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NPD Sales Results for January 2014 [Up3: PS4/XB1 #1/#2 best selling; Poke/SM3DW/ALBW]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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War.... War never changes.
And_Gignac
Member
Yeap. I didnt catch that the poster I quoted was talking about X360 first January and not only about Jan 07 sales.
graywolf323
Member
that wasn't it's first January, that was 360's second January
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
That solves that mystery.
was ps3 still $599 then ?
Imperfected
Member
Crackpot theory: PS4 pushing PS+ causes an uptick for PS3 purchase from those who are converting from 360 to PS4.
Why? Because PS+ is one subscription across multiple devices, that offers free games for every device. I was looking at the games list earlier and actually caught myself thinking, "Man, I should buy a Vita, I'm just missing out on these free games I could be getting since I'm a PS+ subscriber anyway!"
Now, obviously that moment of insanity passed relatively fast, but a lot of people are even less resistant to "phantom value" deals than I am. There's a weird compulsion in the back of your brain that parses this sort of thing as "wasting money" because it's something you're entitled to get for "free" that you're missing out on, even though the reality is you'd actually have to spend quite a bit of money to get it.
I don't think it's going to be a huge driver of PS3/Vita sales, but it may cause a small bump over these initial months where you have literally millions of new PS+ subscribers coming into the ecosystem.
The 360 selling on par with the Wii and Vita...
Yeah. It'd only been out 2 months.
Maybe you're just accustomed to the shitty state of the current market.
Interceptor
Banned
Didn´t read everything but sales are down year over year? After TWO new console launches? This is bad.
Console hardware was selling so well back than including PC hardware. The diversity was great indeed. Nowadays sales look mediocre and less diverse. This explains why MS, Sony, and Nintendo don't release numbers nowadays. And when they do release something they usually sugarcoat it with some salty words and hidden meanings. I guess mobile and tablet gaming is the future guise...guise
Byakuya769
Member
Such an ugly presentation in so many ways. Do better now, Sony.
So the Wii U outsold the 360? Man Microsoft destroyed the brand or what?
Well in the case of TR there's the matter of the bullshit price and being a single game. HD Collections have done relatively very well on the PS3, I think. I imagine something like Uncharted Trilogy or whatever on PS4 would do nicely.
Well in the case of TR there's the matter of the bullshit price and being a single game. HD Collections have done relatively very well on the PS3, I think. I imagine something like Uncharted Trilogy or whatever on PS4 would do nicely.
Is January 2007 right after Gears of War released? Cause I seriously put a huge amount of the success and momentum Microsoft gained being owed to Gears of War.
Seriously IMO the best game of the generation. Still waiting on a sequel......
shinra-bansho
Member
The 3DS may have dramatically underperformed.
Or the last gen systems may have done really terribly, bar PS3. Or both.
Something like this is possible:
PS4: 285K
XB1: 145K
PS3: 120K
3DS: 90K
Wii U: 80K
360: 75K
Wii + PSV +PSP +NDS: 15K
yes
If I understand this correctly, the 360 is behind the PS3 and Wii U? What kind of bizarro world did I wake up in?
Thanks for the leaks creamsugar.
That is about what I would expect. Outside of a GTA 5 I do not see any multiplatform older ports making much of a dent. I also think digital sales would be a more signifigant percentage then last gen, so I am sure it is at least over 100k.
Probably, but there also was the $499 20GB PS3, but we don't know the breakdown between the two models.
shinra-bansho
Member
No... AniHawk, look what you've done... :/
I honestly feel bad about participating in mocking that guy. I think he's got a legitimate mental disability.
boredandlazy
Member
The US of A.
Randolph Freelander
Member
Forget "if." Only ask by how much.
And $500 for 20GB. There were fewer of them, but they were still around.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Gears came out on Nov 7 2006 so Jan is 2 months after .
SEGAvangelist
Member
Who cares about reddit? I want more creamsugar.
That list makes the current state of the industry kinda worrying, even if you discount the Wii behemoth.
He is not as bad as misterxmedia
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Disturbing if true :s
It actually doesn't matter because you can get an overall comparison from those numbers:
2007 - 2014
PS3 - PS4 1st January for both
X360 - Wii U 2nd January for both
Wii - X1 1st January for both
and then the last gen consoles added.
IAmRandom31
Banned
We just went through the longest console generation yet, way too long if you ask me. It was good for Sony to be able to play catch up a bit but really, that long of a static console generation is not good. The industry needs new equipment, new hype, fresh ideas, etc. it would not shock me if both the 360 and PS3 just plummeted and died away within the next 6 months.
That is one reason I worry about Sony trying to ride that train and try and squeeze another 20 million so they can say they have had 3 100 million selling consoles in a row. This past gen needs to just die away and only returned to in the form of remakes this gen or next. As a consumer I appreciate Sony putting new stuff on its replaced hardware, but I know it also has to put unnecessary pressure on dev teams feeling obligated to also support the PS3.
I am beyond ready for this new gen to reach its stride. Will be a solid spring and we will see what the summer holds.
That is one reason I worry about Sony trying to ride that train and try and squeeze another 20 million so they can say they have had 3 100 million selling consoles in a row. This past gen needs to just die away and only returned to in the form of remakes this gen or next. As a consumer I appreciate Sony putting new stuff on its replaced hardware, but I know it also has to put unnecessary pressure on dev teams feeling obligated to also support the PS3.
I am beyond ready for this new gen to reach its stride. Will be a solid spring and we will see what the summer holds.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Not implicitly.Console hardware was selling so well back than including PC hardware. The diversity was great indeed. Nowadays sales look mediocre and less diverse. This explains why MS, Sony, and Nintendo don't release numbers nowadays. And when they do release something they usually sugar coat it with some salty words and hidden meanings. I guess mobile and tablet gaming is the future guise...guise
What it will mean for the traditional home console market is further consolidation among a few successful series, dropping budgets, higher risk aversion among publishers (fewer new high budget IP's), which could cause a cascade effect. Especially if any other market usurps the traditional market in a pure monetary sense.
I consider this a doomsday scenario myself.
the xbox brand is dead
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
You seem to be forgetting that Nintendo didn't need to do much to manufacture Wii's; they were basically retrofitted Gamecube units inside. Very similar architectures, very cheap to manufacture.
PS4 and XBO are much different machines than their prev. gen versions, and Sony has 52 other countries to cater to.
That's the current state of the industry.
Dragonborn
Member
The PS4 is doing fine. The difference is both MS and Nintendo decided to seriously mess up. You can't expect people to buy something they don't want just because.
Not really, make sure you never visit the Xbox One subreddit. It's scary.
They have absolutely nothing for the Wii U for most of this year.
polyh3dron
Banned
Yep, we need Jan 2012 numbers for Xbox One