Dyson Industries
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Eliminate the firesale and everything goes back to normal. Who saw that coming.
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NPD Sales Results for January 2015 [PS4 #1, Nintendo Numbers, XB1 Minimum]
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shadowsdarknes
Member
I expect a GDC announcement/update.
Gbpackers31
Member
Expected to be up this month, honestly. The problem this year is there won't be that big Mario Kart bump in May/June/July.
Not counting digitals i quess?
KillerMan91
Member
Xbox One was $500 last January and now it's $350. Then we have last gen consoles that are starting to be dead and 3DS just before launch of new model. That revenue drop in hw sales was expected.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Splatoon will rise victorious, just you wait Niro!
RedAssedApe
Banned
those Dying Light season pass codes count towards digital right?
PS4 on top again? Not surprising.
I honestly believe that MS cannot win month after month unless they give out a game or two away with the XBO. True price of the XBO should be $299. We'll see how long it will be before MS drops it to $299.
Also, great news for Dying Light. Great game.
I honestly believe that MS cannot win month after month unless they give out a game or two away with the XBO. True price of the XBO should be $299. We'll see how long it will be before MS drops it to $299.
Also, great news for Dying Light. Great game.
299.99 Xbox One bundle for E3 with a Surface pad, NFL tickets, two bags of popcorn and two free movie passes?
Ah well, I guess they'll just have to settle for remaining competitive in the US until whatever plans they have their next console come to light. They botched up pretty bad considering how good they did with Xbox 360. I do hope that Crackdown and Cuphead turn out to be ace games because those are the two I'm most interested in right now. Oh! And Screamcoaster.
Other than those two, I'll probably just play stuff on PC. There still isn't enough out there to make me buy another console unless the PS4 has some crazy deals like MS had (and I doubt that will happen).
Ah well, I guess they'll just have to settle for remaining competitive in the US until whatever plans they have their next console come to light. They botched up pretty bad considering how good they did with Xbox 360. I do hope that Crackdown and Cuphead turn out to be ace games because those are the two I'm most interested in right now. Oh! And Screamcoaster.
Other than those two, I'll probably just play stuff on PC. There still isn't enough out there to make me buy another console unless the PS4 has some crazy deals like MS had (and I doubt that will happen).
Sony will never ever need to match Microsoft's sales strategy when the worldwide gap is so large.
bananafactory
Banned
Pretty much. I don't think they give a shit about holiday PR when they've got almost a 2:1 HW advantage
Did it increase to the same price as PS4? What does that say about perceived value if being equally priced did damage to it's numbers?
GTAV was third on the January PSN Sales chart so a fair amount of people bought it digital.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/02/09/playstation-store-januarys-top-sellers/
illmatic22
Banned
Yup. New owners buying up the annual titles. Though Dying Light still sold better on PS4.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Also into the last month of the old 3DS. And the XB1 sales had to have hit zero after a $50 price hike.
King Beyond the wall
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As someone else stated, the decrease in revenue is due to the Xbone price decreasing from $500 to $350.
Twilight Princess
Member
These numbers are so sad compared to smart phones.
GreenTornadoX
Member
makes sense. thanks
So more people bought digital on PS4 but physical on XBO, right?
Me too I will defo buy it when it's on sale
boredandlazy
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Whilst PS4 was full price the entire month. Love that Polygon logic.
Chezzymann
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Just goes to shoe how powerful Minecraft is, four years later and this game is still in the top five. And that was after alpha and beta, which were popular too.
I wouldn't be surprised if its in the top ten two years from now, too.
I wouldn't be surprised if its in the top ten two years from now, too.
That is true. I expect a general increase over the year compared to last year, but no real solid bumps until a price cut or Zelda.
You should. Its a good time.
Or bread.
Even with the adjusted price they're losing on the daily sales charts at Amazon. They need to provide more reasons to buy an Xbox One now, and they don't appear to have any exclusives to do that with until later in the year.
I believe accessories are covered under NPD, which would include Amiibo and Skylanders/Infinity.
X-bros like GTA and COD more?
Maintenance
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Dying Light huh...
So Sony basically wins by default this generation. They don't release any big big games while MS is cutting price, putting out big exlusives (Halo MCC, Forza, SO) and all they get is two months not because of games but because of the price. I say that basically because the only reason Sony wins this month now is because Xbox One was the same price for long enough to not be able to sell enough. Nothing major changed software wise since last month.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Or towels.
The number of smartphones sold worldwide probably exceeded 100 million in January.
In the USA we're probably looking at ~15 million plus.
So yeh, big difference.
Pretty sure orange juice out-sold consoles too.
aaronwt
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Isn't it still close to $500? The same Xbox One that was $500 in January 2014 is still around $500. But I guess it does include two games. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Unity.
The Xbox One Sku without Kinect is the one that is under $400. It didn't exist a year ago.
Insane Metal
Member
Best January ever the the XBone hahahahahahahahah oh lord
Pankratous
Member
Or milk.
hydrophilic attack
Member
FFS Sony, caught lying again :/
bananafactory
Banned
Yeah but no one is buying the more expensive one which is why revenue is down
Big exclusives and SO/forza don't belong in the same sentence in regards to sales.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Milks alright
MS PR works on people who can't read.
Orthogonal
Member
Interesting that overall hardware is down. Thought it would be up a bit.
lol quality journalism