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[Adam_Roman]

But seriously, I'd love to know why MS says XB1 led software sales and Venturebeat saying PS4 had the best software sales.

MS said Xbox led software. They probably combined 360 and XB1 sales to make them look better.

 

[xxracerxx]

But seriously, I'd love to know why MS says XB1 led software sales and Venturebeat saying PS4 had the best software sales.

Aren't they saying the "Xbox Family" led software sales? So XBO and 360.

 

[AniHawk]

Esteemed company there Xbox*

wii u around 20k-22k then

 

[Guymelef]

But seriously, I'd love to know why MS says XB1 led software sales and Venturebeat saying PS4 had the best software sales.

 

[Gorillaz]

Their new console is flopping
The resolution's dropping
The crushed blacks are a'popping
The Xbox family

lmao

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

MS said Xbox led software. They probably combined 360 and XB1 sales to make them look better.

That is exactly what they are doing, hence the *.

 

[enanogrande]

But seriously, I'd love to know why MS says XB1 led software sales and Venturebeat saying PS4 had the best software sales.

The fact that only the tile says Xbox One & the body doesn't reiterate that makes me 90% sure its a typo.

 

[level44]

Their new console is flopping
The resolution's dropping
The crushed blacks are a'popping
The Xbox family

The new Microsoft theme tune

 

[Chamber]

$500 console brehs.

 

[Graphics Horse]

It's not impossible

PS4 >2* Xbone
Xbone >3DS

=> PS4 > Xbone +3DS + x

So as long as PS3 +x > Wii + Wii U
it can happen

I wonder if they included Vita in other platorms

Where is the 360?

 

[def sim]

Aren't they saying the "Xbox Family" led software sales? So XBO and 360.

The title on their Wire website says otherwise. It's a straight up lie.

 

[ironcreed]

Esteemed company there Xbox*

Fuck me running.

 

[Visualante2]

95% drop... that'd put the WiiU in the 16k territory?

beaten by Anihawk and without the math error

 

[Thunder Monkey]

So if that XBO HW number is right then that means PS4 sold around <286k. Wii U first January: 55k, PS4: <286k, XBO: ~143k

That must sting for all those people who kept saying the Wii U's historic failure was a sign of things to come for the PS4/XBO.

I didn't expect One to get that low until around June.

PS4's showing is not quite the Wiilike showing I was expecting in the other thread, but it's a good showing.

This doesn't exactly help me with my "market in free fall feeling".

But in Sony's case at least it shows some life.

 

[pieatorium]

wii u around 20k-22k then

i thinkhes comparing last years wiiu drop

 

[Piggus]

Sony and MS should really round up these attach rate figures, how can someone buy 2.7 games? Then again, many games these days are released unfinished, so I can see how somee would say that they bought a game which was only 70% complete.

Most people have three games and some have two games. It's not that hard to understand.

 

[VanWinkle]

All these numbers indicate to me is that any developer that's making a game exclusive to next gen machines is on suicide watch.

Prepare for a bloodbath of most studios closing their doors within the next two years.

Huh? Why?

 

[Nirolak]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...industry-down-in-first-month-of-new-year.aspx

Good news for Nintendo fans. 3DS and Wii U software sales were up 6 percent and 26 percent when normalized for a four-week month.​

Yay

?

Edit: I can't read.

 

[shinra-bansho]

wii u around 20k-22k then

I think he's posting about their first Dec->Jans.

read the title it actually says this

"Xbox One Leads US Game Sales in January"

Confusing PR has done its job then.

 

[AniHawk]

Esteemed company there Xbox*

wii u around 57k then

edit: i can't read.

...unless that's supposed to be last year? otherwise it was pretty steady year over year.

 

[airmangataosenai]

LOL @ people in this thread predicting doom still.

You do realize that even now PS4 is still far and away the best selling gaming platform in the history of the game industry, right? It may not hold that position forever but people predicting a collapse are morons. It's tracking more than 1 million units above the PS2 in the USA alone.

 

[Chobel]

MS said Xbox led software. They probably combined 360 and XB1 sales to make them look better.

Aren't they saying the "Xbox Family" led software sales? So XBO and 360.

read the title it actually says this

"Xbox One Leads US Game Sales in January"

 

[djyella]

Oh boy, this thread is gonna be great! Its gonna be an entertaining day at the office haha.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

wii u around 20k-22k then

 

[Phediuk]

95% drop... that'd put the WiiU in the 16k territory?

That's more like an 87% drop.

Not that it makes much difference.

 

[Thoraxes]

LOL @ people in this thread predicting doom still.

You do realize that even now PS4 is still far and away the best selling gaming platform in the history of the game industry, right? It may not hold that position forever but people predicting a collapse are morons. It's tracking more than 1 million units above the PS2 in the USA alone.

