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[Frolow]

Great stuff. Hope the sales next year are just as good.

 

[moltonasty]

Good number, but didn't Wii U sell around the same numbers during its first few months on the market? Seems like the numbers throughout the rest of this year are far more significant, especially since these new consoles will have similar game droughts as the Wii U did its first year.

 

[justsomeguy]

I'm pretty sure the majority of them have absolutely no idea about which is more or less powerful.

I'm pretty sure that the majority of them, like me, went for the good launch line up, announced 2014 games, and extra functionality of Kinect.

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure it's pretty easy to make shit up too

 

[anexanhume]

@geoffkeighley
Xbox says it won't be updating sales numbers again until Jan 23 w/ earnings announcement. Not sure what that means for NPD numbers.

Is that a semantics thing, since NPD isn't from them?

 

[Sky Chief]

I'd imagine that Sony took them in NA last year. I wonder by how much?

I agree otherwise they wouldn't still be saying fastest selling in the US in November and fastest selling console for Xbox.

 

[Raide]

Good numbers so far. Sony and MS are both out of the blocks. Nintendo really needs to sort something out this year.

 

[Sub_Level]

Great numbers Xbox. Congrats although no mention of Halo concerns me a bit I must say...I need a Halo fix in 2014. I am not sure I could handle a delay, unless Titanfall lives up to hype.

"2014 will be a promising year with many more great games on the way for Xbox One including “Titanfall,” “Watch_Dogs,” “Project Spark,” “Sunset Overdrive,” “Tom Clancy’s The Division,” “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,” “Destiny,” “Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare,” and “The Elder Scrolls Online,” among others. More games, more features, more content, more fun – all coming your way this year."

Oh no well cant say anything for sure till E3 or maybe gdc.

 

[Artex]

I love that they throw that "fastest selling" nugget in there again. Oh, you.

 

[dude819]

Good number, but didn't Wii U sell around the same numbers during its first few months on the market? Seems like the numbers throughout the rest of this year are far more significant, especially since these new consoles will have similar game droughts as the Wii U did its first year.

This Just In: November to February is a "game drought."

Titanfall and Infamous say "no."

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

Wii U still leading next gen.

Thank god we're already in 2014 and these machines are literally months away from outselling the WiiU. The delusion of some folks through the whole damn past year about how these consoles would flop (because the wii u was a major flop) was getting really annoying.

 

[qa_engineer]

Didn't you all know? Console gaming is dead and mobile gaming is the new sliced bread.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Higher then expected. Can't wait to see those NPD numbers now.

 

[Rand6]

3.75 or 4 is my prediction at the least 3.5

3.1 or 3.15 is mine.

 

[harSon]

Good number, but didn't Wii U sell around the same numbers during its first few months on the market? Seems like the numbers throughout the rest of this year are far more significant, especially since these new consoles will have similar game droughts as the Wii U did its first year.

No it didn't.

The Wii U shipped 3 million consoles through the end of December, but only sold through a fraction of that.

 

[Nirolak]

Good number, but didn't Wii U sell around the same numbers during its first few months on the market? Seems like the numbers throughout the rest of this year are far more significant, especially since these new consoles will have similar game droughts as the Wii U did its first year.

They shipped 3 million, which didn't sell through very well, which is why the first six months of this fiscal year added up to around ~460K total Wii U's shipped.

This actually sold through 3 million.

 

[Aquamarine]

Is that a semantics thing, since NPD isn't from them?

My guess is that it means Microsoft won't do any more estimates of internal sales until then.

That "3 million sold to consumers" figure is not from NPD...it's Microsoft extrapolating given their relationships with retailers.

NPD is still going to release regardless of Microsoft's internal tracking.

 

[level44]

Thats great, so about 5.5 mil for PS4 then?

 

[badb0y]

Fantastic numbers.

Edit: ^ No, I doubt PS4 even has crossed 4 million yet. These consoles are supply constrained and they can only sell what they can manufacture.

 

[Canis lupus]

@geoffkeighley
Xbox says it won't be updating sales numbers again until Jan 23 w/ earnings announcement. Not sure what that means for NPD numbers.

