Jimmyfenix
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The bundle seems very popular. I expect both consoles to have a boost to their sales but I expect crazy numbers for PS4.
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NPD Sales Results for August 2014 [Up4: PS4 #1, XB1 last week sales 2x last Jul week]
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The bundle seems very popular. I expect both consoles to have a boost to their sales but I expect crazy numbers for PS4.
vicissitudes
Banned
A lot more boring than this thread right now?
Japanese sales are exciting because we actually get data, even though consoles are selling about 500 units a week.
MrBambinoDent
Member
Madden selling more on PS4 is the major news for me this month, I'm sure this is pretty upsetting for MS!
Katana_Strikes
Member
Completely off their trolley. There's no momentum for the platform. MK brought in some extra players but the software releases are too few and far between to take it any further. The WiiU doesn't have anything really big until Smash whilst the new systems have a very steady release of big titles from now till December.
I'll stop then. Aqua always seemed to indicate it wasn't an issue but I can always just keep my own summations to myself
Don't forget PM with your compilation.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Activision made the money back from its investment on Destiny within a day from sales with retailers if I'm not mistaken. With the advertisement Sony has with Destiny I'm also expecting crazy numbers.
theprodigy
Member
nah XB1 numbers just happened to get an update with the UK PS4 1 million announcement (ratio is still 1.5:1)
edit: however we do know YTD for Wii U in France (up to June, not August though) is 64k, and the Wii U is doing similarly in Germany and significantly worse in the UK, so take that as you will
Aquamarine
Member
I'll stop then. Aqua always seemed to indicate it wasn't an issue but I can always just keep my own summations to myself
Yeah zomgbbqftw is right...it's best if people stopped making massive compilation posts on GAF.
0ptimusPayne
Member
Damn, Im still surprised that madden sold more on PS4. Seems like a lot of people are switching from the 360-->PS4.
I'm not sure why this seems to be surprising numerous people in this thread. PS4 is crushing it all around, why wouldn't it sell more there?
astrogamer
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SwiftDeath
Member
Understood
People buy shooters with consoles I think. Especially more mainstream folks. They're not looking at user reviews, just that it has Call of Duty on it.
shinra-bansho
Member
So you're telling me it'd be a bad idea to go and post it all on twitter referring back to here. Who'd have thunk it.
I agree, but the idea that sales will triple or quadruple in September because of a sexy new color scheme and a game releasing on 4 platforms seems a bit over the top. I could be wrong, but I cannot think of an instance in the past where this occured.
Someone drive by Redwood City and see if their lights are on
Or maybe switching back after going PS2-->360 last gen...
I can't believe Watch_Dogs is still selling...
Mario Kart 8 dropped out, too.
I think Mario Kart has likely hit the ceiling for what it can do with the Wii U's current install base. If the Wii U hardware numbers are also down from how they have been for the last few months, then Nintendo might have some cause for (additional) concern. Mario Kart won't be relevant again until this holiday, when Nintendo makes their holiday bank and the new DLC comes out.
Teletraan1
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Lol. That is a good observation.
SDCowboy
Member
If it happens, it's because it's several months worth of sales all counting in one single month.
There'd just be boring numbers and finished. Now we get to speculate
Really though Japanese are weekly and less important, but it seems to me like 99% of the time it's so much info it's hard to go through and after a couple of pages it's finished and people are discussing next week. Here it's a slow leak with plenty of time for each number and lot's of calculating percentages and what a press release (or lack thereof) means. Maybe I'd have a different experience if I knew about sales GAF in 2009 (when I started reading GAF), but when the month is more exciting than this I really love these threads even when numbers are really slow
Mass Effect
Member
ugh, no compilation posts mean it's going to be a pain in the ass to find all the info now. I mean I understand why we shouldn't do it, but still.
I think you mean Redmond lol, not Redwood City.
I think you mean Redmond lol, not Redwood City.
Aquamarine
Member
Do you know how expensive pan-European GfK data is!?!?
I can confirm that even if you include the bundled version of Madden, it still sold better on PS4.
PS4's install base is just too far ahead.
PS4's install base is just too far ahead.
Freeman
Banned
What if that theory MS conjured up about people being satisfied with last gen is true? Maybe they just mixed up things, 360 owners are unsatisfied with their consoles and are moving to next (PS4), while PS3 owner are fine with their lastgen console getting constant support and having PS+ / free multiplayer?
SwiftDeath
Member
Jesus, that's intense. No amount of EA Access sales can make up that difference.
NoA has moved to Redwood City, no? They are pretty close to Sony and EA now.
Thought as much.
SDCowboy
Member
Oh snap.
whelp
Mass Effect
Member
welp, I guess that's that.
theprodigy
Member
....how expensive are we talking about here?
This, unlike the PS4 version being first in the software listing, is surprising.
Wow.
Whoops, for some reason I thought they relocated to the bay area.
anexanhume
Member
Man, if all of these games with active online communities keep going PS4, that's not good for MS. If people are coming in and buying what their friends have - their friends likely have PS4.
At least you didn't say Raccoon City.
It could happen, but 500k for PS4 in September would still be huge for them.
Aquamarine
Member
But but Xbox One momentum and stability...
Not suprising Madden bundles are probably less than 100k sales.
Jimmyfenix
Member
I like to phrase it as Pre-season.
I never understood the "Wow", "Oh snap" Surprised", etc responses in these NPD threads.
The PS4 is almost if not literally doubling the Xbox One in install base.
I mean... You'd have to be pretty bad at math not to expect these NPDs.
If I can predict this every month, can I has Pachters job?!
The PS4 is almost if not literally doubling the Xbox One in install base.
I mean... You'd have to be pretty bad at math not to expect these NPDs.
If I can predict this every month, can I has Pachters job?!
Yeah, probably that.