A reply to this tweet if anyone is interested
https://twitter.com/TrunksWD/status/1517290559961976833
https://twitter.com/TrunksWD/status/1517290825201422336
Edit: I scrolled up and saw BRiT’s message. Sorry.
Did NPD fall asleep?
tweets should be up tomorrow.
Edit: … Or the 26th
26th
The Series X has now fallen out of the top 100. The S is in 64th place, Switch in 25th and PS5 also didn’t make the list.
Lots of Xbox Series controllers outside of the top 10 in the 12, 13, 15, 16, 45 and 50 spots. PS5 controllers are in the 20 and 36 spots. And the Switch in 24 and 38. Interestingly there’s a couple of PS4 controllers there too, in the 17, 30, and 43 slots. Speaks to the continued popularity of the PS4.
I report these controller numbers because I think it speaks to the general prevalence of their parent consoles. At least for Xbox and PlayStation. The Switch coming with two controllers, and being a different beast altogether, makes its controller sales less interesting.
Top 10:
I’m curious about the gift card situation. If you click on any of them, they’re offered in various denominations. But the product titles in the list show $10 for PlayStation, $100 for Xbox, and $20 for Nintendo. I wonder if that’s just a quirk of how they’re entered in Amazon’s database, or if it’s reflecting the most popular denomination sold. I’m suspecting the former, but if it’s the latter that’s a nice little side gig for Xbox.
Full list: Amazon.ca
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Did some sleuthing, and I actually think it’s the latter. If you search for gift cards for either company, each denomination has its own store listing with a unique ASIN*, but with the functionality of changing the denomination from within the listing.
So either Xbox is selling $100 gift cards at a rate that puts them in third place on the top 10, or people are clicking on that listing, but changing the denomination before they check out. Unless something happens on the back-end, it seems the ASIN stays the same even if you do change the denomination.
It seems unlikely to me that a significant number of people would first choose the $100 listing and then change it, instead of just choosing the proper listing the first time around. Especially since a simple search of “Xbox gift card” doesn’t put $100 at the top of the search, but rather in the fifth position.
So, yeah… It would appear to me that Xbox players receive way more generous gifts than either PlayStation or Nintendo players. Which is weird, and makes me wonder if I’m overlooking something. Or maybe it has to do with their differing demographics.
*ASIN = Amazon Standard Identification Number
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The numbers are not accurate. But Series consoles outpacing 360 clearly is. Hence why he tweeted it.
If it was completely wrong. He wouldn’t reply to that
No reason to think the #s aren’t accurate.
“VGchartz” = enough reason to think the numbers are not accurate. Don’t take their RT’s as endorsments of the numbers, they’ve RT’ed them before just saying thank you to fans. Then VGchartz turned around and “revised” their guesses after the fact.
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Still I believe that the sales gap this gen is much better than last gen.
Absolutely, no reason not to but VGchartz and their made up guesses are a useless metric.
Of course it is. Last gen xbox one was weaker…more expensive and had far less games.
Its not completely useless when they post actual data from japan and certain european countries.
People can criticise them all they want. There isnt an alternative.
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Or, from personal experience, the absolute shit quality of the plastic happy meal toy DS4. I’m on my third now…
I have played 4 games.
I bought one last year to play PSnow games. Its got a dodgy right stick whifh is annoying
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I went to my nearest Target 2 weeks ago and they didnt even have Series S available… i went to Walmart today and there was only one Series S available, 1 week prior the whole case was full of Series S. I dont think X is in steady supply because Series S isnt even in steady supply in the big city I live.
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What kind of weird shit are you doing with your controller??? lol
I bought the base PS4 in May 2014 and used the controller it came with for 2 1/2 years until I traded it in to put towards the PS4 Pro when it was released. I used that controller until I traded in the Pro console in October 2020. No problems at all and I played about 50+ games with each respective console’s controller.
If there’s one controller I had issues with, it was the Xbox Series X which honestly, I believe it’s total shit. Too damn small, less bulky, horrible directional pad and even worse are the texture grips on the back of the controller. Thankfully, I use the Xbox One (model 1708) controller which is probably my all time best controller. Not a single issue, complaint or negative.
Compared to the Xbox Series X controller, all five generations of PlayStation controllers are near perfection for me. I really don’t know how anyone can be comfortable using the Series X controller. I still need to buy one or two more Xbox One controllers so I have them as backups. Wish Microsoft would have kept the controller the same as Xbox One. Just add a share button and done. Oh well.
BestBuy still has Series X available using their online process. Says ready for pickup in 5 days if ordered today.
Microsoft Series X with 3 months of GamePass Ultimate still in stock .
Most other places now only have the AllAccess for Series X.
The Series S continues to be available nearly everywhere.
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