October 2016 NPD Thread! Software and hardware estimates up!

[3sexty]

Bandorr said:

3sexty said:

Then please offer your own analysis and explantion as to what is occuring here with the sustained turnaround (4 months straight and even against the beloved almighty PSVR release).. Love to hear it! remember...This was not supposed to happen according to many of you..

July saw INSANE xbox one sales.  August saw all the pre-orders from the xbox one S release.

September and October have shown good deals both months. Offering at least a free game per purchase.

While the playstation has had no deals or bundles, no old stock to burn off for insane sales, and sales being "leached" off by the PS4 pro.

It is best to wait for december and onward to see a normal comparison of products.

Fair enough! Let us wait and see... Re December, I do think however that most Christmas shoppers will go for the most obvious and reasonably priced option here and even then after that the Pro fanfare will have subsided... Remember it is a highly priced product for those after a premium experience.  The majority of us will go for a great experience at an affordable price especially where kids are involved. Yep the revised slim version at 4k (upscale for gaming) has had a positive percetion effect among many.