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[xxracerxx]

Two months? I thought this was gonna be the first month they win. What other month?

December 2013.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Plot Twist: Ouya was the best selling console in November.

The ouya was the fastest selling ouya device in November 2014. Thank you John, Alex, and Wendy for making this a month to remember!

 

[lightning2k3]

Two months? I thought this was gonna be the first month they win. What other month?

last december.

 

[The Shogun]

Two months? I thought this was gonna be the first month they win. What other month?

Last December was an Xbox One victory.

 

[Aquamarine]

Plot Twist: Ouya was the best selling console in November.

Nah bro.

#TeamNVIDIASHIELD

 

[donny2112]

*shudders to think how huge the NPD thread will grow*

So are we expecting to hit the 20K post limit in the first Nov-2014 NPD thread tonight or tomorrow early morning?

 

[vypek]

December 2013.

last december.

Last December was an Xbox One victory.

Thanks. Dont know how I missed that.

 

[GravityInsanity]

I hope the Dreamcast wins.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Honestly, I wouldn't see a November win as a sign of sony arrogance in action. It's not arrogance to lose in sales when your rival slashes $70 off the cost of their console and bundles in games for the holiday season.

I mean, you can't see that sort of action coming. They could have lowered their own costs, but I imagine sony was waiting to see what the effect on MS sales would be for November.

Arrogance would be a vita situation where they refuse to do any price changes despite months of thrashing and vanishing good will.

 

[vpance]

Greenberg, Nelson and Spencer are lighting up some fine cuban cigars right now.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

I don't expect MS to make a big deal of it, winning two months out of twelve is nothing to brag about. After the price cut, gift cards, free games and stuff its sort of a pyrrhic victory. They should be humble and focus on their strategy to maintain the lead from now on.

They'll only be in the lead if everything starts moving in the opposite direction.

And then technically, the Wii U will be in the lead.

Or the Ouya.

 

[allan-bh]

Plot Twist: Ouya was the best selling console in November.

Ouya sold more than PS Vita. This joke can be true some day.

 

[Heshinsi]

If your not calling the shots your decisions and influences can only extend so far.

Dude was in charge of MS Game Studios during its 'Halo/Gears/Fable/Forza rinse and repeat" haydays. Backpedaling from his predecessors plans after said plans backfired, doesn't erase the fact that Spencer was running MS first party studios when it was at its most anemic.

 

[vin-buc]

The king is back!

The gap is closing.

LOL. Love it!!

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

The gap is closing.

Well im glad the news has made you happy.

 

[Foshy]

I don't expect MS to make a big deal of it, winning two months out of twelve is nothing to brag about. After the price cut, gift cards, free games and stuff its sort of a pyrrhic victory. They should be humble and focus on their strategy to maintain the lead from now on.

They're not in the lead though, they're desperately trying to catch up

 

[ArchedThunder]

The gap is closing.

One month=/=closing the gap

 

[StoopKid]

Ouya sold more than PS Vita. This joke can be true some day.

Ouya could be $9.99 and still get outsold by vita.

 

[MrJonnyBigBoss]

They're not in the lead though, they're desperately trying to catch up

Monthly lead.

P.S. Probably, that is.

 

[keit4]

LOL. Love it!!

Don't take him seriously.

 

[Boombloxer]

Greenberg, Nelson and Spencer are lighting up some fine cuban cigars right now.

As they should, it's well-earned in a way.

Not sure they can go back to the same pricing in January though.

 

[ELAMOR]

The king is back!

 

[Hockeymac18]

I hope the Dreamcast wins.

This would be amazing. Now I just got sad ...should go play my DC.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Ouya sold more than PS Vita. This joke can be true some day.

Honestly that has probably happened in Canada at some point. Ouya does oddly well on their Amazon there.

 

[TomShoe]

Dude was in charge of MS Game Studios during its 'Halo/Gears/Fable/Forza rinse and repeat" haydays. Backpedaling from his predecessors plans after said plans backfired, doesn't erase the fact that Spencer was running MS first party studios when it was at its most anemic.

I don't understand people putting all their hopes and dreams for Xbox into Spencer. I mean come on now:

 

[Einbroch]

Maybe a Burger King opened up next door to his stoop. They deliver, you know.

 

[allan-bh]

Ouya could be $9.99 and still get outsold by vita.

