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Forums - Sales Discussion - March 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

Next month Sony have ratchet and then uncharted in may. Turning out to be a super 2016 for us PS4 fans.



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Kerotan said:
Next month Sony have ratchet and then uncharted in may. Turning out to be a super 2016 for us PS4 fans.

Dont forget about Alienation bro!!!

Another PS4 Exclusive by Housemarque Studios (Dead Nation, Resogun)



AEGRO said:

Dont forget about Alienation bro!!!

Another PS4 Exclusive by Housemarque Studios (Dead Nation, Resogun)

And Shadow Of The Beast.



 

The PS5 Exists. 


Question. Why does Microsoft always word their press release as if they won? Does anyone really care how many hours ppl spent playing?

That just doesn't make sense to me and sounds like a really pointless stat to report.



iNathan said:
How much for Ps4 and Xbox One?

$349 and $299, 



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Plerpy_ said:
Loving the PR from them.

Sony: "We're humbled. Ta."

Actually I find humbled to be a totally disingenuous and overused word in corporate PR. Why can't they just express gratitude? "We are grateful for the ongoing support...blah blah blah".

Back in the Sony offices, every NPD week when they find out they've won in the USA again, it's not humility they are feeling. They are popping the champagne, high fiving and saying "Oh yeah baby! Another month in the bag!"

Humility is a very good guard against arrogance, so it would be good for Sony to be humble. I just don;t think they really are, and what will really prevent future mistakes due to arrogance is hopefully people who were around in 2005-7 remembering what happended last time they had an arrogant attitude towards their consumer base. Sony was actually humbled back then, they're not humble now.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

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Blood_Tears said:
Sprash said:

I ask myself everytime what numbers are the most likely to be correct, can you provide a link with a clear statement that media create is superior? would be great.

When looking at their Wiki you get

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Create

 

Media Create competes with Enterbrain's Famitsu and MediaWorks' Dengeki PlayStation in the market for providing Japanese game sales data. Because there are three different tracking firms, there will always be three different sales numbers for any software and hardware title. Which company to trust is a matter of debate, as none of the three major trackers are ever 100% accurate and whoever tracks the highest amount of sales for a given title fluctuates.

Nintendo cites Media Create sales data during its conferences and presentations.[2]

VGC is most accurate because it averages the 3 for its weekly Japan numbers, therefore VGC obtains sales data from more sources over all than any of the 3 individually.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

You know NPD threads have become boring when the debate turns to Japan sales lol.

Damn you ps4, it was interesting before you dominated!!



binary solo said:
Blood_Tears said:

When looking at their Wiki you get

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Create

 

Media Create competes with Enterbrain's Famitsu and MediaWorks' Dengeki PlayStation in the market for providing Japanese game sales data. Because there are three different tracking firms, there will always be three different sales numbers for any software and hardware title. Which company to trust is a matter of debate, as none of the three major trackers are ever 100% accurate and whoever tracks the highest amount of sales for a given title fluctuates.

Nintendo cites Media Create sales data during its conferences and presentations.[2] 

VGC is most accurate because it averages the 3 for its weekly Japan numbers, therefore VGC obtains sales data from more sources over all than any of the 3 individually.

 

lol





 

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