IncandescentPrecept
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I lol'd.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2014 [Up4: FFX/X-2 HD]
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I lol'd.
Steve Youngblood
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I promise you that there's not a person on our staff who wouldn't get the reference. If you ever notice coldfoot banned, it's for completely different reasons.
Kuchera is right about NPD not counting digital sales, and who knows how many Xbox Ones were sold digitally in March. This could be huge.
IAmRandom31
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With what we know of the X1's pace, that 5,000,000 shipped to retailers could take several months to actually sale through.
This month will be the X1's largest till the holidays. So they will sell 150-250K or so for the rest of the year.
How much do they sell in the UK / other territories?
Heck, could be 3 months before those 5 million are actually sold to consumers.
If Sony sells 1m a month for those 3, then by July you could be seeing a 10m vs. 5m customer sale through type scenario.
Yikes. I was sort of joking in the past talking about a return to the PS2 vs. Gamecube type numbers but if this keeps up much longer ..... that snowball effect and all.
This month will be the X1's largest till the holidays. So they will sell 150-250K or so for the rest of the year.
How much do they sell in the UK / other territories?
Heck, could be 3 months before those 5 million are actually sold to consumers.
If Sony sells 1m a month for those 3, then by July you could be seeing a 10m vs. 5m customer sale through type scenario.
Yikes. I was sort of joking in the past talking about a return to the PS2 vs. Gamecube type numbers but if this keeps up much longer ..... that snowball effect and all.
BronsonLee
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YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE
What a strange turn of events
I think you know the exact number!
What a strange turn of events
I think you know the exact number!
EL CUCO
Member
Good luck going against TLOU.
Supply has caught up here (Quebec), I can find PS4s at some retailers now, not everywhere just yet, but I can find some at least.
The Abominable Snowman
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I think its great to see both consoles doing so well.
heh
EmptySpace
Banned
Zatoichi's Cane
Member
Very pleasantly suprised.
SteamyPunk
Member
No... It's not shady. You're going to have a high turnover of units going in and out of stores for a major product like this. I know they've made 5 million. What I'm wondering is if the unsold units are sitting on store shelves or if they've been returned to MS to make space for Titanfall bundles.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Well this legit shook moment has thrown me off studying for an exam 
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
I'm hoping they did at least 92k
infiniteheteroskdasticity
Member
Well, another month I got my predictions wrong - I had the Xbox One winning March over the PS4 narrowly. I blew it. If you look at the Xbox One's sales and divide it by the number of weeks in NPD's "March" it actually sold less than it did in Feb on a normalized basis. I'm not making this mistake again. I don't see the Xbox One winning another NPD till Halo 5., even with a price cut (Its effectively on par with the PS4 already). Globally they're already out of it. I don't see them coming anywhere near the PS4's global dominance. They're at 3.9-4.1m LTD ww (estimated) vs 7+m.
This doesn't mean they should go crazy and take a huge loss on the hardware at $399 with Kinect or $299 without it. Its not going to improve their global situation materially. The Xbox One is still selling well and I think they need to be happy with selling 30-40m over 5 years (vs the PS4s 60-75m) as long as they make a profit on it. I'm sure Yusuf Mehdi, Major Nelson et all would hate that state of affairs but the board would be well pleased that they still have reasonable market share without bleeding money and jeapordizing the future of the division within Microsoft.
Finally congratulations to Sucker Punch - I loved Infamous and think they'd have been #1 on the software charts if they'd had the same amount if days on the market as Titanfall did.
This doesn't mean they should go crazy and take a huge loss on the hardware at $399 with Kinect or $299 without it. Its not going to improve their global situation materially. The Xbox One is still selling well and I think they need to be happy with selling 30-40m over 5 years (vs the PS4s 60-75m) as long as they make a profit on it. I'm sure Yusuf Mehdi, Major Nelson et all would hate that state of affairs but the board would be well pleased that they still have reasonable market share without bleeding money and jeapordizing the future of the division within Microsoft.
