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jason1637 on 26 August 2016
bluedawgs said:
thismeintiel said:

Since Halo led to barely a win with Sony doing little to nothing that month, a full month of a $249 PS4 is most likely going to lead to a big win for Sony. For one, Gears isn't Halo. And two, the sales of the XBO Slim are going to start to decrease, since it will have already been out for 2 months.

Not to mention the overlapping of fanbases that Gears and Halo obviously share, so the people who bought the console for Halo, will likely be the same people who buy Gears. 

There are people who are both Halo and Gears fans but there are still lots of gears fans who may not like Halo.

Last gen during the Halo 3 launch month(Sept 2007) the xbox 360  sold ars ound 530k and during the Gear 3 month(Sept 2011) The xbox 360 sold around 480k so there are still a lot of Gears fans who dont have an xbox one.



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thismeintiel on 26 August 2016
jason1637 said:
thismeintiel said:

Since Halo led to barely a win with Sony doing little to nothing that month, a full month of a $249 PS4 is most likely going to lead to a big win for Sony. For one, Gears isn't Halo. And two, the sales of the XBO Slim are going to start to decrease, since it will have already been out for 2 months.

But last year the PS4 has a fresh price cut and it was its first price cut of the gen for ps4 so it did well. For this the PS4 would have been out for a little under a month so the hardcore fans awould have already bought it and the casuals will wait for the holidays.

bluedawgs said:

Titanfall will sell way more PS4's than it will Xbox Ones, that's for sure. The game has had a PS4 focus, more people are interested in a PS4, the game will run better on PS4, it's a multiplayer focused title which means more people will play it on PS4 due to friends buying a PS4 to play with friends and such, and this is Titanfall's first appearance on PS4, so there is no established fan base

The game will sell more on PS4 no questions asked but i think it can do better on XB1 in  the US and thats because most Titanfall console fans have an Xbox already so for people who want to get into the game because of their friends are into it will buy an xbox one for it.

You're right. I completely forgot about the $50 starting that month. Still, if it had a full $100 cut, Sony would have easily won, regardless of not having any big exclusives that month or being up against the XBO's biggest exclusive.

So, my points still stand. Gears is a big game, but nowhere near Halo. Heck, even Halo isn't Halo, anymore. And this will also be a $100 cut if the Slim launches at $249. More importantly, it'll be the first time the PS4 is at (or beyond) that $299 sweet spot the XBO has been at for the longest time. Couple that with XBO Slim slowly losing its impact, I think Sony has the rest of the year (maybe even gen) on lock.



 

Swordmasterman on 26 August 2016
thismeintiel said:
jason1637 said:

But last year the PS4 has a fresh price cut and it was its first price cut of the gen for ps4 so it did well. For this the PS4 would have been out for a little under a month so the hardcore fans awould have already bought it and the casuals will wait for the holidays.

The game will sell more on PS4 no questions asked but i think it can do better on XB1 in  the US and thats because most Titanfall console fans have an Xbox already so for people who want to get into the game because of their friends are into it will buy an xbox one for it.

You're right. I completely forgot about the $50 starting that month. Still, if it had new a full $100, Sony would have easily won, regardless of not having any big exclusives that month or being up against the XBO's biggest exclusive.

So, my points still stand. Gears is a big game, but nowhere near Halo. Heck, even Halo isn't Halo, anymore. And this will also be a $100 cut if the Slim launches at $249. More importantly, it'll be the first time the PS4 is at (or beyond) that $299 sweet spot the XBO has been at for the longest time. Couple that with XBO Slim slowly losing its impact, I think Sony has the rest of the year (maybe even gen) on lock.

When will Gran Turismo and The Last Guardian launch for the PS4 ? November ?

I think that, with the delay of Final Fantasy XV to November,  Sony will win the last 2 months of the year.



FIT_Gamer on 26 August 2016

Monthly updated again. Everything dropped except PS4 COD bundle(same) and XB1 S 1TB(up 4).



SWORDF1SH on 26 August 2016

TLG will not move consoles.

Things looking more like what I expected in the hourlies, Halo Slim bundle well ahead of Madden bundle.



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jason1637 on 26 August 2016
SWORDF1SH said:
TLG will not move consoles.

Things looking more like what I expected in the hourlies, Halo Slim bundle well ahead of Madden bundle.

The Madden bundle had a boost because Madden 17 came out but its Halos time.



SWORDF1SH on 26 August 2016
jason1637 said:
SWORDF1SH said:
TLG will not move consoles.

Things looking more like what I expected in the hourlies, Halo Slim bundle well ahead of Madden bundle.

The Madden bundle had a boost because Madden 17 came out but its Halos time.

Of course it did. Hey your Halo prediction might come true with these bundles. You did mean end 2016 instead of 2015 right lol :p 



Ryng on 26 August 2016

With this trend, i expect Moon and Sun to break the TOP 30 yearly soon, like by end of September.
Combined all 3 SKUs it should be in TOP 15 / maybe TOP 10, and this with 2 months before the launch. Man it's first month sales will be insane.



SWORDF1SH on 26 August 2016
Ryng_Tolu said:
With this trend, i expect Moon and Sun to break the TOP 30 yearly soon, like by end of September.
Combined all 3 SKUs it should be in TOP 15 / maybe TOP 10, and this with 2 months before the launch. Man it's first month sales will be insane.

You could say that Nintendo will be over the moon with sales!  

Get it?

Over the moon... MOON!

...

...

I'll see my way out!



GribbleGrunger on 26 August 2016

5 hours since last update:

HARDWARE
#31 XB1s-500gb Halo Bundle (up 1)
#38 PS4 Black Ops III Bundle (down 3)
#46 PS4 Fool's Edition (up 5)
#49 XB1s-2tb (same)
#60 XB1s-500gb Madden Bundle (up 6)
#92 XB1 NYG Bundle (re-entry)

SOFTWARE (pre-orders only)
#64 PS4 God Eater 2 (up 4)
#88 PS4 Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (down 5)



 

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