By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales - Xbox 360 won NPD imo

DirtyP2002 on 22 October 2009

I never noticed that Xbox360 sales were actually up YoY. They had a major price-cut last year, so this is awesome.
Could it be that last year we had 4 weeks for september?



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

Around the Network
Homeroids on 22 October 2009

So PS3 has fallen off to only 27k in Japan. Wow, wasn't like sub 10k before the Slim was launched?

Oh, I wonder how much it's going to bump with FF13 approaching. Ouch....



scottie on 22 October 2009
McClaren said:
Homeroids said:

Ah, the manipulation and interpretation of stats. Love it. But I guess this is what VGC is all about :)


I will give him that. He is doing a very good job of manipulating the stats but at the end of the day all regular people care about is who won in sells at the end of the month.

It's like football. The other team can beat you in the first 3 quarters and have the best stats anyone has ever seen, but if you lose in the 4th quarter all anyone cares about is the final score. Who gets the win.

And PS3 got the win.

Wait, what? Ps3 sold the least hardware and the least software...



radiantshadow92 on 22 October 2009
Homeroids said:
So PS3 has fallen off to only 27k in Japan. Wow, wasn't like sub 10k before the Slim was launched?

Oh, I wonder how much it's going to bump with FF13 approaching. Ouch....

i truly cannot even predict how much....it so unpredictible lol....it could do AMAZING, OR EPIC, OR JUST DESTROY the xbox in japan for good....idk which though



McClaren on 22 October 2009
scottie said:
McClaren said:
Homeroids said:

Ah, the manipulation and interpretation of stats. Love it. But I guess this is what VGC is all about :)


I will give him that. He is doing a very good job of manipulating the stats but at the end of the day all regular people care about is who won in sells at the end of the month.

It's like football. The other team can beat you in the first 3 quarters and have the best stats anyone has ever seen, but if you lose in the 4th quarter all anyone cares about is the final score. Who gets the win.

And PS3 got the win.

Wait, what? Ps3 sold the least hardware and the least software...


What are you talking about? PS3 sold the most hardware in September.



Around the Network
PS3beats360 on 22 October 2009

September 2009 NPD sales: PS3 = 491k Vs XBox 360 = 352k
PS3 won by 139k over the XBox 360.



starcraft on 22 October 2009
radiantshadow92 said:
starcraft said:
I can certainly understand the argument to be made. With the possible exception of GT5's launch (but that won't actually be that huge in America), this was the PS3's one chance to truly own the American market and it kind of failed to do that.

i actually dont think they were trying to go for the american market....im thinking they are going for Europe/OTHERS ^_^ 

If by that you mean Sony has given up on the American market...



starcraft - Playing Games = FUN, Talking about Games = SERIOUS

scottie on 22 October 2009
McClaren said:
scottie said:
McClaren said:
Homeroids said:

Ah, the manipulation and interpretation of stats. Love it. But I guess this is what VGC is all about :)


I will give him that. He is doing a very good job of manipulating the stats but at the end of the day all regular people care about is who won in sells at the end of the month.

It's like football. The other team can beat you in the first 3 quarters and have the best stats anyone has ever seen, but if you lose in the 4th quarter all anyone cares about is the final score. Who gets the win.

And PS3 got the win.

Wait, what? Ps3 sold the least hardware and the least software...


What are you talking about? PS3 sold the most hardware in September.

 

Sorry, I didn't see that the first graph was ytd.



Homeroids on 22 October 2009
PS3beats360 said:
September 2009 NPD sales: PS3 = 491k Vs XBox 360 = 352k
PS3 won by 139k over the XBox 360.

See, the other way of looking at it (manipulate the stats, NOT!) is that why would anyone think that when the PS3 beats the 360 by about 139k for the month, that the 9 million aggregate difference between the PS3 and 360 in the US is suddenly irrelevant? NPD is about the one month. For that month, the PS3 sales beat the 360 quite resoundly. The fact that ODST was released in the month does not mean 18 million 360 owners fall on their sword in awe at the amazing sales of the PS3 Slim for that month and decide not to buy ODST. Life goes on.

 

I guess my point is, when you have a user base that is double, the PS3 is never going to beat the 360 in terms of revenue. We know that. But the real and only stat that counts is the here and now relating to Hardware sales. It's that simple. Analyse all you want but for anyone to think that the PS3 could have beat the 360 in Sept in terms of revenue are kidding themselves. However, the PS3 still one the month on the stat that counts the most. Period.

 

 



PS3beats360 on 22 October 2009

A Squilliam/starcraft style of thread. Microsoft Defense Force thread FTW. Making a positive out of a relatively slow. Microsoft spin thread.
We all know XBox 360 sales are slowing down. XBox 360 is at very low prices and still sells low numbers. The XBox 360 is fading away.
The PS3 has huge sales momentum due to the PS3 Slim + $299 price tag + upcoming exclusive games and the PS3 will fly past the XBox 360 in total lifetime sales. It is only a matter of time.