I'm not saying it's impossible, but this is not the first month the Xbox One has has some very good deals. Couldn't you find the TitanFall bundle for the same price as the console by itself - or even a little cheaper?
This month will be close regardless. There isn't going to be much between the two consoles.
It's Hindle you're talking to.
Are you kidding? Since when has a struggling console ever came out on top due to a better gaming library?
If that were true, then Microsoft would've overtaken Sony a long time ago. As a matter of fact, a first impression of your console is a longer lasting impression.
Only by about 378,000 units. What's that between friends?
Wait he's been off by that much and people still listen to him?
Based on what?This month will be close regardless. There isn't going to be much between the two consoles.
People who aren't constantly checking the NPD thread won't be able to check his prediction results. I guess they assume he's right most of the time because he's the voice for video game sales predictions.Where is this Pachter is rarely wrong/on the wrong side of predictions meme coming from?
Hindle is so enamored with Microsoft that he's even defending Pachter.
What a world.
This month will be close regardless. There isn't going to be much between the two consoles.
Wait he's been off by that much and people still listen to him?
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Hindle is so enamored with Microsoft that he's even defending Pachter.
What a world.
Based on what?
Wait, you're playing the "next month should be fun!" card--not only before even the previous month's NPD is out--but in a random thread of an insane man's rantings? Couldn't save it for 3 more days? Then at least the replies could be the standard "yeah, just like last month, right?", but this is exceptional.This month will be close regardless. There isn't going to be much between the two consoles.
There has never been a console with as bad a starting reputation as the Xbox One (even more than the original XBOX), so what can we really base it on?
The PS3 had a slow start with an awful early library, but once it started getting some real quality exclusives and a price drop it was a contender again.
With how bad MS screwed up the lead-in to the Xbox One, they have actually delivered a lot of good software this year, and imo it's a good thing to see that reflected in sales.
Wait, you're playing the "next month should be fun!" card--not only before even the previous month's NPD is out--but in a random thread of an insane man's rantings? Couldn't save it for 3 more days? Then at least the replies could be the standard "yeah, just like last month, right?", but this is exceptional.
oh btwMichael understands the power of Word of Mouth®.
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soon.jpgoh btw
When's the UK software update
There has never been a console with as bad a starting reputation as the Xbox One (even more than the original XBOX), so what can we really base it on?
The PS3 had a slow start with an awful early library, but once it started getting some real quality exclusives and a price drop it was a contender again.
With how bad MS screwed up the lead-in to the Xbox One, they have actually delivered a lot of good software this year, and imo it's a good thing to see that reflected in sales.
I'd take Resogun over the Xbox One's entire existing exclusive library combined.
This whole "Xbox has a better library" is SO subjective. I wish people would stop peddling it as if it was fact.
While hardware rankings between PS4 and X1 have been consistent with NPD since launch, Amazon's numbers only account for less than 5% of NPD's data (I think, Aqua will have to remind me).
Based on the fact MS were handing out free games, and the insane deals they were doing. We saw in the UK that it worked.
Thursday should be a good day for you. I predicted the gap to be around 125k.
Damn, was waiting for someone to post this
Based on the fact MS were handing out free games, and the insane deals they were doing. We saw in the UK that it worked.
Hindle is so enamored with Microsoft that he's even defending Pachter.
What a world.
How much did PS4 sell in the month of December?
You mean the one week where they barely beat PS4 with the biggest game of the year working in their favor and immediately dropped off after one week?Based on the fact MS were handing out free games, and the insane deals they were doing. We saw in the UK that it worked.
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They supposedly very marginally beat them no? And we didn't hear anything about beating them for a second week so I bet they didn't. Doesn't seem to have been worth much
One thing, and one thing only kept the PS3 in the race with the 360, and that was the RRoD. Just like the the XB1 launch, Microsoft made a grave error in regards to the console they released.
Basically, the PS3 just barely came in at the last second and beat a 360 that by far the least reliable console ever made. And yet many, many people still preferred the 360. Had it just been a stable console, Sony might not have even made it to this gen.
This time Microsoft launched with the Kinect as a pack-in that made the console too expensive, and unclear DRM schemes that scared everyone off. Basically, they launched an even less desirable console than the PS3 at launch. The only thing that will get the XB1 even is if Sony craps the bed as much as Microsoft did with the RRoD.
Wait, Pachter is suggesting that Microsoft sold more consoles than Sony's second best selling week?
Based on what?
Agree totally. He may rub people up, especially Nintendo fans, but he is normally on the right side of predictions and market understanding.
This one is just so odd.
I don't have the data, so I don't know how close things were. But it's worth pointing out how close things have been in the UK, and how the UK is very similar to the US.
That's why I think it's pretty close for September, with the PS4 just edging it.
Wouldn't surprise me if x1 outsold ps4 last month because of all those promotions.
Actually, I hope it did just so I can see amusing tweets from the ms camp and sony camp.