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[ChuckeRearmed]

Because the Playstation brand is fucking huge. Nobody should ever be surprised at how dominant they are with sales. I expect PS5 will massively outsell XSX/S too, but as long as there are enough units sold to keep pushing MS then I’m happy.

In pure GamePass numbers, I expect MS to surpass Sony in a long run.

 

[H-I-M]

So this is the "very successful launch" Phil talked about ?

 

[JerryinSoCal]

I don't know about the day the console went on sale here since MS allowed people to camp in the middle of a pandemic and flu season with cold temps but in the US but when it came to pre-orders they had far fewer available than Sony did for the PS5, there were also far more Series X models available than Series S.

 

[Great Hair]

That´s like 75,000 each or 50,000 to 100,000 in favor of the S.
With the pandemic going on, seems ok.

Would not surprise me if the Switch would outsell every console on the market. Oh boy, can not wait for Oliver Kahn´s take on it and his numbers i mean thread/onion.

Switch >> PS4, XB, XSS, XSX, PS5 NiNTENDA 4L!! [OT]

 

[Potato Chip PRO]

Dudes are forgetting that we are in a pandemic and are comparing 2013 XB1 launch stock to SX/S. What a joke these guys are

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Can we change the thread title to reflect the facts more accurately?

Xbox S|X sold out in the UK! All 155k units sold on launch day. Biggest Xbox launch in the UK ever.

Something like that?

 

[Old Empire.]

That's not many! But was easier to get hold of than the PS5!

Series is sold out everywhere in the UK. The sold 155,000 here. Considering the stock shortages for the series MS wasn't lying about the launch. I have to wait for the second wave and wasn't given a timeline to get it from Gamestop. And i preordered in September.

 

[M1chl]

Czech is around 50k PS5 vs 14k Xboxes, so it seems like supply on Xbox part is really lacking. I know the distributor for consoles. Not that it matters in this small market, but it's interesting.

 

[danielJackson]

I went to find PS5 controller cradle today and saw bunch of Series S on the self at evening (Finland), on multiple stores.

So, series S didnt sell out here it seems, didnt see any X

 

[Stuart360]

Do people forget we have had a pandemic ravaged world for the lat 6 months?.
I'm sure they would of liked more stock, but it is what it is, and the important part is that they sold out of the stock they had.

 

[Gravemind]

That's not a good start. The Xbox One managed 150k and Ps4 was 250k.


Very bad supply situation for Xbox second biggest market

Selling out your stock on day 1 of launch isn't a great start? lol, alright.

Some of you guys are really reaching with these threads.

 

[Montauk]

MS stock is tanking right now on the news that they sold out their entire day one stock in the UK.

Between that and what happened to Phil Spencer (tragic) things are looking pretty grim for MS.

 

[Major_Key]

Lol 155k in 24 hours with limited stock isn't great start ?

I see lot people who want they new xbox but they couldn't.

Without covid shit it will be +200k in 48hours which is excellent after poor Xbox One generation.

I except PS5 beat PS4 btw.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Sales threads don't get truly interesting until we see January/February numbers.

 

[pasterpl]

Their UK stock sold out and ms didn’t even bother with 1st party launch games to support it, I call it a win (for ms, not for gamers)

 

[Blood Borne]

On launch day, numbers don’t really matter. Being sold out is all that matters.

 

[Rob_27]

I thought they were churning them out the factory since June july

 

[TLZ]

I read the thread and saw Xbone sold 150k and PS4 250k, but why so low? I thought these consoles would easily sell at least a million on launch day? My expectations were much higher.

 

[fermcr]

"Xbox Series X/S is now Microsoft’s biggest console launch in the UK"

... and the OP says... "That's not a good start."

 

[Michael Hawk]

Only 5K more is horrible. I expected them to come out swinging with at least 50K or more than last time. They've got a much more affordable box this time, no Kinect, a global pandemic that has boosted sales of consumer goods across the board, and most importantly, they don't have Don Mattrick Mattricking it up.

Now that I think about it, If these numbers are accurate then they would indicate that Don and his squad didn't have as much of a negative effect on the One's performance as we were led to believe, and that the lack of compelling software on Xbox could be the reason why their audience isn't growing by much. That would be a twist.

I think If the PS5 comes in with barely any growth as well then both of these machines are in for a rocky year (or two) ahead. Just can't see publishers and developers prioritizing next-gen if the installbase is a joke compared to current-gen.

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Really surprised Microsoft only allocated 5K more units than Xbox One shipped/sold in 2 days in their second biggest market.

 

[Montauk]

Oh my god, Satya Nadella has resigned, citing these sales figures.

 

[Rolla]

That's 5K more than the XBOX ONE launch, right?

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

I thought they were churning them out the factory since June july

Late May for the XSX at least. Granted they launched in 37 countries at the same time but the allocations seem to have been messed up!

 

[oldergamer]

Look at how many regions xbox is available for purchase in. Its more regions then when xbox one was first released.

The fact they were able to supply more regions then sony did at launch + the fact the last console launch for PS4 and Xbox one they shipped far under 1 million units and both were severely supply constrained. I'm betting they sold more units this launch compared to last launch.

 

[prinz_valium]

Czech is around 50k PS5 vs 14k Xboxes, so it seems like supply on Xbox part is really lacking. I know the distributor for consoles. Not that it matters in this small market, but it's interesting.

If the super small market of CZ already got 50k, I expect PS4 WW shipments to be 3m for the 2 launch weeks.

 

[aries_71]

Some of you are acting like there’s a huge stock of XsX not sold in the stores... why?

