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Ryng_tolu · Dec 1, 2015

Since no one maked a thread...

Anyway, the PlayStation 4 was the best selling console during Black Friday, with a 42% of share.
In others hands, XB1 is a very, very close second, with only 1% share under PlayStation 4 with a total of 41% share.

Last, we have the Wii U, which has almost tripled the %share compared to last year, we are talking about 17% in 2015 compared to last year 6%.

Here a full comparation with 2013, 2014, and 2015.

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Now, about software.

Black Ops III was as expcted the bigger game this Black Friday, followed by Madden NFL 16 and NBA 2K16.
Fallout 4 at number #8, Star Wars at #13, and as exclusives, we have Nintendo at #12 with Mario Maker and #18 with Splatoon, and MS with Halo 5 at #15.

Here the TOP 20

Source: http://blog.infoscout.co/games-trump-console-sales-this-black-friday/

Jigolo · Dec 1, 2015

cool graphs

Platy · Dec 1, 2015

Impressed by Nintendo numbers ... all the deals completly sucked.

Slayven · Dec 1, 2015

More than 300,000 Americans snap pictures of their everyday shopping receipts via InfoScouts mobile apps: Shoparoo, Receipt Hog and Receipt Lottery. The first 250,000 receipts reported from shopping trips on Thanksgiving night and Black Friday were analyzed to support the real-time insights above. For further

I will take this with a grain of salt

SeanR1221 · Dec 1, 2015

Good for splatoon charting. That's awesome.

Slayven said:
I will take this with a grain of salt

250k is a damn good sample size.

Jigolo · Dec 1, 2015

Platy said:
Impressed by Nintendo numbers ... all the deals completly sucked.

Sm4sh + Splatoon = sucks?

bruh

etta · Dec 1, 2015

Sales "results"?

Gotdatmoney · Dec 1, 2015

Slayven said:
I will take this with a grain of salt

250k is a huge sample size.

cyber_ninja · Dec 1, 2015

Surprised to see Fifa in the top 10.

Toki767 · Dec 1, 2015

Not really results. But good insight.

NinjaCoachZ · Dec 1, 2015

Mario Maker outdid Battlefront? Huh, wow. That's surprising.

Oh, unless Battlefront's numbers are for individual sales and not counting PS4 bundles.

Cat Party · Dec 1, 2015

SeanR1221 said:
Good for splatoon charting. That's awesome.

250k is a damn good sample size.

Gotdatmoney said:
250k is a huge sample size.

Issue isn't the sample size. It's the methodology.

Clipse · Dec 1, 2015

How in the hell did NFS: Rivals even chart? Game was released 2 years ago..

GnawtyDog · Dec 1, 2015

Didn't we have a thread on this? I swear we did. I didn't see software on the previous thread tho...

Curler · Dec 1, 2015

I don't see Until Dawn on those charts. Everyone on GAF bought one, including me.

ArmageddB · Dec 1, 2015

Minecraft, man....

Jack The Nipper · Dec 1, 2015

Where are the pkaces this company gets the highest percentage of customers from

chadskin · Dec 1, 2015

For the sake of completeness, should also mention:

The top console bundle pick this year was the Xbox One 500gb with Gears of War, which Target discounted to $299 (down from $350) and threw in a $60 gift card.

AgentP · Dec 1, 2015

Sample size is fine, but far from an unbiased group. Who is more likely to submit pics of receipts? I'd never do it

Gotdatmoney · Dec 1, 2015

Cat Party said:
Issue isn't the sample size. It's the methodology.

The methodoly is flawed because?

Elios83 · Dec 1, 2015

Hardware note you could include OP:

At Target and Walmart, the Xbox One + Gears of War bundle barely outsold its rival PS4 + Uncharted Bundle. Yet, strong PS4 sales at Amazon.com and other retailers were enough to edge out the Xbox One for top sales this Black Friday season.

PensOwl · Dec 1, 2015

I'm surprised Guitar Hero Live is doing well despite moving away from the band angle+genre fatigue. I guess drums aren't enough to convince people to drop $250 on plastic

Icedburden · Dec 1, 2015

Clipse said:
How in the hell did NFS: Rivals even chart? Game was released 2 years ago..

Yeah, that seems a tad odd... I haven't even seen it at a store in a while.

Mikey Jr. · Dec 1, 2015

Guys, at the end of the day, this isn't really official.

I don't think it is anyways. XB1 could still be the leader. Or maybe Sony did beat MS by more than 1%.

Ricky_R · Dec 1, 2015

Inb4 beast.

jhawk6 · Dec 1, 2015

Interesting Need for Speed Rivals charted instead of the new release. Wonder if that is a mistake?

