rokkerkory
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Wow did not expect that at all. Esp with bloodlines.
Great job MS
Great job MS
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NPD Sales Results for April 2015 [Up1: Xbox One #1]
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Welfare
Member
Witcher is in 5 days. Possibly.
Won't NPD May be revealed before E3? Maybe MS will want good news leading into the event.
airmangataosenai
Member
Normally anything below 100k for more than a month is "Dead", it's been sub-100k all year. In fact, the only non-holiday 100k it ever had was because of Mario Kart.
ethomaz
Banned
Last year they delayed to post E3, no?
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Well we know Mario Party 10's updated LTD at least. Should easily sail past 400K at this pace imo.
Netflix system seller.
hodayathink
Member
Maybe most people are buying direct from nVidia, and NPD doesn't count those sales?
Officerrob
Banned
Amazon software sales mean absolutely nothing when projecting NPD's
Obliterator
Member
Yeah it would make sense. I guess thats up to Gamestop though but I wouldn't be surprised if MS tries to do something big to get May. If they go into E3 winning the last 2 months in a row of NPD it would be a good marketing tool
GoonerTRON
Banned
Nintendo! Make Wii Sports U and bundle it, release for the holidays, profit.
Welfare
Member
Yeah to the next monday, but that was because E3 week was the same week. This year E3 would be after the NPD results.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
It really is. That Y2Kev post on competition needs to be quoted in every OP of every NPD thread from now on; it's sad people don't understand how it really works.It is wrong I agree.
It's just a silly thought imo.
Also apparently I've been bitch-slapped on MKX. Thanks for the corrections you three
Grimgrillz
Banned
That's why he's talking about skus.
The Mad Draklor
Member
Do you mind quoting his post for me? It's hard to look for it under all these pages. Thanks
myharlequin
Member
Please someone tell me what would happen with
Xbox ONE Slim bundled with Halo 5 $299?
Xbox ONE Slim bundled with Halo 5 $299?
Officerrob
Banned
I was referring to this sentence: Amazon Witcher sales are currently very PS4 centric
75kish.
For a New 3DS exclusive port, that's pretty good.
Nightengale
Member
I'm not a prophet.
Obliterator
Member
Over the holidays? Massive numbers. I mean the Xbone AC bundle last year did huge business. Not sure if MS wil go as low as $299 though. Maybe with a stand alone. A Halo bundle will probably be $350
Welfare
Member
It's over, period. Sony lost their last ace, and that's the end of their PS4 hopes and dreams.
It's not hyperbole, it's not fanboy drivel. It is LITERALLY it for PS4. Sony has nothing left, nothing they can reveal at E3 would fix the hole now created. There is no reason left for any one, hardcore or casual, to substantively invest in a PS4. Except if they want to play NMS. Which will also come to One at some point.
The age of Sony is done.
The world as we know will never be the same.
for whatever reason, nintendo really made the 3ds the jrpg machine this gen. i wonder if it's the psp userbase transitioning over? the ds didn't really pull these kinds of numbers for these kinds of games.
That's great news! Hope once Xenoblade X on Wii U comes out it can move some systems and bring decent numbers here as well
Hero of Legend
Member
Gift cards are being bought by everyone. Including overseas. XBL cards have sales most of the time.
GoonerTRON
Banned
Thats pretty much a remaster and launched with no fan fare.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
<Ooosh> Well the thing is, the quote comes from a much older NPD thread. I'm certain someone has archived it and...Do you mind quoting his post for me? It's hard to look for it under all these pages. Thanks
...fuck it. I'll Google it. Here it is:
They probably traded it in when they realized it was a cops and robbers expansion of BF4 :^)
Netflix is on PS4.
statham
Member
When everyone thought the ps4 would outsell the XBO by a decent margin, its really a huge turn-around.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Legit surprised to see Xbox One on top. A small margin for sure but still the top selling console for the month amidst an entire generation so far of PS4 domination. MS might end up in second place this generation worldwide but at least they'e capable of putting up a fight on their home turf. Reading through this thread (as I've done so for most of the night) my mind keeps shifting to E3 now. MS have Halo 5 and Tomb Raider exclusivity for the holidays. Then there's Rare's secret game that could be Banjo 3. If MS announces even more games in addition to those for the holidays then the battle in late 2015 could be quite fierce indeed. Sony have the momentum and worldwide lead but most of their heavy hitters have shifted to 2016. Based on what we know now (prior to the E3 storm that could admittedly change things considerably) MS has the stronger holiday line up. For now.
Xbox winning this month thus showing us they have the capability to win certain months in NA off season coupled with what we know thus far of the line ups for the holidays; I can see MS doing extremely well this holiday season and gaining some ground on the PS4 in NA.
All of this is just so fascinating. Here's to a great E3 for them both.
Xbox winning this month thus showing us they have the capability to win certain months in NA off season coupled with what we know thus far of the line ups for the holidays; I can see MS doing extremely well this holiday season and gaining some ground on the PS4 in NA.
All of this is just so fascinating. Here's to a great E3 for them both.
myharlequin
Member
Ok, we dont want that, maybe: Fat Xbox One + halo 5 in $345
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
For what it's worth, I heard that game was pretty crappy....
Did not expect X1 to even come close to PS4, much less beat it, until the holidays, especially with Bloodborne, The Order, and MLB The Show just released.
Maybe MS can take NA this year if they play every single one of their cards right through the end of the year. They better bring it at E3.
Maybe MS can take NA this year if they play every single one of their cards right through the end of the year. They better bring it at E3.
Huh. I had no idea this existed.
Cheering for XB1 to win next month on the off chance it prompts Sony to make an extra E3 reveal.
Take it overall? No chance. Total this year? Maybe.
aspiegamer
Member
So I guess the market of "who buys what when there's literally no software?" is almost dead even. Interesting. The top 10 games list is a combination of boring, expected and depressing. Except MLB. Dark Souls 2 got squashed but I doubt that was a high-budget affair to produce and like the also-ran FF Type-0 can limp to profitability.
Isn't Sony locked in on price through June at least because of the price on the Batman bundle? I was thinking they'd stick to $399 through the MGSV launch but now I'm not as sure. Perhaps a cut in just the US for momentum; Doesn't need it elsewhere and EU/JP/RotW would be merely procedural. For all intents and purposes they still don't have a competitor outside the US and UK.
Isn't Sony locked in on price through June at least because of the price on the Batman bundle? I was thinking they'd stick to $399 through the MGSV launch but now I'm not as sure. Perhaps a cut in just the US for momentum; Doesn't need it elsewhere and EU/JP/RotW would be merely procedural. For all intents and purposes they still don't have a competitor outside the US and UK.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
I love how people say "pitiful numbers all around" and don't put things into content. Is the number 187K for XB1 sexy looking by itself? No.
Compared to the 115K XB1 did last May? Yep.
Come on. What are you using as your base of comparison so come to a conclusion that it is pitiful?
anexanhume
Member
They're actually pretty reliable for platform splits.
Thanks! They should be pretty pleased with that number considering how many n3DS's are out there.
Welfare
Member
Next month it'll look even sexier. I'm sure we will see a PR line about sales being double that of last year.
77k is such a rut, and 115k was in April, not May
Thanks Danny!