Xbox Undertracked!!

[Welfare]

ioi said:

kowenicki said:

OK. I find it odd considering the numbers are estimations and I think you can safely estimate they are ROW... but ok.

One last thing.... why is npd so different for 360 but nothing else?

But there  has to be some logic / sense behind it. This is our annual data for Xbox 360:

Xbox 360	Americas	Europe	Japan	Others	Total
2012	7.43	2.53	0.07	0.66	10.69
2013	4.07	1.57	0.02	0.48	6.14
2014	1.84	0.71	0.01	0.21	2.77

If we make the assumption that the Americas, Europe and Japan columns are accurate (based on comparisons to NPD, GFK, Chart-Track, Media Create etc) then as you say the only difference is in "Others" so are you suggesting that sales in those regions were higher in 2014 than in 2012? This could potentially be the case but do we have any evidence to actually support this? Was there a big launch in a developing country or any evidence of sales picking up significantly (compared the the expected drop at the end of the gen)?

For comparison sake, here is the same data for PS3:

PlayStation 3	Americas	Europe	Japan	Others	Total
2012	4.21	4.82	1.23	1.71	11.97
2013	2.76	3.08	0.84	1.37	8.05
2014	0.91	1.66	0.49	0.85	3.91

Have you got the NPD data to hand (or a link) - I wasn't actually aware that there was that large a discrepancy. Are you comparing to proper LTD NPD data or LTDs made up of adding up each monthly report they release?

Welfare to the rescue.

In July, there was a LTD leak for all consoles from a website leaking June 2014's NPD. It's in graph form, rounded to the nearest 100k.

Your numbers at that point in time are 

Wii - 41.55m

Wii U - 2.6m

PS3 - 26.2m

PS4 - 3.66m

360 - 43.44m

Xbox One - 2.93m

PSV - 1.81m

3DS - 12.58m

Hope this helps! Also over on GAF, an NPD leaker said the 360 passed the Wii in October.