Actually it is plus it wasn't just any month. It was a new SKU month with a lower price and an extra week of sales.
MS: Xbox One June 2014 sales more than double May 2014's sales
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Actually it is plus it wasn't just any month. It was a new SKU month with a lower price and an extra week of sales.
That's all I take away from this.
5 weeks, that means that everything should be up by 20-25% give or take. So if the PS4 is only at 200k i would not call that great either.
The other thing that is special is that this is the first tracked month of the new SKU that is 100 dollars cheaper, its not a price cut but it is a "price cut" in that people can now purchase a XB1 for the exact same price as the PS4. Anything that sees that big of a "price cut" always sees its biggest bump in sales right after, naturally.
The last thing is that we are still talking about NA here, this is the supposed stronghold of the Xbox brand, can you imagine sales in Europe if this is what NA can conjure up?
Aquamarine
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If they really sold only 150-160K, I guarantee you Xbox One won't be #1.
PS4 will manage >200K. Probably even >230K.
I like them for the software stuff creamsugar posts. Some games have a staying power that's quite unexpected and even if they aren't in the top 10 they are doing well for themselves which is interesting to see. That helps answer a lot of the " Why does x company keep localizing y series" It's never gonna sell enough to break the top ten more than once, if that, but when you can chart it's continued steady sales you can see why some niche games/ series are worth repeatedly making the effort for.
FaultTolerance
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Oh, no doubt. The historical graphs are always interesting to sneak a peak at.
AstroNut325
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I really wish we didn't get the results more than half way through the month. You would think in the digital age we would have the results within the first week of the new month.
TheXfactor
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its not like the ps4 beating this is a huge accomplishment, it's just a complete mess for microsoft.
Aquamarine
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We don't tend to get NPD news from Sony outside of "PlayStation 4 was the #1 selling console this month!" when NPD releases.
So I'm guessing more of the usual PS4 dominance.
Melchiah
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My thought as well. Doubling the sales of their worst month doesn't sound that great. It'll be interesting to see, if the Kinectless model manages to raise the sales over their better months.
I never underestimate Halo, especially 4 Halos.
I think they win the month or at least a virtual tie.
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Graphics Horse
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I think I guessed 159k, sounds about right, but it could be higher. Combined with the previous month, where a lot of these sales were delayed from, it's an average of 26k a week, not great.
CosmicQueso
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A 2x lift with the drop is actually a bit higher than I'd expected. Clearly, the prior base price was too high.
vpance
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A May + June comparison would illuminate the situation even better.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Microsoft simply needs an army of quality exclusives both triple A and otherwise. They need to be the home of games that you don't care about graphically.
Jimmyfenix
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Welp I think I over estimated my xb1 number.
Aqua, correct me if I'm wrong:
Xboxone April 2014 total (4 weeks): 115K for a weekly average of 28.75K
Xboxone May 2014 total (4 weeks): 77K for a weekly average of 19.25K
Xboxone June 2014 total (5 weeks): ~155K for a weekly average of 31K
So it's slightly above the weekly total before the price cut/unbundling was announced.
Xboxone April 2014 total (4 weeks): 115K for a weekly average of 28.75K
Xboxone May 2014 total (4 weeks): 77K for a weekly average of 19.25K
Xboxone June 2014 total (5 weeks): ~155K for a weekly average of 31K
So it's slightly above the weekly total before the price cut/unbundling was announced.
Kinda sad, they reduced the price and announced alot of good games.
They still have a long way to go to clean up the mess, that Mattrick left.
Curious how june 2015 is gonna look like.
Allthough I doubt it's gonna change much that soon.
digoutyoursoul
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Like the PS2 ?
vinnygambini
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Fuck dis shit. My predictions are doomed.
Watch Dogs doing that good for the PS4 huh
Aquamarine
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You got it right.
