All purpose sales and sales rumors/anecdotes thread next gen+
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Xbox up 26% YoY, estimated at 202k.
Gap to PS4 seems small, rumored at 7-10k.
360 August 2007 was it's first strong month of several, 277k. So XBO was down gen over gen. September 2007 360 sold a hefty 528k (Halo 3 boost) so another tough comparison next month. Overall after 22 months on the market 360 was at 6.2 million, XBO is at 7.9 million
Next month things finally start to get interesting, holiday approaching, bigger titles etc.
Gap to PS4 seems small, rumored at 7-10k.
360 August 2007 was it's first strong month of several, 277k. So XBO was down gen over gen. September 2007 360 sold a hefty 528k (Halo 3 boost) so another tough comparison next month. Overall after 22 months on the market 360 was at 6.2 million, XBO is at 7.9 million
Next month things finally start to get interesting, holiday approaching, bigger titles etc.
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It shouldn't surprise anybody when PS4 multiplats sell more considering it's user base advantage. It should be the expected norm, anything else is the oddity.
Also i wonder if two XBO exclusives (Gears and Rare Replay) siphoned off some multiplatform core game sales from XBO this month. Since XBO has won a few core multiplats in recent months but none this month.
Also i wonder if two XBO exclusives (Gears and Rare Replay) siphoned off some multiplatform core game sales from XBO this month. Since XBO has won a few core multiplats in recent months but none this month.
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Not if the numbers aren't worldwide. Don't most NA numbers make us believe that the XBO is quite close in userbase to the PS4? [<10%] That's hardly a difference that should lead to most games selling better on the PS4.
I guess those are Rare Replay and Until Dawn.
Pretty weak numbers even if you assume +20% for digital sales.
Some collection numbers by gaffers
That's a gap of 316k, XBO won last Nov+Dec by over 600k, so they can take 2015 IF they can replicate that. But there's such a long way to go between here and there it's pointless to speculate.
But months that are close are basically a positive for XBO IMO. They need to just not lose a lot of ground in the first ten months of the year. The last two months they've lost little.
Next 4 months NPD will be very fun, the important ones finally...
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djskribbles
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The userbase isn't all that far apart in the US. And when multiplats sell better on XB1, it's usually kids games (holds true this month with Lego and Minecraft the only two games selling better on XB1). My theory on that goes back to the holidays of last year. XB1 is the cheaper system and therefore the system parents buy their kids.
The other odd times that the XB1 wins is when Microsoft has those promos where they include free games with the purchase of an XB1 which are counted in NPD and PS4 actual packaged bundles are not.
Until Dawn sold about what I expected. It did OK considering it had zero marketing, had only a few days of sales and is a new IP. Plus it's a pretty niche title to begin with. It seems to be selling surprisingly well in Europe though, so hopefully it was a success for the team. Maybe word of mouth will help them as most people seem to like it a lot.
The gap will most likely increase in September (by >50k IMO with MGS and the Destiny bundle). But I think MS can easily make up for that if they're very aggressive and Sony plays it safe like last year. Halo month alone should take a big chunk away.
The only way I see the PS4 keeping their lead for 2015 is if they drop the price.
But I don't think MS will particularly be happy if they marginally sell more for the year when they trailed for most of it and remain behind in cumulative sales IMO. Satisfied, but not happy. And in order to even accomplish that, they'll most likely have to be very aggressive again when they probably hoped that a permanent price drop + Halo would be good enough to put them on top. And Sony has yet to drop the price of the PS4.
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November (and most probably October) is definitely going to X1 but it'll be interesting to see by how much. Tomb Radier and Halo will most probably move hardware alone, but then Sony will have CoD (i am unsure of how strong it is nowdays in terms of hardware sales) and the Battlefront deal.
Of course, Sony also has 3 major conferences (TGS/PGW/PSX) to announce whatever they want these upcoming months. It'll be an interesting holiday period for sure!
Of course, Sony also has 3 major conferences (TGS/PGW/PSX) to announce whatever they want these upcoming months. It'll be an interesting holiday period for sure!
Prophecy2k
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Tomb raider really isn't gonna do much for the XB1 at all imo. Didn't the last one sell significantly more copies on PS systems? Halo on the other hand will be massive, and could really propel XB1 sales forward.
Do think that people are severely underestimating the potneital of the Sony CoD and Battlefront deals. These games will have the full force of EA and Acti's marketing machines behind them, and these two massive games will be pushed exclusively for the US's current most popular console, the PS4. As much as I can see MS seeing great sales with Halo, I think Sony with CoD and BF could come in as a dark horse and edge them out if they're willing to take a hit on a price cut over the holiday. Even if they aren't, I'm pretty sure that MS will have no chance of winning by as much as 600k like they did last year.
I think most people understand that COD is multiplatform now.
But considering the way both Sony & MS has been finding more and more ways to get around the marketing deals in the last year or so, I do wonder if MS is going to market EA Access, get these games for free including COD, BO xyz and any future EA games & DLC with 10% off including BO, with early access.
Just don't mention the BO3 by name/version number.
Metal_Spirit
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You miss understood my post :smile:
I meant that people used to believe COD was exclusive/associate it heavily with xbox. So Sony marketing it will have an effect but not as big as it did in the past. People are aware that its multiplat.
Star Wars Battlefront is totally different. You would be surprised at how many people will think it's exclusive once all the marketing is done, some people already are unsure.
Regarding the EA Access, I was putting forward a possible way that MS may try to get around the BO3 marketing deal.
Nothing to do with SW:BF, but I do wonder if they will find a way to get it out there that it's also available on their machine.
Hahaha... Yea, that's why I said that they've been trying to get around marketing deals a lot in the last year or so.
Maybe they'll just put out an ad saying "The force is strong with this xbox ONE", no more no less.
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I don't think Sony has done this gen yet until now. I believe AW DLC came out on XB1 first or at least at the same time as PS4? I'm not sure.
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