December 2014 NPD Thread! XBO, PS4, Wii U up! Many software up!

[Skidmore]

Euphoria14 said:

Skidmore said:
Amiibo will do more money than Xbox Live/PSN combined.. That shit already sold 2,5 million in one month in the US. And there is a new wave almost each week.

Amiibos sold 2.5M in Nov + December combined. PS+ has 11M (10.9M as of Jan. 4th) by itself and costs $50 while an Amiibo costs $12. 2.5M Amiibos @ $12 = $30M. 11M PS+ subs @ $50 = $550M. If they keep this pace of 2.5M per 2 months that is $180M. This is way way WAY behind PS+ and it doesn't even include Xbox LIVE.

In other words, your claim is HIGHLY unlikely, especially since PS+ and Live are recurring costs while a $12 Amiibo is not.

 

Edit - Nintendo rep says "Total sales", meaning Amiibos sales are very like not US only. Just in case you were wondering.

Do you get that Amiibo was released in December in Europe and Japan, also it was a limited number of pieces. And it did not have even support for 3DS yet. But I will keep it just as prediction for now.

P.S: If it's total figures globally, so it's 5 million amiibos. Which would be $360M, and amiibo does not need maintenance at all, which means if it keeps it pace, will really outdo at least PS+ and Live individually.