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Forums - Sales Discussion - January 2015 NPD Thread! Hardware estimates up!

BHR-3 on 12 February 2015
SWORDF1SH said:
globalisateur said:
BHR-3 said:
whats going on with the SW how the hell is XB1 selling more? 

Well, it's not! Here is the Microsoft PR excerpt:

more game sales per console than any other platform

They only talked about tie ratio win, we can easily assume PS4 did in fact sell more software overall during january.

Because if Microsoft had sold more SW overall they certainly would have told us...

Actually if you look at the NPD software list, on a few of the multiplat games, it sold more due to it being listed first in the brackets next to each game.

correct why is gta, destiny, cod ect selling more on xb1 while amazon was showing everything but COD doing better on PS4 even if you discredit amazon if ps4 sold more HW in Jan and has more than half a mil lead on XB1 in US then shouldnt these titles sell better on PS4

 

all i can come up with is that these  games sold more frontloaded on PS4 when they released if anyone has any current released SW totals please post them here they could be selling marginally better on XB1 monthly but there totals are all greater on ps4 need NPD SW totals to figure this though



                                                             

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MikeRox on 12 February 2015
PenguinZ said:
ethomaz said:
MS started January with a new level of spins lol

"Most software per system" rofl


You have to send a positive message. What good PR team is going to throw negative things out.


I'm sure Vita wants a word...



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Aura7541 on 12 February 2015
Kerotan said:
http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr180/jabbamk1/npd_zps4fff0b6e.jpg

LOL, dat domination



ratchet426 on 12 February 2015
poklane said:
Shacknews got fixed http://www.shacknews.com/article/88073/january-npd-ps4-overtakes-xbox-one-while-dying-light-topples-call-of-duty


This just in at Shacknews:  Dewey Defeats Truman!!



FATALITY on 12 February 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
true_fan said:

Wow 600k less hardware and still outselling the competition in terms of software, good to see XBOX fans take pride in those attach rates.

Oh, so 600k is a 'significant' difference now ...

when its convenient... yeah it is



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Zekkyou on 12 February 2015
true_fan said:
Burek said:


That is most likely an indicator that PS4 owners buy more games digitally than XOne owners.

You mean the same fanbase that rioted about online only and drm, highly unlikely. 

You seem to have completely missed the point as to why everyone was so angry. People, from all fanbases, don't like having things shoved down their throats for no reason. There's a big difference between having the option to go online to do things that are dependent on being online (multi-player, video streaming, game downloads, websites etc), and being forced to stay online while doing things that have absolutely no need for that connection.



SWORDF1SH on 12 February 2015
BHR-3 said:
SWORDF1SH said:
globalisateur said:
BHR-3 said:
whats going on with the SW how the hell is XB1 selling more? 

Well, it's not! Here is the Microsoft PR excerpt:

more game sales per console than any other platform

They only talked about tie ratio win, we can easily assume PS4 did in fact sell more software overall during january.

Because if Microsoft had sold more SW overall they certainly would have told us...

Actually if you look at the NPD software list, on a few of the multiplat games, it sold more due to it being listed first in the brackets next to each game.

correct why is gta, destiny, cod ect selling more on xb1 while amazon was showing everything but COD doing better on PS4 even if you discredit amazon if ps4 sold more HW in Jan and has more than half a mil lead on XB1 in US then shouldnt these titles sell better on PS4

 

all i can come up with is that these  games sold more frontloaded on PS4 when they released if anyone has any current released SW totals please post them here they could be selling marginally better on XB1 monthly but there totals are all greater on ps4 need NPD SW totals to figure this though

I'm not sure. Looking at the number, Amazon even has COD on PS4 selling the most in January while NPD has the 360 selling the most. On Amazon COD 360 is way down the charts compared to the PS4.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2015-01/videogames/ref=zg_bsar_videogames_pg_3?ie=UTF8&pg=3#1

It could be due to software sales being a lot harder to track because every store will have a different price. When prices are the same across the board, Amazon can be very accurate.

It could also be down to buying habits. We know that the average age for Xbox owners is younger. Younger people could be more inclined to buy their games from brick and mortar shops like Game or from gaming dedicated websites. Of course this is me speculating but just trying to point out different factors that cause conflict between NPD and Amazon data.



BHR-3 on 12 February 2015
Shadow1980 said:

Welp, looks like Amazon has maintained its perfect track record in determining the #1 system. Seems like those of us who were saying the XBO can't win even at $50 below parity outside of the holidays were right. Of course, January is just one month, but Amazon is showing the PS4 and XBO staying about the same distance from each other in February. Now to find out the exact numbers to see how far apart the PS4 & XBO were from each other.

Oh, and dat spin from MS. I know spin is normal in PR, but still...


aint gonna win unless its 70-100 dollars cheaper or has a killer exclusive and its current 350 price, which i dont see any exclusive SW till Halo

the 330-350 price cut effect wore off in late Dec

 

i would like to see sony show no mercy in the next couple of months by offering temparary deals or bundles with its upcoming exclusive releases the order bloodbourne ect but i aint holding my breath for it



                                                             

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Aura7541 on 12 February 2015
BHR-3 said:

aint gonna win unless its 70-100 dollars cheaper or has a killer exclusive and its current 350 price, which i dont see any exclusive SW till Halo

the 330-350 price cut effect wore off in late Dec

i would like to see sony show no mercy in the next couple of months by offering temparary deals or bundles with its upcoming exclusive releases the order bloodbourne ect but i aint holding my breath for it

I think right now, Sony is more concerned about efficiency rather than going for the jugular. But if Sony finds a way to show no mercy while being efficient, then yeah, it'll definitely happen.



gooch_destroyer on 12 February 2015
Aura7541 said:
BHR-3 said:

aint gonna win unless its 70-100 dollars cheaper or has a killer exclusive and its current 350 price, which i dont see any exclusive SW till Halo

the 330-350 price cut effect wore off in late Dec

i would like to see sony show no mercy in the next couple of months by offering temparary deals or bundles with its upcoming exclusive releases the order bloodbourne ect but i aint holding my breath for it

I think right now, Sony is more concerned about efficiency rather than going for the jugular. But if Sony finds a way to show no mercy while being efficient, then yeah, it'll definitely happen.

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