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Microsoft: Xbox One leading sales in US since price cut, nearly 10 million sold-in
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Final Verdict
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Probabally more because of BF.
800k-1M
holy crap
RIP in pieces, Hindle.
Thunder Monkey
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Seems it was already too late.
Godspeed Hindle.
May your rest bring you the foresight to pick your battles.
Godspeed Hindle.
May your rest bring you the foresight to pick your battles.
Wolvesinthebathroom
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Well this thread went exactly how I thought it would.
So did I, rofl
lonedigitalwolf
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It sure does.
Hey I'm all for it. MS being second place have them pulling all the stops to get some traction. The thing is, how long can they maintain this? $349 with a game looks good for the consumers, but what about their investors? I think MS needs to do something more (first party games - loved Sunset Overdrive btw.) Don't think Sony is going to rest on their laurels as well, their 2015 line up is looking stacked as it is. Then we come to Wii U, with Nintendo saying they have higher preorder numbers on Smash than MK8 is saying something. Overall, this holiday is gonna be sooooooooo expensive.
Mass Effect
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Well I guess that's that. Jesus man, it's like he lives in a different world where everything he hears (er... reads?) gets completely distorted into something it wasn't.
8 million. 9 if they have a really good holiday.
Handy Fake
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I think without Aqua and Cream we're going to be struggling to find out anything, more's the pity.
NPD threads will become a battleground. Blood will be shed. Neither side will give any ground. Larry Hyrb's bathroom mirror messages will be as poignant as "In Flanders Field" and Bish will have a statue erected in his honour.
OuterLimits
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This thread seems rather hostile. Insults being thrown around all over the place.
Hopefully all three companies do well this holiday. I imagine the bundles will sell well and make November and December exciting in regards to sales.
Hopefully all three companies do well this holiday. I imagine the bundles will sell well and make November and December exciting in regards to sales.
anexanhume
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Oh thanks. I vaguely remembered it happening but didn't pay too much attention.
Can't wait for November NPD.
Xbox One was the number 1 platform in the US
for holding up pallets of PS4s
It's gonna be interesting. I don't think they could go much beyond 9 million unless they have a spectacular October against all expectation.
and happily ever after.
WhiskerFrisker
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Yep. I think 8.5 million is the sweet spot.
Can't say I disagree.
IAmRandom31
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What are they at now? Last we knew it was like 7.3 shipped in September.
I'm gonna say 8,5m sold too customers by that time
Would be nice to know actual sales right now to customers but we haven't heard a number like that in awhile
I'll guess 18m sold for Ps4 with 20m shipped or so
If we had their current numbers it would be much easier to predict.
HORRORSHØW
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Assuming trends as shared by our Bestbuy region source are correct, maybe the two upcoming NPD months are going to be very unfortunate timings for the Xbone again. (In the context of winning a month.)
Because the very early rush on the $50 price drop was still within the October NPD period, while it allegedly didn't hold that momentum throughout the full two week period as their PR implies.
The big rush was split in two periods, something that if you're concerned about quarters doesn't matter, but something that if you're concerned about individual month PR victories does.
Because the very early rush on the $50 price drop was still within the October NPD period, while it allegedly didn't hold that momentum throughout the full two week period as their PR implies.
The big rush was split in two periods, something that if you're concerned about quarters doesn't matter, but something that if you're concerned about individual month PR victories does.
Thunder Monkey
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I'd wager 8.5 million units is the highest they can expect. Realistically I expect around 7.8-8 million units.
Nightengale
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What's a MS sales thread without Hindle?
Mass Effect
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Speaking of which, did creamsugar actually lose access to the data? Some people are saying he was joking. It's all very confusing. Does anyone know?
I'm going with 8.5 as my uppermost limit.
I would've thought with 10 years of doing NPD's on GAF, someone with a statistics degree or lotsa time to burn, would've come up with a model predicting sales within 80-90% confidence intervals and tested said model now. Is there nobody on GAF that knows basic statitical analysis, seriously??
Honestly I think the Xbox One will do quite well this holiday season in the US between the strength of its bundles and price.
If you have a weaker system that costs more or the same, it's a hard sell. If it costs $70 less on Black Friday and even has an addition $30 to $50 gift card at Walmart and Target, that's a lot more competitive.
If you have a weaker system that costs more or the same, it's a hard sell. If it costs $70 less on Black Friday and even has an addition $30 to $50 gift card at Walmart and Target, that's a lot more competitive.
lonedigitalwolf
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What did Raymaker do?
Thunder Monkey
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I'm still completely shocked that Sony has all but given up their competitive advantage.
Never would have expected that.
Michael F. Assbender
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About that..
Jesus...
NPDs are tomorrow, right? Are all the insiders still banned/sourceless?
Death Wish VI: Hindle's Gamble
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If they think they can still sell every machine they ship, they have no reason to give anything up.
I don't think MS can ever go back from the $350 after this holiday. They say it's only a temporary price cut but that's hard to believe, personally. Their deals, especially the Black Friday ones, are pretty legit though. I hadn't seriously considering picking up an XBone until now. Stupid Insomniac.
I feel like Nintendo is gonna struggle hard though. Smash is coming out and that's nice but the XBone is nearly the same fucking price as the WiiU. That's not even remotely reasonable considering the future prospects of these two consoles. Maybe I'm underestimating Smash but the other current gen deals seem so much more compelling.
Doesn't seem like they did that yet though. What you can fault them for is not reinforcing it.
And to be fair, Microsoft is shattering a lot of preconceived notion what it means to be competitive. Even for "Microsoft buys their way to victory"-people.
I honestly think it's just a matter of Sony thinking they will practically sell everything they ship this holiday season so no need to drop the price.
Yeah.. There's a weird timing on their price cut/bundle deals.. I would think that the limited SO Bundles are what pushed the system, but the current CoD: AW and Unity Bundles are just sitting there waiting for Black Friday to be actually picked up by consumers..
lonedigitalwolf
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I am upset, angry even...
You have to recognize that Microsoft has effectively tanked the price of their console and bundled so much shit with every Xbox One they sell that its actually insane. And its still not demolishing the PS4.
Doesn't surprise me. PS4 has been trouncing XBO, so Sony probably expects they throw in two games with PS4, and the preference people have toward the platform will make up most of the difference. And in doing that, they can churn out a higher profit, which Sony desperately needs.
I'm pretty sure their calculation is going to cost them at least November though, maybe December too.
*a single tear rolls down his cheek*
Hawk269
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I agree. I sales are as strong throughout the holidays as I think they are, no way they go back up to $399.99.
Nightengale
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Dropping your prices just to maintain pricing leadership is very risky move.
Besides, the reality is that if you ignore the power difference, XB1 has been a better value console ever since they had a Forza 5 bundle at 399, yet that did nothing to quell the fact that a PS4 at 399 with no games sold better.
The "Terrible Value" Destiny bundle sold extremely well at 450, even when MS had a two game bundle for 399 for that launch week.
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