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[Nirolak]

Overall:

Overall retail sales are down 11% year over year.

Overall hardware sales are down 23% year over year.

Overall retail software sales are down 2% year over year.


Software:

1.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC)
2.) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
3.) Super Smash Bros. (NWU, 3DS)
4.) Madden NFL 15 (360, XBO, PS4, PS3)
5.) Assassin's Creed: Unity (PS4, XBO, PC)
6.) Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
7.) Far Cry 4 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
8.) Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
9.) NBA 2K15 (PS4, 360, XBO, PS3, PC)
10.) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (XBO)

Notes:
-Smash Wii U: 710K (retail + digital)
-Pokemon ORAS: 1.5M (retail + digital)
-Smash 3DS LTD: 1.5M (retail + digital)
-Overall Wii U software is up 90% and overall 3DS software is up 40% year over year.


Hardware:

Xbox One: Best selling console.
Wii U: 220K * 1.1 (10% increase) = 242K

Notes:
-"November set a new record for sales of Xbox One, and Xbox One was the best-selling console in the US and UK." - Microsoft
-"Cumulative PS4 & Xbox One sales are now almost 80 percent higher than the combined total of PS3 and Xbox 360 sales after 13 months..." - NPD
-"November was also a strong month for Nintendo on the console side, as sales of Wii U hardware and software increased by more than 10 percent and more than 90 percent, respectively, over the same period in 2013." - Nintendo
-The only thing Nintendo did not explicitly note as going up between their overall software and hardware was Nintendo 3DS hardware. Given they mentioned the Wii U going up by 10%, it's probably a safe bet that it's flat or down.
-"Sales of amiibo are approximately equal to sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U so far, while Link, Mario and Pikachu (in that order) have been the best-selling figures to date."


Other Info:

“We are committed to making Xbox the best place to play, with this year’s best games, the best community of gamers to play with, and terrific value. And we are amazed by the excitement Xbox fans have shown to start off this holiday. November set a new record for sales of Xbox One, and Xbox One was the best-selling console in the US and UK.* Response to the holiday lineup of games on Xbox One was incredible, with Xbox One fans buying more games in November in the U.S. than any other gen eight platform and enjoying over 357 million hours of gameplay globally. In fact, more fans logged into Xbox Live across Xbox One and Xbox 360, and enjoyed more entertainment, than any other month in the history of Xbox. We love to see the excitement from our fans and are grateful for their passion, support and contributions to the Xbox community.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing.

Dec. 11, 2014

Overall sales of Nintendo 3DS software in November increased by more than 40 percent over the same month in 2013, thanks in part to three huge games:

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: The next great Pokémon adventures for Nintendo 3DS launched on Nov. 21 and have already sold nearly 1.5 million combined physical and digital units in the U.S. alone.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS: The best-selling individual portable game in the U.S. so far in 2014, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has sold more than 1.5 million physical and digital units in the U.S. since it launched on Oct. 3.

November was also a strong month for Nintendo on the console side, as sales of Wii U hardware and software increased by more than 10 percent and more than 90 percent, respectively, over the same period in 2013. In fact, the week of Nov. 23 was the biggest single week of Wii U hardware sales since the system launched in November 2012. Other Wii U highlights for the month include:

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has sold nearly 710,000 combined units since launching on Nov. 21. With a current Metacritic score of 92, the latest iteration in Nintendo’s venerable fighting franchise is one of the best-reviewed games in the current generation of systems.

Nov. 21 also saw the arrival of amiibo, Nintendo’s new platform where gaming’s most recognizable characters can be used in different ways in many compatible games. Sales of amiibo are approximately equal to sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U so far, while Link, Mario and Pikachu (in that order) have been the best-selling figures to date.

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=42356

"We are thrilled with the incredible momentum seen at retail heading into the holiday shopping season. PS4 is the cumulative leader in hardware sales and was No. 1 on the Amazon Video Games Bestseller list on Black Friday. On the network side, November was the biggest month ever in PlayStation Store history with a nearly 50 percent increase in unique visitors compared to last year. We couldn’t have done any of this without the support of our fans. The immediate success of PlayStation Experience and celebration of the 20th Anniversary demonstrates tremendous dedication to the PlayStation platform. We are humbled by the loyalty of our fans and look forward to amazing them in 2015.”

http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/11/u-s-hardware-and-software-sales-weaken-in-november/

 

[xxracerxx]

No surprise MS takes the month.

edit: whelp!


GTA #2, amazing.

Now to wait for the numbers.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Here we go.

 

[CMojicaAce]

BAH GAWD KING! THE STREAK IS OVER!

 

[The Shogun]

Meanwhile at MS

 

[Final Verdict]

It begins!

Gratz to Microsoft, and 343!!

(Halo just made it in!)

EDIT:

November set a new record for sales of Xbox One

X1's previous best selling month was 909k last November, so they are north of that figure for this month , but I think they would have said if they broke 1M sales, so probabally 910k-999k

 

[StoppedInTracks]

G O N A D O T R O P I N

Gratz, MS.

