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NPD Sales Results for November 2014 [Up3: NPD Data Error, AC:U #5]
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RyanPierre
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They should have tweeted: "This just in: PS4 the #2 selling game console in the US in November. Thanks, guys!"
And then we could have a ton of fun debating whether the thanks was genuine or sarcastic.
ProvenDeadly
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kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
That's what I like about PS4's strategy: be profitable from day 1. I like how they more or less adapted Nintendo's success but without skimping on the hardware. I've always felt that selling a console at a loss is an odd decision. You sell goods at a profit unless there's a really good reason to. PS3 was a catastrophe in that regard.
But I don't know what this has to do with what I wrote in my first post.
Ehh...people were guessing that high. Even I said that MS would deserve kudos if they outsold PS4 400K+ and they did.
The number is not that surprising (personally). They were practically giving XBO away compared to last year.
PeregrinSe7en
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wow Wii U @ 242k, holy shit.
The system is going to be, gosh, 18 million? 17 million? by the end of this gen? Catastrophic and tragic (as tragic as business things can get in gaming world terms anyway). Semi-depressed
from 1st place last gen to last place this gen... my how fortunes can change
bigbaldwolf86
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Thanks and wow. Being as aggressive as they were with pricing/bundles certainly paid off.
RedAssedApe
Banned
we got figures for cod? 1.2mi is pretty good and it still lost to xbone and 360? how much did those two sell? O_O
Guys, electricity isn't important as long as things just turn on.
Eh, I like to think of it as more of an "anti-delusional fanboy" stance
Yes. Less than 4.5m (29% 360, 28% XBO and 26% PS4)
Numbers from cream are solid enough
There is no link to absolute numbers.
MaulerX
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Some were but were met with heavy challenge. The consensus was never settled at such a huge gap.
No consensus was ever going to be reached no matter what the numbers.
What it really boils down to was that this thread would be a whirlwind if PS4 took the month or the gap was smaller than 50K (which you can see evidence of being true in the first 30 pages).
No one was expecting chaos if XBO was in the lead unless it had overtaken the lead in the US.
Nightengale
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XB1 sold 1.2 million in November, 400k more than PS4. WiiU did about 20% of XB1.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Cream is back as well? What the hell have I missed lol
ProvenDeadly
Member
Wait what happened, can I get a brief summary of what happened while I was playing GTA v with some friends? I kinda left the thread around 30 pages in
TLDR
Xbox One sold 1.2 million, and according to a graph and some geometry, it outsold PS4 by 400k
Nightengale
Member
Two places with the best deals were Target & Microsoft Store.
$329 with additional free game of choice (MS Store)
$329 with $50 GC (Target)
Thunder Monkey
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Sorry, didn't see this post earlier.wow Wii U @ 242k, holy shit.
The system is going to be, gosh, 18 million? 17 million? by the end of this gen? Catastrophic and tragic (as tragic as business things can get in gaming world terms anyway). Semi-depressed
But no.
17-18 million units would take sustained sales much closer to the Cube to be likely.
12-13 million units sold is the much more likely range. I question if the system will get to six million units in America by year five.
I doubted it cause the retail musings thread said Xbox was far ahead and those things are never right.
MaulerX
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Fair enough but what I'm saying is, out of all the predictions very few placed the gap that wide. Maybe I'm wrong.
Oh so I was kinda almost spot on when I assumed it was a 250k-500k difference lol awesome.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=142879027
Super Stardust
Member
Such a perfect post
Actually, if the percentages are
Xbox One - 51.3%
PS4 - 38.2%
Wii U - 10.5%
and if Wii U is 245k, then Xbone outsold PS4 by 305k.
CaptainSlow
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Man, to me the Wii U is still the biggest news out of all of this. I thought with Smash, MK8, Bayo 2, amiibo Capt Toad and their whole back catalog that they could sell around 500k in the biggest shopping month. Instead Xbox One outsold them by one million units. God damn.
theprodigy
Member
Curse broken? lol
I think it can be comfortably above 15 million after it reaches $99 status.
Nightengale
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I don't know, some of the retail musings sounded quite absurd. I mean, a difference of 400k is huge, but looking at it from a smaller scale, for every 10 XB1s, 6-7 PS4s were sold.
That's not a terribad ratio, but the fact that XB1 sold so many units amplified the difference in final count.
I edited that post:
What it really boils down to was that this thread would be a whirlwind if PS4 took the month or the gap was smaller than 50K (which you can see evidence of being true in the first 30 pages).
No one was expecting chaos if XBO took the month unless it had overtaken the total lead in the US.
Americanmushroom
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Can anyone give a source for this?
Edit: wait its based on a graph some random person did?
When Mario Kart didn't change WiiU's direction, it immediately became clear nothing would, IMO.
creamsugar. You will not see a hard source.
And_Gignac
Member
I doubt it too.
There's literally nothing first party wise Nintendo can release to boost sales. Splatoon, Xenoblade will flop, Zelda will sell to the same demographic it has ever sold and beyond that there's nothing. Maybe Mario Galaxy 3? Nintendo should save it for their next console / handheld.
Look a few post above. Little over 300k sounds reasonable.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
I don't.
By Dec of 2015 it will be down at least 300k YoY. The year after, another sizable decrease. We just had the systems best year, and because of such low numbers we're never likely to see a price under $200 on store shelves.
edit: cost of production is more likely to go up than down at these numbers.
I wanted to get one on BF but Nintendo's refusal to market XB1-like deals for their console was a huge turn off. No deal, no buy.
Nightengale
Member
At this stage, even if they made XB1-like deals for WiiU, it's a lost cause.
It's better to just weather the storm, ensure healthy profitability, and make as much deals/improvements as possible for their next console.
MaulerX
Member
Again, maybe I'm wrong but negative XB1 news seem to make things blow up more than positive news. This thread sorta proves it.
Thunder Monkey
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shinobi602
Member
Damn...just realized the Wii U's bound to be the least selling Nintendo home console...
At least it picked up for the month.
At least it picked up for the month.
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