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[allan-bh]

CosmicQueso was wrong. Hardware sales aren't boring but shocking low.

 

[Fergie]

Fuck I forgot about that.

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

Halo is king

Indeed

 

[FATALITY]

Fuck I forgot about that.

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

Halo is king

lol
and xbox only sold 300k
halo is indeed the king

 

[Kill3r7]

Crazy

Halo 4 came out in November so that is Halo 5/COD and BF boost. But the series is definitely in decline.

 

[Guymelef]

Fuck I forgot about that.

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

Halo is king

Well, seeing XBO numbers... not so much to counter..

 

[orochi91]

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

Going forward, I expect to see most of the big sales numbers in Nov./Dec., when all the big shopping events happen.

The rest of the year will remain tame in comparison, at least in the US.

 

[mrklaw]

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

Even October is preseason now?

 

[wachie]

lol
and xbox only sold 300k
halo is indeed the king

King among peasants is still King.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

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.

Seem the $50 price cut was just to small to have any impact really .
Seem to just going to be even YOY with it in NA .

 

[Road]

PS4 bomba cut. lol

Maybe Sony will now do what they should have done a cut the full $100. I wonder how the black friday meetings are going.

XB1 bomba as well, really, for Halo month.

Consoles are truly dead.

Sent from my PC.

 

[FTF]

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

I definitely agree with this.

 

[IAmRandom31]

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

I actually agree with this. Any work conversation amongst us nerds that includes people still with old systems ends up being ended with " ill grab x during a sale "

I blame steam

 

[Alo0oy]

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

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

No, that's been the case all year, not just last quarter.

 

[Toki767]

Even October is preseason now?

October is wild card.

 

[hawk2025]

Even October is preseason now?

Well, look at it this way.

If he's right, at least we know next month will be... interesting.

 

[Y2Kev]

Even October is preseason now?

Real season is December 24

 

[viHuGi]

Can´t wait to see how Ps4 will do on November and December with all those bundles and deals, im expecting massive numbers.

 

[CosmicQueso]

CosmicQueso was wrong. Hardware sales aren't boring but shocking low.

I said the gap was boring.

 

[Sharpeye]

PS4 And Xbox both are dad, same sex consoles have been legalized.

 

[Diprosalic]

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

wow.
horrible.

 

[KingSnake]

The digital sales of HW bundles must be huge.

 

[FATALITY]

King among peasants is still King.

alright then.

 

[DR2K]

Uncharted bombed?


Good. Maybe we are getting over HD remasters as replacements for actual new games from publishers.


Curious if halo gave XB1 the hardware lead for the month.

UC4 is coming out in a few months. This collection is hardly a replacement.

 

[orochi91]

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

+1

 

[EagleEyes]

Congrats to Halo 5 and Microsoft. Really would have thought that price drop for PS4 would have done better. I also thought Uncharted would do better.

 

[harrisk954]

How? Star Wars console for November for PS4. And too many people think it's a PS4 game.

Not gonna happen in November. Maybe December if Microsoft gives them away.

Star Wars AND Call of Duty bundle.

 

[arevin01]

How do you figure that? I imagine Sony will sell a lot of Star Wars PS4 bundles.

Well for one, Halo. Two, Tomb Raider. 2 exclusives that cant be bought on PS4. Retails have always been more aggressive with Xbox bundles and lower pricing. PS4 even though has bundles with COD and Star Wars I dont think will be enough to top Nov and Dec.

 

[oSoLucky]

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

I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what happened, on top of all the bundles hitting in Nov.

 

[RichiRamjag]

Fuck I forgot about that.

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

Halo is king

It was pretty disappointing in general tbh. Wonder what the heck is going on.

 

[Aceofspades]

So x1 at 304k, PS4 how much?

 

[Dlacy13g]

Well done to MS on both the sales and a rather modest PR statement.

 

[RedAssedApe]

rip consoles. japan trend was right.

 

[Alo0oy]

rock band sold more than metal gear,

lets take that in for second

Well, this is Metal Gear's second month.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

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

So you work at MS????? That explains why ur such an xbot

 

[damisa]

The top selling console for October was Xbox One the NPD Group reported today.

According to a statement from Microsoft, the Xbox One saw 81 percent growth compared to October 2014. Staying on message, it said "the strength of the greatest games lineup in Xbox history," including October's top-selling game Halo 5: Guardians, helped drive "record Xbox Live" usage for the month, as well as put the console above its competitors.

Halo 5 did indeed top the charts for October, beating out multiplatform NBA 2K16 for the month. Microsoft expects its top-spot to trend forward, pointing out the release of Rise of the Tomb Raider, the high consumer demand for the Xbox Elite controller, and "the New Xbox One Experience including backward compatibility" as future drivers of hardware sales.

October saw a modest growth in console sales, up just 3% over the same period last year. However, current-gen consoles saw an increase of 12% which offset last-gen consoles, which saw a 66% tumble in sales compared to the same period last year

Not sure if I did my math right, but assuming Wii u is flat from last year results in PS4 ~223K

 

[wachie]

alright then.

I'm not serious btw, never have been in these NPD threads. I'm just having fun.

 

[Noobcraft]

Consoles are dad. Time to start tracking mobile sales.

 

[Chobel]

CosmicQueso was wrong. Hardware sales aren't boring but shocking low.

If this was boring for him, just think of what would that mean for the meltdown worthy software sales :/

 

[travisbickle]

PS4 was 340k last month, was that Destiny DLC edition boosting sales higher than Halo?

 

[Dredd97]

Uncharted bombed
PS4 bombed
Assured bombed


Just goes to show Assured + Xbox One is the best combo as shown by Phil Spencer last year. Sony does not how to do bundles, time to give up the 3rd party dealz!

1/10 poor effort must try harder lol

 

[Yurikerr]

I think ps4 performance this month can only be defined as a flop or "normal" depending on the sales next month.

If November sales of the cod/battlefront bundles explode we can assume some sales came from October (like Destiny bundle last year). If we get normal November sales, than the console bombed.

 

[Miles X]

wow.
horrible.

Halo 3 was the peak of Halo, and was a 5 week month, Halo 4 was a November month, nuff said.

Both games (3 & 4) had more than 5 days as well.

 

[Plinko]

Stunned at Yoshi being that high. Fantastic game but wasn't expecting that at all.

 

[Get_craycray]

So x1 at 304k, PS4 how much?

the only thing we know for sure is that PS4 is <304k

 

[SephCast]

Not sure if I did my math right, but assuming Wii u is flat from last year results in PS4 ~223K

Are Vita/3DS included in current gen?

 

[allan-bh]

Well, this is Metal Gear's second month.

yeah, Metal Gear 4 second month was the same thing, a huge drop.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Going forward, I expect to see most of the big sales numbers in Nov./Dec., when all the big shopping events happen.

The rest of the year will remain tame in comparison, at least in the US.

Yep, flat or declining sales leading into massive holiday numbers.

 

[idlewild_]

PS4 was 340k last month, was that Destiny DLC edition boosting sales higher than Halo?

Last month was a 5 week tracking period vs 4 weeks for this month.

 

[shinra-bansho]

Evacuate all the schoolchildren. This isn't a fever. Can't even see where the knob is.

 

[Guymelef]

PS4 was 340k last month, was that Destiny DLC edition boosting sales higher than Halo?

Yep.