Hah. "Just" a $350 bundle with what, three games? Four games? It was a fire sale.
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July 2015 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes August 11th
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Hah. "Just" a $350 bundle with what, three games? Four games? It was a fire sale.
Sangetsu-II
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I think MS will win August, September is still undecided and depending if Sony does a price cut or not MS has the rest of the holiday on lock down.
(They still won't close the gap though)
CosmicQueso
Member
Wait. NPD is today? Gah.
Welfare
Member
I think August will go to Xbox.
September is just straight up PS4's month. MGSV and another Destiny bundle are going to a lot. MS has Forza 6. I can see another big deal for the One, but like last year and this June, it won't push it past the PS4.
October is going to go to Xbox. Even if a PS4 price drop happens in October, it'll probably be at the end of October for November and December, and Xbox is going to have a full month of sales building up to the release of Halo 5.
November and December are the biggest ??? because so many things can happen during those months that we can't say much on yet.
September is just straight up PS4's month. MGSV and another Destiny bundle are going to a lot. MS has Forza 6. I can see another big deal for the One, but like last year and this June, it won't push it past the PS4.
October is going to go to Xbox. Even if a PS4 price drop happens in October, it'll probably be at the end of October for November and December, and Xbox is going to have a full month of sales building up to the release of Halo 5.
November and December are the biggest ??? because so many things can happen during those months that we can't say much on yet.
dead monkey uk
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I know there will be new bundles announced, I am talking more about limited edition consoles.
Darth Smurf X
Member
It's a longshot, but I think we'll see Minecraft on the list somewhere.
Also, Batman.
theprodigy
Member
Hey, NPD/PAL threads may be dead but the alternative is worthless junk like in Media Create, look on the bright side!
It's possible. Madden will of course be #1, and I'm guessing gears will be #2
Edit: doesn't Disney infinity come out this month? So I guess that would be #2 the
Welfare
Member
Some time after 4 PM EST. Usually around 6 PM.
You''re taking a risk there with that prediction >.> lol
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Does Disney Infinity sell that well? I'm going to assume Rare Replay will be in the Top 5 due to it being so cheap.
geordiemp
Member
Will we get his graphs though twitter as well lol
I'm jealous! I've only seen the abridged version at Disneyland. Enjoy!
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Is there going to be any real fallout? PS4 will win, and it will probably the usual of CoD, GTA, Minecraft...and whatever else.
How long is his ban?
I read somewhere it was 1 month?
Yeah those threads are hard to read. The NX hype has already started to filter in.
Welfare
Member
Ends next week.
Plague Doctor
Member
His insight and commentary is missed (speaking as a lurker to these threads)
Same!
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Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Why was Zhuge banned?
Self-promotion.
Welfare
Member
No. I don't think you guys will be able to guess it, so just drop that.
Final Verdict
Member
Yeah, sorry, I was looking at the numbers from last year as well, but forgot to include them in my argument.
187k should be fairly easy to beat this month. I think that part of the reason the PS4 has been selling under last year (first half of this year) is because of the lack of any prominent bundle/price drop after having been out so long (I am not really counting TLOU as a "bundle").
I think it did better last month, and will be up this month solely because of the fact that they now have a prominent bundle witch adds value in the customer's eye.
Anyways, not long to find out.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Why exactly do some people think Xbox will take August?
Rare replay and gears I'm guessing
I mainly think because of gears and the madden bundle mixed with no real big seller on the PS4.
The basically free X1 at best buy sale. It's doing huge numbers at least going by the first day. When sales were already likely to be close a sale this amazing will make a difference.
illmatic22
Banned
Xbone had a Madden bundle last year and was still outsold by PS4.
Yup. This amazing deal at Best Buy would definitely be the reason in Xbox taking August. We'll see though.
Welfare
Member
Well this year, it's $50 cheaper, comes with EA Access, and is released a week early.
There is also the Gears bundle.
Jimmyfenix
Member
not even that
Madden actually sold more on PS4 even with the xbox bundle sales included
but it will be interesting to see if it still sells more on PS4 in its launch this year
pal charts :/
hopefully they pick up as we get into the busy season.
Welfare
Member
2014 August results were 160k for XB1 and 190k for PS4.
That $500 Samsung TV + XB1 deal may shifted a decent amount of units, at least according to employees on Reddit:
Grain of salt and all, but ~12k boost to XB1 next NPD if true.
Grain of salt and all, but ~12k boost to XB1 next NPD if true.
LiquidGotti
Banned
rare replay is nothing that will jump the xbox one to number 1. I can see gears doing it for august, but not rare replay. nobody is buying a xbox one to play old nintendo games. get out of here with that. that is hilarious
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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1 hour and 39 minutes to go
Darth Smurf X
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Not soon enough. I'm going through graph withdrawal.
Buy a TV, get an Xbox One? Yeah... that's pretty huge.
Buy a TV, get an Xbox One? Yeah... that's pretty huge.
Rumour has it that at least 12k units were sold in the first day.
That's huge and seriously boosts XB1's chances of winning the August NPD.
Darth Smurf X
Member
The sale started in August.
What? The deal started Sunday. Sunday, August 9. This deal had no impact on July. July closed on the first.