Used to try to do it on last Saturday of the NPD period, but as Saturdays have been more hectic in real life lately, have been going with Fridays for the last few to make sure it's in on time. Should be up tomorrow. Interesting month with the XB1 free game sale earlier in Sept., Destiny/White PS4 bundle, SSB 3DSXL, and then SSB. Plus it's a 5-week month, so numbers will already be up compared to August on a monthly basis. Did Phil Spencer say that Microsoft really started caring in September or was that October?
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NPD Sales Results for August 2014 [Up4: PS4 #1, XB1 last week sales 2x last Jul week]
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Used to try to do it on last Saturday of the NPD period, but as Saturdays have been more hectic in real life lately, have been going with Fridays for the last few to make sure it's in on time. Should be up tomorrow. Interesting month with the XB1 free game sale earlier in Sept., Destiny/White PS4 bundle, SSB 3DSXL, and then SSB. Plus it's a 5-week month, so numbers will already be up compared to August on a monthly basis. Did Phil Spencer say that Microsoft really started caring in September or was that October?
theprodigy
Member
Amazon update cause why not (yearly ranking):
#13 - Destiny (PS4)
#14 - Destiny (XB1)
#29 - Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
#34 - PS4 Destiny bundle
#59 - Destiny (360)
#67 - Hyrule Warriors
#13 - Destiny (PS4)
#14 - Destiny (XB1)
#29 - Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
#34 - PS4 Destiny bundle
#59 - Destiny (360)
#67 - Hyrule Warriors
SwiftDeath
Member
Thanks as always Donny for the effort. It's much appreciated
Yeah September should be fairly large number relative to previous months. Not sure gen on gen comparisons will paint it in a good light though with the track record in that so far
I distinctly remember Aaron Greenberg calling the summer months "pre-season" on twitter and I guess Spencer did say something to that effect on gameinformer
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...s-generation-says-xbox-boss-phil-spencer.aspx
Phil should've just said Oct., Nov., and Dec. considering the most likely scenario for September
Dead Prince
Banned
next week is result right? i want to read some damage control before it gets posted.
Welfare
Member
October 16, two weeks.
Duxxy3
Member
Should be up friday.
Apart from Halo, which is just a collection of old games and multiplayer from those games, I don't see a big sales driver for the Xbox One this holiday. Phil Spencer is talking about how the real battle is September all the way to December but what is the main draw for the Xbox One?
Even games with co-marketing deals with Xbox are seeing more sales on PS4, like with UFC and Madden.
Even games with co-marketing deals with Xbox are seeing more sales on PS4, like with UFC and Madden.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Halo will be a pretty big driver.
Duxxy3
Member
AW is looking heavily tilted to XB1 as well.
Metalingus5150
Member
I bet it will sell better on PS4.
Dead Prince
Banned
oh thanks.i just want to see destiny. it was heavily marketed towards sony's favor. see if it was worth it in the end. also want to see how well the white was received. regardless of the destiny bundle i just hope they see that colored systems are hot. I WANT RED DAMMIT.
Duxxy3
Member
I bet it won't. Pre-orders have shown it.
Wouldn't surprise me to see the XB1 sell better at least 1 of the last 3 months of 2014, maybe 2, not a Halo guy myself, but that franchise has a pretty strong following and if I was a Halo guy, that's a hell of a package you're getting for $60.
November NPD OT | There's No Crying In Console Sales
November NPD OT | There's No Crying In Console Sales
theprodigy
Member
Sources on this?
I cannot wait for November NPD. The tears will be delicious.
Duxxy3
Member
Check through the NPD prediction threads.
theprodigy
Member
If you know where it is you can link it here, I'm on mobile right now and searching is a pain.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
I thought Ghosts sold very slightly better on XB1 over PS4 (51% to 49%) in the US. Any reason AW would be in favor of the PS4 even though XB1 is getting the marketing deal? Seems a bit odd, especially also when the XB1 has Sunset & Halo: MCC as exclusive shooters in the same timeframe that would appeal to the CoD crowd.
The PS4's lead over the XB1 has been steadily increasing, so it has a chance of selling better due to sheer marketshare. With that being said, the XB1 version of Ghosts still outsold the PS4 version in August, so...who knows. Also, I'm inclined to think that Killzone had an impact of CoD and BF4 sales on PS4 (anecdotally, I know I would have at least bought BF4 if I hadn't bought Killzone). This year, CoD will be competing with the MCC on XB1.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
CoD also competed with Titanfall. While it dropped those months, it went back up with no issue.
