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[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

7-10k dif

I love you guys

 

[shadowsdarknes]

Uhhh no it didnt? Do you know how to count? How is this a Pyrrhic victory? Stop trying to use words when you dont know what they mean.

It's a Pyrrhic victory in the sense that they had to fund games, slash prices, and strike other deals which costs $$$.

 

[DrkSage]

Man screw the numbers I'm just happy smash charted, I kinda saw it coming but people doubted it. Sucks for Sunset overdrive, it went down just like forza horizon 2 and I'm surprised DA:I didn't even make it.

 

[Zyae]

The most pyrrhic of victories

Stop saying this. It literally doesnt make sense.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Pokémon series: (first month sales in North America)

[GBA] Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire (Nintendo) {March 17, 2003} - 1,237,700
[GBA] Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen (Nintendo) {September 9, 2004} - 1,240,348
[GBA] Pokémon Emerald (Nintendo) {May 1, 2005} - 882,579
[NDS] Pokémon Diamond / Pearl (Nintendo) {April 22, 2007} - 1,757,000
[NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Nintendo) {March 22, 2009} - 805,000
[NDS] Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver (Nintendo) {March 14, 2010} - 1,781,200
[NDS] Pokémon Black / White (Nintendo) {March 6, 2011} - 2,500,000
[NDS] Pokémon Black 2 / White 2 (Nintendo) {October 7, 2012} - 867,000
[3DS] Pokémon X / Y (Nintendo) {October 12, 2013} - 1,700,000
[B][3DS] Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Nintendo) {November 21, 2014} - 1,500,000[/B]

Change that to "sales in release month" and it looks a lot better. Very important to pay attention to the release date.

 

[rapid32.5]

no Mordor in top 10 is surprising.

 

[Loris146]

If X1 is still " in busisness" I guess Wii U is done?

Seriously, it's selling better than 360 and twice as fast as Wii U. X1 is in better shape than PS3 was last gen, Xbox brand isn't going away no matter how much you want it.

What the hell ?

 

[CLEEK]

So what is the NPD margin of error?

±8368

 

[slavesnyder]

7-10k dif

i am torn. cannot believe this, but would never question cboat.
ms won the month, but how.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

Great scott marty only 8,368

Xbox One only needs to keep this winning margin up for another ten years and it'll overhaul PS4.

 

[mrklaw]

Word from connected people is that the first two weeks of November was what won it for Xbone. PS4 nearly caught up thanks to BF and GTA bundles. Exciting stuff!

I'm a bit surprised Sony pretty much ignored the first half of the month. Wouldn't have cost them that much to bundle TLoU and maybe one other first party game with PS4 to at least arrest the Xbox lead in those first weeks.

 

[Trevelyon]

I think Sony should demand a recount.

It won the popular vote.

 

[John Bender]

Wow, I was expecting ~100k dif in xbones favor, if it's 10k that's barely worth the effort.

I've expected a ~200k difference.
Man... wow. Sony made some money with over 1 million PS4 sold for $399

Well..

~ 1 million gap - 10k = ~1 million gap.

The gap lives.

I think this means Sony will take December NPD.
PSX will help boost awareness. By then, Microsoft's price cut will not be news.

So the gap between PS4 and the Xbox One is still ~1.1 million.

 

[RowdyReverb]

The Xbox One: where selling well isn't good enough.

The fact is that the PS4 is selling like freaking crazy. Calling the Xbox One's 800k~ sales in November "sad" is extreme, I'll say.

People want a game, and games have winners and losers. Can't understand that both companies are winning.

 

[Minions]

Word from connected people is that the first two weeks of November was what won it for Xbone. PS4 nearly caught up thanks to BF and GTA bundles. Exciting stuff!

This is really calling into question how much of a "sealed deal" it was for Xbox One to win December. I thought for certain with their firesale pricing they would frankly out price the PS4 into oblivion. Xbox One (refurb) + Kinect +4 games for $330.....

Now I honestly wonder if it mattered largely at all. Parents are actually listening to their children about what console they want?

Interesting turn of events.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

People forget that MS can afford to build themselves a few new arms and legs in case the *battle* should cost them that.

They also have a CEO that actively thinks the division and brand is a complete waste of resources. Why build a new arm when they're likely to amputate it in a few years anyway?

 

[BotoxAgent]

What a hollow victory for MS. This is hilarious.

 

[Zyae]

It's a Pyrrhic victory in the sense that they had to fund games, slash prices, and strike other deals which costs $$$.

And they got sales out of it? You know that MS is worth billions and is not in any financial danger at all and the Xbox brand is healthy.


What are you talking about.

 

[Welfare]

Wii U is still below 1 million Year to date right?

 

[vinnygambini]

I read through the Nintendo PR quickly, but Nintendo mention that Amiibo sales are comparable to Super Smash Wii U (710k) - so there we have it, an approximation.

Amiibo is at approximately 700k - damn good.

 

[Einbroch]

December is Sony's. PSX, no more $329, and those musings state that PS4 was already catching up once the first few weeks past.

I'm completely shocked.

 

[CoG]

There must have been 7 - 10k Xbox Ones in that palette at Aaron Greenberg's Staples.

 

[ScribbleD]

Well deserved. Aggressive competition is only benefitting us.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Stop saying this. It literally doesnt make sense.

It actually makes perfect sense.

