That's the fault of MS's WW marketing team, here in the ME most people don't even know what an Xbox is, & the only people that know of the brand's existence are people that pirate games.
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NPD Sales Results for January 2015 [PS4 #1, Nintendo Numbers, XB1 Minimum]
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That's the fault of MS's WW marketing team, here in the ME most people don't even know what an Xbox is, & the only people that know of the brand's existence are people that pirate games.
Ok now, thats sounds pretty desparate.
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
the real winner
loaf of bread
loafofbread will do even better this month with having the marketing exclusive for The Order: £18.86.
RyanPierre
Member
Putting Harmonix and RedOctane side-by-side does not make a ton of sense. Harmonix was a developer at the time for the publisher MTV Games. RedOctane was never a developer; it was a publishing/distribution wing of Activision. The developer for the Wii Guitar Hero games was the in-house Activision studio Vicarious Visions. And if we're talking AAA top-tier developer talent, we should probably remember that Vicarious Visions is the developer who managed to release a 2007 music game in mono sound.
Also comes with a ps4
Dirtyshubb
Member
Well one reason could be that there are a lot more games on PS4 compared to XBO, especially in the digital only category. You add up all the sales of those games you cant buy on XBO and that would offset a decent amount of sales Microsoft would have.
Just to get this completely accurate
January 2015 tracking period - 4th to 31st January, 2015
Xbox One
At $399.99 from 4th to 15th January
At $349.99 from 16th to 31st January
Days at $399.99 - 12 / Days at $349.99 - 16
PS4
At $399.99 from 4th to 12th January
At $399.99 + TLOU: Remastered from 13th to 31st January
Days at $399.99 - 9 / Days at $399.99 + TLOU:R - 19
January 2015 tracking period - 4th to 31st January, 2015
Xbox One
At $399.99 from 4th to 15th January
At $349.99 from 16th to 31st January
Days at $399.99 - 12 / Days at $349.99 - 16
PS4
At $399.99 from 4th to 12th January
At $399.99 + TLOU: Remastered from 13th to 31st January
Days at $399.99 - 9 / Days at $399.99 + TLOU:R - 19
I feel this subject should be discussed sooner rather than later.
Basically what was considered 'traditional gaming' that is consolidating console gaming is now being supersede by faster growing business within gaming.
Of course there are still blockbusters (and will be for a long period) but it's no mystery the total number of package game software is declining year after year.
I think it helps that they install incredibly quickly. so you can literally buy a game Then be playing in less then five minutes. It kind of makes my disc based games feel antiquated.
AstuteClass
Banned
Was Pachter's prediction ever brought up in this thread? Just skimmed through and didn't see it. Thought it would have been mentioned is all.
scoobs
Member
Didn't see his prediction, was he right for once?
John Bender
Banned
Xbox momentum didn't carry through to 2015 then (Though "record January sales" for it's second January on the market is kinda funny PR). Not surprised personally, but some of the more zealous fans seemed to assert it'd be on top this month last NPD time, so this probably made sobering reading for some I don't doubt.
I assume the higher software sales are a direct result of the aggressive multi-game bundling approach XB1 has been taking, yeah?
lol
I assume the higher software sales are a direct result of the aggressive multi-game bundling approach XB1 has been taking, yeah?
lol
archnemesis
Member
scoobs
Member
I'm sure Sony is shaking in their boots...
AstuteClass
Banned
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=151235849&postcount=271
Bottom of Aqua's post.
Edit: Damn wizards.
slavesnyder
Member
I was wondering this too. The Order, Bloodborne, MLB in the next few months. And this year Sony look to have a decent fall lineup too.
Are MS really focusing solely on the Holiday season to this extent?
scoobs
Member
Looks like it. I don't think its really that bad of an idea. The majority of their yearly sales happen in a 2 month period.
Langdon Alger
Banned
Yeah, it's a great game. I don't understand the mediocre reviews.
He not only got the "winning" console wrong (which may be understandable), but he doubled the value of the market this month, which is just insane
I don't understand why this guy is still considered relevant
CadetMahoney
Member
That's surprising.
A single season in a single market (and bleeding money)
There are a lot of aggressive bundles/sales for XB1 in germany but seeing the latest PAL Charts, you know the system is almost dead here. Even when MS closes the gap in NA, Sony has no pressure to pricecut the PS4 in US soon, because of the rest of the world. And when they finally lower the price to 350 $, sales are going to be hot for some months.
TOP50 last week
But MS is going to bring a monster marketing campaign to the table for Halo 5. It's probably going to be on of their biggest. They are really good with this. That release month alone is going to bring in big numbers for MS.
John Bender
Banned
Not in europe.
Steverulez
Member
That is why they paid for Tomb Raider exclusivity
It is but we are obviously missing out on a bit of sales numbers.
Gambit 1138
Banned
Why did Xbox raise the price back up? Are they fucking stupid? And then they lowered it again two weeks later? What is it now? I think MS is more confused than the consumers there advertising too
I don't expect it to do much, nobody here seems to care for the Xbone, a timed exclusive vs. Uncharted 4 probably won't cause a landslide on sales.
If you check deal sites, there is a Xbone day like almost every day now. I am really curious what they will do this year as if the price keeps going down the Xbone might be below the WiiU price soon (if you subtract the bundle content value).
The price drop was only for the holidays, and when MS raised the price after the holidays, people flipped their shit, so... back down ya go.
Apparently they wanted some positive sales PR on holiday but they heavily subsidized so I don't think they made any profit with xbone.
Dreamgazer
Member
Most likely due to the digital vouchrs that were being sold all over the place. That would at least explain nba2k15 and Destiny.
Upgradable internal storage which is a lot more attractive than having an external drive is my best guess.
Is there any official source for this though? Do we actually know that PS4 Digital > XBO Digital?
More like 1 week later.
PS4 hasn't exactly been seeing AAA free PS Plus games so that's not it. Remember XBO gets some free games now too.
slavesnyder
Member
It's dangerous.
If Sony is winning every month from now on until, let's say, october
- the sales gap will be huge
- for that, the "my-buddy-plays-on-this-console"-effect will be even more to PS4 advantage
- xbox could really get a loser image (less players, less graphics
- xbox could have a "... has no games"-stamp on the forehead
They need to do something during the year. Mabe the sales are not so huge, but it is a LOT of time for people to think about what console to get finally.
At this point it's too late in europe. Most people will just follow their hardcore friends which almost all bought a PS4 now.
You could say all of this for the majority of last year, but they still had incredible sales in November/December.
With insane deals, which saw the console going to 349.99 with two games and a $50, if not three games with a 50$ gift card, though.
gundamkyoukai
Member
I also think PS plus could be another reason why ps4 owners buy more games on DD .
It train them that DD is okay on console , would be interesting to get some data.
It train them that DD is okay on console , would be interesting to get some data.
michaelius
Banned
It's not like Microsoft has a choice - they killed their internal studios so their output is low and probably expected that after initial wave of exclusives that TV/sports and 3rd party games will carry them forward in second year.
AnthonypUK
Member
In one market, and in that quarter the PS4 sold just 200k less then the entire *Xbox family, so the gap still widened.
slavesnyder
Member
SAme as the others already replied. Plus, these were a lot of Halo guys who got the system.
They will not buy a second console next christmas...
Cyborg
Member
Because he does his real job well.