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[Syphon Filter]

NPD counts digital sales now?

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

How will they survive with those #s. It's over.

Amiright?

Well, since they cut the price so much they lose money with each console, so the more they sold the worse it is for them actually.

Spoiler

I'm dizzy from all the spinning.

 

[RespectThySole]

1.2 million seems too low to be a worldwide figure maybe that's US+UK?

 

[DeadlyVirus]

Can we get a real non-sense insider to do a proper leak?

Aqua plz....

Also: Congratz to the Xbox One and Phil. Greenberg is still a clown and needs to go.

$299.99 Xbox 1 Slim with Quantum Break and ROTB Bundle for Black Friday 2015 with a $50 gift card at Target or Walmart....count me in.

300? It'll be closer to $200

 

[Amir0x]

How will they survive with those #s. It's over.

Amiright?

no you're not right, since virtually nobody has said or implied that.

 

[vin-buc]

That's a huge number

This is why Xbox isn't disclosing the number. It will force Sony's hand and if they did - it will look equally impressive for just doing business in November "status quo"

 

[Nicktendo86]

To those saying 'Nintendo lol wow Microsoft' etc have you not noticed that hardware sales are down almost a quarter from last year and microsoft have had to take massive hits to get the decent sales this month? I know we had two console launches last year which skews the year on year comparison a bit but I don't know how anyone can not be worried about the viability of the industry as it currently is.

 

[Welfare]

1.2 mil has to be worldwide

No way.

 

[charpunk]

Wow, I'm shocked at DA:I's performance.

 

[Xando]

There's something wrong...that would mean around 2.4 million consoles sold between the two, much more than the gap estimated earlier. Plus...that would be such an high November that Ms would've said the result. Something's fishy.

Probably US + UK

 

[pastrami]

Assuming XBox One did indeed sell 1.2 million consoles and cboat was also right and PS4 sold near 1.2 million consoles, how the hell did hardware sales drop 23%? Wii U is up and PS4 and XBox One would be up assuming our information is solid. Did XBox360/PS3/Wii make up so much of last Novembers NPD? Even factoring in XBox One's price drop, it doesn't seem like it would add up. Does someone have some numbers to crunch?

 

[Anth0ny]

WOW!

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/543209999393361920

holy shit that's a high number

wow

 

[ViewtifulJC]

WOW!

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/543209999393361920

That makes the Wii U sales even worse

like damn, people are out there buying millions of consoles and they can't even do 250k with their two biggest games this year

 

[Mpl90]

Not if warren is talking worldwide numbers.

That would be way too low if those were WW numbers.

US + UK? Could be actually right. We know One sold around 180,000 in two weeks in UK, possibly around 250,000 - 300,000 for the whole month, then 900,000 - 950,000 in US sounds right.

 

[Storm Kyleis]

I really don't get it.

Smash bros. is thrown together and pokemon gets counted individually

I was about to ask why Pokémon was counted as two different games.

 

[kingocfs]

Goddamn, Dragon Age.

 

[Guymelef]

Why he talks openly about NPD sales and for XBO sales only?

 

[thuway]

Can we get a real non-sense insider to do a proper leak?

Aqua plz....

Also: Congratz to the Xbox One and Phil. Greenberg is still a clown and needs to go.

$299.99 Xbox 1 Slim with Quantum Break and ROTB Bundle for Black Friday 2015 with a $50 gift card at Target or Walmart....count me in.

I bought an Xbox One with Kinnect, Master chief collection, all for 250 this month. Keep your eyes peeled mang

 

[SyenceLabb]

too much speculation right now, I'll just pop my head back in tomorrow. Congrats to both Sony and Microsoft.

 

[gotstrangepowers]

LOL

https://twitter.com/isaparrot/status/538868365805121537

You messed up my NPD prediction

 

[Jomjom]

The fact remains that this was the first game of the regular season and xbox eked out a victory in overtime. You guys can rationalize all you want but it doesn't change the fact that Xbox is now 1-0 and Playstation is 0-1.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

did you buy DA2 new and pay 59.99 for it? I did ... buying this one used. Well deserved flop. you stick your nose up at the consumer and see where it gets you.

Fuck DA. will feel great to buy it off ebay.

Such an idiotic mindset. Wants the game and also wants it to flop.

 

[MastorofPuppetz]

I said MS has that history. And I meant sales parity as in all their efforts didn't take away from the ps4s lead

My apologies

 

[m@cross]

I am not sure I would feel good about an 8k win given the circumstances.....

 

[Manmademan]

Something weird about that 1.2 million number...GamesBeat said that hardware sales (actual money gained) declined over last year. Unless that is due to the price cut of give or take $150 per Xbox One console, that doesn't feel like a US number.

I can't see how that wouldn't affect numbers significantly.