Also seems like Skylanders Wii is also coming with a Wii U code (Disney Infinity 2.0 does that too). Did this happen for Skylanders/Disney last year too?
Majmun
Member
Isn't the Xbox One version of Ghosts cheaper than the Ps4 version as well?
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Yeah
Ps4 $53.69
Xbox One $23.49
No wonder more people buy Ghosts for their X1 console...
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Yeah
Ps4 $53.69
Xbox One $23.49
No wonder more people buy Ghosts for their X1 console...
a Master Ninja
Member
Half the resolution, half the price. Seems fair.
Generally only a few folks post the numbers.
From the main page click on the # of posts in the thread. That pulls up the list of posters and how many posts they've made in the thread. Click on the # of posts they've made, and you get a search of only their posts in the thread.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
PS4 dominance continues, it must be doing fantastic here in the UK too
I had a alert this week at work and I was like WTF?! it was telling us that from November we will be selling the Sony Playstation 4 including bundles and games but it will be through online and in-store ordering though, but that's complete madness
Why?
I had a alert this week at work and I was like WTF?! it was telling us that from November we will be selling the Sony Playstation 4 including bundles and games but it will be through online and in-store ordering though, but that's complete madness
Why?
I work at Boots, yeah the pharmaceutical store.
Megatron
Member
I think you can turn that around though. What's Sony's must have title for 2014? DriveClub? Probably not as big as Forza 2. Lbp3? Its a ps3 port and not made by Media Molecule. The MCC and sunset overdrive appear to be the best console exclusives for the rest of the year.
Lord Malachite
Member
Based on the PS4 selling noticeably better than the XB1, it is thoroughly conceivable that the PS4 version manages to eck out the XB1 in terms of sheer sales. Either way, it will likely be close. We may very well see a situation where AW sells overall better on PS4 due to sheer install base margins, but has a better attach rate on the XB1 considering the usual demographics.
Also not sure about MCC or SO being big movers/shakers for MS. These games will likely sell very well to the XB1 install base, but are there really a large contingent of people looking to shell out $400 or $500 for the privilege of replaying the Halo series? It's a great tide over until next fall if you're both a Halo junkie and an XB1 owner, but it doesn't seem like something that would drive hardware sales beyond the PS4. Not when the PS4 sells consistently better without any significant software push (basically the entirety of this summer before Destiny). Perfectly willing to say I was wrong if I indeed turn out to be wrong, but it's just my two cents.
SwiftDeath
Member
I could see MS take November or rather November will most likely be the strongest chance for MS to take a month before 2015
Previously I thought they might have a decent chance in October with Sunset Overdrive, the bundle for it, evolve co-marketing etc. but Evolve was delayed and I have come to realize that Sunset Overdrive may not be a large driving force for adoption on top of 3rd party games of course
It'll be interesting to see in November if Sony really does have some type of co-marketing deal with GTAV and especially if they have a bundle, how the PS4 does that month
Leatherworkstation
Banned
Don't they also have some as yet unspecified exclusive content for current gen GTA V?
Final Verdict
Member
Yeah, October got a lot harder with Evolve's delay, but it will help out come february when X1 will need a lot of help.
Don't think so. It was just a misinterpretation of "nextgen" exclusive features rather than playstation only.
LBP has tons of fans and just like Forza Horizon 2 a lot of those fans will move to the new hardware instead of sticking with he PS3 and 360.
I'm purely talking about the games being system movers. In that respect I agree DriveClub is a gamble. Halo MCC and Sunset Overdrive appear to be quality titles but I don't see Sunset Overdrive moving units and I don't see people other than diehard Halo fans jumping for joy and picking up Xbox Ones for a collection of older titles. No doubt Halo MCC will move units but not as much as a brand new Halo title.
Like others have said the real interesting data will be third party sales. PS4 is quickly becoming the 360 of this generation, the preferred third party console platform. In the current console climate PS4 has a legit shot at selling more copies of Call of Duty Advanced Warfare for example, something that was unheard of last generation as that franchise has always been associated with Xbox both in marketshare and public mindshare.
crazygambit
Member
I suspect packaging and distribution (and potentially unsold units) are a bigger cost than the actual porting of the game. Maybe if WiiU's digital sales were bigger we'd see more digital releases.
