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Forums - Sales Discussion - 26th March 2016 - Weekly Hardware Sales on VGChartz

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barneystinson69 said:
Neodegenerate said:

So now you are going back to WW when you keep talking about Amazon sales and NPD?  Don't move your own goal posts man.

Alright, lets not move goalposts. The XB1 with the Madden bundled had a 58% increase that week in the US, with the PS4 having 16%. The week FIFA launched, sales actually decreased 19% for both consoles. There, argument over, you can check for yourself.

You can't isolate weeks and call it a victory because it suits your narrative.  You have to look at what else may be causing those sales to drop.  FIFA, the game based on the least popular sport in the US, released a week after Taken King, a largely well received expansion to Destiny.  That explains the sales drop better than your argument.  Madden 16 shows that the bundle there helped XB1.  So congratulations, you are right about that one.  So far though that is the exception, not the rule in regards to the bundling and marketing for XB1.

Also, casuals aren't always day 1 buyers.  They fall into those holes you are looking into as to why consoles continue to sell without games releasing in those timeframes.



barneystinson69 said:

People will complain, but I think the PS4 is being overtracked, or at least in NA. No way its doing 110,000, especially with nothing this month to shift the balance. Trust me, the NPD numbers will show.

PS4, is currently in the Top 15-20 of Amazon for a Long time, and in the Hourly Charts, Xbox One, is fighting to get a better place than the top 75-100, is not hard to believe that it is Selling Twice more than Xbox One, in USA.

and PS4, got the MLB Snow, the Game of Sports, that was in the top 20 Software in the Last Week, i was following it, and it  stayed in the Top 20 on Amazon, without Falling, this game alone could bring those numbers for PS4.



Plus dark souls 3, ratchet and clank, MLB 16 and uncharted 4 all releasing soon.

And then there's hype for FF15, PSVR and no man's sky in the next 6 months. A lot of people might be choosing to jump in now.



Fei-Hung said:

What caused the jump in ps4 sales? There is nothing I can think of that was released by Sony on their PS4 around that week or before.

Week 26th March, is  1 day before MLB Launch, and is the First Week of PS VR's Pre-orders.



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Wii U back to 5000s again D:

Crazy numbers for PS4 though!



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barneystinson69 said:
AEGRO said:

You are seriously underestimating the release of the Playstation Exclusive MLB: The Show 16.

The game is ranked at 5.

It is selling better than any game on the list.

Games can sell alot on software, but not move hardware. Why would you say a sports game would increase PS4 hardware sales?

Let me try to understand, for you, a Pre-order of a VR Device, the one that will became a new Video Game Market soon enought, isn't enought ?, Xbox One Gigantic drop from Amazon, even with Price Drop, and Quantum Break, isn't enought ?, MLB Snow, Dark Souls 3, Ratchet & Clank, just around the Corner, and No Man's Sky pre orders, isn't enought for you ?.

Xbox One, only have 1 Bundle Struggling to stay in the top 100, and is nearly out of stock, that means that they are trying to get rid of the Bundle, the only other Bundle that Xbox One, have, is Name your Game, that sometimes enter in the top 100, but vanish from it faster than   entered, Quantum Break, is on the 350 Ranking Recently (the Bundle), is for 300US$ a Brand new Game, is at this rank in the last days, before that was on the 800-1800 Ranking.

The Gap Between the 80, and the 15-10 Spot can much well be 2X, PS4, have the PS Fool's Edition, that is nearly on the same Spot of Name your Game Bundle, this means that Xbox One, don't have Advantage selling multiple Bundles,  maybe all of the Bundles Together are not selling the same as Gears of War.

And Microsoft, do this very often, they Charge the most Desired Bundle, the most Money, The Division, is the most Expensive Bundle,  because of that we don't know if moved Hardware, but with a Decrease on the Normal Bundles, and Quantum Break, don't even charting in the Rank, this means that The Division, don't moved much, if Any, Hardware.



Didn't think we would see that kind of gap in NA ever, even with Sony selling more more most months.

I imagine 360 is catching up now at some pace.



barneystinson69 said:
AEGRO said:

The NPD will show that the Ps4 is Up YoY but will not disclaim specifics. 

At least thats what i think, so we have to settle with VgChartz numbers and believe them, or not.

The Ps4 has been on the Top 15 in Amazon for the entire month while the Xbox One on the 80's. The gap makes sense.

Not really... especially considering Microsoft has far more bundle's, and that Amazon isn't our only source for game console sales. Another thing is that the PS4 did around 300k with SFV last month, how is doing over 400k this month, especially with nothing new showing up? Nothing can account for this increase.

Well NPD has an extra week this month, so that can account for some of it.



OMG PS4 sold more than all the other systems, both Consoles and portable, combined !!!???

PS4 will sell 56M by the end of 2016.



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