Captain Smoker
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Any exact numbers for PS4 or a range for PS3?
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NPD Sales Results for December 2013 [Up2: Xbox One/360 HW, 3DS top system of year]
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DragonSworne
Banned
Pretty damning evidence that the 3.0 million number was a lie/assumption.
460k+? Good enough for me!
Isnt it more lacking competition, the publishers have these games locked down with the licences and lack of competition. People with money to burn will buy the only tripe that is available.
Nope. > 450k was the optimistic gaf prediction.
cpp_is_king
Member
Wait, Xbox One sold more consoles in December than PS4? I thought we had already determined that this can't possibly be, based on the sales figured released by Sony and MS about sales in 2013?
Syphon Filter
Member
Congrats to MS.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Nintendo is so incredibly stupid for not having Mario Kart in November.
I mean, they've botched this entire generation and it wouldn't have saved them, but it still would have moved more consoles.
I mean, they've botched this entire generation and it wouldn't have saved them, but it still would have moved more consoles.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
How have they sold that much in those countries?
I'm starting to doubt as well now -____-
Someone save me!
Also PS4 as well. 2.2 million for the other countries 0_0
The PR doesn't say that, just that 6 of the Top 10 are on XBO, of which three of those are also on PS4. In fact you can deduce that the remaining 4 in the Top 10 are probably the other PS4/Wii U exclusives.
I'm sure PS4 is dominating in most EU regions, this is an NPD thread though...
Actually the North American market is the biggest and the most important. Getting a lead here should be the priority for any company.
True. Microsoft won the battle(December) but Sony is still winning the war.
With Sony launching in Japan in February I wouldn't be surprised to see these stock issues continue though...
maquiladora
Member
Its not going to change anytime soon.
I'm not sure the Wii U is next gen.
Not even trolling, I have no idea what NPDs definition is.
metalslimer
Member
If they didn't have Mario Kart to pad the lineup this spring Nintendo would have been left without a big game until the holidays. It would have been a disaster.
It was always a very high goal. The whole point was to try to get as close as possible, not to actually reach it. It was impossible to do anyway with the little to no marketing Nintendo did world wide and the massive retail drops the system suffered during the first six months of 2013.
xbox one sold more in the US in december. the 2013 figures were worldwide.
polyh3dron
Banned
PS4 winning in overall sales to date is quite surprising with them having to supply more countries.
shinobi602
Member
On a positive note, Nintendo will definitely drop the Wii U's price again.
Oh, very interested to see Wii U sales numbers. I'm not expecting much, but I just want it to be a semi-viable system at this point. I need the system that made Bayonetta 2 possible to be rewarded 
Edit: Nevermind, see what people are predicting about Wii U sales. Going to cry in my soup again
Edit: Nevermind, see what people are predicting about Wii U sales. Going to cry in my soup again
Manmademan
Member
Gran turismo sells a lot of titles over a long period of time. It isn't the type of title that sells a million+ copies in a month like COD, and its strongest market is the EU, not the US.
It's definitely a disappointment compared to 3, 4, and 5- but those games wouldn't have charted either.
I doubt they sold that many in the remaining countries, as the XB1 isn't too popular in countries like Spain, Germany or Italy.
Flying Toaster
Member
I love the WiiU but honestly I am surprised that many consoles were moved. Not surprised at all by the next gen numbers. It is good to see people are ready to jump onto next gen.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Sony having their Kanye moment.
Version 3.0
Member
Yeah, he's obviously not very tuned in if he thinks 600k wouldn't be surprisingly high for the Wii U. Hell, I'd call that a big win - higher than Gamecube's equivalent month for the first time ever. But it's not going to happen.
NPD would consider it a part of the 8th generation (current gen: XBO, PS4, 3DS, Vita, and Wii U).
Agent Unknown
Member
Nintendo software didn't even make the top ten again, guess we know what the last update will look like. I like Iwata, he's had some great successes with DS and Wii (still impressed he was willing to take a pay cut back in 2011, that was really classy) but with 3DS and Wii U that's two terrible launches in a row and unlike the former, Wii U obviously doesn't look to be having any kind of comparable rebound at this point so someone has to pay. NCL and NOA are both a stubborn, incompetent mess right now management wise, heads need to roll.
BronsonLee
Member
The news isn't the Bone winning: Logic dictated that through supply, didn't it?
The PS4 -still- leading thing is madness though, unless they brought a ton to the party!
Either way, super spin from everybody, but Major's is a lot more normal than last month's freaking debacle
The PS4 -still- leading thing is madness though, unless they brought a ton to the party!
Either way, super spin from everybody, but Major's is a lot more normal than last month's freaking debacle
Uno Venova
Banned
I thought famousmortimer already said it was, but maybe he was just speculating.
illmatic22
Banned
But Playstation 4 still has more sales in The US LTD, so what leadership?
vpance
Member
Yeah, 819k for the remaining... dunno about that one.
Metallix87
Member
If "more than 460k" ends up being over 500k, I think Nintendo can be at least somewhat happy. It could've been worse.
The WiiU seems to have been a pretty popular holiday gift. Though I would expect January numbers to be far more dire.
Frankfurter
Member
Wii U > 460k would actually be pretty... amazing all things considered (i.e. what one would expect from the console). Afair GAF was debatting on whether or not it would sell more than 300k in Dec NPD.
If you're such a Platinum Games fan, you should just go ahead and pick up The Wonderful 101 so it can sit on your shelf.
anexanhume
Member
It's whatever MS decides it is. However, the only retail exclusives for PS4 were Killzone and Knack, so that means it has to include Wii U otherwise the list would be 8 in the top 10 for Xbox One.
That would mean I would get one for Hyrule Warriors then, lol.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
He's talking about the sku rankings you see on the top page. The sku's are listed with the highest selling first.
MS PR:
NDP:
lol?
NEW gen. They mean vs. PS4 and Wii U, XBO has 6 of the 10 slots. They are not including Vita, 3DS, Wii, PS3 or 360.
KillerMan91
Member
Chezzymann
Member
Huh? It only needs on average 70,000 consoles per country to reach that 800,000 number.
How do you figure when the PS4 leads worldwide by over a million units. Do those non-North America units somehow not count?
Video games are a global business.
I find it worrying for MS that the XB1 sold roughly the same that it did in Nov despites all reports suggesting ample supply of the console in the US.
That, and the fact that they were not as boastful as I would have expected them to be considering they beat Sony.
January NPD cannot come soon enough for me...
That, and the fact that they were not as boastful as I would have expected them to be considering they beat Sony.
January NPD cannot come soon enough for me...
Yeah, god forbid a company actually waits until a game is finished before it releases it. Mind you, i suppose gamers do reward EA every year for their half finished piles of garbage, so maybe it'd be good for business?
Captain Tuttle
Member
I'm more surprised at the 360 number right than anything else, wasn't expecting it to sell that well
TheRealTalker
Banned
360 near 700k
Whoa that current gen bump
Good show MS
Whoa that current gen bump
Good show MS