LiquidMetal14
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isn't this pretty much expected?
Expected? Sure but we're reveling over this. I'm having some Blue Bonnet Ice Cream here. Glad of you to join us in this sales thread.
isn't this pretty much expected?
PS4 2013 German YTD = 250,000
XB1 2013 German YTD = 100,000[/URL]
Thus
PS4 2014 German YTD = 290,000
XB1 2014 German YTD = 70,000
PS4 2014 German YTD = 290,000
XB1 2014 German YTD = 70,000
In a couple of weeks at Gamescom msft will have 1 final chance to right their ship in this crucial territory or else face irrelevance till the end of this console cycle.
I'm expecting them to play super aggressive with exclusives (outright or timed DLC) and surprise announcements - i mean, they have to right?
It's now or never, guys. Make it happen right now or else - good luck fighting for market share table scraps with nintendo.
I never get why some countries or people in general often favor one brand over the other without willing to admit that at some time the other brand might be the better choice.
Remember that
PS4 2013 German YTD = 250,000
XB1 2013 German YTD = 100,000
Thus
PS4 2014 German YTD = 290,000
XB1 2014 German YTD = 70,000
FIFA Xbone exclusive confirmed! Oh wait, that was a flashback from last year.
Significant third party exclusives aren't going to happen. If they were, they would've happened already, back when everyone actually thought they had a chance. Now that there's a clear leader and the gap is widening every day, things are only going to get harder for Microsoft on that front.
I wish we knew why EA (and to a lesser extent Activision) is doubling down and basically jumping in bed with MS. They and other third parties can see where this is going - the EA Vault and all the CoD exclusive maps in the world can't right a 2:1 sales gap world wide. And despite the price drop and the new SKU - the gap actually seems to be growing. I'm not saying they should abandon the Xbox One, but what incentive is there for them to give MS exclusive anything unless the money is right (which I doubt).
Oh well, the world wonders.
I wish we knew why EA (and to a lesser extent Activision) is doubling down and basically jumping in bed with MS. They and other third parties can see where this is going - the EA Vault and all the CoD exclusive maps in the world can't right a 2:1 sales gap world wide. And despite the price drop and the new SKU - the gap actually seems to be growing. I'm not saying they should abandon the Xbox One, but what incentive is there for them to give MS exclusive anything unless the money is right (which I doubt).
Oh well, the world wonders.
FIFA Xbone exclusive confirmed! Oh wait, that was a flashback from last year.
Anecdote. Getting an Xbox One pretty much means giving up on the way bigger gaming community. I know (online + real life) at least >30 people with a PS4 compared to like 3 with an Xbox One. Owners of multiple consoles buy the 3rd party games (like Destiny) on PS4 because "that's where the community is". How things have changed, it was the complete opposite during Xbox 360 times. Even here in Germany.
I keep saying, the best thing about the last two years has been the "MS is going to have everything as an exclusive" narrative that keeps popping up, every single time there's a gaming show on the horizon. And it never turns out to be true. It's hilarious.
PS4 2014 German YTD = 290,000
Expected 4:1.
X360 was never objectively "the better choice". Most of the features X360 has didn't even work outside of the US.I never get why some countries or people in general often favor one brand over the other without willing to admit that at some time the other brand might be the better choice.
X360 was never objectively "the better choice". Most of the features X360 has didn't even work outside of the US.
Other countries are also probably not as tolerant of defective hardware.
Actually I find the XB1 numbers fairly surprising
Compared with US sales of the XB1
US XB1 2013 YTD = 1817k, ~ 62% of total LTD
US XB1 2014 YTD = 1099k, ~ 38% of total LTD
German XB1 2013 YTD = 100k, ~ 59% of total LTD
German XB1 2014 YTD = 70k, ~ 41% of total LTD
This somehow implies that Germany was less front-loaded than the US for XB1 sales, relatively of course
Yep, how many games have apparently been Xbone exlusive at this point? I can remember Mirror's Edge 2, Dragon's Dogma 2, Resident Evil 7, FIFA 14 and Mass Effect 4 all being brought up at one point or another.
Xbox doing so bad in Germany that the 360 lost 300k in sales /s
now I want to see France YTD/LTDs, we'd probably even get a Wii U comparison there (though I'm surprised we didn't here, given that Germany is their next best European country after France)
I actually got an x1 first. Still can't believe that you have to either set a different country or use the entire console in German including in game language. It's a console for early 20th century nationalism prior to globalization and the founding of the EU.
France would be the most interesting country. I want to see where the Wii U and PS4 LTD's sit. I think it's easy to see XB1 sitting at third in France
The biggest part of this is the fact that PS4 has sold around 1/4 of the Xbox 360 LTD in just 9 months & about 1/8 of the PS3 LTD.
I wonder how bad it is in France, Spain and Italy. Greater than 4:1 in favour of PS4? I ain't seen an Xbone title in the top 5 of the charts for months.
I don't think that we have updated numbers for Spain, but last year the PS4 was outselling the Xbox One by 5:1.
yeah, seems Xbox One 2014 in Germany is actually (barely) better than Wii U 2013, though I don't think that holds up now....
wait wasn't France H1 2014 sales for the Wii U like 60k? am I remembering this wrong, or is there something else going on here
Wow doesn't surprise me. Spain is about as pro-Sony as you can get.
I'm genuinely curious about what MS will do. There's no way they can viably keep pumping billions into the Bone if they are only selling semi decently in USA.
I think we are two steps away from a quickfire successor/early exit from the gen (pos by 2016). The step before that will be a big price cut and a wait and see approach.
I said it again and again, the main reason gor the kinectless Xbone is to use it as weapon to start a price war.
Exiting the gen 2016? That would be megaton, but would it get them consumers back? It worked for the 360 though! But huge R&D and another marketing blitz after just 3 years, shareholders would kill them.