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[chadskin]

http://news.xbox.com/2014/11/xbox-one-sales-on-the-rise

Quick, someone guess the correct headline for this month, maybe we'll get a sneak peak.

 

[Carl]

Sony ready to burn this thread down with an epic victory out of nowhere

Not a chance.

 

[Cornbread78]

Sony ready to burn this thread down with an epic victory out of nowhere

Lol, unfortunately, we'really not gonadotropin get that this month, bit that would certainly maximize entertainment, lol.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Well, it's 6:07 PM here in New York City.

The NPD Group is located just outside New York City in Port Washington.

Traditionally, NPD PR has released at 6:30 PM right on the dot.

So....

Smart ass

 

[blakep267]

The thing is, a lot high profile games on both XBO/PS4/PC are not on WiiU, so it's kinda of unfair to ignore those when comparing.

if the wiiu had GTA, the latest cod, Destiny and a better controller. It'd be doing a hell of a lot better

 

[vicissitudes]

Well, it's 6:07 PM here in New York City.

The NPD Group is located just outside New York City in Port Washington.

Traditionally, NPD PR has released at 6:30 PM right on the dot.

So....

Yes but do you have your clocks synced with the International Atomic Timekeeping Service?

 

[donny2112]

This year Xbox will win 2 months. Then next year it will win 3 months and so forth. After 6 years the tables will turn!

If Jan-Oct. rack up a 600K lead and then Nov+Dec push back the other way by 700K, the tables would've already turned. Nov+Dec really are just that big. The other months aren't meaningless, but Nov and Dec are so much more.

 

[cilonen]

Lol, unfortunately, we'really not gonadotropin get that this month, bit that would certainly maximize entertainment, lol.

Best autocorrect error ever.

 

[sense]

lol i can see MS people waiting for Sony PR/Tweet about worldwide sales and vice versa

 

[Naughty_Doge]

Lol, unfortunately, we'really not gonadotropin get that this month, bit that would certainly maximize entertainment, lol.

wut

 

[Mory Dunz]

Ed O' Neill

 

[Gestault]

Is it unfair to hope for comparable or better sales performance from Sony/Nintendo to solidify a price drop for the XB1?

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

http://news.xbox.com/2014/11/xbox-one-sales-on-the-rise

Quick, someone guess the correct headline for this month, maybe we'll get a sneak peak.

http://news.xbox.com/2014/12/xbox-family-tops-november-npd

 

[Aquamarine]

Yes but do you have your clocks synced with the International Atomic Timekeeping Service?

Actually, my work computer is synced with time.microsoft.com, thank you very much.

 

[Chobel]

Less than 20 minutes.

 

[donny2112]

Yes but do you have your clocks synced with the International Atomic Timekeeping Service?

Looking forward to the quantum entanglement version in a few years.

 

[Dead Prince]

workout or wait. can't decide!

 

[King Beyond the wall]

Has anyone updated the picture of Truman holding the newspaper that made the rounds when the September NPD discussions were on going? We need an updated version of that if the impossible happens...

 

[Kolma]

workout or wait. can't decide!

at 17 min to go, just wait

 

[Amir0x]

So two of the highest rated games of last year (and this year) are quaint, but a poorly made AC cookie cutter game plus last years warned over version of the same game is a door buster?

Both sides had good deals, MS just went deeper on the headline price and that is what will make the difference. Plus Sony didn't even join in the party until the last week of the month.

I think December will be closer as Sony seems more engaged from the start of the month.

Well I am making the distinction between a game that is a complete next-gen exclusive and that, incidentally, Ubisoft sabotaged and are so incompetent that it actually runs better on XBO and last-gen ports. Some people may even like Unity, gross I know.

But as I said, and which you simply used much more subdued language to convey, is that Xbox One went significantly deeper into their pockets and produced shocking prices relative to their competent and historical year on year prices. So whatever December is (who knows quite yet), in November certainly XBO is going to have dominated and, in my estimation, dominated quite impressively. If only we can get the numbers to see by how much precisely.

 

[El-Pistolero]

workout or wait. can't decide!

You guys are really committed, aren't you? Go have your workout, it's not like the information is going to disappear... o O

 

[Carl]

Lol, unfortunately, we'really not gonadotropin get that this month, bit that would certainly maximize entertainment, lol.

gonadotropin

 

[Apt101]

workout or wait. can't decide!

Workout, and it will be like having a long queue of episodes ready on Netflix. Wait, and it's like watching the latest episode on TV with everyone else*.

