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[FATALITY]

Isn't Forza quite a big franchise? Don't they usually sell around 5 million per game? And Sunset Overdrive was heavily marketed. I guess that game just doesn't have any appeal to the core audience of Xbox.

i dont think so

 

[Ledhead]

Good outcome for PS4, though I guess this was expected

 

[Jimmyfenix]

That Shacknews link goes to a 404 error :|

Yup they just corrected it

http://www.shacknews.com/article/88073/january-npd-ps4-overtakes-xbox-one-while-dying-light-topples-call-of-duty

 

[dmr87]

Prediction, Dying Light outside the top 10 next month.

 

[ICPEE]

Or bread.

Lol

 

[ascii42]

Well, damn.

How often has the Vita sold at numbers like that in any month in the States?

Launch and first December, maybe?

 

[ZhugeEX]

140k is not a lot of consoles. Even for January.

Exceeded 140k, for all we know they could have sold 10 million. But yeh, likely will be under 200k but over 140k for sure.

 

[Welfare]

Almost 30 minutes late coming to this thread.

Fucking naps.

 

[Rajang]

Eh... this was January 2008

Wii        X360      PS3       PS2        NDS        PSP    
274,000    230,000   269,000   264,000    251,000    230,000

Wow at those PS2 numbers.

 

[Kouriozan]

Oh, that's what Iwata meant by "room for growth".

Spoiler

/s

Anyway, back to Sony dominating, the 2 weeks where Microsoft raised the price of Xbone might have something to do with it.

 

[bananafactory]

Isn't Forza quite a big franchise? Don't they usually sell around 5 million per game? And Sunset Overdrive was heavily marketed. I guess that game just doesn't have any appeal to the core audience of Xbox.

FH2 sold around 200-300k in its first month IIRC. Combined 360/X1

 

[Jamix012]

Why wouldn't 3DS sales be down YOY? Who were the people going out to buy a new 3DS XL when the new 3DS XL comes out next month?

Yeah I know the 3DS has an excuse but, especially when looking from a revenue standpoint, the 3DS dropping should have little impact on the overall market.

It's down in revenue, we don't know about units yet (which I doubt is down YOY).

You don't think it's down in units? That's pretty optimistic.

 

[CozMick]

Isn't Forza quite a big franchise? Don't they usually sell around 5 million per game? And Sunset Overdrive was heavily marketed. I guess that game just doesn't have any appeal to the core audience of Xbox.

Motorsport is a good seller. Horizon not so much.

Pretty sure SO was a poor seller in its launch month.

 

[jem0208]

FH2 sold around 200-300k in its first month IIRC. Combined 360/X1

That's rather depressing...

 

[juicyfruitas]

Xbox One leading in nearly all software sales? Whoa.

5 out of 10 =\="nearly all"

 

[Freeman]

Sony has everything to dominate 2015, they just need to a little more aggressive in the US during the holidays and they are set.

2015 lineup of games heavenly favors the PS4. If they sneak GT7 in 2015 and maybe one other big title later in year the gap will widen even more. That is not to mention what a price cut would do.

 

[1st Course]

Sony not commenting on PS4 performance vs last year make me think PS4 is down over last year.

 

[pixlexic]

wow xbone is selling software now. I didnt expect that.

 

[MegaSackman]

Looks like everybody won.

 

[Links_fantasy]

It's good to see Nintendo holding steady, not in the PS4 league but steady growth which should at least help them continue to be profitable. Hopefully the New 3DS spikes sales of that system as it really is a great handheld and it has a huge range of great games.

 

[bananafactory]

That's rather depressing...

dont quote me on that yet, im trying to find the exact number

 

[ascii42]

Wow at those PS2 numbers.

The PS2 was a beast. It outsold both the PS3 and 360 in February 2008, but I think that's the last time it outsold either.

 

[jetjevons]

Does Dying Light qualify as survival-horror? Haven't played, just seen vids and steams.

 

[allan-bh]

Sony not commenting on PS4 performance vs last year make me think PS4 is down over last year.

Well, january 2014 had sales for people that couldn't buy in 2013.

 

[SpotAnime]

Games that sold better on PS4 than Xbox One

Dying Light
Far Cry 4
FIFA 15

Games that sold better on Xbox One than PS4

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Grand Theft Auto V
NBA 2K15
Madden NFL 15
Destiny

Yeah, stunning how PS4 wins the month in hardware but loses in software. Those Xbox One owners sure do love their games. Razor and razorblade analogy appropriate here.

 

[Pathfinder]

Yay, video games!

 

[Megadragon15]

Nice to see the status quo return.

 

[GreenTornadoX]

The PS4 is the new digital domain. Go ahead and wrap you head around that irony.

My 150gb data cap will wrap around it soon enough.

 

[Darksol]

Now that that's out of the way we can return to what is important: textiles.

 

[Toki767]

Sony not commenting on PS4 performance vs last year make me think PS4 is down over last year.

Probably. I think it was around 270-280K last year. Definitely wouldn't expect them to hit that number when they were still at $400.

 

[Derpyduck]

wow xbone is selling software now. I didnt expect that.

Why is that surprising? It's attach rate has been higher since launch. Just figures that with more consoles sold the software numbers would skyrocket as well.

 

[ZhugeEX]

Sony not commenting on PS4 performance vs last year make me think PS4 is down over last year.

~270k last year.

Could be down, bearing in mind that PS4 demand was huge in the USA during the first few months and stock was running low.

