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Imaginedvl on 20 October 2013
colafitte said:
Imaginedvl said:

While this is to take with a grain of salt (I mean the source :)).

I do not think it would be surprising to have both console very close in term of pre-orders at this point of time. Microsoft PR fiasco is behind and they did a lot of to fix that.

Of course for Sony fans it is not the case and they hate Microsoft even more but I think it is actually just them..

For the Xbox fans there everything is back to normal and the console is even more attractive than before (with the different new features and games announce in the past months). I would also add that casual "gamers (I hate this term) and families in general (again, other than fanboys) are certainly looking forward for what the Xbox One has to offer.

We will see in November anyway. But I think it will be an great launch for both console; interesting time ahead :)

Edit: And for the "financial/accountinh" reason; it is obvious with their Q results being shared in 4 days that they are not divulging anything regarding their performance yet... This is quite understandable.

I'm sure Xbox One will launch succesfully in USA, and even surpassing ps4 launch there. Worldwide, meanwhile,  is just different, sure Xbox One have overcome a lot but i still think that PS4 will sell a lot more than Xbox One. 

Related on topic, if Microsoft have 1'5 million pre orders worlwide too, they should just say that, and no problem, but don't make comparisons with an official statement made by Sony in August with a comment made in Reddit by an anounymos person where you don't even say the actual numbers....

Yep; I clarified it in my reply :) Forgot to mention NA/UK in my post, my bad. Obviously worldwide Sony will sell more console.



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shloob on 20 October 2013

Maybe perhaps they feel the don't have to? Maybe they want to let Sony keep tooting their own horn and then once the consoles hit let the numbers talk for themselves. There is no rule out there saying they have to boast about their preorder numbers. Yall are just so fast to bash anything and everything Microsoft. As for how this guy would know what the preorder numbers are? Clearly he is not just some random developer who makes games. Using basic common sense and the fact he used WE tells us he is in fact a part of the internal Xbox One group and is not just speaking as an outsider.



DonFerrari on 20 October 2013

Well he just forgot to mention where they have more pre-orders... it is in Brazil because PS4k still don't have pre-orders open.



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ironmanDX on 20 October 2013

Both consoles will sell out at launch. If supply is around the same, "just as much."



tuscaniman99 on 20 October 2013

He is probably talking about preorders in NA which I'm sure Xbox One has just as many.



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Talal on 20 October 2013

I'm sure they're close to Sony, but "just as much" sounds like bullshit.



Max King of the Wild on 20 October 2013
shloob said:

Maybe perhaps they feel the don't have to? Maybe they want to let Sony keep tooting their own horn and then once the consoles hit let the numbers talk for themselves. There is no rule out there saying they have to boast about their preorder numbers. Yall are just so fast to bash anything and everything Microsoft. As for how this guy would know what the preorder numbers are? Clearly he is not just some random developer who makes games. Using basic common sense and the fact he used WE tells us he is in fact a part of the internal Xbox One group and is not just speaking as an outsider.


You would have a point if MS didnt only "let the numbers speak for themselves" in this one and only situation. How many E3 awards did x1 get? "Over 100 with titanfall (a360 game as well) getting 60. Including best of show and most anticipated." They havent stayed quiet on anything... but hey its reasonable to believe they are staying quiet about this. Also, why toot their high numbers? Because their PR damaged them to hell and back. They need as much good news as they could get. (You have to realize Sony announced these figures a couple months back when MS was still heavily damaged)



Max King of the Wild on 20 October 2013
tuscaniman99 said:
He is probably talking about preorders in NA which I'm sure Xbox One has just as many.


That would make sense and would be more reasonable but it still runs into the problem of why he quoted Sonys global figures And how he would even know sonys figures. But yeah, if this guy is legit then this what i would say he is talking about too



Normando on 20 October 2013

Oh rrrreeeeaaaalllyyy? It's funny he can say that they have just as many pre-orders but he knows so little about Sony's numbers is estimated rang was half a million pre-orders. On top of that, the PS4 was said to have broken 1.5 million pre-orders back at the beginning of the month. There have been pre-orders made since then.

Sometimes it's better just not to say anything isn't it?



Madword on 20 October 2013

We don't know what the pre-orders are for either, so we will just have to wait and see.

But the source of this is the guy from reddit... gah... must be great to be anonymous.... you can claim anything and get fame.



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