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Forums - Sales Discussion - Microsoft claims Xbox One sold out worldwide; Retailers beg to differ

freedquaker said:
Goatseye said:
Send those to stores in Maryland.
And Amazon by the way, they restocked 2ice in 24h to completely sell out.


I personally visited several Best Buys around MA for a Black Friday deal, and not one of them had any PS4 units, but each and every one of them had XB1 units, installed and demoed, particularly with Forza 5. I curiously asked one of the staff members whether or not they went exclusively with XB1, and he simply told me that they are completely out of PS4.

Check it out for yourself, anywhere between Boston- Worcester - Springfield - Hartford - Enfield - Bridgeport Region....

Prove it. I just think you really want a X1 and can't fathom the possibility of a national sell out.



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shikamaru317 said:

This report is ridiculous. You can't judge a console's sales based on anecdotal evidence from a handful of stores. The fact that it's been consistently sold out at online retailers and the fact that even those local retailers that are reporting having Xbox One's in stock only have a few clearly shows that demand for the Xbox One is quite high.


If it were "quite high", then why didn't one single person bid on my GFs Xbone on Ebay? Check that, not one single VIEW lol. Yeah, that's right. The thing was up there for five days and didn't even get a single view. It was listed for market value, with free shipping. She was planning on getting some extra Christmas money but had to return the thing instead.

 

I think the Xbone will do fine, but it's clearly not in high demand.



prayformojo said:
shikamaru317 said:

This report is ridiculous. You can't judge a console's sales based on anecdotal evidence from a handful of stores. The fact that it's been consistently sold out at online retailers and the fact that even those local retailers that are reporting having Xbox One's in stock only have a few clearly shows that demand for the Xbox One is quite high.


If it were "quite high", then why didn't one single person bid on my GFs Xbone on Ebay? Check that, not one single VIEW lol. Yeah, that's right. The thing was up there for five days and didn't even get a single view. It was listed for market value, with free shipping. She was planning on getting some extra Christmas money but had to return the thing instead.

 

I think the Xbone will do fine, but it's clearly not in high demand.

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""We have one in stock," said employee Joseph Justice of the Truxel Road location. "It was just returned.""

Wow, MS, take this, you liars! Hahahaha!



Hmm I live in Boston, I should grab one and sell it on the ebay



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Ofcourse MS had X1 at some retailers since it was black friday weekend and they made sure they had them in stock. Having said that after reading this article I checked one of our biggest electronic retailers in our areas (Futureshop) and noticed xbox one had 0 stock either online nor in any local stores. The PS4 surprising had stock at a local store. So for all those PS4 fans who can't find one... I took some screen shots to show but can't figure out how to upload them.



prayformojo said:
shikamaru317 said:

This report is ridiculous. You can't judge a console's sales based on anecdotal evidence from a handful of stores. The fact that it's been consistently sold out at online retailers and the fact that even those local retailers that are reporting having Xbox One's in stock only have a few clearly shows that demand for the Xbox One is quite high.


If it were "quite high", then why didn't one single person bid on my GFs Xbone on Ebay? Check that, not one single VIEW lol. Yeah, that's right. The thing was up there for five days and didn't even get a single view. It was listed for market value, with free shipping. She was planning on getting some extra Christmas money but had to return the thing instead.

 

I think the Xbone will do fine, but it's clearly not in high demand.

She may not be a highly rated seller to get on the page of Xbox One's for sale, just looked on Ebay now and there's plenty being bid on.



Goatseye said:
freedquaker said:
Goatseye said:
Send those to stores in Maryland.
And Amazon by the way, they restocked 2ice in 24h to completely sell out.


I personally visited several Best Buys around MA for a Black Friday deal, and not one of them had any PS4 units, but each and every one of them had XB1 units, installed and demoed, particularly with Forza 5. I curiously asked one of the staff members whether or not they went exclusively with XB1, and he simply told me that they are completely out of PS4.

Check it out for yourself, anywhere between Boston- Worcester - Springfield - Hartford - Enfield - Bridgeport Region....

Prove it. I just think you really want a X1 and can't fathom the possibility of a national sell out.

What do you mean "prove it"? I am not a fanboy, who will take pictures of XB1s just in case I may need to prove to people on an internet forum. I have no incentive or interest in lying here, not that I am much of liar. I also have much better things to do now, especially right before the end of the school season, busy with students flocking around me constantly asking "will this be on the test, professor?", while I am supposed to prepare several 3-page long exams and grade a few hundred exams within the following 72 hours, along with several seminars, conferences, several quasi-necessary meetings and a semester farewell party, all of this, right before heading to the frigid cold North-East, yet again.

But still, the next time I am in a best-buy or another mall, I will grab my smarphone and take a picture of the XB1s, just for you. Seriously, they are easily available, but I am sure, given the increasing demand for next-gen consoles, many of those will be gone by the end of Christmas, even if it's partially because many disgruntled Playstation fans who will turn to XB1 after not being able to find one. As a matter of fact, I have just seen one, a fellow, who wanted to grab the PS4 at campus Co-op, only to find out that even the showcase one was sold, and he just didn't want to wait another few months and will probably end up buying and XB1 unless he can find a PS4 at Xmas.



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Europe     => XB1 : 23-24 % vs PS4 : 76-77%
N. America => XB1 :  49-52% vs PS4 : 48-51%
Global     => XB1 :  32-34% vs PS4 : 66-68%

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Well, there are no Xbox Ones in my area. Called Walmart, Target, Gamestop, and BestBuy. Not a single store had any Xbox Ones (I live in eastern kentucky). Closest gamestop that has an Xbox One is 2+ hours away.



iFlow said:

Well, there are no Xbox Ones in my area. Called Walmart, Target, Gamestop, and BestBuy. Not a single store had any Xbox Ones (I live in eastern kentucky). Closest gamestop that has an Xbox One is 2+ hours away.


That gamestop is trying to sell it to you for like 800 bucks with games, a controller and Xbox Live.