Ps4 was nearly double Xbox One sales in Jan
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speculawyer
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Artemis-Thoth
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MS PR has more spin right now than meatspin.
What do they have coming up besides a less than stellar port of Titanfall? inFamous Second Son, DriveClub and MLB 14: The Show are going to sell systems this Spring.
What do they have coming up besides a less than stellar port of Titanfall? inFamous Second Son, DriveClub and MLB 14: The Show are going to sell systems this Spring.
They're behind in the UK, now struggling in their last bastion of America (Canada is part of the NPD figures too, I think), and there isn't a prayer for them in any other market in the world for the except New Zealand if we're using internet memes. Earliest they could or would do a price cut or flush out stock for a drastic rebundle is in 6 months or thereabouts. And that's post Sony's Japan launch and after a few more months of likely losing further ground in the US.
In what realistic scenario do they catch up after allowing that sort of lead WW? Sony would have to utterly fuck up their flawlessly on-point messaging (thus far) or refuse to wiggle on the price. Nothing short of Sony messing up will lead itself to what could be considered a victory by MS. Not unless they are bleeding their smaller ecosystem dry with microtransactions and paywalls. The early adopters have spoken, they've made their purchases, that well has dried up. Now we're witnessing actual demand. And its not for the X1.
This sort of precipitousness accelerates, and rarely reverses form. You can bookmark this, but by March we'll see the X1 just limping along to 4m - if its lucky- and Sony celebrating 7m. Those ratios of decay and growth, respectively, will increase.
0ptimusPayne
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Honestly the X1 install base doesn't hurt EA or Respawn that much. The install base of the 360 will push TF sales, and I'm guessing that the 360 will be the lead sales platform probably. It does hurt MS though, because it doesn't push a lot of boxes out of the door.
They never were on the top. They were always second place.
ThatNaiveCube
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From a guy with neither console? Sorry. Im an adult not a console warrior. I dont care who lives or dies. I go where the games are and right now thats no one (micro or sonh).
viveks86
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Remember this little website called VG chartz that we refer now and then? They are so completely off the mark! No wonder Gaf blocks it. I honestly did not see this big a gap! I'm never checking that site again. lol!
Aren't both of these?
Love this gif. I forget whether this gif showed up at the PS4 reveal thread or the Sony E3 2013 thread.
I had heard from MULTIPLE people around the time those leaks came out from that krnl guy that the Titanfall bundle coming back was a direct result of the dire numbers they were seeing for January. So I'm not altogether surprised. Microsoft has actually been probably worrying internally for a little while now.
BlackBuzzard
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I wonder if Peter Moore responds and starts saying "Hey dont forget about your good friend EA".
Yosp:
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Fat Kaz to return?
Agreed... Xbox One is ahead of 360 sales during the same period.
Sure, PS4 sales are great and Sony should be proud of the resurgence of the brand but it doesn't mean sales of Xbox One are bad or EA should have regrets or anything else.
It just means XB1 sales are ahead of 360 sales during the same period of time. Until XB1 sales are trending below 360 sales, I seriously doubt MS will consider a price drop.
Why would they? Did Sony and MS drop the price of the PS3 and 360 when the Wii was killing the charts?
Chuck Norris
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I think you underestimate it. NeoGAF is where all the NPD numbers become publicised
That's what I'm thinking too. MS did well by short circuiting the OG Xbox and starting early with 360. They might try that again, and if Sony are doing really well they will not want to release a new console. However, MS probably have to stick it out for 3-4 years still.
I don't think XB1 is. It's been on shelves in any store that sells video games any time I go in one. It was back around launch but not in January.
Latvian Hitman
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Strongest ever doesn't mean much when put in context, though. The OG Xbox only sold ~20 million units, and the 360 was severely supply constrained in the first few months after launch. Something would have to be terribly wrong for the XB1's launch to not be their strongest ever.
Mortimer told us this was coming a few weeks ago, btw. For those who like to "keep score" regarding the accuracy of our various leakers and insiders.
SpasilliumX11
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lol this thread is amazing. Nice catch on that Xbox Wire.
Khalifa Jayy
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DAMN SON.
Those games were decent, though everything but Crackdown was also available on PC. They also had Gears and Forza which were pretty quality franchises and only available on the console (other than Gears 1.) I think Halo ODST/Reach/4 were pretty mediocre compared to 1/2/3 though, hopefully they do better this time around.
Thunder Monkey
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PS4 definitely is.
One I see with shocking regularity in Kansas.
Anecdotal of course. But given the amount people have been photographing on shelves, One selling around half of PS4 it doesn't paint the prettiest of pictures for this MS endeavor.
SymbiantXenos
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Great Scott
Didn't think the difference would be double
Didn't think the difference would be double
ThatNaiveCube
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Alright. I keep hearing this shit. Is there a chart tracking ps4 to ps2 numbers yet? If this is gonna be spouted i at least wanna see the evidence.
viveks86
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Yeah Morty was saying it too. But I never thought it would be double. That's ridiculous!
Sony is actually supplying a good number, it's just that demand is just that high. It isn't a case where demand is tepid and Sony is supplying even less.
Maybe, but you can bet this will kill off any chance of Titanfall 2 and beyond being Xbox exclusive. The cost to MS to offset PS4 sales if this trend continues would be insane.
Oh man, so at least it wasn't just me hahaha
Have we ever seen MS in a position where they have to pull out the stops and actually done it?
I don't see what they have to worry about. If they keep selling at the current rate, they'll be substantially more successful than their previous console. And the 360 was a financial success.
Being #1 is great, but hardly how any given company defines success and failure.
I don't even think that will help now.
Concentrating on the casuals is why Microsoft is selling half of what Sony is with their gaming focused PS4.
Dead Prince
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someone posted this earlier if that counts.
this the inception of meme gifs
BattleMonkey
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360 around same time was still hard to find in stock on shelves. Xbones are plentiful and everywhere.
KoopaTheCasual
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Idk guys, this news doesn't make me happy (hear me out). If the rumors are true and XB1 only sold 150k, that's... not good. I was sort of hoping XB1 sold around 250k, and PS4 had the biggest January ever with 500k, but I guess Sony couldn't move that many PS4's because of supply. Either way, while I like the idea of Sony pulling away, I don't like the idea of MS sales falling off this hard.
I want next-gen install base to keep growing at a ridiculous pace to put these "consoles am doomed" types to rest.
I want next-gen install base to keep growing at a ridiculous pace to put these "consoles am doomed" types to rest.
SMOK3Y
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well realistically its only a bit of a flip in US I mean rest of world has been Sony since launch
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