April 2014 NPD Thread!

[DonFerrari]

Shadow1980 said:

DonFerrari said:

We all know the numbers weren't great, but we can't say they were exactly bad without putting in context that a lot of console were sold in the launch, maybe it acelerated to soon and now it will lag a little to then enter the normal sales curve.

Well, I did post this earlier:

It's worth pointing out that the Wii and 360 were the only ones that actually increased from their first March to their first April, though in every subsequent year they declined from March to April. In fact, the only other instance I could find of a system increasing from March to April was the original Xbox in 2004, and that was because of a price cut.

It's also worth pointing out that the 360 was the only seventh-gen system on the market, and the PS2's only competition was the Dreamcast, which was officially discontinued in March 2001. That the PS4 is doing as well as it is despite having decent competition shows me that it's doing just fine.

That happened because you have nice analytical skills and don't want to complain about the impending doom.