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Xbox One sells (to customers) 2 Million Units in 18 Days
- Thread starter Interfectum
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I'm sure. There have never been 7 PS4s in the same place if you do not count my third solarium.
PrimaNocta
Member
Congrats microsoft, I love my Xbox One.
So if Microsoft knows they shipped 50K consoles to EB Australia, and then after a month, EB asks for another 50K, they can't assume that they've more than likely sold 50K Xbox consoles through EB Games?
The figure in the OP is referring to Sold Through no?
fi3rypho3nix
Banned
I am sick of reading this shit. The complaint was they used language indicating Surface sales were stronger than they actually were. By the way, this is a case that they have not been decided on. The party felt that it was misleading.
Releasing hard numbers is not something that a company is going to lie about due to liability. I can't believe some members like you are trying to downplay this achievement for whatever reason. It is really sad.
Wow great numbers!
So much for console gaming is DEAD!
this has to be one of the best console launches for both platforms or any console in the past. AMD did a good job on designing the APU in these console. In the past the consoles had no where near the number of console out day one.
I am surprised MS delay the launch in other places with these numbers. Guess the war is really in the EU and NA. Have to get the numbers there first...
So much for console gaming is DEAD!
this has to be one of the best console launches for both platforms or any console in the past. AMD did a good job on designing the APU in these console. In the past the consoles had no where near the number of console out day one.
I am surprised MS delay the launch in other places with these numbers. Guess the war is really in the EU and NA. Have to get the numbers there first...
I had doubts at first, when I was entering the thread. But, seeing it come from nelson himself has kind of reinforced it a bit, for me. Although I'd rather wait for NDP numbers. In due time, we'll see if it's true or not, but for now I'm inclined to believe so.
By the time the next console gen rolls around, I think that people will be more open to the idea and it'll be more acceptable (as internet technology will have advanced, probably, by then). But I digress, it makes sense and you're right that we have an entire at least 4 or 5 years ahead of us for things to be worked on and changed. Ballmer and Mattrick stepping down gives me a little hope they'll do better with the console itself next time, but boy I miss J Allard and I hope they get him/someone like him for the next time. I'm disappointed by all the negatives of the console and the executive decisions behind it (all in one, one input, media box, etc.). I feel they did a great job turning everything around though, and I'm happy with all the unique things they have at launch (Killer Instinct is HUGE to me, Sunset Overdrive, Dead Rising 3).
An argument to your last sentence, would people have accepted something like microtransactions at the beginning of last (360/PS3) gen? It was unthinkable. But now it's a pretty rampant and a disconcerting practice. Most people don't like it, but it's popped up in a lot of games (see: Microsoft's launch lineup (minus Killer Instinct))
They can assume whatever they want. That's actually the point. People are trying to paint these figures as black and white - completely accurate or completely false. It's a sliding scale influenced by competency, bias, methodology, variance, and a slew of other factors as well.
True- but they're close enough that any sort of variance should be negligible at best.
Melchiah
Member
1 million on 15/11, 700k on 29/11, or during the weekend, the rest outside the launch days. So, 1.7 million in a handful of days.
shinra-bansho
Member
The timing isn't suspect. People need to put away the tinfoil hats. :|
The key figure is 2M units sold through, that was the milestone that they wanted to announce.
It's being announced 18 days post-launch, because it took 18 days post-launch to reach that milestone.
Also, I thought Microsoft had their own PoS tracking system anyway? I'm sure Nintendo does.
The key figure is 2M units sold through, that was the milestone that they wanted to announce.
It's being announced 18 days post-launch, because it took 18 days post-launch to reach that milestone.
Also, I thought Microsoft had their own PoS tracking system anyway? I'm sure Nintendo does.
Pretty much, NPD is going to be a fraction of this. It includes only part of the sales period and is US only afaik. Anyone expecting the truth from that might as well give it up.
You guys expecting PS4 NPD to show over 2 million?
We've gotten numbers like the ones in the OP. People expecting definitive clarity will be disappointed. Just pouring one out for the glory days, is all.
Randolph Freelander
Member
In the end, we're talking about 100% sell-through on consoles being shipped on barges all over the world. We know that Sony was able to ship 1 million to North America by November 15. We know that they were able to ship another 1.1 million worldwide, with most going to Europe, by November 29. We know Microsoft was able to ship 1 million worldwide by November 22, and another 1 million worldwide as of the time of today's report.
In the end, they're shipping as much as they can and selling all of it (or most enough of it for it not to matter).
If I could quote the former First Lady and Secretary of the State for a moment.... what difference does it make? Why is there such a rush to paint one side in a positive light and the other negatively, as if both consoles aren't doing something tremendous at the moment?
Next year. All will become evident next year. We can point and laugh all we want at whomever is losing until we're frankly sick of it.
