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think-man on 24 May 2013
walsufnir said:
think-man said:
walsufnir said:
""Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Do people actually read only thread-titles?


We all read it mate, whats your point? do you think it can bit one billion? :P


? There is no "it", it is "they". Plural. "consoles" to make it even more clear. They are talking about generations as a whole. This involves Nintendo, Sony and MS. Three companies combined. Not only MS. Sony is included in this number. I don't know how to explain better without using glove puppets.

I dont even know what I was trying to write in that last question lol doesnt even make sense xD Freudian slip!! should stop trying to multi task.

Anyways yeah in my head I meant consoles just came out wrong.



 

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Troll_Whisperer on 24 May 2013
walsufnir said:
""Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Do people actually read only thread-titles?

Then he says this:

"We think you can go broader than a game console, that's our aim, and you can go from 400 million to potentially upwards of a billion units. That's how we're thinking of the Xbox opportunity as we go forward."



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think-man on 24 May 2013
SxyxS said:
think-man said:
M$ really has gone mad.....


no-MS simply thinks that the xbox1 will become what smartphones became for mobile gaming compared to handhelds.

Smartphones are outselling hanhelds more than 10:1 -they hope to repeat this with consoles.And they of course hope you'll also buy a windows tablett and a windows phone.(than you can be tracked anytime,anyplace,anywhere as one company is controlling your console,your pc,your mobile,your tv,-a heaven for happy slaves.I wish george orwell was still alive)

 

the effect of smartphones in termes of gaming was:99.9% of games are crap with horrible controls(therefore I hope xbox1 sales will never pass 100mio as those numbers will force ms to keep the focus on gamers.As long as they have a focus on 1billion gaming would be as interessting for them as it is for apple right now with smartphones and tabletts.they don't really care)

Doesn't make them any less mad.



 

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Troll_Whisperer on 24 May 2013
walsufnir said:
Player2 said:
walsufnir said:
""Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Do people actually read only thread-titles?

Do people actually read only half of the OP?

"(...) Medhi thinks the general entertainment capabilities of Xbox One and PS4 will more than double their selling power. "We think you can go broader than a game console, that's our aim, and you can go from 400 million to potentially upwards of a billion units. That's how we're thinking of the Xbox opportunity as we go forward."

Yes, the Xbox One is getting a major portion of one billion of the entire generation. That's what they are talking about before this sentence. Of course they don't expect to sell them on their own because this wouldn't be a logical conclusion with what they said before.

I don't think anyone has suggested the 1bn is just for MS. We know they're talking about the whole industry. It's still lolworthy.



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walsufnir on 24 May 2013
Troll_Whisperer said:
walsufnir said:
""Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Do people actually read only thread-titles?

Then he says this:

"We think you can go broader than a game console, that's our aim, and you can go from 400 million to potentially upwards of a billion units. That's how we're thinking of the Xbox opportunity as we go forward."


Yes, but then all the stuff they said before doesn't make any sense. See, the 400 million even was the whole generation.



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Player2 on 24 May 2013
walsufnir said:
Player2 said:
walsufnir said:
""Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Do people actually read only thread-titles?

Do people actually read only half of the OP?

"(...) Medhi thinks the general entertainment capabilities of Xbox One and PS4 will more than double their selling power. "We think you can go broader than a game console, that's our aim, and you can go from 400 million to potentially upwards of a billion units. That's how we're thinking of the Xbox opportunity as we go forward."

Yes, the Xbox One is getting a major portion of one billion of the entire generation. That's what they are talking about before this sentence. Of course they don't expect to sell them on their own because this wouldn't be a logical conclusion with what they said before.

So Microsoft is aiming for 1 billion next gen consoles (PS4 + Xbox One + Wii U), which is what the thread title says.



PScollector on 24 May 2013
Nsanity said:

 

OXMUK

This isn't the end for Xbox 360. Microsoft is "shooting for" another 25 million units sold over the next five years, the firm's senior vice president of Interactive Entertainment Business Yusuf Mehdi has told OXM, pointing to some hefty on-going support as the industry flips over into next gen.

