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Ninsect on 12 December 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Xbox One is the ONLY 8th gen console to be up yoy in its 2nd November.

But it sold way faster last November



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Ninsect on 12 December 2014

Interesting software numbers we ended up getting. We rarely get so many!
CoD and GTA look overtracked. TLoU undertracked!!

NBA 2k way undertracked as usual. Seriously, what is it with this franchise and being really undertracked on VGC?

Halo overtracked. Amazing that originally people were thinking 1m+ in the US FW was possible.



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DerNebel on 12 December 2014
RolStoppable said:
DerNebel said:

Can I say it please?...

It's also the ONLY 8th gen console to be sold for $150 (including 2 games) less in its 2nd November than it was in its first (and that is not even including Black Friday).

So what's the verdict for eighth gen consoles then? Looks pretty disappointing all around.

1. Wii U is an outright failure.
2. Xbox One required heavy discounts to get things going.
3. PS4 is running out of steam a bit, because the purchases based on its future software lineup are continually decreasing.

Talking about the full next year, Wii U should be down while the other two consoles probably won't see big increases. The majority of active game buyers has already moved on to eighth gen consoles, so there isn't that big of a pool to draw from anymore. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of new IPs either, because most companies play it really safe with yearly sequels.

I don't think it looks all that disappointing, aside from the Wii U.

There are more than a few new IPs on the horizon for 2015 and beyond and I see the PS4 and X1 picking up considerably next year (like 15-25%), also I don't know why you think that the majority of buyers has already moved on.



TiagoCosta on 12 December 2014

Halo is only 50kish overtracked, could very well be returns.



Conegamer on 12 December 2014
TiagoCosta said:

Halo is only 50kish overtracked, could very well be returns.

That seems a touch optimistic, but good tracking by VGC 



 

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DerNebel on 12 December 2014
Ninsect said:
Interesting software numbers we ended up getting. We rarely get so many!
CoD and GTA look overtracked. TLoU undertracked!!

NBA 2k way undertracked as usual. Seriously, what is it with this franchise and being really undertracked on VGC?

Halo overtracked. Amazing that originally people were thinking 1m+ in the US FW was possible.

Oh yeah, I gotta look for that prediction thread. The expectations that people had for that game on here were kinda ridiculous.

Edit: Already found a comment by a certain user being way too confident in himself once again. :D



DerNebel on 12 December 2014
RolStoppable said:
DerNebel said:

I don't think it looks all that disappointing, aside from the Wii U.

There are more than a few new IPs on the horizon for 2015 and beyond and I see the PS4 and X1 picking up considerably next year (like 15-25%), also I don't know why you think that the majority of buyers has already moved on.

15-25% is what I've been thinking.

I think the majority has moved on because virtually all multiplatform games are already performing better on PS4/X1 than on PS3/360.

Hm possible, but maybe more people are like me, I've basically stopped playing games this year (only bought Dark Souls), since I don't want to play multiplats on 7th gen (and well I don't care for most multiplats anyway) anymore but also don't see a good enough reason for me to get a PS4 yet, I'll basically jump back in into gaming come early 2015.

I think there's still enough people left.



KyleeStrutt on 12 December 2014

Reading around, supposedly total sales of the Vita+TV in the US should be 2 million or so in the US.

That would put Vita+Tv at around 100k for this month, can anybody confirm this?



Dr.Henry_Killinger on 12 December 2014
Jadedx said:
Teeqoz said:

Okay, Imma try my best to downplay MS now.

 

You see, fellow charters, the reason that the figures got so misleading is because MS didn't brag about winning as we expected. This allowed Cbouts to spread his BS, but as you all understand, it's MS's fault that they left that opportunity open for Cboats. MS is evil confirmed.

 

What do you think Xbox fans, did I downplay it enough?

You're asking the wrong fans, I think it is the other guys that are best at downplaying.

The ability to downplay is independent of console allegiance.



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KyleeStrutt on 12 December 2014

So, WiiU overtracked by 140k in the US, I believe the overtracking in Europe hasn't been fixed, so that's like 100k more there.

WiiU is most likely at around 7.6m at the end of November, if not less, comparing it to the Dreamcast is rather mean to the Dreamcast now, the Sega Saturn is more fair.