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July 2015 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes August 11th

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Death2494

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Abdiel said:
What? The deal started Sunday. Sunday, August 9. This deal had no impact on July. July closed on the first.
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I was a bit stumped too by the revelation. I also thought that deal started this month.

Yeah, Xbox should definitely take August. Literally giving the Ones away or vice versa.

there is also the 1TB Halo: Collections Bundle + 2 games + 1 year of XBL GOLD promo going on too.
 
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Abdiel

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Death2494 said:
I was a bit stumped too by the revelation. I also thought that deal started this month.

Yeah, Xbox should definitely take August. Literally giving the Ones away or vice versa.
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Well. I don't know. It's not like we've stopped selling ps4s during this week. It's been a great promotion for them, but best buy is only 10% of the market for NPD and this is a single week sale limited to just us. Leading into this week we've had ps4 still was winning so far. We don't have a lot of preorders for the Madden bundle, though I'm sure it'll do something.

This one sale is a solid boost, but it doesn't affect the trends for gamestop or Wal-Mart, the two monsters for market share on consoles.

It's hard to read into specific deals for us, as a result.
 
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Death2494

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Abdiel said:
Well. I don't know. It's not like we've stopped selling ps4s during this week. It's been a great promotion for them, but best buy is only 10% of the market for NPD and this is a single week sale limited to just us. Leading into this week we've had ps4 still was winning so far. We don't have a lot of preorders for the Madden bundle, though I'm sure it'll do something.

This one sale is a solid boost, but it doesn't affect the trends for gamestop or Wal-Mart, the two monsters for market share on consoles.

It's hard to read into specific deals for us, as a result.
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Wait! I just realized the MGSV Bundles
 
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Sangetsu-II

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Abdiel said:
What? The deal started Sunday. Sunday, August 9. This deal had no impact on July. July closed on the first.
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Hey Abdiel, any new info on how that deal is working out for XB1 sales? Is it selling like let say the Arkham Knight bundle or more like Destiny bundle? (In sale comparison of course)
 
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Darth Smurf X

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Abdiel said:
Well. I don't know. It's not like we've stopped selling ps4s during this week. It's been a great promotion for them, but best buy is only 10% of the market for NPD and this is a single week sale limited to just us. Leading into this week we've had ps4 still was winning so far. We don't have a lot of preorders for the Madden bundle, though I'm sure it'll do something.

This one sale is a solid boost, but it doesn't affect the trends for gamestop or Wal-Mart, the two monsters for market share on consoles.

It's hard to read into specific deals for us, as a result.
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August goes to Sony confirmed.

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Abdiel

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Darth Smurf X said:
August goes to Sony confirmed.

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Heh. I'm not making any such claim. I'm actually hoping for more insight from those in the other giants. Cause I have no idea about how the Madden bundle is thing at gs for example. It could be ready to clean house. We've got more preorders for the taken king bundle in my district than the Madden ones, by a pretty solid margin. I'm kind of surprised, honestly.
 
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Darth Smurf X

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Abdiel said:
Heh. I'm not making any such claim. I'm actually hoping for more insight from those in the other giants. Cause I have no idea about how the Madden bundle is thing at gs for example. It could be ready to clean house. We've got more preorders for the taken king bundle in my district than the Madden ones, by a pretty solid margin. I'm kind of surprised, honestly.
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I'm joking, of course. The only true way to see who is going to win is by going off of Amazon's Daily Best Sellers list.

Also, have you seen the Destiny Taken King console? That thing looks sweet. I'd rather have a Star Wars-decorated one, but the Destiny one is mighty fine looking.
 
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bombshell

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Abdiel said:
Heh. I'm not making any such claim. I'm actually hoping for more insight from those in the other giants. Cause I have no idea about how the Madden bundle is thing at gs for example. It could be ready to clean house. We've got more preorders for the taken king bundle in my district than the Madden ones, by a pretty solid margin. I'm kind of surprised, honestly.
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The Destiny TTK PS4 is an amazingly looking special edition console.
 
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SupperCrunch

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Abdiel said:
Heh. I'm not making any such claim. I'm actually hoping for more insight from those in the other giants. Cause I have no idea about how the Madden bundle is thing at gs for example. It could be ready to clean house. We've got more preorders for the taken king bundle in my district than the Madden ones, by a pretty solid margin. I'm kind of surprised, honestly.
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How do The Taken King bundle preorders stack up against the Destiny bundle from last year? I wouldn't imagine the numbers would be that close, but even having 100K vs. 300K sold for September NPD would make a pretty big difference compared to the Forza bundle.
 
