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NPD Sales Results for November 2014 [Up3: NPD Data Error, AC:U #5]

Windom Earle

Windom Earle

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So are we switching to "November next year will be really interesting" now? Because I don't see Xbone winning anything for at least a year...
 
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xkramz

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JNA said:
7k-10k difference? Might as well be a tie lol.

No wonder MS are still quiet about it. All those sales, discounts, MCC, bundles, etc. All that for only 7k-10k win.

December Sony must be killing again with that 20th bundle as well as others.
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Oh really? So 7k-10k doesn't mean anything?
 
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JackLongRod

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orochi91 said:
Yea, that's what I was referring to.

Xbox won't be going anywhere because I have yet to hear about any legit investor complaining about the thing.

They never even bring it up during those investor calls/reports.



Amazon has been 11/11 so far.
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Mason morfit who sits on the board of directors and valueact want the Xbox divison gone.
 
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MastorofPuppetz

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Patapwn said:
I want MS to be successful, I really do. But as someone who is a single console owner, and as someone who has ps4 as that console, I view a big gap as good.

MS has more money that Sony and has a history of throwing that money around to the detriment of playstation owners. I would prefer that 3rd parties look at any deal with ms as a 'no thank you' and MS uses that money to develop their own games. Less rise of the tomb raider type situations is a plus in my book. Sales parity given the current set of conditions hopefully discourages stuff like that further...
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Wtf? Sony has a history of throwing money around to ps gamers detriment? Sales parity y dies not equal competition.
 
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muteant

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nintendo has stuck to their guns for as long as they can; they need to slash the price of the Wii U. offer a non-bundle at 179.99. if they can't do that due to manufacturing costs, then they were just incredibly shortsighted when they designed the thing. i really want to see this system thrive as the software they're creating for it is quite simply of astonishing quality, and i want more people to be able to enjoy it.
 
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Amir0x

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Abdiel said:
Ami, I told you in the Twitch chat that this month would be all over the place, eh? Looks like I was right, haha.
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you sure enough did. Your musings are incredibly important it seems to me, they tend to be impressively accurate, relatively speaking. You really do have a good finger on at least the vague outline of the pulse of the NPD monthly results based on the numbers you can access.

I already considered your musings very important for predicting any given month's numbers, but now I think they've increased in value even further.
 
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orochi91

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PhoenixDawn said:
$199 official (not just refurbished) would be nice, but I can't see Nintendo going all in on trying to get a massive userbase on the Wii U. Especially not with how anemic it has been, they'd probably be better off just staying put at this point and letting Amiibo/software keep them even/slightly profitable until their next gen consoles where they can try to pretend this gen never happened. If they pushed for everyone to pick up a Wii U at this point, I can't imagine people would be rushing out to buy another new piece of hardware in a couple of years when they had just been convinced to buy a Wii U.
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I like that approach.

Rake in profits, establish Amiibos, release a next-next gen console in a couple years that's fully compatible with previous Wii U/Wii games, alongside the new hand held successor.

Or perhaps the new handheld will be a home console hybrid.
 
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jhmtehgamr20xx

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ProvenDeadly said:
It has sold 2+ million in Novembers, so the Xbone only sold 3 million in the 11 month gap? That seems low.
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Why is that hard to believe? Lest you forget there were times it did only 77k or so in a given month (that was April I believe?), and that outside of US and UK its lows have been even lower than that?

TBH anything north of 6...maybe 6.4 million sold-through is being extremely generous to MS
 
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Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Just to get an idea about amiibo, how did first Skylander's and first Infinity's figurines debut in US? Is that known, anyhow?
 
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vin-buc

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If the sales of the Xbox One decrease and are lower than the PS4's in the coming months - we will see this "warchest" that MSFT has get tested.

It honestly seems to me that there are plenty of posters who have no idea what a business is supposed to be. Rich companies don't stay rich by losing.
 
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Scum

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Amir0x said:
Wii U is a great Nintendo system. So, I don't have any regrets buying it, and nobody else should either if they like Nintendo games. Embrace the love brosefs
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As long as they continue to do things that moves them into profitability, then good luck to them. The console is doomed.
 
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Conduit

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Abdiel said:
Hello! Second post in this thread, I think I missed some other questions way back, but, eh...

As to your inquiry, our stores saw a *lot* of PS4 inventory. Our local Sony/PS rep was in my home store talking with management about shifting extra stock. We restocked the floor pallets/piles repeatedly.

The XB1s we had (the bundles anyway) were selling out very quickly... But that also has *some* to do with MS not really sending us aggressive inventory through the month. I think we saw 1-2 major shipments (which weren't small, mind you), but they weren't on the same level.

So the XB1 'velocity' was higher, they'd sell really fast from the aggressive thing, more people piling in at the urgency points, but the PS4s were just constantly selling at really, really solid numbers. Just chipping away at that sales lead with a relentless momentum.

AC Unity and the MCC issues really didn't help, either. A few of our stores were outright accepting *returns* of MCC because of the faulty launches. Normally, we don't accept any opened software returns except as an exchange for the same game. We were giving store credit in most cases, but, yeah. Some seriously upset Halo fans were seen. Bundling the PS4 with 2 games that received near universal acclaim and especially GTA V continuing to sell gangbusters...

Anyway, that's why I couldn't make a clear call for either system last month. Clear differences in the mindset approaching how to sell this month... If MS hadn't basically eviscerated their own bottom line, there wouldn't have been any contest.
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I said : DAMN!
 
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Manmademan

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xkramz said:
Oh really? So 7k-10k doesn't mean anything?
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NPD is an estimate based on retailer surveys. if the numbers ARE that low, it's basically in "margin of error" territory. Either console could have actually "won."

but that's all academic and doesn't really matter. the story here is that the xbox either didn't move the numbers they needed to with the price drop and master chief collection, or sony somehow managed to move phenomenal numbers without doing much of anything.

either one is very bad news for microsoft, because bleeding money for no real gain isn't sustainable.
 
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Competa

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thuway said:
This also highlights another issue. Any chance of Microsoft money hatting an exclusive for the Xbox One is going to diminish as the sales gap widens. If they couldn't be competitive this month, and winning by 10k isn't competitive, it's winning by a margin of error - they will have an insane time convincing any third parties their console is a viable permanently home.

I say this a guy who just bought an Xbox One and PS4 within the same week for myself personally.
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That was just stupid and nowhere true. Off course third party publishers will publish their games on xbox. Why shoulnt they ? The xo is lacking behind PS4 yes, but its still sells very well and has a huge consumer base. Do you have any economic awareness at all thuway ?
 
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The Abominable Snowman

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Chobel said:
WOW!

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/543209999393361920
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‏@tomwarren
Microsoft sold 1.2 million Xbox One units in November. That's a lot of consoles.
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WOW!!! Both consoles did around/over 1.2M EACH??!?!?!

THATS HUGE!!!!! I'm honestly excited for the future of gaming if this is the case. That more than makes up for my Wii U disappointment. I am floored.

One of the BEST console months ever then!

Either that or CBOAT was referencing something else
 
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Amused

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Would love to see some Sony PR right about now! And some confirmation when it comes to those cboat-numbers.

Turned 31 two hours ago (2 am In Norway), this will be my birthday wish for the internet.

Pretty please, internet?
 
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JNA

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Arion said:
These small victories may eventually add up.
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This is about as much of a small victory as tying a soccer game in the World Cup against the best team who is moving along in the playoffs while your team needed a win to stay in it.
 
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