PS4 TLOU July's biggest seller, July's biggest disappointment

[MeachTheMonster]

http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/15/p...lys-best-seller-julys-biggest-disappointment/

“The PS4 version of The Last of Us undersold our estimate by about 50,000 units,” Creutz wrote in a note to investors. “And it was the single biggest factor in the miss versus our expectations.”

The Last of Us, a cinematic survival adventure that was GamesBeat’s game of the year when it first came out for the PlayStation 3 in 2013, actually finished July as the top-selling game of the month. It’s weird to say something that does that is a disappointment, but the fact is that last month was dismal. The Last of Us simply didn’t have to do much to top the software chart. With no new college football game, new releases took a nosedive compared to a year ago.

“July is typically a quiet month for software sales, representing about 5 percent of annual sales,” NPD analyst Liam Callahan said yesterday. “Typically, EA’s NCAA Football launches in July, and [it] often ranks as the top game. As that title is no longer being produced, new launch sales declined steeply — close to 70 percent in July 2014.”

In fact, The Last of Us’s sales were bad enough to offset better-than-expected performances from three of the biggest publishers. Activision’s new game sales at U.S. retail were down 28 percent year over year, which is better than Cowen’s down 38 percent estimate. EA was down 48 percent, which is better than the down 51 percent. And Take-Two beat Cowen’s guidance of down 30 percent by only dropping 21 percent.

InsiderP losses again

 

[Mr. Somebody]

O well, do it for the fans instead of double dipping greed.

 

[be back in a bit]

Didn't The Last of Us sell 1.5 million copies worldwide in 24 hours?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Didn't The Last of Us sell 1.5 million copies worldwide in 24 hours?

No

Just goes to show how "information" is skewed by certain posters here.

 

[BasedPrime]

The Last Remaster Among Us

 

[MeachTheMonster]

So where's all the sales warriors at?

That lying ass story from InsiderP did numbers where y'all at?

@Rekkapryde @J-purp @Fatboi1 @Prodigal Syndicate

 

[Beerus]

So where's all the sales warriors at?

That lying ass story from InsiderP did numbers where y'all at?

@Rekkapryde @J-purp @Fatboi1 @Prodigal Syndicate

Oh well
PS4 still over 10 milly units

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

So where's all the sales warriors at?

That lying ass story from InsiderP did numbers where y'all at?

@Rekkapryde @J-purp @Fatboi1 @Prodigal Syndicate

You got a link to the worldwide numbers?


The 1.5 million was a worldwide number and your linking to them talking about npd which is only the states.



Secondly Tlou came out july 29. So it was on sale for 3 days of the entire month and still topped the chart.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

You got a link to the worldwide numbers?


The 1.5 million was a worldwide number and your linking to them talking about npd which is only the states.

You got a link

Secondly Tlou came out july 29. So it was in sale for 3 days of the entire month and still topped the chart.

The biggest day of sales is the first day. Titanfall sold over a million in 3 days

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

U nikkaz still lost regardless



Console war still on in your mind reality disagrees.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

You got a link




The biggest day of sales is the first day. Titanfall sold over a million in 3 days

So basically you made a thread trying to debunk what the worldwide sales of a game are by bringing up the sales of one country?


Dat autism



And what does titanfall have anything to do with this thread? Titanfall was an original game, this was a rerelease.


Dat autism

 

[MeachTheMonster]

So basically you made a thread trying to debunk what the worldwide sales of a game are by bringing up the sales of one country?


Dat autism



And what does titanfall have anything to do with this thread? Titanfall was an original game, this was a rerelease.


Dat autism

Cop plees brehs.

TLOU flopped

 

[Plexxx]

Cop plees brehs.

TLOU flopped

If TLOU is a flop then what is titanfall?

How many people are even playing titanfall still?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

If TLOU is a flop then what is titanfall?

How many people are even playing titanfall still?

More people than TLOU

 

[GulfCoastGhost]

Wasn't the game only out for 6 days as opposed to a while month, I'm the middle of summer when ya'll mother fukkers should be at the beach (I can't imagine how ya'll middle of the country folk survive life with out one btw)