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200kish gap.
Things are starting to clear.
200kish gap.
Welp, lost the bet. This new avatar...
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200kish gap.
Wow so PS4 did >1500k and XB1 did >1300k? Amazing.
Hey, that gives me a great idea for an Ars Technica article! I could even make a chart!If PS4 did indeed get a 100% yoy increase, how long till every human being gets their own PS4 ?
the person you made the bet with told you to use mine if you lost?Welp, lost the bet. This new avatar...
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Welp, lost the bet. This new avatar...
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the choices for the avatar bets are pretty great
1990k remains crazy.
USERNAME PS4 XB1
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Cereal Enthusiast 1500000 1100000
jbluzb 1500000 750000
gtj1092 1500000 1080000
GobFather 1500000 1000000
elite09 1500000 1150000
Triggerhappytel 1504000 1502000
Fat4all 1576000 1412000
ghost4soul 1600000 1400000
OnionPowder 1630000 1570000
Mr Swine 1630000 1480000
andy_lhc 1650000 1550000
mushrambio 1850000 1700000
anothertech 1990000 990000
Stanng243 2000000 900000
DieH@rd 2010000 1630000
daniel77733 2200000 1800000
To those keeping track, are PS4 and XB1 sales up or down YTD from last year?
Ballpark percentage?Both are up.
[3DS] 470K [-120k]
[PS4] 1306K [-233k]
[WIU] 234K [-6k]
[XB1] 1268K [-28k]
They were afraid to release their MAUs, so probably not.So ps4 didn't win BF?
I thought Sony will be complacent but look like they were less complacent then my expectation.[3DS] 480K
[PS4] 1180K
[WIU] 295K
[XB1] 1070K
I feel after October results that XBOX is again going to dominate November and December.. So is going to loose their lead again due to being complacent.. they are going for profit margins instead of market domination
LolI thought Sony will be complacent but look like they were less complacent then my expectation.
Way the hell too optimistic on xbone, eh. Overestimated the effect of those $250 bundles I guess. Shit.[3DS] 520K
[PS4] 1430K
[WIU] 325K
[XB1] 1480K
Just Dance > TR
c'mon now.
I shouldn't say much, if I had made a prediction it would have been laughably bad, but what did the WiiU have that could have boosted sales from last year's November? (Where it did ~240k)I wasn't optimistic enough?^^ Great feeling, that is. Save for my so off its sad WiiU prediction, but two out of three over performing is fine^^
I shouldn't say much, if I had made a prediction it would have been laughably bad, but what did the WiiU have that could have boosted sales from last year's November? (Where it did ~240k)
The WiiU tends to have a much bigger December boost and I think it surprised some last year even though the same happened in 2013. I know it's because the audience is mainly children, but I wonder if the reason Nov is so low is because parents don't know and buy it at the last minute (while they know with XB1/PS4 and get it BF) or because most people buying BF get it for themselves. I now it's probably a mix of the two, but I wonder which is the dominant. I'm guessing it's the second one because of how big December has been historically.
The huge PS4 bump makes me wonder if we're seeing the 360 audience really (emphasis on really) shift over to the PS4. We've seen lots of this already, but last year we still had XB1 leading in Nov and CoD sales. If that's the case I think we should start seeing the PS4 leading in CoD sales.
Oy. So.
Closing in on Christmas. We survived the Black Friday madness, woo! And then now Sony and then suddenly MS throw the same damn deals back into the fray. Sigh.
Someone asked me how things went after the price drops came off post-Black Friday. Well, basically, the same thing as always. People cursing themselves for not pouncing on pricing, and then trying to haggle, but still buying stuff anyway, and accepting the deals as they were. Though, of course, it wasn't very long on the PS4 side before the price fell again, and we saw a rush of people coming in with receipts to price match. Nice of us, eh?
So. Star Wars fever is starting to really heat up. The discount including those Star Wars bundles... damn, man. I'm sure folks remember my Black Friday comments being somewhat quizzical on why they only dropped the NDC bundles, when it seemed like there was so many of the Star Wars ones ready to go, in store or in the back end... Well, they're in stores now. And they seem to be doing well. Very well.
Clarifying that: These are the regular ones, not the limited bundles. But damn we've got a lot of those fuckin' Star Wars bundles. Apparently they've also increased the advertising? People are mentioning lots of commercials (I don't watch TV, so I don't really know, but apparently it's all over the place).
XB1s were still selling okay, but were struggling to show the same kind of umph, though I'm sure this sudden price match will turn up the heat a good bit. I do have to wonder how much it will intensify things though, since it's just a price match and not a true marketing push like what customer's are mentioning. We're seeing Star Wars + Christmas madness, and it's getting more than a little chaotic.
