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NPD Sales Results for January 2014 [Up3: PS4/XB1 #1/#2 best selling; Poke/SM3DW/ALBW]
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plasmawave
Banned
You know when the X1 is in trouble when a jewelry store is offering free X1 with purchase.
gundamkyoukai
Member
People talking about console market dying are funny , PS4 right now is out pacing every console in history yes even Wii (which end up not being that great for certain reasons ) and even PS2.
Yes i expect the market is going to get smaller but that does not mean it's dying and certain factors like more people buying games on DD can even help .
Mobile is going to take away a certain part of the market but if those people were not buying certain games to begin with i don't care to tell the truth .
Companies will just have to diverse them self which they should be doing in the first place .
Yes i expect the market is going to get smaller but that does not mean it's dying and certain factors like more people buying games on DD can even help .
Mobile is going to take away a certain part of the market but if those people were not buying certain games to begin with i don't care to tell the truth .
Companies will just have to diverse them self which they should be doing in the first place .
awwwwww yeah.
graywolf323
Member
they sold?
I must be missing something here. Xbox One is tracking ahead of 360. PS4 is tracking way ahead of PS3. A lot of this drop has to do with how damn long the previous cycle of hardware lasted before this one started. 360 and PS3 hardware and software not dipping a few months into this cycle would be impossible, considering they've been on the market for twice as long as Xbox was when the 360 came out.
The smart argument isn't doom and gloom, but rather maybe publishers have put off the typical pain of a generational transition a lot longer than normal. If 360 and PS3 had five year cycles, they'd be out of the woods already and the new systems would have already seen their first round of price cuts.
The smart argument isn't doom and gloom, but rather maybe publishers have put off the typical pain of a generational transition a lot longer than normal. If 360 and PS3 had five year cycles, they'd be out of the woods already and the new systems would have already seen their first round of price cuts.
creamsugar
Member
Not PS3, but I still don't believe that's true, lol.
Wuuuuuut
reptilescorpio
Member
Wow what? 360 down?
Hope it's the latter, better to have good news for both than bad news for both.
EDIT: Wait, is he implying 360 was behind PS3 AND Wii U? That's... interesting.
Eh? So it's PS3 > Wii U > 360?
...now I'm confused...
Why do you say that?
illmatic22
Banned
ouch, poor noobasuar
IAmRandom31
Banned
Had to see it in gif form.
Freaking great work lok
the ps3 was doing less than 100k in a lot of months last year. i wouldn't be surprised if it's down around 50k now.
seems that people weren't ready to buy into its large userbase at a lower price after all. $99 with practically no storage would have been the way to go, but so many games require an install that it would have been difficult to implement.
They sold out of their initial stockpile? They are also accommodating other countries? Seriously, you can't find them in mass on shelves like the other two. I'm not sure why people aren't following this. Quad is probably right on with many people.
Now we'll have to see how long this can be sustained.
Wonder what WW numbers look like.
fastford58
Member
What?! lol
o shit!
pieatorium
Member
wiiu>360? must be missing a decimal point on the 360 number or something
shinra-bansho
Member
polyh3dron
Banned
What do you not understand about demand outstripping supply?
Chobel
Member
so PS3>X360? Holy shit!
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
LOL at the 'surprise' at the PS3 sales drop.
I wouldn't be surprised if most potential PS3 owners just opted to buy a PS4 instead considering it's only $100 more.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Any contraction in userbase leaves software in a precarious position. Fewer people to sell higher cost of production software too.
And_Gignac
Member
OMG. Poor Microsoft.
Ninja Scooter
Member
the 3DS market shuttering like it has has got to have Nintendo scared. It's not the go-to sure thing anymore. Who was it on the last 8-4 podcast who was laughed at for suggesting Nintendo might announce a successor soon? I don't see why that is so outlandish. Nintendo has got to pitch a perfect game with their handheld business. They cannot afford for the next handheld to be the Gamecube or Wii U of the portable line.
RedNumberFive
Banned
As a Vita fan, for me, ignorance is truly bliss.
How many countries had the wii launched in by January 2007? Just curious. Personally I think Sony stretched their production too thin launching in so many countries at once.
Until I regularly see a ps4 in stock online and in stores (not in stock for a couple of days) then Sony WW numbers will be pretty amazing.
Most ironically appropriate mistype ever. At least I assume it is a mistype. If not, bravo to you sir.
MDSLKTR
Member
that's more like it
fastford58
Member
I think ms may have managed to divide by zero.
LegendofLex
Member
And they couldn't keep up their unprecedented levels of supply... why, exactly? They obviously managed to outsupply Wii's launch supply at launch, why can't they do it post-launch?
cebri.one
Member
At 189$ sure, at 99$/129$ not so much. Probably it'll get a pricecut next summer.
theprodigy
Member
great, so what is the actual ranking there
I can believe it