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[GribbleGrunger]

Not sure why this made me laugh.

Because you backed the winning console?

 

[John Bender]

it means they won with approx 500k sold.

Sounds more like +550k

 

[Poodle Cannon]

PSN outages have increased as well as revenue.

Who needs to invest in servers when you're #winning

 

[Suzushiiro]

I would say that Sony charging for online play really harmed MS more than Sony. People are migrating to PS4 in droves, they are not willing to pay for two subscriptions. MS should remove the paywall from Xbl.

I highly doubt there are very many people who own a PS4 and are only put off from buying an XBone by the fact that they'd be paying two subscriptions to play online on both. The bigger factor keeping them from buying both would be the fact that the libraries are mostly identical.

 

[jmizzal]

Really good sales for Hyrule Warriors, I hope Bayo 2 does similar numbers

 

[ilikecandy]

Didn't Verendus state the PS4/XB1 gap is almost one million now? Figure out the gap through August 2014 and then we should have a XB1 estimate.

The gap before September was approximately 741k.

 

[kpaadet]

Does Phil own any non gaming related t-shirts?

 

[logikk]

On a kind-of-side note, I was trying to think of the upcoming first-party games for PS4. All I could get was LBP3, The Order and Uncharted. Any other big ones I can't think of right now?

 

[Duxxy3]

XBO probably sold sub 310k units, otherwise MS pr could have mentioned it was their biggest month of the year. Gap between the two consoles seems pretty big for september.

That would be my guess as well.

 

[theprodigy]

Didn't Verendus state the PS4/XB1 gap is almost one million now? Figure out the gap through August 2014 and then we should have a XB1 estimate.

If this is true (and exactly one million), then PS4 is 250k ahead of XB1 for the month

 

[loaf of bread]

What time do cream and aqua usually leak the goods? I want to know how XB1 and PS4 compare and maybe get some data on bundle vs normal PS4 sales.

 

[3rdamention]

PS4 won, wonder if X1 will show numbers.

It's just the Preseason brother, you know that. Microsoft will share numbers this holiday when it counts......per Aaron Greenburg.

 

[alr1ght]

On a kind-of-side note, I was trying to think of the upcoming first-party games for PS4. All I could get was LBP3, The Order and Uncharted. Any other big ones I can't think of right now?

The only one you need, Bloodborne.

 

[Toki767]

On a kind-of-side note, I was trying to think of the upcoming first-party games for PS4. All I could get was LBP3, The Order and Uncharted. Any other big ones I can't think of right now?

Some title called Bloodborne.

 

[shinra-bansho]

Well Hyrule Warriors, unless heavily digital, suggests it can't be that far off the last one.

That said, these types of games overwhelmingly sell primarily in the holiday season as they're bought as Christmas gifts.

The last one ended up in #10 best selling for the year, no?

I do recall it was in the top ten for the year, but can't remember the placement.

So could be something like a 100K drop off from first month of the last iteration.

But yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens to the tail of sales/Christmas sales, since there'll be a concentration of sales around the holiday.

Seems pertinent for the future of other brands like Just Dance as well, as it will at some point presumably need to transition its audience from the Wii - although they may be aiming to move to mobile.

 

[Verendus]

I think there'll be a 2 million difference in the US between the two consoles at least, by the end of 2014. It may be a little early to say that, but that's what I'm feeling right now after the performance this month. Momentum is really strong, and the coming months should continue to be great. I'm really interested to see what Microsoft plans to do in terms of promotions and offers. It's the biggest quarter of the year. It's time for most of that budget to be spent, and it's pretty clear they're going to be doing a huge push.

SCEA feels like a more exciting place sometimes.

 

[BruiserBear]

Because you backed the winning console?

Posts like this are gross.

 

[stonesak]

On a kind-of-side note, I was trying to think of the upcoming first-party games for PS4. All I could get was LBP3, The Order and Uncharted. Any other big ones I can't think of right now?

Bloodborne

 

[Vestal]

I'm not going to get dragged down to that level.

