August 2014 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes September 9th
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Aquamarine
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The prediction period is over.
Any predictions given from this point on won't be counted.
Any predictions given from this point on won't be counted.
Hmmm.... you sound like you know something you aren't letting on! On the surface it seems like a pretty boring month without any big releases. I was expecting it to be kind of the calm before the storm called Destiny. Any particular reason why you are excited that you can share?
SwiftDeath
Member
So I'll post it here and go one step further
For Yearly the url is
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
For Monthly you simply add "-XX" where XX is the number of the month, August [Month 8] for example would be
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-08/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-08/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
July [Month 7]
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-07/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-07/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
Here's september [Month 9] but not yet loaded
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-09/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-09/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
And that one step further, I've actually figured out you can ask it by week
For august
Week 1: Week of August 4th
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-08-04/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-08-04/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
Week 2: Week of August 11th
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-08-11/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014-08-11/videogames/?tag=viglink20241-20#1
And so on. You simply add "-XX" onto the end of the Year-Month qualifier where XX represents the date of a given monday of that month. Must be done with Mondays
Oh wow, PS4 Destiny has already outsold Titanfall X1 on Amazon.
SwiftDeath
Member
It's actually a fairly interesting comparison as
PS4 Destiny SKU - 13th
XB1 Titanfall SKU - 14th
XB1 Titanfall Bundle - 41st
PS4 Destiny Bundle - 46th
So they are very comparable it would seem. Also XB1 Destiny SKU is 16th so it's fair to say Destiny has sold a lot. Albeit it kind of needs to.
theprodigy
Member
for that matter, XB1 Destiny is already 16th
lol Titanfall
edit: wait I'm an idiot you already said that >_>
SwiftDeath
Member
Yeah it does kind of put Titanfall sales in perspective but I guess different development environments and sales expectations
Amazon monthly report for September is now live
Destiny Bundle seems to have done very very well as to be expected.
Thanks
Aquamarine
Member
NPD releases tomorrow.
It's a shame that I always seem to be working right as PR drops so it takes a while for me to be able to fully participate in the conversation.
It's a shame that I always seem to be working right as PR drops so it takes a while for me to be able to fully participate in the conversation.
theprodigy
Member
Whats interesting is the current rankings for September.
Both system sold Destiny fairly close in ranking AND it seems that it moved a bit more Xbox Ones hardware from previous months ranking
seeing as its in the top 10 currently.
Goes without saying though both the destiny bundle and individual sku is ahead of Xbox One hw. Nevertheless September will surely be entertaining.
Both system sold Destiny fairly close in ranking AND it seems that it moved a bit more Xbox Ones hardware from previous months ranking
seeing as its in the top 10 currently.
Goes without saying though both the destiny bundle and individual sku is ahead of Xbox One hw. Nevertheless September will surely be entertaining.
theprodigy
Member
so early on its PS4 Destiny>XB1 Destiny>PS4 Destiny bundle>360 Destiny>>XB1
ok lol
ok lol
SwiftDeath
Member
Where do you get the bolded from?
The Destiny Bundle of PS4 is the best selling Hardware SKU on that chart so I'm probably just interpreting you wrong
Sorry what I meant was that destiny moved a bit more Xbox One hardware compared to the previous months ranking. And yes PS4 is still the top hardware. I'll edit my post.
SwiftDeath
Member
I'm certain XB1 will sell more in September over August, in no small part to Destiny but there's other helping hands too. [5 weeks of NPD tracking versus 4, Buy an XB1 get a game for free, etc.]
3rdamention
Member
Are you saying that the Xbox One Console is in the Top 10 currently? I assume you mean the Xbox One version of the game. You said "it seems that it moved a bit more Xbox Ones seeing as its in the top 10 currently." I assume you mean the game.
I see the highest Xbox One in the September Rankings as 32nd. Compared to the PS4 Destiny Bundle at 6th and the Standard Ps4 12th.
Of course, the Amazon rankings change quite a bit, and are just one small data source to look at for fun. However, as stated many times in these threads, the overall monthly sales on Amazon have always been correct in showing which system, Xbox One vs PS4, sold the most in NPD numbers that specific month.
EDIT: I see you are going to edit your post, sorry./
3rdamention
Member
I was actually very very surprised/shocked that the PS4 Destiny Bundle has sold more so far this month than the 360 version of the game.
