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[Miles X]

Had this pointed out to me, Sunning.com has over 12,800 pre orders on the kinect version and 2,800 on the standard version

http://www.suning.com/emall/dgf_10052_10051_135002_.html
http://www.suning.com/emall/dgf_10052_10051_135001_.html

Think MS will give us anymore figures before/during/after launch to play with?

I heard they're shipping 100k week one.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

So... this is good?

 

[Majmun]

Is this good?

 

[$h@d0w]

Sunning is one of the top 3 electronics retailers, I would say if they only had 16k preorders for the whole of China this is terrible news.

 

[Futaba]

That seems wildly disproportionate, i'd like to see the actual proof of this rather than links to buy the console.

 

[Miles X]

That seems wildly disproportionate, i'd like to see the actual proof of this rather than links to buy the console.

The pre ordered figures are right their in the links ...

The opening could well be double that of the Japanese, why would anyone expect 100k+

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

The pre ordered figures are right their in the links ...

The opening could well be double that of the Japanese, why would anyone expect 100k+

China has the biggest population in the world?

 

[reptilescorpio]

I think that's a decent start. Not like there has been a huge ad campaign over there, this is something that will need to start small and be fostered. Very interesting market over there.

 

[Miles X]

China has the biggest population in the world?

And Indin is huge as well? That's a weak point. This is a country not traditionally into video game consoles, it isn't going to sell huge amounts simply because there are so many people there.

I think analysts and Microsoft will consider this a success if they sell through their initial 100k shipment fast.

 

[GarciaHotspur]

China will save the Xbox One.

 

[hohoXD123]

China has the biggest population in the world?

Like that has been shown to have any influence when it comes to console sales in other countries in the past.

 

[Nightengale]

If China moves over 50k for launch, I think that's an okay figure.

India and China are not huge console markets despite their population, they're not miracle markets.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

16k in a country of 1.3 billion potential consumers?

Pack it up, MS. It's already over.

 

[Noobcraft]

Considering the higher price of the Xbox one there versus elsewhere, and the fact that its a completely new product line over there, this does seem pretty impressive to me. Maybe we'll get some compelling Chinese games out of this.

 

[plasmawave]

China will save the Xbox One.

China is the hero Xbox deserve and something something...

 

[kabel]

China is the hero Xbox deserve...

...but not that it needs. It needs europe.

 

[Upinsmoke]

16k in a country of 1.3 billion potential consumers?

Pack it up, MS. It's already over.

How many of those are homeless and dead broke?

I agree 16k is a terrible figure though.

 

[Nightengale]

Maybe we'll get some compelling Chinese games out of this.

Compelling Chinese games don't exist.

 

[1st Course]

Sunning is one of the top 3 electronics retailers, I would say if they only had 16k preorders for the whole of China this is terrible news.

Seems like one of the smaller sites actually

http://www.techinasia.com/china-ecommerce-spending-hits-74-billion-dollars-q1-2014/

 

[SenkiDala]

Considering the higher price of the Xbox one there versus elsewhere, and the fact that its a completely new product line over there, this does seem pretty impressive to me. Maybe we'll get some compelling Chinese games out of this.

Impressive? China is 3 times USA in term of population, 16000k it's like Target in the WHOLE USA sold 5400 XO day one, does it seem high?

 

[kabel]

Compelling Chinese games don't exist.

Why couldn't this be the beginning of CRPG or something like that?

 

[hohoXD123]

Seems like one of the smaller sites actually

http://www.techinasia.com/china-ecommerce-spending-hits-74-billion-dollars-q1-2014/

Well, there isn't much to read into this 16k figure then.


I try to avoid using this kind of data to determine how a console will do in a particular country, just look back at some the posts regarding the PS4 launch in Japan.

 

[robo]

why does everyone think its the whole of china that the consoles are launching in??

since it was announced that only the Shanghai free trade zone has been opened up IIRC not the whole country?

