SwiftDeath
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Anecdotal evidence RE: Xbox One vs PS4 demand
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Whats funnier is not only would he not have read the OP he hasn't finished reading the title of the thread either.
Interfectum
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Until there's hard numbers, it's all there is. Here's another example: At Amazon US Xbox One went from 114,500 on the "movers and shakers" top 100 list 3 days ago to #1 today. A jump of 1,638,571%. It has now eclipsed the PS4 on the Top 100 video game items sold for the year sitting at number 12 (PS4 is at 75). Anecdotally Xbox One is kicking PS4's ass. Realistically this has happened because Sony can't supply the demand.
hey_it's_that_dog
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...is fundamentally undesirable to the consumer. So price is irrelevant.
I was at Best Buy picking up my television. The guy ringing up my order mentioned that they had received a dozen PS4s in earlier that morning, made an in-store announcement over the PA and they were gone in minutes.
The #thirst is real.
So you admit to not reading the OP and still responded anyways?
I've never heard Best Buy make a PA announcement about product availability... lol
Must've been like "what?!"
Yeah, there was a batch up for about 25 minutes. I was lucky that a friend of mine had been watching the page and let me know, so I was able to get one.
MagicWithEarvin
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So you admit to not reading the OP and still responded anyways?
Definitely wasn't a smart thing to do.
Marc
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I see what you did there.
Yeah, anecdotal but at work a fair amount are scrambling around having assumed they could pick one up before Christmas. Not even heard any chatter about Xbox one.
Glorified G
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I wonder if anyone was curious where the OP was going with this thread after reading this
ZedIndyLil
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Signs seem to point to PS4 > XB One WW, but I really hope that somehow we get hard info so that we won't always reside in this swamp of truthiness.
And once we know WHAT, I hope we can figure out WHY. I feel like the price difference is and will continue to be a big factor, aside from anything else.
It's nice to hope for things, though.
And once we know WHAT, I hope we can figure out WHY. I feel like the price difference is and will continue to be a big factor, aside from anything else.
It's nice to hope for things, though.
Triggerhappytel
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Uh, that's in the title. Why even come in and comment if you clearly don't care?
graywolf323
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I think something might be wrong with Amazon's list, the launch edition PS4 is nowhere to be seen despite previously being as high as the top ten
edit: you should have noted the only PS4 to make the list all the way down at 75 was the BF4 bundle which alone gives away that something is off
Interfectum
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You can't really go by that I don't think. Their Xbox / PS4 systems in the best sellers lists have been screwed up for awhile (day one, launch day, normal). For example, the PS4 at 75 you mentioned is now listed as the launch day version when before it was the normal version sitting in the top 10. Do you really think all of those games (including the PSP) all of a sudden sold so much that it pushed the PS4 from #6 all the way to #75 for the year?
TheGreyHulk
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I don't find it surprising at all. Sony has made nearly all of the right moves too attract gamers with the ps4. Cheaper, more powerful and they sent that "games first" mentality to gamers who loved that.
Do we not have anyone here, proven through a mod, that works in gaming/electronics stores in the US?
I would think we would have quite a few here...then again, maybe we're all successful business men working in higher level jobs and/or people with other/no jobs.
I suppose a lot of gamers never actually work with gaming hardware/sales.
I would think we would have quite a few here...then again, maybe we're all successful business men working in higher level jobs and/or people with other/no jobs.
I suppose a lot of gamers never actually work with gaming hardware/sales.
That means that you posted without reading the OP?
-Pyromaniac-
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Any time a store near me restocks they're out the same moment.
Salmonbottle
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Really curious about how it's going specifically in the US, though.
I work at a large retail store and we have people lining up nearly every morning for Xboxes. They sell out instantly. People are constantly calling the store to ask if they're in stock.
I don't think I've even heard the word "PS4" since launch. No one asks for them. But we also don't have any in stock, so I have no idea what's going on really.
I work at a large retail store and we have people lining up nearly every morning for Xboxes. They sell out instantly. People are constantly calling the store to ask if they're in stock.