Dougieflesh · Dec 1, 2015

No rise of the tomb raider

NinjaCoachZ · Dec 1, 2015

PensOwl said:
I'm surprised Guitar Hero Live is doing well despite moving away from the band angle+genre fatigue. I guess drums aren't enough to convince people to drop $250 on plastic

I'm amazed at how much better it's doing than Rock Band. I thought RB's ability to reuse all the old kit you had lying around was a selling point compared to GH.

Unless people got rid of it all so having to buy a new guitar was inevitable either way.

Surprisingly I never heard a lot of buzz for either one.

Sterok · Dec 1, 2015

I see Just Dance is still alive and well. On this day at least.

Toki767 · Dec 1, 2015

Still hilariously bad that Rise of the Tomb Raider isn't in the Top 20 but a 2 year old Need For Speed Rivals is.

FATALITY · Dec 1, 2015

Obliterator · Dec 1, 2015

This is not going to be accurate

For instance that software chart is hilarious

KillerMan91 · Dec 1, 2015

Should have gone with different thread title as these are not in any way official results.

Tenebrous · Dec 1, 2015

Clipse said:
How in the hell did NFS: Rivals even chart? Game was released 2 years ago..

.

hardcastlemccormick · Dec 1, 2015

jhawk6 said:
Interesting Need for Speed Rivals charted instead of the new release. Wonder if that is a mistake?

Probably most buyers weren't savvy enough to get that "Need For Speed" is newer than "Need For Speed Rivals."

Also, it was a lot cheaper.

Hoho for breakfast · Dec 1, 2015

Wow surprised PS4 beat Xbox in sales. I thought with the better deals Xbox would win it. Very close though either way.

Was also hoping Until Dawn would have been in a top 20 seeing as it was a fantastic deal at Best Buy but oh well I suppose it's pretty niche overall.

Aaronrules380 · Dec 1, 2015

Gotdatmoney said:
The methodoly is flawed because?

It isn't random at all. It's taken from receipts that people self reported (and based on who reported most quickly as well), which introduces a lot of room for bias. Having a large sample size is worthless if you can't make a good claim that the sample actually represents the population at large. A much smaller sample that was taken randomly would actually produce vastly more accurate results

Ryng_tolu · Dec 1, 2015

KillerMan91 said:
Should have gone with different thread title as these are not in any way official results.

That's right, my bad.
Please mod edit the title in "Black Friday 2015 sales estimate hardware and software".

Radec · Dec 1, 2015

This is not official bro.

Wait for NPD for that one.

Ploid 3.0 · Dec 1, 2015

Dougieflesh said:
No rise of the tomb raider

Didn't that game just come out? Maybe the low prices on old games pushed it out of the way, and people bought it when it launched not waiting for any possible deals.

GHG · Dec 1, 2015

Toki767 said:
Still hilariously bad that Rise of the Tomb Raider isn't in the Top 20 but a 2 year old Need For Speed Rivals is.

It's not hilarious, it's actually saddening.

Stupid, stupid deal. Probably one of the worst in the last few generations of gaming when you take everything into account.

JeTmAn81 · Dec 1, 2015

Who are the people who are buying all these sports games every year? They seem to have such little presence in gaming media yet dominate the sales charts.

Mass Effect · Dec 1, 2015

Like I said in the other thread, Battlefront seems really low.

And the fuck? NFS Rivals? That has to be a typo.

ethomaz · Dec 1, 2015

Slayven said:
I will take this with a grain of salt

They were right in previous years and 250k sample is huge.

Dougieflesh said:
No rise of the tomb raider

Expected.

GulAtiCa · Dec 1, 2015

I wonder if the Minecraft game is combined with the Mincraft Story game.

Platy · Dec 1, 2015

Jigolo said:
Sm4sh + Splatoon = sucks?

bruh

Ok... everything that it was not a console sucked =P

Toki767 · Dec 1, 2015

JeTmAn81 said:
Who are the people who are buying all these sports games every year? They seem to have such little presence in gaming media yet dominate the sales charts.

We call them the casual consumer.

falconxcrunner09 · Dec 1, 2015

No Destiny in top 20? Yikes...

KingV · Dec 1, 2015

Slayven said:
I will take this with a grain of salt

300K is a pretty big panel. The largest continuous consumer panel, focused on grocery items is only 200K households and it's used by a lot of huge companies, and it's usually within a few percentage points of reality (I work with this data in my day to day job).

My point is that at the end of the day these numbers are probably in the ballpark. Maybe the Wii U actually had 15%, and X1 41% and PS4 44%, but ballpark I'm betting these numbers are pretty close.

Edit: different topic, that's probably an epic underperform for Battlefront.

Hoho for breakfast · Dec 1, 2015

Mass Effect said:
Like I said in the other thread, Battlefront seems really low.

And the fuck? NFS Rivals? That has to be a typo.

I think Battlefront was stupidly low because of no good deals on it and maybe it doesn't include PS4 bundles? I don't know it does seem like it didn't do too hot though.

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