| BHR-3 said: i have no idea why anyone would fathom this but once Nov. NPD comes out and everyone sees the ass kicking that the XB1 puts out (300-500k) then they'll have a change of heart look at it this way the recent great xb1 sales arent b/c of the black friday deals 330 and 280 xb1 bundles, as soon as the xb1 went to 350 in Nov. its been outselling the ps4 as seen on amazon and after the BF week meaning currently the XB1 is still beasting on amazon |
As a previous poster noted, that's actually inaccurate: according to VGC, in the 3rd week of November, the X1 outsold the PS4 by ~20K units (down from 100K and 65K units, respectively). This means that, by the 3rd week of X1 promotions, the PS4 had essentially caught up in sales. Without a BF week boost, it is reasonable to assume that the PS4's sales would have surpassed the X1's by ~15K units in week 4. To muddle the Amazon impact, during peak BF sales, the PS4 GTAV bundle outsold the X1 ACU bundle (#1 vs #2/#3) for approximately 36 hours. If Sony shipped significantly more stock (if anecdotal cases are to be believed), then there is a very likely chance that they moved more volume at a slower pace. Coupled with reports that these sales missed the NPD cutoff, we should expect to see a close final week of November or big spike for PS4 in December.
