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Forums - Sales Discussion - November 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware estimates in the OP!

think-man said:
I thought Final Fantasy XV would be counted in this month? Or did its 2 days of sales not give it enough to make top 10?

Its first week is dec npd. Itll be 5 weeks tracking



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So the hardware revenue decline doesn't match the 'rumoured' numbers. I think that confirms they are fake



think-man said:
I thought Final Fantasy XV would be counted in this month? Or did its 2 days of sales not give it enough to make top 10?

it released after the November NPD tracking ended so it's all on december NPD.



Here are some important quotes from the article
“The year-on-year software revenue decline was driven by the strong comparison to last November’s top 3 titles,” NPD analyst Sam Naji explained in a statement. “Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4, and Star Wars: Battlefront, which were all full-priced console new releases. This month’s top three games were Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, and Pokémon: Sun. Battlefield 1 launched in October, and Pokémon: Sun launched at a lower [price] than last November’s console games. As all titles outside of the top three grew a combined 12 percent vs. year ago, it is the top three title grouping that drove the year-on-year decline.”

“Total hardware spending in November declined 35 percent compared to year ago as growth in portable hardware sales was offset by declines in console hardware spending, particularly on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One,” said Naji.

"That’s probably going to continue as Microsoft and Sony keep discounting their consoles through the holidays to compete with each another."

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon: Moon had the strongest launch in the history of the franchise, selling 8 percent more units than the previous best-selling combo of Pokémon: White and Pokémon: Black despite having 19 fewer days in market during the month,” said Naji.
http://venturebeat.com/2016/12/15/november-2016-npd-pokemon-sun-and-moon-have-biggest-debut-in-franchise-history/



SWORDF1SH said:
So the hardware revenue decline doesn't match the 'rumoured' numbers. I think that confirms they are fake

You did the math? I'd be interested to see the numbers



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VGPolyglot said:
jason1637 said:
Hardware is down 35% Software 18%. PC software 28% down.

They didn't say that hardware was down 35%, they said that spending was down 35%, which if the average cost of a console is cheaper than last year will mean that the drop is lower than that.

Ok my apologies. 



jason1637 said:
Here are some important quotes from the article
“The year-on-year software revenue decline was driven by the strong comparison to last November’s top 3 titles,” NPD analyst Sam Naji explained in a statement. “Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4, and Star Wars: Battlefront, which were all full-priced console new releases. This month’s top three games were Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, and Pokémon: Sun. Battlefield 1 launched in October, and Pokémon: Sun launched at a lower [price] than last November’s console games. As all titles outside of the top three grew a combined 12 percent vs. year ago, it is the top three title grouping that drove the year-on-year decline.”

“Total hardware spending in November declined 35 percent compared to year ago as growth in portable hardware sales was offset by declines in console hardware spending, particularly on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One,” said Naji.

"That’s probably going to continue as Microsoft and Sony keep discounting their consoles through the holidays to compete with each another."

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon: Moon had the strongest launch in the history of the franchise, selling 8 percent more units than the previous best-selling combo of Pokémon: White and Pokémon: Black despite having 19 fewer days in market during the month,” said Naji.
http://venturebeat.com/2016/12/15/november-2016-npd-pokemon-sun-and-moon-have-biggest-debut-in-franchise-history/

What was bw numbers lol



Nvm



Pokemon bw sold 2.757mil in march 2011.

Wonder of sun/moon can get over 4.5mil sold this year?



tbone51 said:
jason1637 said:
Here are some important quotes from the article
“The year-on-year software revenue decline was driven by the strong comparison to last November’s top 3 titles,” NPD analyst Sam Naji explained in a statement. “Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4, and Star Wars: Battlefront, which were all full-priced console new releases. This month’s top three games were Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, and Pokémon: Sun. Battlefield 1 launched in October, and Pokémon: Sun launched at a lower [price] than last November’s console games. As all titles outside of the top three grew a combined 12 percent vs. year ago, it is the top three title grouping that drove the year-on-year decline.”

“Total hardware spending in November declined 35 percent compared to year ago as growth in portable hardware sales was offset by declines in console hardware spending, particularly on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One,” said Naji.

"That’s probably going to continue as Microsoft and Sony keep discounting their consoles through the holidays to compete with each another."

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon: Moon had the strongest launch in the history of the franchise, selling 8 percent more units than the previous best-selling combo of Pokémon: White and Pokémon: Black despite having 19 fewer days in market during the month,” said Naji.
http://venturebeat.com/2016/12/15/november-2016-npd-pokemon-sun-and-moon-have-biggest-debut-in-franchise-history/

What was bw numbers lol

2.4 million. http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_March_2011