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Abdiel

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SupperCrunch said:
How do The Taken King bundle preorders stack up against the Destiny bundle from last year? I wouldn't imagine the numbers would be that close, but even having 100K vs. 300K sold for September NPD would make a pretty big difference compared to the Forza bundle.
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Well, I'll say outright they're not as high. Nope.

Beating both the Madden and forza bundles in my district though. Easily.
 
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SupperCrunch

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Abdiel said:
Well, I'll say outright they're not as high. Nope.

Beating both the Madden and forza bundles in my district though. Easily.
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That's good to know, and in line with what should be expected. I feel like more people will wait until the Madden bundle releases to buy it, considering its not a LE console. The Madden and Gears bundles definitely will make it difficult to predict who will win August, and I think that how big the gap is in September between PS4 and XB1 will depend on how hard Sony and Activision push Destiny for its second big launch.
 
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Jimmyfenix

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http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/13/nintendo-wii-u-game-not-console-sales-are-up-10-thanks-to-splatoon/

“Much of [Wii U’s software] growth can be attributed to Splatoon, which inked nearly 85,000 total units in its third month to bring its lifetime total to nearly 540,000 total units in the United States alone,” reads a Nintendo press release provided to GamesBeat. “As of June 30, the game has sold more than 1.6 million total units around the world.”

While Splatoon continues to deliver an impressive performance for the Wii U, Nintendo also noted that its handheld business is also doing well.

“Through the first seven months of 2015, sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware have increased by nearly 35 percent over the same time frame in 2014,” reads the press release.

The company is hoping to keep that momentum as it finishes out 2015 with releases like Super Mario Maker, Yoshi’s Wooly World, and Star Fox Zero for the Wii U and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, and Yo-Kai Watch for the 3DS.
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Kayant

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orochi91 said:
That $500 Samsung TV + XB1 deal may shifted a decent amount of units, at least according to employees on Reddit:



Grain of salt and all, but ~12k boost to XB1 next NPD if true.
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Gaf mods > reddit mods.
Gaf insiders > reddit insiders.

Abdiel said:
I don't know how they would verify across the entire company, unless they directly went in and tallied up every single district's sales, or if they were high enough to get summary reports. We sold out of all the inventory we had in pretty much every store, but as I said in a previous post, some stores got more inventory, and some got less.

We're supposed to get in more stock as part of our weekly shipments, but it's still not a uniform number across the districts.
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Jimmyfenix

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http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/13/playstation-4-tops-console-and-software-sales-in-july/

Sony’s on a roll.

The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console in July in the United States, according to NPD data that Sony shared with GamesBeat.

“We are truly humbled by the success of the PS4, and we would like to thank gamers for making it the top selling console and No. 1 in software sales in the United States in July,” a Sony spokesperson said in a statement provided to GamesBeat. “The Batman Arkham Knight PS4 bundle continues to be a top seller, and we are looking forward to delighting fans next month with the launch of the Limited Edition Destiny: The Taken King PS4 bundle on September 15.”
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BeforeU

BeforeU

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
cakely said:
Hah. "Just" a $350 bundle with what, three games? Four games? It was a fire sale.
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Ya read my full post again and dont be salty. I did acknowledge the price. Even with the fire sale it was still JUST assassins creed. vs this time they will have fire sale AND Halo, Tomb Raider and if you count third party then fallout. But mainly Halo will be big deal breaker.
 
jmaine_ph

jmaine_ph

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Welp, there it is. Batman bundle going strong and is still selling well in August. Top 10 on Amazon for August and we are halfway through.
 
Ascenion

Ascenion

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jmaine_ph said:
I wonder why Sony isn't bringing the MGSV bundle to NA? It would sell like hot cakes.
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I'd have to say oversight or ignorance. Leaning towards the latter. Can't think of a logical reason not to aside from either supply constraints or underestimation of MGS's North American popularity. The lack of a plain-Jane console bundle is baffling as well.
 
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Rymuth

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Boke1879

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Ascenion said:
I'd have to say oversight or ignorance. Leaning towards the latter. Can't think of a logical reason not to aside from either supply constraints or underestimation of MGS's North American popularity. The lack of a plain-Jane console bundle is baffling as well.
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To save face. It would be nice if Sony offered the game free at retailers with the purchase of a PS4 during the launch week.
 
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