Looks like the PS4 could have a huge September.
Naughty_Doge
Member
So, when are the results released? I want to see if TLoU:R gave the PS4 a significant boost.
SwiftDeath
Member
Amazon monthly report for September is now live
I don't understand how Non-Destiny PS4 is above XBO with the free game promotion.
hodayathink
Member
If it's a cumulative monthly ranking, though, for this month you have to take into account that we're only 10 days into it. As we get further into the month and more major releases come out, there's a chance that they push the XB1 even further down the list.
PS4 Destiny bundle was always in Top 10 on Amazon even when the Destiny bundle was announced @E3 2014. That's a quite achievement.
It probably didn't do much. The game already had 5 days of tracking last month and PS4 didn't see a positive shift.
Trust me. I'm a PhD
Member
You get the system your friends are on. The early lead seems to have helped a lot.
Eddie Griffin
Banned
That came out like 2 months ago dawg.
The real question is how much madden sold consoles this month.
SwiftDeath
Member
Nevermind misinterpreted something
Another fun note; the PS4 has never left the top 20 since it launched.
This is the first time XB1 has been back in the top 20 since March.
theprodigy
Member
guys who cares about NPD
SMASH BROS LEAKS
SMASH BROS LEAKS
Yeah, wow, even at #12 now thanks to Destiny. And with two SKUs in the top 10 PS4 is still selling more than double of that. Another intersting NPD month again finally.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
We won't know the full extent of how well the Destiny-Sony marketing deal went until a few months time, probably after January. The reason for this is that most gamers tend to buy in Day One for a particular game they want, while more casual gamers will take longer. A perfect example of this is too look back at Watch Dogs for PS4 based on Amazon. Just for reference Amazon's best selling for 2014 has Destiny for PS4 at #13 and Destiny for Xbox One at #16. Now in comparison, Watch_Dogs is sitting at #21 for PS4 and at #82 for Xbox One.
Now let's go back and look at the month-by-month and see when exactly Watch_Dogs #PS4 began to outnumber Watch_Dogs #Xbone. In May 2014 when Watch_Dogs was released the month shows: PS4 at #5 and Xbone at #7.(Mario Kart 8 was actually at #4) In June 2014 Watch_Dogs for PS4 was at #17 and Xbone was #82. July 2014 has Watch Dogs for PS4 at #45 and Xbone did not chart in the top 100. In August surprisingly Watch_Dogs for PS4 jumps back up to #18 and again Xbone failed to chart. I should note that PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Watch_Dogs failed to chart as well after June 2014. Now it appears that either Watch_Dogs is not doing extremely well we as a franchise compared to Assassin's Creed 4, which is still selling on all four platforms or it appears that the consumer via marketing has assumed that the PS4 is the place to be for Watch_Dogs
Also the Xbone Madden bundle apparently was outsold in August by both the PS4 Destiny bundle(#8) and PS4 Standard Madden 15(#16) with Xbone Ultimate Team Madden 15(#36) and Xbone Standard Madden 15(#39) and finally Xbone Madden bundle(#50). It also seems that the regular Xbone is beating the madden bundle for the first week of September with the regular Xbone at #33 and madden bundle failing to chart. The first week of September also shows Madden selling in this fashion: PS4(#32)>360(#40)>PS3(#78)>Xbone(#87).
Now let's go back and look at the month-by-month and see when exactly Watch_Dogs #PS4 began to outnumber Watch_Dogs #Xbone. In May 2014 when Watch_Dogs was released the month shows: PS4 at #5 and Xbone at #7.(Mario Kart 8 was actually at #4) In June 2014 Watch_Dogs for PS4 was at #17 and Xbone was #82. July 2014 has Watch Dogs for PS4 at #45 and Xbone did not chart in the top 100. In August surprisingly Watch_Dogs for PS4 jumps back up to #18 and again Xbone failed to chart. I should note that PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Watch_Dogs failed to chart as well after June 2014. Now it appears that either Watch_Dogs is not doing extremely well we as a franchise compared to Assassin's Creed 4, which is still selling on all four platforms or it appears that the consumer via marketing has assumed that the PS4 is the place to be for Watch_Dogs
Also the Xbone Madden bundle apparently was outsold in August by both the PS4 Destiny bundle(#8) and PS4 Standard Madden 15(#16) with Xbone Ultimate Team Madden 15(#36) and Xbone Standard Madden 15(#39) and finally Xbone Madden bundle(#50). It also seems that the regular Xbone is beating the madden bundle for the first week of September with the regular Xbone at #33 and madden bundle failing to chart. The first week of September also shows Madden selling in this fashion: PS4(#32)>360(#40)>PS3(#78)>Xbone(#87).
