January 2015 NPD Thread! Hardware estimates up!

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

TiagoCosta said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Win what? Software? And if we're being specific.

Potential hardware impacting events in January:
Summary
XB1 Holiday $50 price drop ends, so price increase to $400 - Jan. 3 (12 days)
New 3DSXL announced for U.S. release on Feb. 13 - Jan. 15 (17 days)
XB1 price dropped back to $350 - Jan. 16 (16 days)
PS4 TLOU bundle $400 - Jan. 23 (9 days)

It's not "great" by any stretch of the word. "Deserved" maybe? This NPD only exposes problems for both. 

Waning demand for the PS4 means Sony needs to get their butts in gear and release some games/price cut and deals/add features/ etc.

Poor momentum for XB1 sales rate means they have to boost the value proposition and maintain their sales rate.

Unless of course, "closing the gap" has gone the way of "competing in a country other than us/uk" and "competing world wide"? Can we just wrap up closing the US gap, to increasing YoY on its previous dismal year now?

LOL

Win against XBO first January, I didn't even mention your favorite console.

And again, my analyzes are on XBO sales, which amount for 2 week worth after 2 misleading weeks where it gone up in price. 

Seriously, you are so fixed in defending Ps4 that you forgot to try reading (and understanding) my post. I didn't talk about completion XBO vs Ps4 there.

It's quite ironic isn't it?

You accuse me of not understanding your post when its clear that you failed to understand mine.

Notice:

I never directly talked about the competition between the PS4 and the XB1. As you can see in bolded, I only mentioned the quotations as examples of narratives that have changed over the course of the generation indicative of changing goalposts.

Just because I mention the PS4 doesn't mean I am comparing the two. Instead, I am focusing on the big picture, the two leading consoles aren't doing well at all, and I simply explain what needs to be done.

The neogaf quotation is only there because it mentions the duration of the pricing for XB1 and, most importantly, when they occured. If momentum dropped so sharply after increasing 50$ its bad, but back to $350k only do 10k more than when it was $500? That's dissmal.

 

Such is the importance of reading comprehension.

Not to mention, your analysis is laughable, when your best conclusion of XB1 beating its previous january by only 10k even if we assume a constant sales rate at 400$ rather than $350 giving it the benefit of the doubt is a "great"