 

[Admast79]

155k consoles... And 0.. ZERO additional profit that they could have from selling Microsoft Complete protection plan (£39). because it is not available yet!

Can you imagine? Microsoft headquarter in UK basically give up on possible £6.000.000 income because they didn't make it ready when they know exactly when release date it.

 

[M1chl]

If the super small market of CZ already got 50k, I expect PS4 WW shipments to be 3m for the 2 launch weeks.

Yeah pre-orders were 50k and those were sold out in around 12 hours. That 14k Xbox(es) is mainly XSX, since XSS was poured gradually in here and those consoles are still available. It's the biggest Xbox launch here so far, PS5 is same in amount as PS4.

For the record, around 5k Xbox One was sold until 31/12/2014, because we were Tier 2 country.

Also like other Slavic country, PC is absolut king here, so it's interesting. I pre-ordered fast my nVidia 3900RTX and still don't have it, so just a introspection.

 

[Montauk]

You guys are putting a brave face on for this but it is total carnage inside MS today because of this news.

 

[Freeman76]

They must really be having trouble building the things. Demand is there for sure, the whole world are bored lol

 

[hemo memo]

Love it, “Didn’t sell more because MS didn’t let it”

So why did they only ship 150k consoles? Considering the X1 sold that much....

Because we are in the middle of a pandemic? They sold what they could produce.

 

[leo-j]

I don't really see xbox series x doing better than xbox one..... the name being the issue imo, and the fact they are pushing gamepass on everything else also.

I can see them hit 35 million and that's it. X1 probably ended around 48 million.

I do expect ps5 to be in excess of 300,000 for its UK launch.

 

[Rolla]

The Xbox One managed 150k and Ps4 was 250k.

Can we get a link to that number? I feel like it'll be a crucial stat next week...

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Sales threads don't get truly interesting until we see January/February numbers.

I think it will be later this time around.

Black Friday and Xmas are just around the corner. UK still in lockdown and may still be come January. Microsoft will be sending out as many units as possible to America. Brexit rolls around and could screw with stock.

I don't think stock will be normal until next Xmas. This could be a 'Wii' start to the generation for both Sony and Microsoft

 

[Connxtion]

This including direct sales from the MS Store or is it only retail stores?

 

[Stuart360]

It would of been interesting to see how many it would of sold if they had double the stock on hand.
Annoying.

 

[Outrunner]

You guys are putting a brave face on for this but it is total carnage inside MS today because of this news.

Yeah surely Microsoft didn't know what their stock was.

 

[Leyasu]

- Wait for the new API
- Wait for e3
- Wait for?

Is this your new line of defense? Lmao

These numbers are terrible, should have been at least on par with Ps4.

Was they supposed to just wave the magic wand and make another 100k units roll off of the production line? you can't be serious..

 

[Stuart360]

Yeah surely Microsoft didn't know what their stock was.

I think he/she is being sarcastic, check their other posts in the thread.

 

[ethomaz]

So when they said 'best ever' that meant just five thousand over XB1?

It probably means they launched in more countries than previous consoles.

Xbox One was like 13 countries at launch.

 

[michaelius]

So when they said 'best ever' that meant just five thousand over XB1?

Well technically minimum for best ever would be x+1 where is previous record
That's why messages about records without numbers are always suspicious.

 

[Resenge]

Yes I’m pretty sure they are here in the UK

Yup, I can't find one anywhere except Ebay.

 

[yurinka]

Guys, apparently Phil Spencer has killed himself after hearing these sales figures. RIP

If they sold out with higher numbers than in their previous consoles he hould be happy, specially if they do the same in the other important countries.

These PS4 UK launch numbers are the best ones in gaming history, so to outsell PS4 isn't something easy to achieve. They shouldn't feel bad if can't achieve it.

Same goes with the other European countries, specially considering they are Sony land. USA instead is Xbox land, so they may have a chance vs PS4 or at least to be closer.

 

[ethomaz]

Funny that Xbox One fans used the same limited stock claim when GFK announced 150k consoles in 2013.

What that means is that MS didn’t know spect Series X|S to sell better than Xbox One in UK.

 

[Major_Key]

I don't really see xbox series x doing better than xbox one..... the name being the issue imo, and the fact they are pushing gamepass on everything else also.

I can see them hit 35 million and that's it. X1 probably ended around 48 million.

I do expect ps5 to be in excess of 300,000 for its UK launch.

I think XS S/X will easily surpass 50M. Especially if Starfield is exclusive & Game Pass continue to add recents third party.

I see too many peoples new to xbox.

 

[Stuart360]

Funny that Xbox One fans used the same limited stock claim when GFK announced 150k consoles in 2013.

What that means is that MS didn’t know spect Series X|S to sell better than Xbox One in UK.

No, it means we are 7 months into a global pandemic, and they provided as many units as they could.
Stop trying to turn everything into console warz.

 

[ethomaz]

Mo, it means we are 7 months into a global pandemic, and they provided as many units as they could.
Stop trying to turn everything into console warz.

Yeap exactly that lol

We will use the pandemic excuse if Sony sell way more than 250k, no?

 

[Stuart360]

Yeap exactly that lol

We will use the pandemic excuse if Sony sell way more than 250k, no?

I dont understand what you are getting at, are you trying to say the pandemic has had zero efect on the amount of consoles both Sony and Microsoft will be able to produce?

 

[ethomaz]

I dont understand what you are getting at, are you trying to say the pandemic has had zero efect on the amount of consoles both Sony and Microsoft will be able to produce?

Yes. Sony and MS both said the pandemic has 0 impact in their shipments.

So why one company is shopping more and another the same to UK?