Only 3 excluding this one. And the first wasn't massive as people weren't expecting it, unlike US consumers, and only a fraction of stores tried it. It's not yet a culture. As it grows as a culture, more and more sales from around that period will be focussed onto the single day/week. It'll keep growing and growing, even if the market sales actually decrease YoY, as you'll have n million sales on one day instead of across 30+.
Switzerland coming from France and working before in Luxembourg...Regular arrival of diverse array quality software is the reason for majority of HW sales happen [just look how WiiU sales stagnated in teh wasteland of software releases]. But individual games can push hardware, most notably casual sport titles, casual and esport-oriented shooters [COD, DICE games], Rockstar open world titles [next year we are getting RDR2] and Bethesda softworks RPG titles.
Regular arrival of diverse array quality software is the reason for majority of HW sales happen [just look how WiiU sales stagnated in teh wasteland of software releases]. But individual games can push hardware, most notably casual sport titles, casual and esport-oriented shooters [COD, DICE games], Rockstar open world titles [next year we are getting RDR2] and Bethesda softworks RPG titles.
I would be nice to somehow get info if FF15 and TLG have pushed hardware around their launch. Both are games that are so long in development that they somehow managed to feel "nostalgic", and therefore have potential to move people stronger than other regular game titles.
are you sure they aren't restocking hourly (and then it sells out again?)
hmm.lso, the Pro is everywhere in retail, and at the same price anyway. Amazon wouldn't waste valuable warehouse space for this. The lack of Pro price drop seems an important indicator... of something...
Maybe amazon was hit more because of the gigantic volume they have are more impacted by production supplies issues.
One or two shops having a 'Black Friday' sales does not make a Black Friday. Amazon uk had its first 'Black Friday' in 2010, but it was just a bunch of limited offer lightning deals. True Black Friday means everyone offering deals and the consumers knowing this and changing their purchasing habits as a result. Anything else is just the usual deals. Black Friday for reals, with consumers in October thinking they'll wait a month or two to see if there are any amazing bargains to be had in November, is presently emerging in Europe, and with each year that BF gets stronger, the concentration of sales in the one week will increase, leading to better and better BFs regardless how overall sales are. You could have a million sold one year between October and December with 25% happening on one Friday, and then 800k sales happening the next year with 50% happening on BF, and the PR would read, "Best BF ever".
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS4 # | 118.350 | 42.102 | 35.782 | 1.443.946 | 1.126.714 | 3.745.023 |
| 3DS # | 78.929 | 71.312 | 103.009 | 1.485.206 | 1.815.688 | 21.671.208 |
| PSV # | 20.141 | 12.240 | 22.506 | 708.484 | 841.628 | 5.301.882 |
| WIU | 4.718 | 3.493 | 32.604 | 271.858 | 603.578 | 3.292.521 |
| PS3 | 704 | 623 | 1.916 | 57.674 | 205.685 | 10.445.754 |
| XB1 | 256 | 778 | 289 | 7.524 | 18.248 | 71.415 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| ALL | 223.098 | 130.548 | 196.106 | 3.974.692 | 4.611.541 | 44.527.803 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|PS4 Pro| 8.032 | 8.243 | | 93.696 | | 93.696 |
| PS4 | 110.318 | 33.859 | 35.782 | 1.350.250 | 1.126.714 | 3.651.330 |
| PSV | 20.141 | 12.240 | 21.860 | 708.484 | 809.853 | 5.116.429 |
| 2DS | 17.623 | 18.158 | | 144.616 | | 144.616 |
|n-3DSLL| 53.414 | 45.622 | 76.779 | 1.048.485 | 1.237.366 | 3.518.604 |
| n-3DS | 7.432 | 6.955 | 17.202 | 213.488 | 366.971 | 1.045.935 |
| 3DSLL | 92 | 95 | 1.113 | 12.841 | 93.900 | 6.956.106 |
| 3DS | 368 | 482 | 7.915 | 65.776 | 117.451 | 10.005.955 |
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