What about you Cornbread, you out there?
(My store was not happy about my trip to the Playstation Experience, but hey, my one fuckin' vacation, they survived one weekend, hah, despite the normal blackout on vacation days. I just wasn't allowed to take the time as paid days off. Cheap bastards.)
With these high numbers and, logically, high differences in results and faults, this month will change a lot in the rankings. It's the playoffs for our game, too...
$299 PS4 bundles (both Battlefront and NDC) sold out on Amazon? Appears so. Replenishment on Dec 24 for NDC, 25 for BF
Probably allotted more for retail stores.Promo will go till Dec 19 and there are no more units for Amazon? Why?
$299 PS4 bundles (both Battlefront and NDC) sold out on Amazon? Appears so. Replenishment on Dec 24 for NDC, 25 for BF
[PS4] 1,539,000
[XB1] 1,296,000
[3DS] 350,000
[WIU] 240,000
Darth Smurf X said:It's been real, gang. See you in a year and a quarter.
Here are my revised predictions:
August - Sony (with the GameStop deal, they just eek one out)
September - Sony (Destiny, MGSV, Tearaway)
October - MS (Halo bundle trumps Nathan Drake HD)
November - Sony (Battlefront... that thing comes with 4 retro titles, Lara doesn't stand a chance)
December - MS (I think they'll have pull out some sweet last minute sale, but it'll be close)
2016 - Sony (you heard it here second)
September - Sony
October - MS
November - Sony
December - Sony
And that should just about do it for 2015. See you all in January for NPD 2016: Even More Interesting!
I'm standing by a Sony December victory.
3DS sold 350k, so now we have all numbers, donny can post the results.
November 2015 Overall 2015 Top (9/11)
01. jroc74 113.38 donny2112 901.75
02. wachie 108.56 allan-bh 900.89
03. mejin 107.12 shinra-bansho 898.06
04. sheamus 105.22 Road 888.26
05. Mr Swine 103.44 madp0k 881.01
06. Welfare 101.69 Welfare 880.17
07. Mass Effect 99.41 jayu26 875.63
08. MisterR 96.47 archnemesis 875.54
09. CorporateClown 95.86 freefornow 873.58
10. Jigorath 95.09 theprodigy 869.38
11. MisterMrMister 94.87 Javin98 865.89
12. watdaeff4 94.84 Tratorn 865.30
13. Cornbread78 94.72 BlackBuzzard 860.57
14. theprodigy 94.31 astrogamer 859.62
15. OleGunner 94.17 Final Verdict 857.26
16. Cereal Enthusiast 93.40 RexNovis 855.26
17. Duxxy3 93.05 doicare 853.03
18. EventHorizon 92.88 CorporateClown 851.28
19. biglittleps 92.82 michaelius 847.66
20. DriftingSpirit 92.68 Chobel 846.46
21. ninjabat 92.65 Ombala 845.75
22. 1st Course 92.52 KillerMan91 844.28
23. ascii42 92.18 Bruno MB 841.83
24. dakun 92.01 1st Course 840.00
25. Bgamer90 91.93 skedar897 839.40
26. ptuck874 91.87 Megadragon15 839.10
27. 5Twist 91.55 Darth Smurf X 839.03
28. FullMetaltech 91.51 noobie 834.29
29. orochi91 91.29 Trust me, I'm a PhD 833.35
30. Javin98 90.68 Rymuth 832.93
31. Death2494 90.19 jroc74 829.05
32. Bioshocker 89.51 TheCarrotKiller 827.37
33. Serenity 89.39 Sangetsu-II 826.25
34. jayu26 89.24 wachie 826.23
35. foxbeldin 89.24 slavesnyder 822.10
36. ConfusedGamer 89.11 5Twist 822.10
37. Ombala 88.83 Pillville 820.44
38. Road 88.66 Kill3r7 815.88
39. madp0k 88.66 orfax 815.18
40. astrogamer 88.43 mejin 814.78
41. Tubie 88.40 Asd202 814.20
42. Final Verdict 88.01 prag16 811.99
43. 3rdamention 88.00 Zero-Crescent 811.13
44. Chobel 87.96 pitseleh 810.26
45. PhineasRed 87.79 Elandyll 809.69
46. Zero-Crescent 87.67 Prototype Viktor 803.49
47. Darth Smurf X 87.59 Elios83 803.32
48. Rand6 87.45 jjonez18 803.19
49. Tratorn 87.43 Rand6 799.86
50. Sterok 87.26 Kayant 799.36
132. Chobel - 920,000 units
44. Chobel - 87.96 points