I don't think I've even heard the word "PS4" since launch. No one asks for them. But we also don't have any in stock, so I have no idea what's going on really.
Ragnarok
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Price is definitely the biggest factor, in my opinion. Going from $400 --> $500 is pretty huge to most people.
Ol No Bones
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It cost less and is a great console. It makes sense.
Lol going by that logic ni no kuni has outsold the ps4.
cyberheater
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Nope. Sony will dominate in all regions. MS are in trouble.
I just want to know by their metric how many units would have to sell to equal a 1.6 million percent jump.
It's Amazon Math, don't question it.
EvilKatarn
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Anecdotal evidence: both the Crossbone and PS4 are sold out here in Estonia.
Take from that what you will.
Take from that what you will.
anexanhume
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That's because the PS4 launch edition has been delisted from Amazon. Presumably, Amazon has not done the same for the Xbox One because the day one edition is actually a unique product and is being sold by third parties.
If you go to the PS4, you have to find a bundle and then select just the console. The console, with no "launch" or other signifier, is not ranked there either.
The PS4 also has over double the reviews (4k vs 1.7k). I'm going to assume there's some correlation between sales and number of reviews.
Finally, that PS4 with game bundle that's only at number 74? It has sold better than every single Xbox One game this year except COD: Ghosts, which sits at #69. There are 3 PS4 games in the top 40. COD: Ghosts is the only Xbox One game in the top 100. If there's any story about PS4 vs. Xbox One coming from Amazon, it still heavily favors the PS4.
Doug Heffernan
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Good. Hopefully this will lead to a price drop so I can buy one.
Sho_Nuff82
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Sony has concentrated their shipments to US and UK it seems. Smart move.
Interfectum
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It's just more proof to the theory. Not sure what's wrong with discussing it.
I feel bad for thinking the same thing. I don't want to wish ill on any company, but if the demolition is as bad as it appears its going to be, I wouldnt mind a 300 dollar Titanfall box.
WeAreStarStuff
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Xbone box looks enormous in comparison.
So you admit to not reading the OP and still responded anyways?
Yes, time for one of my all time favorite GIFs.
Too many factors to really consider this as any sort of evidence really.
These consoles have only just been released and both of them will be constricted by supply for the rest of 2013, especially due to Christmas/New Year coming up.
What I don't understand is why everyone so obsessed with these anecdotal "evidence" for these consoles, seems to me like nothing more than console war bullshit. Because let's face it, all we have to do is wait until Q1-Q2 of 2014 and then we can start comparing the numbers month by month without any supply issues making comparisons difficult.
These consoles have only just been released and both of them will be constricted by supply for the rest of 2013, especially due to Christmas/New Year coming up.
What I don't understand is why everyone so obsessed with these anecdotal "evidence" for these consoles, seems to me like nothing more than console war bullshit. Because let's face it, all we have to do is wait until Q1-Q2 of 2014 and then we can start comparing the numbers month by month without any supply issues making comparisons difficult.
SwiftDeath
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Amazon list is goofed, it lacks the main SKU for the PS4, unless you think the PSP is outselling the PS4?
The BF4 bundle is not the best selling SKU, look at the number if user reviews.
adamantypants
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I wouldn't say they're in trouble. 1 million in a day is nothing to scoff at. If they bring their price down I'm sure their fortunes will change.
I'm heavily invested in the PS ecosystem but I'm sure for most people if they were at the store comparing consoles and both were $400 it'd be a much better sell for MS.
Certinty
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It's the UK, more likely they've been discontinued.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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That game in the box with that motion camera of theirs for $499 wouldn't get you in the door?
I was at Best Buy picking up my television. The guy ringing up my order mentioned that they had received a dozen PS4s in earlier that morning, made an in-store announcement over the PA and they were gone in minutes.
The #thirst is real.
So you admit to not reading the OP and still responded anyways?
haha
Can't think of a more apt gif.
In my area craigslist PS4s are up from $650 to $850.
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