Ease up on the throttle, friend
gotstrangepowers
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Wouldn't be surprised if WiiU > X1
ethomaz
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This numbers means PS4 stay flat... June have one more week.
May 200 to June 225 means stable/flat sales.
They stopped sharing any numbers, period. Unless they haven't surpassed 8 million yet.
FaultTolerance
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I'm guessing more around 170k myself, but yeah, the PS4 probably did end up selling more.
I don't expect Microsoft will come close to beating Sony again until Christmas time.
Could be 200K+ for all we know. We'll find out tomorrow.
This statement is pretty much "Sales increased a whole lot... but we still weren't #1 for the month".
Yep (as I said above).
Pristine_Condition
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Double should've been expected due to the advance announcement of the $100 price cut making the previous month's sales tank even worse than normal and the extra week.
But I also expected an additional "E3 HYPE!!!" bump considering how Xbox fans here were reacting... That didn't seem to have happened much.
Glad I've stayed out of the E3 prediction thread. Even though wild stabs at fun to make, I feel too out-of-the loop not owning any of the new systems yet to really get a feel for these things, obviously. And GAF-hype from fans of one console or another doesn't seem to accurately represent what's happening at retail.
Still, even though I'm not making predictions, the predictions and sales-age threads have been an excellent read, and easily one of the most informative spots on the whole internet for this stuff. Congrats to all the regulars who make such good contributions. Our resident GAF retail spook's observations were particularly valuable if the "read between the lines" of this press release are what we think they are.
It makes one wonder what's going on in Europe now. If MS is battling so hard in the USA with the price cuts and bundling, and still struggling to match PS4, it is probably considerably worse in EU Land, right?
But I also expected an additional "E3 HYPE!!!" bump considering how Xbox fans here were reacting... That didn't seem to have happened much.
Glad I've stayed out of the E3 prediction thread. Even though wild stabs at fun to make, I feel too out-of-the loop not owning any of the new systems yet to really get a feel for these things, obviously. And GAF-hype from fans of one console or another doesn't seem to accurately represent what's happening at retail.
Still, even though I'm not making predictions, the predictions and sales-age threads have been an excellent read, and easily one of the most informative spots on the whole internet for this stuff. Congrats to all the regulars who make such good contributions. Our resident GAF retail spook's observations were particularly valuable if the "read between the lines" of this press release are what we think they are.
It makes one wonder what's going on in Europe now. If MS is battling so hard in the USA with the price cuts and bundling, and still struggling to match PS4, it is probably considerably worse in EU Land, right?
I bought one. Except in July. Oh, and it was from a dude on CL.
Never mind.
Yep, they would have said "more than 2.5x" or something to that effect.
I think it's pretty clear the window we're talking about here.
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Yep, they would have said "more than 2.5x" or something to that effect.
I think it's pretty clear the window we're talking about here.
Aquamarine
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I feel like they would have used a bigger multiplier if the number was significantly more than double.
Graphics Horse
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You'd think they'd come out weekly like most places in the world and most tracked media sales in the world. Seeing as games come out weekly an all.
I would be quite amazed if the Wii U pulled 150k.
I think they should be happy if they enter six figures here. Lower shipments and profitability per unit, with a strong holiday and a strong 2015. It's never going to be a success, but they might mitigate the failure.
shacklesmcgee
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...where's the blackboard picture?
R3TRO
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CL got too sketchy for me these days.
Thanks!
Well, that's... probably not at all what MS wanted when they announced the price cut a month early. A price cut would hopefully boost weekly sales.
Any info on how large the weekly bumps were for other platforms that received a price drop?
TheExecutive
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No need to adjust but since it was a five week period and may was a 4 week period it is not an apples to apples comparison. What kind of question is this anyway?
Shyakugaun
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160k is really not that bad though...is it?
BruceLeeRoy
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Triggerhappytel
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Exactly. May's figures were artificially low to begin with. Vaguely saying 'doubling them' doesn't seem all that remarkable.
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