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[allan-bh]

It not only Smash and Pokémon, but amiibo did well, why not? For hardware, they could go with %, "momentum", and then a brief outlook at next year's lineup.

CosmicQueso teased that amiibo sales are great.

 

[Aquamarine]

Today I learned that I'm the only Canadian who uses Amazon Canada.

Your garage is full of Ouyas isn't it?

Damn it...I was just about to say that...

 

[PoweredByHentai]

Moby Dick... i do not read filthy books. shame on you.

You could just look up Captain Ahab on Wikipedia.

 

[Goodacre0081]

Or, 21 minutes until the NPD thread is 10 minutes away from being 5 minutes away!

 

[De_Legend]

Today I learned that I'm the only Canadian who uses Amazon Canada.

Amazon.ca is awesome.

 

[Interceptor]

Is it the same girl on the right? Whats going on here?

 

[And_Gignac]

Her face movements are impressive.

She walks children in nature.

 

[Krypta]

Today I learned that I'm the only Canadian who uses Amazon Canada.

Enjoying your Ouya?

 

[vinnygambini]

Amazon.ca is awesome.

It's da best.

I got the Order Collector's Edition for 10$, retails at 150$, and they are going to honor the order (pun indeed), I can't be more pleased!

+ got 45% off all my E3 orders with them this year.

I can't complain, I love em.

 

[ec0ec0]

So close to NPD.

*reads some pages*

Apparently... NPD has already begun in this thread.

 

[CREMSteve]

Amazon.ca is awesome.

Yup

 

[CorporateClown]

The amazon.ca ouya thing must be a mistake. Everyone I know, including parents, coworkers, etc. uses amazon, but I don't know a single person who could tell you what an ouya is. And it's been at the top for a while now. Something is definitely fishy there.

 

[Mooreberg]

Obviously - and its cool that a lot of people are gonna get to play great games on that system for a good price. What I'm saying is the "well earned" and "fantastic job" like they developed a business strategy that propelled them to the heights. They dropped the price to unbelievable levels because they're losing not because they're philanthropists.

I am happy for the people who saved money though. Because they don't really need it

Yeah you are right, which is what will make the first five months of 2015 really interesting. If they narrow the gap in two months, only to it see it reemerge leading up to E3, they will just be in an identical market position as last year. It isn't like the rest of the planet will have just stopped buying hardware.

 

[SeanR1221]

What's the story here and the one with Greenberg

 

[slavesnyder]

Teams and their leaders are measured by performance. Satya got his current job because of his ability to increase profits. So yeah, there are lots of people who work very hard trying to maximize profitability if for no other reason then career advancement @ MS. It is a very stressful company to work for.

If I worked for, let's say, office software, I would be annoyed. i am profitable and they are throwing the parties and all this nice money out of the window only to reach sales targets / win NPD months...

 

[Carl]

READY

 

[QaaQer]

The amazon.ca ouya thing must be a mistake. Everyone I know, including parents, coworkers, etc. uses amazon, but I don't know a single person who could tell you what an ouya is. And it's been at the top for a while now. Something is definitely fishy there.

No mistake, its been at or near the top for the entire year on the hourly and monthly and yearly charts. It's weird.

 

[Aquamarine]

The amazon.ca ouya thing must be a mistake. Everyone I know, including parents, coworkers, etc. uses amazon, but I don't know a single person who could tell you what an ouya is. And it's been at the top for a while now. Something is definitely fishy there.

It's not a mistake...all of the alleged Amazon.ca lovers on GAF (I'm looking at you, vinnygambini) are actually closet OUYA enthusiasts.

 

[BeforeU]

Amazon.ca is awesome.

what? Prices on Amazon.ca sucks compare to Amazon.com.

 

[Cornbread78]

*reads some pages*

Apparently... NPD has already begun in this thread.

Needs more champagne poppin once MS PR hits.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

I think the XB1 will win by about 150k - 200k.

 

[mrklaw]

I too expect that or more. I think people are genuinely underestimating the type of retail enthusiasm there was for XBO in November. We're talking about a system that only a year ago was shackled to the Kinect abomination and cost you $500 for the pleasure of that cock up and terrible early gen UI troubles. Now the system has had a zillion UI updates making millions happy, Kinect is no longer thrust upon its unwilling victims, and the system literally was selling during November for $329 + 2 high profile games + $50 gift card in some places. $329 minus $60 minus $30 minus $50 = $189.

We're talking a system with the power XBO has under its hood and with third party support and relatively competent (albeit inferior) multiplatform ports. For most people that's enough if you're going to be able to purchase one for less than the price of refurbished Wii U and get multiple games in the exchange for it.

