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NPD Sales Results for January 2014 [Up3: PS4/XB1 #1/#2 best selling; Poke/SM3DW/ALBW]
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maybe it'll be a cute kitten playing with a vita
jiminycracken
Banned
I'm not sure I like this.
shinobi602
Member
badcrumble
Member
Jeeeeeeeezus.
meanspartan
Member
Gaming as a hobby is fine, it is the AAA business that is going sour. And that's fine. There are almost no mid tier publishers left, we are overdue for a correction that brings back middle-budget games.
After the Japanese launch or some event they will give them out again.
SwiftDeath
Member
Wait what... PS3 outsold the 360 too?...
Not that those pesky numbers are anything to celebrate mind lol.
Actually, this doesn't look good for PS3 to cover the 20mil to surpass Wii now. Generation officially over?
shinra-bansho
Member
PS3 ~53-54K
360 ~48-49K
360 ~48-49K
The Wii U and PS3 both outsold the 360.
Never said it was original.
Holy hell, last generation is bombing like a rock. That's what happens when the consoles never got to less than 200 dollars officially.
everyday math
Banned
Whelp, that's all folks!
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
yeah, I'm thinkin' after this heavy loaded March the last generation is all but done.
pieatorium
Member
yeah they'll be doing press next week anyway for the jp launch mightswell leave the updated numbers till that bump
Warm Machine
Member
MS and Sony have both been doing pretty well with sales and free games. I've bought loads of Games on Demand titles for $20 each. While that sounds like it may be a lot it is cheap for GoD which had a reputation of always being full price all the time.
But..how? Isn't the US traditionally Microsoft territory? I expected the 360 to at least best the two other older consoles.
If the industry contracts that's likely to lead Sony to contract. At the moment the industry still has momentum but if things become unviable you could see investors leaving and publishers not having the leverage to go ahead with projects. Even Sony are reliant on third parties providing a library of games. Death for third parties = Death for Sony
SwiftDeath
Member
I always thought the 360 E was the dumbest revision I'd seen in a long while
It will come down to the userbase and whether they buy a wide variety of games. It's something that worries me, I remember my friends gobbling up those Japanese games like Square JRPGs and such for their PS2s. Are the new generations of gamers open to trying many different kinds of video games? That is what it will take for a situation in which diversity flourishes, not the hardware being attractive, but the people who use that hardware playing a variety of games. I did get my first PlayStation (PS4) on January 31st so maybe I contributed to the January NPD
Ps3>360... Its beautiful
njean777
Member
As it should be, I like my ps3 but it is time to move on. After Dark souls 2 of course.
ChoklitCow
Member
If someone took the time to take some screens from the Dec thread vs this one you could have some comedic gold.
"Hah, people said console gaming was doomed."
"Hah, remember when people said console gaming wasn't doomed?"
"Hah, people said console gaming was doomed."
"Hah, remember when people said console gaming wasn't doomed?"
ChronotriggerJM
Member
I expect a price drop announcement and some sweet $20 deal drops for the ps3 come e3, my co-workers want to pick up a triple, largely due to ps+.
metalmachine
Member
Well said
These are really bad numbers for the console industry as a whole.
I think if it's going to survive, it may be in the Steam Machine model: A single gaming ecosystem with multiple SKUs of different power and purpose. There wouldn't be any such thing as a "new" console per se, although you would probably need to buy a new system eventually for the more powerful games. They might simplify it some from the Steam Machine model by having specific specs for low, middle, and high-end models so games could run more consistently.
But it does seem like the current model of discrete hardware generations, with library resets for each one, is harder and harder for people to justify in this day and age.
I think if it's going to survive, it may be in the Steam Machine model: A single gaming ecosystem with multiple SKUs of different power and purpose. There wouldn't be any such thing as a "new" console per se, although you would probably need to buy a new system eventually for the more powerful games. They might simplify it some from the Steam Machine model by having specific specs for low, middle, and high-end models so games could run more consistently.
But it does seem like the current model of discrete hardware generations, with library resets for each one, is harder and harder for people to justify in this day and age.
Tallshortman
Member
Wow xbone sales are pretty embarrassing right now with so much ready supply. They must be praying for titanfall to be the next big thing.
Digital-Hero
Member
The house of Xbox 360 is burning down faster.
The 360 and PS3 are finally dead.
ethomaz
Banned
I think the bad press didn't just hurt Xbone but Microsoft and all their consoles.
dragonbane
Member
Eh active userbase is pretty different though.
Ninja Scooter
Member
These consoles are 8 years old AND still really expensive. It's not that surprising that their sales are imploding as soon as the shiny new successors come out. We are much more likely to see MS and Sony just discontinue production before they ever hit $99 or even $149.
Has the wii u ever outsold the 360?
pieatorium
Member
yeah im really blown away by this. i thought 360 would cling on the longest.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'm kind of surprised it took PS3 this long to overtake 360 in a monthly selling period considering how dominant the SW has been but it shows how well MSFT marketed and sold the 360. If it was based on SW support PS3 should have been winning a long while ago.
Ricerocket
Member
Geez. Last gen drop is massive.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
So I'm getting one game over the next 4 months (Infamous). Well my wallet will be happy. Anything decent coming out in the Summer months? june/july/aug
Not that it would make a huge difference but both PS360 are way over priced at this point
Also shouldn't we consider software releases when comparing this years Jan to last years? Not much released this year on home consoles but iirc there were a few noteworthy titles last year
Also shouldn't we consider software releases when comparing this years Jan to last years? Not much released this year on home consoles but iirc there were a few noteworthy titles last year
anexanhume
Member
No wonder MS PR went software for their focus. The hardware numbers are bowel watering.
Drive club and watch dogs will be out by then.
Drive club and watch dogs will be out by then.