 

[shinra-bansho]

The three potential tidbits of info don't align. I.e. 80% up, both are close and 1.2M.

Warren's post doesn't say the US though, so there's that.

 

[orochi91]

Wow, I'm shocked at DA:I's performance.

What will this mean for Mass Effect 4?

People were pissed at 3, so the situation is similar to DA 2 -> DA:I.

 

[Death2494]

Probably US + UK

Hardware was down 23% YOY

 

[JNA]

LOL

Who's Twitter account is that?

 

[rokkerkory]

We do not know PS4 sales numbers yet.

If both sold 1.2m = 2.4m then how is there a 23% drop off from last Nov?

 

[TaiKH92]

Poor Wii U it deserves to sell way more, at least Nintendo are making profit. I hope the 3DS it's not down yoy by too much

 

[Fdkn]

No way.

I wouldn't discard it. Xb1 only sells well on US and UK

 

[theprodigy]

To those saying 'Nintendo lol wow Microsoft' etc have you not noticed that hardware sales are down almost a quarter from last year and microsoft have had to take massive hits to get the decent sales this month? I know we had two console launches last year which skews the year on year comparison a bit but I don't know how anyone can not be worried about the viability of the industry as it currently is.

you know that figure is revenue, which means Microsoft would have had to pull ridiculous sales to reach last year's revenue figure right?

 

[MilesTeg]

So WiiU is at 3 million after two years on the market and Mario Kart and Smash have been released?

Man, will it reach 10 million lifetime?

Not in the US it won't. And definitely not with the way Nintendo continues to be stubborn with MSRP. They know the situation and are riding it out until they can release a new console.

 

[Miles X]

1.2 mil has to be worldwide

It's blatantly not WW.

XB1 has done 900k+ in US and at least 200k in the UK, Rest of the world does not sell that badly despite what you hear here on GAF.

At worst it's UK + US. Those figures could add up to 1.2m.

 

[TharpDaddy]

I kinda thought Halo would do better. But I guess being on one platform does cut your sales potential in half.

I wouldn't be surprised if word of mouth and returns significantly hurt their sales. Friends of mine who are casual gamers had heard about the game's issues, but that's very anecdotal so take with salt.

 

[wachie]

Sony sold almost as Microsoft? Holy crap.

Also lol at that Wii U number, fucking rest in peace you POS.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Except I didn't say it would save the Wii U. The post I replied to said Wii U had no big releases for 2015. Zelda is a big release. Stop reading into things for no reason.

Your post got jumped all over lol. Whenever there's one word posts, people ignore all context and attack it....because it's one word and easy to read.

I was just watching it unfold...haha.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

You know what happened to that guy in the end, right?

He became immortal.

 

[arimanius]

WiiU should of had some Black Friday deals. Price cut, bundle, both, something. Jeez.

 

[Welfare]

That would be way too low if those were WW numbers.

US + UK? Could be actually right. We know One sold around 180,000 in two weeks in UK, possibly around 250,000 - 300,000 for the whole month, then 900,000 - 950,000 in US sounds right.

Why would MS only give US + UK if they gave people a number?

 

[Verendus]

If this was a movie, then there'd be a last minute swerve and it'd be revealed PS4 actually sold 3 million and is the winner.

 

[Phamit]

Wow, I'm shocked at DA:I's performance.

I'm not, every Franchise in the top 10 is bigger then Dragon Age

 

[thuway]

Who's Twitter account is that?

Mine and I was just predicting that's all .

 

[Abdiel]

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.

Well, I just try to gauge based off of the trends I see on a larger scale. By checking districts all over the country, it doesn't reflect just a small level of the local stores, or even just a single store. Really helps me to refine my awareness of how it all comes together. Thank all things Divine that I don't have to check that many SKUs, like I would for a phone comparison, or something. Haha.

 

[Cidd]

The fact remains that this was the first game of the regular season and xbox eked out a victory in overtime. You guys can rationalize all you want but it doesn't change the fact that Xbox is now 1-0 and Playstation is 0-1.

Lol, ok.

 

[Raist]

Hardware was down 23% YOY

In value.

So the XB1 sold a bit more units, but at $329 instead of $499.

 

[GnawtyDog]

I bought an Xbox One with Kinnect, Master chief collection, all for 250 this month. Keep your eyes peeled mang

Where can I get a magnifying glass that big?

 

[GamerJM]

Why is this surprising?

Has a Black Friday ever went by when the amount of consoles sold wasn't this high? This is totally expected. If anything my initial estimate is much lower than what I was expecting.

Uh, the only platform to ever sell above 1 million in its second November is the GBA.

 

[Trevelyon]

I'm thinking PS4 took US #1. MS spinned hard with throwing the UK numbers in for no apparent reason.