Video Game Sales Thread

[Legend]

Maybe the drop didn't do much because people already thought it was that price... Can't keep track of all the price shuffling on that product

Yeah wasn't that the price for the holidays?

[DerNebel]

Yeah wasn't that the price for the holidays?

It has also been the price after the holidays, I haven't seen the X1 above 300 bucks on Amazon.com since the beginning of the year, this temporary price cut was nothing but a price cut in name.

[the-pi-guy]

The Xbox One is going to get slaughtered a couple times over in May.  
I'm expecting they'll keep the price cut, but right now it's supposed to end at the end of April.  

May:
-Xbox One sees price hike
-PS4 gets Uncharted and a couple big multiplats.  

Like I said I fully expect them to keep it, otherwise it'll look awful.  But that's how it's looking right now.  

[ethomaz]

These were trade deals too.

So far more Physical Retailers sells instead Amazon with these deals.

It helps like you could see in NPD March where Xbox One is up you when it was down in previous months.

[DerNebel]

The Xbox One is going to get slaughtered a couple times over in May.  
I'm expecting they'll keep the price cut, but right now it's supposed to end at the end of April.  

May:
-Xbox One sees price hike
-PS4 gets Uncharted and a couple big multiplats.  

Like I said I fully expect them to keep it, otherwise it'll look awful.  But that's how it's looking right now.  

God may NPD can't come soon enough, I wanna see if Uncharted can dominate the way we expect it to.

[Xevross]

Amazon had been selling XB1 for cheaper for ages and then MS introduced the official price drop. Since amazon was already low, they didn't get cheaper while other retailers did, which is why its dropped on amazon.

Still, you wouldn't expect it to drop anywhere near that low.

[Cute Pikachu]

Could PS4 do over 400k in May?

[Raven]

Amazon had been selling XB1 for cheaper for ages and then MS introduced the official price drop. Since amazon was already low, they didn't get cheaper while other retailers did, which is why its dropped on amazon.

Still, you wouldn't expect it to drop anywhere near that low.

Yeah. It's like I was saying. It's not like this is something that happens every time a physical retailer has some deal going on. Even multiple retailers. This is quite literally the first time that the Xbox One has not been in the top 100 hourlies on Amazon US since it became available for pre-order almost 3 years ago. It means that, for the first time this generation, something caused the Xbox One to drop out of those top ranks. Be it physical retailers doing deals or something else. The why really doesn't matter. It happened and that doesn't bode well for its momentum. It would simply mean it was already low enough for something a physical retailer did to affect it that badly.

[Dr. Pezus]

Could PS4 do over 400k in May?

Yes

[Kerotan]

Last year I called bo3 ps4 outselling halo 5 globally x3. At the time many people thought halo 5 would even win.  

All the details here but that was a pretty good shout if I may say so myself!

gamrConnect Forums - My crazy and bold BO3 PS4 vs Halo 5 prediction came through!

Back in March 2015 I made a thread asking who would sell more. Halo 5 or Black Ops 3 on the PS4. 

  

 We all all wise after the fact so let me paint the picture.  This is back before the BO3 was even announced and it was still believed that Microsoft had the exclusive marketing deal. But when I was working out the sales in my head I predicted Sony would snag that. 

 The poll results were BO3 PS4 146 vs Halo 5 114. So a pretty split pole.  We had many posters comment claiming either game would win.  Many also claimed Bo3 WW but halo 5 in the US.  

 http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=199868

  

 So in the thread I made the ridiculously bold claim that bo3 ps4 would sell x3 halo 5. See for yourself:[/size]

 http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7154327

  

 And as luck (I make my own luck)  would have it,  the games current sales are as follows.  

  

 BO3 PS4 - 12m

 Halo 5 - 4m 

 (rounded to the nearest million)  

  

 http://www.vgchartz.com/game/85359/call-of-duty-black-ops-3/

 http://www.vgchartz.com/game/82148/halo-5-guardians/

  

 I can add this to my list of great predictions along with the "ps4 outsells Wii U in Japan in 2016".  And remember people called that crazy too.  

  

 "Great predictors don't need all the facts, they just see the future" - kerotan 

[Cute Pikachu]

Alroght Star Fox please do over 100k on NPD please  

[Legend]

More clarification on this: Microsoft considers Sunset Overdrive, Ryse, Screamride and Zoo Tycoon as current-gen Microsoft Studios IPs.

— David Scammell (@VG_Dave) April 11, 2016

[darkknightkryta]

More clarification on this: Microsoft considers Sunset Overdrive, Ryse, Screamride and Zoo Tycoon as current-gen Microsoft Studios IPs.

— David Scammell (@VG_Dave) April 11, 2016

So Quantum Break was actually release don a non-existent Xbox Two?

[Max King of the Wild]

That doesn't clarify anything

[DerNebel]

More clarification on this: Microsoft considers Sunset Overdrive, Ryse, Screamride and Zoo Tycoon as current-gen Microsoft Studios IPs.

— David Scammell (@VG_Dave) April 11, 2016

So QB's first week was better than a bunch of games that all sold very poorly, great.