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Forums - Sales Discussion - October 2016 NPD Thread! Software and hardware estimates up!

bunchanumbers said:
Good to see the king back on the throne where they belong. The Xbox One S is a great console and deserves every sale it gets.

Oooh you're about to ruffle some feathers with that statement. LOL



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darkenergy said:
I really don't understand why people use Amazon as a source, it's like Target,Walmart, Best Buy doesn't exist for them. I also remember people are claiming that the PSVR will ensure victory for PS4 this month.
I don't understand why people still say this. They've been correctly predicting the winner since 2013 and because they've been off for 2 months people want to dismiss them all of a sudden.

XB1 is currently having some chart ranking issues at the moment. Really don't know why.

 



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darkenergy said:
I really don't understand why people use Amazon as a source, it's like Target,Walmart, Best Buy doesn't exist for them. I also remember people are claiming that the PSVR will ensure victory for PS4 this month.

Because before, whenever Best Buy or Gamestop offered a special deal, for instance, Amazon would offer some of their own of similar value. However, in September and October, that didn't happen and so, the correlation no longer applied. So rule of thumb: If Amazon isn't offering deals while other retailers are, don't rely on Amazon for predicting the monthly winner.

Gonna have to see some examples of your second sentence. Closest statements I have seen were along the lines of "PSVR will move some hardware sales", though that is not as the same as "PSVR will ensure victory for the PS4". Far from it.



In all honesty not sure this bodes well for ps4 slim. Yes indeed the pro (which is a premium product at a higher price) will have a huge spike on launch going into Christmas, but realistically over the longer term the budget slim models will definitely be the higher selling versions of both the ps4 and xbox one (scorpio next year) consoles. Unless Sony reduces the price to $200, this could be a concern for Sony. Remember, 12 months ago and up until recently no one would have dared dreamed of an xbox one slim outselling a ps4 slim on an equal price footing in the U.S and U.K (lesser extent Australia).. I think Sony dropped the ball a little on the relatively unchanged slim form factor without any real enhancements such as 4k functionality.



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Jranation said:
PS4 going to break Xone Streak!

Fuck I was wrong again! Next month for sure! 



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Lawlight said:
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Xbox One won

The Xbox One is very, very cheap in Australia at the moment. You can get one with 1TB and 2 games for $298.

Yep! Awesome work from MS there! 



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Wow Microsoft taking back that throne after all. No way everyone is holding off on the pro now. I believe it'll sell well but it won't keep up with a $299 Xbox.



Jranation said:
Jranation said:
PS4 going to break Xone Streak!

Fuck I was wrong again! Next month for sure! 

hop you're ready to be wrong again :D

no offense, just be ready ;)



PS4 Pro is sold out in all but 4 stores in Western Australia. I think it'll do well.