Banana Aeon
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Channel stuffing is a way to inflate your sold in numbers. It's not a positive.
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Microsoft: Xbox One leading sales in US since price cut, nearly 10 million sold-in
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Channel stuffing is a way to inflate your sold in numbers. It's not a positive.
To be fair, while it may affect the core gamer crowd, masses might not care as much. It's still a very well known IP
I did. No one is pretending it's all sitting on shelves or any hyperbolic nonsense like that. Read the ZOMG's post above as to why people are responding the way they are. It's not some irrational hate or anything against MS
Really? If so then yeah..weird PR release.
Begaria
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Only $59.99 for a year of tweets!
Tokyo Rain
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LOL Microsoft, never change
Nelson pls.
Sold-in still count as sales, do they not?
The retailers purchased them.
So that tweet is accurate.
Nelson pls.
Where or what in that Tweet is wrong?
The sales did triple, and they are approaching selling 10 million.
That tweet and the title of this thread aren't the same thing.
Does anyone actually expect them to outsell Sony in October. That would be a losing bet.
doubt they would lower the price because it has been selling well but yeah Sony has dropped the ball on November and December
Nelson pls.
Fantastic, and still technically true, spin.
Accurate, but incredibly misleading. The Microsoft way.
orthodoxy1095
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Lol. What. Lost cause? I mean, we know you're a shill, but come on.
It's not 10M in the US.
Their US sales did not triple in 2 weeks. It tripled the previous week's sales. It's incredibly misleading.
QuantumZebra
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that's fucking upsetting is what it is
If this is true...I'm ready to jump in. I can't walk into Walmart though...have to send my butler.
wastedyears
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Nelson pls.
Nelson with more than triple the amount of PR bullshit, and a statement that is approaching the truth.
Seriously, PR is one thing, but this is deliberately being deceptive.
Well, it's a bit misleading if it's implying the popularity of the console.
Windom Earle
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Your posts in this thread are starting to sound a bit desperate....
gundamkyoukai
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That really depends on what you call a healthy margin .
Hell i can see PS4 making up all of those sales come black friday .
see, now this is what a persecution complex, related to an inanimate object that has somehow infiltrated it's way into determining an individuals happiness level, looks like.
ArkkAngel007
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Lejeune seemed ok with sales all around before the drop, though the MCX always seemed to have a large surplus of both of those systems. I think they gave up on stocking many Wii U[nit]s. I'll have to see how things look now though with the larger drop for the XBO and bundles across all 3.
Can't speak for Hawaii bases though to give context for those quoted images.
RyanPierre
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Well, it would be rather embarrassing if they were still being outsold with the price cut and bundle deals, so I can't say I'm too surprised at this announcement.
I wonder if we'll ever get sold-through numbers again. It's also kind of amusing to me that they had to "pre-announce" that they've sold-in 10 million to retailers since it hasn't actually happened yet.
I wonder if we'll ever get sold-through numbers again. It's also kind of amusing to me that they had to "pre-announce" that they've sold-in 10 million to retailers since it hasn't actually happened yet.
Lol, are you afraid?
RedAssedApe
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Nelson pls.
crazy uncle larry
CassidyIzABeast
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Halo + crackhead prices = a lot of units sold
$399 won't cut it anymore.
PS4 was designed for quick price cuts.
Now would be the time to CUT THE PRICE.
Oh, that's a good point.
aaronwt
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it's getting close to the holidays. MS, like Sony, should be shipping a very, very large amount of consoles to retailers. This happens every year. It's nothing new.
Opus Angelorum
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I read the Verge too much.
Trying to defend purposeful misrepresentation of a situation via the fact that its technically true if you think about it in the way the vast majority wouldn't... Well, wouldn't you be great in marketing! It also says a bit about where your priorities lie, but I won't speak anymore on the subject.
Endoplasmatisch
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Channel stuffing? Do you really believe that retailers have their channel full with xbox ones? It costs money to hold all The xbox ones
orthodoxy1095
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Yes. I'm afraid of stupid titles that are as misleading as Larry spinning.
3x the week where they announced a price cut for the next week.
Chocolate & Vanilla
Fuck Strawberry
PR Day before NPD means probably a weak October result compared to Ps4 which is expected.
The 10m shipped statement is kinda obvious that would happen around now anyway due to BF shipments but the "soon" part is a little lolworthy.
And to be honest the fact they are throwing in the leading sales last 10 days makes me wonder if they are a tad concerned it may not last.
The 10m shipped statement is kinda obvious that would happen around now anyway due to BF shipments but the "soon" part is a little lolworthy.
And to be honest the fact they are throwing in the leading sales last 10 days makes me wonder if they are a tad concerned it may not last.
Angelus Errare
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Sony should do the same
"PS4 has sold-in 18m units!"
D:
"PS4 has sold-in 18m units!"
D:
FalsettoVibe
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The system is already selling like crazy; they add a $399 + GTAV and LoU deal and they have dropped the ball? Come on now..
It's at 89.
KefkaPalazzo
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The Age of Sony has been done since 2006, so i'm sure that won't shock anyone.
PeregrinSe7en
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he IS jumping the gun.
orthodoxy1095
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I'd love to see the main Playstation account tweet that out. Please happen. I want a spin war.
And it's naive to assume that retailers will purchase stock they don't think they are going to sell.
Opus Angelorum
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There is usually a buy-back clause/incentive when a retailer orders certain quantities of items.
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