Yeah it actually kinda dampers it a bit. Wont be as crazy with MS preempting things. Mission accomplished.
Chobel
Member
For all the ridiculous things I read in this thread, this takes the cake. I mean wow!
Tomorrow only gives us numbers for 1 week of xbox sales and 2 weeks of ps4 sales.
December npd numbers (January) will be a full month....the numbers in the op are 18 days, 10 of which are not reported tomorrow
You just need a protractor.
The timing is sort of irrelevant because the machines were not freely available.
PhoenixDark
Banned
So because you don't like the console, its success must be the product of fraudulent numbers right?
lol. I'll never understand why people become so attached with cheering or hating multi-billion corporations.
Prolly.
SyenceLabb
Member
Because this makes too much sense.
Other fun facts that can be directly derived from the given figures:
41.5 hours played in games/tv/apps per gamer since launch with an average of 2.3 hours played per day
19.5 achievements unlocked per player with an average achievement score of 15.3 points.
At peak demand on Amazon the XBone would have sold all 2million units in less than 33 hours, on Amazon alone.
41.5 hours played in games/tv/apps per gamer since launch with an average of 2.3 hours played per day
19.5 achievements unlocked per player with an average achievement score of 15.3 points.
At peak demand on Amazon the XBone would have sold all 2million units in less than 33 hours, on Amazon alone.
Randolph Freelander
Member
I believe this one was joking.
Although I do have it on good authority that Microsoft did buy enough to ship to the moon and use them as external walls for a new lunar base. Got that one from CBOAT's dad's neighbor's uncle's cousin's former roommate.
Possibly.
Two weeks is still double, unless there were absolutely no ps 4s available on black friday?
Which I doubt but point taken as to some wiggle room there
But that's just one day that both machines have in common. The interceding week was basically irrelevant. I don't think many would disagree with this...
Chobel
Member
Many (all?) people are saying Xbox One had better stock than PS4 in black Friday. And we have some company that did some statistics and found Xbox One won black Friday
Walmart had a ton of PS4s on Black Friday. Enough to guarantee that if you got in line at a certain time, you would get one. It's hard to gauge Sony restocks because they sell out almost immediately upon being made available. Not a bad problem to have.
Competition is good. Sales parity is not as important however.
I'm not sure anyone would agree with that!
Not at all. Especially if one is more of the consoles are simply impossible to find in stock. If they were in stock and consistently did not sell out, then you could guage that the supply exceeds the demand.
Nah, still too crazy with stock issues and holiday shopping. January onwards is a much more sobering realization.
Chobel
Member
It's Christmas time, so every unit shipped to retail will be sold. December npd will only tell us who got the better stock.
Randolph Freelander
Member
There must be dust.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
I say it gets interesting from February on.
Nah, I think stock and holiday shopping will mess up the numbers a bit. I think Feburary would be a more valuable time to start looking at that.
Melchiah
Member
Like I said before, the end result seems to be about the same, but they reached it in different ways. I'm just nitpicking about how many actual sale days it took.
the next year will show how it really goes.To be clear December sales npd .....Reporting in January was what I meant
Yes that could be true as well the way things have been going
Yeah, I still disagree
Idempotent Button
Banned
As someone who will happily own both systems, I welcome the news of great sell-through rates. I'm also pleased with the performance of Microsoft's new network supporting XBOX Live, even if I am a bit grumpy about some of their decisions for business reasons.
Randolph Freelander
Member
Dust.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Maybe if the first XBox had sold better we would have seen more multiplat titles come out that were improvements over the PS2? I think this is why some hope the PS4 continues to do well.
Maybe, I recall the wii u straight up cratering after the holidays though. I'm interested to see jan/feb as neither of these consoles seem to be doing much until march.
I am very "happy" to see both consoles doing well. I wonder if this proves last gen was milked way to long...regardless we all now have brand new spanking consoles to look forward to! It is a win win for both xbox loyalists and ps loyalists...heck its a win win for all gamers including the PC gamer...now that pc hardware can get flexed a bit more.
Great times indeed!! Everyone should just be happy for our fellow gamer brethren!!
Great times indeed!! Everyone should just be happy for our fellow gamer brethren!!
Idempotent Button
Banned
Including PC gamers. I suspect the success of a new console generation will actually lift PC gaming higher. It makes sense.
I chuckle a little bit about this because I can't remember this amount of distrust/doubt on Sony's numbers on the PS4. But seriously, people complaining about it haven't realized that MS staying afloat (well afloat) will keep Sony on their toes this gen.
Worth pointing out that for 14 of these 15 days, the PS4 was only available in US and Canada.
So you can't really compare like for like.
Regardless, really good numbers for the Xbox. MS turned things around massively since the disastrous initial unveiling. To have such demand in the face of so many fuck ups is testament to them (or at least testament to the 360).