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Went to KFC today, not a bundle to be found. Black Friday's gonna be massive!



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Well anecdotal evidence is interesting to read but the bottom line is its Black Friday, all 3 consoles have sales and all will sell very well. Lots of games will sell.

I went to two Walmarts and a Target, no consoles left, game areas looked like a tornado blew through them.



My walmart and gamestop were chaos.
Lots of ps4 and xbos sold but a few wii us were sold too.
Splatoon and Fallout 4 sold like crack at my Walmart(went through at least 20 copies when I was there opening).



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As is the tradition with black friday, is it wrong of me to ask if anyone have seen any horrible events?
I'm from Sweden so there is basically zero black friday rush here. No brutal fights over the best deals.
Its catching on a bit though, but its more like another kinda normal, holiday sale.



At my local Walmart I don't know where the Xbox One consoles were. I simply didn't see them anywhere.

I got in a line to get a Wii U and there were plenty. There was also a stack of PS4's and I doubt they sold them all that night.

At previous Black Friday's I feel there was bigger demand for consoles because they were cheaper. $99 Xbox 360's had more demand at my local stores.



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according to adobe data, xbox one won black friday
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151127005410/en/Adobe-Data-Shows-Top-Sellers-Black-Friday

top 5 overall:
Samsung TVs, iPad Air 2, Microsoft XBox, Lego Star Wars, Shopkin Dolls
top5 electronics:
Samsung 4K TVs, Apple iPad Air 2, Microsoft Xbox One, Apple iPad Mini and Sony PS4
top5 toys:
Lego Dimensions, Shopkin dolls, Lego Star Wars, Barbie Dream House and Lego Friends



jonhalo said:

according to adobe data, xbox one won black friday
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151127005410/en/Adobe-Data-Shows-Top-Sellers-Black-Friday

top 5 overall:
Samsung TVs, iPad Air 2, Microsoft XBox, Lego Star Wars, Shopkin Dolls
top5 electronics:
Samsung 4K TVs, Apple iPad Air 2, Microsoft Xbox One, Apple iPad Mini and Sony PS4
top5 toys:
Lego Dimensions, Shopkin dolls, Lego Star Wars, Barbie Dream House and Lego Friends

Looks like they were close this time, ps4 will win due to the winning all month and the previous months accumulation of cod and battlefront bundles.



Playstation_awaiter said:
jonhalo said:

according to adobe data, xbox one won black friday
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151127005410/en/Adobe-Data-Shows-Top-Sellers-Black-Friday

top 5 overall:
Samsung TVs, iPad Air 2, Microsoft XBox, Lego Star Wars, Shopkin Dolls
top5 electronics:
Samsung 4K TVs, Apple iPad Air 2, Microsoft Xbox One, Apple iPad Mini and Sony PS4
top5 toys:
Lego Dimensions, Shopkin dolls, Lego Star Wars, Barbie Dream House and Lego Friends  

Looks like they were close this time, ps4 will win due to the winning all month and the previous months accumulation of cod and battlefront bundles.


possible
i would not bet on it, though

this month is a total tossup. and after last months weak ps4 performance i dare to shout out ps4 winning again
only save thing for me are the following two facts:
xb1 + ps4 combined sales  November 2015 will be up YOY
xb1 vs ps4 sales gap November 2015 will be down YOY



jonhalo said:
Playstation_awaiter said:

Looks like they were close this time, ps4 will win due to the winning all month and the previous months accumulation of cod and battlefront bundles.


possible
i would not bet on it, though

this month is a total tossup. and after last months weak ps4 performance i dare to shout out ps4 winning again
only save thing for me are the following two facts:
xb1 + ps4 combined sales  November 2015 will be up YOY
xb1 vs ps4 sales gap November 2015 will be down YOY

Unfortunately, it only says that X1 was a top seller for Thanksgiving (where PS4 is not mentioned at all) and that it was one of the top sellers on Black Friday. No explicit winner is stated, but it sounds like sales were huge.



Insidb said:
jonhalo said:


possible
i would not bet on it, though

this month is a total tossup. and after last months weak ps4 performance i dare to shout out ps4 winning again
only save thing for me are the following two facts:
xb1 + ps4 combined sales  November 2015 will be up YOY
xb1 vs ps4 sales gap November 2015 will be down YOY

Unfortunately, it only says that X1 was a top seller for Thanksgiving (where PS4 is not mentioned at all) and that it was one of the top sellers on Black Friday. No explicit winner is stated, but it sounds like sales were huge.


if xb1 is in the top 5 overall for black friday,
but ps4 only in the top5 electronics for black friday, xb1 was selling more than ps4 (according to theire claim)

 

top 5 electronics:
Samsung 4K TVs, Apple iPad Air 2, Microsoft Xbox One, Apple iPad Mini and Sony PS4
top 5 toys:
Lego Dimensions, Shopkin dolls, Lego Star Wars, Barbie Dream House and Lego Friends

top 5 overall are the 5 bold products. 3 out of the electronic top 5 and 2 out of the toys top 5

 

edit: nvm i found it