 

[KongRudi]

All things concidered, one retailer 16 days before launch - I think it might be pretty good.

 

[simplythebest]

China will definitely help em turn the tide now.

 

[RulkezX]

The console has pretty much been available there for ages, has it not?

 

[Futaba]

Call me a pessimist, but 20 minutes later the numbers for both pages are the same.
So that leaves two possible scenarios.
1) number isn't updated live, but manually and is correct
2) number isn't updated live, but manually and is wrong on purpose to spur buyers

 

[kabel]

The console has pretty much been available there for ages, has it not?

Grey market.

 

[Nightengale]

Why couldn't this be the beginning of CRPG or something like that?

CRPG exist.

With the exception of one franchise, the rest are terrible, buggy games with very basic and archaic turn-based combat system.

Also a dying breed with devs chasing after the lucrative MMO market in China.

 

[sunofsam]

why does everyone think its the whole of china that the consoles are launching in??

since it was announced that only the Shanghai free trade zone has been opened up IIRC not the whole country?

Blind hate?

 

[blakep267]

They initially expected 100k for launch. They've said that months ago. Going by that chart, this is a smaller retailer. They could hit the target

 

[robo]

Blind hate?

dunno, aren't they also limited to 5M consoles as well?

 

[Footos22]

China has the biggest population in the world?

Over half of them wouldn't be able to afford one to start with.

 

[Ethan Hunt]

Well I hope Xbox One sells well in China

Spoiler

and PlayStation too

 

[Bananajama]

So what kind of games could we expect if China became the dominating market for gamers? RPG's? (Please)

 

[katsubento]

Where's that Whitney Houston receipts gif? 😂

All kidding aside, that seems a bit low for China.

 

[Foshy]

So what kind of games could we expect if China became the dominating market for gamers? RPG's? (Please)

MOBAs and MMOs

 

[plasmawave]

So what kind of games could we expect if China became the dominating market for gamers? RPG's? (Please)

Blatant Chinese pandering which will have some famous Chinese talents in certain scenes that will make no sense in the context of the game but fuck it because money.

 

[Nightengale]

So what kind of games could we expect if China became the dominating market for gamers? RPG's? (Please)

F2P, MMOs,FPS and MOBA. Basketball, football and baseball.

RPGS?

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[blakep267]

So what kind of games could we expect if China became the dominating market for gamers? RPG's? (Please)

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=864851

There's a video

 

[BokehKing]

China will save the Xbox One.

That's like having a big ol' asterisk next to your sales numbers though.

 

[Tenki]

Both Xbox One and PS4 numbers in China are gonna be laughable. Dunno why people were so excited about launching there and so sure they will sell tons.

 

[doraemoe]

It's really a good start consider the society is so anti-video game. I actually expect way less.

 

[stryke]

Think MS will give us anymore figures before/during/after launch to play with?

Only if they think they've got Sony beat.

 

[Nightengale]

It's really a good start consider the society is so anti-video game. I actually expect way less.

The "society" is anti video game.

The Chinese youngsters LOVE video games.

Big difference.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Sounds good to me. China will be a slow burn for microsoft (and Sony for that matter) 16k for one bog online retailer is great.

And you people comparing population size to orders. You are morons. Straight up.

 

[T.O.P]

Not bad!

Curious to see the launch numbers at the end of the month

 

[p3tran]

ok, but how many microsoft employees live in china?

 

[MaulerX]

Sunning is one of the top 3 electronics retailers, I would say if they only had 16k preorders for the whole of China this is terrible news.

I read somewhere around here that the Chinese government had to approve a set amount of XB1's to be sold there. Given these circumstances I'd say this is pretty "ok" news. 16k for one retailer not including the eventual walkins means that they might possibly sell out of their initial shipment.

 

[Spookie]

I'll be interested to see how many of those they move due to china being a huge F2P market with many people using Internet cafés to game.