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[miDnIghtEr20C]

must explain why Microsoft lost March.

Hit the nail on the head with that one.

Good win for MS going into E3 soon. Good deals for 360 owners to trade upwards also. The tsunami is coming!!! With sharks in it! Sharknami!

 

[Vampirolol]

do you think we're gonna see Splatoon's performance next month? I mean it's releasing May 29th.

Oh I thougt it was going to release a week before.

 

[Jigorath]

Well, when we have yearly franchises selling 20m+... yes?

How many yearly franchises sell 20m copies? Call of Duty and...?

 

[PoweredByHentai]

I love all the front loaded post's about Bloodborne. No one is taking into consideration that a huge game released last month that had more hype, and was being XBox promoted; Mortal Kombat X anyone?

Let's see how digital sales and some of May sales show up In June.

The game has legs, it's still streamed a lot.

Still sold more on PS4 if you didn't read the OP.

EDIT:
Someone merged the thread. I was referring to Nirolak's post with the NPD results.

 

[Daemul]

Wii U sales are fucking atrocious

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Ah so a Halo bundle, that explains it. The bigger thing is holy shit Wii U sales are low.

 

[Jachaos]

Wait... This can't be right can it? That would've meant that the Xbox One was under 90K last April if it's up 63% YoY.

Hm? Just on the account that 100k + 63% is 163k then your math is obviously off.

 

[Rajang]

Glad to see MLB 15: The Show looking strong.

Yeah, it's probably one of the best annualized sports franchises.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

just when you think Wii U has found the bottom, the little guy just keeps on digging

 

[Leflus]

The hype for Battletoads is real.

 

[Woffls]

Neat, hopefully PS4 and Xbox One will be a bit more competitive this year so we can see some more aggressive marketing. I assume PS4 still has a strong grasp on EU, though.

I imagine Bloodborne will sell for a while to the people who pick up a new PS4, but it's not at all surprising that everyone who wanted the game got it very early.

 

[Welfare]

BTW Nirolak the Xbox One number can be public. Microsoft publicly gave out the Xbox One number last year. http://news.xbox.com/2014/05/xbox-one-april-npd

 

[Respawn]

sony got way too cocky with the ps4 honestly, doesn't surprise me

Cocky?/Uhmm no. Lots of PS4 Saturation plus folks are now getting in on X1 price drop.

 

[Chobel]

When you add in digital sales then the PS4 won.

Nope, XB1 still has that EA access.

 

[T-0800]

Edit: lol my math was dumb. XD ignore this. All these years of calculus and still I mess up on basic math.

Your figures make no sense.

Edit - That's weird. You must have corrected as I quoted you.

 

[TheXfactor]

Xbox One - 187k

Wii U - 43k

3DS - 114k

if thats true then thats not good for anybody, the ps4 second april actually sold less than the ps3's second april, there might be a serious decline in interest in the us for consoles.


but damn yall need to chill with my post, i just stated my opinion and i was merely talking about how they didn't act at all towards the one's price drops, they'll be fine once they drop their price. christ lol

 

[jmaine_ph]

Sony is not price cutting the PS4 because they lost a month in the U.S. to Xbox which only sold 187k. Y'all crazy.

 

[phanphare]

Don't worry, I'm sure something is going to come along and save it.

Just you wait.

Spoiler

and wait and wait and wait

at this point it doesn't even matter. the thing that's going to save the Wii U is the next console by putting it out of its misery. thank jah for the amazing games though! hopefully backwards compatibility will still be a thing for Nintendo.

 

[DryvBy]

Do refurbished systems count? There were a lot of deals going around again for systems at $250 and so that I saw.

I don't care. I'm glad Microsoft won for one reason: competition. Do you think Sony would be great this gen if the start of last-gen they would have been blowing it out of the water? No. That's the answer.

 

[Boke1879]

Sony really needs to drop an immediate price cut at E3.

No they really don't

 

[KooopaKid]

Bloodborne is too hardcore.

 

[Pankratous]

gtav is just ridiculous

Truly. I wonder how many copies it will sell worldwide when it's all said and done and finally drops out of the charts forever.

 

[Sharpeye]

But I bet it moved more XBox's because of the promotion they had with Microsoft.

Sony had a marketing partnership with MK not MS. MS was a tournament sponsor. Get your facts straight.

 

[Papacheeks]

Yet the ps4 version sold more. So don't know what your getting at?

That Mortal Kombat was a bigger more promoted game, so of course both PS4 and XBox version of that game are going to bump Bloodborne off the top 10 list.

And I would also say the promotions XBox did for Mortal Komabt and the console were contributing factors.

 

[Jigorath]

must explain why Microsoft lost March.

What explains why they lost January and February?

 

[k3rn3ll]

People should remember that April is a slow month.

