April 2015 NPD Thread! XBO #1: 187k, PS4: 174k, 3DS: 116k, Wii U: 42k

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Cloudman on 14 May 2015

gooch_destroyer said:

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So the XB1 won this month? I surely wasn`t expecting that.

Was a matter of time since there isn't anything major coming to the 360.

Was there anything that pushed XB1 over the PS4? I don`t recall either side getting anything major...

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Cloudman said:

gooch_destroyer said:

Cloudman said:
So the XB1 won this month? I surely wasn`t expecting that.

Was a matter of time since there isn't anything major coming to the 360.

Was there anything that pushed XB1 over the PS4? I don`t recall either side getting anything major...

Can't really pinpoint it. I guess MS has been on the ball lately.

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Ryng on 14 May 2015

BraLoD said:
XBO #1? Didn't expected it.

I expect XBO to won. :S

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Angelv577 on 14 May 2015

Nice, finally some competition in the US. Any numbers for ps4?

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FIT_Gamer on 14 May 2015

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May is still up for grabs IMO. It depends how much the Batman bundle continues to affect pre-June sales. There's also the fact that PS4 is reaching a saturation point at the current price. The number of people who are willing to buy PS4 at $399 and haven't yet bought PS4 is decreasing. It will not be able to sustain market leading sales in the USA without a price cut soon. Sony says its focus is mainly in increasing install base, and that suggests price cut sooner than later.

I would like to see a cut to $329. It would have a much bigger effect than a $50 cut, and it would also allow PS4 to cut 2 years running with putting the price down to $299 in 2016. And it gives Sony room to do special deals for Black Friday and the holidays.

Batman PS4 bundle was availble for less than 2 weeks in March and only a few days in April. It still managed to make into amazon's top 100 for both months. It hasn't been available for pre-order, on Amazon any way, for the month May. I think PS4 will take every month from May to September at least.

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Cloudman on 14 May 2015

gooch_destroyer said:

Cloudman said:

gooch_destroyer said:

Cloudman said:
So the XB1 won this month? I surely wasn`t expecting that.

Was a matter of time since there isn't anything major coming to the 360.

Was there anything that pushed XB1 over the PS4? I don`t recall either side getting anything major...

Can't really pinpoint it. I guess MS has been on the ball lately.

Yeah, I can`t really either. Congrats to MS though. At this point, the PS4 almost seems unbeatable.

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Protendo on 14 May 2015

Cloudman said:

gooch_destroyer said:

Cloudman said:
So the XB1 won this month? I surely wasn`t expecting that.

Was a matter of time since there isn't anything major coming to the 360.

Was there anything that pushed XB1 over the PS4? I don`t recall either side getting anything major...

Witcher marketing deal. Windows 10 news (the articles keep mentioning Xbox One). Better deals. PS4 has a double wammy happening. Sales were front loaded the previous month(s) due to all the games released, some sales are stalled until next month because people are waiting for the Batman bundle.

Microsoft should still be congradulated though. This gives hope for a competitive market in the US if Sony doesn't go for the $100 price cut.

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Ryng_Tolu said:
http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/14/xbox-one-outsold-playstation-4-in-april-according-to-the-npd/
A moment.
"Microsoft’s estimated 12 million Xbox Ones."
VGChartz say XBO at 12.1 million by end of March... overtracked?

I know this is just an estimate but I was expecting more sales for xbox one than just 12m. I though it was at 12.5m. The sales of xbox one is definitely lacking in Europe.