So over the summer we've had to endure plenty of people here stating that multiplats won't and do not sell XB1's, they all go to PS4 instead. This is despite the evidence we have that multiplats have sold very well on XB1 already. But here today we have even more proof that multiplats do indeed shift XB1's.

"It outsold Xbox One hardware by two consoles to one, but it wasn't a bad week for Microsoft either, who also posted a significant sales hike week-on-week."

Destiny gave PS4 a whopping 300% boost, far more than XB1, (and that isn't just because it was marketed with it, it would have done it without it).

Nobody (sane) has ever disputed multiplats will give PS4 a better and bigger boost. But as you can see, a game that was marketed with PS4, has given XB1 a a significant sales boost as well.

We can take a look at Madden as well, the ball is in the other court on this one as it's XB1 that got the exclusive marketing. PS4 still outsold the XB1 counterpart, but it still boosted XB1 sales to double in the US.

Game marketed on XB1? Boosts sales
Game marketed on PS4? Boosts sales
Game generally marketed? Boosts sales.

Stop with this unfounded and stupid myth simply because you want it as a bullet point as to how XB1 won't sell well/beat WiiU this holiday.


Assassins Creed: Unity, Call of Duty: AW, Aliens, Grand Theft Auto V, Dragon Age, Far Cry, Project Cars, The Crew, Evil Within, Just Dance, Skylanders and more will shift XB1's this holiday.

I don't like the poll

Bungie being a former Microsoft developer helped increase Xbox one sales, Sony needed the advertising to win over those who like:

1. FPS's which overwhelming did better on previous gen hardware for Microsoft than Sony
2. Bungie which made games exclusively for Xbox 360 prior gen.

for the rest of the games you outlined, the Microsoft boost will be insignificant and will represent more Watch Dog percentages than Destiny

So it takes the biggest multiplat game since GTAV for the X1 to sell hardware.

Where is the frickin' medal??

What are the chances that a super high profile release doesn't boost a console when said game can be obtained for free during the launch of such game? Probably 0% chance. Of course the Xbox One got a boost.

Wasn´t the PS4 like 3 to 2 in UK for the last few weeks?

So, a 300% vs a 200%.... that is to be expected. Same thing every happened with COD.

It's nowhere near the biggest multiplat. It's the biggest NEW IP multiplat.

Who the fuck said anything about a medal? Read the OP.

You forget the fact Halo MCC helped a lot in this boost, its not juste destiny

I agree, the poll should have a option for "special circumstances" like Microsoft's free game deal during the initial launch week of the game and other price alterating changes.

Yet people still pedal out excuses I love that these people think XB1's exclusives have more sway than Nintendos on WiiU. Because if multiplats don't sell XB1, something must be.