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Forums - Sales Discussion - Global HW & SW Up! 29th March 2014

Good too see X1 doing so well in NA. Titanfall doing great.



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wonder if this is ps4's leveling out number



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Titanfall bundle+pricecut is just managing to keep Xb one ahead of PS4 in USA. MS did what it needed to do to get Xb one ahead of PS4 in North America (by my calculations Xb one outsold PS4 in Canada by ~1000 units, which is quite a large %). But it took a pretty monumental effot to put Xb one in that position, which is not especially secure. However I expect it stay marginally ahead at least until PS4 gets a compelling exclusive. Infamous was great and all, and a timely release to help keep sales going, but it's not one of Sony's shining stars.

I'm going to go ahead and assume PS4 has no stock issues aside from perhaps 1 or 2 smaller markets, so it's no longer a factor. I see in some places Sony is bundling Ass Creed and NFS at no extra cost. I think possibly one of those games might be the first AAA PSN+ game for PS4, perhaps coming in May or June. I'd quite fancy getting Ass Creed as a "free" game, because as much as I'd like to give Ass Cred a try I don't think I'm ever going to buy an Ass Creed game.

Not surprising that PS3 is selling pretty well. For the price of the console and 1 year of PSN+ you get a whole lot of quality gaming without having to shell out a single extra cent. Now is a very good time to buy a PS3. In fact now that I have PSN+ I expect my PS4 to get not much use until either The Order, Uncharted 4 or Dragon Age III gets released. I think my gaming pattern for the next year at least will be spending most time on PS3 playing the PSN+ games, and occasionally getting on PS4 when a game I want comes down to the price level I'm prepared to pay.

Vita can live with the sales it's getting, though it's fragile given those sales are only coming from Japan. I wonder if Sony is going to "help" western thrid parties put content onto the Vita.

Wii U, at least it's holding steady. But steady at sub-50K isn't much.



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Hey look, I was pretty close on my prediction for Xbox One sales.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=6206516

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PS4 is doing so well if you consider that Sony is still supporting PS3 so heavily. Its a win situation for Sony. To win a console war you must must be good on all 3 regions and Sony has the potential to do so with PS4. I can not say the same for MS and Xbone, yeah they might get ahead in NA but that's not enough.



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The rise in sales tax from 5% to 8% did prompt a lot of sales and special promotions before April 1st. While a 3% price hike on Vita might seem like small potatoes, there was just generally more store traffic and activity that week here in Japan.

Sofmap had a special PS4 display with a big sign about the impending price hike, for example.



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vfguy said:
The rise in sales tax from 5% to 8% did prompt a lot of sales and special promotions before April 1st. While a 3% price hike on Vita might seem like small potatoes, there was just generally more store traffic and activity that week here in Japan.

Sofmap had a special PS4 display with a big sign about the impending price hike, for example.


That makes sense, and might be true.

However, while I was walking around shopping here in Tokyo, I did not see any more people out shopping at the malls/shops than I normally do on a usual Saturday/Sunday. I was down in Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ginza and Akihabara during the March 29th/30th weekend.



insane how titanfall acounts for about 40 to 50 % of xbox one SW sales



mr_capello said:
insane how titanfall acounts for about 40 to 50 % of xbox one SW sales


Same for inFamous on PS4, what's your point? They're new games.