What can they update on their earnings announcement other than the 2-3 extra weeks from January. They just gave their Q2 number.

 

[Vizzeh]

Still think they should be saying, 'Fastest selling console on average over the course of X-amount of days' - I dont think they would get away with that in the UK advertising with illusive claims. Its still a great feat, numbers sold.

 

[Oriel]

Damn, impressive stuff, and ultimately a good thing for gamers. I expect PS4 to sell more, but really we should be hoping both consoles perform well.

 

[SwiftDeath]

@geoffkeighley
Xbox says it won't be updating sales numbers again until Jan 23 w/ earnings announcement. Not sure what that means for NPD numbers.

What? But MS most likely won NPD

This has been super weird with Sony not announcing November NPD numbers even though they were ahead and now MS not announcing until the 23rd

 

[opticalmace]

Thats great, so about 5.5 mil for PS4 then?

I would think it would be closer to 4 because of production limitations.

edit: or maybe less?

 

[dude819]

Thats great, so about 5.5 mil for PS4 then?

lol. you funny.

Sony, albeit due to lack of supply (not demand), will be hard pressed to pass that.

 

[Ingeniero]

That's an impressive number, great news.

 

[Final Boss]

What? But MS most likely won NPD

This has been super weird with Sony not announcing November NPD numbers even though they were ahead and now MS not announcing until the 23rd

Because they don't care about NPD nor do most people

 

[gamechanger87]

My guess is that it means Microsoft won't do any more estimates of internal sales until then.

That "3 million sold to consumers" figure is not from NPD...it's Microsoft extrapolating given their relationships with retailers.

NPD is still going to release regardless of Microsoft's internal tracking.

Agreed. MS can also extrapolate the sold figures from the number of consoles that have actually signed into Live to get the day one update. I would think MS has the exact total on hand they just need to net out replacements.

 

[Loudninja]

lol. you funny.

Sony, albeit due to lack of supply (not demand), will be hard pressed to pass that.

hmm? They were at 2.1 million December 1st.

 

[level44]

I would think it would be closer to 4 because of production limitations.

edit: or maybe less?

On second thoughts, you are probably right.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Thats great, so about 5.5 mil for PS4 then?

More like 7 million... duh.

 

[Nirolak]

Thats great, so about 5.5 mil for PS4 then?

I would expect 3-3.5 or at best 4 million.

The thing has almost no supply left.

 

[Pain]

Very impressive, especially at $100 more than their main competitor (... that line... deja vous from last gen).

They got outsold by their competitor so not really that impressive. We're still looking at early adopters here.

 

[phosphor112]

Impressive. Wii U am cry.

 

[Boke1879]

Because they don't care about NPD nor do most people

MS has ALWAYS jumped on letting everyone know when they lead the NPD

 

[anexanhume]

My guess is that it means Microsoft won't do any more estimates of internal sales until then.

That "3 million sold to consumers" figure is not from NPD...it's Microsoft extrapolating given their relationships with retailers.

NPD is still going to release regardless of Microsoft's internal tracking.

That's what I figured, thanks. I suppose we'll get the numbers at earnings and then perhaps in conjunction with Titanfall launch in addition to normal NPD releases. For PS4, perhaps soon at CES, then some combination of earnings, Japan launch and Infamous launch.

 

[dude819]

hmm? They were at 2.1 million December 1st.

And have been pretty terrible, aside from 12/15 or thereabouts when they had a big shipment, at reloading retail stock.

I am not saying people don't want PS4's, they do, but it seems Sony was having at tough time getting them out there to be sold.

 

[moltonasty]

This Just In: November to February is a "game drought."

Titanfall and Infamous say "no."

Those both look like great games that I'll pick up, but that's all I see for release this year that's really interesting and exclusive. Wii U still had W101, Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD (all great games) but was also accused of a "game drought."

By that standard, I would call 1 good PS4 exclusive for the year and one XBONE sorta exclusive for the year a game drought.

