January 2015 NPD: PS4 Soars Back to US Hardware Sales Summit

Just throwing my feelers out there.....but it seems like the PS4 is quite strong in the US this gen with the more hardcore, gamer centric crowd.....I would argue that the XB1 has a strong, but more casual following.

That's just based on my interactions with people, most of my friends have bought a PS4 or are planning such.....most of my co-workers who either have kids or are more of your Madden/AC/COD crowd went with the XB1.

Either way competition is always good.

I guess that crushing your profit margin only works for five minutes eh.

As for the XB1 price rise and price drop, how much of a difference did it make? Probably not much, if you look at VGchartz the PS4 outsold the XB1 in NA during the weeks following the permanent price drop in Jan.

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Off topic but that transistor theme is really awesome, finally a theme that looks nice + text is clearly visible.

February will be interesting but March will be more so, The Order is so late in Feb it probably wont make too much of a splash on Hardware that month, but Couple The Order, Type 0 HD and Bloodbourne at the end March and we should see an uptick in PS4 sales.

Kind of expected since MS had initially went back to $400. February and March will be real interesting. The X1 is back at the $350 price tag that worked for it during the holidays but the PS4 has the exclusives if The Order, Bloodborne and MLB The Show all deliver.

Also, don't like reading that the industry is down, ever, especially when we're still early in the current gen. Five percent isn't a horrendous drop but it's still not good.

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@sub12 that's always been the case. Microsoft is pushing even harder towards casual with integrity with Windows 10..

@get2sammyb while I agree, I will say this in regards to vg charts the past year or so. I've checked in on them pretty frequently, and they have always been in the ballpark of what the manufacturers announced and they've had those numbers a few days before the manufacturers stated them. Now I agree there's no way they are 100% accurate, but they have been pretty darn close and I don't think they are a bad reference if your giving a ballpark estimate and clarify it as such. And to clarify I consider general sales numbers, I would never go by vgchartz if your trying to prove monthly numbers. It's impossible that those are even within a few thousand sales accurate. I/e 18.5mil sales to 10mil sales is about as ballpark as I would confidently quote charts.

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@get2sammyb I'm not sure why people keep relaying the fact that VGChartz data is so unreliable?

Yes I realise that it is not accurate to the exact figure or even within hundreds or thousands, however it still is accurate enough to give a good indication of overall sales in each region.

It is not inaccurate enough to the extent that you cannot get a good picture of sales performance and even if it is only accurate enough to be within 100,000 units of the real sales figure, you still get the same picture as if the sale were 100% accurate...

"Interestingly, a number of the games sold better on the Xbox One," Could this be due to PS4 having so many more choices in games? I would have to believe that total software sales on PS4 are much higher. Being that it has double the install base.

With game's like The Order 1886 & Bloodborne coming PS4 sales may keep up, with people also knowing exclusives like Uncharted 4, Street Fighter V (with meny more) etc are also coming, Street Fighter V/Bloodborne being exclusive are a big win for Sony.

I think most people have both of the systems by now (after the x-box one price drop). I know probably by next year, I'll get the x-box one for a few of the games on it. The PS4 is definitly the better choice, but both consoles offer something new and different, and I really don't get the whole 'console war' thing that's been going on since the 80's. Each company offers unique games...still a shame about Sega and Turbografx and Atari, but nintendo is still around (may take another few years until they top again) and Sony will always be around. I sometimes fear about Microsoft dropping off after their next console (if it doesn't sell as well as the 360), as Microsoft already concluded years ago that they needed a set number of profits on the One to keep it going (hopefully they don't do a dreamcast and drop it off the radars before they should).

Playstation won me back after an original xbox and a 360 as my last 2 consoles. Reason 1 - better console but cheaper. 2 - bored of the same franchises. 3 - E3 2013. Do I regret coming back to Playstation? No way its the best console ever!!!