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[The God]

I'm gonna be sick as shit if Capcom abandons support for SFV after year one.

 

[Guymelef]

It hasn't really been this way for years, at least not for Sony. Last year they had Bloodborne. Infamous before that. God of War Ascension before that. Plenty of other God of War titles before that.

Sony usually drops a big exclusive in March (outside of MLB), so it is kind of surprising they didn't this year.

Uncharted 4 was the plan.

 

[Chase17]

It hasn't really been this way for years, at least not for Sony. Last year they had Bloodborne. Infamous before that. God of War Ascension before that. Plenty of other God of War titles before that.

Sony usually drops a big exclusive in March (outside of MLB), so it is kind of surprising they didn't this year.

It was supposed to be Uncharted 4 I think.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

Why would Sony sabotage PS4 sales like that?

....Well damn....

 

[rhandino]

No Pokkén sold because it's a Pokemon game. I'm really shocked people are surprised by that.

Its that why Super Mistery Dungeon sold a lot?

 

[outunderthestars]

RIP SFV

A good month for Nintendo and Sony it seems

And I took so much shit for calling SF5 a niche game....

 

[OrbitalBeard]

I'm gonna be sick as shit if Capcom abandons support for SFV after year one.

I wouldn't be remotely surprised if they do.

 

[ethomaz]

The other way.

I'm confuse here...

- SFV did 205k NPD launch
- Pokken outsold it by a good margin (like you said)
- LTD SFV > Pokken

That means SFV have good sales in second month with good hold... if it is not that then the Pokken and SFV sales for first month needs to be close.

50k for SFV is a 75% drop... it is a normal drop I guess... 70k for SFV is a really good drop with 60%... I will be surprise if it hold that good.

 

[Rodin]

Fantastic result for TP, and wow at Pokkén charting too. Do we have an idea of Zelda's numbers?

I bought Twilight Princess (and regretted it...made me realize how bad the game actually was :/)

 

[Primethius]

To be honest, the only thing Capcom can do is a discounted re-release with a ton of content.

And even that will flop. SFV is done-zo.

 

[Halabane]

CTRL+F
stree-

This is the correct response for this NPD cycle.

 

[thekiddfran]

The Microsoft press realease is hilarious.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Ok, I'm going to ask: is Pikachu Libre a good disciple of EL CAPITAN TODD, or is she even better than her life master?

They would hold hands on their adventures.

I'm confuse here...

I misunderstood.

I think your concept of good is different.

Yes.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Uncharted 4 was the plan.

It was supposed to be Uncharted 4 I think.

Oh yeah, good point guys. Thanks.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

I'm gonna be sick as shit if Capcom abandons support for SFV after year one.

Player 1, Get Ready...

 

[allan-bh]

I'm confuse here...

- SFV did 205k NPD launch
- Pokken outsold it by a good margin (like you said)
- LTD SFV > Pokken

That means SFV have good sales in second month with good hold... if it is not that then the Pokken and SFV sales for first month needs to be close.

I think your concept of good is different.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Both consoles up YoY? Nice! I guess Sony didn't meant YoY because it would get redundant.

 

[NateDrake]

They would hold hands on their adventures.

So Pokken opened at around 250k.

 

[CoG]

Microsoft press release: "We took up space in March"

 

[Chobel]

Where does it says both consoles are YoY?

 

[captmcblack]

Wow...SFV is that kind of bomb? Does this include digital sales too?

 

[Boke1879]

Both consoles up YoY? Nice! I guess Sony didn't meant YoY because it would get redundant.

Someone mentioned that maybe because it wasn't as significant as other months, but still. That's something you mention.

 

[Loris146]

Where does it says both consoles are YoY?

Cosmic said it.

 

[Poimandres]

It hasn't really been this way for years, at least not for Sony. Last year they had Bloodborne. Infamous before that. God of War Ascension before that. Plenty of other God of War titles before that.

Sony usually drops a big exclusive in March (outside of MLB), so it is kind of surprising they didn't this year.

I just mean that some months aren't going to have big exclusives from Sony and Microsoft, but I guess you're right if you're talking March specifically.

 

[Mpl90]

They would hold hands on their adventures.



I misunderstood.

Ah! They're such good pals outside of the training, I knew it.

That's it for clever leaking for today. Time to sleep for me, someone else should try for Nintendo Selects. Be creative, guys!

 

[Boke1879]

Microsoft press release: "We took up space in March"

LMFAOO

 

[ethomaz]

I think your concept of good is different.

It is based on common drop for the second month across games.

> 75% bad
~ 70% normal
< 65% great

Games sells a lot in first month... when I read SFV did bad 2nd month I expected 20-30k.

 

[Visualante2]

Street Fighter.

I don't know what to say.

Digital sales. That's what it is.

 

[OnionPowder]

Lots of good the marketing deal for The Division did. I wonder if PC or Xbox has a larger playerbase. The sales on Steam are wicked and that would only account for a part of the total sales.

