Video Game Sales Thread

[ethomaz]

So PS4 won this year in UK... nice.

Hardware

Week 48, 2014

Xbox One - 108,678
PlayStation 4 - 108,087

Week 48, 2015

PlayStation 4 - 139,000 (+28.6%)
Xbox One - 134,000 (+23.3%)

BTW MS last year PR win was barely a win lol

[Xevross]

That's pretty much what I expected in the UK. I really want to hear lifetime figures, I'd be shocked if XB1 hasn't passed 2m yet. They may just not be announcing the milestones any more. Then again, they said it was a slow year so it could have been a terrible year for xb1

[Xevross]

"PS4 and Xbox One were both heavily discounted over Black Friday weekend. An Xbox One with Rare Replay and Ori and the Blind Forest retailed for as low as £220, and refurbished PS4s were selling for below £200 on Amazon."

Lol I find it hilarious how MS biased MCV is.  Why mention the price of refurbished PS4s? How much did refurbished XB1s cost?

I find it annoying. They've tried to make it sound like PS4 was cheaper but XB1 was much, much cheaper. The cheapest ps4 I saw anywhere was £250, cheapest xb1 was £220 (new).

[Xevross]

Amazon top 100 hourly update (PS4 v XB1)

#1   PS4 NDC Physical (0)
#7   XB1 Gears (0)
#16 PS4 SW (0)
#22 XB1 1TB 3 Games (+4)

WiiU is at #3!

[Raven]

If Microsoft doesn't do a counter price drop then December could get ugly.

Sony Japan says that worldwide sales of PS4 over the last two months have been 3x the amount they sold during the same period last year

— ZhugeEX (@ZhugeEX) December 3, 2015

[Xevross]

If Microsoft doesn't do a counter price drop then December could get ugly.

Sony Japan says that worldwide sales of PS4 over the last two months have been 3x the amount they sold during the same period last year

— ZhugeEX (@ZhugeEX) December 3, 2015

WHAT THE fudge. Last year they sold about 3.5 million in October and November. Surely this can't be true. Has he given a source?

If this is true then holy fudge November NPD....

[Raven]

WHAT THE fudge. Last year they sold about 3.5 million in October and November. Surely this can't be true. Has he given a source?

If this is true then holy fudge November NPD....

Keep in mind we already knew the sell through up to November 22nd and he's talking about October and November. This is also global. Which could very well mean little for NPD and reflect a greater adoption rate in other regions.

[Xevross]

Keep in mind we already knew the sell through up to November 22nd and he's talking about October and November. This is also global. Which could very well mean little for NPD and reflect a greater adoption rate in other regions.

But that would mean probably 10m+ in October and November, that would be totally unheard of.

I feel like they just meant Japan sales and he's misinterpreted it... we shall see.

[Raven]

But that would mean probably 10m+ in October and November, that would be totally unheard of.

I feel like they just meant Japan sales and he's misinterpreted it... we shall see.

It's not impossible that a price drop, greater game selection, and hype for upcoming games could have caused a huge surge in global adoption for the period. Unlikely, but not impossible.

[Kerotan]

But that would mean probably 10m+ in October and November, that would be totally unheard of.

I feel like they just meant Japan sales and he's misinterpreted it... we shall see.

Maybe they mean the ROTW sales.  

[Raven]

Maybe they mean the ROTW sales.  

This is always possible.

[Xevross]

It's not impossible that a price drop, greater game selection, and hype for upcoming games could have caused a huge surge in global adoption for the period. Unlikely, but not impossible.

Okay, I'd give it a 0.0001 possibility. The Wii at its peak managed 5 million in those 2 months. No way PS4 managed 10m+

Why has this not been reported anywhere else?

[Rorono]

3x could also just be 2.6 rounded up. 9M is still too much though. I don't see more than 4.5 being possible
Another possibility is two months refers to November and the one we're currently in, instead of October and November. But if that rate kept going until end of the year..it'd be 15M in two months lol.
Something's not right there. Some kind of mistranslation.

[Raven]

Okay, I'd give it a 0.0001 possibility. The Wii at its peak managed 5 million in those 2 months. No way PS4 managed 10m+

Why has this not been reported anywhere else?

I don't know that I believe it. I'm simply guessing as to how that could be possible.

[Xevross]

I don't know that I believe it. I'm simply guessing as to how that could be possible.

I think 9m+ worldwide is impossible. Heck, 5m+ is very unlikely for October and November.

No point speculating really, we'll just wait and see if there's more updates