Gotdatmoney
Member
I mostly avoid the prediction league and compsrison stuff (woo Woolly World though) but holy shit this thread has been so awesome. The twists, the turms, the meltdowns, the lack of pie, the presence of bar. Just fantastic.
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NPD Sales Results for October 2015 [Up1: Xbox #1]
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They needed to only sell 303k hw and under 1m sw in Halo 5 month?
Wut?
Edit: also, holy crap at NPD George. Please be real.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Impressive for Halo.
Sangetsu-II
Member
If he is legit, it's exactly 28K xD
slavesnyder
Member
That's not nice. Pies kept us alife for so long. I'm grateful.
Yes very possible we have to see though next month.
gundamkyoukai
Member
It's possible we have to wait to see NPD for Nov .
Bits N Pieces
Member
Eh? It's NPD George. It even says NPD in his name!
Hello again, NeoGAF forums.
Forgive me as I am not familiar with forums, and I am unaware of the conventions of this community. I enjoyed participating in the 'NPD (U.S. Hardware Predictions)' game that the NeoGAF forums offered before the Report was finalized and released. The Neo GAF seems like a fun, intelligent community, so I would like to help the NeoGAF out by disclosing a few immaterial data points from Thursday's Report, although I do not have the time to participate in your 'console war' topics or respond to queries on a regular basis.
The Report in question is The NPD Group's October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Channel) Report which was released to its important clients on Thursday. It is my understanding that the NeoGAF community regularly discusses and analyzes U.S. Console Hardware point-of-sale data from these reports and would appreciate further disclosure to be able to use in 'console war' discussion.
Please keep in mind that the October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Sales Channel) Report tracks a 4-week month with a Reporting Period of 28 days (10/04/15 through 10/31/15), because The NPD Group follows a traditional 4-4-5 retail calendar. This is to ensure that weekly / quarterly periods can be properly compared relative to performance from previous years.
In Thursday's October 2015 Report, The NPD Group reported that Sony's 'PlayStation 4' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 275K. In the same October 2015 Report, Microsoft's 'Xbox One' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 303K. Also, Nintendo's 'Wii U' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 65K.
You can refer to the following Excel bar graph I produced for the Neo GAF which conveniently contextualizes the above point-of-sale data in reference to data from previous NPD Reports:
It is important to note that NPD's monthly point-of-sale data reports on U.S. Games Industry sales occurring from new physical purchases at retail which is the largest channel for games sales, but does not represent 100% of industry sales; it does not account for consumer purchases made via digital distribution, used game sales, subscriptions, mobiles, rentals, or social network games. NPD's Games Market Dynamics: U.S. is issued quarterly and is NPD's official estimate of the consumer spend on the industry and it does include estimates of the size of those other monetization methods.
Much appreciated George, we hope you stay here for as long as possible, & don't mind some people that pressure you on sales for every game imaginable.
slavesnyder
Member
And what if he is lying and not called George?
Sure it's possible but the same could be said about Xbox and tomb raider or Black Friday deals and the backwards compatibility update
You're kidding right?
303k XB1' sold in Halo month is quite mediocre historically speaking.
It's exactly what happened. It's all about bundles this gen. SW bundle, CoD bundle, all in November, Black Friday coming...
Just wait s month and see for yourself.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Whoa-SHI.
Hello again, NeoGAF forums.
Forgive me as I am not familiar with forums, and I am unaware of the conventions of this community. I enjoyed participating in the 'NPD (U.S. Hardware Predictions)' game that the NeoGAF forums offered before the Report was finalized and released. The Neo GAF seems like a fun, intelligent community, so I would like to help the NeoGAF out by disclosing a few immaterial data points from Thursday's Report, although I do not have the time to participate in your 'console war' topics or respond to queries on a regular basis.
The Report in question is The NPD Group's October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Channel) Report which was released to its important clients on Thursday. It is my understanding that the NeoGAF community regularly discusses and analyzes U.S. Console Hardware point-of-sale data from these reports and would appreciate further disclosure to be able to use in 'console war' discussion.
Please keep in mind that the October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Sales Channel) Report tracks a 4-week month with a Reporting Period of 28 days (10/04/15 through 10/31/15), because The NPD Group follows a traditional 4-4-5 retail calendar. This is to ensure that weekly / quarterly periods can be properly compared relative to performance from previous years.