Finally congratulations to Sucker Punch - I loved Infamous and think they'd have been #1 on the software charts if they'd had the same amount if days on the market as Titanfall did.
BlazingDarkness
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This rhetoric of PS4 being in the lead because it is released in more territories is such nonsense. The places the One is not sold in currently are practically negligible to MS. It's not suddenly going to start selling extra millions in those markets.
shinra-bansho
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Software still down y/y, although it was a tough month to compare to as last year had quite a few blockbusters.
Impressive if that's the case. Thirst is real.
Arrogant Bastard
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To everyone thinking a price drop is going to make this better, it will not. X1 needs games, something to justify the purchase. At best a price drop will give them a one month bump.
Yep.
Yep.
I'll repeat myself - he clearly says in one of his tweets that it's 'only good for basic hardware sales data'.
So enough with the 'digital console sales' nonsense - he didn't say it, I didn't say it.
juicyfruitas
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would be some masterful trolling if Sony starts releasing 'sold-in to retailer' numbers for ps4 sales just for shits n' gigs
Maybe I am over gaming, but I feel nothing for NPD threads, even the meltdowns now. So hollow
Because that's not gaming.
Go play something good. Like Hotline Miami or Mario 3D World or TearAway
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Maybe I am over gaming, but I feel nothing for NPD threads, even the meltdowns now. So hollow
Considering the amount of folks (myself included) who thought XB would outsell PS4, I see nothing but one of the best NPD threads in a while.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
It took me a while, but I DLed mine last night.
Zatoichi's Cane
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10/10
Kuchera is a clown though so I think it's okay to make shit up as long as GAF knows that we're making shit up to rile him up!
Well you have to build up enough stock that it's worth reporting shipped instead.
That'd be what, channel inventory of 500K-1 million?
Usually hot product get near a sold out state during the holidays so if we're going to see shipped numbers, it would probably have to be around October at latest.
People still fall for this?
Principate
Saint Titanfall
1 generation "remaster" against 2 generation gap remaster, it's on now. The software competition is really heating up!
I'm sorry but as primarily a pc player I found that comparison pretty funny.
Mr. Waffle
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exclusive? the number above includes PC, and XBO... also doesn't take into account digital, or bundle numbers.
TheRagnCajun
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Maybe I am over gaming, but I feel nothing for NPD threads, even the meltdowns now. So hollow
This thread needs MamaRobotnik
Did it? I didn't see the Xbone numbers for Titanfall.
Also, the fact that it released on PC and 360 means its really not that exclusive, right?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Nintendo
What would be the point? It would still be 7 mil.
Not really. I truly believe a lower price, Kinect-less sku will sell tons. I would seriously consider buying one then. this is the first generation where I haven't owned all consoles. I suspect there are lots of others like me on the sidelines.
Fox Mulder
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Retailers were selling the xbone at $350 with a game or even 12/mo Live and it still didn't win.
the ps4 is doing insane and I think it even has had fewer must have games so far.
Gotta be a real drop coming right? Can MS really coast through until the holidays even if they have an amazing E3?
the ps4 is doing insane and I think it even has had fewer must have games so far.
Gotta be a real drop coming right? Can MS really coast through until the holidays even if they have an amazing E3?
MamaRobotnik was largely a Nintendo fan if I recall correctly. He would not be happy with these events.
Coolbgdog12
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Jack Tretton set the stage.
Wouldn't matter though, would it? They sell so quickly the numbers are likely very similar.
Perfect Cha0s
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EmptySpace
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he lived in the future.
infiniteheteroskdasticity
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They had 900k sitting on shelves in Jan on a smaller production base. Assuming the sell through rate has actually improved (it should have with the price cuts and software releases) and saying the unsold inventory is still at 900k - 1.1m that would put their sold through number at 3.9 - 4.1m world wide.
Kuchera is a clown though so I think it's okay to make shit up as long as GAF knows that we're making shit up to rile him up!
It's a shame it came from him because it's a very good point - look at the headline about the drop in software sale from retail. Is digital picking up that gap? Is the overall market growing but the retail channel shrinking?