Sales thread of meaningless numbers and complicated figures

#81

I’m guessing that’s not the numbers you want to see for what is basically new hardware.

#82

The hardware might be new, but it’s not well supported by new exclusive games. Maybe we’ll see more titles announced at around E3.

#83

I don’t think people are considering the nub stick a worthy upgrade to their current devices.

#84

That and by all reports the nub stick is appallingly designed.

#85

#Media Create Sales: 2/9/15 – 2/15/15

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (Nintendo, 02/14/15) – 230,065 (New)
  2. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 44,574 (New)
  3. [3DS] The Seven Deadly Sins: Unjust Sin (Bandai Namco, 02/11/15) – 33,270 (New)
  4. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 23,844 (2,479,724)
  5. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 23,519 (New)
  6. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 22,468 (New)
  7. [PS3] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 16,406 (60,627)
  8. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 12,922 (2,513,921)
  9. [PS4] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 12,513 (47,203)
  10. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 9,532 (2,149,794)
  11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 9,234 (2,470,154)
  12. [PSV] A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd: Library Party (Kaga Create, 02/12/15) – 8,950 (New)
  13. [PS3] Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 6,883 (14,652)
  14. [PSV] Ukiyo no Roushi (Spike Chunsoft, 02/11/15) – 6,699 (New)
  15. [PS4] Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft, 01/29/15) – 6,551 (52,580)
  16. [Wii U] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Nintendo, 01/22/15) – 6,258 (58,267)
  17. [PSV] Hyakka Yakou (Idea Factory, 02/12/15) – 6,235 (New)
  18. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 6,118 (587,913)
  19. [PS3] Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft, 01/29/15) – 5,280 (32,159)
  20. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 5,226 (3,103,815)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. New 3DS LL – 41,821 (21,650)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 21,381 (18,758)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 10,901 (10,013)
  4. New 3DS – 9,584 (7,916)
  5. Wii U – 7,007 (6,517)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 6,683 (6,426)
  7. 3DS LL – 4,126 (3,084)
  8. 3DS – 3,214 (2,642)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 588 (560)
  10. Xbox One – 191 (238)
#86

The thirst for Majora’s Mask is real.

It’s going to be interesting to see how the PS4 numbers will look after Final Fantasy 15 is out in Japan.

#87

#Media Create Sales: 2/16/15 – 2/22/15

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst (Bandai Namco, 02/19/15) – 234,180 (New)
  2. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (Nintendo, 02/14/15) – 71,181 (302,246)
  3. [PS4] God Eater 2: Rage Burst (Bandai Namco, 02/19/15) – 37,824 (New)
  4. [PS4] The Order: 1886 (SCE, 02/20/15) – 25,023 (New)
  5. [PS4] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Koei Tecmo, 02/19/15) – 24,457 (New)
  6. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 17,738 (2,497,462)
  7. [PS3] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 12,211 (72,838)
  8. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Koei Tecmo, 02/19/15) – 11,271 (New)
  9. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 11,256 (2,525,177)
  10. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 8,936 (53,510)
  11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 7,910 (2,478,064)
  12. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 7,860 (2,157,653)
  13. [PS4] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 7,239 (54,442)
  14. [PSV] Otoko Yukaku (D3 Publisher, 02/19/15) – 7,083 (New)
  15. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 5,223 (28,742)
  16. [PSV] Hakuoki Zuisouroku Omokage Hana (Idea Factory, 02/19/15) – 5,154 (New)
  17. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 4,881 (592,794)
  18. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 4,603 (921,092)
  19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 4,595 (3,923,419)
  20. [PSV] Fuuraiki 3 (NIS, 02/19/15) – 4,435 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. PlayStation Vita – 35,203 (10,901)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 24,737 (21,381)
  3. New 3DS LL – 23,466 (41,821)
  4. New 3DS – 8,657 (9,584)
  5. Wii U – 6,070 (7,007)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 5,810 (6,683)
  7. 3DS LL – 3,343 (4,126)
  8. 3DS – 2,707 (3,214)
  9. Xbox One – 1,381 (191)
  10. PlayStation Vita TV – 731 (588)
#88

The Order sold terribly. Looks like Japan isn’t interested in it. Then again, maybe for a new western IP in Japan, that number isn’t too bad. Vita is #1 in hardware sales. Weird to see it selling more than 3DS thanks to God Eater 2.

