October 2015 NPD Official Thread || XB1 Won! Halo 5 #1!!

Neogaf lmao that place is a joke, its a haven for cows. The uncharted collection bombed but no one there are talking about a decline in the uncharted series. Facts are you can't spin 400 million in profits Sony boys sorry. Its crazy how many people in this industry go to GAF to show their true colors didn't the digital foundry guy get found out for being a hardcore cow on gaf?? you can scratch digital foundry off the list as being impartial they are fanboys.

@Antwan3K: dat 27k advantage hihihihu

ms closing the gab

haha

@Antwan3K: Your biggest franchise gave you a ~30k bump. Frankly, people can talk all the shit they want about that. We've had far larger fluctuations month-on-month by far lesser profile franchise releases.

But hey, don't let me rain on your parade big guy.

What major releases in October were supposed to sell PS4 hardware? In previous months there was Bloodborne, Batman, The Witcher 3, Taken King, Metal Gear. October was one of the softest months all year for software.

It had no competition. It beat out an NBA game that was in its 2nd month on the chart.

It should considering Sony has yet to release their biggest exclusives like Uncharted 4 or Gran Turismo.

The measuring stick is how well it sold compared to previous Halo's in which it didn't come close. Halo is not a needle mover anymore.

It never matters unless PS4 wins the month. Have you not figured it out yet? The spin is real.

Just too salty, thread needs some SP pepper...

:P

@bigboss5ak:

HD remaster of older games is not the same thing as a mainline entry in a franchise!

FAIL!

lol, talk about reaching.. that is the definition of "damage control" sir..

Basically, you can't bash Halo 5's current success so you have to resort to apples-to-oranges comparisons to older titles in the series?..

Halo 4 was launched at the end of the generation when the 360 had upwards of a 70+ million console install base.. Compare that to Halo 5 launching to the tune of around 15+ million consoles and tell me how that is a valid comparison?..

Halo 3 was literally released at the absolute height of the franchises' popularity.. It was released after the Xbox Live-defining Halo 2, was the end of a cliffhanger trilogy to Halo 2, and was released at the height of the Xbox 360's popularity (during a time in which the console was stomping a mudhole in the PS3 in terms of public reception which is the exact opposite of the Xbox One's current situation).. Not to mention the fact that we're discussing NPD here and digital sales have come a long way between the Halo 3 days and now.. Again, this is not an apples-to-apples comparison..

But at the end of the day, of course Halo 5 didn't outsell the absolutely most popular entry in the franchise.. DUH!!.. that still doesn't equate to "failure".. Did Halo 3: ODST outsell Halo 3?.. Did Halo: Reach outsell Halo 3?.. were those games "failures" or were they just simply top selling video games for their time?.. Halo 5: Guardians is a top selling video game sir.. You have to be pretty butthurt to reach all the way back to 2007 in order to pull some measure of damage control out of your cow assess..

I mean, lmao, the only way you cows can try to make Halo "fail" is by comparing it to another Halo!!.. Damage control at it's finest..

Hey, maybe Halo 6 can come out next October and close the 61k sales gap from September 2015. Lel!

Antwan comes through in the clutch to deliver the meltdown we all wanted to see.

@imt558: So how do you explain the MCC stomping the shit out the uncharted collection??

raining?.. lol, you're making this minor victory lap oh sooooo sweeter with the training wheels you've attached to those goal posts..

keep pushing little fella.. keep pushing..

That's probably the biggest reason Halo 5 fell flat on its face lmao.

It moved the needle to a Xbox One NPD victory (even after a PS4 price drop), a #1 software sales spot in a month it barely existed in, and moved $400,000,000 in revenue in a week.. That is the definition of success to every other rational human being.. If cows want to keep embarrassing themselves by reaching back to 2007 for damage control, by all means, please continue.. Back in the real world, Halo 5: Guardians is a top selling game and a system seller.. Fact..

Stay salty, my friend..

@bigboss5ak: you are silly asf uncharted is a remaster of old games.

are ypu really comparing a reboot vs a new game and even a halo game ?

LOL

From what I seen the uncharted collection is selling a lot better digitally. The physical numbers are poor for the uncharted collection and I expected that collection to sell a lot better than it did physically.

About halo 5 guardians I think it did fine.As long as 343i continues to prove to people that they know how to handle the halo franchise I think future halo games will sell very well.I think the worrying thing about this NDP is the AC franchise. I seriously don't know how Ubisoft will fix that franchise and make it sell better than it is selling now.

You compared MULTIPLE times Halo MCC to Killzone:SF... Pot, kettle, black...

