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XBO Gears of War bundle Tops Black Friday accoring to Infoscout.
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Frag Waffles
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So basically all consoles sold a shit load this month. Sounds good to me
Maintenance
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Will be an epic NPD.
cantthink9
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I just picked one up to open on xmas. Only got it because I really have every other gaming device I want. Will still prefer the PS4 to Xbone
xaosslug
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peeps are so caught up in 'omfgz, console warz!!!' they miss the fine print...
this thread:
PS4 thread:
Triggerhappytel
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Yeah, pretty much. So we've now had each console manufacturer suggested as the winner, which is no help at all.
I assume this is different research firms using different data. We won't know for sure until NPD releases.
anexanhume
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It's not just Target, it was the top selling bundle overall.
https://twitter.com/infoscout/status/671455297131573248
Doesn't necessarily seem that informative. We don't know how the star wars bundles did compared to the other xbox bundles. It was an easy assumption that uncharted and GoW would be the #1 bundles. It's probably going to be a lot closer than last year.
peeps are so caught up in 'omfgz, console warz!!!' they miss the fine print...
this thread:
PS4 thread:
So Wii U won after the full 300.000 receipts?
yeah the bundles at my target went really fast during Black Friday, sold out within an hour. It was a pretty good bundle though, they gave me a 60$ gift card plus 10$ off Live and was only 299$.
What's weird to me is that during Black Friday at Target, all the other Xbox One bundles had no such deals or promotion. But now all of a sudden today, all the Xbox bundles now are at the same Black Friday price, but instead of the 60$ gift card from the Gears Bundle now every bundle has a free game of choice up to 60$ and the 10$ off live. If I knew that, I woulda waited and got that 349 1 TB Kinect bundle instead -___-
What's weird to me is that during Black Friday at Target, all the other Xbox One bundles had no such deals or promotion. But now all of a sudden today, all the Xbox bundles now are at the same Black Friday price, but instead of the 60$ gift card from the Gears Bundle now every bundle has a free game of choice up to 60$ and the 10$ off live. If I knew that, I woulda waited and got that 349 1 TB Kinect bundle instead -___-
Megatron
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Yes, but they werent all the same bundle. Still it seems like this and uncharted were the two main bundles. Probably fair to say microsoft outsold sony on bf, but remember, sony just sold a bunch of StarWars edition ps4's that arent counted in this survey but do count for november.
gamechanger87
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peeps are so caught up in 'omfgz, console warz!!!' they miss the fine print...
this thread:
PS4 thread:
250k is a large sample size
Also revenue not units
3rdamention
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It's not just Target, it was the top selling bundle overall.
https://twitter.com/infoscout/status/671455297131573248
Nothing, I need to read...
Thanks, we need their console breakdown for this year I guess.
Disaster Nebraska
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The question that matters is whether or not it's twice as big for consumer electronics. I think they'd probably be evenly matched sales-wise, perhaps with the edge going to BB.
Megatron
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No, that doesn't matter either, because this covers all retailers, not just TaRget.
Comfortably I think. This article is moot I think.
Even that seems moot as they seem to be comparing SKUs only.
Primethius
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I'm a bit confused as to the two articles and I'm not entirely sure if the two Infoscout articles are actually incompatible like suggested.
The first indicates that PS4 sold more on BF while the second suggests that XB1 w/ Gears was the top selling bundle.
The two things don't really seem to contradict one another. Just suggests a close BF overall.
The first indicates that PS4 sold more on BF while the second suggests that XB1 w/ Gears was the top selling bundle.
The two things don't really seem to contradict one another. Just suggests a close BF overall.
digoutyoursoul
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As long as both are doing well I'm pleased
Just need Nintendo to get back on form with NX hopefully
Just need Nintendo to get back on form with NX hopefully
Welfare
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Gears bundle is just one bundle. PS4 would include every bundle. These data points don't contradict each other.
Zen_Arcade
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Right, but Xbox had more available bundles. Therefore their sales were split across more individual bundles while the best selling bundle overall was the Uncharted PS4 deal.
Although it's less for games/consoles because they didn't only report on just gaming as per the PS4 thread.
