SwiftDeath
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edit this gif a bunch of times for NPD "leaks"
Sadly that's almost assuredly to be true but have to be grateful for whatever we get
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November 2014 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes December 9th
- Thread starter donny2112
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Sadly that's almost assuredly to be true but have to be grateful for whatever we get
Welfare
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That's it! Hahahahahaha.Just for you Donny
AstroNut325
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I don't need to know the numbers. All I nee to know is which system is in the number 1 spot. That's all that is needed to wage fanboy wars!
Ghost_Messiah
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I swear to God NPD day slips my radar and surprises me every month. Can't believe it's like ~19 hours before the PR and data drops. Quite excited for this one given it's the legendary November numbers. We might be waiting hours for the actual numbers (please save us Aqua) but at least via PR we'll find out whether MS won or not.
Personally I'm expecting an MS win because they were so unbelievably hyper aggressive but we shall see.
Personally I'm expecting an MS win because they were so unbelievably hyper aggressive but we shall see.
Aquamarine
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You just have to get creative!
I'm thinking...YouTube comments on random Just Dance videos.
Mr_Antimatter
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All in all, I expect the xbone on top due to the insane deals on BF. Ps4 still a ways of head of the last gen/wii U though.
Don't worry, we will have our digital only warriors chiming in to say digital only purchases were not counted by NPD
SwiftDeath
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Aquamarine
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Oh wow, that's amazing...I'm going to have to make use of that, haha.
Aquamarine
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Another good one to use!
theprodigy
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Aquamarine what are you planning....
AkelisRain
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I vote this one! http://youtu.be/F7hjf2mXfjc
http://youtu.be/F7hjf2mXfjcBoboBrazil
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MS silence makes me think Sony won. Microsoft loves to brag.
Just Dance 2015 includes Disney's Frozen's "Let it go!" Appropriate!
Weeaboosuke
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Taking a break from the internet if Sony wins.
Aquamarine
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Didn't amirox already confirm XB1 won? Or was that some kind of a joke post?Still going strong on my PS4 wins Nov. opinion train.
All you gon' eat crow
This month they have nothing to brag about even if they win. Heavy discounts and bundles aren't something to brag about.
If anything I think if buyout would happen I think Samsung is gonna buy Playstation. Not that it will I think if Sony started REALLY getting in the hole personally I believe they would prolly dump Sony Pictures and everything else and focus solely on PS brand.
Getting people to make the jump to current gen earlier due to those deals/bundles is definitely something to be happy/brag about IMO.
Yeah they should reinclude Kinect in every box, push the price back to 499, and just welp for the best. True brag swag right there
Having to ditch part of your hardware, bundle two games, and drop the price to make a loss on the console so it will sell is something to brag about?
Sony loves to brag too you know.
Ghost_Messiah
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Yeah but it's not MS being desperate. It's a powerful and hyper aggressive pricing strategy because MS has the financial capability to do so whilst Sony does not. They're being super competitive leveraging their core competencies to financially out muscle Sony.
So basically just a reiteration of MS' Xbox strategy since the very beginning.
So basically just a reiteration of MS' Xbox strategy since the very beginning.
Sure
Chezzymann
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I wonder if this will be the first NPD thread to break 10,000 posts if Microsoft somehow loses
Naughty_Doge
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That can only mean one thing. Nintendo won.
At this point I'd like to MS lose the month just to see the reactions here.
link?
EDIT: Nevermind, found it. Though it seems like typical Amir0x hyperbole than anything.
Or they are just waiting for NPD.
Mr_Antimatter
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They usually put out some sort of 'well if you think of it this way, we did well' pre-NPD PR in that case.
Ghost_Messiah
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PR usually around 11pm (GMT). Results around 11.30pm (GMT). Then hard data four or five hours later if and when Aqua/Cream grace us with numbers.
TheStruggler
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does the stat just look at NA sales or global sales?
Thank you sir.
Aquamarine
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What do you mean by "the stat"?
We only discuss The NPD Group's monthly reports of USA sell-through in this thread and the NPD thread.
The NPD Group releases other reports, though, like Canada sell-through, Australia sell-through, and New Zealand sell-through.
Those markets are much smaller than the USA market, so they're usually not discussed.
Example of a Canadian NPD thread on NeoGAF:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=182564
Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all perform internal sales tracking.
They directly track global shipments and gather estimates of how their platforms fared in the worldwide marketplace.
The good majority of the USA market is comprised of a handful of retailers. All Microsoft / Sony / Nintendo needs to do is call up those retailers + use digital systems set in place to get an estimate of console sell-through.
However, NPD reports provide the only accurate metric of sell-through.
theprodigy
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If MS don't win Nov, then they're just not ever gonna win any month! I'm a PS4 owner, and even I gotta admit they (Microsoft) had the best deals. They had the best exclusive titles (PS4 exclusives so far has been a massive disappointment, with The Last of Us Remaster being the only exception). MS really put on an impressive offensive in Nov, while Sony just stayed the course. I'm hoping MS won Nov, to put some fire under Sony's ass, but there is a chance it may not happen.
Why can't they be happy/brag about it? If they did well then they did well. They obviously would have done much worse without making those moves so quickly. Their moves also help the exclusives coming to the system soon since there's a larger userbase (which will help for higher/more game sales).
Or the race was so close neither side knows who won yet.
FF Seraphim
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Only thing that makes sense to me
RealityPales
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Too early.
Ghost_Messiah
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Timing is everything. NPD generates heat and buzz so MS/Sony would theoretically be waiting for when the data hits before declaring themselves the winner. This is why PR always comes just before the NPD release. Maximum impact.
They'd have estimates based on discussions with retail channels. If the gap was big enough it would mitigate for any error margin in estimates so they could announce something. But more like.y they'd wait for initial figures from NPD
When do customers get NPD data vs official NPD press release?
travisbickle
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There's other ways of predicting that aren't quite as exact as NPD. MS themselves made a statement a couple of weeks ago that they were the highest selling, probably based off asking stores for inventory.
But I don't think a company would make an pre-NPD statement based on it, look at Pachter a few months ago who was ~300,000 out on his PS4 prediction from his findings.