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[Shpeshal Nick]

Seems pretty logical that a console company would sell significantly more hardware over the holidays and therefore sell more software than usual in January. Isn't there always a software bump from new owners?

Good point. Never thought about that.

 

[bananafactory]

the real winner

loaf of bread

 

[MDSLKTR]

Bring on dying light 2, it has so much potential.

 

[Megatron]

I think we all knew ms was going to lose when they increased the price of the system for almost half the month. February will probably be a better glimpse of things, not sure if the order is going to move many units or not, but it is an exclusive, and in don't think MS has any. Just the marketing deal for Evolved.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

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[RedAssedApe]

pls break down into white and wheat

 

[Rymuth]

Marry me....

My heart belongs to Amirox (where is that scamp, btw)

Now this is more like it.

 

[Chezzymann]

Amazing.

 

[vinnygambini]

Evolve is dropping very fast on Amazon.com, though, and either SKU reached very high ranks either (IIIRC, the best the PS4 SKU could do was 16th, now see where they both are).

And nobody cares about Play-doh Kirby ;.;

 

[anexanhume]

Pent up launch demand boosted PS4 last January? I thought it was pretty regularly available by the end of the month.

 

[Intrigue]

But in January they sold fuck all consoles but most multiplats still sold more on One. Obviously while there aren't a lot of Xbox One owners out there, the ones that exist buy shit tonnes of games.

Consider it catch up, they sold so many consoles in nov/dec. Of course people will continue to buy games going forward.

 

[SDCowboy]

So the Xbone was $50 less with a free game much of the month and it still lost? I have to wonder what their next move is or if the sales are still good enough that being in second doesn't matter.

 

[spwolf]

bloodborne and the order wont move a ton but will help boast a stronger lineup. i think sony dropa price at e3, has a ton of exclusives, morpheus release date, and so on.

why would they drop the price, so they can lose money on it? You dont drop the price while being first.

 

[bananafactory]

Pent up launch demand boosted PS4 last January? I thought it was pretty regularly available by the end of the month.

PS4 was pretty supply constrained until March/April 2014

 

[alr1ght]

Man, MS's PR is masterful. So many people still thinking it sold more software. I have to applaud them for being good at their jobs.

 

[ShinMaruku]

the real winner

loaf of bread

Nothing can outsell bread. Not even cake. :E

 

[Brian_FETO]

I wonder if Dying Light was helped more by the Gamestop glitch or the Pewdiepie recommendation

.......probably the latter

 

[NullPointer]

Cheers to Techland.

Dying Light has been a great time.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Seems pretty logical that a console company would sell significantly more hardware over the holidays and therefore sell more software than usual in January. Isn't there always a software bump from new owners?

SHOCKING NEWS though

 

[labaronx]

Man bread aint messing around

 

[Busaiku]

That smartphone and PS4 share seem way too big.

 

[outunderthestars]

The blizzards in the North East drove up demand for bread and milk. February numbers will be interesting. Let's see of they can maintain

 

[allan-bh]

PS4 was pretty supply constrained until March/April 2014

Not in USA.

 

[Mpl90]

And nobody cares about Play-doh Kirby ;.;

It'll rise soon. Also, being a budget price release means having both a different trend and a different relevance of Amazon.com sales on overall numbers from other moren"normal" releases. It's not like I'm expecting Kirby to do fantastic, but still...

 

[ZhugeEX]

My heart belongs to Amirox

oh......

 

[Josman]

If a $340-350 Xbone + 2 AC games couldn't win then I expect a $300 SKU by the end of the year. It would also be interesting to know if Digital sales play a considerable role in PS4 software, because every PSN credit card seems to be on Amazon's best sellers list. Still, it's must be pretty inspiring for MS that Software on Xbone does this good, expected because of the influx of new gamers from the holidays, but still a good sign.

 

[jett]

Eh... this was January 2008

Wii        X360      PS3       PS2        NDS        PSP    
274,000    230,000   269,000   264,000    251,000    230,000

Today's market really isn't all that "healthy" when you look back.

 

[benny_a]

That smartphone and PS4 share seem way too big.

