NPD Nov #: Sony says PS4 was the top-selling console, MS says X1 was fastest selling console.

[Smooth3d]

Sony and Microsoft today both issued separate statements on how their next-generation consoles sold in November, based on data from market research firm NPD. Unsurprisingly, both companies spun the story to say they won.

Sony said its PlayStation 4 was “the top-selling console for November and PlayStation was #1 in sales overall for home consoles.” Microsoft said its Xbox One was “the fastest selling console on the market in the U.S.”

As always, the devil is in the details. The PlayStation 4 launched on November 15 while the Xbox One debuted on November 22, and these figures are only for one region, not worldwide.

Unfortunately, Sony didn’t share how many PS4s were actually sold according to NPD. Microsoft said the group found 909,132 Xbox One units were sold in the US in the console’s first nine days of availability, or an average of more than 101,000 consoles per day.

That doesn’t really tell us which console is selling better. More console units will of course sell closer to launch, and more console units will sell given more days of availability.

All that we do know is that Sony has sold more than 2.1 million units of the PlayStation 4 while Microsoft has sold over 2 million units of the Xbox One.

The real question will be which console hits the next milestone, like say 10 million, significantly ahead of the other. December figures for the US will of course be highly scrutinized, given that it will be the first full month of sales for both consoles, but it won’t be the deciding factor.

In the meantime, we’ll continue to hear Sony’s and Microsoft’s PR teams battle it out with statistics about gameplay broadcasts and total hours played. The early winner,if there is one, won’t be revealed till 2014.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/...crosoft-says-xbox-one-fastest-selling/#!pNapG

 

[Smooth3d]

Basically PS4 sold more overall, with X1 sold more per day.

 

[ChrisDorner]

Basically PS4 sold more

 

[Smooth3d]

PlayStation 4: "Top selling next-gen platform."
Xbox One: 909,132(Fastest selling: 101,000 per day)
3DS Estimate: 755-780K [November 2012 was 540K, November 2011 was 795K]
Xbox 360: 647K (-48.7%)

* from the gaf

 

[StatUS]

Weren't the PS4 basically sold out while the One had more stock left over from launch.

 

[Smooth3d]

Weren't the PS4 basically sold out while the One had more stock left over from launch.

Well no, launch sold out, But MS has kept restocking after sell out, has been doing a much better job than Sony at that.

 

[Smooth3d]

Yes with 7 more days on market.

 

[ChrisDorner]

Weren't the PS4 basically sold out while the One had more stock left over from launch.

Yep. Fact

 

[marcuz]

Basically PS4 sold more overall, with X1 sold more per day.

that's easy to do when you have more in stock. good spin for the xbots though

 

[PS5 Pro]

Weren't the PS4 basically sold out while the One had more stock left over from launch.

No, xbox restocked quicker than fanboys from either side was expecting. So the spins is what you heard.
The PS4 was coincidentally back in stock a day or two before the xbox one launched.
Then sony has been slow to have more PS4's in stock, while xbox has had a steady stream of new systems come in

The red flag is SONY. They have a history of lying about sales figures on consoles and games.
There fans ignore this which is odd/sad. (another red flag)

Now anyone, please answer this question. The story clearly says sony would not report how many they sold in the US. I wonder why

There is nothing left to discuss ladies. Men Lie, Woman Lie, for Sony ITS MANDATORY!!!

 

[Prince Akeem]

Funny how none of the exclusives even cracked the top 10 software sales.

 

[marcuz]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Video-Games/Xbox-One/pcmcat300300050002.c?id=pcmcat300300050002

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Video-Games/PlayStation-4-PS4/pcmcat295700050012.c?id=pcmcat295700050012

reality is it's still very hard to get a ps4 right now.

 

[Prince Akeem]

that's easy to do when you have more in stock. good spin for the xbots though

Its hard for PS4 to stay "in stock" since they sell out the minute a store gets a shipment of them.

The minute some PS4s come in,they are already spoken for.

 

[Al Simmons]

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/...crosoft-says-xbox-one-fastest-selling/#!pNapG

MS: We didn't outsell Sony but we did sell it faster

 

[Smooth3d]

Yep. Fact

Nope not fact X1 has sold out several times.

that's easy to do when you have more in stock. good spin for the xbots though

How is a spin? MS had more stock to restock? Only in Sony land its good to be sold out and have bad logistance aka cant keep stock at a level to sell better.