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NPD Sales Results for March 2014 [Up4: FFX/X-2 HD]
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Who wants to eat?
Yeah, that is the one I am really rooting for right now. It is finally starting to become quite attractive and I would love to see it gain some much needed traction.
It's been too long since we've had that gif.
'Sold-in' misreported and some consumers read it as 'sold' = win for MS pr. Sad really
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Polygon reported the right story. Sold in means shipped, Microsoft shipped 5M units so far.
What's wrong is the verge story (and some posters here) trying to claim that 5M units shipped (less than 5M sold to consumers) can be compared against 7M units sold to consumers (probably 7.5/8M units shipped).
PodcastFips
Member
I'm a little confused. We do not have an exact number for the PS4, we only know it sold more than X1, right?
Polygon totally ignoring NPD results
Verge doesn't know the difference between shipped and sold.
Professional journalism.
371k if you want to believe Thuway and other ''insiders''.
I think the reaction is more for the juxtaposition of the Verge reporting PS4s lead vs Polygon reporting a somewhat hollow milestone for XBO. There isn't any mention of PS4 sales on the front of Polgyon right now, while there's an XBO article.
IAmRandom31
Banned
So what software could possibly be on the X1s hype train till halo 2015 now ?
They seriously can't think hyping a remake will sit well with current or future owners of the system. Not when Sony will have AAA blockbusters type games like Uncharted. 4, The Order and Driveclub ready for the 2nd half of next year.
Destiny is going to be marketed and hyped to hell for the PS4 as well despite also hitting the X1. I think it is safe to assume you will have the inevitable 1080 p vs 900/720p stuff for Destiny around. Then the years of exclusive DLC that Tretton mentioned last E3 for Destiny.
I mean ... The software train is only going to get larger and larger for the PS4 this year. And much of it will not see the light of day on X1 this year.
I think by end of 2014 Sony could be looking at a 15m to 6m type lead easily.
They seriously can't think hyping a remake will sit well with current or future owners of the system. Not when Sony will have AAA blockbusters type games like Uncharted. 4, The Order and Driveclub ready for the 2nd half of next year.
Destiny is going to be marketed and hyped to hell for the PS4 as well despite also hitting the X1. I think it is safe to assume you will have the inevitable 1080 p vs 900/720p stuff for Destiny around. Then the years of exclusive DLC that Tretton mentioned last E3 for Destiny.
I mean ... The software train is only going to get larger and larger for the PS4 this year. And much of it will not see the light of day on X1 this year.
I think by end of 2014 Sony could be looking at a 15m to 6m type lead easily.
Aquamarine
Member
Here are the tweets:
And they're nonsense. Microsoft + Sony + Nintendo take NPD numbers very seriously and use them as a very real metric of hardware and software performance in the retail sphere.
And they're nonsense. Microsoft + Sony + Nintendo take NPD numbers very seriously and use them as a very real metric of hardware and software performance in the retail sphere.
geordiemp
Member
excuse my silliness, but does that mean the xb1 is 5 million shipped, so we don't know the sold through numbers ?
Sorry I am being simple, its middle of night in UK
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Yes, I haven't seen but only 1 in the wild since launch.
Not I.
It's not that common and given the audience they serve, it is poor wording.
Yankee Ruin X
Member
The software numbers don't include digital do they? I wonder how much of an effect that has had if that's the case. I know going into this gen me and my friends are pretty much going all digital with PS4 whereas this time last year we wouldn't have dreamed of it, I'm sure we can't be the only people like that which makes me wonder if software sales are actually down or has a big chunk just shifted to digital?
iamvin22
Industry Verified
yea i figured this. totally forgot, thanks.
Yeah, and like 3.9m by end of September 2013, so you can only imagine what XB1 and PS4 will be at by then.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Charles Weichselbaum ‏@RealityPales 1m
@aegies 2 Million Units is close in a 5 month span?
Arthur Gies ‏@aegies 57s
@RealityPales in a third of the territories and after we haven't gotten xbox one numbers in a while? yeah. closer than i thought.
I'm sure if his salary was cut by 40-50%, he wouldn't think he's getting paid close to the same.
Stop, Ben.
