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[BlackBuzzard]

And a new streak begins. Microsoft will wait to this years playoffs again. I wonder if the same strategy can work twice.

Sony can prepare for it this time.

 

[John Bender]

 

[AstuteClass]

$499 didn't work, Titanfall didn't work, $399 didn't work (price parity), and now this lower price point worked but only for 2 months.

What can MS do next? Or will their spirit be broken and they will simply accept second place?

Edit: And of course, this is all just NA. Worldwide is a bloodbath.

 

[NickFire]

I'm really surprised MS has fell behind again what with the price cut/cheaper system and the PS4 still being able to beat it. I really thought at that price point and the Christmas months sales momentum win would have kept it in the lead. And with no exclusive game coming until...? I'm guessing we're going to be seeing even more promotions and temp price drops to try and tempt people like they did last year. Except this time there's no Titanfall.

I don't think the $50 means as much Jan-Oct. as it does Nov and Dec.

 

[bananafactory]

@notaxation 1m1 minute ago
Dying Light was the best-selling game of January at retail in the US



https://twitter.com/notaxation/status/566016031005487104

 

[R3TRO]

I feel like that'll be the norm all year.

@notaxation 1m1 minute ago
Dying Light was the best-selling game of January at retail in the US

Nice!

 

[RowdyReverb]

Xbox cant win at price parity, now it can't win $50 dollars cheaper, damn. Imagine when ps4 gets its first price drop.

Wasn't Xbox $399 for half of January?

 

[Shadow_FFVI]

That's my guess. Two years with no price cut would be too much.

Yeah, PS2 built dat legendary gap being active with price cuts.

 

[A_Gorilla]

The fact that even with the price cut the XB1 is still being outsold on Amazon should be very disconcerting for MS...

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Still waiting for retail dying light to come out in the uk

 

[Hidden One]

I don't see Microsoft winning November or December this year either.

Sony gonna come in and announce the PS4 slim edition at E3 2015 along with a price cut and Uncharted 4 bundles.

 

[Bgamer90]

Xbox cant win at price parity, now it can't win $50 dollars cheaper, damn. Imagine when ps4 gets its first price drop.

Haha, come on... it was pretty much known that this would be the result after the price increase.

 

[jmaine_ph]

Unless the cut the price again can we see Xbox One winning a month this year? I would say maybe the month of Halo 5, but if a game like Uncharted 4 comes out around that time or PS4 gets a price cut then idk.

 

[NateDrake]

Not sure if that is a good thing or not. It was released the last week of the reporting period. Then again, it didn't have much competition during the month.

 

[Mpl90]

I was expecting Dying Light to do well, and I raised my expectations after seeing how well it did on Amazon.com more recently, but this is more than what I thought. Congratulations, WB and Techland.

 

[allan-bh]

I'm really surprised MS has fell behind again what with the price cut/cheaper system and the PS4 still being able to beat it. I really thought at that price point and the Christmas months sales momentum win would have kept it in the lead. And with no exclusive game coming until...? I'm guessing we're going to be seeing even more promotions and temp price drops to try and tempt people like they did last year. Except this time there's no Titanfall.

Xbox One sales probably collapsed when returned to $399. Sell less than PS4 was expected.

 

[bananafactory]

Report is up

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/12/january-2015-npd-ps4-wins/

The first month of 2015 saw the one big new game trump a bunch of returning best sellers from 2014. It also saw the return of PS4 as the No. 1 selling console in the U.S.

Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Warner Bros. Interactive’s zombie-survival game Dying Light pushed total game sales to $625.7 million in January. That’s down 5 percent from $662.1 million in 2014. While software sales were up hardware was down big time from $239.6 million to $185.5 million. This is a reversal of the 2014 trend that saw hardware up nearly every month while game sales lagged behind. It is likely switching around now as the hardware market is settling into place.

We’ll get to the full software sales list here in a moment, but first we always like to point out that the NPD numbers are only representative of new physical games sold at U.S. retailers. While that makes up a huge chunk of the market, it does not include digital or mobile. With that in mind, you should probably only view these numbers and results as a snapshot of trends in a wider market.

With that out of the way, let’s get to the game sales.

Software
1. Dying Light (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One ,PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
3. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
4. Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
5. NBA 2K15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
6. Super Smash Bros. (Wii U, 3DS)
7. Far Cry 4 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
8. Madden NFL 15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
9. Destiny (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
10. FIFA 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, Wii, Vita, 3DS)

 

[AstuteClass]

Haha, come on... it was pretty much known that this would be the result after the price increase.

Huh? How does that work? The price didn't increase for long. It was 10 days. Most of the month it was cheaper. No excuses now.

 

[Rymuth]

I feel like that'll be the norm all year.

Considering the 2015 offerings? I think so too.

 

[slavesnyder]

I remember something along the lines of

"Sony better watch out because the Xbox One momentum is going to be closing the gap"

Wow, that's at least two crosses on my Bingo sheet!

 

[David___]

Or the gap is not guaranteed to widen.

This is my new favorite one.

 

[Purest 78]

Wasn't Xbox $399 for half of January?

I thought it was a week and it never went to $399 on amazon.

 

[Toki767]

Wasn't Xbox $399 for half of January?

It was $399 with 2 games for 2 weeks in January.

The PS4 was $399 with no games for the same amount of time.

Then Xbox One was $349 with 2 games and PS4 was $399 with 1 game.

 

[ironcreed]

Deserved. Awesome game.

