PS4 and Xbox One France hardware sales.
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ioriyagami
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Europe has always been partial to the Playstation brand in the current/last gen, even with the price difference favoring Xbox 360. It's obviously not going to change now...
I'm glad i"m not the only one thinking like this. Now that MS can't sit back and toss out Halo/Forza/Gears and still lead in sales, they have to build some 1st party studios or keep buying out 2nd/3rd party exclusives (which will be extremely expensive in a year or so) and offer some real value. They can step up their digital sales or offer something like Amazon PSN and make Games for Gold actually stand up to PS+. Maybe they'll put apps outside of the paywall.
I don't know where people got the idea of parity in sales being good for the consumer. A clear winner and loser is what benefits us the most.
Not a surprise... The PS4 is going to paint the world blue with the exception of the US, where it is more of a 50/50 split. If Sony didn't have a shortage, numbers would have been much, much worse.
MS doesn't really care about any market besides the US, but somehow they are praised as "smart" for flooding the US with supply. The sad fact is, they HAVE to flood the US with supply, because no other country really wants it. Sony, on the other hand, is still just trying to fill preorders on a world wide basis.
MS doesn't really care about any market besides the US, but somehow they are praised as "smart" for flooding the US with supply. The sad fact is, they HAVE to flood the US with supply, because no other country really wants it. Sony, on the other hand, is still just trying to fill preorders on a world wide basis.
What is this bullshit
the french are weeaboos as the japanese are frenchboos
Highly doubt it. Too many devices to play games on + the impact the PS2 had probably will never be repeated.
No console has a feature that's similar to the impact "a cheap DVD player" had back in 2000/2001. Also no new console has the same graphical leap from the previous gen like the PS2 did during the time.
cpp_is_king
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In case people are bad at math, this means PS4 is more than 3x as popular as Xbone in France.
Sony's current margins over the XB1 would have to increase exponentially for that to be the case, particularly in the United States, and Japan's gaming habits have changed considerably since that generation, shifting away from consoles to handhelds and mobile gaming.
That and the fact that the Wii U is selling considerably worst than the Gamecube, and the XB1 is not only selling better than the OG Xbox, but if it weren't for the Playstation 4, its launch would be a record pace in many countries.
Can Crusher
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This is just the beginning really. Xbox is starting slower and has a lower ceiling as well.
JohnnyChase
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I'm French and here it's clearly a Playstation nation....
Palette Swap
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Amusing considering how heavy handed their marketing push has been here: they have that Zlatan endorsement, all these good looking FIFA commercials and they've been demoing Forza in stores 24/7 (while Sony had Knack).
So technically, going after the FIFA/racing demo, they had the right idea.
Except, I guess, that very demo still has a deep brand loyalty towards Sony here.
And that price point obviously.
So technically, going after the FIFA/racing demo, they had the right idea.
Except, I guess, that very demo still has a deep brand loyalty towards Sony here.
And that price point obviously.
Sons Of Anarchy
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Good numbers sony's taking over the world
GameAddict411
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The XO figures are above my expectations, something tells me that the PS4 is supply strained more than anything else.
Not that any of this really matters as long as both are profitable but looking at all these numbers it is clear that most territories don't amount to shit when compared to North America. So Microsoft focusing on North America seems smarter than caring if 1000 japenese people buy the console.
CodytheHero
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Guess you didn't take a look at UK charts this week.
I hope it evens out because Microsoft does something about it, not because there needs to be some equilibrium for the sake of it.
To Microsoft UK is like a mini-America.
Coulomb_Barrier
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You think that is selling well?! Just wait to see how poorly it sells in january, after all those early adopters have bought theirs. I predict the gap will be bigger after Xmas, especially in Europe.
Ps4 is ahead.
Alx
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I think that's not too far from the ratio PS3:360, too. So not too surprising everything considered (especially since the price difference should be less impactful for the launch crowd)
Delusibeta
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I've heard of reassurance posts but wow man...
HarryKS
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Mais non...
serversurfer
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QFT
That's because we have lots of money but are only ranked 37st in education. Remember when MS told us they were focused on customers who don't really pay attention to the details? This is what they were talking about.
Not surprising as one is more supply constrained than the other
Heh, this is true too. Though I would put success in quotes.
Ol No Bones
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Not as bad as I would have thought. Probably has to do with supply. I wonder how a 400 dollar XB1 would have done
Speedy Blue Dude
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R_thanatos
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I'm french and some of the demand during the launch weeks were ridiculous.
Right now you can get a PS4 new on some reselling websites for 650 (i'm in a region where the supplies are poor )
Worst thing is that i think it will still sell at that price. ( considering the huge demand )
On PC & 360
So, whens the funeral?
Ol No Bones
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Yep Xbox one owners are just dumb. Or maybe some people like what it offers in comparison to the ps4
KillerMan91
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PS2 and DS both sold more units in Europe than in US. These countries matter when you put them together.
You have the wrong person if you think I really give two shits about console wars (only thing I care about is both get games). This was more an observation at how fast thing sell in each territory. If I'm not mistaken a couple days ago each were floating numbers that they hit a million sales in north america in a month. Sorry if it is hard to find 100k or 50k substantial when compared but you know just like most people here you just say some shit like salt, apologist, or any other sentiment that you are in one camp or the other.
Only two pages, but already many funny console war quotes.
Ol No Bones
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Both the ps2 and original Xbox were excellent. Oh and the market share will not possibly be that different. Halo comes out next year as well.
Won't do much, it's on 360 and of. Those that want the best performance will get in of pc and the casuals will get it on 360. The only one buying an for Titan fall are the hard core gamers.
Still wondering how these sales fit with preorder numbers of 5:1. Cause they don't. Basically both consoles sell out, even in Germany Xbox One is sold out in most places until the 29th. PS4 will be back in stock in February. Crazyness everywhere, it's been too long for the last generation. We might not get really comparable numbers until mid-2014 when both are finally in large enough stock.
Ol No Bones
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I love both my consoles but the narrative that the xb1 is only for dumb Americans is gross.