November NPD 2018 Thread

[DonFerrari]

flashfire926 said:

DonFerrari said: 

Yes I remember that and I agree with you.

And if the reason Xbox 1 kept ahead of X360 was its launch sales, how can anyone argue that the reveal is really the cause for the drop against X360 5 years after the fact (while it didn't prevent it to have great launch)?

The XBO didnt drop, its selling consistently. Its just that X360 sales shot up that year.

The cause of that "drop" was the launch of the kinect, which was a huge hit back in day and really boosted x360's sales and lifespan.

Eeeeeerrr guess you jumped on the gun.

The lead didn't disappear suddenly on the year 5. It have been losing lead basically since launch. A show that X1 launched good but lost wind after every year. Another evidence? PS4 increased the percentage lead every year. Another evidence is that X1 didn't really had YOY growth for consecutive years as is expected on the first half of the gen.

All in all, it just shows that reveal/release for X1 for all the troubles they had wasn't the problem.

derpysquirtle64 said:

DonFerrari said:

And if the reason Xbox 1 kept ahead of X360 was its launch sales, how can anyone arguee that the reveal is really the cause for the drop against X360 5 years after the fact (while it didn't prevent it to have great launch)?

You understand that it is a bit different when you launch a new console after 20m+ console last gen and when you launch a new console after a major success with 85m+ sales. When 360 launched Xbox wasn't even established as a gaming brand. It was coming after a pretty niche console. I believe in some countries people didn't even know what Xbox is. Xbox One was launched after a major success in 360 which had a lot of loyal customers and fans. Those who preferred to choose XB1 even despite all the backlash. That's why it started off pretty good. Initial sales of each consoles are always driven by certain brand fans. If you look at first months sales you will see that the gap between XB1 and PS4 wasn't that big.

Sure I understand. But please tell me what kind of turn around in sales make you go from outselling aligned to trailing behind.

Toddifer said:
What about the Vita??

Shouldn't be tracked anymore =p