Xbox One sells one million+ (sell through to consumers) in all territories worldwide

Its kinda sad to see some of the posts in here trying to down play the xbox sales. I due wonder how many would have been sold if they kept the drm.
 
What I want to know is what is the split between NA and the rest of the world? If its like 800K in NA and 200K in the other countries that is impressive for NA with the higher price but lackluster for the rest of the world.
I doubt they allocated a whopping 80% of stock for America leaving only 200k for EU regions.

we'll never get real numbers unless microsoft beats sony. we'll have to wait for NPD next month to know. even then i expect percentages then.
I doubt these kind of numbers will be kept a secret. Too juicy.
 
When is PS4 hitting AU, same as EU?
Im pretty sure he is talking about xbone being readily available at launch (now) because ps4 has been sold out for ages now and will not b readily available next friday at all. Every store is saying 2014 for next shipments.
 
Its kinda sad to see some of the posts in here trying to down play the xbox sales. I due wonder how many would have been sold if they kept the drm.

This. That's why competition matters, I mean really.

Im pretty sure he is talking about xbone being readily available at launch (now) because ps4 has been sold out for ages now and will not b readily available next friday at all. Every store is saying 2014 for next shipments.

It wasn't meant to be sarcasm or anything, but honest question :)
Anyway, how the PS4's gonna perform on other regions will be interesting.
 
This is what should be worrying MS in my opinion. The PS4 sold 1 million in NA alone. It took 13 countries to match that number. Next Friday is going to be insane with the European and South American launches.

According to Penello this was a matter of supply more than demand.
 
I surely didn't find any xbones when I was out and about today. Wasn't going to buy, just curious if I could find one in-store.

Was at gamestop picking up my Mario & Zelda and heard people asking about PS4s.

All I know is me and my circle of friends are going PS4, at least for starters. And some of them were die-hard 360 players last gen No interest in xbone. For me it has nothing to do with funds, I simply don't have time to play THAT many games so focusing on only 2 consoles (Wii U/PS4) when I already have PC, handheld (3ds/vita) and smartphone games is already way more than I can keep up with.

I agree with the consensus that a console that both systems were destined to sell out at launch given the limited availability. 1 million isn't that much when we see iPhone launches topping 9 million over the first weekend (granted the territories where it's available differ from product to product)
 
A little too early to start saying this. Who buys consoles Day 1 isn't the mobile games market, it's the hardcore crowd that were eager for a new plastic toy to replace a moribund last-gen console. The big question of the industry changes is the casual market not the hardcore crowd.

The test will begin next year when supply meets demand and the casual market starts buying (or not) this consoles.
GTA V's massive success is proof that people are still willing to buy $60 AAA games.
Since when has the casual market = mobile? I personally know plenty of casual COD players.
 
I wonder how many Mexicans bought the Xbone

MS were giving FIFA 14 free for download to the people who pre-ordered it
 
I don't think this past week proves console gaming is far from dead honestly, unless the supposition was that there were only 3 million core gamers!

There were like, what, 260 million consoles this gen? It's going collapse this time around...that's the issue.

The media loves to create a narrative. It never was that console gamers / hardcore gamers went away; it was that a new casual market opened up with the advent of smartphones and tablets.
 
Its kinda sad to see some of the posts in here trying to down play the xbox sales. I due wonder how many would have been sold if they kept the drm.

You're making the assumption that most people got the message on all of their reversals. You'd be surprised at how much that stuff sticks around even months after the fact.

I don't see how its downplaying to point out the obvious - that 1 million sales in 24 hours is more impressive when its done in 2 countries as opposed to 13.
 
This is what should be worrying MS in my opinion. The PS4 sold 1 million in NA alone. It took 13 countries to match that number. Next Friday is going to be insane with the European and South American launches.

Honestly, what % of those units went to countries other than US/Canada/UK? 10? 15?

The big difference here is that the other territories Sony has to launch actually matter for them. They'll do big numbers in Europe, then again in Japan. MS' tier 2 & 3 countries...not so much.
 
This is what should be worrying MS in my opinion. The PS4 sold 1 million in NA alone. It took 13 countries to match that number. Next Friday is going to be insane with the European and South American launches.


The thread title has a + in it. It's over a million. We will for sure see a breakdown soon enough, but I expect at least 800k in the NA region. Given its price, I think that would be impressive.
 
Also if it's xbox history only, did the ps4 do better numbers in NA alone than the xbox did WW?

seems weird.

Shouldn't seem that weird. Isn't it commonly known that PS4 shipped more units day 1 than Xbox? We can't even be sure MS had 1 mill shipped to USA day 1.

Anyway positive numbers for both consoles is only a good thing over all.
 
Went to EB(Australia) to pay off my PS4 preorder this morning, still a few XBOne's available. They had a few Day One editions sitting around as wel, although for all I know they could have been preorders that hadn't been picked up.
 
Did MS sell the XB1 by 13 countries at launch?
Did Sony sell the PS4 by ONLY 2 countries at launch?

With (at least) 1 million units sold in comparison at launch?
Yeah ! MS now loses its home to Sony.
 
Went to EB(Australia) to pay off my PS4 preorder this morning, still a few XBOne's available. They had a few Day One editions sitting around as wel, although for all I know they could have been preorders that hadn't been picked up.

Yeah i was told almost 2 months ago when i tried to pre-order by JB, EB, Target and Harvery Norman 'Sold out until early 2014'. Xbox 360 is/was fairly popular here aswell.
 
