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Forums - Sales Discussion - November 2015 NPD Thread! Hardware and software in OP!

CosmicSex on 10 December 2015
MikeRox said:
CosmicSex said:
So can we officially say the console war is over?


I'm honestly shocked by this month's sales. It's no longer a war is it?


No, but the competition was exciting for a little while.  It did get a little boring when we realized that the PS4 had hit 30 million before black Friday.   Obviously, that meant that there is no way for the Xbox One to catch up. 



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poklane on 10 December 2015

“Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the top title in November 2015 with sales exceeding that of its predecessor, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,” said Callahan. “Fallout 4 performed extremely well. Adjusting for days within the data month, this was the best Fallout launch in the history of the franchise having sold over 70 percent more units than Fallout: New Vegas and 9 percent more units than Fallout 3. In fact, Fallout 4’s launch is more comparable to Bethesda Softworks’ other successful launch of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.”

“EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront had the best first month sales for any Star Wars game, exceeding Star Wars: Force Unleashed by 21 percent,”

http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/10/november-npd-cod-beats-fallout/

Any chance we can get some numbers from the above?



binary solo on 10 December 2015
Sh1nn said:
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Star Wars: Battlefront (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
Need For Speed (PS4, Xbox One)
Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One)
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Just Dance 2016 (Wii, Wii U, 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)

Playstation, definitely NOT for the casuals.

I guess the one thing in RoTR's favour is that Halo is the only single platform game on the list. Problem is, RoTR is on two platforms.

VGC got the rankings  for the top 5 right. The NDC in VGC was always going to be wrong because VGC counts official budles and I expect 80% or more of NDC sales is from the bundle. Same situation with Gears. I've no idea how VGC got GTAV and Minecraft into the top 10.



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poklane on 10 December 2015

Battlefront under 2million



celador on 10 December 2015

Looking forward to MS PR when it comes.



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JRPGfan on 10 December 2015

So how undertracked is the PS4? 1m? more?



Madword on 10 December 2015
celador said:
Looking forward to MS PR when it comes.

It's still pre-season, the real fight doesnt start till 9pm-12pm on the 24th of Dec... then you'll see.!!!!!!



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Roronaa_chan on 10 December 2015
poklane said:

Battlefront under 2million


Excluding bundles I assume



Farsala on 10 December 2015
mornelithe said:
Farsala said:
Tomb Raider didn't chart in the top 20, but Halo 5 did.

Xbox fans really missing out.

I think Square will next try to increase Hitman sales, by making it Wii U exclusive.

Seems like the correct audience.



ZhugeEX on 10 December 2015
Boutros said:
ZhugeEX said:
Both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 had excellent Novembers. Really unbelievable. Especially if you read my post on page 2 where I was only just expecting them to sell over a million each.

Do you think it will come at the cost of December (as in November was just too appealing) or we'll see the same kind of growth YOY in December?

I mean I guess the Star Wars hype could really drive the PS4 bundle up by a lot.


Well there is a reason the deals are still going, to drive that additional spend in December and I can say with confidence that December will be huge as well.