using the same argument. All I've ever seen people do is chastise him for not blindly suckling at Bioware's teat. Granted, I don't read this section very often these days, so I'm probably missing something. It's more complex. |
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Post by kino on Jul 21, 2017 0:50:48 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said. Ah. I guess you've missed the two other previous threads he's started on this same subject in April and June. Besides, he does a fine job of choking his own character without forum help. |
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Post by malgus on Jul 21, 2017 0:54:54 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said. Ah. I guess you've missed the two other previous threads he's started on this same subject in April and June. Besides, he does a fine job of choking his own character without forum help. Creating 3 threads in less than a few hours that are again just him beating a dead horse, of his anti andromeda behavior, its quite impressive even for him. Let's see if he will go up to 4. |
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Post by kino on Jul 21, 2017 0:57:49 GMT
Ah. I guess you've missed the two other previous threads he's started on this same subject in April and June. Besides, he does a fine job of choking his own character without forum help. Creating 3 threads in less than a few hours that are again just him beating a dead horse, of his anti andromeda behavior, its qui impressive even for him. Let's see if he will go up to 4. Yeah, not to mention this little gem from NPD on Venture Beat on 7/20 about ME:A; 7th best selling game of the year. Just goes to show, I can cherry pick my data with the best of 'em. |
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Post by suikoden on Jul 21, 2017 1:08:00 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said. Ah. I guess you've missed the two other previous threads he's started on this same subject in April and June. Besides, he does a fine job of choking his own character without forum help. Actually, the 80+ of you who were online and didn't bat an eye when a certain poster mocked autism this morning are doing a fine job of choking your own character (apart from Smilesja and a few others who stepped in). But back on topic, I'm not sure how these numbers can be refuted when NPD is largely respected within the gaming industry. Granted they're US-only numbers, and don't include Origin, but they include digital for consoles. It looks like Andromeda sold strongly during it's first month (only under 2 weeks counting towards the month), but has then dropped off hard. I think metacritic and reviews are largely responsible for this - it's kind of like how rottentomatoes has shown to have a drastic impact on movie ticket sales. |
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Post by Seera1024 on Jul 21, 2017 1:17:01 GMT
Ah. I guess you've missed the two other previous threads he's started on this same subject in April and June. Besides, he does a fine job of choking his own character without forum help. Actually, the 80+ of you who were online and didn't bat an eye when a certain poster mocked autism this morning are doing a fine job of choking your own character (apart from Smilesja and a few others who stepped in). But back on topic, I'm not sure how these numbers can be refuted when NPD is largely respected within the gaming industry. Granted they're US-only numbers, and don't include Origin, but they include digital for consoles. It looks like Andromeda sold strongly during it's first month (only under 2 weeks counting towards the month), but has then dropped off hard. I think metacritic and reviews are largely responsible for this - it's kind of like how rottentomatoes has shown to have a drastic impact on movie ticket sales. I thought one could typically report posts without having to post anything. I love how you assume that no one reported the person because of lack of responses by many. The problem with the lack of Origin numbers is we don't know what percentage of players bought via Origin. More and more people are moving to digital download on the PC thanks to services like Steam, GOG, Origin, etc. |
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Post by kino on Jul 21, 2017 1:17:18 GMT
Ah. I guess you've missed the two other previous threads he's started on this same subject in April and June. Besides, he does a fine job of choking his own character without forum help. Actually, the 80+ of you who were online and didn't bat an eye when a certain poster mocked autism this morning are doing a fine job of choking your own character (apart from Smilesja and a few others who stepped in). But back on topic, I'm not sure how these numbers can be refuted when NPD is largely respected within the gaming industry. Granted they're US-only numbers, and don't include Origin, but they include digital for consoles. It looks like Andromeda sold strongly during it's first month (only under 2 weeks counting towards the month), but has then dropped off hard. I think metacritic and reviews are largely responsible for this - it's kind of like how rottentomatoes has shown to have a drastic impact on movie ticket sales. Hey look! A red herring as an attempt to distract folks! Kinda sad. Also back on topic; what? I just posted an article from you're fave, Venture Beat, that shows NPD listing ME:A as being the 7th most popular game of the year. While not number 1 or 2 it's certainly not bad for a game that was released after all of the other games ahead of it and ahead of RE7. Really, dude, are we really going to go over this well worn ground a-fucking-gain? |
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Post by suikoden on Jul 21, 2017 1:17:46 GMT
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Post by kino on Jul 21, 2017 1:22:46 GMT
Nah. We're done. We keep doing this same dance every few weeks and it's old. We keep going and it's going to get ugly again. You still hate the game and I still love the game, that's what it comes down to. |
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Post by Seera1024 on Jul 21, 2017 1:22:54 GMT
With many physical stores not having large sections for PC games, I'd imagine the number of copies in stores goes down. So sales as you get farther from release date for PC at least, I wouldn't be surprised if Origin purchases trended upward in the %. Not saying that's the case, but it is a likely trend. Without EA's Origin purchases numbers, you can't say with any confidence how good or bad the game is doing. |
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Post by OdanUrr on Jul 21, 2017 1:24:36 GMT
If you want to talk about sales figures for Andromeda, wouldn't it be more useful to gather all your info in one single thread? You're diluting your information by creating multiple threads, not to mention it could be considered spamming. Just gather all your info under one thread and update the OP accordingly.