Ben Kuchera just posted this on Twitter: "If MS launched in just NA, they likely would have sold a million. If Sony launched worldwide, they would still likely be supply constrained."

The press will never admit that Sony outsold MS in NA on day one just as it never admits that Sony sold more PS3s in the same period of time as the 360.
 
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I love reading how people are enjoying the system.

As for the numbers, as people have said it's great for the industry (after all the reports of the "death" of consoles) to see the sheer amount of interest and excitement with consumers and the media over this. It's really amazing.

Sony chose a different path for launch, so an apples-to-apples comparison is impossible. We had X number of units to sell and we chose to launch in all our launch territories. Sony had X number and chose to focus on North America. Neither was better than the other.

In this circumstance, comparing our US number vs. their US number would be like comparing our UK number to their UK number. They don't have any in the UK yet, so it's not a fair comparison.

Both consoles I think will be hard to get through the holidays.

And I love how "yield issues" is still a thing. What was the precise number we needed to make for that to go away? There were no yield issues.
True.

But doesn't the fact that Sony was able to ship 1 million in 1 territory while Microsoft could only product 1 million for 13 provide some proof that you guys weren't able to produce enough for week 1? Or are you guys holding back a lot of stock for Black Friday?
 
Yeah i was told almost 2 months ago when i tried to pre-order by JB, EB, Target and Harvery Norman 'Sold out until early 2014'. Xbox 360 is/was fairly popular here aswell.
Really? The PS4 is sold out until early 2014 not the Xbox One. You can pretty much walk into any store and pick one up, EB, JB, Target, Big W and Harvey Norman all still have stock here. Both online and in store.
 
Congrats to the guys/gals at Microsoft! I admit I wasn't the biggest supporter of the system, but you've all done a great job of turning it around and building hype for this machine's launch.
 
I find it more impressive that they were able to make that many.
I believe the 360 lifetime sales breakdown is 55%NA 20%UK 25%ROW
 
This is great for the industry! Having so many people buy $400 and $500 consoles in one day is amazing! Unfortunately, I still know a lot of people who continue to insist that consoles are dead and obsolete. =/
 
I think both consoles have the potential to be two of the best consoles in the history of gaming. It's going to take a whole lot of people making great/wise decisions along the way to make it happen, of course, and the fierce competition will keep both companies on their toes.
 
I wonder if we'll get straight apples to apples numbers about sales in North America at the end of the year from each company.
 
It's still impressive and shows that console gaming isn't going away, but only getting stronger. Wait till ps4 launches in Europe too. I wonder what the breakdown for the numbers are for MS. Sony did 1 million just in the US and Canada alone.
 
Right, so some niche Japanese games that won't even make use of that extra power will probably skip the Xbox because of its performance in Japan. But the big titles will be on both. Neither is going to end up in a Wii U situation. You'll be able to play the next Mass Effect or Grand Theft Auto no matter which one you pick.

Those niche Japanese titles would have been on the PlayStation even if the Xbox sold more worldwide anyway because their main market is domestic.

Namco tried Tales of Vesperia on Xbox 360. Didn't sell in Japan. Ported over to PS3. Saw big sales.

Then they made Tales of Graces for Wii, then got ported over to PS3 as Tales of Graces F. Again, sold more on PS3. Japanese 3rd party companies like Namco Bandai have learned their lessons on which audience to go for. They're the ones who make the decisions on where their games will go to (the big wigs in Japan). And so far, it's pointing towards Playstation 3 & Playstation 4 for future Japanese 3rd party games that aren't big budget titles (like the Tales series).

If you're a big fan of genres like JRPG's, etc., it'll be smart to own yourself a Playstation console or a gaming handheld. The only JRPG's that the Xbox One are going to be getting, are big budget ones like Final Fantasy XV & Kingdom Hearts III.
 
Thats not really impressive when you have 13 countries, it probably sold half of what the ps4 did in america and thats not a good sign at all. Hell I can just walk into target and walmart and buy 1, they arent low in stock.

Reminds me of when people were pleased with Wii u NA and Japan numbers, in fact if you combine wii u japan and NA numbers for week 1, it is 750k plus, thats just two countries. Microsoft has something to worry about
 
I remember a user in a previous thread saying it probably will sell around 200k. Console launches are all about stock, if they make a million consoles they will sell all of them during launch period. Previously that's where launches were bottlenecked (the 360, Wii PS3 for example), but both companies have done a great job with manufacturing this time around. I don't know what the fuck happened with the Wii U though.

In about 3 months to a year we'll find out how these machines are really faring in the mid-long term.
 
With all the shit the XB1 has gotten since its reveal I'm sure MS is thrilled with these numbers.

This doesn't surprise me tbh. They gained a lot of marketshare/fans with the 360 and the momentum with that is showing with Xbone. We'll have to wait and see how it does beyond the initial launch hype though.
 
Thats not really impressive when you have 13 countries, it probably sold half of what the ps4 did in america and thats not a good sign at all.

Again... the Xbox One still hasn't been out for a full day yet.

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Again... the Xbox One still hasn't been out for a full day yet.

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Days don't start in America, man.
 
Again... the Xbox One still hasn't been out for a full day yet.

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You guys sound like the Romney campaign, there are more votes to count!
 
Again... the Xbox One still hasn't been out for a full day yet.

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You do realise it launched in New Zealand before NA right?
 
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