 

[Chris1]

Great scott marty only 8,368

Tim dog just made those numbers up, I bet regrets it now though lol

 

[Conduit]

This gonna be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG thread!!!

And fun to read!

Anyway, MS sold a 200 more pallets of Xbone's

 

[GeoramA]

$250 XB1 bundles coming next holiday. PS4 will probably still be $399 lol

 

[Busaiku]

Change that to "sales in release month" and it looks a lot better. Very important to pay attention to the release date.

Uhh, that's what it is.
When someone says "first month", they don't mean "first 30 days", the mean the first month it came out (release month).

 

[Floridian]

MS PR statement only made reference to those two territories, so that's why I was asking.

December NPD is going to be insane.

Yeah i'm excited now to see if Microsoft can hold the momentum.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Both over a million is insanity. Dayum

 

[Faustek]

That 90% was for software only, whereas the 10% is hardware.

I think a post earlier in the 7k-10k shuffle says the 10% puts the Wii U at Just shy of 250k for the month.

MK8 had a bigger effect, I think.

Well isn't that really some sad "proof" that Nintendo has tapped it's market with the Wii U? That most of the people who wanted it was just waiting for Kart or Smash?

I'm Hoping Zelda sells gangbusters and makes people buy the cute little console.

Don't worry. They can drop another 29 to take December by 3k units

you are funny.

 

[AgentP]

Stop saying this. It literally doesnt make sense.

He is using the term correctly, what is your issue?

 

[The Shogun]

I always knew you had a horse in this race. There's no doubt in my mind you work in retail but ever since that little stint with Explosive --> Excellent ---> very good, it became obvious to me you look at at the numbers from a skewed perspective.

The irony of this post is PS4 / PC are my main platforms.

I just like to see consoles sell well and yes was heavily cheering for MS to have a fantastic November. I want to see both have big success ensuring high quality 3rd party support on both.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

At least they didn't beat the best remakes

Assuming you're talking about HGSS, they almost certainly did.

HGSS had an extra week in its first month sales.

 

[Synless]

Dragon Age

Don't worry, I supported this amazing game as did most of my friends. Too bad it didn't do better, I hope it has longer legs and this doesn't hurt the future of the series.

 

[Miles X]

Wii U is still below 1 million Year to date right?

989k~ I get

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Stop saying this. It literally doesnt make sense.

$500 w/ Kinect to $350 without Kinect in a year, sometimes lower that, with value-added bundles.

They martyred their original value proposition on the altar of Black Friday just to fucking TIE.

They're not winning this generation.

 

[Regulus Tera]

They separate Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby, but keep Smash 3DS and Wii U together.

What the fuck NPD.

 

[Elios83]

Now we know why there was no pre-emptive boasting from MS. They can NOT be happy with this result...

They were probably outsold in the second half of the month.
Their advantage was built in the first two weeks with neither deals nor new releases for PS4.

Btw I hope that Dragon Age sales were still decent although being below MCC that is a single platform game doesn't seem promising for a multiplatform cross platform release....

 

[asdad123]

I can't believe that it just barely beat the ps4. The deals on the console were ridiculous. I purchased one with 3 free games for $330.


Question: I wonder if NPD counts the refurbs that MS sold?

 

[vesvci]

Stop saying this. It literally doesnt make sense.

It actually does...how much did this 7-10k victory cost MS? I mean, free games and price-cuts.

 

[The Omega Man]

We need a new epic ElTorro gif that goes with this 7k victory

 

[vpance]

This cements the need for at least a $299 standalone Xbone for MS in 2015 if they're still serious about keeping pace in the US.

 

[shungokusatsu]

Can we expect a drop to $299 at this rate?

 

[harSon]

I don't think Microsoft is worried about their sales in relation to Sony's (within reason) as much as they're worried about their sales in general. These results basically tell Microsoft that their issue up till this point has been more price point than perception, which I'm sure is relieving.

 

[3rdamention]

If MS won the first 2 weeks of November, then Sony had to really turn it around on Black Friday.



That would make the anecdotal evidence and Black Friday Retail Musings pretty hilarious. Cause if the gap was less than 10k, the anecdotal evidence was slightly, well, off and/or Sony really kicked ass in online sales.

 

[7DollarHagane]

The future question is:

By dropping the price and adding so much extra software has Microsoft damaged the value of the XBox One for 2015 if they truly do choose to increase the price back to $400, or even keep it at $350 without a game bundled?

I expect a big PR announcement in January "WELL GUYS BECAUSE WE'RE SO GENEROUS AND BECAUSE WE LOVE THE FANS WE WILL BE KEEPING THE PRICE OF THE XBOX ONE AT $349.99" and try to make it seem like a big deal.

 

[VinFTW]

They also have a CEO that actively thinks the division and brand is a complete waste of resources. Why build a new arm when they're likely to amputate it in a few years anyway?

wtf is this lmao?

Wheres your source for this made up mumbo jumbo?

 

[Vitafit]

Just imagine
7-10k this November....and the next 10k November 2015!
The come back is real - Its all about the holidays!

Jesus if true Sony really has this Gen in their pockets.
They really didn't need pricecuts or anything for the whole of November in the USA
You can't sell more than everything you have.

 

[MrJonnyBigBoss]

People want a game, and games have winners and losers. Can't understand that both companies are winning.

Well put man. +1 to you.