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November 2014 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes December 9th

Miles X

Member
Yes I like the wording. Besides they combined US and UK. I'm guessing that lead isn't over 200k like some people predicted.

How can you grasp whether it is or isn't based on that PR anyway??? Silly thing to come out with. Still have no idea how PS4 has done. (Or even XB1 ...)
 

Anth0ny

Member
damn

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SHIT SON
 
So if that MS PR wording is real, what does this mean

Xbox One was the best-selling console in the US and UK

Combine countries it was best selling? Is it possible it outsold PS4 in US and didn't outsell it in UK, but the gap in the US was big enough they can include both?
 

TomShoe

Banned
*One price drop.

The Kinect SKU was $450 instead of the $500 at launch. Kinectless was $350 ($50 drop). Also, didn't Sony have free game bundles/Black Friday deals too?

*Three

Launch: $500
Remove Kinect: $400
Black Friday Bundle: $350
Retailer Discount $330
 

BeforeU

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Congrats to MS, It only took 2 price drops, free games and Black Friday deals to beat Sony, job well done I guess...

There it is. Too salty. I called it. Yes yes yes I love it. More salty post people, i want good laugh tonight.
 

yoplay

Member
So if that MS PR wording is real, what does this mean



Combine countries it was best selling? Is it possible it outsold PS4 in US and didn't outsell it in UK, but the gap in the US was big enough they can include both?

Stop. If this is true then I will be laughing and reading the entire thread tonight.
 

Krakn3Dfx

Member
Response to the holiday lineup of games on Xbox One was incredible

Let's be honest, most of the XBox One lineup was free in November as long as you bought the console, so yeah, I would imagine they moved a ton of games.
 
"Cumulative PS4 & Xbox One sales are now almost 80 percent higher than the combined total of PS3 and Xbox 360 sales after 13 months..." -NPD

"Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the best-selling game in the US in November. GTAV, Smash, Madden, and Pokemon are 2-5."

https://twitter.com/notaxation
 

vinnygambini

Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Ninty PR:

Dec. 11, 2014

Overall sales of Nintendo 3DS software in November increased by more than 40 percent over the same month in 2013, thanks in part to three huge games:

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: The next great Pokémon adventures for Nintendo 3DS launched on Nov. 21 and have already sold nearly 1.5 million combined physical and digital units in the U.S. alone.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS: The best-selling individual portable game in the U.S. so far in 2014, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has sold more than 1.5 million physical and digital units in the U.S. since it launched on Oct. 3.
November was also a strong month for Nintendo on the console side, as sales of Wii U hardware and software increased by more than 10 percent and more than 90 percent, respectively, over the same period in 2013. In fact, the week of Nov. 23 was the biggest single week of Wii U hardware sales since the system launched in November 2012. Other Wii U highlights for the month include:

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has sold nearly 710,000 combined units since launching on Nov. 21. With a current Metacritic score of 92, the latest iteration in Nintendo’s venerable fighting franchise is one of the best-reviewed games in the current generation of systems.
Nov. 21 also saw the arrival of amiibo, Nintendo’s new platform where gaming’s most recognizable characters can be used in different ways in many compatible games. Sales of amiibo are approximately equal to sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U so far, while Link, Mario and Pikachu (in that order) have been the best-selling figures to date.
 

sam777

Member
So if that MS PR wording is real, what does this mean



Combine countries it was best selling? Is it possible it outsold PS4 in US and didn't outsell it in UK, but the gap in the US was big enough they can include both?

I think that is seperate and not combined as a week/two ago they were best selling console for 3 weeks in a row in the UK (maybe exteneded now).
 

sense

Member
*One price drop.

The Kinect SKU was $450 instead of the $500 at launch. Kinectless was $350 ($50 drop). Also, didn't Sony have free game bundles/Black Friday deals too?

i am sorry but i am sure going by the deals you can see which one was desperate for more sales. a year ago xbox one could have only been purchased for 499 and this year you could get one for 329 with 2 games and 50 card so that is half the price for an xbox one if you remove the games. i mean great for consumers but they were throwing everything and the kitchen sink to win these two months
 

woodypop

Member
“We are committed to making Xbox the best place to play, with this year’s best games, the best community of gamers to play with, and terrific value. And we are amazed by the excitement Xbox fans have shown to start off this holiday. November set a new record for sales of Xbox One, and Xbox One was the best-selling console in the US and UK.* Response to the holiday lineup of games on Xbox One was incredible, with Xbox One fans buying more games in November in the U.S. than any other gen eight platform and enjoying over 357 million hours of gameplay globally. In fact, more fans logged into Xbox Live across Xbox One and Xbox 360, and enjoyed more entertainment, than any other month in the history of Xbox. We love to see the excitement from our fans and are grateful for their passion, support and contributions to the Xbox community.” – Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing.

whats the asterisk
*during the week of Black Friday

With MS's comma shenanigans, I imagine it's something like that. ;)
 

RibMan

Member
Congrats to MS, It only took 2 price drops, free games and Black Friday deals to beat Sony, job well done I guess...

Necessary marketing adjustments. All companies - be it Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo - that have/have had a failing product will need to adjust to the market.

If the market says "We're not going to buy your product", then it's your responsibility as a business to do anything and everything that can change the market in your favor.
 
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