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[allan-bh]

I'm surprised Assassin's creed sold so well. I thought there was no buzz about it.

What?

 

[orochi91]

So, I get the impression that console sales outside of Holiday season will be pretty tame, at least in the US.

 

[erpg]

I guess the trend of PlayStation 4 owners not experiencing Uncharted continues.

 

[mrklaw]

ZhugeEX forgot to add vita in that <300k.

how many decimal places does he use?

 

[Guymelef]

Just imagine PS4 numbers without a price drop.

 

[Kill3r7]

We can't trust any info this month unless it came straight from NPD. Don't you see? This is the Patriots' plot to control information. The NeoGAF Simulation plan!

Obviously, how else can you explain MGSV not being there?

 

[DC1]

Isn't it expected to see diminishing returns on console hardware sales during high-profile game releases the further you are into a generation? The market should be more saturated than a year ago.

Stop it. Folks expect numbers to climb. The universe can not contain the enthusiasm.

 

[Ray Down]

This NPD...

 

[SwolBro]

lets go microsoft! lets carry the momentum through the holidays.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

This NPD is really weird and shitty with people posting prank or inaccurate numbers.

Yup. How lame.

 

[Effigenius]

I can't believe how low both numbers are. Especially ps4. I guess this is why they resisted a price drop for so long. They knew it wouldn't matter.

 

[antonz]

Seemingly decent sales for Yoshi. Good to see by sku basis Mario Maker would still be in top 10.

Wii U sales aren't saved or even rebounding by a massive degree but at least titles are selling and there are things to play

 

[jbluzb]

Xbox one october?

 

[N.Domixis]

Just imagine PS4 numbers without a price drop.

Also let's not forget many people chose to preorder the star wars and cod bundles.

 

[MisterMrMister]

In a statement to IGN, Sony said it's "truly humbled by the success of the PlayStation 4," and took the opportunity to thank the PlayStation community "for making PlayStation 4 the top selling console globally."

I guess thats all we're gonna get from Sony this month.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Makes me so happy seeing Yoshi do so well.

Please keep giving Yoshi love Nintendo, don't treat us like you treat Metroid and F-Zero fans. Yoshi is the best. <3

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

encouraging to see the ps4, despite dominating the market, struggling a bit with its mediocre exclusive lineup. sends a good message to sony. not acceptable.

I threw up in my mouth while reading this garbage.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

do we have other halo launch months xbox console sales?

Halo 3 month - 527.8K X360
Halo 4 month - 1260K X360
Halo 5 month - 305k XBO

Halo is doomed tbqh

 

[KingSnake]

1) Uncharted was bundled with the console and released day and date with a price cut; bundles aren't counted in software sales.
2) there's like a million high profile bundles coming through November
3) even with price cuts, people have plenty of rational reasons to delay a purchase later into the holiday season

Good lord, this thread is insane.

1 and 2 are contradicted by 3.

The HW hasn't set the October on fire, so the millions of bundles still wait in a corner somewhere.

 

[Chamber]

Eh, it wasn't that far off either.

Damn, consoles dead again.

 

[mrklaw]

Xbox one october?

Xboxtober

 

[Chobel]

IGN

Jesus fuck! I thought console dying news won't happen till January :/

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Ah, the contraction posts. Which will of course lead into stellar numbers for November and December and the numbers will sharply decline into next year and the contraction posts will come around again and the cycle shall repeat itself.

 

[Warm Machine]

What?

This time it is only on 2 platforms instead of 5.

 

[Alo0oy]

PS4's RotW sales must be much bigger than anyone anticipated, they've been shipping a shitton of PS4s & still doing mediocre numbers on NPD.

 

[CosmicQueso]

This NPD is really weird and shitty with people posting prank or inaccurate numbers.

Who's doing that? What numbers are you talking about?

 

[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]

i was expecting metal gear to be in the top 10 this month, the franchise is not that big after all.

Xbox one october?

xbox one october.

 

[Javin98]

Obviously, how else can you explain MGSV not being there?

Maybe they want us to think it's not there. They will soon reveal that at #1, MGSV was actually disguised as Halo 5!

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

PS4 price goes down.....sales goes down. PS4 price increase incoming.

 

[Delusibeta]

US Hardware in October 2008

Rank | Platform | Units Sold | Last Month | Lifetime to Date
01 Nintendo Wii 803,000
02 Nintendo DS 491,000
03 Xbox 360 371,000
04 Playstation Portable 193,000
05 Playstation 3 190,000

Is the front loaded generation theory becoming true?