 

[Richie]

Curious at Nintendo's silence so far, they've had PRs in months with less reasons to celebrate.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Hopefully the pies are baking. GL HF.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

LTD? Not quite. Almost.

Sheesh.

Get that price down Capcom or restructure your revenue model. The Killer Instinct model would work fucking wonders for SFV.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

And I took so much shit for calling SF5 a niche game....

In its current form it is, but if they had all the content there it would have been performing MUCH better in sales. In fact I'm sure they would've reached near (if not exactly hit) their sales target by now if the initial release was solid.

Instead aside from solid game mechanics and a pretty good starting roster it was completely devoid of interesting non-online non-multiplayer content and the servers didn't even work at launch all that well.

So uh...yeah.....

 

[RyudBoy]

If people consider Rise of the Tomb Raider a failure (in terms of sales), what do they think about Street Fighter V?

RIP SF

 

[NateDrake]

Sheesh.

Get that price down Capcom or restructure your revenue model. The Killer Instinct model would work fucking wonders for SFV.

The need a few more Amazon $10 sales.

 

[Akiraptor]

And Minecraft's incredible run continues.

 

[Coolluck]

I'm surprised that Minecraft on PS4 beat out XB1. Maybe it's happened before but I feel like it's been historically stronger on both Xboxes.

 

[Javin98]

Hopefully the pies are baking. GL HF.

Or we can forget the pies and you can spill the beans.

 

[J_Viper]

MS citing hours spent played on their PR is the most insane thing to me

 

[OnionPowder]

I'm surprised that Minecraft on PS4 beat out XB1. Maybe it's happened before but I feel like it's been historically stronger on both Xboxes.

It is. Minecraft is such an anomaly though so it's weird

 

[Kouriozan]

No Pokkén sold because it's a Pokemon game. I'm really shocked people are surprised by that.

You're right, that's also why Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival was a huge hit.
Super popular IP + Amiibo, nothing can go wrong.

 

[Loris146]

MS citing hours spent played on their PR is the most insane thing to me

At least they didn't mention bullets.

 

[RedSwirl]

A bit gutted about SFV's extreme drop; I'm guessing the backlash has definitely set in. Capcom is probably done with fighters for a while if not forever but they really should have waited until June to release it at retail. The game just wasn't ready from a content POV in February, plain and simple.

Welp, at least SNKP are back in the game. Legit excited to see their efforts. And Namco of course is always good. Hey maybe Sega will wake up and actually do a new Virtua Fighter xD. And of course Arcs and the KI team and NRS are still in it.

The genre'll be fine, but we aren't getting another SF this gen. Hell, I don't even see V's roster going too far beyond the promised 6 unless mods get crazy(er) and can do some stuff similar to Mugen (in terms of editing move properties, not just doing re-skins. Think Project M style modding). That'd put the PC version up there for sure.

At this rate Pokken should be able to outsell SFV within another month. If not by a huge margin, then a noticeable one.

I doubt it will get into Splatoon territory tho, let alone Smash. The more challenging the game, the less people'll want it (these days). Sucks for them I guess.

See, part of me is thinking this could turn into a repeat of what happened to fighters during the PS2 era. Back then they were pretty niche, and one factor might have been how Capcom basically sat out that gen except for some re-releases.

PS2 era had a lot of fighting games, but awareness of them was nothing like the post-2008 revival. Circa 2005 or 2006 people were actually wondering if fighters were dead outside Japanese arcade. Most were still relying on really old business models, yet the only ones that were actually moving towards the inevitable future (online) were games the FGC ridiculed like Mortal Kombat Deception and Dead or Alive 4.

Now we see Capcom being really cautious about fighting games again, and not looking to the future (F2P) as much as other fighters like KI and DOA are.

I'm probably wrong though. Capcom will probably try to repair SFV sometime around Evo in June.

 

[Kyoufu]

If people consider Rise of the Tomb Raider a failure (in terms of sales), what do they think about Street Fighter V?

RIP SF

A colossal disaster of epic proportions.

I'm really amazed at how they fucked it all up. Incredible, really.

 

[allan-bh]

I'm surprised that Minecraft on PS4 beat out XB1. Maybe it's happened before but I feel like it's been historically stronger on both Xboxes.

Maybe the install base gap is starting to make more diff.

 

[muteant]

Hopefully the pies are baking. GL HF.

 

[vinnygambini]

So Pokken opened at around 250k.

That's a better result than I would have imagined, good.

 

[CLEEK]

durr - ignore me

 

[Htown]

I'm gonna be sick as shit if Capcom abandons support for SFV after year one.

Be on the lookout for Ultimate Street Fighter 5 this fall. They have to ship it out quick before they lose the license.

 

[OnionPowder]

You're right, that's also why Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival was a huge hit.

Bad comparison. Amiibo festival reviews were brutally bad and Animal Crossing is nowhere near as big as Pokemon