Spoiler

* over the age of 40

 

[Aquamarine]

workout or wait. can't decide!

Why not both?

 

[Dead Prince]

at 17 min to go, just wait

checking twitter to see who post first. playstation or aarongreenberg

 

[Havel]

Will this be the first time the Xbone has won an NPD?

 

[DryvBy]

I'm actually curious now. According so some websites, MS with the Kinect was only making maybe $30+ per system sold. That's back in 2013.

If you factor in the price drop + the game give aways, what's the probability MS lost a ton of money in November? Seems crazy to think how much money it would be.

 

[Rymuth]

You guys are really committed, aren't you? Go have your workout, it's not like the information is going to disappear... o O

But then he won't be here to see it unfold in real time.

 

[DorkyMohr]

Will this be the first time the Xbone has won an NPD?

I can say with certainty "no".

 

[Aquamarine]

Will this be the first time the Xbone has won an NPD?

Xbox One beat the PS4 in December 2013 NPD by about 45K.

 

[HabeeNo]

The wait game is so real T_T

Need to do some planning and hit the gym D:

 

[JaggedSac]

Any news yet?

 

[GravityInsanity]

Will this be the first time the Xbone has won an NPD?

I think they won December last year.

 

[Cornbread78]

wut

Best autocorrect error ever.

Lol, seriously, wtf... Damn mobile auto correct.

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Will this be the first time the Xbone has won an NPD?

December 2013.

 

[RoKKeR]

I'm actually curious now. According so some websites, MS with the Kinect was only making maybe $30+ per system sold. That's back in 2013.

If you factor in the price drop + the game give aways, what's the probability MS lost a ton of money in November? Seems crazy to think how much money it would be.

They had to expand the user base, desperately.

 

[Megadragon15]

Will this be the first time the Xbone has won an NPD?

If true. Yep. December 2013 shouldn't count because the PS4 was supply constrained.

 

[sam777]

I'm actually curious now. According so some websites, MS with the Kinect was only making maybe $30+ per system sold. That's back in 2013.

If you factor in the price drop + the game give aways, what's the probability MS lost a ton of money in November? Seems crazy to think how much money it would be.

You need to consider that manufacturing costs will most likely have dropped since last year.

 

[DieH@rd]

Will this be the first time the Xbone has won an NPD?

They won last November or December when PS4 was had problem with supplying stores.

 

[Amir0x]

the age of sony is done
/s

Well that post and this one are not even tangentially related, and this one is going to be indisputably true in a few minutes. Only of course Sony is still going to be way ahead in US system unit number and massively ahead on a worldwide basis, so it's not like any ages are coming to a close right this second

 

[Atlas157]

December 2013.

Fixed

Edit: That stealth edit

 

[Mpl90]

Listening to this while waiting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGBFDut-MgI

Shovel Knight OST, so good

 

[vicissitudes]

They won last December when PS4 was had problem with supplying stores.

They also pretty much won February 2014 since it was so close. It was a moral victory.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Any news yet?

Whit all the Gaf expecting results, I don't think it's necessary to ask. We will just know.

 

[B.O.O.M]

woohoo I'm here just in time! Wonder how much the bone won by

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Yes, MS lost money on X1s last month but this isn't about winning a month's NPDs, it's about saving the platform. The losses they took in November would pale in comparison to the losses they would incur in the long run if they didn't kickstart the X1 into relevance. Small install base = small income. The console business has traditionally been a razor/razorblade affair so I don't know why people suddenly act as if there is anything wrong with doing this.

GAF's natural tendency to ...snark

Yeah, I don't know why but it's getting really old for me. And not just NPDs, but pretty much anything that's discussed. But that's not just GAF it's the whole Internet now.

 

[Kerned]

No, but it's a trend. Just like X1 multi-platform games closing the gap.

You should probably look up what the word "trend" means.

 

[Logash]

Listening to this while waiting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGBFDut-MgI

Shovel Knight OST, so good

King Knight's Stage is better doooooood!

 

[Welfare]

Listening to this while waiting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGBFDut-MgI

Shovel Knight OST, so good

Might I inject some Number One (Bleach)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lsn2tT5yTc

 

[JaggedSac]

I'm actually curious now. According so some websites, MS with the Kinect was only making maybe $30+ per system sold. That's back in 2013.

If you factor in the price drop + the game give aways, what's the probability MS lost a ton of money in November? Seems crazy to think how much money it would be.

$100 per box maybe we are looking at most $100,000,000 lost. They spent 9x more than that making too many Surface RTs, lol.