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mornelithe on 15 May 2014
Porcupeth said:
Am I assuming too much when i say that the May NPD gap is going to be huge? Not only will XB1 drop due to kinectless announcement but MLB + Watch Dogs are bound to give PS4 a considerable boost... Could we see a 3:1 ratio? Heck, 4:1 if the announcement-related drop is really big (i have doubts here because not every common man will have heard about it, so the drop can't be THAT big)?

I wouldn't be surprised to see ~75K in May for XB1, your reasoning is definitely sound.



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BenVTrigger on 15 May 2014
Porcupeth said:
Am I assuming too much when i say that the May NPD gap is going to be huge? Not only will XB1 drop due to kinectless announcement but MLB + Watch Dogs are bound to give PS4 a considerable boost... Could we see a 3:1 ratio? Heck, 4:1 if the announcement-related drop is really big (i have doubts here because not every common man will have heard about it, so the drop can't be THAT big)?


PS4 May so far is trending better than April so take from that what you will.



Barenziah on 15 May 2014
Porcupeth said:
Am I assuming too much when i say that the May NPD gap is going to be huge? Not only will XB1 drop due to kinectless announcement but MLB + Watch Dogs are bound to give PS4 a considerable boost... Could we see a 3:1 ratio? Heck, 4:1 if the announcement-related drop is really big (i have doubts here because not every common man will have heard about it, so the drop can't be THAT big)?


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Max King of the Wild on 15 May 2014
BenVTrigger said:
Porcupeth said:
Am I assuming too much when i say that the May NPD gap is going to be huge? Not only will XB1 drop due to kinectless announcement but MLB + Watch Dogs are bound to give PS4 a considerable boost... Could we see a 3:1 ratio? Heck, 4:1 if the announcement-related drop is really big (i have doubts here because not every common man will have heard about it, so the drop can't be THAT big)?


PS4 May so far is trending better than April so take from that what you will.


MLB bump or no?



JGarret on 15 May 2014
BenVTrigger said:
Porcupeth said:
Am I assuming too much when i say that the May NPD gap is going to be huge? Not only will XB1 drop due to kinectless announcement but MLB + Watch Dogs are bound to give PS4 a considerable boost... Could we see a 3:1 ratio? Heck, 4:1 if the announcement-related drop is really big (i have doubts here because not every common man will have heard about it, so the drop can't be THAT big)?


PS4 May so far is trending better than April so take from that what you will.


Ben,  do the Watch Dogs numbers look good so far?



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BenVTrigger on 15 May 2014
Max King of the Wild said:
BenVTrigger said:


PS4 May so far is trending better than April so take from that what you will.


MLB bump or no?

Yup MLB was insane for a sports game on a userbase the size of the PS4. Also pre Watch Doge hype building



Burek on 15 May 2014
DerNebel said:
sully1311 said:
DerNebel said:
Kagari was one of the NPD leakers right? He says the 2:1 PS4:X1 ratio is correct.


almost 2:1

Yeah, almost. He says it's basically like January.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=112150408&postcount=1164

So, PS4 = 210-220K?



BenVTrigger on 15 May 2014
JGarret said:
BenVTrigger said:
Porcupeth said:
Am I assuming too much when i say that the May NPD gap is going to be huge? Not only will XB1 drop due to kinectless announcement but MLB + Watch Dogs are bound to give PS4 a considerable boost... Could we see a 3:1 ratio? Heck, 4:1 if the announcement-related drop is really big (i have doubts here because not every common man will have heard about it, so the drop can't be THAT big)?


PS4 May so far is trending better than April so take from that what you will.


Ben,  do the Watch Dogs numbers look good so far?

For a new IP pre-orders are DAMN good.

As long as reviews don't bomb it'll be the biggest next gen launch.



arcane_chaos on 15 May 2014
BenVTrigger said:
Porcupeth said:
Am I assuming too much when i say that the May NPD gap is going to be huge? Not only will XB1 drop due to kinectless announcement but MLB + Watch Dogs are bound to give PS4 a considerable boost... Could we see a 3:1 ratio? Heck, 4:1 if the announcement-related drop is really big (i have doubts here because not every common man will have heard about it, so the drop can't be THAT big)?


PS4 May so far is trending better than April so take from that what you will.


Dammit ben, stop dropping bombs!



TheGoldenBoy on 15 May 2014
BenVTrigger said:
JGarret said:

Ben,  do the Watch Dogs numbers look good so far?

For a new IP pre-orders are DAMN good.

As long as reviews don't bomb it'll be the biggest next gen launch.

So you definitely think that Ubisoft will hit their projection of 6.6 million for Watch Dogs if it reviews well?