Apophis2036
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People better get preparing their Knack beating up Donkey Kong gifs for this weeks thread 
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PAL Charts - Week 8, 2014
- Thread starter Bruno MB
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The latter.
Here is my short column on the UK market.
And perhaps you just want the tables.
Note the steep decline in Wii U ASP. from £36 to £25.
i wander why MS cut the price? was the software gap increasing over the week from less than 5% in the first week to >25% in the fourth week or something similar or they just thought that the market price of UK gives them some leeway to reduce it?
Its not outselling the Wii U in the US and even so since when has outselling the Wii U been a barometer for success?
theprodigy
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not only is the Vita somehow failing to outsell the Wii U in software in the UK of all places, even if it did that wouldn't mean shit
AdventureRacing
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This is one of only 2 markets where they outsold the PS3 last gen (as far as i know) and it was by a significant amount. To now be trailing the PS4 pretty comfortably isn't a good sign. Also perhaps the HW sales are telling a different story.
pieatorium
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big drop for most ps4 software
Canis lupus
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Xbone SW sales up, pricecut worked. PS4 availability is hurting.
...Yeah, indeed. And seemingly not big increases for Xbox One titles, despite the £30 price cut being already operative from last week (Rayman probably was the title which benefited more :lol ). Hopefully, we get also splits for Thief.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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I expect Microsoft to be releasing a glowing press release this week. The reduced price Xbox is going to be curb stomping the out of stock PS4 and that will reflect in the software charts.
Whats dangerous for sony here is that Xbox one games are generally cheaper than PS4 games, so over time the console could be seen as better value. Once that happens, expect sony to start bleeding marketshare again.
Whats dangerous for sony here is that Xbox one games are generally cheaper than PS4 games, so over time the console could be seen as better value. Once that happens, expect sony to start bleeding marketshare again.
Those are 2 new releases in the top, outside Forza Xbox One software barely raised.
Not sure how this is a good showing.
AdventureRacing
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Can't help but feel they hurt themselves big time not having a kinectless SKU. I realise it's something they're trying to push but having an sku out there for $100 less would be doing wonders right now imo.
Monty Mole
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Good showing for PvZ.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Its a last ditch measure that can now be saved for if the console still tanks further.
The price cut has march wrapped up, but once titanfall hits and the PS4 is back in stock, there is still alot of fighting to keep the console from sinking.
It hurts the Xbox one alot to know its biggest franchises this year are all shootbangs. Thats not going to work forever.
pieatorium
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its a bit misleading though, there are a big number of new skus this week so for the previously available xbox one titles to jump up the charts against that is significant i think.
Amazon.uk says PS4 is back in stock on March 25th.
...Really? In three weeks? Given the rumours of low shipments in Japan for second week, US situation being more scarce than January....what the hell are you doing with these shipments, Sony? Unless you're now shipping to other European countries, which suffered much more than UK in the last months, and it would be even comprehensible, but still, hearing so much about PS4 low shipments everywhere is strange. Are they having problems?
...Really? In three weeks? Given the rumours of low shipments in Japan for second week, US situation being more scarce than January....what the hell are you doing with these shipments, Sony? Unless you're now shipping to other European countries, which suffered much more than UK in the last months, and it would be even comprehensible, but still, hearing so much about PS4 low shipments everywhere is strange. Are they having problems?
TheDrowningMan
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Unlikely. Sales are going to be low regardless at this time of year, so if Sony have to be out of stock, now is the best possible time. After a small 'surge' for Xbox last week, PS4 - with an ETA of March 25st - is already back to being way ahead of the highest ranked Xbox One (Titanfall bundle arriving a week and a half earlier) at Amazon, in 13th place vs 35th.
The fact that people would rather wait until the end of the month for a PS4 instead of Xbox One + FIFA or Titanfall in what is one of Microsoft's marquee territories has to be a tremendous concern for Microsoft. It's just not nearly as appealing a console, and I'm not sure how they fix that.
That's true as well, but I would have still expected something more from older important titles, like Assassin's Creed IV or COD, or Battlefield. However, Titanfall will probably show a bigger increase software-wise, let alone hardware-wise, which is inevitable (and it'll be pretty big, I presume).
Not really those sales are likely very low.
I think the relative placement of next gen Fifa's is a good indicator of how the new consoles sold over the last week. It's the "go to game" until we're closer to Fifa 15. It's probably a bigger draw for newcomers than the launch exclusives. And there Xbone hasn't improved much, so you're probably right.
Psycho_Mantis
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I think Sony have dates planned when to restock each region and the time between restocks may be 2-3 weeks. However since shipments of PS4 sell out so quickly it leaves longish draught period where there is not stock. Crazy how Sony are still having stock problems when its March.
FIFA 14 for Xbox One is also in an official bundle, so it counts even more as a hardware sales index.
However, we're all ignoring the real big news of the week: Senran Kagura Burst obtained to make the UK All Formats top 40. Low, but it reached it. Life and Hometown made another little step; soon, boobs will take over the world.
Majmun
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Yeah, Sony should've taken the MS route and launch in a few selected countries first.
Now they're having supply issues everywhere.
There hasn't be any Ps4's available in my country for over 3 months now. Don't even know why they even bothered launching here with these supplies...
AdventureRacing
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This is a bad way to approach things imo. Once your device starts tanking it's often too late to make desperate moves like that. First impressions last and you're better off coming out as strong as possible.
The PS4 sold over 5.6 million so I think thier approached was indeed better.
Bruno MB
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AdventureRacing
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So you think the only reason it sold that much was because they launched in more territories? Just because the PS4 sold more doesn't mean every single decision they made was perfect or superior to MS. Not saying that i disagree with you though.
TechnicPuppet
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So PVZ XB1 outselling the 360 version? I wish we knew the story digitally but I am sure it would be even more skewed to XB1. No one I know with an XB1 buys discs any more.