I have no idea how much Ouya sell, but Vita had terribles months with less than 10k.

 

[Orthogonal]

Nvm, wrong thread again

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Did the returning king suddenly sell an extra 6 million units (maybe more?) to dethrone the ruling king? 0_0

Gonna love reading this thread.

Now THAT would be a meltdown thread. Granted, MS would have to absolutely flood the market and sell out, and Sony would have to have pretty much no sales to speak of world wide that month.

But man would that be a fun thread.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

XB1 won according to this guy. Take it with a grain of salt.
https://twitter.com/q_salazar/status/543157987074781184

 

[Memory]

They'll only be in the lead if everything starts moving in the opposite direction.

And then technically, the Wii U will be in the lead.

Or the Ouya.

They're not in the lead though, they're desperately trying to catch up

Edited original post, I meant monthly lead not cumulative total.

 

[slavesnyder]

Greenberg, Nelson and Spencer are lighting up some fine cuban cigars right now.

... and start discussing what to say if their stakeholders ask when and if they want to make money with that thing...

 

[redblack85]

from 1 January onwards will still make sense to buy One to 399$?

 

[Kuro]

I can't believe the Wii U won November. Amazing.

 

[labaronx]

Today is the day for Sony to give an update on sold-through. That'll net them a few headlines.

Yep im guessing 17 million worldwide to customers

 

[QaaQer]

Honestly, I wouldn't see a November win as a sign of sony arrogance in action. It's not arrogance to lose in sales when your rival slashes $70 off the cost of their console and bundles in games for the holiday season.

I mean, you can't see that sort of action coming. They could have lowered their own costs, but I imagine sony was waiting to see what the effect on MS sales would be for November.

Arrogance would be a vita situation where they refuse to do any price changes despite months of thrashing and vanishing good will.

Some companies don't have the luxury of being able to operate divisions at a loss without consequences. I wouldn't hold it against them.

 

[Aquamarine]

I have no idea how much Ouya sell, but Vita had terribles months with less than 10k.

A good measure of failure is when the Vita performs less than the OUYA's first month of sales.

 

[Amir0x]

Microsoft won November NPD, this is a fact. Mr. Boyes knows.

The question is will we find out by how much?

I'm predicting BIG.

 

[Sarobi]

You guys knew it was going to happen eventually

 

[xxracerxx]

Microsoft won November NPD, this is a fact. Mr. Boyes knows.

The question is will we find out by how much?

I'm predicting BIG.

What's BIG though? I say anything over 400K.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

"A New Day for Xbox"

Is a pretty damn good PR slogan after they win the NPD. Who invented this?

 

[DryvBy]

Microsoft won November NPD, this is a fact. Mr. Boyes knows.

The question is will we find out by how much?

I'm predicting BIG.

I believe so too. However it would be funny to see who actually made the most money for sales during this time.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

from 1 January onwards will still make sense to buy One to 399$?

Maybe they'll jack up the price and then wait until November to reduce it again. What a fiendish plan.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Microsoft won November NPD, this is a fact. Mr. Boyes knows.

The question is will we find out by how much?

I'm predicting BIG.

Nah, I think maybe 100k if that. Probably less.

 

[bbjvc]

Dude was in charge of MS Game Studios during its 'Halo/Gears/Fable/Forza rinse and repeat" haydays. Backpedaling from his predecessors plans after said plans backfired, doesn't erase the fact that Spencer was running MS first party studios when it was at its most anemic.

And guess who control the budget and revenue target of first party games?

when you given a low budget and high revenue target then only thing you can do is make games that are sure bets

 

[ElTorro]

 

[QaaQer]

What's BIG though? I say anything over 400K.

I look at ratios. I'd say anything over 3:2 for x1 is a big win.

 

[xxracerxx]

"A New Day for Xbox"

Is a pretty damn good PR slogan after they win the NPD. Who invented this?

Personally I think that is fucking terrible.

Now it can truly begin.

 

[allan-bh]

I'm predicting BIG.

I'll be surprised

 

[Foshy]

Monthly lead.

P.S. Probably, that is.

Let's say we're at a F1 race and the leader is 10 seconds ahead of everyone else. If the driver on second place pulls out a lap that is one second faster than the leader, he's still #2. slowly closing the gap if he can keep it up, but he's not suddenly ahead now.

That's how I see it.