In Thursday's October 2015 Report, The NPD Group reported that Sony's 'PlayStation 4' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 275K. In the same October 2015 Report, Microsoft's 'Xbox One' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 303K. Also, Nintendo's 'Wii U' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 65K.
You can refer to the following Excel bar graph I produced for the Neo GAF which conveniently contextualizes the above point-of-sale data in reference to data from previous NPD Reports:
It is important to note that NPD's monthly point-of-sale data reports on U.S. Games Industry sales occurring from new physical purchases at retail which is the largest channel for games sales, but does not represent 100% of industry sales; it does not account for consumer purchases made via digital distribution, used game sales, subscriptions, mobiles, rentals, or social network games. NPD's Games Market Dynamics: U.S. is issued quarterly and is NPD's official estimate of the consumer spend on the industry and it does include estimates of the size of those other monetization methods.
Thank you for your input George and we hope you enjoy your stay at the Neo GAF
The Last One
Member
I know, I was talking about this month. Maybe if the CoD and Battlefront bundles were counted for October the PS4 could have sold more.
Tomb Raider has no LE bundles which would have been hit by a pre emptive price cut, PS4 has two in Nov.
Sangetsu-II
Member
NPD George knows how to use PM's right?
Would be a shame if he was banned for not knowing how to use it to verify himself
Would be a shame if he was banned for not knowing how to use it to verify himself
Dash_Riprock
Member
Joke Post?
Tomb Raider is a $399 bundle exclusive for MS Stores and Best Buy, don't expect something impressive for it
RyanPierre
Member
Thank you very much. Here on the Neo GAF we appreciate all the disclosure possible to help us fight in the console wars. I lost my brother in the seventh generation console war, and it was important to him that I continue fighting the good fight to help bring my corporation of choice closer to victory. Your contribution to the cause will not soon be forgotten.
tattooed_dwarf
Member
Did we get "confirmation" on Halo numbers?
I think those are my two least favorite things about NPD threads.
1) People freaking out about charts and not numbers (which we don't get, granted)
2) Arguing over days sales when I think it's probably immaterial for most games given the preorder and frontloading effect of day 1 sales
1) People freaking out about charts and not numbers (which we don't get, granted)
2) Arguing over days sales when I think it's probably immaterial for most games given the preorder and frontloading effect of day 1 sales
Hello again, NeoGAF forums.
Forgive me as I am not familiar with forums, and I am unaware of the conventions of this community. I enjoyed participating in the 'NPD (U.S. Hardware Predictions)' game that the NeoGAF forums offered before the Report was finalized and released. The Neo GAF seems like a fun, intelligent community, so I would like to help the NeoGAF out by disclosing a few immaterial data points from Thursday's Report, although I do not have the time to participate in your 'console war' topics or respond to queries on a regular basis.
The Report in question is The NPD Group's October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Channel) Report which was released to its important clients on Thursday. It is my understanding that the NeoGAF community regularly discusses and analyzes U.S. Console Hardware point-of-sale data from these reports and would appreciate further disclosure to be able to use in 'console war' discussion.
Please keep in mind that the October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Sales Channel) Report tracks a 4-week month with a Reporting Period of 28 days (10/04/15 through 10/31/15), because The NPD Group follows a traditional 4-4-5 retail calendar. This is to ensure that weekly / quarterly periods can be properly compared relative to performance from previous years.
In Thursday's October 2015 Report, The NPD Group reported that Sony's 'PlayStation 4' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 275K. In the same October 2015 Report, Microsoft's 'Xbox One' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 303K. Also, Nintendo's 'Wii U' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 65K.
You can refer to the following Excel bar graph I produced for the Neo GAF which conveniently contextualizes the above point-of-sale data in reference to data from previous NPD Reports:
It is important to note that NPD's monthly point-of-sale data reports on U.S. Games Industry sales occurring from new physical purchases at retail which is the largest channel for games sales, but does not represent 100% of industry sales; it does not account for consumer purchases made via digital distribution, used game sales, subscriptions, mobiles, rentals, or social network games. NPD's Games Market Dynamics: U.S. is issued quarterly and is NPD's official estimate of the consumer spend on the industry and it does include estimates of the size of those other monetization methods.
