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NPD Sales Results for December 2014 [Up2: Nintendo Sales Notes]
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Mikey Jr.
Member
Said it once and I'll say it again, Sony doesn't need to win America. Thats why they don't seem to be really going out of their way to win it like MS is.
Sony, besides maybe UK, has every other country in the world on lock. Fighting MS in their own home turf is a losing proposal.
At the end of the generation, MS will most likely have the most consoles sold in NA. But what is different this time versus previous generations is that the Playstation is in a MUCH better position than it was in previous generations.
Anyways, congrats to MS.
Sony, besides maybe UK, has every other country in the world on lock. Fighting MS in their own home turf is a losing proposal.
At the end of the generation, MS will most likely have the most consoles sold in NA. But what is different this time versus previous generations is that the Playstation is in a MUCH better position than it was in previous generations.
Anyways, congrats to MS.
Insane Metal
Member
Sony lost a good opportunity to sell well in the holidays. The XBone is murdering it (or at least did so in the most important time of the year).
Nightengale
Member
Sony didn't 'do nothing', there was that 4 game pick 1 bundle.
And while they weren't as good as XB1's, there were peaks and occasional days where PS4 had almost equivalent deals. (329 Wallmart standard SKU, Target card, etc)
Throwaway123456789
Member
Call of Duty Ghosts sold better on Wii U than PC?
Aquamarine
Member
it did fine in november.
people incorrectly equate "not being in the top 10 for the holiday season" with "a sales bomb"
pc retail is dead.
shinra-bansho
Member
I don't think that really disproves his statement. Just Dance has been a tremendously successful franchise for Ubisoft that was built on Nintendo's platform.
loaf of bread
Member
If math is correct PS4 is still 600k in the lead and assuming MS wins every month after this it'll take them probably almost until next fall to close the gap. But I highly doubt MS stays winning.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I'm not so sure - losing out on GTA V sales has gotta sting, and is a bad sign. They put a lot of eggs in that basket. Sony's obviously got to play it safe, but MS was almost in a bad spot and now they're in a position of being able to dictate parity going forward again.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
Congrats to MS.
Lol@ ppl saying sony needs to act when they damn near sold 20 million. Yall would make some great businessmen.
Lol@ ppl saying sony needs to act when they damn near sold 20 million. Yall would make some great businessmen.
Pankratous
Member
Why does the abomination of a game, Minecraft, continue to sell?
lol reading this thread listening to "Real American" is simply glorious.
Not surprised to see Xbone come out on top for Dec. Crazy promotions in place that clearly all of the USA lapped up. Now, I await leaked numbers.
ish
Without digital, says less than one might initially think.
That would be ... much less of a difference than I would have thought.
test_account
XP-39C²
Not Far Cry 4
justsomeguy
Member
100% agree
Nothing? They had plenty of bundles/sales/giftcard bonuses in December.
ish
Without digital, says less than one might initially think.
After last month, I'm hesitant to trust any early sales numbers. But if the difference is just 100k, Sony is still cruising with no reason to even consider a price cut.
Huge gap my ass, then. November was a month with a huge gap.
Embarrassing posts already. Agressive price cuts lead to sales. Always have, always will...provided the product is remotely appealing compared to competitors.
Sony have 18.5 million reasons to think they're doing just fine, and they still haven't needed a price cut to compete in any region.
Sony have 18.5 million reasons to think they're doing just fine, and they still haven't needed a price cut to compete in any region.
They have a GTA V bundle though. Bundle sales of sotware aren't being counted.
Haha what is this BS, it still sold fantastically well in the holidays and enjoys a comfortable LTD lead in the US.
Anyway, glad MS' firesale got them the results they wanted. Let's see how they navigate the 2015.
SodiumBenzoate
Member
...hold on.
Hold.
On.
What about all the digital console sales that NPD isn't counting?
Hold.
On.
What about all the digital console sales that NPD isn't counting?
/s
actually i wonder about that too. I just realized the last box game i bought for PS4 was infamous, i've been all digital since then.
Em.... i think it is a well above 500k.
The Last One
Member
I remember Amazon offering 70$ gift card back with a Xbox One Unity bundle purchase. That's much more agressive.
small44
Member
More expensive = more profit
NPD doesn't count digital which is where Steam/etc. come in for PC.
Officerrob
Banned
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and wait on those calling it a 100k difference until I see some pie charts
loaf of bread
Member
100k difference is murdering it?
Here at Sales Age, if youre not winning you gotta be in deep shit.
RespectThySole
Member
Sony didn't really have to do anything in December themselves. There were many great deals on the console at retailers.
Sting? Really? They didn't do much other than bundle it, and bundles aren't included I NPD.
And lol at dictating parity.
XBO demographic fueling an RPG to the top 5 would be kind of shocking I guess.
1st Course
Member
FIFA in annual top 10 wow
Considering they just price dropped permanently (pretty sure it's going to be permanent) I think they'll stay winning.
SDCowboy
Member
The PS4 dominating globally doesn't mean they can't lower the price in the US where it hasn't won in two months.
Except it's not permanent.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I predict XBO will stay on top from this point forward.
Definitely sarcasm Ty4on
I'm always uncertain with the WiiU...
"Don't worry, it'll have its 3DS moment any time now!"
nobodyshero
Banned
Let's not get too comfortable with 100K just yet. Could be more, could be less.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Why do people think Sony will drop the price? They're still way ahead worldwide and playstation is their second best business behind Insurance so I imagine they want to milk $400 for as long as possible.