Its also about the cost of time to publishers. Why give a team a couple months to port a game for Wii U with the slim possibility of even breaking even when you can have that team be a support studio and make dlc for big titles that are selling well on other platforms?
It's entirely possible with Far Cry 4 as it appears Sony has a marketing deal with Ubisoft for it. Same goes with GTA5 as they did have a PS3 bundle last year.
I could also see an AC: Unity Xbox One bundle.
astrogamer
Member
Hardware will move this November though because of what is hard to say because of Black Friday and all. Every platform holder is going to have new bundles of some sort around then
Yeah i almost forgot the Marketing with Xbox one, but theres so many variables this holidays season i actually wish them all the best of Luck Sony, Microsoft, & Nintendo this will be a most interesting years end
Yeah this^^ as much, this may be the first time we see so many bundles I'm sure Consumers won't have much of a problem picking up what bundle suits their needs
SwiftDeath
Member
So Super Smash bros 3DS is now at #24 for the year on Amazon. Curious if it will pass Watch Dogs PS4 as it looks like it probably will
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Forgot PS4 also has some deal with Ubisoft for FarCry 4 on top of GTA5 so no, don't think Xbone is doing anything in November tbh.
theprodigy
Member
shadowsdarknes
Member
Nah it will do 10 million just fine. It's probably at 6.5-7 million.
It will do a million or two just this holiday season.
We can expect Nintendo to do a bigger holiday season than last.
They can do another million just this year in the US I bet.
IndoAssassin
Banned
Well Sony did respond to all the X1 deals in the UK. Considering the US is the biggest market, it looks like they will have something up their sleeves to counteract the Halo effect. Whether it will be effective to still allow them to outsell the X1 remains to be seen. November is going to be very difficult to predict.
Shoot no lie if prices are like that for multiplats, I'll buy the x1 versions of "want to play but not 60$" type games as long as its not too much a diff in performance.
if they didn't it would be a surprise. outside of a few months, they've been doing better year over year, and have much more appealing software at the end of this year than they did at the end of 2013, even if it's just smash bros.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Well at least Sep-Dec will be interesting just in terms of # of releases... (listing US dates)... and I'm still probably missing a lot.
9/9 - Destiny
9/9 - NHL 15
9/16 - Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
9/20 - Disney Infinity 2.0
9/23 - FIFA 15
9/26 - Hyrule Warriors
9/30 - Shadows of Mordor
9/30 - Forza Horizon 2
10/3 - Smash Bros. 3DS
10/5 - Skylanders Trap Team
10/7 - NBA 2K15
10/7 - DriveClub
10/7 - Alien Isolation
10/14 - Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
10/14 - Evil Within
10/21 - Just Dance 2015
10/24 - Bayonetta 2
10/28 - Sunset Overdrive
11/3 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
11/11 - Halo: Master Chief Collection
11/11 - Sonic Boom (Wii U / 3DS)
11/11 - Assassin's Creed Unity / Rogue / Watch Dogs Wii U
11/18 - Little Big Planet 3
11/18 - GTAV PS4/XB1
11/21 - Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
11/21 - Smash Wii U?
11/25 - Persona Q
Edit:
For fun - Smash 3DS = #18 on Amazon best sellers of the year, just passed Minecraft 360 and Watch Dogs PS4 among others.
9/9 - Destiny
9/9 - NHL 15
9/16 - Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
9/20 - Disney Infinity 2.0
9/23 - FIFA 15
9/26 - Hyrule Warriors
9/30 - Shadows of Mordor
9/30 - Forza Horizon 2
10/3 - Smash Bros. 3DS
10/5 - Skylanders Trap Team
10/7 - NBA 2K15
10/7 - DriveClub
10/7 - Alien Isolation
10/14 - Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
10/14 - Evil Within
10/21 - Just Dance 2015
10/24 - Bayonetta 2
10/28 - Sunset Overdrive
11/3 - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
11/11 - Halo: Master Chief Collection
11/11 - Sonic Boom (Wii U / 3DS)
11/11 - Assassin's Creed Unity / Rogue / Watch Dogs Wii U
11/18 - Little Big Planet 3
11/18 - GTAV PS4/XB1
11/21 - Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
11/21 - Smash Wii U?
11/25 - Persona Q
Edit:
For fun - Smash 3DS = #18 on Amazon best sellers of the year, just passed Minecraft 360 and Watch Dogs PS4 among others.