SwiftDeath
Member
The Madden XB1 Bundle has become sold out on Amazon at least from Amazon themselves. There is a $20 markup at minimum to order it from a third party seller so I wouldn't take the Madden SKUs performance on Amazon in September as a good indicator of wider trends personally
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
That makes a lot more sense. Thanks for that.
So will the XB1, or at the very least far better then its been for the rest of the year for them...
Aquamarine
Member
12 hours until PR.
Cross-posting from PAL Charts thread.The question is how much does the UK market mirror the US market?
These are retail UK Results
PS4 Generates Most Software Revenue at Retail in 2014
Tables sorted by YTD 2014 column.
Xbox One LTD: 2.83 million units
PS4 LTD: 3.42 million units ---> PS4 retail tie ratio is approximately 3.4
Xbox One YTD: 1.67 million units
PS4 YTD: 2.09 million units
These are retail UK Results
PS4 Generates Most Software Revenue at Retail in 2014
Tables sorted by YTD 2014 column.
Xbox One LTD: 2.83 million units
PS4 LTD: 3.42 million units ---> PS4 retail tie ratio is approximately 3.4
Xbox One YTD: 1.67 million units
PS4 YTD: 2.09 million units
Jimmyfenix
Member
Cross-posting from PAL Charts thread.The question is how much does the UK market mirror the US market?
These are retail UK Results
PS4 Generates Most Software Revenue at Retail in 2014
Tables sorted by YTD 2014 column.
Xbox One LTD: 2.83 million units
PS4 LTD: 3.42 million units ---> PS4 retail tie ratio is approximately 3.4
Xbox One YTD: 1.67 million units
PS4 YTD: 2.09 million units
Thread worthy?
Go ahead. I'm going to be AFK for a while.
Cross-posting from PAL Charts thread.The question is how much does the UK market mirror the US market?
These are retail UK Results
PS4 Generates Most Software Revenue at Retail in 2014
Tables sorted by YTD 2014 column.
Xbox One LTD: 2.83 million units
PS4 LTD: 3.42 million units ---> PS4 retail tie ratio is approximately 3.4
Xbox One YTD: 1.67 million units
PS4 YTD: 2.09 million units
PS4 generating already more software revenue than Xbox 360 is fucking crazy
Also 2,5 times more software units that Xbox One. Ouch.
Cross-posting from PAL Charts thread.The question is how much does the UK market mirror the US market?
These are retail UK Results
PS4 Generates Most Software Revenue at Retail in 2014
Tables sorted by YTD 2014 column.
Xbox One LTD: 2.83 million units
PS4 LTD: 3.42 million units ---> PS4 retail tie ratio is approximately 3.4
Xbox One YTD: 1.67 million units
PS4 YTD: 2.09 million units
As always thanks for the info. Seems the software sales gap is opening up a little by little the farther we get away from Titanfall launch. Can't wait to see September sales. Bet Destiny outsells the entire August market.
Aquamarine
Member
6 Hours until PR releases...
I wonder if Chartzzzz will complain about me like last month!
I wonder if Chartzzzz will complain about me like last month!
Majmun
Member
What did they say?
eddfromtheriver
Banned
Because it's not the hot console, that'd be the PS4.
Aquamarine
Member
"I'm getting sick and tired of Aquamarine's supposedly 'funny' cryptic posts."
"I hope someday there will be another guy giving out the numbers, who isn't such a huge attention whore and just leaves out the whole teasing, ambiguity and long waiting times and instead cuts right to the chase....urgh I'm getting annoyed because I'm tired, I'm out."
And other drama! It's amusing to watch!
KillerMan91
Member
Speaking about chartzzz they don't even have August numbers yet as they are missing final week of august lol. Maybe they are waiting for NPD numbers this time and releasing their own numbers after that (like they always do with their weekly japanese numbers, releasing them after Media Create)