PS4 retained its sticker price largely at most major retails, $399. They added two games, GTAV and Last of Us. Which is admittedly a nice bundle, but also cross gen conversions. Not exactly soaringly inspirational, considering their first party problems with Driveclub and LittleBigPlanet 3 too being a PS4/PS3 multiplatform game.

PS4's deal was decent, quaint. XBO's deal was the definition of a Black Friday doorbuster.

So two of the highest rated games of last year (and this year) are quaint, but a poorly made AC cookie cutter game plus last years warned over version of the same game is a door buster?

Both sides had good deals, MS just went deeper on the headline price and that is what will make the difference. Plus Sony didn't even join in the party until the last week of the month.

I think December will be closer as Sony seems more engaged from the start of the month.

 

[Atlas157]

READY

YES

 

[allan-bh]

So two of the highest rated games of last year (and this year) are quaint, but a poorly made AC cookie cutter game plus last years warned over version of the same game is a door buster?

You said everthing. We are in 2014.

 

[Super_Cobra]

Let's hold hands gaf.

 

[Mr Moose]

Your garage is full of Ouyas isn't it?

LMAO

 

[slavesnyder]

You could just look up Captain Ahab on Wikipedia.

i should overcome allergy to emoticons. would be easier sometimes.

 

[Anion]

Let's hold hands gaf.

But your a snake? You dont have hands

 

[Carl]

YES

Hell yes! Fully expect Xbox to win by 100 - 200k.

 

[Jomjom]

Your garbage is full of Ouyas isn't it?

FTFY

 

[vinnygambini]

It's not a mistake...all of the alleged Amazon.ca lovers on GAF (I'm looking at you, vinnygambini) are actually closet OUYA enthusiasts.

That's not true!

 

[mintylurb]

One month=/=closing the gap

No, but it's a trend. Just like X1 multi-platform games closing the gap.

 

[PoweredByHentai]

i should overcome allergy to emoticons. would be easier sometimes.

It probably would. /sleeping-shu-nod

 

[chadskin]

Is it the same girl on the right? Whats going on here?

What's the story here and the one with Greenberg

Was part of a video series a couple of years ago: http://kotaku.com/5017063/aaron-greenberg-ladies-man

Sadly, the original site appears to be dead. Maybe they're on Youtube now.

 

[Conduit]

READY

SET....

 

[Tobor]

No, but it's a trend. Just like X1 multi-platform games closing the gap.

One month is not a trend. One month is an anomaly.

 

[Yaser Tech]

SET....

GO

 

[Dante316]

GO

False start. Penalty

 

[RealityPales]

Less than 30 minutes away, right?

 

[HORRORSHØW]

No, but it's a trend. Just like X1 multi-platform games closing the gap.

bwhahahaha

 

[bbjvc]

Wii U is cheaper than both and have even more exclusives.

The thing is, a lot high profile games on both XBO/PS4/PC are not on WiiU, so it's kinda of unfair to ignore those when comparing.

 

[TheOnePercent]

It's not a mistake...all of the alleged Amazon.ca lovers on GAF (I'm looking at you, vinnygambini) are actually closet OUYA enthusiasts.

Jeff Gerstmann was right about the secret Ouya cabal with Don Mattrick (a Canadian!) and Jack Tretton.

HAIL OUYA!

 

[SuperSonic1305]

This year Xbox will win 2 months. Then next year it will win 3 months and so forth. After 6 years the tables will turn!

 

[joecanada]

I still feel a lot of Micresoft hate in this thread... The X1 is now cheaper than the PS4 and had bigger exclusives this holiday. Obviously they're going to sell a shit ton of consoles.

Can't we all just be happy that both consoles are selling really well?

There may be some hate going on for sure but bigger exclusives? None really sold very well if the pal chart is any indication. Maybe some bundles but not really the same.
Also the jubilation is about as annoying as the hate. Some people just don't understand businesses at all
Ms may have sold slot of numbers but when you have basically a firesale on your products you better have a solid follow up plan. Like sell a shitload of software

 

[Conduit]

False start. Penalty

Again then.

 

[Aquamarine]

Less than 30 minutes away, right?

Well, it's 6:07 PM here in New York City.

The NPD Group is located just outside New York City in Port Washington.

Traditionally, NPD PR has released at 6:30 PM right on the dot.

So....

 

[bbjvc]

One month is not a trend. One month is an anomaly.

it could be an anomaly or start of a trend, we don't know yet.

 

[Atlas157]

This year Xbox will win 2 months. Then next year it will win 3 months and so forth. After 6 years the tables will turn!

By then it won't even matter.

 

[IAmRandom31]

Sony ready to burn this thread down with an epic victory out of nowhere

 

[slavesnyder]

it could be an anomaly or start of a trend, we don't know yet.

it could be the last gasp before going under...

everyone is always wiser in the future.