NPD Fanboy Awards - November.

NPD sales are out for November. For those who want a sane analysis, I'll share the summary.

PS3 sold really well. This is really good for our industry.
360 sold even "really weller." This is really good for our industry.
Wii sold well. End sentence.

NPD time is like fanboy catnip, though, so it is time for me to troll the internet looking for how the die-hard, single console "lifers" interpret the information. Here we go!

All posts from N4G.com...the single greatest depository of inane fanboyism on the internet. Be warned, logic is not a pre-requisite to get an account:

Orakga wins the "Conspiracy Theory" Award:

"1.19 - Come on guys... 600,000-ish 360 banned during the week of MW2's launch.

Let's say half of them bought new 360s (and chances are more than half bought a new machine); that's 300,000 360s they re-sold to existing 360 users. Subtract that 300k from the 360 number and you have 500k for 360 vs 700k for PS3.

I suspect Microsoft was saving this trick up its sleeve this whole year, knowing that it'd give a massive sales boost to its hardware..."

Sparta76 gets the runner up prize for "Conspiracy":

"1.37 - Hey guys u forgetting

60g 360 for 199
600,000+ banned from live( that alone shot the arcade to #1 on amazon)
and bestbuy was selling refurb arcade for 99
sooooo don't expect the same out come next month....
Not that any of these things are bad, m-soft knew they where in trouble and did what they had to do. "

Sikbeta wins my spelling award with:

.47 - ...

You guys are SO funny, you see only what you want to see

·You see a M$ victory here, but you can't see the wii still selling better than the others, so where is the victory?

·You see that xbox sold better and it never come to your mind that "maybe" is because is more CHEAP than the PS3, people that want gaming but don't have enough money, still have more choices, yes guys, in the REAL WORLD people aren't damned fanboys that only want ONE console, they can choose

·You don't see MW2 (aka the best seller game of the year) bundle not helped in teh sales, look what is your best seller game and you'll see the answer by yourselves

·You don't see that +600000 xbox owners were banned and they could buy another one, they don't going to quit for a banned console

You just don't see... "

Armogangsta wins my "denial" award:

9 - so this doesnt count amazon at walmart.....

judging the success ps3 had on amazon and when i went to walmart during black friday and ps3's were flying out the shelves.... i feel like these numbers would be a tad bit different.....

How about Osirrus and his "gloom for MS" award:

"25 - MS better sale more if its gonna win this christmas. 100k in the US Won't cut it World Wide! Price cut maybe?"

"On that" note, the "bu.bu.bu.wait until next month" award goes to Jigga69 (classy):

"7 - Funny how 360 fanboys

never knows how it works. If you think that PS3 won't outshine 360 this december, a bad surprise is coming.
Modern Warfare effect NOV. "

I don't talk Europe and Japan of course we know 360 lose

Finally, my award for "best spin" goes to:

5.1 - I believe microsoft said that the effect of the PS3 price drop wouldn't last

They completely blew that call since the PS3 is still selling way above last year and haven't slowed down at all, not including the first week price drop blow out sales, no way to keep that kind of sales pace :) On the other hand the XBox price cut only managed to give them numbers around the same as last year.

Thanks everyone...until next month!