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NPD Sales Results for April 2014 [Up2: XB1/360 hardware, PS4 #1/XB1 #2 best selling]

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shinra-bansho

Member
The XBO being the second best selling platform isn't from Microsoft. Does that really sound like something their PR would trumpet? It's from NPD.

“Sony’s PlayStation 4 was the No. 1 platform for hardware sales in April for the fourth month in a row, followed by Xbox One,” said Callahan.
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donny2112

Member
AniHawk said:
the numbers for kirby td aren't that bad for two days. i thought i would be able to just go into gamestop and pick it up but they were out of stock last weekend. so i went next door to target and they were also out of stock. what gives.
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Preorder from Amazon was $5 off the MSRP. Took 4 days to come in the mail but was so obsessed with Mario Golf (digital purchase) that the wait was pretty bearable. :p
 
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Tripon

Member
SlipperySlope said:
Boy is that the understatement of the year. Everything was leaked. Literally everything. Hundreds of pages of Excel data. Even a game that sold one single copy was tracked. My god it was glorious.
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I hope NPD understands that not releasing data basically allows the Chartz of the world to exist.

NPD could crush them in one night if they just share more data.
 
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LOCK

Member
AniHawk said:
the numbers for kirby td aren't that bad for two days. i thought i would be able to just go into gamestop and pick it up but they were out of stock last weekend. so i went next door to target and they were also out of stock. what gives.
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I found this funny, I didn't expect you not to find it at Target. lol

I also had to order this online.
shinra-bansho said:
The XBO being the second best selling platform isn't from Microsoft. Does that really sound like something their PR would trumpet? It's from NPD.
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:/

Let's hope the 3DS is like 110k then.
 
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donny2112

Member
Tripon said:
NPD could crush them in one night if they just share more data.
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When NPD wasn't so tight on the leaks (they've rarely willingly "shared" data), VGC would just wholesale take the NPD numbers and mess around a bit with them. Then people thought VGC was more accurate than they were. With NPD tightening down on leaks, people who still have access to NPD can see just how whacked out VGC's "methodology" really is. In that case, sharing more data would actually serve to improve VGC's "accuracy" and potentially impact NPD's bottom line. :/
 
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Eusis

Member
donny2112 said:
When NPD wasn't so tight on the leaks (they've rarely willingly "shared" data), VGC would just wholesale take the NPD numbers and mess around a bit with them. Then people thought VGC was more accurate than they were. With NPD tightening down on leaks, people who still have access to NPD can see just how whacked out VGC's "methodology" really is. In that case, sharing more data would actually serve to improve VGC's "accuracy" and potentially impact NPD's bottom line. :/
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I'm sort of curious how the other charts work out their data and how they are run. I'm not talking those dumbfucks that are taken too seriously, I mean Media Create and the like.
 
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StealthGoblin

Member
Microsoft will attempt the 'sandwich' tactic to get people to forget this news.

Phase 1: Announce the $399 Kinectless Xbox One
Phase 2: NPD where they get embarrassed
Phase 3: Some news about Halo

Result: Hey there's a new cheaper Xbox One SKU coming soon, and that new Halo game sounds awesome!
 
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Tripon

Member
Eusis said:
I'm sort of curious how the other charts work out their data and how they are run. I'm not talking those dumbfucks that are taken too seriously, I mean Media Create and the like.
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Media Create, Dengeki, and Famitsu all have to compete against each other for business, which is why they all release weekly numbers in order to convince 3rd parties they have the right methodology to accurately gauge the market.
 
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donny2112

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Eusis said:
I mean Media Create and the like.
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Think MC and Enterbrain (Famitsu) both have ~60% of the retail market covered but not all of it is overlap. Both extrapolate the remainder of the market resulting in usually close, but not exactly the same, numbers.
 
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Eusis

Member
Tripon said:
Media Create, Dengeki, and Famitsu all have to compete against each other for business, which is why they all release weekly numbers in order to convince 3rd parties they have the right methodology to accurately gauge the market.
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donny2112 said:
Think MC and Enterbrain (Famitsu) both have ~60% of the retail market covered but not all of it is overlap. Both extrapolate the remainder of the market resulting in usually close, but not exactly the same, numbers.
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Ah, so it's legit competition then. Too bad it sounds like no one cares to compete with the NPD in that regard.
 
ethomaz

ethomaz

Banned
Real talk now guys... can Wii U outsell Xbone next month in US? I guess the premature announce of Kinectless SKU will send the Xbone's sales to bottom.
 
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Jack cw

Member
Only 115k... I guess there is a reason why MFST had to cut the price. Titanfall did literally nothing to bosst the sales, they declined actually. May will be even worse with the early pricecut announcement. I bet that even this wont help them much. This is pretty much a WiiU situation where price is not the problem anymore, but the brand recognition and the mix of PR and bad word of mouth surrounding "xbox".
 
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donny2112

Member
ethomaz said:
Real talk now guys... can Wii U outsell Xbone next month in US?
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It likely will. The MK8 bundle will be mostly preorders, so even with only 2 days of sales, it could very likely push Wii U over a much depressed XB1 with the Kinect-less SKU right around the corner.
 
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John Harker

Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Yoshi said:
Can we also have some numbers for Yoshi's second month please? In Europe it seems to hold really well, I'd love to have a number for month two.

How many weeks are the Kirby numbers (41k) for?
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Yea big holder. 90k Or so.

Should I get it?
Only Yoshi island I haven't played
 
ethomaz

ethomaz

Banned
donny2112 said:
It likely will. The MK8 bundle will be mostly preorders, so even with only 2 days of sales, it could very likely push Wii U over a much depressed XB1 with the Kinect-less SKU right around the corner.
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Yeap... I guess the Kinectless SKU announce was premature and it will kill the sales in May... a late May or early June announce with units on sale in few days could worked better.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
Jack cw said:
Only 115k... I guess there is a reason why MFST had to cut the price. Titanfall did literally nothing to bosst the sales, they declined actually. May will be even worse with the early pricecut announcement. I bet that even this wont help them much. This is pretty much a WiiU situation where price is not the problem anymore, but the brand recognition and the mix of PR and bad word of mouth surrounding "xbox".
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This is my thinking. June will show whether demand is simply not there or whether price will really help. It really seems like a similar pattern to WiiU, albeit at a higher absolute number. First two months around launch were huge, then huge drop off
 
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Jack cw

Member
mrklaw said:
This is my thinking. June will show whether demand is simply not there or whether price will really help. It really seems like a similar pattern to WiiU, albeit at a higher absolute number. First two months around launch were huge, then huge drop off
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That is true. The pattern is very similar only with higher numbers but if this continues even after E3 and the pricecut, I seriously think that we should reduce some LTD expectations for xbone. That thing is basically dead outside US and even UK is rejecting it.
 
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Mory Dunz

Member
Yoshi best selling individual SKU?

I can the hear music now...

But seriously, judging from the non UK Europe holds, just how well is this game doing? Is it another Luigi Mansion situation?

We'll see see when it comes out in japan.
 
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John Harker

Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Wanna talk about the opposite of Yoshi and holdovers?

There isn't a Souls SKU to be found in either Xbox or ps3 top 10
 
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SwiftDeath

Member
John Harker said:
Wanna talk about the opposite of Yoshi and holdovers?

There isn't a Souls SKU to be found in either Xbox or ps3 top 10
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