January 2015 NPD Thread! Hardware estimates up!

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true_fan said:

Shadow1980 said:
So, it appears the XBO is up only 7% from last January. Not too great considering it's $150 cheaper than it was last January. But the PS4 is down almost 30%. While this isn't unprecedented — the Wii was down big time in its second January compared to its first — and it certainly isn't bad numbers-wise considering it's still at $400, but I think if it's still down YoY through the rest of the quarter, Sony may institute a price cut by this summer. The PS2's first price cut was in May 2002, while the PS1 & PS3 already had their first price cuts in their first year. Even with solid games, sales aren't going to grow until they cut the price.

Dat spin, only a select few can try to make a 7% increase look bad and a 30% decrease look good.

More like most people see the 7% increase as bad. It was shockingly unexpected. Heck, it did worse than the original Xbox when it had its second January. PS4's drop was not surprising.