Eh. The PS4 would be doing about 100k better than the PS3, and the Xbone would be doing about 70k worse than the 360, so if you focus only on PS360 numbers are still up overall. Of course, you also have the problem of most of the units in that chart disappearing, but that's a discussion for another thread.

 

[Rolf NB]

These figures do not include online retailers like Amazon right? Only big box in-person purchasing?

Only Toys'R'Us and Pizza Hut.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

Well, October NPD has been definitely... interesting(TM). Just not in the way I expected >_<

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Look at them shit Uncharted sales, in some ways it's such a shame more people could not experience the most overrated gaming franchise out there. Really do wish we were not getting UC4 AND rather TLOU2 but hey ho, Hennig had to leave and Straley was shackled with this piece of shit franchise once again.

Sony need to stop running their franchises into the ground, there is a happy medium between Valve releasing a game once every decade and Ubisoft shitting out a game annually.

Glad to see Uncharted bombing. Going into 3rd holiday period with a half assed remaster is a disgrace.

You guys are taking this way too seriously.

But I also love these posts, so carry on!

 

[wachie]

Just imagine PS4 numbers without a price drop.

Wii U territory.

 

[thekiddfran]

Halo 3 month - 527.8K X360
Halo 4 month - 1260K X360
Halo 5 month - 305k XBO

Crazy

 

[Hoo-doo]

Great stuff, Xbox. Halo 5 putting in the work!

 

[hawk2025]

Back on the last NPD thread I expected that the overreactions were going to be one of these, based on who took the top spot:

"This in Halo 5 month? Xbox is dad!"

"This with a pricedrop? PS4 is dad!"



...it's kinda both, in a way? The impact of the price drop seems to have been REALLY soft.

 

[Queen of Hunting]

Rock Band 4 charted? Holy shit, that's the biggest surprise of this months NPD

rock band sold more than metal gear,

lets take that in for second

 

[orochi91]

Halo 3 month - 527.8K X360
Halo 4 month - 1260K X360
Halo 5 month - 305k XBO

Yea, this series is in need of a massive shake-up.

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

All ms had to do is release halo. They have one every month right? Congrats anyway, maybe this is when it turns...or not.

 

[Gurish]

As a PS4 owner I'm a little bit happy that Sony didn't have a good month and that the Uncharted collection tank, they deserve it for the shitty holidays they gave us and for the overall poor exclusive line up the PS4 has other than BloodBorne.

MS though, that's a pretty sad number for a Halo month, they have my sympathy.

 

[pager99]

or they're talking about revenue of the Xbox one platform generally - including software sales somehow? I don't know how the units shifted can possibly be up 81% if overall console sales are only up 3%

the 7th gen consoles dont sell anymore like last year so 8th gen can see significant growth with just 3 the numbers dont quite add up

 

[Chobel]

What the fuck happened? Things were just fine in September.

 

[Get_craycray]

I guess thats all we're gonna get from Sony this month.

Welp... arrogant Sony ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Septic360]

Just imagine PS4 numbers without a price drop.

Fuck I forgot about that.

And to think, people thought that price drop would let them counter Halo.

Halo is king

 

[theprodigy]

PS4's RotW sales must be much bigger than anyone anticipated, they've been shipping a shitton of PS4s & still doing mediocre numbers on NPD.

orrrr there's more stock on shelves than people think there is

depending on what you think sell-through was through September, that is

 

[Toki767]

What the fuck happened? Things were just fine in September.

No real releases in October, to be fair.

And by the time you hit October, you're holding out for Black Friday deals.

 

[Boke1879]

They still have to be disappointed to market reaction after a price drop. No excuses. It wasn't long ago that the competition couldn't catch a break. SCEA's marketing just sucks all around. The price drop rollout had 0 fireworks. One of the lamest, most low key price drop rollouts. If it were for their marketing department, they would be doing much worse barring the concerted effort at launch.

But maybe you have to take into account how many people were waiting on the COD bundle and the Star Wars bundle which got price drops as well. October was a pretty barren month aside from a Remaster, AC, and Halo which launched at the end of the month.

Personally I think Sony should have kept the $400 price tag, but maybe they wanted to position themselves for the Holiday

 

[lukeskymac]

Look at them shit Uncharted sales, in some ways it's such a shame more people could not experience the most overrated gaming franchise out there. Really do wish we were not getting UC4 AND rather TLOU2 but hey ho, Hennig had to leave and Straley was shackled with this piece of shit franchise once again.

Sony need to stop running their franchises into the ground, there is a happy medium between Valve releasing a game once every decade and Ubisoft shitting out a game annually.

How have you managed to last this long with posts like this?

 

[Y2Kev]

What the fuck happened? Things were just fine in September.

I think we might have conditioned the public for holiday firesales.