There's almost no way that this "victory" in April was by more than 50k units. Both seem to be below 200k this month.

Well they did say the Xbox went up 63% percent over last april. So it might be more than 200k considering that was Titanfall month

Edit: Sorry mistake. Titanfall came out in March. Dumb
"Xbox One sold 115,000 units in the U.S. in the month of April and has outpaced box 360 sales by 76 percent in the first six months on the market."
So your statement was pretty on point my apologies sir

 

[Daemul]

I love all the front loaded post's about Bloodborne. No one is taking into consideration that a huge game released last month that had more hype, and was being XBox promoted; Mortal Kombat X anyone?

Let's see how digital sales and some of May sales show up In June.

The game has legs, it's still streamed a lot.

Sony had MKX co-marketing, MS only had that tournament iirc

 

[Nothing1016]

Your figures make no sense.

Of course they didn't. I noticed as soon as I posted. Lol

Edit: well. It looks you noticed as well!

 

[darkside31337]

just when you think Wii U has found the bottom, the little guy just keeps on digging

I wonder when the Wii U and Vita will cross streams.

If Splatoon wasn't coming out this month honestly think the Vita would outsell the Wii U for the month thanks to the $39.99 Vita TV Gamestop is selling right now.

 

[Kouriozan]

Ugh, bad news about the Wii U, Nintendo will probably won't publish a PR either :/

 

[The Mad Draklor]

Wow, congrats to the XB1. Interesting that PS4 still led in software sales.

 

[A.J.]

Xbox One charted higher? That is really surprising. I'm curious as to what put them ahead this month

 

[WordsintheWater]

must explain why Microsoft lost March.

Probably a combo of Bloodborne and that promotion since it sold like 390k right?

 

[Asd202]

Ugh, bad news about the Wii U, Nintendo will probably won't release a PR either :/

Guys our consoles sold like shit. Please understand.

Or something like that .

 

[Papacheeks]

Sony had a marketing partnership with MK not MS. MS was a tournament sponsor. Get your facts straight.

You have a link?

 

[Curufinwe]

What explains why they lost January and February?

The MCC bundle came out on March 9th

http://majornelson.com/2015/03/09/xbox-one-halo-master-chief-collection-bundle-launch/

 

[CMojicaAce]

I hoped Bloodborne would at least make the top 10

 

[Macho Madness]

Sony is not price cutting the PS4 because they lost a month in the U.S. to Xbox which only sold 187k. Y'all crazy.

You're right, they'll price cut because it'll move more units than it would have otherwise.

 

[RedAssedApe]

bloodborne and ps4 sales have dropped off a cliff

 

[theprodigy]

BTW Nirolak the Xbox One number can be public. Microsoft publicly gave out the Xbox One number last year. http://news.xbox.com/2014/05/xbox-one-april-npd

well if you actually checked OP you'll see bish edited it

 

[Obliterator]

Xbox One number 1. Time to drop that price Sony

 

[LiK]

whoa, no BB and Xbox One is first. my mind is blown

 

[GeoramA]

Sony announced that Batman bundle way too damn early.

May sales are going to abysmal unless The Witcher provides a decent boost.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

ps4 not winning april npd is obviously the result of the constant delays of the few exclusives announced by sony, refusal to remain priced competitively against xbox due to sony's obvious cockiness, relying on third parties and indies, lack of meaningful system software updates; have you seen the screen shots image quality on xbox one? ps4's only critically acclaimed exclusive so far is incredibly niche it is not hard to see why ps4 did not maintain momentum, the better console won this month

 

[JetBlackPanda]

whoa, no BB and Xbox One is first. my mind is blown

I had a bunch of friends buy Xbones in April. Kind of weird.

ps4 not winning april npd is obviously the result of the constant delays of the few exclusives announced by sony, refusal to remain priced competitively against xbox due to sony's obvious cockiness, relying on third parties and indies, lack of meaningful system software updates; have you seen the screen shots image quality on xbox one? ps4's only critically acclaimed exclusive so far is incredibly niche it is not hard to see why ps4 did not maintain momentum, the better console won this month

None of this matters to Joe consumer.

 

[cakely]

So I guess the Amazon correlation finally died then. Sad times.

It was useful while it lasted but after numerous prediction threads I'm ready to put it to bed.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

1.) Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)

Wow. The PC version of Mortal Kombat X is so bad that NPD isn't even acknowledging it.

 

[PanicFreak]

The MCC bundle came out on March 9th

http://majornelson.com/2015/03/09/xbox-one-halo-master-chief-collection-bundle-launch/

So, is Halo dad or dead? I'm confused

 

[Guevara]

I wonder if:

PS4 March+April > Xbone March+April?

Bloodborne "stole" some of April's sales, basically.

 

[Welfare]

well if you actually checked OP you'll see bish edited it

Wait what?

Oh merged threads.