GTP_Daverytimes
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I beleive he was joking, atleast i hope.
Xbox One at 18 million (activated units)
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I beleive he was joking, atleast i hope.
They should sell Halo to Disney and let JJ Abrams take a crack at it. That might work.
GHG
Gold Member
So on one hand we have people wanting to believe that 9/10 people are buying digital so as to make software sales look better than they appear.
And on the other hand we have people wanting to believe that there are now millions of consoles that are out there not being connected to the Internet at all.
So which one is it?
And on the other hand we have people wanting to believe that there are now millions of consoles that are out there not being connected to the Internet at all.
So which one is it?
Night Angel
Member
So each L has the same magnitude? Wait, are they vectors or scalars? I want to make sure I understand your L math.That is true and I don't deny that, but I rather be the company with one L than three and a potential one (PSVR).
Anyway, I'm just laughing at both sides. The fact that one piece of info can turn people here into wild dogs is funny.
It's the best thing about PlayStation.
Pathfinder
Member
An L is an L, icespide. Just like MS, Sony only want to talk about things they are doing good in (It's only natural for them to do that). I 've congratulated Sony on their success, but if I can't find numbers on their PlayStation-related products, I'mma laugh at them equally as I laughed at MS.
Thank you
Foley did comment that her source said "around" those figures of 180m, 18m, and 2m, so definitely some rounding going on.
Chobel
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OK, here's a question to you guys. What do you think the percentage of XBO owners who connected to internet in the month of December (at least once)? Remember, there's other countries beside US in which Xbox is available.
And what's with this standby mode talk? Now everybody is doing standby for their console?
And what's with this standby mode talk? Now everybody is doing standby for their console?
yes, it was because of the GPU, and not the massive anti-consumer and anti-developer backlash
just like the inferior graphics of the PS2, the PS1, the Wii, the Game Boy, and the NES held those back...
Yeah, I don't think they meant 18 mill simultaneous connections. Though there are servers capable of handling that.
Night Angel
Member
You sound ridiculous.
I never leave any of my consoles on standby. I'm super strict with my electricity use.
But I player Tomb Raider and stuff last month, so I suppose I'm one of the 18 mil.
Active in the last 28 days =/= active for the past 28 days dude.
GHG
Gold Member
It's set to auto update by default is it not?
I've never touched the update settings on my Xbox One and it auto-installed the update while in instant-on mode. You don't have to do anything and it just installs.
So now you're trying to tell me that there are millions of Xbox one users out there who have fiddled with their settings in order to prevent the console from auto updating even if they are in fact connected to the Internet? Why?
Chobel
Member
OK, you lost me here. What's exactly the difference?
Poimandres
Member
I'm sure Xbone will catch up to PS4 numbers eventually.
it should hit 35.9 million right about the time PS4 hits 80 million
One requires you to "check-in" for 2 minutes (or whatever) once over the past 28 days (and you can still have you console totally off and unplugged the rest of the time), the other means that you've been active every day for the past 28 days.
Doesn't matter, "just another Halo game," isn't going to significantly expand Microsofts audience. There's just not enough there to capture the imagination of people that aren't already invested in that franchise, and that audience was probably largely factored into the XBO's install base before the game released.
Again, this isn't about quality, nor even Halo's ability to generate healthy sales. It's all about expanding the install base, and Halo wasn't well equipped to do that.
Really, what Microsoft needs is something new, different, and exciting.
TLZ
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Actually it was more the launch price compared to a better spec'd and cheaper PS4.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Pathfinder
Member
During setup, it will ask you if you want to set the Xbox One to Instant On mode or not. If the console is not set to Instant On, it won't automatically download and install updates.
Therefore, it's feasible that there a good number of console owners who haven't yet received the update. That's why I'm confident the sold-through number is safely between 18M and 20M, according to this report.
Yep, people forget how much first impressions and info can really hurt a product.
GHG
Gold Member
Indeed. 18.1 million is safely between 18m and 20m.
Good to see we are in agreement then.
Chobel
Member
Alright, I changed my question a bit to reflect it's about the first definition.
19.9 million shipped, 18.2 million sold-through.
Night Angel
Member
Baffled is a better word, actually. In the console space, one would think that when given a choice between being the market leader by a 2:1 ratio (while having unrelated products not being successful, which for some bizarre reason is relevant all of a sudden) and the less successful console manufacturer (inb4 MS HAS DOLLARS YO), the choice would be obvious.
I guess I'm just confused as to why PS Vue's failure is relevant to the discussion on this thread.
Is it even failing?
I also think not offering an alternative hurt as well. I was a bit perplexed when I heard that MS won't be selling a value version. It made choosing the PS4 a bit easier.
Sold through? 17,500,001 based on Foley's source saying "around" 18m and MS probably rounding up.
Shipped? Maybe close to 20m if they stuffed the channel the way they typically do? I really don't what to expect on that front.
John Wick
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You do realise it's nearly 10 years ago that the Xbox 360 released? Between then and now Internet was nowhere near as important. So nowadays nearly everyone is connected. Especially WiFi in the house!
at one retailer it was 6:1 ps4:xbox in terms of preorders
Amazingly enough, the 97% of Wii Us are connect to the internet in some way
that doesn't automatically mean they play multiplayer (didn't on earlier consoles, either), but a high connectivity rate for everyone
Poimandres
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Gamezone
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Most people don't care about that. It was the horrible anti consumer launch who ruined everything
Pathfinder
Member
What are you going on about?
Chobel
Member
Just so you know, Foley's number are (supposedly) for the active XBO devices, so assuming that's true, the sold through should be a bit higher than 17.5m.
Source?
That dragon has been sleeping for too long.
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And look another console that had a poor initial reveal (while obvioviosly not the biggest factor I still think it was one).
Watch closely, people
John Wick
Member
Replying to a guy stating that the ratio of connected Xbox 360's to Xbox One.
I just think since its holidays, a lot more people have time to play games.
MasterChief'edUp
Banned
Is not being capable of caring, connecting, capable, etc. of the internet of things (whatever - for at least the past decade) now more prevalent than ever thanks to cable cutters, and buying a PS console (yay, free shit-oooops) not one in the same....???
I don't hang with anyone who was not already rocking out on Xbox Live since 2002 but that's just me... Bonus points if you were SEGA Dreamcast 56K!!!
I don't hang with anyone who was not already rocking out on Xbox Live since 2002 but that's just me... Bonus points if you were SEGA Dreamcast 56K!!!
Everyone likes to think he isn't around... that he isn't just around the corner...
But he always is.
joecanada
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In the ballpark of Wii sales? goddamn unstoppable!