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Garland said:

There's no proof that the install base for Xbox One is even near 8 million. It took Microsoft about 8 months (January to August) just for Xbox One to get another 2+ million owners worldwide after they've obtained 3 million worldwide during it's first 2 months of it's launch.

Plus the library is very subjective. If anything, there's not gonna be a big bump in Xbox One sales from a collection of 4 old Halo games.

COD 1 TB bundle? Probably.

Halo 5? After how Halo 4 turned out? People are gonna be cautious before spending $400 w/tax on the system for it.

Tomb Raider? Not exactly a huge selling IP. 

Plus most of the other 3rd party games that you mentioned are also on PS4, & will most likely sell more on PS4 there.

That's not the biggest problem either. What does X1 offer from January to Holidays 2015 that the PS4 doesn't have? Consumers aren't going to just sit tight and wait 9-10 months for Halo 5 and Tomb Raider. Sure, there will be 3rd party titles to help the X1 out, but the PS4 is the to-go platform for multiplats. They'll move PS4 hardware better than they'll move X1 hardware. Meanwhile, Bloodborne and The Order: 1886 will be coming out in February. Uncharted 4 will most likely be released next fall. Games like Wild, No Man's Sky, The Tomorrow Children, etc. will come out next year, too. Consumers buy consoles for multiple games, not just a select few.



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Garland said:
teigaga said:
Garland said:
teigaga said:
Garland said:

When the system is dominating like Xbox 360 was, yes. But it's not. 

Microsoft is already heading down back towards the Original Xbox where it's sales were very small. More people are picking up PS4's, & the gap between the sales of Xbox One & PS4 are getting bigger & bigger.


They really aren't. By the end of the year Xbox will be approaching 8-10m. Its really not comparable to the original Xbox and in 2015 it should be up YOY outside of January.

Microsoft can easily manage a worldwide baseline of 80-100k next year and the majority of that will come from north america. PS4 sales are irrelevant to Xbox's individual profitability, so it doesn't matter if the gap is increasing.

Sure, you keep thinking that, buddy.

Unless you're one of those people who think that next gen only 3rd party titles will have little to no effect on Xbox's future, I don't see how you're in dissagreement with me. Its a very safe prediction that XBox will be up next year because of WItch 3, Evolve and Battlefield 4, Halo 5, Tomb Raider, Devision, Star Wars etc. Not to mention the momentum its bound to have after holiday boosts like Halo MC collection, COD 1TB bundle, all the 3rd party titles like Dragon Age and the lessor exclusives like Spark and Sunset Overdrive. 

I could be proven wrong but I'd be surprised if it didn't manage at least 8m by years end, 400k in October and then another 2m between November and December. And of course doing most of the work would be North America which still carries the Xbox brand which is the only reason the System hasn't sold like complete trash(refer back to my original statement). 5.4m before its very 1st post launch holiday is not trash and more then what the 360 managed.

There's no proof that the install base for Xbox One is even near 8 million. It took Microsoft about 8 months (January to August) just for Xbox One to get another 2+ million owners worldwide after they've obtained 3 million worldwide during it's first 2 months of it's launch.

Plus the library is very subjective. If anything, there's not gonna be a big bump in Xbox One sales from a collection of 4 old Halo games.

COD 1 TB bundle? Probably.

Halo 5? After how Halo 4 turned out? People are gonna be cautious before spending $400 w/tax on the system for it.

Tomb Raider? Not exactly a huge selling IP. 

Plus most of the other 3rd party games that you mentioned are also on PS4, & will most likely sell more on PS4 there.

Halo 5 is a big deal, I don't think we have any evidence to suggest otherwise.

Tomb Raider is a big selling Ip, obviously not halo levels or even uncharted but still big.

Destiny was also on the PS4 yet Xbox One numbers rose significantly at its launch. Just to reaffirm, the discussion isn't ''will Xbox sell more then PS4'', I'm talking about whether the system will achieve healthy sales or not and my believe that it can achieve mostly from US support. Its common people bring up the PS4s brilliant sales, but just because the DS massively outsold the PSP, doesn't mean the PSP done poorly.



shouldn't this be in the microsoft section and not gaming section just to try and keep up appearances with these odd pleading threads

PS4 is doing blindingly well too despite all the Boxtrolls desperate for a sony failure, infact it is crunching up the box worldwide and beating it out in the last 2 safezones

people like jega are prominent vgc user alts i wonder who it is,a big ninbot or a major boxtroll



Slarty said:

shouldn't this be in the microsoft section and not gaming section just to try and keep up appearances with these odd pleading threads

PS4 is doing blindingly well too despite all the Boxtrolls desperate for a sony failure, infact it is crunching up the box worldwide and beating it out in the last 2 safezones

people like jega are prominent vgc user alts i wonder who it is,a big ninbot or a major boxtroll

No where in any of my threads do I say I want the Playstation 4 to fail. All too often people take my positive outlook on the Xbox One

to mean that it will be negative for the Playstation 4.

In fact I hope both the Playstation 4 sell near or over 100 million units. Just like how the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are 80 + million units.




I never stopped to realize that with the slight difference in resolution and sometimes frame-rate reviewers always give

both the Xbox One version and Playstation 4 version of multi-platform games the same score.

Wow never noticed that. That says alot.

Take notice people Microsoft may not know what gamers want, but they do know about hardware and software.



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And thanks the guys on here that are seeing where I am coming from.

I appreciate your support. Sorry I could not respond to all you comments.

BraLoD said:
Both toast and jega threads today, I was already expecting it

Also, Forza Horizon 2 is coming to 360 too, not true-next gen at all.

Just because it is coming to Xbox 360 as well doesn't make it not next-gen.



Slarty said:

shouldn't this be in the microsoft section and not gaming section just to try and keep up appearances with these odd pleading threads

PS4 is doing blindingly well too despite all the Boxtrolls desperate for a sony failure, infact it is crunching up the box worldwide and beating it out in the last 2 safezones

people like jega are prominent vgc user alts i wonder who it is,a big ninbot or a major boxtroll


OMG lol.. You sound like a sad fanboy. Yes I admit I like Microsoft brand but I certainly don't have ill wishes for the competition and am hopeful the likes of Sony would do well considering its financial situation....But to go on like this labelling other fans this way..... You really are sick and twisted man! Lol..



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Jega said:

Xbox One is still moving tons of multi-platform games despite the Playstation 4 version being higher resolution, which shows

that many Gamers just don't care. The Naysayers said people would care and that the resolution difference

would make an impact on Xbox One sales.


The fact that the 360 had 50% share while the X1 still is trying to reach a good 30% even after reaching the same price point as the PS4 shows that gamers do care. Nobody said it is selling horribly, just that it is selling way less than the PS4 and that's a fact.

Let's just agree on two fact that you are trying to twist with your OP:

- PS4 is outselling the X1 2:1. It can change, but right now it's how things are.

- It doesn't matter if X1 games reach 1080p, there is a power difference that will always be there and you just have to read the specs too see it.

Stop creating these same threads over and over trying to prove a point that doesn't exists.



Jega said:
BraLoD said:
Both toast and jega threads today, I was already expecting it

Also, Forza Horizon 2 is coming to 360 too, not true-next gen at all.

Just because it is coming to Xbox 360 as well doesn't make it not next-gen.


Yes it does. Because it won't use an engine made with next-gen only resources like material based rendering and global illumination.