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Post by suikoden on Jul 21, 2017 1:29:34 GMT
If you want to talk about sales figures for Andromeda, wouldn't it be more useful to gather all your info in one single thread? You're diluting your information by creating multiple threads, not to mention it could be considered spamming. Just gather all your info under one thread and update the OP accordingly. If you bothered to read the original post - I've asked mods to combine the two into this one, seeing as people don't think VGChartz is a reputable source of information. The June NPD report also only released... like 10 minutes before I posted it. It was meant to be. |
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Post by cobalt72 on Jul 21, 2017 1:30:53 GMT
Suikoden, can ask you some questions?
What do you do for fun? Surely, it can't be spending all or a lot of your time on a board for a game you supposedly hate. Because if it is, I kind of feel sorry for you.
Where do you live? Maybe you live in a one stoplight cow town or something and you got bored of cow tipping. I mean, surely if you lived somewhere semi-interesting you'd be able to find something more meaningful to do with your time
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Post by suikoden on Jul 21, 2017 1:41:33 GMT
Suikoden, can ask you some questions? What do you do for fun? Surely, it can't be spending all or a lot of your time on a board for a game you supposedly hate. Because if it is, I kind of feel sorry for you. Where do you live? Maybe you live in a one stoplight cow town or something and you got bored of cow tipping. I mean, surely if you lived somewhere semi-interesting you'd be able to find something more meaningful to do with your time It always comes down to these thinly veiled personal attacks. Don't have anything to contribute? Move along. |
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Post by Monica21 on Jul 21, 2017 1:45:29 GMT
If you want to talk about sales figures for Andromeda, wouldn't it be more useful to gather all your info in one single thread? You're diluting your information by creating multiple threads, not to mention it could be considered spamming. Just gather all your info under one thread and update the OP accordingly. I mean, yeah. You could just add it to your existing thread on sales. |
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Post by smilesja on Jul 21, 2017 2:02:19 GMT
The reply will be like this: |
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Post by ArabianIGoggles on Jul 21, 2017 2:24:51 GMT
The thing with these types of figures are that online sales aren't included. You can't even buy a physical PC version in the US. So almost every PC player in the US got their game online. And also, GTA 5 is on current and previous gen consoles, plus PC. I'm sure that doesn't hurt sales.
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Post by Serza on Jul 21, 2017 2:39:11 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said. Query: Did you ask for me, Master? |
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Post by Pearl on Jul 21, 2017 2:42:55 GMT
I can't wait to see people try to assassinate your character rather than actually deal with what you've said. Query: Did you ask for me, Master? Unfortunately not, HK. The "assassination" I am referring to is the metaphorical destruction of a meatbag's public perception, not making them writhe in agony as they are physically exterminated. |
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Post by Serza on Jul 21, 2017 2:46:39 GMT
Query: Did you ask for me, Master? Unfortunately not, HK. The "assassination" I am referring to is the metaphorical destruction of a meatbag's public perception, not making them writhe in agony as they are physically exterminated. Disagreement: Yes, Master, as you wish, Master. |
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