September 2014 NPD Thread! Everything is up!

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mornelithe said:

Mummelmann said:

mornelithe said:

Mummelmann said:

Indeed, the multiplats seem to have a much stronger effect for the PS4 than the One, but the difference is a lot smaller in the US and we're only a year or so into the competition. I still think the One has a shot if MS play their cards right. Let's not forget the many turnarounds and comebacks of the 7th gen; the market does not exist in a solid state, it is very much a fluid one.

Do we have the Xbox numbers for September yet? Soooo many pages to go through...

Anyway; Pachter seems to have been way off, a lot more than usual, this is downright shameful for him.

284K for XB1, I believe.

So everything is undertracked? In my face!

Yeah, PS4 went gangbusters, XB1 did ok, but probably not as good as MS was hoping given their deals.

Their free game deal, combined with bundles that include a game for free, was more than likely done in desperation as a result of the PS4 Destiny bundle pre-order numbers.  It probably met with their expectations.  I'm guessing the main reason for this is they wanted to avoid tabloids saying, "PS4 now over doubles Xbox One sales" which makes things look incredibly dire after their the reall battle doesn't start until September speech.  It also shows that they really don't want to permanently lower the price at this time.  My guess is that investors are not too happy, and Microsoft doesn't want to push them too much.  As things are going, I believe that if the Xbox division was spun off right now the Xbox division wouldn't have the financial support to keep momentum and it would fail.

So if I'm not mistaked, that would put current NPD actuals at:

PS4: 4,490,000
Xbox One: 3,490,000
Wii-U: 2,780,000

Does that sound right?