Primethius
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Okay, good. I thought I was going crazy for a second.
Megatron
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True, but I think most of the xb1's that sold were the gears bundle, and most of the ps4's were the uncharted bundle, as those were the two in all the ads. Both systems had other bundles.
I think the ps4 article was only counting 150,000 consoles, while this article is counting 250,000
Worth noting, they analyze 250,000 receipts. There might only have been 10,000 Xbox One and/or PS4 purchases in that sample of receipts. They track a lot more than just console sales.
Primethius
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Sure, the sample is higher. But the new article doesn't actually state that XB1 was the highest selling console like the first one did. Merely that XB1 w/ Gears was the top bundle of BF.
So while the sample is higher, the actual data makes sense with one another.
gamechanger87
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Can someone link the other article? I thought all they said was that the UC bundle was the largest at Best Buy and nothing more. I haven't seen any aggregated data from them beyond this.
There is no contradictory info so far from InfoScout:
- All Retailers Top SINGLE SKU - Xbox One Gears Bundle
- All Retailers Top CONSOLE (All SKUs Considered) - PS4
What this means in terms of their reports: when you add the Gears Bundle to the other Xbox One bundles the number of total sales for Xbox One are less than the total sales for PS4.
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In simple terms and a small scale, lets imagine each console only had two SKUs available:
Xbox One Gears Bundle - 100 units (Top SKU)
Xbox One Forza Bundle - 50 units
PS4 Uncharted Bundle - 80 units
PS4 Battlefront Bundle - 90 units
Xbox Overall Total - 150
PS4 Overall Total - 170
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And everyone's a winner and makes money.
- All Retailers Top SINGLE SKU - Xbox One Gears Bundle
- All Retailers Top CONSOLE (All SKUs Considered) - PS4
What this means in terms of their reports: when you add the Gears Bundle to the other Xbox One bundles the number of total sales for Xbox One are less than the total sales for PS4.
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In simple terms and a small scale, lets imagine each console only had two SKUs available:
Xbox One Gears Bundle - 100 units (Top SKU)
Xbox One Forza Bundle - 50 units
PS4 Uncharted Bundle - 80 units
PS4 Battlefront Bundle - 90 units
Xbox Overall Total - 150
PS4 Overall Total - 170
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And everyone's a winner and makes money.
One of the big questions I had with people getting that bundle was basically "can I switch it out for madden"
Im assuming alot of people will but wouldn't surprise me
gamechanger87
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Top revenue at Best Buy. That's what I thought. We haven't seen anything consolidated
tiredheadcrab
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So everyone had a good Black Friday then? Thats great news. Console gaming is here to stay.
DarthWalden
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Black Friday shoppers love there Xbox.
DarthWalden
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That's doesn't make sense to me. Didn't Microsoft have a bajillion bundles where as Sony really only had three?
Primethius
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Actually, this is the article that most were sourcing: http://blog.infoscout.co/millennial-video-game-sales/
Example: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11/29/playstation-wins-black-friday-according-to-marketing-study
Makes sense. Thanks!
Don't think that will be clear until at least tomorrow. I'm wondering if we'll even get PR tomorrow or if both companies will just wait for NPD.
Megatron
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Its just how hes interpretting it. We have no way of knowing who is interpretting it right. Should be a wild npd. My personal belief is xb1 won black friday, but ps4 won November.
Have to wait for PR from MS or Sony.
Hugh Swank
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I thought the previous InfoScout report said PS4 UC bundle was top seller at BestBuy? I haven't seen a report from them saying the PS4 console was the top seller overall (including all sku's)
Uhhh.
It works the same way. It's just a matter of the TOTAL depending on EVERY single bundle added together.
XBundle 1 - 150
XBundle 2 - 60
XBundle 3 - 45
XBundle 4 - 70
XBundle 5 - 40
PBundle 1 - 120
PBundle 2 - 115
PBundle 3 - 140
XTotal - 365
PTotal - 375
Edit: Just to be clear, I'm just explaining how the maths could work out. Meaning having a highest selling bundle isn't a guarantee.