NPD: Xbox One physical copies of Destiny outsold PS4. (Not bundled or digital)

[NightDragon83]

Aura7541 said:
There are a few things that factor into this:

1.) The X1 userbase has a higher proportion of shooter fans since it is more of a dudebro console and heavily advertised as such. The PS4 userbase is not as shooter centric.

Allow me to debunk this whole notion that the Xbox userbase is more "Dude-Bro" / shooter centric than the PlayStation userbase is, because quite honestly it's really irksome...

Last gen:

Xbox 360 WW Top 10:

Pos	Game	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1.	Kinect Adventures!	2010	Misc	Microsoft Game Studios	14.56	4.77	0.24	1.61	21.18
2.	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	2011	Shooter	Activision	8.76	4.13	0.13	1.28	14.29
3.	Grand Theft Auto V	2013	Action	Take-Two Interactive	8.35	4.70	0.05	1.18	14.28
4.	Call of Duty: Black Ops	2010	Shooter	Activision	9.33	3.58	0.11	1.08	14.09
5.	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	2009	Shooter	Activision	8.40	3.52	0.08	1.27	13.27
6.	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	2012	Shooter	Activision	7.85	4.06	0.06	1.06	13.02
7.	Halo 3	2007	Shooter	Microsoft Game Studios	7.83	2.78	0.13	1.19	11.93
8.	Grand Theft Auto IV	2008	Action	Take-Two Interactive	6.57	3.03	0.14	1.00	10.74
9.	Halo: Reach	2010	Shooter	Microsoft Game Studios	6.87	1.89	0.08	0.76	9.60
10.	Halo 4	2012	Shooter	Microsoft Game Studios	6.29	2.11	0.04	0.68	9.12

7/10 are FPS, and 2 out of the other 3 are shooter-heavy action games.  Fair enough.

PS3 WW Top 10:

Pos	Game	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1.	Grand Theft Auto V	2013	Action	Take-Two Interactive	6.07	7.85	0.83	3.83	18.58
2.	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	2011	Shooter	Activision	5.40	5.55	0.49	1.56	13.00
3.	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	2012	Shooter	Activision	4.71	5.32	0.56	2.40	13.00
4.	Call of Duty: Black Ops	2010	Shooter	Activision	5.80	4.21	0.48	1.77	12.27
5.	Gran Turismo 5	2010	Racing	Sony Computer Entertainment	2.84	4.71	0.81	2.09	10.45
6.	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	2009	Shooter	Activision	4.91	3.54	0.38	1.60	10.43
7.	Grand Theft Auto IV	2008	Action	Take-Two Interactive	4.63	3.58	0.44	1.57	10.21
8.	Call of Duty: Ghosts	2013	Shooter	Activision	3.49	3.26	0.38	1.96	9.08
9.	FIFA Soccer 13	2012	Action	Electronic Arts	1.02	4.91	0.13	2.00	8.05
10.	Battlefield 3	2011	Shooter	Electronic Arts	2.76	2.81	0.35	1.08	6.99

Wow, look at all those non-shooters on that list.  Once again, 6/10 are FPS, and 2/4 remaining are shooter-heavy action games,

And that was LAST gen, where the 360 dominated the NA market which is generally considered the more FPS-friendly territory... but if you compare regions Europe is just as big on shooters, especially on PS3.

Now, on to the current gen of...

Xbox One WW Top 10:

1.	Titanfall	2014	Shooter	Electronic Arts	1.45	0.58	0.03	0.12	2.17
2.	Call of Duty: Ghosts	2013	Shooter	Activision	1.43	0.50	0.00	0.11	2.04
3.	Destiny	2014	Action	Activision	1.18	0.45	0.00	0.13	1.76
4.	Forza Motorsport 5	2013	Racing	Microsoft Game Studios	0.93	0.50	0.01	0.08	1.52
5.	Battlefield 4	2013	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.98	0.40	0.00	0.08	1.46
6.	Dead Rising 3	2013	Action	Microsoft Game Studios	0.79	0.25	0.01	0.06	1.11
7.	Watch Dogs	2014	Action	Ubisoft	0.67	0.34	0.00	0.06	1.07
8.	FIFA Soccer 14	2013	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.34	0.63	0.00	0.05	1.02
9.	Ryse	2013	Action	Microsoft Game Studios	0.63	0.27	0.00	0.05	0.95
10.	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	2013	Action	Ubisoft	0.58	0.25	0.00	0.05	0.87

Wow... look at all those "Dude-Bro" games on there.  Just 4/10 are shooters (I'm including Destiny in that of course).  Now let's check out the PS4...

PS4 WW Top 10:

Pos	Game	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1.	Destiny	2014	Action	Activision	1.49	1.02	0.11	0.63	3.25
2.	Watch Dogs	2014	Action	Ubisoft	1.09	1.19	0.09	0.70	3.08
3.	Call of Duty: Ghosts	2013	Shooter	Activision	1.38	1.03	0.04	0.23	2.68
4.	FIFA Soccer 14	2013	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.51	1.69	0.09	0.28	2.57
5.	FIFA 15	2014	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.13	1.34	0.00	0.73	2.20
6.	Battlefield 4	2013	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.97	0.89	0.11	0.19	2.17
7.	Killzone: Shadow Fall	2013	Action	Sony Computer Entertainment	0.71	0.99	0.07	0.19	1.95
8.	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	2013	Action	Ubisoft	0.79	0.85	0.05	0.17	1.86
9.	inFAMOUS: Second Son	2014	Action	Sony Computer Entertainment	0.79	0.59	0.06	0.36	1.80
10.	The Last of Us	2014	Adventure	Sony Computer Entertainment	0.49	0.58	0.05	0.34	1.46

Once again, same ratio of shooters (4/10), and  it ain't just NA carrying those shooter numbers either... Europe is just as big on these games such as BF4 and in fact even more so for the likes of Killzone.

Bottom like is while yes, FPS are generally bigger in NA, especially the likes of COD and Halo, that doesn't mean the Xbox platform is the lone "shooter box" platform... far from it.  In fact, this gen it's looking like the PS4 will be the shooter box / dude-bro leader when all is said and done.