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Ninsect on 01 December 2014
JayWood2010 said:
Ninsect said:
PS4 about as I expected WW, but XB1 quite a bit higher. Not sure I believe the difference was that great in the US. PS4 was ahead everywhere online on BF but maybe the rest of the week was too big to overcome


I said this a few times on the forum, but Black Friday is more about the mass audience lining up at retailers and buying them.  Its not nearly as big online.  Most stuff in stores sells out in the first hour.  Its first come, first serve.  Not saying XBO will have a substantial lead (or a lead at all since the final numbers could be different) but you guys really need not make Amazon the be all, end all retailer, especially on Black Friday where the majority of sells that both companies specifically ship for are at stores within the first hour of black friday.  And yes Im aware PS4 did well on other websites 

Amazon did say it had its biggest day ever on BF though, did it not?



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Mystro-Sama on 01 December 2014

Was expecting more from Wii U :/



mornelithe on 01 December 2014
Ninsect said:

Amazon did say it had its biggest day ever on BF though, did it not?

24% increase for Thanksgiving+BF combined YoY



Jaywood2010 on 01 December 2014
Ninsect said:
JayWood2010 said:

Amazon did say it had its biggest day ever on BF though, did it not?


Online is growing but still not the same impact as in stores.  You would have to be at a store on Black Friday opening to understand what i mean by this.  




       

mornelithe on 01 December 2014
JayWood2010 said:

Online is growing but still not the same impact as in stores.  You would have to be at a store on Black Friday opening to understand what i mean by this.  

True, however, Thanksgiving is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the equation as well.  BF sales were down 7% YoY, while Thanksgiving was up 24%, I believe, and as I said above, Amazon saw a 24% increase YoY for both days combined.



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Chark on 01 December 2014

Vita is off the charts! No really. It's not there. :(



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

Jaywood2010 on 01 December 2014
mornelithe said:

True, however, Thanksgiving is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the equation as well.  BF sales were down 7% YoY, while Thanksgiving was up 24%, I believe, and as I said above, Amazon saw a 24% increase YoY for both days combined.


Yeah, I noticed many places were breaking the Black Friday date on deals.  It only takes one retailer to get the snowball effect going for everybody else 




       

leo-j on 01 December 2014

I think Sony mega out shipped the competition.. But sold close to x1 numbers.. Based on ps4 sightings everywhere... We'll see.. But I wouldn't be surprised if both do more than 800k in the us alone



 

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mornelithe on 01 December 2014
JayWood2010 said:
mornelithe said:

True, however, Thanksgiving is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the equation as well.  BF sales were down 7% YoY, while Thanksgiving was up 24%, I believe, and as I said above, Amazon saw a 24% increase YoY for both days combined.


Yeah, I noticed many places were breaking the Black Friday date on deals.  It only takes one retailer to get the snowball effect going for everybody else 

Well, it's not just one retailer, I actually view it sort of like the commercialized bastardization of Christmas, which now is basically the tail end of November, and the entire month of December.  They're going to do the same thing with BF/Thanksgiving, if it proves profitable.



Wagram on 01 December 2014

That's pretty crazy to be honest. Despite being $100 over Xbox One in certain deals and at least $70 the gap is still pretty small. Both consoles did extremely well. The result wasn't shocking though. PS4 WW, XB1 NA. I always love to read the comments regarding "utter destruction" and the like though.