The Official March 2016 NPD thread PS4 wins.

Yes you do. Average consumers don't know what is exclusive, dont give a crap either. They buy what they either have history with or what has momentum. They dont care much about Hell Divers, Broforce, Ori. They want games that make use of what they just shelled out hundreds for, not 2D indies no matter how good they play. And I dont blame them. Its a capitalist free market. I want my NEW console purchases to provide me more fun in the major release space then indies that could've been made on old hardware.

Except the logic you get here is flawed. I do agree that the PS2 was a juggernaut. But its erroneous to correlate sales with the complete success of Sony or Microsoft. Ninty, you might have an argument. Its laughable when anyone here talks sales.

I do see where you're coming from. Believe me, I do. I also know that development cycles are ridiculously longer now than they were during the PS2 era, and that has had a major impact on Gen7 and Gen8 game libraries. Still, it's a stretch to think that more games won't come out if any one of the Big Three break 100M this generation.

Amazing month With the Wii U selling 50m consoles in one month, forcing Nintendo to pospone the NX. But the biggest surprise comes from the mass outrage from cows over the PS4.5 leading to 0 sales and millions of refunds. "Milked no more!"

So given that, don't you think devs would want to maximize their profits by releasing on multiple platforms? Especially given the fact that both are pretty similar in architecture and both have millions in sales even though one is double the other. I would think devs wouldn't want to skip out on millions or potential sales unless one of the companies helped pay for development of the game ala SFV.

Once again, leaving the Manticores out of the meetings as usual. We Manticores are after all, the higher ups in SW.

It feel good to be a Manticore :P

Can't wait for Xbone to win this month and start gaining back that mindshare in the US. Not long now!

For a low budget title that doesn't have crazy art assets that would require a serious re-tooling of how video memory is handled by the system? No. Definitely not.

For big budget brand-name exclusives not being funded by a megapublisher like EA, Ubisoft, Square-Enix, or Activison? Yeah. Would rather bank on the PR of being exclusive or even go back a year later to the Bone for mop-up money.

For a JRPG or other genre of game I could expect less than a warm response to on the Ameribone? Yeah. Not even worth the effort to port at this point in the generation.

He ain't the only one, I thought I could slither my way to bring back my busty anime girls this year. If Kvally got busted on his previous avatar, then that tells me Gamespot is still on those avatars. Glad someone took the bait and see if it was safe.

Aren't the systems pretty similar in architecture? How much more effort do you think it would take for any dev to make a multiplat for both systems? Hard to image any dev would skip out on potential sales without an external influence.

I can see your point about JRPGs since they generally don't sell well on a MS console, especially outside NA.

There is no reason a 3rd party game should skip a console in this day in age,those that do probably get something good from sony or MS most likely,but profit wise talking is make no sense to cut a platform with close to 20 million users or hell even the wii u.

In the wii u case is more work to make the version work to get way less profits as well,so it is the reason developers avoid it like a plague.

The PS4 won the OP was updated.

Quantum Break Becomes the Biggest-Selling New Microsoft Studios IP for Xbox One.

Last week, on April 5, 2016, we were proud to announce that Quantum Break had launched worldwide to critical acclaim. Today, we are excited to share that Quantum Break was the #1 best-selling Xbox game around the world last week, and is now officially the biggest-sellingnew Microsoft Studios published IP this generation. In addition, last week Quantum Breakwas the #1 most played new game on Xbox, worldwide.

http://news.xbox.com/2016/04/14/39364/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

And the damage control begins...i don't even think a single day of this month NPD tracked QB.

Biggest selling NEW microsoft,published IP this generation we have to read between so much lines on this claim is not even funny.

Damn, I really thought I had it right this month

NPD next month??

I'm confuse here. QB was release April 5th, this is March NPD.

don't think it's actually related to NPD numbers

It should be considering the only other ones they've released are Sunset Overdrive and Ryse both which bombed in sales.

@lostrib: That makes sense.

@kingtito: different enough. Like I said, if I had a smaller team, I'd release later on the Bone. Lots of gamers are doing that and really it's better for the quality of the port. I don't know what the tools are like now, but near the beginning of this generation, the ESRAM on the Bone did take considerable effort to use well.