#89

Western games focusing on style over substance rarely does well in Japan.

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#90

The Verge | Sony says it’s sold over 20 million PlayStation 4 consoles

#91

#Media Create Sales: 2/23/15 – 3/1/15

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes (Square Enix, 02/26/15) – 325,446 (New)
  2. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes (Square Enix, 02/26/15) – 269,303 (New)
  3. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (Nintendo, 02/14/15) – 39,751 (341,997)
  4. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst (Bandai Namco, 02/19/15) – 37,650 (271,829)
  5. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 16,443 (2,513,906)
  6. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 12,680 (2,537,857)
  7. [PSV] Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memory of the Forest (FuRyu, 02/26/15) – 10,622 (New)
  8. [PS3] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 8,249 (81,087)
  9. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 8,159 (2,165,812)
  10. [3DS] The Seven Deadly Sins: Unjust Sin (Bandai Namco, 02/11/15) – 7,631 (42,869)
  11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 7,595 (2,485,659)
  12. [PS4] God Eater 2: Rage Burst (Bandai Namco, 02/19/15) – 7,405 (45,229)
  13. [PSV] Diabolik Lovers: Dark Fate (Idea Factory, 02/26/15) – 7,263 (New)
  14. [PSV] Parfait (TGL, 02/26/15) – 5,697 (New)
  15. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4-II (Koei Tecmo, 02/11/15) – 5,008 (58,518)
  16. [PS4] Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Bandai Namco, 01/29/15) – 4,995 (59,438)
  17. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 4,936 (597,730)
  18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 4,917 (3,928,335)
  19. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 4,898 (925,990)
  20. [PS4] The Order: 1886 (SCE, 02/20/15) – 4,840 (29,863)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. PlayStation 4 – 46,139 (24,737)
  2. PlayStation Vita – 23,619 (35,203)
  3. New 3DS LL – 22,620 (23,466)
  4. PlayStation 3 – 8,926 (5,810)
  5. New 3DS – 8,515 (8,657)
  6. Wii U – 6,606 (6,070)
  7. 3DS – 2,795 (2,707)
  8. 3DS LL – 2,666 (3,343)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 838 (731)
  10. Xbox One – 703 (1,381)
#92

I’m glad we’re getting Dragon Quest Heroes. I didn’t think it’d leave Japan. Unsurprisingly, it dramatically boosted PS4 hardware sales.

#93

I might pick that up depending on how well it’s received.

#94

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#95

That gigaflops chart is bad. 10x per row doesn’t really show the proper scale.

The PS4 is 1.8-1.9 TFLOPS as far as I remember, if the lines mean anything at all the PC is around 8-9 TFLOPS.

Nvidia’s Tesla K80 tops at 8.74 TFLOPS.
AMD’s Radeon R9 295X2 tops at 11.5 TFLOPS

So the chart above shows a 5x difference in one row. I hate charts like these.

Decided to a quick chart using some researched data over a shorter time frame to illustrate the drastic difference the above chart attempts to hide.


Data for graph above

@LabouredSubterfuge would like this chart I’d think.

#96

Using log scale is a common approach when comparing things of vastly different sizes. They even added a nice grid to make differences more clear.

#97

I’m familiar with such charts, but I feel for the dataset they are working with, it gives the wrong impression. PC GPUs have greatly surpassed consoles this generation and I feel it should be called out. Though they use the cart to call out mobile vs consoles, which as we all know mobile will not surpass consoles for some time.

#98

A bigger issue with the figure is that it doesn’t take cost into account. I don’t know anyone that owns a high-end GPU for playing games. It’s simply not worth the investment.

I would like to see a similar plot with flops (or a more suitable metric) per dollar over time.

#99

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Just some fast off the cuff data. At a pure GFLOPS level, PC is a better value, but as we know there is more to a PC than the GPU. I would assume the chart above charts would follow this same convention.

#100

Oh I do.

I do.