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Afrodamus Reads the Tea Leaves of Online Store Listings: XB1 All-Digital Related
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Gamernyc78
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
LMFAO... Afro up in here like:
So we got Afro above, and the obligatory Freedom below.
All in the holy trinity that was a Voost sacrifice.
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Keylime
Spoiler Tag Abuser
Afro Republican
If you want to make a thread speculating on the pre-order sales performance of the XB1 All-Digital based on these online store listings....go for it. I haven't locked the thread.But you can't make a thread title DECLARING XB1-AD is the #1 selling console across these retailers when even YOU yourself disclaim the hell out of your Walmart data before you present it:
...and I've provided evidence that for Best Buy, it appears as though you can just as easily get their Best Selling listings to show it not at all while still being in the filter criteria.
...and it's not even true at all for Amazon, based on what YOU said:
Your Thread Title was: "Xbox One All Digital Console is still the #1 selling console at Best Buy (Still #1 Xbox Console at Wal-mart)"
...in what world is any of that factual based on what you've presented here?
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Gamernyc78
Banned
So we got Afro above, and the obligatory Freedom below.
All the the holy trinity that was a Voost sacrifice.
Yo I was thinking the same thing. Omg you guys are bad lol
Afro Republican
Banned
But you can't make a thread title DECLARING XB1-AD is the #1 selling console across these retailers when even YOU yourself disclaim the hell out of your Walmart data before you present it:
...and I've provided evidence that for Best Buy, it appears as though you can just as easily get their Best Selling listings to show it not at all while still being in the filter criteria.
...and it's not even true at all for Amazon, based on what YOU said:
Your Thread Title was: "Xbox One All Digital Console is still the #1 selling console at Best Buy (Still #1 Xbox Console at Wal-mart)"
...in what world is any of that factual based on what you've presented here?
Well the walmart one is fact since I said it was the number 1 XBOX CONSOLE at walmart.
Also, I do see that you have some issues with Best Buy, but you basally made the title in a very specific way, during the middle of accusations that make it look like OP was an intentionally malicious piece.
All you had to do is remove the #1 part replace it with "may" or changed the title to something like "Xbox One All Digital Console is charting well at retailers"
The timing of your current title change does nothing but validate some users posting links that have nothing to do with the OP, and making it seem like there's nothing relevant there to speculate. Now a real discussion is going to be much harder to do with the current title.
Flying Toaster
Member
Afro is the type of poster I want having my back as I do stupid ass shit. OP has an intersting point but clearly at the end of the day the thread title should be "Xbox One all digital is the #1 non Nintendo console that will not kill you".
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ThatGamingDude
I am a virgin
....Ya'll do realize that you pay for the disk drive they put in the console right?
TF is the last time you bought Microsoft Office and it have a fuckin' disc?
Weird that a hardware manufacturer, especially Microsoft who has exhibited this exact behavior, will want to stay in current trends and cut down on production costs
Maybe by throwing out a cheap test product to see the interest in that demographic
Wild to think of, right?
Clarification: People saying this wasn't going to do well aren't paying attention to other consumer electronic markets IMO. It makes total sense for a company who has previously moved other products they have to an all digital medium and the current infrastructure they're currently investing in, to do that with their current and future products. Also, if they don't have to include a CD drive, they don't have to pay for it, and neither do you; they can invest their development into other meaningful features. Just kind of confused why anyone would be surprised it wouldn't get a good amount of initial purchases.
TF is the last time you bought Microsoft Office and it have a fuckin' disc?
Weird that a hardware manufacturer, especially Microsoft who has exhibited this exact behavior, will want to stay in current trends and cut down on production costs
Maybe by throwing out a cheap test product to see the interest in that demographic
Wild to think of, right?
Clarification: People saying this wasn't going to do well aren't paying attention to other consumer electronic markets IMO. It makes total sense for a company who has previously moved other products they have to an all digital medium and the current infrastructure they're currently investing in, to do that with their current and future products. Also, if they don't have to include a CD drive, they don't have to pay for it, and neither do you; they can invest their development into other meaningful features. Just kind of confused why anyone would be surprised it wouldn't get a good amount of initial purchases.
Keep it up Afpoll, you giving all of us office folk a grand day.
"THESE MODS NEED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS FREE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY DID,"
me as a former mod/GM in other communities
>oh rly, we wont trouble you anymore, here, have a ban to help with that
"THESE MODS NEED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS FREE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY DID,"
me as a former mod/GM in other communities
>oh rly, we wont trouble you anymore, here, have a ban to help with that
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Jigsaah
Gold Member
....Ya'll do realize that you pay for the disk drive they put in the console right?
TF is the last time you bought Microsoft Office and it have a fuckin' disc?
Weird that a hardware manufacturer, especially Microsoft who has exhibited this exact behavior, will want to stay in current trends and cut down on production costs
Maybe by throwing out a cheap test product to see the interest in that demographic
Wild to think of, right?
Keep it up Afpoll, you giving all of us office folk a grand day.
"THESE MODS NEED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS FREE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY DID,"
me as a former mod/GM in other communities
>oh rly, we wont trouble you anymore, here, have a ban to help with that
Wait...what? Anybody else have a rough time following this?
ThatGamingDude
I am a virgin
There, edited for clarity.
I've been talking compootahs all day; sometimes forget that I'm not talking with previous conversations being able to provide context lol
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Gamepass, and backwards compatibility are the reasons the All-Digital Xbox One is selling.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Thanks I follow now.
The system is still $250, and all they did was add some games. For God's sake they added Forza 3 right? That's not even an Xbox One game is it? They shoulds just made to $200, and tossed in gamepass for 2 or 3 months. Boom...it explodes.
ThatGamingDude
I am a virgin
All apart of testing the waters; I wouldn't be surprised if they did it because it was cheap enough for them to produce so they're not worried on a loss on it, and will shrug and move to keeping their CD drive if it fails.
Adding in Game Pass for 2-3 months would make the overall cost $170-180; it would make more sense for them as a business to offer it at $220-250 with Game Pass IMO.
Whole "Why sell it for less if I can sell it for more and the same people will buy it?" comes to mind (As much as that is a business thought and not the IT in me)
ph33rknot
Banned
fan boy you are afro not so muchBoiiii we know you on here already. The only one looking like a fool is you
You'll be OK, BTW how's CD3 going?
Insane Metal
Member
Lol. Yeah it only shows up in 23rd for me. Fail.Clicked the link Afro provided in the OP. Guess MS don't pay for Best Buy ads on the US site when visited from the UK.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
I dont understand the indignation from those saying one should buy the xbox s when they may have zero intention of ever putting a disc in.
That's like saying I should buy a car that has a cassette deck in it, even if I'll never use it.
Or a an wireless speaker that has a subwoofer output even though I have no intention of ever getting a subwoofer.
It makes zero sense, even if the price is the same if I have zero intention ever using media. Why would I care?
Just because you might use it doesnt mean others would.
That's like saying I should buy a car that has a cassette deck in it, even if I'll never use it.
Or a an wireless speaker that has a subwoofer output even though I have no intention of ever getting a subwoofer.
It makes zero sense, even if the price is the same if I have zero intention ever using media. Why would I care?
Just because you might use it doesnt mean others would.
Because why would you pay more to have less? You might say I will never use it but you gain absolutely nothing from it not being there. Not space, not design, literally nothing. You might aswell get the one with the drive on the off chance that a friend brings a 4k blu ray movie you want to watch or a game you want to play, you lose nothing.