Mr Moose
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I forgot Bethesda were a poor indie dev begging on the streets because they had no money before being acquired.
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2022 Holiday sales report: Xbox Series X wins Black Friday, Nintendo Switch wins Thanksgiving. Top games: COD: Modern Warfare II and GOW: Ragnarok.
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So if MS were not "funding the final stretch" ( they weren't because Zenimax did) that means Zenimax projects didn't have funding to finish them? Clearly you don't know how budgets work.
That's not what I said
Of course if ZeniMax was independent, they would finance whole development. But that's not what happened right? So pretending like Microsoft had nothing to do with Deathloop (or Psychonauts 2, GhostWire: Tokyo, Wasteland 3, The Outer Worlds etc.) just because those games were contractually obligated to release as timed exclusives or multiplats is funny, when devs of those games were/are literally on Microsoft's payroll.
All I'm saying is...keep the same energy when Starfield will release. Because I can already see headlines. If it will be great it will be great because "Microsoft had nothing to do with development," but when it will be shit, it will be shit because "Microsoft can't release great first-part banger."
Bleeding Edge was 90% completed when Microsoft bought Ninja Theory, but that did not stop people to blame Microsoft for it's failiure, right?
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Clearly you don’t know how acquisitions work. As soon as the purchase got finalized, Microsoft owned every scrap of money, IP or assets Zenimax had. There’s no ‘Zenimax money’. That’s Microsoft’s money.
Kiraly
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but don't forget Sony now owns a part of Kadokawa so Elden Ring can be seen as a game from Sony essentially!!!!!
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graywolf323
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all this Google search term stuff is reminding me of the great quote "There are 3 kinds of lies. Lies, damned, lies, and statistics."
Morrie’s wig shop
Member
Na, the GameStop over by co-op city in the Bronx had them stackedI said that PS5 had searches in most of the more populous states, and that's a fact reinforced in the graph you provided. I never said it indicated anything other than the fact PS5 was mentioned more in the more populous states.
It actually does not show an indication that it'll be closer than what others think, because it measures nothing of that type of indication whatsoever, just which of the two systems was more searched-for in which states. It is only a partial indicator for potential sales, yes, but so is the report you're referring to in this very thread, if we're talking about which system sold more in the month of November.
Each of the platforms may do over 1.2 million for November but I don't think that's a very high likelihood. However, I think they should each have record-breaking revenue and you don't need 1.2 million units sold to do that.
Must've been in Wyoming or Idaho
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
The google trends is a separate thing. The data in the OP is linked in the OP, and is based on receipt and sku's tracking online transactions through a credible research outlet. The google trends image I posted was spreading around social media by some gaming accounts.
The above discussion was just us trying to figure out why different people were getting results, no one was fighting over consoles.
Eddie-Griffin
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Um, yes they did, it's credible, NPD cited them last year too. If you aren't aware of their credibility ask first.
hououinkyouma00
Member
Man, all the absolute trash states are Xbox states. Fucking lolBlack Friday shoppers spend over $9 billion in online sales despite inflation - Washington Examiner
Video EmbedShoppers nationwide spent a total of $9.12 billion on Black Friday in online sales, an increase of 2.3% from last year. The resulting sales were more than Adobe Analytics's $8.9 billion estimate, with the largest increases seen in sales of toys atwww.washingtonexaminer.com
Er, well. Seems that maybe Sony didn't have enough PS5 stock after all. Also, Microsoft may have puled the trigger on those promos, price cuts, and furniture company collabs for the Series S too early as there were deals all month leading up to Black Friday, so anyone who wanted a Series S probably already brough tone.
Meanwhile, it seems Microsoft held back a lot of Series X stock for Black Friday, while the Switch was apparently a popular purchase the day before on Thanksgiving along with GOW. I wonder how many of those buyers brought two?
On Black Friday, I would assume many of the Series X purchases were accompanied by Modern Warfare II which also was a top seller on the charts. This is despite the PS5 having the marketing deals, which I attribute to both PS5 not having enough stock and possibly COD now being linked in consumers minds to Xbox due to the current ongoing transaction.
Well, this was quite the surprise. But it's also true you can never predict the buying patterns of the average consumer going off conversations on gaming boards. Who would have though on here Instapots and Drones would be top sellers on Thanksgiving and Black Friday for example. It's always intriguing to see the gap in what the average consumer buys compared to the average gamer.
Of course these are only the top 5 most popular for each day, I'm sure there's more games, electronics, and consoles in a top 10 or top 20, but considering what topped the charts, it's quite the surprise. I assume this will be similar when other reports come out like last year.
(The roblox is for the toys btw not the game)
EDIT: Google Trends charts that came out midday yesterday around the time this report was widely spread
Looks like for the month it could go either way, even if Xbox won BF itself.
Edit: Didn't realize the bump.
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reinking
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hououinkyouma00
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Somebody linked this and I didn't even look lol.Why would you bump an old thread to reply to a banned poster?
It's not what you think it is.