Lol. I simply came down to your. Guess it hurt.

 

[CrazedProfessional]

No the problem is that those subs are converting to PS4. They are bleeding subscribers. Where do you think thy massive % of PS4 owners that didn't own a PS3 that Yosp was talking about is coming from exactly? Most are likely 360 owners from last gen who have switched over to the console that will run their multiplat FPS and Sports games best.

Sure, raw power is key now that your favourite is winning. No way buddy, multiplats sold high on Wii in generations past. Multiplats is the base but not the flavour.

 

[Carl]

How many NPD threads have there been on gaf? I swear it's like people routinely forget that games bundled with hardware aren't counted when reporting games sold.

Personally it completely skips my mind every month. Maybe due to pal charts confusing me. I'll try to remember next month

 

[duessano]

Another victory for Sony?

 

[meppi]

All that money Sony spend on Destiny didn't do much for them.

wut?

Man, this thread... Such a goldmine of laughs it's been.

Lol. I simply came down to your. Guess it hurt.

Oh jeesh.

 

[Off-Kilter]

 

[hydrophilic attack]

So we know that hardware revenue increased 135 % YOY, we know 3ds sales, we know how much Wii U rose over last month, we know PS4 sales was roughly 550k. Vita sales can be approximated to zero. If someone could give an estimate of 360 + PS3 sales, we should be able to predict XBO sales fairly accurately.

 

[Biker19]

As great as this is for Sony, I wish they would come good on their promises, the OS is still the same as it was on launch, the media functions are near non existent, and the network is still unstable despite many many 'stability' updates.

I am one disappointed PlayStation fan

They're working on it. This stuff takes time, & Sony's no software company like Microsoft is.

No the problem is that those subs are converting to PS4. They are bleeding subscribers. Where do you think thy massive % of PS4 owners that didn't own a PS3 that Yosp was talking about is coming from exactly? Most are likely 360 owners from last gen who have switched over to the console that will run their multiplat FPS and Sports games best.

And it'll get worse for MS next year as current PS4 owners will convince more of their friends &/or their families to pick up the PS4 console.

 

[Hindle]

It will be interesting to see how MS react going forward.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Posts like this are gross.

I feel old

 

[SeventhSon]

Does Phil own any non gaming related t-shirts?

No, because he's a Real-Gamer-Like-Us™.

 

[Nirolak]

I do recall it was in the top ten for the year, but can't remember the placement.

So could be something like a 100K drop off from first month of the last iteration.

But yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens to the tail of sales/Christmas sales.

Seems pertinent for the future of other brands like Just Dance as well, as it will at some point presumably need to transition its audience from the Wii - although they may be aiming to move to mobile.

I still have some mental scars from them debuting Just Dance mobile at E3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcaONVYsaTc

 

[Key2001]

Umm why? Outside of new console buyers there was no reason to pick physical over digital or the other way around.

I'd like MS to give out those digital numbers, simply because at least from personal experience most of the people I know have gone 80-100% digital.

It is not hard to see that there was more of a push for the physical version of Destiny on the XBO than on the PS4.

There was no incentive for new (non-bundle buyers) or existing console owners to buy the physical version of Destiny over the digital version. Not to mention that was a big push by Sony with the digital version of Destiny.

On the XBO there was an incentive to buy(or rather receive for free) the physical version of Destiny over the digital version for new console owners during launch week. These new console owners on the XBO could count for as much as 100k or more; which could had been more than enough to put the standalone XBO version of Destiny over the PS4 on NPD.

 

[N.Domixis]

I think there'll be a 2 million difference in the US between the two consoles at least, by the end of 2014. It may be a little early to say that, but that's what I'm feeling right now after the performance this month. Momentum is really strong, and the coming months should continue to be great. I'm really interested to see what Microsoft plans to do in terms of promotions and offers. It's the biggest quarter of the year. It's time for most of that budget to be spent, and it's pretty clear they're going to be doing a huge push.

Lol there is no way that is happening.

 

[off duty ninja]

This thread is moving at the speed of light...