I've used eat-through numbers. Bake-in is very hard to estimate due to the way dough is tracked.

 

[Welfare]

I see who the breadwinner was.

 

[Dodecagon]

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

New PlayStation 4 owners preparing for the order and bloodborne In regards to software sales.

Microsoft must really be in panic mode now, surely they can't afford another cut? And would it even work?

Man you're really dedicated to this price cut talk I'll give you that.

Panic mode...lol

 

[Links_fantasy]

Microsofts 2015 games are largely unknown at the moment, I guess their waiting til E3. Their first half is looking pretty barren tho and they don't do random directs with surprise releases. I think Nintendo and Sony are looking to have a good year with exclusives, especially Sony who had a terrible First party year in 2014.

 

[gioGAF]

So do you consider the PS4 being given away now that it comes with a 10 dollar PSN card, a free copy of TLOU and for the better part of the year so far it's come with another free game or year of PS+ at Amazon?

Lol, you are comparing what many would call regular promotions (including a game, giving a $10 gift card) to the MS fire sale ($330 console + 2 games + $50 gift card and who knows how many months of Live for free).

 

[marc^o^]

As expected, Nintendo's PR is noncommittal.

I must say it's been fascinating (borderline creepy) to see you hate me on GAF for all these years.

So Wii U is up 30% yty this January, I comment on that as it confirms my belief MK8 and Smash can still be system sellers in 2015.

 

[vinnygambini]

It'll rise soon. Also, being a budget price release means having both a different trend and a different relevance of Amazon.com sales on overall numbers from other moren"normal" releases. It's not like I'm expecting Kirby to do fantastic, but still...

That's true. Hope it does at least decent #'s.

Speaking of budget titles, I wonder how Captain Toad fared in January.

 

[Alchemist]

PS4 #1 as expected.

 

[Chezzymann]

I'm starting to wonder what the actual sales comparison (in terms of revenue) is between smart phones and bread.

 

[ZhugeEX]

I've used eat-through numbers. Bake-in is very hard to estimate due to the way dough is tracked.

 

[boredandlazy]

You're forgetting some important information in that chart:

 

[Freeman]

Who has the co-promoting deals for W3 and Batman?

 

[LiquidSolid]

Last year Sony was still attempting to meet pent up launch demand.

Agreed. The PS4 probably didn't sell just as well as last year due to that but my point was more that there was no way it was anywhere close to 140k. That was a pretty terrible number for the Xbone and a sign of how well it'd do even with the Titanfall and Kinect-less SKU launches.

Why don't you take the 5 fucking seconds to continue scrolling through the thread...

lol

I did and yet it was still funny how clueless you were. Surprised that the PS4 sold over 140k? Really?

 

[RBK]

So what did I miss?

 

[ZhugeEX]

I'm starting to wonder what the actual sales comparison is between smart phones and bread.

In the USA it's estimated that smartphone sales will be around ~15 million plus.

I'm not kidding, I work in the telecommunications industry.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

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[Rymuth]

Who has the co-promoting deals for W3 and Batman?

Witcher for Xbox and Batman for PS4

 

[allan-bh]

Microsofts 2015 games are largely unknown at the moment, I guess their waiting til E3. Their first half is looking pretty barren tho and they don't do random directs with surprise releases. I think Nintendo and Sony are looking to have a good year with exclusives, especially Sony who had a terrible First party year in 2014.

Not really.

Fable Legends, Forza 6, Quantum Break and Halo 5. Plus Rise of Tomb Raider.

I'm sure there will be more, but these are the big guns.

 

[labaronx]

Who has the co-promoting deals for W3 and Batman?

Microsoft has witched

Sony has batman

 

[Pathfinder]

PS4 #1 as expected.

Something tells me you've been waiting two months to post that.

 

[Usobuko]

Man, MS's PR is masterful. So many people still thinking it sold more software. I have to applaud them for being good at their jobs.

Yep.

The ratio could be just 0.01 more and the statement would still be true.

 

[On Demand]

You can tell this is a slow NPD when bread and smartphones are being discussed.

Spoiler

Don't forget towels.