So you think microsoft will outsell sony by a million this year ?
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Microsoft: Xbox One leading sales in US since price cut, nearly 10 million sold-in
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So you think microsoft will outsell sony by a million this year ?
ArkkAngel007
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Unfortunately most non-affiliated civilians (who I assume make up a large portion of GAF) will not be privy to that context. Some people will take advantage of that for the delicious meltdown feedback (though I think this case may be to show how easy it is for Microsoft to push 'sold in' numbers rather than evidence of failure to 'sell-through').
Though I must say, I'm not sure even with that taken into account in how there's that many Titanfall bundles. I thought those were no longer being 'produced'. Also not sure how big of a permanent military presence is to warrant much of a console purchase there versus Navy/Marines passing through for training/deployments who are likely to purchase at their permanent duty stations/homes.
Duxxy3
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My guess is that they lost october. Not a surprise by any means.
orthodoxy1095
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Because they lost October, so it's time to spin, spin, spin baby!
Who is he Gaf?
Ok fair enough but again, by how big of a margin you think they will win? Because given the measures they had to take in order to win the result should justify it yes? If sony gets outsold by like 10k I doubt they will give a shit, for example.
Sounds about right.
There's been a lot of positive buzz around the XB1 since the price cuts started happening.
NA is still up for grabs then gen.
100k win in favour of MS for Nov.
50k-75k in favour of MS for Dec.
That's how I see it playing out the next 2 months.
Head.spawn
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Thread title reminds me of "Half-Life, 3 Pics"
lol
lol
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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I doubt they won October, I think they'll win November and December though.
Omnipunctual Godot
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I think it was self-imposed because people were taking the leaks for granted (some quite arrogantly), and there was probably the added pressure of what might happen if she was caught by NPD authorities.
Cornbread78
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I think we aleady know MS won Nov. Not a big shock there..
It's called preemptive damage control. They know they were outsold in October so they throw a positive spin on November early to dilute the negativity.
Miles Quaritch
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Hope that means Sunset sold well.
Higher than I thought for sure... even if it is shipped. Congrats to MS, quite the turnaround.
I don't forget so easily personally. I'll give it some more time to see how they do now, if they keep doing whats best for the customer then one day I'll have my first xbone.... well not till the slim version... that thing is huge!
I don't forget so easily personally. I'll give it some more time to see how they do now, if they keep doing whats best for the customer then one day I'll have my first xbone.... well not till the slim version... that thing is huge!
ForsakenLotus
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So does anybody know what kind of cake I should send to the Microsoft execs? They've officially won so I want to congratulate them in the proper manner.
I'm thinking chocolate and mint to signify their wealth and their...never mind.
I'm thinking chocolate and mint to signify their wealth and their...never mind.
The question is, is it feasible for them to close a 1 million console gap in 2 months? Everything is going to sell out on Black Friday.
Chances are the cut is permanent, given Microsoft's moves up to this point.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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lol oh man that tweet. Legendary wordsmithing. I wish I were that good
It would actually be sad if MS loses November. If Halo couldn't help get a single in the US I don't know what will.
It would actually be sad if MS loses November. If Halo couldn't help get a single in the US I don't know what will.
Vigilant Walrus
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How is Wii U doing? Has Bayonetta 2 made a difference for the platform?
He says XB1 sales tripled in the US (it was only the last 2 weeks compared to the previous 1)
He implies XB1 is at 10 million sold in the US (it's sold-in worldwide)
It just spin, but I can't really get mad. It's his job to do spin everything into a positive, no matter how misleading it is.
Yeah I hope so as well.
SwiftDeath
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Well the real problem I have with the tweet is Nelson had like 40 characters unused and could easily have included "worldwide" or "ww"
InsaneTiger
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This means nothing. Is he responding to NPD numbers?
The Hawaii base is also interesting (where that image came from, purportedly). I've been to one of them (I think there are more- I went to the Air Force base), and there's a GameStop on the damn base right across from the Exchange.
Chobel
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It will have the same situation as CoD:AW, the pre-orders will fall of a cliff.
Hellshingu
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The deals got me to cave in and get one far before I was planning on it. With the best buy trade in deal this past weekend I traded in my paperweight 360 and a few controllers.
I walked out with an Assassin's Creed bundle and a year of XBL for $150+tax. Honestly couldn't resist that pricepoint.
I walked out with an Assassin's Creed bundle and a year of XBL for $150+tax. Honestly couldn't resist that pricepoint.
We know what?
AnthonypUK
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I'd be suprised also if they hadn't triped, they had 3 bundles stacked up in the last couple of weeks.
We'll see how the rest of the month goes, if how the Xbone has performed in the past is anything to go by, their initial sales will be fine, then they'll drop off a cliff.
We'll see how the rest of the month goes, if how the Xbone has performed in the past is anything to go by, their initial sales will be fine, then they'll drop off a cliff.
The thing is, I don't see those XB1 stocks moving these holidays (here in Honolulu anyway). It's like people already made up their mind. Hell, I got an SO Bundle just by walking to a Microsoft Store last week with no problem.
There must be some Silver lining.
FalsettoVibe
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MS would have to do freaking insane numbers to surpass Sony in Nov/Dec. Its not like either system will sit on store shelves this holiday. Both will sell out. It will be all about who has the most stock.
orthodoxy1095
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How do we know that?
Yeah. It means they lost October. They're spinning.
Whole year means nothing!
BruceLeeRoy
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You have to wonder why they are making this announcement before NPD's
Chobel
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Canada didn't get that price-cut deal.
Poimandres
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Nearly well done Microsoft!
It's still preseason
Don't have to wonder that hard.
I'd say they can whittle that gap down to ~850K by the end of 2014.
But none of that will matter because Sony will widen it again leading up to holiday 2015.
The bundle or the game?
The bundle was limited, so I doubt that made a difference.
The game I can see selling in the 300K-500K range in the US.
orthodoxy1095
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Wat. October doesn't mean much? But it does?
Given the take-away, I should assume that this means
November sales (Past two weeks) = 3x sales for last week before the Holiday deal.
Right?
In the case, wouldn't that mean that, possibly, PS4 wasn't that behind in the same period?
P.S. And yes, put me in the camp "They're saying this due to October NPD results". Actually, I think not just due to losing another month to Sony, but because the sales possibly saw a consistent drop compared to September.
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