March NPD: PS4 Overcomes Titanfall to Top Hardware Charts Again

@get2sammyb Yeah even I'm a little surprised by this

@get2sammyb But considering all the mixed opinions and feelings about Titanfall I'm not that surprised

Titanfall is lots of fun, but i still play my ps4 more.

@get2sammyb

Get some sleep and enjoy the weekend!! PS4 vs Xbox can wait till Tuesday

Personally I am not surprised. At no point did the Titanfall XBO bundle overtake the PS4 sales on Amazon for example. Though I wouldn't have been surprised if XBO had just pipped PS4 either.

Have said many times that as good a game as Titanfall is, I was not sure that a multiplayer only, FPS, also available on PC and 360 was going to sell as many XBOs as they would hope. Multiplayer only is too niche, and PC/360 give too many non XBO options.

In any case, well done PS4/Sony.

Well done SONY

I knew this would happen, I've been saying it would since January.

The hype was to big couldn't live up to it in the end the experience of Titanfall was a fairly standard fps.

@Jazzer94 B-B-But IGN said that Titanfall was the most anticipated game of 2014, and they're never wrong. </sarcasm>

Quite incredible, really. It'll be interesting to see how Titanfall did on the 360. It'll also be interesting to hear what EA think of this — not quite the gargantuan hit that they expected it to be.

I wonder if the data include 3ds, usually its better sales number than consoles. I just wish to know which is better now

Huh...so even FPS games won't save the XBO. Well then, EA, time to jump ship and give Sony and Nintendo special treatment this generation.

TitanFail.

High five. I liiiike

So, where's the Japanese charts?

MEDIA CREATE (JAPAN) 4/7-4/13

PlayStation Vita – 24,078 (25,017)
3DS LL – 17,291 (22,947)
PlayStation 4 – 13,034 (13,401)
PlayStation 3 – 7,305 (10,871)
3DS – 6,271 (9,091)
Wii U – 5,512 (7,962)
PSP – 2,027 (2,892)
PlayStation Vita TV – 1,220 (1,371)
Xbox 360 – 229 (276)

All hardware sales down, presumably from the recent tax increase in Japan. Vita finally overtook 3DS sales (3DS + 3DS XL) by about 500 units, as it continues it's recent boost in sales. PS4 sales continue to float around 13,000. Alarming for a console so popular elsewhere in the world. Wii U continues its recent trend, as does the PS3. Basically, 3DS and Vita are the only consoles selling even remotely well in Japan atm.

Well, inFamous: Second Son coming out helped PS4 more than I figured it would. Titanfall will have longer legs but may not be a system seller afterall. Price may play a bigger role in this whole thing I expected.

@JaxonH
I don't think it'll happen, but how hilarious would it be if Xbox One comes out and is the top selling home console in Japan for a bit?

Titanfall is going to be a hit on 360 because its about the same (not so next gen) game and people are not so daft as to buy a new console just for it. IMO buying a console is more of a long term investment for next gen only games to come

Titanfall only took the lead because it's not an Xbox One exclusive. It's on two other platforms.

@get2sammyb Huge? I nearly choked on my bloody shreddies, most impressive work on Sony's behalf .

We should be careful how we interpret this. I am interested in PlayStation first and foremost so I don't really hold too much of an interest in Xbox related matters. However, I do know that the real money in console gaming comes from the games, that much I know. So we shouldn't scoff at Titanfall sales (particularly as the majority appear to have been on Xbox One) and we can't necessarily compare console sales as a mark of success because they're making a small loss on the hardware. Business can be a funny thing you know and I'll always remember Tim Cook when he said that Apple don't need to sell more than the competition to win - wise words indeed. Don't get me wrong though as I'm absolutely thrilled with Sony's achievement of 7 million because the direct benefit for me personally is a large and varied base for multiplayer.

This is definitely big news. I thought the hype and marketing for Titanfall was excellent, but in the end it wasn't enough to topple the PS4. FPS is the most popular genre of game, EA were publishing, it was made by the creators of COD and they were giving it away for free with the Xbone. If that didn't put the Xbone ahead of PS4 in the sales chart then nothing can. Unless Microsoft can get Minecraft 2 or GTA 6 as exclusives lol that's really all there could be bigger than Titanfall.

Dang, the PS4 really is unstoppable. The Xbox One just can't beat it. I'm starting to think the PS4 will be selling like this for longer than I had thought.
@get2sammyb Is the Xbox One selling out? I'm assuming it's not, but this doesn't have anything to do with the amount Xbox One's available right?

Even if Microsoft sells units at which point do they start profiting? I can't even begin to fathom how much money they've thrown in towards X box one. To keep titanfall and plants vs zombies away from Sony definitely wasn't cheap. And then to give titanfall away for free at the end of it is crazy.

I have a feeling titanfall will have a sequel sooner than everyone is expecting. EA is most definitely salivating at the fact that the new titanfall will be available to an additional 7 million+ customers(who knows how many units sold by then) and thanks to Microsofts hype for this game, i know ps4 players are dying to play this and will have no problem buying it the minute it's available for play station

I was hoping this would be the case. I figured this would happen. TITANFALL was fun but it really is just more of the same. DESTINY will be the game changer. but I have been neglecting both my XBO and PS4, for the first time ever I have been playing games on my pc. well game not games. GUILD WARS 2!

@Gamer83

Haha, yeah. It takes over Japan, becomes top selling console of all time over there lol

Screw it i'm no longer being surprised at the PS4's level of beasting right now (Japan is different tho).

Meanwhile at Nintendo Life there is 126 comments of internal panic and confusion about the Wii U's sub-100k sales.....

@get2sammyb then we played titanfall and found it was extreamly average and in no way worth buying a xb1 for (a mistake I did sadly make still my brother is getting some use out of the xb1 because I'm not going to be useing it, yeah I gave it to him going to stick with the ps4 because you don't need both)