...... nope!something like 15 mil ps4 -9 million xbones is probably about right
I knew it was Statham as soon as i read the thread title. And i wish the EA guy would share whatever he's smoking... it would've been a bit credible if he was talking US, but he said worldwide... riiiight.
Unprecedented partnership.
Honestly, seeing as how PS4 will likely be over 17million at the end of the year alone, 25million cumulative seems really reasonable.25m
I don't know....
Welp. Now I feel stupid.Jesus people.
Dude's saying the MS is catching up to Sony's PRICING STRATEGIES, not sales.
It's a sensationalist Gamespot headline, and it's a sensationalist thread title.
Ugh.
How can it be catching up if keeps getting outsold?
MS would have to sell through almost everything that's been shipped at this point to hit that number (basically 1M left in channel)something like 15 mil ps4 -9 million xbones is probably about right
the don't have 3-4 million consoles sitting on the shelves ( if we're are to believe they are close to 10 million shipped)lol 9 million not even close at best 7million, that's including the sales bump after the price cut.
I think the article may have quoted him out of context, he probably ment in the U.S. the Xbox is catching up because of the price drop and bundles.
How exactly is the Xbone catching up? To close the sales gap it would need to consistently sell more than the ps4 for several months, and it has yet to do so for a single month in almost a year.
expects 25M PS4+XB1 after holidays
Good for gamers
No, it's not. I don't understand where this is coming from.
Competitive platforms are good for the consumer. Sales parity is completely irrelevant to the consumer. In fact, if one platform lags behind the other, it is because the consumer has decided that one platform is not actually good for them. That is how it works. The dog wags the tail.
This "competition is good" thing has grown completely into a monster. Competition is the means by which a lessor is weeded out. If a platform is weaker, it should lose. That is competition. This whole "parity is good for the consumer"/"two platforms selling well is good for the consumer" sentiment is bizarre.
What you are espousing is not capitalism or competition but instead crony capitalism in which market competitors are propped up for the sake of having market competitors.
Y2Kev said:Originally Posted by UNCMark
Perhaps you missed the cola wars, the fast food wars, the beer wars.
I didn't. Perhaps YOU did. None of those competitors were on "even footing" when it came to sales. They still aren't. Unless you think coke at 48b in sales is on even footing with PepsiCo at 16b.
Sales parity is IRRELEVANT to the consumer. Sales differential is the RESULT of competition.
Competition results in a winner and a loser. It's not best for the consumer to have everyone on even footing "just because that's best for the consumer." You won't find evidence of this in history; you are depicting controlled markets and zombie corporations.
Here's how it should work: two systems took different paths to the market. That is true. The market will validate them both independently. Someone might lose and it's going to suck for some Internet group.
People are confusing the outcome of competition with the benefits of competition, which is where this silliness over sales comes in.
Jesus people.
Dude's saying the MS is catching up to Sony's PRICING STRATEGIES, not sales.
It's a sensationalist Gamespot headline, and it's a sensationalist thread title.
Ugh.
statham actually believes this?
Well, if weekly sales WW before the price cut were (pulled out of ass numbers):
PS4: 500,000
Xbox One: 150,000
And then after the price cut:
PS4: 500,000
Xbox One: 200,000
He is correct.
Still not going to be true.
That's an underestimation imo. I predict it's gonna be >30M. (19-20M PS4/10-12M Xbones)
You guys don't have the brains the big guys do. It simple extrapolarization:
Exactly, I think he meant US.He must have meant US.... or weekly or something The only way this would work is if MS has sold an extra 5 mill somewhere
Yeah topic title needs to be change.Jesus people.
Dude's saying the MS is catching up to Sony's PRICING STRATEGIES, not sales.
It's a sensationalist Gamespot headline, and it's a sensationalist thread title.
Ugh.
Well, if weekly sales WW before the price cut were (pulled out of ass numbers):
PS4: 500,000
Xbox One: 150,000
And then after the price cut:
PS4: 500,000
Xbox One: 200,000
He is correct.
25 million combined would be nice. Sounds like health.
He must have meant US.... or weekly or something The only way this would work is if MS has sold an extra 5 mill somewhere
the don't have 3-4 million consoles sitting on the shelves ( if we're are to believe they are close to 10 million shipped)
Isn't Sony already north of 10mil consoles?
the don't have 3-4 million consoles sitting on the shelves ( if we're are to believe they are close to 10 million shipped)
Catching up is the new Flying off the shelves.