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Forums - Sales Discussion - January NPD 2023 Thread - PS5 #1, NS #2, XS #3 - Dead Space #2

DonFerrari on 13 February 2023

Good month.

So Xbox was the only one that dropped in HW sales (as PS and Switch were up, but the month in general dropped 5%), Forspoken charted even with everyone badmouthing it while Hi-FI Rush didn't even with all the good reception.
Good to see One Piece Odyssey charted even though it wasn't a hyped title. I'm liking it so far, it have its slower portions.
Nice to see TLOU rising in chart probably due to the series continuously improving its viewership.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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DonFerrari on 13 February 2023
SKMBlake said:
Zippy6 said:

I mean it's possible that US didn't get a boost like all these other regions but Xbox had a terrible Holiday and nothing has changed since then. They need Starfield to hopefully turn their fortunes around because the Series is in danger of even falling behind the XBO launch aligned.

Well it's already behind the One is the US, so I don't know how long the lead will be there.

I wasn't aware Series was already passed by the X1. That is strange for me.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

trunkswd on 13 February 2023
DonFerrari said:
SKMBlake said:

Well it's already behind the One is the US, so I don't know how long the lead will be there.

I wasn't aware Series was already passed by the X1. That is strange for me.

Xbox Series has been tracking behind the Xbox One in the US even with Microsoft stating the Xbox Series is the fastest-selling Xbox generation. So the difference is made up in other parts of the world. 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube. Follow me on Twitter @TrunksWD.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Weekly Hardware Breakdown | Top 10 | Weekly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

DonFerrari on 13 February 2023
Zippy6 said:

Last year PS5 sold 691k in January. Spain and Japan alone are up by 100k YoY for the first 4 weeks. Add in the increase here and the 98% from the UK... assuming strong growth in other countries too we could easily be looking at over 900k for the PS5 this month especially if the rest of Europe is like the UK and Spain.

Considering Sony needs to ship 6.2M this quarter to meet their revised forecast I think even 1M for January is lowballing.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari on 13 February 2023
trunkswd said:
DonFerrari said:

I wasn't aware Series was already passed by the X1. That is strange for me.

Xbox Series has been tracking behind the Xbox One in the US even with Microsoft stating the Xbox Series is the fastest-selling Xbox generation. So the difference is made up in other parts of the world. 

Gotcha, from the charts for WW you put I do remember seeing quite a gap between both so I was surprised to hear USA it is already behind even with reception being so much better.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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trunkswd on 13 February 2023
DonFerrari said:
trunkswd said:

Xbox Series has been tracking behind the Xbox One in the US even with Microsoft stating the Xbox Series is the fastest-selling Xbox generation. So the difference is made up in other parts of the world. 

Gotcha, from the charts for WW you put I do remember seeing quite a gap between both so I was surprised to hear USA it is already behind even with reception being so much better.

Xbox One had a decent first couple of years before sales fell off. Our estimates have Xbox Series X|S ahead of the Xbox One worldwide by 1.13 million units. Though the gap did shrink over the holidays. 

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/456126/xbox-series-xs-vs-xbox-one-sales-comparison-december-2022/



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube. Follow me on Twitter @TrunksWD.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Weekly Hardware Breakdown | Top 10 | Weekly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

trunkswd on 13 February 2023

Generation on generation for January are looking great for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

US VGC estimates for January 2016:

  • PS4: 224K
  • X1: 130K

US for January 2023 is likely around:

  • PS5: 400K-425K
  • XS: 250K-270K


VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube. Follow me on Twitter @TrunksWD.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Weekly Hardware Breakdown | Top 10 | Weekly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

AJNShelton on 13 February 2023
trunkswd said:
DonFerrari said:

Gotcha, from the charts for WW you put I do remember seeing quite a gap between both so I was surprised to hear USA it is already behind even with reception being so much better.

Xbox One had a decent first couple of years before sales fell off. Our estimates have Xbox Series X|S ahead of the Xbox One worldwide by 1.13 million units. Though the gap did shrink over the holidays. 

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/456126/xbox-series-xs-vs-xbox-one-sales-comparison-december-2022/

When did the Xbox One get its discount from 499 to 399 ?



trunkswd on 13 February 2023
SKMBlake said:
trunkswd said:

Xbox One had a decent first couple of years before sales fell off. Our estimates have Xbox Series X|S ahead of the Xbox One worldwide by 1.13 million units. Though the gap did shrink over the holidays. 

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/456126/xbox-series-xs-vs-xbox-one-sales-comparison-december-2022/

When did the Xbox One get its discount from 499 to 399 ?

June 9th, 2014 or I believe is month 8 for the console.

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/254664/kinectless-xbox-one-priced-at-399-releasing-june-9th/



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube. Follow me on Twitter @TrunksWD.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Weekly Hardware Breakdown | Top 10 | Weekly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

AJNShelton on 13 February 2023
trunkswd said:
SKMBlake said:

When did the Xbox One get its discount from 499 to 399 ?

June 9th, 2014 or I believe is month 8 for the console.

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/254664/kinectless-xbox-one-priced-at-399-releasing-june-9th/

Oh they went quick, I recall you could buy an Xbox One with a Samsung TV back then