@super600: Told you it was sub 1 mil bro.

@kwns: whoooptiefuckongdoo LMAO

halo is no more that is what matters!

a 70% decline for this franchise LOL

everyone repeat after me halo is no more haha

@FastRobby: scorewise silly

MCC is huge flop megaton

amd halo 5 is a huge saleflop megaton

Including digital it is nowhere near a 70% decline.

no wonder there is no halo MS PR they cannot spin this one LOL

halo is no threat anymore!

october NPD result = in short even when ps4 loose, they win.

Damn, Halo 5 really failed hard critically and commercially.

I was not wrong in declaring this as the new Halo theme:

Anyway congrats lemings on your win in october. 30k gap LOL. Now we wait for the PS4 to rip the xbone a new asshole in November.

Digital is 25% max and that's generous. That is a more than 60% decline and keep in mind the 935k includes all bundled sales too. It only has an 11% attach rate.

@NathanDrakeSwag: Since when had npd included bundled games?

@Antwan3K:

Halo 5 is a success! No shit!

LOL! What? I should compare Halo with....Assassons Creed? Of course you will compare Halo 5 with previous Halo.

Digital sales for bigger titles are around 20-25%. Nothing more. Look at the Witcher 3. Only 20% digital sales. Look at the BF Hardline. Only 15% digital.

At Halo 3 launch ( no digital sales, microtrasactions etc. ) X360 userbase was smaller compared to Xbone userbase today for Halo 5.

Some of you Halo fans are really hit hard today, aren't you?

The leaker combined the software sales with the Halo 5 bundle sales. They are both in the report but listed separately.

• 303k - Xbone
• 275k - PS4
• 935k - Halo 5 including bundles

We all survived the Halo 5 hype train and the Microsoft PR spin.

I'm sure a lot of people are waiting for Black Friday/Holiday deals

Are these numbers solid?

@Desmonic: if a certain user on The Neo Gaf is not banned in the next few days, then yeah.

@super600:

Also Uncharted Collection is heavily bundled.

I'm glad you agree Halo 5 is a success.. Now the healing can begin..

Do you expect anything less?

People really expected Uncharted Collection to chart high? The game had almost no hype and it was missing multiplayer. I'm surprised it charted at all. Also, are we really going to try to go the digital sales route without having any numbers to go by? I can say Uncharted sold better digitally and they landed at #2, but I'd be wrong wouldn't I?

Assuming Halo sold 20% more digitat copies than physical, that would place it above the 1 million mark, but no where near the $400 Million that MS claimed. And that's a pretty bad start for a Halo game.

Yea, it's hilarious..

Naughty Dog claimed that 80% of PS4 owners haven't played the previous Uncharted games, therefore releasing an Uncharted Collection was a justifiable decision..

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps4-news/4062.html

80% of PS4 owners haven't played the Uncharted games, yet the Uncharted Collection completely falls flat.. And *crickets* from cows..

I wonder what would happen if Uncharted 4 doesn't sell as much as Uncharted 3 or Uncharted 2.. According to cow logic, that would make Uncharted 4 an utter failure, correct?.. Well, considering Uncharted 4 will be launched after a year of no flagship exclusives like Bloodborne, I'd wager that starving PS4 players will eat it up.. But oh boy, the cow damage control and spin if Uncharted 4 doesn't beat Uncharted 3 or Uncharted 2 in sales would be absolutely epic.. Made that much sweeter by their damage control efforts from today..

Under a million LOL. When Devs see even the mighty halo cant do jack on the Xbone support for it will dry up soon. Man MS screwed up this gen so bad.

@kwns: you're comparing a three generation-long established franchise like Halo to Uncharted? Yeah, no kidding there's a double standard lol

@bforrester420: Ps4 does have its two huge bundles in November

for comparison fallout shipped 12m WW

LOL halo 5

bb bb bbbut 5 days

best outcome of this gen

halo is ded and fallout is alive

Enjoy your time in there

@Shewgenja: come on man why you even trying to play the sales game in October. As far as I see it Sony and MS had over 500,000 suckers in the U.S. that could of got a system cheaper in a month, consumers are idiots man.

It's all about that November, then we can see how the sales of the big Multiplats are going, how well systems are moving, and what kind of legs Halo has.

Why y'all were working yourselves up to claim victory or own age over October is just insane fanboyism.

@MonsieurX: hey you're back you can go now, back into your hole lol

well, I would definitely agree that polar opposites exist between "fans" and "fanboys".. no matter the platform..