 

[vicissitudes]

 

[TomShoe]

 

[RibMan]

Congrats to Microsoft. Well-deserved victory.

 

[Aquamarine]

Very strange that Venture Beat was late this month.

 

[DryvBy]

Horn tootin' good job, MS!

 

[vinnygambini]

Nintendo's mantra for the holiday season:

NPD report released:

Pokemon's performance - Pokalicious

Super Smash's performance - Settled in Smash!

Amiibo's performance - We've created a monster

Meanwhile, at Nintendo HQ:

Meanwhile, at Nintendo Bank:

Our wallets:

Nintendo's Official Response:

Nintendo PR Nirolak:

Dec. 11, 2014

Overall sales of Nintendo 3DS software in November increased by more than 40 percent over the same month in 2013, thanks in part to three huge games:

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: The next great Pokémon adventures for Nintendo 3DS launched on Nov. 21 and have already sold nearly 1.5 million combined physical and digital units in the U.S. alone.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS: The best-selling individual portable game in the U.S. so far in 2014, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has sold more than 1.5 million physical and digital units in the U.S. since it launched on Oct. 3.

November was also a strong month for Nintendo on the console side, as sales of Wii U hardware and software increased by more than 10 percent and more than 90 percent, respectively, over the same period in 2013. In fact, the week of Nov. 23 was the biggest single week of Wii U hardware sales since the system launched in November 2012. Other Wii U highlights for the month include:

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has sold nearly 710,000 combined units since launching on Nov. 21. With a current Metacritic score of 92, the latest iteration in Nintendo’s venerable fighting franchise is one of the best-reviewed games in the current generation of systems.

Nov. 21 also saw the arrival of amiibo, Nintendo’s new platform where gaming’s most recognizable characters can be used in different ways in many compatible games. Sales of amiibo are approximately equal to sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U so far, while Link, Mario and Pikachu (in that order) have been the best-selling figures to date.

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=42356

 

[SgtCobra]

 

[Quotient]

I am curious what the gap is.

 

[JaggedSac]

So is that good or bad for MCC?

 

[ElTorro]

 

[Balmung421]

Grats Microsoft!

 

[CalamityPixel]

 

[Trey]

MCC, you could've been something beautiful...

 

[Asd202]

Dragon Age

 

[catmincer]

Wow no Dragon Age!

 

[klodeckel]

1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC)

Dat 360.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

All of Ubisoft's games bombed hard. There is justice in this world after all.

 

[Bluekaveli]

 

[loaf of bread]

boring. Now we wait for the real details.

 

[akashhhhh]

Amiibo sales were surprisingly strong per Nintendo PR. All that without a dedicated title even...

Edit: Also, I was berated in the previous thread for suggesting that Smash Wii U and 3DS sales would be combined. Lo and behold:

3.) Super Smash Bros. (NWU, 3DS)

 

[Dead Prince]

COD and Madden sold best on XB1. surprised at GTAV for ps4 considering bundle. maybe they just didn'twant to buy the HD version.

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

Sapphire beat Ruby?

 

[bombshell]

9.) Assassin's Creed: Unity (PS4, XBO, PC)

Wow

 

[Giriath_89]

As we all expected.

Edit:

7-10k dif

I love cboat, but in this case he is not correct.

 

[BeforeU]

Dat Xbox 360 and COD sales. What the fucking fuck.

 

[crazy buttocks on a train]

7-10k dif

 

[HORRORSHØW]

the dragon has awoken; flurry of uppercuts.

7-10k dif

wow if true and a hollow win for MS.

 

[chadskin]

 

[King Beyond the wall]

The tide has turned.

This is Sony's Stalingrad, its Midway.
This is the turning point of the war.
The might of Microsoft is too strong and the ranks of Sony have faltered in the field. It is a rout which Sony will not recover from. The Xbox One will push Sony out of the USA, and from the Uk into the continent. In Asia Sony's base in Japan will be besieged by the billion strong Xbox fan base in china and the 4 million strong fan base in New Zealand. There is literally nothing Sony can now do.

This is the beginning of the end, and as Teddy Roosevelt said, this is a day which will live in infamy.

 

[thisisvlad]

All I see, is Smash in the Top-3. Yuss

 

[Bunta]

7-10k dif

Damn, that's close.

edit: CBOAT!?

 

[jony_m]

 

[Killer]

Return of the King!

 

[Fox_Mulder]

The king is dead. Long live the king.

 

[Welfare]

7-10k dif

!!!!

 

[kuYuri]

I contributed to X1 winning this month.

 

[Vestal]

Meanwhile at MS Studios.

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

7-10k dif

Closing that gap!

 

[iJudged]

#'s motherfuckers, #'s!

 

[Einbroch]

7-10k dif

wat

 

[Foshy]

7-10k dif

holy shit

he's back

and what a comeback

 

[PhatSaqs]

I called 360 COD.

 

[Toki767]

I'm kind of surprised and somewhat pleased with that top 10 other than Dragon Age bombing.