PodcastFips
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Holy shit man. Twenty-five million units.
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Sony FY2015 Q1 (PS4: 3.0m shipped) PS4 total = 25.3m shipped worldwide
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Dem Ars Technica charts. Analysis: Sony pushes past 50 percent of the worldwide console market
I like Ars, but it seems kinda goofy to make it look like Xbone is one quarter behind in worldwide shipments ("excluding Japan").lol
uh, if you add the WiiU and Xbone bars, won't it be bigger than the PS4 one? but the numbers would be about the same
sounds fishy
What is even the point of having that bar graph if it isn't going to represent the data accurately? Very disappointing from a site like Arstechnica.
Depends on PS4's price. They will also have bundles for COD, SW, and i think AC. I don't think MS will have it that easy like last holiday.
They have done better but it's hard to stop momentum ones it starts. Sony has pretty much done nothing wrong since they announced the PS4. It also has the better hardware and better looking multiplats most of the time (people do talk about this), more sales means more people wanting to buy a PS4. It's just seen as the overall better console i think. It's a combination of things really. The PS brand is very strong WW.
Are you sure?
Wait a minute...
"Analysis: Sony pushes past 50 percent of the worldwide console market"
First paragraph: The good news for Microsoft is that its total share of the worldwide console market hasn't gotten appreciably worse over the last three months.
Why the hell start with talking about Microsoft in an article titled Sony?
i spit out my monster......thats funny shit
Zombie James
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Nice try.
Chobel
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Dem Ars Technica charts. Analysis: Sony pushes past 50 percent of the worldwide console market
I like Ars, but it seems kinda goofy to make it look like Xbone is one quarter behind in worldwide shipments ("excluding Japan").lol
I don't get it, he's not excluding any Japan numbers.
KillerMan91
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It was 0.82 million last year. Maybe you mixed it with last years thread.
The Mad Draklor
Member
Nice try.
Is this dude using a logarithmic scale or something? Even so, that is totally unneccessary...
Yeah, having a $399 Battlefront bundle will do great, but it probably won't win November.
Sony has to nail the price on these bundles like MS did last year.
Because Japan is mean to XBox.
Primethius
Banned
Excluding Japan and using such a weird scale for the bars?
That's pathetic.
That's pathetic.
Dem Ars Technica charts. Analysis: Sony pushes past 50 percent of the worldwide console market
I like Ars, but it seems kinda goofy to make it look like Xbone is one quarter behind in worldwide shipments ("excluding Japan").lol
They're removing sales numbers again? This site.
when you are selling a few hundred per week, it wouldn't matter
But why won't it win November? If anything the battleground will be on Black Friday. I think a SW Bundle in November, front and center for $399 could do very well. Especially alongside COD and any other deals no doubt.
MS could very well "win" the Holiday but I don't think it'll be so clear cut.
This should scare the hell out of Microsoft. In what universe does Halo beat COD (bundle-wise)? Star Wars will be a whole other beast.
edit: can't believe I forgot that MGS V bundle.
Nightengale
Member
The exclusion of Japan's figures was pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back for me when it comes to my perception of him. I tend to not paint anyone as biased, but it's hard to not see the green shades coming out of his write-ups.
No, but this is the game IMO that makes the most sense to bundle. I'm sure they will do it.
Just being realistic. Holiday time in the US is when MS actually wakes up and offers some killer deals. XB1 dropping to $299 with a game and gift card wouldn't shock me at all.
Crimson_Gold
Member
A white storm trooper PS4 and a black Vader PS4? Game over man. Game over!
Is this dude using a logarithmic scale or something? Even so, that is totally unneccessary...
It's not unnecessary if you are trying to push an agenda. This is like fox news levels of graphs.
ethomaz
Banned
The report includes Japan even when the graph says not lol
Dem Ars Technica charts. Analysis: Sony pushes past 50 percent of the worldwide console market
I like Ars, but it seems kinda goofy to make it look like Xbone is one quarter behind in worldwide shipments ("excluding Japan").lol
This is worst than Polygon's Mario Kart chart. The person who that failed at math. The person who made this chart knows exactly what they are doing.
Which, if is that is the case, makes the chart title more confusing.
This is why I lol'd. Japan is no well-spring of PS4 sales, but compared to the Xbone's utterly inconsequential performance in that region, I can see why the author would want to exclude Japan. It makes for a more "fair and balanced" comparison
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
Is it just me who sees an Ars graph that looks about right?
Edit: Nevermind, was looking at the wrong pic like a fool.
Edit: Nevermind, was looking at the wrong pic like a fool.
DustyVonEric
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shadowsdarknes
Member
Going into the Holiday season, Sony will likely have a 900k lead over MS in the states. I sorta doubt that MS will beat Sony by that much in November and December. MS will probably have a killer 350 dollar bundle and some sporadic deals at 300, but I expect Sony to cut the price to 350, too.
spiderman0616
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You guys are misunderstanding the graph. The numbers in the Xbox 360 "uncertain" portion of the bar are labels for the lines in the graph. So so those second two numbers are totals overall, not totals just for Xbox 360. It's an accurate chart.
EDIT: That still makes the Wii U bar disproportionate--I give you that.
EDIT: That still makes the Wii U bar disproportionate--I give you that.
Nightengale
Member
He did the 'exclude Japan' stuff in a previous article.
He didn't do it this time.
The Mad Draklor
Member
If we base this chart on the 10M of the WiiU, the true scale is:
[remade, pixel perfect]
Funny thing is, they only reduced the size of the PS4 bar.....
I like how the PS4's bar extends beyond the right border xD
LOL
We are not attacking the numbers and xbone predicion area, that is fine. We are laughing at their "chart".
Their site:
Accurate scale:
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Are you serious? For fucks sakes man. /smh
At least this thread just got it's Polygon style spin to discuss now, lol.
Just an example. just for example. Last year you could get $329 assassins creed bundle with $50-70 gifts cards that retailers were throwing in. $399 isn't a deal during the holidays
Wasn't there a 399 last of us & GTA5 bundle last year. It sold well but not more than the ac Bundle
Plague Doctor
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We are not attacking the numbers and xbone predicion area, that is fine. We are laughing at their "chart".
Their site:
Accurate scale:
I did one as well using a free graphing service that's a comparison. Pretty much the same thing as your own graph. There is visual discrepancies with the article's graph with its proportions.
He is for the Xbox if you know what I mean!
Because the Xbox doesn't sell anything in Japan
Crayon
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Seeing this ars horseshit makes me want to say something.
I'd like to say that the reporting of users on neogaf has completely replaced games journalism for me. I never visit any of these commercial press sites to discover news anymore. It's less that gaf reports faster and more that gaf reports better. That's to say nothing of the quality of commentary which despite my best efforts to bring it down
is second to none.
Thanks, brothers and sisters. <3 <3
I'd like to say that the reporting of users on neogaf has completely replaced games journalism for me. I never visit any of these commercial press sites to discover news anymore. It's less that gaf reports faster and more that gaf reports better. That's to say nothing of the quality of commentary which despite my best efforts to bring it down
;p
Thanks, brothers and sisters. <3 <3