 

[yankeehater]

So much for yield issues. Glad to see both the XB1 and PS4 selling so well. This gen is off to a fantastic start.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Because they don't care about NPD nor do most people

But analysts will have access (pay for access) to NPD data and thus it does in fact matter in the scope of things. I find it weird that both companies seem to be quiet when they seem to be ahead

 

[Vizzeh]

And have been pretty terrible, aside from 12/15 or thereabouts when they had a big shipment, at reloading retail stock.

I am not saying people don't want PS4's, they do, but it seems Sony was having at tough time getting them out there to be sold.

They have had a European Launch and I think parts of Asia and Japan launches to think about - Once those launches are over and numbers come out, it will be interesting (not to mention when they can stop feed-dripping supplys after theier MASS launches, but just replenish supplies throughout the world.)

 

[Mpl90]

These should be the known numbers so far

US: 909k (two weeks)
UK: 364k (from launch to end of 2014)
Spain: ~28k (4 weeks)
France: ~50k (2 weeks)
Australia: 67k (? week)

Total: 1,418,000.

It all depends on US, then. If the console sells less than around 1,500,000, then we'll know MS's PR lie. 1,500,000 sold in the first December sound like...an awful lot for a $500 system, though O_O

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

That article about Forza players earlier today said they'd sold 2.5 million.

And the source was VGC, lol...

 

[flyinpiranha]

That is terrible. I am now enjoying my PS4 less than I was before I heard this information.

 

[DrM]

And have been pretty terrible, aside from 12/15 or thereabouts when they had a big shipment, at reloading retail stock.

I am not saying people don't want PS4's, they do, but it seems Sony was having at tough time getting them out there to be sold.

Looks like you forgot Europe, major markets received big shipments of PS4 during December.

 

[Canis lupus]

Impressive. Wii U am cry.

Well Wii u also hit 3 million in 2012.

 

[Boke1879]

And have been pretty terrible, aside from 12/15 or thereabouts when they had a big shipment, at reloading retail stock.

I am not saying people don't want PS4's, they do, but it seems Sony was having at tough time getting them out there to be sold.

In one week Sony sold 240k ps4's based on an insider. Not to mention if launched in several other countries. I have no issues believe Sony sold around 3.5-4 million consoles. We'll hear either tonight or tomorrow.

 

[anexanhume]

Those both look like great games that I'll pick up, but that's all I see for release this year that's really interesting and exclusive. Wii U still had W101, Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD (all great games) but was also accused of a "game drought."

By that standard, I would call 1 good PS4 exclusive for the year and one XBONE sorta exclusive for the year a game drought.

Wat. We still have E3 coming up. We know very little about this upcoming fall lineup. Presumably, we'll get Halo, The Order, Uncharted, Quantum Break and a bunch of other stuff. It's way too early to presume that there's no games to move systems coming this year.

On that note, I'm curious how tomb raider hair edition will do for PS4/XBO.

 

[Final Boss]

Those both look like great games that I'll pick up, but that's all I see for release this year that's really interesting and exclusive. Wii U still had W101, Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD (all great games) but was also accused of a "game drought."

By that standard, I would call 1 good PS4 exclusive for the year and one XBONE sorta exclusive for the year a game drought.

You really think the Wii U didn't have a game drought in 2013?

Wonderful 101, a niche of niche game
Wind waker HD, not an original game
Pikmin 3, another niche title

 

[The Flash]

Remember when everyone got all bent out of shape over yield issues? Good times, good times.

 

[JaggedSac]

Great numbers Xbox. Congrats although no mention of Halo concerns me a bit I must say...I need a Halo fix in 2014. I am not sure I could handle a delay, unless Titanfall lives up to hype.

"2014 will be a promising year with many more great games on the way for Xbox One including “Titanfall,” “Watch_Dogs,” “Project Spark,” “Sunset Overdrive,” “Tom Clancy’s The Division,” “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,” “Destiny,” “Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare,” and “The Elder Scrolls Online,” among others. More games, more features, more content, more fun – all coming your way this year."

That certainly is interesting.