 

[Alebrije]

And now comes Bloodborne ....Sony doing a great job.

 

[alr1ght]

Yeah, stunning how PS4 wins the month in hardware but loses in software. Those Xbox One owners sure do love their games. Razor and razorblade analogy appropriate here.

read carefully

"more game sales per console than any other platform"

Meaning, xbone could sell 10 consoles and 20 games (2:1 attach rate) ; ps4 could sell 30 consoles and 30 games (1:1 attach ratio). PR speak.

 

[Bgamer90]

2015 lineup of games heavenly favors the PS4.

Would say it depends on what someone's interested in. The lineups for both consoles are better than 2014 (especially for the PS4).

If they sneak GT7 in 2015 and maybe one other big title later in year the gap will widen even more. That is not to mention what a price cut would do.

I don't think GT7 will do much -- seems like racers outside of Mario Kart are becoming less popular here. Plus I think we would already see some info about GT7 if it was going to come out this year. Thinking it will be a 2016 game.

 

[Kayant]

That Shacknews link goes to a 404 error :|

Cached pages to save the day - http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...streak-while-dying-light-topples-call-of-duty

In case people missed it

It's the start of a new year and Microsoft appears to be off to a fine start, as they have declared victory for the Xbox One in January. Microsoft's next-gen console continues to outsell the PlayStation 4, with Microsoft touting record January sales. The Xbox One's continued success is likely due in large part to the continued $349 promotion that was re-started for the latter half of the month.
There weren't a lot of new software contenders to shake up the top 10 this month, but there was one that was finally able to take Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare down a peg. Despite its best efforts to take down the zombie menace, Dying Light was able to topple Activision's monolith and send it to the #2 slot, as overall software sales doubled from January of last year. The rest of the Top 10 stands mostly pat, with Grand Theft Auto V, Super Smash Bros., and NBA 2K15 continuing to hang around. Check out the full Top 10 below.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Yup they just corrected it

http://www.shacknews.com/article/88073/january-npd-ps4-overtakes-xbox-one-while-dying-light-topples-call-of-duty

at least they acknowledged the boo boo

 

[Grazzt]

Good to see Dying Light takes top spot. I'm really enjoying it.

 

[jwhit28]

So the Wii U is up YOY?! Adds to my theory that 2015 will be the Wii U's peak year.

That would make sense despite so many people laughing at Iwata for saying the platform is still in the growth stage.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

It's about 20 million in less revenue compared to last January for the XBO before any additional sales start to reduce that number. That still leaves another 45 million

Hmm, I guess I don't got the answers for that =/

 

[inpHilltr8r]

That Shacknews link goes to a 404 error :|

http://www.shacknews.com/article/88...ox-one-while-dying-light-topples-call-of-duty

They fixed it. [edit] beaten like a beaten thing

 

[RedAssedApe]

Would say it depends on what someone's interested in. The lineups for both consoles are better than 2014 (especially for the PS4).



I don't think GT7 will do much -- seems like racers outside of Mario Kart are becoming less popular here. Plus I think we would already see some info about GT7 if it was going to come out this year. Thinking it will be a 2016 game.

seeing as how the crew sold the best out of everything...anything is possible lol

 

[LordBaztion]

That hardware and software thing is a little worrying.

indeed. No idea what may be causing it.

 

[pixlexic]

Why is that surprising? It's attach rate has been higher since launch. Just figures that with more consoles sold the software numbers would skyrocket as well.

usually a price drop just gives a period of high console sales. people actually buying more software after than the market leader is very surprising.

 

[NavyPharaoh]

I'm Shocked Dying Light dethroned COD in January. COD has owned January NPDs over the last few years and Dying Light is the game to knock it off its perch. I liked Dying Light and it's good to have new IPs selling well.

Kinda shocked ps4 won the month, but it goes to show when the price is the same the market views the XBOX ONE as an inferior product.

 

[SpotAnime]

read carefully

"more game sales per console than any other platform"

So... what did I say that was incorrect? Xbox One clearly has the attach advantage.

 

[Officerrob]

Hmm, I guess I don't got the answers for that =/

My opinion (based on nothing) PS4 sales were down from last year and 3DS sales are also down

 

[ViciousDS]

Techland really learned from Dead Island for Dying Light.....it really is a solid game and overall WAY better. Also didn't have insane performance issues that I was expecting. Can't wait to see them do maybe a sci-fi future parkour game....would be cool getting to spaceships and stuff.

 

[Jamix012]

really? if you consider last January being just the 3rd month into the PS4/XB1 generation?

The PS4 was selling out everywhere last January. It was the hottest thing to get during it's first few months. A drop like that has to be expected, especially with last gen slowly dying

You mean the YoY figure? You recall Sony was selling them as fast as they could make them last year in Jan right?

Last Gen "slowly dying" is an understatement. It fell off a cliff and despite some people not wanting cross gen that's not good for the industry. The same time into last gen the PS2 was selling over 200,000.

The PS4 did modest numbers last Jan. Yes it was because it wasn't supplied well, but one would expect it to increase from a supply limited situation into it's 2nd full year. Xbox One was a complete disaster, as was Wii U in Jan last year and the fact that the industry shrunk is extremely worrying IMO.

Last Jan had people questioning if consoles could survive in the same way they had been because the numbers were so awful, if the numbers here are actually worse then...

 

[OneUh8]

Not shocked PS4 won. Am Sort of surprised Xbox led in software.