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NPD Sales Results for April 2015 [Up1: Xbox One #1]
- Thread starter Nirolak
- Start date
Maybe you read Wii U numbers
All the concern post definitely seem overreactive now.
Chris Metal
Member
Meanwhile in Japan MS also sell 187 consoles.
That's pretty amazing.
ethomaz
Banned
Cosmic is solid... you can believe.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Didn't PS4 have similar trade-in deals as well?
By stable you mean no exclusives until the holidays or the same 3rd party games PS4 is getting?
Herman Cain
Banned
Ok, just saying, I was here then but the Cboat issue was across the way and I saw that happening so another one of those would be really hilarious, but also misleading.
Art Vandilay
Member
Perhaps tax refunds played a role? Older, more casual gamers may have been inclined to make the upgrade.
This is completely speculation.
That was the month before.
Aaronrules380
Member
I imagine we'll have to wait for Nintendo's press release to get numbers. All said though, it's a fairly basic port (though incredibly impressive) so I have to imagine huge sales weren't necessary even if they were expected
hey at least stathan is happy
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Need Xenoblade numbers before I can be genuinely happy for it.
Chobel
Member
Amazing, weekly sales are practically the same.
Weird that PS4 fell below the X1 for the month without a clear reason.
My guess also looking at other numbers (Nintendo's) is that it was just a really slow month and the X1 was greatly helped by the trade in promotions which people here didn't take in proper consideration.
Pretty close for the month but with sales continuing to be down yoy for Sony it clearly shows that the current price point is saturated and a price drop is needed.
Still I don't expect it soon, they will ride it out with the Batman and MGSV bundles which will provide a great boost to sales then hints are there that they are preparing a big party pooper for MS with a 100$ price drop kicking in late October.
My guess also looking at other numbers (Nintendo's) is that it was just a really slow month and the X1 was greatly helped by the trade in promotions which people here didn't take in proper consideration.
Pretty close for the month but with sales continuing to be down yoy for Sony it clearly shows that the current price point is saturated and a price drop is needed.
Still I don't expect it soon, they will ride it out with the Batman and MGSV bundles which will provide a great boost to sales then hints are there that they are preparing a big party pooper for MS with a 100$ price drop kicking in late October.
It's because people expected another solid win for PS4.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Meanwhile people getting salty here by posting unrelated numbers.
Refreshment.01
Member
The other systems? Wii U, Vita, Ps3, 3ds?
jmaine_ph
Member
I think it was 10k at one point (could be wrong).
They won't do anything, given the small difference between the two this month.
ethomaz
Banned
I don't know... maybe GAFers can say but I just saw Xbone trade-in ads.
S'all good, man.
Just don't jump until you have more info to make concrete commentary. It's no fun looking foolish.
That difference in units is so close even just a bigger sales push from Walmart/Target/Gamestop even for a week could have been the changer.
That's a big drop.
PhantomVash808
Member
Whether they only won by 13K or not Microsoft has done a great job. Sony as well considering they lead in software. Also Smash Bros has some legs.
Signet Son
Banned
Good for Xbox. America still loves Xbox...PlayStation still killing it globally tho. Happy for both brands. Both consoles flourishing is good for the gamer....me!
And all that from a 13k win in one territory.
Aarglefarg
Member
The '7-10k diff' cboat post was incorrect.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
TBH what's the difference in whether it's sports teams, car makes consoles etc? People always have a preference
Chobel
Member
LMAO!!!
Aaronrules380
Member
I'm going to guess Xenoblade 3D did around the same as MH4 Ultimate, with somewhere between 250-300 thousand copies
man that ex MS guy was speaking the truth!
Herman Cain
Banned
I also though Cboat was solid. I'm not denying anything, just not sure.
If true that's good for the PS4 since it's not a big gap.
Maybe because retail version is just a box with voucher.
Hahaha that's.... a good one.
PhantomVash808
Member
I think it only had a digital release.
CrowDieSlow
Banned
Was anyone really expecting PS4 sales to be 1:1 with last year? I figured hitting 30mil by the end of the year was on the generous side, so I don't really get the 35-40 projections. On top of that, some of you seem really.... desperate to make it seem like the PS4 is hopelessly spiraling down into to some abyss that it will never come out of. Both systems are doing great, so there's really no need to add all of this negative narrative.
loaf of bread
Member
They aren't unrelated at all. Its a pretty interesting piece of data.
MS sold 187,000 in US
MS sold 187 in Japan
Its a hell of a coincidence.
jmaine_ph
Member
LMAO! YES!!
Lol
Not really.
XB1 isn't flourishing whatsoever if the gap was around ~13k this month.
That means nothing in the grand scheme of things, regarding market share here in NA.
this is totally indicative of a healthy console market. sony does not need to drop the price of the console this year because it's selling like hot cakes. if next month has another drop even if sony wins they have to seriously start looking at price cuts. they need to stay aggressive and not let the market stagnate. the market leader shouldn't randomly be losing months.
That's my thing..... don't do my thing...... that's like the only thing I do here haha