Ben, stop.
Ben. Please, Ben.
Hahaha. Polyon is a joke.
Digital-Hero
Member
Here we go. Titanfall...
DryvBy
Member
I'd prefer to think he doesn't exist.
"Guns in a shooter? Ew, no thanks. I'm an adult!".
What the fuck are you even arguing? So MS says that the Xbox One sold 3.9 M in 5 months. Sony then says they sold over 7 M as of April whatever.
Yet you don't believe Sony?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Titanfall in #1 as expected. I laugh at whoever said South Park would claim the top spot.
Dark Souls II at #5 is as expected as well, will be interesting to see how well the PC version will perform.
Dark Souls II at #5 is as expected as well, will be interesting to see how well the PC version will perform.
It really is hilarious isn't it? He made around 3-4 tweets about it already! NPD numbers are only for forum arguments apparently. I mean it's not like hardware manufacturers or analysts have been using those data for years or anything
yeah Kevin Dent...as a grown man he should be embarrassed how obvious his fanboyism is and the way he communicates it
mildewproduction
Junior Member
LMAO. Fanboys be smoking crack. Most of my 360 friends list now shows up as XBOX One. In my circle of friends I know 5 people with XBONE and 1 with PS4. XBOX One is outselling 360. PS3 was in 2nd and did fine. I would applaud your use of hyperbole but I feel that you actually believe the hype.
Right, but that's the good kind of wrong. PS4's lead is quite a bit more than 2 million.
'Playstation' wins? Suggesting PS3+PS4 > Xbox one + 360?
That's pretty big too. Might suggest a larger than expected margin with PS4 (assuming ps3 is lower than 360 like usual)
They actually used the same retailer-focused terminology when reporting the PS4 results.
7 million sold through [to consumers].
Quadraphonic
Member
In all honesty, I'm pretty sure he means for the month of March.
shit shit shit I've been had. It's a new one to me
It happens. No one can be expected to know every single event in NeoGAF history.
ambientmystic
Member
According to Aquamarine, it's 2.527 million now.
Likewise. Delicious crow.
I'll have mine , thank you very much
Bluekaveli
Member
Rofl nothing beats the PS3 one imo. I loved that one.
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Deep
Quite hilarious lol
ClivePwned
Member
A meaningful price cut can't be far off.
NoirVisage
Banned
~so many hopes pinned delicately upon MS at least gaining a small victory in the US with leading hardware sales..
So many dreams dashed like a bots empty head against a curb by a falling titan..
to those who had hoped, to those who dreamed, today a titan falls, not with a fantastic atmosphere penetrating vertical drop, but with an unceremonious thud.~
So many dreams dashed like a bots empty head against a curb by a falling titan..
to those who had hoped, to those who dreamed, today a titan falls, not with a fantastic atmosphere penetrating vertical drop, but with an unceremonious thud.~
Stop, Ben.
Ben, stop.
Ben.
Please, Ben.
Please.
Between these tweets, how can anyone take him seriously in his position? Some users like to complain when people point out how little credibility him and Gies have in regards to the system wars debate, but the evidence is factual.
Read your own sourceConspiracy accusations are nothing but a strawman argument. When MS and Nintendo deliver their own financial reports they do not combine DS + 3DS, Wii + Wii U, or 360 + Xbox One. They sort all this stuff out. Being suspicious of combined numbers isn't paranoia, it's common sense.
We have to remember that Sony has expertly used sales data as PR tool since the PS2 era. This is a well known fact. And why shouldn't they? Sales number do effect consumer confidence.
Sony separated them out by stating specifically that the PS4 sold 7 million worldwide. If they were combining the figures then they would state something along the lines of PS3+PS4 or PlayStation family. Your suggestion is unreasonable.
Question is, would they have used the same term if the situation was reversed? Food for thought.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
There aren't mentions of PS4 sales because Sony announced their last PS4 sales milestone yesterday, and Polygon covered it then.
And oh look, they used the term "sold-through" instead of the term "sold", as part of their conspiracy!
Justice_Bolt
Member
Gies the gap is more than 2 M.... Just saying.
And if we were all retailers, then that would be ok. Layman language should be used when talking to laymen.