October 2016 NPD Thread! Software and hardware estimates up!

[Welfare]

Intrinsic said:

Welfare said:

What? The PS4 is down 14% YoY and XB1 is up 8% YoY. There was no OGXB1 firesale and OGXB1 did not have a major impact on unit sales or revenue this month. A 94k lead is really good for October.

The PS4 being down YOY doesnt amount to much especially considering that the Pro had been announced at this point and was due to release the following month (this month). However, the XB1 had gears and a couple of other notable bundles. Believe me 90k lead isn't very good. I just made an NPD 2016 thread showing the numbers for all the months of this year. 

90k while XB1 is supposed to indisputably be at its strongest isn't saying a lot. The month of October was the one time that the XB1 should have had every reason to beat the PS4. 

You can't just look at previous month's gaps and say that this month's gap isn't good. That is some serious downplay. October is usually a smaller month and gaps are smaller because of that. Almost 100k gap in October is very good.

Also Pro was always due for November, don't know where you are hearing an original October release.