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NPD Sales Results for November 2014 [Up3: NPD Data Error, AC:U #5]

are you fucking serious?


Lol that makes 0 sense.

Some minor hyperbole I admit, I'm just really damned shocked. Was honestly expecting it to be close, but 100k-200k close, not under 10k.

MS basically slit their own throats to sell as much as possible in November. They flooded the market, made brilliant bundles, went all in on ads, Black Friday deals and tie ins, and they barely, barely more than draw.

It's a win in name only, and nothing they can possibly build off without just loosing more money. It's insane.

I just did not see that coming!
 

cyber_ninja

Member
7-10k difference between Bone and PS4 is freaking nuts. What the hell, man? I didn't expect that at all, holy crap. PS4... goddamn.

Yep, that fire sale didn't do much after all. On another hand that 7-10k difference explains MS's PR this month. Better luck next time MS.
 
I wonder if it was worth almost sacrificing Halo as an IP to win. They got MCC out for black Friday but they won't have the hype they want for Halo 5 next year.
 

jwhit28

Member
I don't want a XB1, but it's nice to see Microsoft go after it in a way I don't think Sony did in the early years of PS3.
 
So, this throws most of our anecdotal evidence right out the window.

  • Amazon indicated a much bigger gap
  • (Most) Insiders at retailers indicated a much bigger gap
  • All our pictures of stacks of consoles (kidding)
But what did the GameStop online charts say? /sarcasm

I do wish people would let up on the Amazon thing. It's a comparatively tiny part of the games market, and they incorporate things like sales velocity rather than pure unit measurement.
 
Well, Sony really needs to cut the PS4 price now. They're getting their asses kicked in December too. This really is the start of a new trend.
 

BlackJace

Member
Wii U again falling short of my low expectations :p

Amiibo succeeding is really cool though.

I can't even begin to comment on Xbone vs Ps4... looool
 

Brocken

Banned
Oh well, 7/10 k dif ?

The

mourinho+barcellona.jpg


has just begun
 

barit

Member
Wow if true then this will be a long next year for MS. Only 10k difference is nothing when the competition leads with 1,1m units
 

NahaNago

Member
i've got admit i was thinking Microsoft was going to destroy Sony on numbers with all these ridiculously good sales. Was kinda wondering what in the world was Sony doing not even trying to create some great incentives to buy their console man! was i wrong.
 
Haha, glorious, MS pulled out all the stops for a tie

We have a winner already. Reminds me of the PS2. It's only gonna snowball from here.
 
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Deleted member 17706

Unconfirmed Member
Even with that being the case, ORAS came out during November which is Christmas shopping month compared to March for HGSS

It also means a hell of a lot more competition and the proximity to Christmas could also mean delayed sales for the ones that are intended as gifts to children. Hard to say how many units the release month was responsible for adding/taking away.
 

Vestal

Junior Member
Just a question.. Are we really taking CBOATS 1 post on the first page as definitive proof with no corroborative evidence?

Do we forget the last year of his posts?
 
What devastating costs? Are you a MS stock holder? Do you know their detailed financial plane?

It comes down to this, the brand is healthy and you guys are talking out of your ass.
They reduced the console's price by like 20% and gave out two big games for free, come on now.
 

Aeqvitas

Member
So if both XB and WiiU sales are up over last year, what explains the 23% drop overall in hardware from last year?

Does someone have all the numbers from last year? Were 360+PS3 > 23% in sales and dropped 100% this year (that would have to be true if the PS4 basically sold the same as XB1 as claimed so far)? Or does overall drop in hardware sales include something else?
 

Y2Kev

TLG Fan Caretaker Est. 2009
Yea, the retail musing threads did paint a pretty different picture, what with the various piles of unsold PS4s next to dairy products.
Retail musings has historically been one of the least accurate threads on the board. It's basically for people to confirm biases.
 

Salex_

Member
Read the first few pages, but it seems like the PS4/XB1 sold nearly 1m each? Nice. How is that compared to the best Novembers?
 

Ridley327

Member
Seriously, GTA at number 2 baffles me.

GTA's brand awareness is one of the strongest in the entire industry. Despite being just over a year removed from the 360/PS3 versions, Rockstar still marketed it like it was an event, and got the sales to prove it.
 
Can someone give me a CBOAT 101?

I know he's supposedly a confirmed source, but I tried googling him and it was confusing. Some scandal about people thinking he was a Gaf admin?

Would anyone care to sum up some of his predictions, and which ones have been true? Just curious.
 

orochi91

Member
Just a question.. Are we really taking CBOATS 1 post on the first page as definitive proof with no corroborative evidence?

Do we forget the last year of his posts?

He's been banned for peddling false info, so if he's doing it again the mods will deal with it.

Until then, I'm gonna trust that figure lol
 
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