December 2016 NPD Thread! The Last Guardian and Dead Rising 4 sales up!

[SvennoJ]

Neodegenerate said:

SvennoJ said:

I guess MS' statement means that PS4 outsold the XBox One by less than 266.2k but more than 243.6k in the last 2 months (otherwise they could have said outsold ps4 for the last 7 months of the year)

XBox One vs PS4

Jan: -97k
Feb: -156.7k
March: -88.6k
April: -7.2k
May: -100.2k
June: -22.6k
July: +9.9k
August: +114.8k
September: +47.5k
October: +94k
November: -100k ?
December: -166.2k < x < -143.6k

So PS4 extended its lead in 2016 by anywhere ibetween 349.7k and 372.3k units, if I got my numbers right.

The gap is closing!!

 

#ForumLogic

PS4 extended its lead by 1.3m units in 2015, so while the gap is still widening, it's widening far slower in 2016.

XBox One S did a lot to fix the reputation of the XBox and is now on more equal footing with the ps4 (in the USA). Although perhaps the slim effect is already wearing off as those boosts normally don't last long. The sales boost of a more expensive mid gen refresh model is still unknown, yet so far it doesn't seem to do much and actually seems to counteract the sales boost that normally comes with a slim release. With the 2 launched so close together, could people be waiting for a ps4 pro price drop?

XBox One S is a much bigger upgrade to XBox One, than ps4 slim to ps4. XBox One S looks like an affordable premium model, while ps4 slim looks like a cheap base model next to the more expensive ps4 pro. XBox One S had lots of deal, ps4 pro did not. To me, if you didn't have $400 to spend on a console, XBox One S looked far more appealing this holiday than ps4 slim.

Next year will be interesting. Will Scorpio make ps4 pro look like the affordable premium model?