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UK: PS4 sales triple thanks to PS4 launch
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The sales of the ps4 before the launch of the ps4 were probably zero
panda-zebra
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Percentages don't really mean much in isolation, but slim and any remaining OGs keeping steady does suggest it's a decent but not mind-blowing number. We're expecting slim to get a discount later in the month and for it to stick?
There's likely a good number of used OG consoles in new hands as there was when people traded up to the S. Right now Microsoft themselves are competing at used prices with their £180 units bundled with really good games - so tempting.
If and when they do it, it won't be some arbitrary x-years figure, it'll be when a suitable level of performance increase becomes possible, with tangible results, at the £350 price point or equivalent.
That's a lot of xboxes for Sony to put out...
There's likely a good number of used OG consoles in new hands as there was when people traded up to the S. Right now Microsoft themselves are competing at used prices with their £180 units bundled with really good games - so tempting.
If and when they do it, it won't be some arbitrary x-years figure, it'll be when a suitable level of performance increase becomes possible, with tangible results, at the £350 price point or equivalent.
That's a lot of xboxes for Sony to put out...
wapplew
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That infinite war chest.
Joke aside, MS is ruthless when they meant it, don't know how long Sony can keep up with this price war.
Toadthemushroom
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It's old inventory stock from who-knows-when, including Kinect bundles of the original Xbox One.
YianGaruga
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AnthonypUK
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They already said in their guidance that they're forecasting less console and revenue sales YOY for the holidays.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
wesleyshark
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The Age of Sony is Over
Sorc3r3r
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Crawl? They've been barely behind Xbox One the last 3 months in the US from the numbers we know.
michaelius
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kriskrosbbk
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If you laugh then its funny.
You missed the joke - check thread title and his post will start making sense
Oh, I thought it was weird because the numbers seemed fairly good for both consoles in that October thread
Always-honest
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Always-honest
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Nope. I already knew what was meant. But that doesn't make the title any better.
Acquiescence
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Before I was born, I wasn't alive.
Katana_Strikes
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Read why those XBone numbers are where they are. It helps a lot.
Square Triangle
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It's kinda crazy, early adapters are buying UHD blurays at a faster rate than when blurays came out. Theres like 20 movies in UHD on store shelves lol.
How about reading the thread first? Xbox One just had a massive week.
Katana_Strikes
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Define alive.
But the sales are 44% above the Xbox one sales which were also up 85% over there last week sales.
Haven't pre orders been open for a couple of months, kind of shoots down the lousy theory of people waiting for pro as an excuse for the slims lack of impact
Acquiescence
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Watching Johnny Bravo on a Saturday morning while eating a bowl of Coco Pops.
panda-zebra
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So as a pointless and really rough guess, the lead xbox one had over ps4 in September + October in the UK, approx 25k total, has likely been cancelled out and reversed with the Pro launch leaving something like a 10k lead at this point Sept + Oct + early Nov.
It's a matter of context xbox one sales themselves almost doubled. You could buy a £180 xbox one with a number of really good games last week (FH3, Gears, etc).
It's a matter of context xbox one sales themselves almost doubled. You could buy a £180 xbox one with a number of really good games last week (FH3, Gears, etc).
GHG
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Huge week at retail for console hardware then. Those percentage increases are impressive.
That only means Microsoft did well to counter PS4 Pro launch, honestly.
mejin
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I think all this aggressive posture from MS only made XBO sell a little more than PS4 in all those winning months. So, we had the better momentum of XBO since ever and the worst situation of PS4.
We all knew PS4 was selling less than it could cause of the Pro, but now that all pieces are on the table both will sell really well. Sony will sell more and won't need to burn money.
farmerboy
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Two. Or better. ;-)
GHG
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So that's the conclusion you come to along with the ps4 numbers looking bad?
That's one way to read into the statistics I guess...
Do you care to elaborate as to why you feel the ps4 numbers look bad based on the data we have at the moment?
Nobody said that, the said that Sony is a dick for not including one as the costs would have been minimal.
I have a Pro, but only a 1080P TV (trade in deals at EBGames Canada are amazing atm for a Pro) so I think it is a nice machine but no real WOW factor yet for me.
Glad tha it looks like it is selling well, multuple EBGames in my city still had units this weekend which I found odd for a "new" console release
You can get a og ps4 for about 230 with two games aswell
it matters because it outsold XB1 at firesale, and XB1 has record sales in UK right now.
Its gonna sell even better at holidays run, as more and more "compatible" games come out, and people realize new games have much better performance (COD, etc).
Completely different situation.
11 times over close to zero sales is way different from 3 times strong PS4 sales during COD launch week.
Pankratous
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Reminds me of the newspaper headline:
"Princess Diana was alive moments before she died"
GHG
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And what were the sales figures looking like prior to the xbox one S launch? I'm talking about raw numbers here not percentages.
wapplew
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And PS4 sold almost 200 times better with PS4 Slim launch, 11 times look bad for a revision.