If the speed of light smoked crack so I don't know if this has been brought up or no .

People are wondering how the XBO version of Destiny sold more than PS4. I have seen people talk about the destiny ps4 bundle but not accounting for digital sales. Digital sales aren't counted either and I would bet if bundles and digital sales were included the ps4 would would actually be ahead.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Damn, amazing numbers all around. The PS4 will beast and feast this November + December. PSN outages galore.

 

[GeoramA]

On a kind-of-side note, I was trying to think of the upcoming first-party games for PS4. All I could get was LBP3, The Order and Uncharted. Any other big ones I can't think of right now?

Bloodborne, Until Dawn, Ratchet & Clank reboot

 

[logikk]

Some title called Bloodborne.

Ahhh, I knew I was forgetting something. How could I. :: facepalm ::

 

[RealityPales]

No way Xbox One could win november. PS4 will sell a lot on Black Friday.

Even with marketing deals for CoD, AC: Unity and their own MCC?

 

[Portugeezer]

It will be interesting to see how MS react going forward.

game bundles

 

[teiresias]

Doesn't MS usually at least say something like "fastest selling Xbox" in their PR, they didn't even mention that this time. What kind of sales would the X1 have to had for it to have fallen behind 360 launch aligned in that case? That could actually be impossible if it would have to have sold a negative amount of consoles, but I don't know what the numbers would be at all, so just wondering.

 

[Mr Moose]

Holy shit, that's amazing lol.

 

[twisted h3art]

On a kind-of-side note, I was trying to think of the upcoming first-party games for PS4. All I could get was LBP3, The Order and Uncharted. Any other big ones I can't think of right now?

ratchet and clank

 

[RespectThySole]

Great sales for PS4 as expected. I didn't think standalone Destiny XB1 would outsell standalone PS4 though even with the deal .

I'm interested in seeing how much XB1 hardware was moved this month. It seems that many of you think it did great because of the deals/pack-ins. 300-350k, maybe?

Ouch at the 3DS 40% sales decline even with Smash releasing.

 

[alr1ght]

People are wondering how the XBO version of Destiny sold more than PS4. I have seen people talk about the destiny ps4 bundle but not accounting for digital sales. Digital sales aren't counted either and I would bet if bundles and digital sales were included the ps4 would would actually be ahead.

It is. Read Sony's PR.

 

[Nirolak]

I do recall it was in the top ten for the year, but can't remember the placement.

So could be something like a 100K drop off from first month of the last iteration.

But yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens to the tail of sales/Christmas sales, since there'll be a concentration of sales around the holiday.

Seems pertinent for the future of other brands like Just Dance as well, as it will at some point presumably need to transition its audience from the Wii - although they may be aiming to move to mobile.

Actually as a second follow-up, I forgot to mention that Activision is doing a really interesting tablet experiment for Skylanders this year: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/skylanders-trap-team-tablet/

Disney Infinity 2.0 also has an f2p version on PC.

 

[Patroclos]

They do have value lined up. The content coming up is insane.

It should be criminal the value is so high!

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Didn't Verendus state the PS4/XB1 gap is almost one million now? Figure out the gap through August 2014 and then we should have a XB1 estimate.

That would mean PS4 outsold the Bone in September by 200k+ consoles.

 

[Anfang]

Even with marketing deals for CoD, AC: Unity and their own MCC?

If sony takes Nov somehow, I dont think gaf will be available for like a week.

 

[Loudninja]

Even with marketing deals for CoD, AC: Unity and their own MCC?

Yes.

Sony will have their own bundles as well.

 

[krypt0nian]

I just find it a shame that consumers aren't buying the console that has superior content, online, OS and controller. Come holiday the gap in content will become more apparent which should move millions of units so I will just play the waiting game.

WHOOHOO! /Ridderlaugh

 

[allan-bh]

Even with marketing deals for CoD, AC: Unity and their own MCC?

Yeah. It's just that PS4 is a more appealing product right now. But Xbox One should have great sales in november and december.