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[NemesisPrime]

Ok, here's something strange.

Monday, the local (Belgian) free paper when you travel by train gave a report on November NPD results. They said that the 360 had sold either 1.1 or 1.3 million consoles and that sales were up something like 33%, while the PS3 had gone down in sales by 20% and the Wii by 23%, or something like that.

Eeeh, how's that possible? Did the newspaper get the whole thing completely wrong? Are the numbers out there already but gaf is not allowed to talk about it? ...


(!!! The numbers are at the top of my memory. the exact numbers and percentages might be a bit different, but the overall order is correct.)

I would assume that NPD releases their numbers early to paying customers before saying anything "public".

Looks like 360 is going to beast this NPD

Almost certainly.

 

[Megadragon15]

I would assume that NPD releases their numbers early to paying customers before saying anything "public".



Almost certainly.

You didn't see this post where it was an analyst's prediction that led to those numbers and percentages: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=24817991&postcount=131

 

[FrankT]

majornelson November #NPD has arrived. First thing I noticed: 50% total spend in November (for this gen) for was on Xbox 360. More to come soon.

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Guessing numbers soon then.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

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Guessing numbers soon then.

I still don't really get what that means.

 

[Kagari]

I still don't really get what that means.

50% of all spending in November for the past 5 years has been on Xbox 360 games/systems?

 

[Busaiku]

Guessing numbers soon then.

When he says "this gen" does he only exclude PS2?
Or does he exclude DS/PSP as well?

 

[jamesinclair]

My newspaper ran the LA Times wii fail story today :lol

 

[FrankT]

I still don't really get what that means.

It means, for all the HW and SW from this gen(360, PS3, Wii, ect) in November 50% of all retail spend was on 360.

When he says "this gen" does he only exclude PS2?
Or does he exclude DS/PSP as well?

Excluding PS2 for sure.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

50% of all spending in November for the past 5 years has been on Xbox 360 games/systems?

Or does he mean among this generation of systems? And what does "spending" entail? Accesories and Software too?

 

[Zeouterlimits]

When he says "this gen" does he only exclude PS2?
Or does he exclude DS/PSP as well?

Probably the latter, meaning the home console systems.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

@aarongreenberg Xbox 360 #1 selling console according to NPD 6th month in a row with 1.4 million units, Xbox 50% of total current gen spend.

1.4?

Wowsers.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

I still don't really get what that means.

Sounds like, if you restrict numbers to just PS3, Wii, and X360, XBOX took roughly %50 of all revenue for November.

1.4 million? Impressive. Looks like there's a chance for some 2:1 performance this month.

 

[FrankT]

Relaunch bitches. :lol

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Relaunch bitches. :lol

How is that in comparo to last year?

 

[FrankT]

How is that in comparo to last year?

819k

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

shit beaten badly.

 

[Shiggy]

USA: The Official Home of Kinect

 

[Busaiku]

How is that in comparo to last year?

It was 820k last year.
Wii only did 1.26 million last year.

 

[Gadfly]

this is goign to be close. Wii may still do a little bit better.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

It was 820k last year.
Wii only did 1.26 million last year.

Wow.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

It was 820k last year.
Wii only did 1.26 million last year.

Now, that's fucking beastly hardware sales while retaining the same price point. Kinect (+Reach, +Fable III, +COD: BO) effect, indeed.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

this is goign to be close. Wii may still do a little bit better.

Uh, he said it was number one.

 

[FrankT]

this is goign to be close. Wii may still do a little bit better.

Nope.

#1 selling console according to NPD 6th month

I think it is fairly safe to say at this point they will take the year unless Wii just has an amazing Dec.

 

[szaromir]

Has Microsoft ever seen better December number? I think they did around 1.2M usually, but I'm not sure.

 

[Gadfly]

Uh, he said it was number one.

Yes. I missed that.

 

[Road]

Wow is an appropriate reaction.

 

[FrankT]

Has Microsoft ever seen better December number? I think they did around 1.2M usually, but I'm not sure.

They just about matched the highest month ever iirc, Dec 2008 1.44. They will easily blow that out this time around.

 

[Belgorim]

Holy shit!

 

[Elios83]

Amazing numbers for 360, it seems Kinect boosted sales by at least 500k units in the US.
Now why can't the others just announce their numbers so quickly :lol ?

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Has Microsoft ever seen better December number? I think they did around 1.2M usually, but I'm not sure.

And just think about the usual doubling (or close to) of numbers for December from November. Insane numbers are due for the next couple months, I guess.

 

[Pooya]

paging Mama Robotnik

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

360's December number is going to be fucking mammoth.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Has Microsoft ever seen better December number? I think they did around 1.2M usually, but I'm not sure.

So December could be even bigger? I forget how it traditionally works.

Yikes!

 

[TheOddOne]

Goddamn and well deserved!

 

[Gadfly]

They just about matched the highest month ever iirc, Dec 2008 1.44. They will easily blow that out this time around.

Provided they can keep the channel filled. 250G is already hard to come by.

 

[gerg]

I think it is fairly safe to say at this point they will take the year unless Wii just has an amazing Dec.

It depends on how close sales between the Wii and the 360 are. If the Wii manages 1.2 million sales again, then it will easily sell 3 million in December. Of course, the 360 could always surpass that, too.

 

[Ashes]

what the... wow.

 

[Arnie]

Massively impressive numbers there, well done Microsoft.

Intrigued to see how much they beat the competition by.

 

[Hiro_Kunimi_80]

1.4?

Wowsers.

my prediction would be devastated... but i'm happy as X360

 

[Road]

[360] 1500k
[NDS] 1300k
[PS3] 550k
[PSP] 125k
[WII] 900k

Very impressive prediction powers. Congrats.

Everyone else was so way off. :lol

 

[Jonsoncao]

oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..............

my prediction was way off, but at least I am happy that 360 done well :lol

 

[FrankT]

It depends on how close sales between the Wii and the 360 are. If the Wii manages 1.2 million sales again, then it will easily sell 3 million in December. Of course, the 360 could always surpass that, too.

Perhaps, I think it was held more up by the $169 for Black Friday week than anything really. Not sure of those kind of deals will be had throughout Dec, but I mean anything is possible with the Wii.

There was only about a 150k difference coming into this so the margins can still be tight.

This should also put them on a path for over 6 million this year compared to 4.7 last year iirc.

 

[Mindlog]

First one to post the PS3/360 November ASP wins an e-cookie.

 

[RedStep]

Now why can't the others just announce their numbers so quickly :lol ?

My guess is that nobody is in a hurry to step up to second or third place on the podium. NPD release used to force them to (as well as to spin and explain that they really won the race).

 

[DMeisterJ]

Sheeeeeeeeit!

1.4 million? What the what? Shit.

Jesus Fucking Christ that's crazy!

I haven't been this genuinely floored since, well this morning with the Uncharted 3 reveal, but before that, a long goddam time. That's amazing numbers for the 360. Hats off to Microsoft. Slim Console/Kinect seem to be doing wonders.

 

[test_account]

What is the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 LTD in US?

 

[zero_suit]

Most impressive, but I still think the Wii win win in December.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Holy shit! :O

 

[Gadfly]

GAF most of the time (but not always) underestimates 360 and overestimates PS3. This time we were way off (at least for 360).

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Holy shit. That's an imposing figure.