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Forums - Sales Discussion - 26th March 2016 - Weekly Hardware Sales on VGChartz

barneystinson69 said:
AEGRO said:

The NPD will show that the Ps4 is Up YoY but will not disclaim specifics. 

At least thats what i think, so we have to settle with VgChartz numbers and believe them, or not.

The Ps4 has been on the Top 15 in Amazon for the entire month while the Xbox One on the 80's. The gap makes sense.

Not really... especially considering Microsoft has far more bundle's. Another thing is that the PS4 did around 300k with SFV last month, how is doing over 400k this month, especially with nothing new showing up? Nothing can account for this increase.

Maybe the PSVR?

The PSVR has been getting the Top Spot every time its available on Amazon.

And yes, there are (way) more bundles for the Xbox One, but none of the are moving needles.

The Quantum Break bundle was ranked in the thousands not so long ago, that is literally irrelevant in the sales count.



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What caused the jump in ps4 sales? There is nothing I can think of that was released by Sony on their PS4 around that week or before.



AEGRO said:
barneystinson69 said:

Not really... especially considering Microsoft has far more bundle's. Another thing is that the PS4 did around 300k with SFV last month, how is doing over 400k this month, especially with nothing new showing up? Nothing can account for this increase.

Maybe the PSVR?

The PSVR has been getting the Top Spot every time its available on Amazon.

And yes, there are (way) more bundles for the Xbox One, but none of the are moving needles.

The Quantum Break bundle was ranked in the thousands not so long ago, that is literally irrelevant in the sales count.

This. NPD is for PS4 easily in March. It's not even a contest.

And let's be honest, everybody knows PS4 the king of this generation, so people don't take chance.



AEGRO said:
barneystinson69 said:

Not really... especially considering Microsoft has far more bundle's. Another thing is that the PS4 did around 300k with SFV last month, how is doing over 400k this month, especially with nothing new showing up? Nothing can account for this increase.

Maybe the PSVR?

The PSVR has been getting the Top Spot every time its available on Amazon.

And yes, there are (way) more bundles for the Xbox One, but none of the are moving needles.

The Quantum Break bundle was ranked in the thousands not so long ago, that is literally irrelevant in the sales count.

The PSVR's price was announced on the 15th... 

 

Also, you need to remember this increase already started on the week ending march 12th for the PS4. While The Division did launch, how did sales increase 71%, when XB1 sales only increased 74% with marketing and a bundle? Once again, the numbers don't add up. And the PS4 bundle has been in the same place since the beginning of the year, so why would sales suddenly increase by large amounts? Yes, amazon is good at predicting a winner in the NPD, but it has been way off before in terms of a gap. So using amazon as your only source really a good way to determine sales.

 

Either way, I'm hoping for the NPD to give us something at least, or perhaps a leak. Something is better than nothing



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

WebMasterFlex said:
AEGRO said:

Maybe the PSVR?

The PSVR has been getting the Top Spot every time its available on Amazon.

And yes, there are (way) more bundles for the Xbox One, but none of the are moving needles.

The Quantum Break bundle was ranked in the thousands not so long ago, that is literally irrelevant in the sales count.

This. NPD is for PS4 easily in March. It's not even a contest.

And let's be honest, everybody knows PS4 the king of this generation, so people don't take chance.

Why are you trying to bring this into the conversation? Everyone already knows this on a WW perspective, and nothing will change that. My issue here is on NA sales, which seem way too high to account for anything. The PSVR is 399$ people, and it was already anticipated long before. And the PS4's amazon ranking has remained the same for the entire month as well...



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

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Fei-Hung said:

What caused the jump in ps4 sales? There is nothing I can think of that was released by Sony on their PS4 around that week or before.

PSVR could have some effect, but its hard to believe its doing 2:1 against the XB1 in NA with nothing else to show for the month.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

barneystinson69 said:
WebMasterFlex said:

This. NPD is for PS4 easily in March. It's not even a contest.

And let's be honest, everybody knows PS4 the king of this generation, so people don't take chance.

Why are you trying to bring this into the conversation? Everyone already knows this on a WW perspective, and nothing will change that. My issue here is on NA sales, which seem way too high to account for anything. The PSVR is 399$ people, and it was already anticipated long before. And the PS4's amazon ranking has remained the same for the entire month as well...

Because you don't seem to realise that PS4 now increase the gap more than before. Last year in USA it has won on November/December and it was Halo 5's year



barneystinson69 said:
AEGRO said:

Maybe the PSVR?

The PSVR has been getting the Top Spot every time its available on Amazon.

And yes, there are (way) more bundles for the Xbox One, but none of the are moving needles.

The Quantum Break bundle was ranked in the thousands not so long ago, that is literally irrelevant in the sales count.

The PSVR's price was announced on the 15th... 

 

Also, you need to remember this increase already started on the week ending march 12th for the PS4. While The Division did launch, how did sales increase 71%, when XB1 sales only increased 74% with marketing and a bundle? Once again, the numbers don't add up. And the PS4 bundle has been in the same place since the beginning of the year, so why would sales suddenly increase by large amounts? Yes, amazon is good at predicting a winner in the NPD, but it has been way off before in terms of a gap. So using amazon as your only source really a good way to determine sales.

 

Either way, I'm hoping for the NPD to give us something at least, or perhaps a leak. Something is better than nothing

Because as has been shown through the gen thusfar (Fallout, Witcher, etc) the marketing bundles aren't actually doing enough for XB1.  Games continue to sell better on PS4, even in US, regardless of the bundling and marketing.



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WebMasterFlex said:
barneystinson69 said:

Why are you trying to bring this into the conversation? Everyone already knows this on a WW perspective, and nothing will change that. My issue here is on NA sales, which seem way too high to account for anything. The PSVR is 399$ people, and it was already anticipated long before. And the PS4's amazon ranking has remained the same for the entire month as well...

Because you don't seem to realise that PS4 now increase the gap more than before. Last year in USA it has won on November/December and it was Halo 5's year

Why would sales increase by such a large margin because of a product that's launching months away from now? I'm sure existing PS4 owners are excited for this, but we already knew it was launching this year. 

 

Look, no one can say for certain what'll happen unless we get NPD numbers, but so far neither mine or your argument mean nothing. It could be both ways, and I can accept that. But I seem to think that its either vgchartz increasing sales because it undertracked before, or that is just overtracking. Those are the only two ways I believe in such high numbers



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).