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Forums - Sales - NPD March 2014 Thread - PS4 #1 (371k), Xbox One 311k, 360 111k, WiiU ~70k, Vita close to 4 digits. Titanfall tops software

 

Did the NPD results surprise you?

Yes 379 53.23%
 
No 308 43.26%
 
Total:687
justiceiro on 17 April 2014

So, there was a theory that, because of the release of the beta on february, some bougth the console earlier just to play that game. So, this would explain why x1 sold so well in february, and not that well in march.

I still believe that dropping the price below 399 would do wonders, but is up to microsoft.

About wiiu, it better than i expected. What kind of sucks, because this dimish the chance of a price cut before e3.

Someone know when nintendo will announce their fiscal year results/Estimatives for the next year?



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BlowoverKing on 17 April 2014
tbone51 said:
thismeintiel said:
DerNebel said:
Wii U is at least up YoY, so over 68k

Sweet.  Looks like VGC is spot on for Wii U, then.


That Vita though O.o

FFX released as well this month,

Edit: is it true vita sold 10k-11k in March? I seepeople on neogaf saying that!

I'm sure it is. Remember when I told you that the entire Best Buy district I work in hasn't had Vita's since early February? Can't sell something thats not there. 

But damn VGC for giving me hope! If May's NPD for Vita is less than 30k then it's 100% over in the US.



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2008ProchargedGT on 17 April 2014
Dark_Feanor said:
Everything in this discussion could be answer if this simple statment:

XOne is 25% more expensive than the PS4 and its selling 20% less units on the USA.

-------------------------------

But then people will call out the bundle and the limited time disconts... well so be it.

The fact is that as long as the Xone is more expensive than the competition it won´t outsell then, unless there are many significant advantages to do so.

However, Sony can´t just seat on the montain of PS4 sold and do nothing to improve the system and ad features to the console.

more like 12.5% more expensive also including its biggest game for FREE and still got beat . all sony had to do was put consoles on shelves. stop grasping just deal with it and enjoy your console



TheSting on 17 April 2014
BMaker11 said:
Dark_Feanor said:
Why Sony disclaim their WW total sales numbers but not NPDs? They make the VGChartz work easier in one point and harder on another (the reverse is the same for Microsoft).

But looking on the numbers, how PS4 atached rate could that lower for a cheaper hardware?

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?


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zorg1000 on 17 April 2014
justiceiro said:
So, there was a theory that, because of the release of the beta on february, some bougth the console earlier just to play that game. So, this would explain why x1 sold so well in february, and not that well in march.

I still believe that dropping the price below 399 would do wonders, but is up to microsoft.

About wiiu, it better than i expected. What kind of sucks, because this dimish the chance of a price cut before e3.

Someone know when nintendo will announce their fiscal year results/Estimatives for the next year?


I think May 7



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2008ProchargedGT on 17 April 2014
2008ProchargedGT said:
Dark_Feanor said:
Everything in this discussion could be answer if this simple statment:

XOne is 25% more expensive than the PS4 and its selling 20% less units on the USA.

-------------------------------

But then people will call out the bundle and the limited time disconts... well so be it.

The fact is that as long as the Xone is more expensive than the competition it won´t outsell then, unless there are many significant advantages to do so.

However, Sony can´t just seat on the montain of PS4 sold and do nothing to improve the system and ad features to the console.

more like 12.5% more expensive also including its biggest game for FREE and still got beat . all sony had to do was put consoles on shelves. stop grasping just deal with it and enjoy your console


Also patch 1.70 says hi



wick on 17 April 2014

Amazing.

So much for Titanfall being a "system seller" then.



 

 

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ICStats on 17 April 2014
TheShogun said:
thismeintiel said:
TheShogun said:

Not in business its not. All that matters in business is if you are profiting with a product. Ones that do are kept, ones that don't profit are usually cut.

I'm not saying MS is all sunshine and rainbows right now. But the console just sold 311k units in March.  That isn't bad by ANY standard. Obviously it took a lot to get them there and I think there is certainly work to be done at MS studios but reading some of the posts on GAF and here are boarderline shocking.  It really goes to show you how little actual analysis there is in the current gaming community on the internet and how much is posted / written in blind emotion / opinions.

Well, the bad thing for MS is that even though they sold ~53K more than in Feb, they didn't make more profit off  of it.  The One was cut by $50 at all major retailers, even MS own stores.  On top of that, they had to pay EA to give Titanfall away for free.  I wouldn't be surprised if they just broke even, or even had a loss, for March.

That is a fair assessment and certainly true.  Like I said not everything is sugar and rainbows over at MS Studios.

That being said the Xbox One is still trending 60% ahead of the Xbox 360 in the same time frame. It sold a very healthy 311k this month. Those sales are far from poor considering the price of the console and just how amazingly positioned the PS4 is.

My only point is its FAR too early too say the One is dead. In fact its on pace to have a plenty healthy life cycle. The PS4 is just positioned to have an absolutly extrordinary one, which in perspective is making the Xbox look that much worse.

To look at two consoles that are quite possibly facing a "doomed" scenario the Vita and Wii U are much closer to that range. The One will most likely be fine, just quite a ways under the PS4's monsterous sales.

It's not that healthy considering this was Titanfall release + bundled + a price cut + Kinect (killer app :p) Sports Rivals month.  

Sure the PR guys can go out and say Xbox had the best month and so on, but what will they do next month?

There's a lot of multiplats on the calendar for the next half a year, and games like Watchdogs will sell more PS4s than X1s.



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lucidium on 18 April 2014

Shocked somewhat, I had assumed it would be more or less neck and neck or Xbox One with a very slight edge, but to lose by 60k in a titanfall month...

Damn man.



daredevil.shark on 18 April 2014

Dar PS4 domination.