It was also reported that shipments where far under demand and almost all retail shops were sold out at launch forcing people to buy digitally.
@blm504
There are numerous tracking firms like charttrax, NPD, vgcharts, zhugex, IHS, media create, GFK and more. They contact multiple retailers and ask how many sales they had then estimate sales. And it's not just video games that are tracked literally everything is tracked from eggs to washing machines.
There is no point in pretending the whole system for tracking global sales trends is broken just because it doesn't support the messaging yo...
Uh, I believe what your saying is when "Microsoft lowers the price less than a month after release" they are desperate for sales.
Totally different issue.
@bouzebbal
I feel like people shouldn't be upvoting that comment.
That's hardware, the cost of a PS4 or an Xbox controller has been the same since launch. It's an entirely different comparison to software.
While I agree that Nintendo should offer better sales and lower prices on software it's not the same as physically manufactured object.
@ kribwalker
"The 3.3 million figure does not factor in sales of Sony’s limited edition PlayStation 4 Pro bundle that includes an “Amazing Red” console and DualShock 4 controller in addition to a copy of the game for $399.99."
https://gematsu.com/2018/09...
Marvel’s Spider-Man for PlayS...
@DerekTweed
This article is wrong... it's "Twinfinite" do you think they did any research...
Assassins Creed Odyssey is on the list it released October 5'th... It's September 2'nd to October 6'th, the first week with a Saturday to the last week with a Sunday.
@Immorals
No, this article is wrong.
https://www.resetera.com/th...
Read the thread here you can see it's discussed. NPD is the week of the first Sunday to the week of the last Saturday it's not just the 1'st to the 31'st.
That's why Assas...
All digital games have to be rated by the ESRB before they are sold on PSN, Live and the Nintendo e-shop. So your solution to abandon retail is totally flawed.
Spider-Man sold 3.3 million units in three days not counting copies that came with the the Spider-Man Pro Bundle.
"The NPD Group’s latest report on U.S. game sales covers the period from September 2 to October 6."
Forza Horizon launched on October 2, it had full representation of all boxed SKU's.
"The NPD Group’s latest report on U.S. game sales covers the period from September 2 to October 6."
Forza had a full retail launch represented here, sorry to break your heart.
@Jinger
I'm not wrong of course.
Your not going to lose your games list or your PS+ games or your PSNow subscription or anything that is directly in Sony's control. Sony is using a digital key for your account information, but they weren't always doing that so you have companies who either won't update their games or no longer exist to make updates.
You try to make the most inflammatory comments by saying PSN needs an &q...
Spider-Man on top as expected, but the real surprise is that Forza Horizon only managed to come in at 7'th place.
Do people actually want more Destiny?
I didn't play it until it was free on PS+ I played the tutorial and that was enough for me, I didn't enjoy it at all. I am so glad I didn't buy it. And I was tempted too many times seeing how popular it was and seeing people on my friends list playing it. I think this happiest I have ever been about not buying a game, I would have been so disappointed.
And yet another month rolls in where PS4 outsells xbox 3:1. It's been like this nearly every month for 3 years. And Switch has more than doubled xbox sales every month for over a year. Even I thought the X would have more of an impact that it did.
All the things you may lose are on third party games. The issue isn't PSN it's that the other companies may not have updated their system to support name changes.
Your the only one who brought up race... but certainly don't let me stop you from feeling oppressed by adding the the option to play as a woman in a video game... I mean that's not petty at all, right?
It just shows how weak the Xbox line up is, half the games on the list are on Steam and another half of the games are from 2014/2015
I really hope this comes west, as well as the Kaiju game. I had hoped there would have already been an announcement by now.