MS PR is hilarious :

In March, global hours spent gaming on Xbox One increased 89 percent compared to last year. Xbox Live engagement was driven by the greatest games lineup, including new titles released in March like ‘Killer Instinct: Season 3’ and ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division.’ ‘Killer Instinct: Season 3’ has seen record engagement across Xbox One and Windows 10 since it launched on March 29, making March the best month ever for the franchise with more than 6 million unique players.Last week, on April 5, we launched ‘Quantum Break’ to critical acclaim and it became the best-selling Xbox game around the world, and is now the biggest-selling new Microsoft Studios published IP this generation. We can’t thank our fans enough for their continued support and we’re looking forward to bringing more unprecedented experiences on Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live later this year.”

Anyway, Sunset Overdrive sold under 300k in November 2014 NPD and Ryse sold around 430k as of December 2013 NPD.

It's not so hard for QB to beat these numbers.

Anyway, PS4 is pretty dominate platform for software sales in March :

1. Tom Clancy's The Division (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
2. Far Cry: Primal (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U)
4. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
5. UFC 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
6. MLB 16: The Show (PS4, PS3)
7. Pokken Tournament (Wii U)
8. NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PSe)
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
10. Minecraft (360, PS4, Xbox One, PS3)

Yeah we arrived at that conclusion

Jesus

I legitimately feel bad for whoever is in charge of the MS PR statements.

So manny words, so nothing said.

I just checked the XBL store on my phone, does that count to "engagement"?

And QB best selling around the world!? Come on MS.

QB came out in April, not March.

Software winners. Still need to play Far Cry: Primal

Software

1. Tom Clancy’s The Division (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
2. Far Cry: Primal (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U)
4. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
5. UFC 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
6. MLB 16: The Show (PS4, PS3)
7. Pokken Tournament (Wii U)
8. NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PSe)
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
10. Minecraft (360, PS4, Xbox One, PS3)

Sadly this true, but I did buy both those games and by golly I tried to help!

I heard on GAF that Pokken Tournament almost beat SFV LTD in it's launch month in the US. .Will provide a link once I find

Link

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=201005404&postcount=209

Nevermind according to the GAF insider the sales gap between the two fighting games may not be as close as he thought it was.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=201006588&postcount=284

Also, congrats to the ps4 for winning another month.

Yes I know.

PS4 = Crazy Train that's unstoppable!

Cues: Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne

A STD riddled skank is your dream girl? Really? Aim higher.

One thing everyone will likely ignore is that it outright says that the Xbox One continues to sell well.

So, as me and countless others have said, the Xbox One has good sales, its just that the PS4 does much better overall.

But it is possible to have a market where both the Xbox and Playstation thrive without overzealous fanboys acting like one of them is a failure because it sells less.

On a related note, Street Fighter V really crashed and burned. I thought it would have at least lasted another month on the charts. Maybe Capcom will learn their lesson next time.

Depends on how many are in the race. Not everyone gets the gold medal. There's silver and bronze to be had as well. lol!! Not everyone can be last either.

Surprised Rainbow Six Siege isn't in the top ten at all.

*An

Porn stars are heavily tested for STDs... Just willing to educate ya...

@lundy86_4: They are not tested for Herpes and they get plenty of STDs that are curable as well. Plus they work as prostitutes on the side. This one was even shacked up with Charlie Sheen post-HIV.

I guess you are another simp that loves whores?

Not gonna pretend I don't watch pornography, but I would never date a whore. No self-respecting man would.

Dat epic damage control from MS PR

Back on topic, I don't think even MS is trying anymore with their lame damage control in this month's NPD statement.

Lems already have the lowest of standards when it comes to games. It's not really surprising to see it spread to other areas of life.

Two Wii U exclusives in that Top 10... damn!

And here I thought cows take great pride in their 2nd place in all multiplats, oh well

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1207934&page=11

PS4: 330K

XBO: 242K

3DS: 171K

Wii U: 66K

360: 24K

PSV: 12K

PS3: 2K

our lord and saviour? I'm to quite understanding the connection of these two things as well as the editing of my comment.

PS4 is beating the crap out of everyone. I wonder why people are not waiting for the upgraded PS4 models.

Is actually under performing for 3rd month in a row this year vs what the xbox 360 was selling on the same time frame.

• Xbox 360 - 262K March 2008 NPD.
• XBO: 242K March 2016 NPD.

So basically the xbox one sold 20k less than the xbox 360 in the same time frame,and is worth nothing that the premium 360 was $350 on March 2008 and that was sold with no free games.

@dakur: Because it's still a rumor that doesn't build a real picture of what it will be.

Won't people feel stupid when it's a PS4 Slim with a newer spec HDMI port instead of a 4k gaming half generational leap over your standard PS4..