I could swear the PS2 and DS were. I think both are over 100M.

 

[kiguel182]

No one is talking about it but TR must have sold terrible. 10 overall behind all those old releases in a month it was the only new realse on both PS4 and XBO during a drought. Maybe it should be $30 after all.

I talked about it!

But yeah, I agree with you. SE was not happy with the original sales for it, this probably won't help.

Either the price was too high or people just didn't care for it.

 

[Aquamarine]

Esteemed company there Xbox*

Clarify whether the Wii U figures here are from January 2013 NPD or from January 2014 NPD.

 

[Daemul]

Most people have three games and some have two games. It's not that hard to understand.

I was trying to make a joke. It seems I failed ;_;

 

[Mpl90]

Well this post lists these totals for 2013 (5 week month): http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47934265&postcount=4165



I can't remember if those were our final consensus.

Software, not hardware.

 

[Massa]

Is this the first month ever that MS declines to provide the NPD figures?

 

[Miles X]

We don't have anything on WiiU yet, why are you making these estimates?? He's talking about last year.

 

[AniHawk]

I think he's posting about their first Dec->Jans.

i also read the numbers as being over 90% for a drop. it might actually be the case, but still. oops.

 

[Spiegel]

Well this post lists these totals for 2013 (5 week month): http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47934265&postcount=4165



I can't remember if those were our final consensus.

Software

 

[Replicant]

So is it time yet for the chalkboard?

Those are a lot of Halos......

 

[Kolgar]

PS4 nearly double Xbone?

WOW.

Going to a pre-Valentine's dinner but look forward to coming back and catching up on the fun!

Dis gon be gud.

 

[Jamix012]

Where are you expecting it to lift the market too though?

The market that Sony and Microsoft's consoles serves is reviving due to these launches.
The TTM for Sony+MS consoles was up from 7.3M in October to 8.4M in November.
And again up from that to around 9.06M in December.
We don't have 360 and PS3 numbers but they'd have to sell less than 60K combined for it not to be up again in January.

They're not going to make up for the loss of the Wii Sports/Rock Band crowd.

Obviously 2014 is up on 2013 due to simply having new hardware to sell, but that's not what I'm arguing. 2013 was already an incredibly shitty year for sales that was only excused by many because new consoles were coming soon. I'm legitimately curious if this is down on 2012 total hardware sales. Don't give me "wii casuals are gone," firstly they were already gone by 2012, secondly it's not exactly as if those sales don't count for whatever reason, a contraction in the market is a contraction in the market.

For reference, PS4+Xbone+Wii U Jan 2014 is down on PS3+X360 2007 (without even including Wii) unless Wii U beat everyone's predictions. Not to mention, PS2 was still outselling both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 (I beleive. I know the former is true, and I'm pretty sure of the latter.) There's nothing like that this time around. There's no clear group of people buying last gen systems ready, indicating a group of people ready to transition and expand the next generational market. There's no good way to spin this. This is a disaster for everyone but Sony.

 

[VanWinkle]

Expecting <10k for Vita, and that's probably optimistic, lol. :-(

 

[SwiftDeath]

Is the Wii U drop people are talking about from Dec 2012 to Jan 2013? [i.e. its first January drop] Or is it for this year's Jan NPD?

Because that drop looks like its from last years

 

[Violater]

Their new console is flopping
The resolution's dropping
The crushed blacks are a'popping
The Xbox family

Wow bravo.!

 

[bill0527]

wat

Sing it to the Adams Family theme.

 

[polyh3dron]

PS4's showing is not quite the Wiilike showing I was expecting in the other thread, but it's a good showing.

The PS4 couldn't have sold more in the US than it did in January. There was no more supply.

 

[Phediuk]

For everyone disappointed at PS4 sales, you do realize that Sony is still selling every single unit they ship, right?

 

[joecanada]

The chalkboard only works if you have a bunch of people saying those things will save the X1.

ouch good point. some of those things are said consistently though.

My question is, when does NOTHING get added to the chalkboard

Spoiler

Looking at u WIIU

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Those XB1 numbers look pretty shit. Especially when yiu consider how available it was.

 

[Nirolak]

Software, not hardware.

Software

Oh I misread that haha.

 

[Neuromancer]

Initiate panic mode protocols

 

[FourMyle]

Well someone doesnt understand statistics

Don't read too much into these sales, right? Cute

 

[Toki767]

Is this the first month ever that MS declines to provide the NPD figures?

Yep. It's pretty telling.

 

[Linkyn]

So based on the Gameinformer info, that's about 57.5k for Wii U, 127.2k for the 3DS

Edit: Nevermind, software sales.