"We believe over the next five years we can break a 100 million unit installed base," Medhi began. That's something we're shooting for, it's not a financial plan as such, it's just rough numbers if you will. To sell another 25 million, half of those will probably come from replacements, but half will come from new buyers.

And the way we'll break into those segments is by hitting new price points, getting new classes of entertainment to come with the Xbox, and breaking into new customer segments. So you'll see the Xbox 360 continue to exist, even as we launch the next generation Xbox One."

Microsoft is planning a huge Xbox 360-related announcement at E3, which it promises will "keep the console vibrant for years". As regards hopes for Xbox One, it's obviously a bit early to say, but Medhi does think next gen consoles as a pack can trump sales of their predecessors as handily as the latter trumped sales of theirs.

"Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Moreover, Medhi thinks the general entertainment capabilities of Xbox One and PS4 will more than double their selling power. "We think you can go broader than a game console, that's our aim, and you can go from 400 million to potentially upwards of a billion units. That's how we're thinking of the Xbox opportunity as we go forward."

http://www.oxm.co.uk/54712/microsoft-aiming-for-100-million-xbox-360s-sold-and-one-billion-next-gen-consoles/

 


Do you work for Microsoft? you seem to be the only person making threads about them.

and 100 million......thats a tad high im expecting the 360 and PS3 to drop off rather quick once the next gen hits but I guess if you are going to take aim at sales and growth it might as well be high.



 

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walsufnir on 24 May 2013
Troll_Whisperer said:
walsufnir said:
Player2 said:
walsufnir said:
""Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Do people actually read only thread-titles?

Do people actually read only half of the OP?

"(...) Medhi thinks the general entertainment capabilities of Xbox One and PS4 will more than double their selling power. "We think you can go broader than a game console, that's our aim, and you can go from 400 million to potentially upwards of a billion units. That's how we're thinking of the Xbox opportunity as we go forward."

Yes, the Xbox One is getting a major portion of one billion of the entire generation. That's what they are talking about before this sentence. Of course they don't expect to sell them on their own because this wouldn't be a logical conclusion with what they said before.

I don't think anyone has suggested the 1bn is just for MS. We know they're talking about the whole industry. It's still lolworthy.


Why lolworthy? Ah yes, MS did this comment, this has to be a lol, right? They are even telling you why they expect that the whole market will grow. If they are wrong, ok. Then the conclusion was wrong but I can't see why it's lolworthy to conclude a growth - it would only be an advantage if the market grows even stronger.



Troll_Whisperer on 24 May 2013
walsufnir said:


Why lolworthy? Ah yes, MS did this comment, this has to be a lol, right? They are even telling you why they expect that the whole market will grow. If they are wrong, ok. Then the conclusion was wrong but I can't see why it's lolworthy to conclude a growth - it would only be an advantage if the market grows even stronger.

They will be wrong about the 1bn thing, and if Sony said the same I would lol the same. Don't be paranoid.



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walsufnir on 24 May 2013
Player2 said:
walsufnir said:
Player2 said:
walsufnir said:
""Every generation, as you've probably heard, has grown approximately 30%," he said. "So this generation is about 300 million units. Most industry experts think the next generation will get upwards of about 400 million units. That's if it's a game console, over the next decade."

Do people actually read only thread-titles?

Do people actually read only half of the OP?

"(...) Medhi thinks the general entertainment capabilities of Xbox One and PS4 will more than double their selling power. "We think you can go broader than a game console, that's our aim, and you can go from 400 million to potentially upwards of a billion units. That's how we're thinking of the Xbox opportunity as we go forward."

Yes, the Xbox One is getting a major portion of one billion of the entire generation. That's what they are talking about before this sentence. Of course they don't expect to sell them on their own because this wouldn't be a logical conclusion with what they said before.

So Microsoft is aiming for 1 billion next gen consoles (PS4 + Xbox One + Wii U), which is what the thread title says.


Eh, yes, you can blame the thread-title because of misleading.