NPD George dropping the goods...
It will not last long once the NPD ninja's appear. Just cite the numbers next time. Copy/pasting their graphs will attract them like flies.
Oh good point forgot about that. Then I guess Sep is a lock for Sony with COD and SW bundles.
Stilton Disco
Member
Hello again, NeoGAF forums.
Forgive me as I am not familiar with forums, and I am unaware of the conventions of this community. I enjoyed participating in the 'NPD (U.S. Hardware Predictions)' game that the NeoGAF forums offered before the Report was finalized and released. The Neo GAF seems like a fun, intelligent community, so I would like to help the NeoGAF out by disclosing a few immaterial data points from Thursday's Report, although I do not have the time to participate in your 'console war' topics or respond to queries on a regular basis.
The Report in question is The NPD Group's October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Channel) Report which was released to its important clients on Thursday. It is my understanding that the NeoGAF community regularly discusses and analyzes U.S. Console Hardware point-of-sale data from these reports and would appreciate further disclosure to be able to use in 'console war' discussion.
Please keep in mind that the October 2015 U.S. Games Industry Sales (New Physical Sales Channel) Report tracks a 4-week month with a Reporting Period of 28 days (10/04/15 through 10/31/15), because The NPD Group follows a traditional 4-4-5 retail calendar. This is to ensure that weekly / quarterly periods can be properly compared relative to performance from previous years.
In Thursday's October 2015 Report, The NPD Group reported that Sony's 'PlayStation 4' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 275K. In the same October 2015 Report, Microsoft's 'Xbox One' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 303K. Also, Nintendo's 'Wii U' U.S. Console Hardware had unit sales of 65K.
You can refer to the following Excel bar graph I produced for the Neo GAF which conveniently contextualizes the above point-of-sale data in reference to data from previous NPD Reports:
It is important to note that NPD's monthly point-of-sale data reports on U.S. Games Industry sales occurring from new physical purchases at retail which is the largest channel for games sales, but does not represent 100% of industry sales; it does not account for consumer purchases made via digital distribution, used game sales, subscriptions, mobiles, rentals, or social network games. NPD's Games Market Dynamics: U.S. is issued quarterly and is NPD's official estimate of the consumer spend on the industry and it does include estimates of the size of those other monetization methods.
...what the fuck is happening here???
Also thank you, and I really hope you're legit and not going to get in trouble for this.
Approximately ~940k give or take.
It's confirmed that sold less than 1 million with a little more than 10% of attach rate. We don't have a specific number.
There was a tomb raider bundle. There was also the fallout console going aswell for MS
Insane Metal
Member
Wow, the gap was only 28k? lol
Not so great sales for either platform, tbh. Let's see how the holidays turn out. I expect the XBone to outsell the PS4 again. Unless the Star Wars ads/merch/bundles turn the game for Sony.
Not so great sales for either platform, tbh. Let's see how the holidays turn out. I expect the XBone to outsell the PS4 again. Unless the Star Wars ads/merch/bundles turn the game for Sony.
Japanmanx3
Member
We here at The Neo GAF are proud to have George on the team with us. He speaks to us in a manner never before seen in an NPD thread. Such boldness. Such candor. It's like the PR team from NPD wrote that themselves. Welcome sir.
Bish we need you naaaaooooow! PM dis guy pls. We need the answers Sway!
Screaming at 'Console War' fam lololol
Screaming at 'Console War' fam lololol
Gotdatmoney
Member
Maybe he's straight from NPD and giving us a bone just to disappear into the wind amd never be seen again.
Seriously doe, this is just a stupid numbers game. Don't risk getting yourself in trouble.
Seriously doe, this is just a stupid numbers game. Don't risk getting yourself in trouble.
I'm still waiting for a confirmation, but I shall be grateful if he is legit.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
As far as consoles are concerned 200 dollars is where we gotta go
Dash_Riprock
Member
I know we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth but...I'm looking.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Don't see how he save the day since we knew X1 numbers and work out PS4 ones .
What we need is software numbers , which why i hope cream comes back .