Neuromancer
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Alt title: Did Microsoft's Xbox get boxed out by pork loins?
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Put It In Your MAU-th: Pork Loin leading PS4/Xbone in NA
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Yeah, but everybody buy the cheapest bundles on BF.
DriftingSpirit
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Basically.
I don't know which of the two sold more but I think it is very likely that both were within arms reach of one another. I don't think any console got "boxed out".
I can't wait for "yeah but did it outsell pork loins?" in EVERY NPD thread.
chronic_archaic
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No, we'd all get downplayed by "I never said Sony would take November" despite people saying Sony would take November.
While true, I think somebody posted in the Nod thread that the BF and cod. Bundles made Up 600k of the 1.5 mill ps4's. So it's a healthy chunk of the sales came from the 2 more enticing bundles
They could, sure. But they'll be met every step of the way by PS fanboys who have a lot of ammo and a lot of voices. Futile really, as pork is pretty much uncontested.
BlackBuzzard
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Pork the killer app of 2016.
You really don't sound like you're so sure...
Of course, with a US residents exclusive party.
Unknown?
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What's interesting is if you look at the whole year so far the PS4 Pro is still ahead of the slim on Amazon despite it selling gangbusters on BF. I think the Pro did very well and at least well because of two months worth of sells build up.
AudioEppa
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Anyway, I see it being very close with Sony taking it, just barely.
But there's no way Sony's not winning December with Final Fantasy XV, The Guardian along with titles.
Anyway, I see it being very close with Sony taking it, just barely.
But there's no way Sony not winning December with Final Fantasy XV, The Guardian along with titles.
The Last Guardian will sell like 523 copies.
Amazon, how does it work
Don't worry, etta. There's a chance MS may get the lead in the promise land at some point this gen.
Settle down, I'm merely pointing out how everyone was like "Pro is November, Sony gonna walk it", and everyone was ya ya tru tru.
Now you're making it seem like everyone thought MS was gonna take it?
No surprising.
SpecialAgentDaleCooper
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DriftingSpirit
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Mhm, I think orders from September to launch in November will be the deciding factor here.
Kacho
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Yeah, it's a little weird to see the sudden narrative change.
I fully expect to buy a PS4 over an XB1 in the near future, but I have to admit that Microsoft's offerings have been way more enticing in Canada. If it wasn't for the fact that Microsoft has next to no console exclusives that I can't play on my PC, I would have probably gone that route.
AudioEppa
Member
Believe in the power of the brofist.
The Last Guardian is getting a million buys next month and it will charm everyone's underpants off.
Primethius
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GAF is going to be a sight to behold when XB1 doesn't take November and starts losing months early next year.
RIP 4K Blu-ray playback.
RIP 4K Blu-ray playback.
FullMetaltech
Member
Not surprised because Microsoft goes in on a lower price point for the holidays. They seemed to have the better bundles early on as well. I haven't seen any good bundles on Sony's side beside the Uncharted one.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Believe in the power of the brofist.
The last Guardian is getting a million buys next month and it will charm your underpants off.
Indeed, the guy is money. He's just vastly more effective as a taste-maker than any mainstream critic.
Yeah, that would be a blow to Sony not to win. I'd be surprised.
Nightengale
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To me, I think many assumed we'd see the one two combination of:
-Pro launch
-Call of Duty bundle
-WD2 bundle
-UC4 bundle
If Sony had all of the above for Nov I would had put a far higher likelihood for Sony to take Nov.
But instead Sony only has one volume play which is UC4 bundle which pales compared to the bundle selection MS has.
BF is about lowest prices and best value and Sony doesn't have that this year. If volume disparity between Slim and S is 30% of the millions of consoles sold in Nov I could see a situation where Pro bump alone doesn't match the volume gap.
Careful, you don't want Ricky_R and YianGaruga calling you out! Lol j/k, that wouldn't happen.
Same reason Christmas tree sales drop off the day after Christmas.
Jackbooted
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Incoming Pork Loin + Sleeping Dogs cross promotion!
Sony being concerned with profits is definitely what I've been thinking as well, and it's likely the reason that the Pro doesn't have a 4k drive or a new CPU - instead of just an upclocked one.
Hmmm... I guess Thanksgiving is over so turkey is on the down and pork loin on the up?
Primethius
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DriftingSpirit
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I keep seeing this. Wasn't it $249 across the board for PS4 and X1?
Nothing unusual. No one wants to be wrong.
I hope they'd be able to spot a joke
Surely, they're pretty good posters. Just funnin' a bit
Banjo-Kazooie
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They were. It's pretty much most of what I've seen the past 3 months. "Wait until the Pro comes out"
Yes. "Wait until the Pro comes out" before declaring anything. Because no one knew what sales it was going to have. It's the first iterative console ever. Could sell gangbusters, shit, good, bad, and everything in between.
It certainly might not. Xbox usually takes the holidays, and there were no solid bundles with the Pro.
That's what I read and why should be renamed "move goalposts"
n0razi
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PS4 is like 3DS, everyone already has one now.. hell many GAFers have a 2 PS4 units
You're assuming that the same people in this thread are the same ones who previously made such statements.
I call fowl play.
Nightengale
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AND best value.
If I was an average joe-consumer, in no world would an Uncharted 4 bundle be a match for:
- Gears 4 Bundle ( comes with Gears 1/2/3/J/4)
- Halo MCC/5 Bundle ( comes with MCC + Halo 5)
- Minecraft Bundle ( Minecraft duh )
- BF1 bundle ( newer, popular FPS )
In terms of diversity of offering and what comes in the box by default, MS has the quantity and quality to match and best what Sony offers this fall in North America.
Europe is a different story with CoD & Watch_Dogs 2 bundle, but we're talking US here.
Unknown?
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Yes and several retailers had extras on top. Khols had $75 Khols cash. GameStop had an extra game. Best Buy had two extra games. Walmart had a $30 gift card. Target didn't have any deals on top for PS4 but did for Xbox so that's probably why it won there. It also had the best deal on Xbox so someone looking for one would go there.