 

[sturgboski]

Xbox One was the best selling $349 console both in January and all of 2015 to date through January.

I know Zhuge said you were second but you are first in my book.

 

[John Bender]

Hardware

Sony claimed the win for January.

”PlayStation 4 was the top selling console in January, it and remains the cumulative leader in the U.S., according to NPD data,” an SCEA spokesperson told GamesBeat. “Since launch in November 2013, 18.5 million PS4 units and 81.8 million software units have been sold through to consumers worldwide.”

This ends the Xbox One’s two-month win streak, which occurred over November and December — two of the most important months of the years in terms of game sales.

Yep

 

[allan-bh]

Dying Light > The Evil Within launch

 

[Kayant]

Report is up

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/12/january-2015-npd-ps4-wins/

So it's now XB1 Madden outsell PS4 loool. MS continue to have a strong shooter base in the US.

 

[jn20900]

Wasn't Xbox $399 for half of January?

No for about 13 days but places like amazon kept the sale going i think. I might be wrong but i remember seeing it at same price after sale went away for those few days.

 

[jmaine_ph]

Report is up

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/12/january-2015-npd-ps4-wins/

Xbox One did well with software. I'll give it that!

 

[illmatic22]

Amazon right again. $349 Xbone suffers 1st defeat.

 

[chadskin]

Gies.gif

 

[Chobel]

Report is up

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/12/january-2015-npd-ps4-wins/

CoD selling better in XB1 was somewhat expected, but GTAV and NBA 2K selling better in XB1? That's a bit surprising.

 

[bananafactory]

Gies.gif

LOL

 

[GravityInsanity]

$499 didn't work, Titanfall didn't work, $399 didn't work (price parity), and now this lower price point worked but only for 2 months.

What can MS do next? Or will their spirit be broken and they will simply accept second place?

Edit: And of course, this is all just NA. Worldwide is a bloodbath.

I thought you were going for a Dragon Ball Z reference in the end there.

 

[Purest 78]

Haha, come on... it was pretty much known that this would be the result after the price increase.

But it was $350 longer than it was $399. Also it never went back to $399 on amazon. So I'm not understanding your logic here.

 

[Bgamer90]

Huh? How does that work? The price didn't increase for long. It was 10 days. Most of the month it was cheaper. No excuses now.

Not an excuse; it apparently hurt MS in stores for people who wanted the system at $350. Thought it was a popular belief here but I guess not (based on the reactions).

PS4 should easily get the next two months due to the exclusives. Can't see XB1 winning getting another month until August at the earliest (possible Madden bundle).

______________

But it was $350 longer than it was $399.

Seems like there's some who believe the system is still $400 and will be waiting until next holiday to get a system.

Also it never went back to $399 on amazon. So I'm not understanding your logic here.

?; I never said anything about Amazon sales... simply talking about the PS4 getting the month.

 

[ascii42]

So it's now XB1 Madden outsell PS4 loool. MS continue to have a strong shooter base in the US.

I guess passing the football is kind of like shooting.

 

[Shadow_FFVI]

Sony can prepare for it this time.

Are we expecting MS to lower the price to 300 for November? Or will they sit pretty at 350?
300 with games seems excessive, but they did seem desperate this past holiday season.

 

[mejin]

Xbox One sales probably collapsed when returned to $399. Sell less than PS4 was expected.

And when they cut the price again the momentum was already lost.

Anyway, it's almost a month since Microsoft made the cut and I'm not sure they are doing any better this month.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

DAT FIFA

 

[John Bender]

Gies.gif

We should stop ruining our sales threads with Gies' nonsense.

 

[theprodigy]

So it's now XB1 Madden outsell PS4 loool. MS continue to have a strong shooter base in the US.

?

huh I should check out this new shooter Madden game

 

[Insane Metal]

Report is up

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/12/january-2015-npd-ps4-wins/

Almost every game sold more on XBone though. That's definetely not good for the PS4.

 

[Birgitte2004]

Your missing the point. I don't think a lot of people trust the CC information with Sony thus they buy a voucher from AMZN or GS and redeem the code for credit to their account, they then use this credit to buy games.

Sony has a torrid history of security, and I don't think people trust them at all.

I have a feeling that XBO users are willing to put their Paypal or CC information on MS' servers. MS' gift cards barely chart other than the $10 one.

What's more sad than the fact that Sony had their credit card info compromised is that people actually believe that it's safer on MS servers, or that MS has never been compromised in such a way.

Your CC info is not safe _anywhere_ on the net. People need to stop over-reacting when it happens and realize what's more important.

 

[ZhugeEX]

I know Zhuge said you were second but you are first in my book.

Na bruh, my word is final!

 

[RedAssedApe]

CoD selling better in XB1 was somewhat expected, but also for GTAV and NBA 2K?

not that surprising. more recent new xbone owners in the us. also we don't know how much more ps4 actually sold yet nor do we know actual numbers on software sales...might have been pretty close in both regards.

 

[Mpl90]

?

huh I should check out this new shooter Madden game

It's a shooter because, in the game, you shoot the ball. How can you not get that.

 

[thuway]

Almost every game sold more on XBone though. That's definetely not good for the PS4.

Were there any promotions where you buy an Xbox One and receive a free game? I remember November and December they had those deals.

 

[ZhugeEX]

CoD selling better in XB1 was somewhat expected, but GTAV and NBA 2K selling better in XB1? That's a bit surprising.

PS4 bundles.

The ranking doesn't include bundle sales. As far as I'm aware there was still GTAV bundle for PS4 on sale.