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Did sony do enough to win november NPD?

Nah 291 38.96%
 
Yes 130 17.40%
 
They can't lower their p... 242 32.40%
 
xbox one is the future of the USA. 82 10.98%
 
Total:745
Norris2k on 13 December 2014
tiffac said:
JazzB1987 said:

Yeah that too.


Btw if MS would have called it Xbox THREE would it have won in THREE regions?  xD

Well technically they did win 3 region.

US, UK and China or 4 since I think they do very well in Brazil too.

Nothing that they can't absorb. M$ prints money~

Well, technically, US, UK and China are countries, not regions. Even if US is big enough to be considered as a region, China is by far not.



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tiffac on 13 December 2014
Norris2k said:
tiffac said:
JazzB1987 said:

Yeah that too.


Btw if MS would have called it Xbox THREE would it have won in THREE regions?  xD

Well technically they did win 3 region.

US, UK and China or 4 since I think they do very well in Brazil too.

Nothing that they can't absorb. M$ prints money~

Well, technically, US, UK and China are countries, not regions. Even if US is big enough to be considered as a region, China is by far not.

Oh good point. xD



GTAexpert on 13 December 2014
Ka-pi96 said:
Norris2k said:

Well, technically, US, UK and China are countries, not regions. Even if US is big enough to be considered as a region, China is by far not.

eh? China is bigger than the US...

Not in terms of geographic area.



GTAexpert on 13 December 2014
Ka-pi96 said:
GTAexpert said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Norris2k said:

Well, technically, US, UK and China are countries, not regions. Even if US is big enough to be considered as a region, China is by far not.

eh? China is bigger than the US...

Not in terms of geographic area.

Only if you include water, but why would you include water?

Without water China = 9,326,410 sq km and USA = 9,161,966 sq km
http://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/china.united-states

Its wrong. USA has more land area than China.

http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/world_statistics_by_area.htm



tiffac on 13 December 2014

The conversation really went on a technical level xD



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theword on 13 December 2014

I read somewhere that it probably cost MS in the hundreds of millions with the cuts.   Sony's lead is substantial enough that they don't need to react yet.  If MS continue to lead sales for the next six months. You bet Sony will be more agressive coming into holiday 2015.  But again maybe not.  They are not in the financial position to take such large hit.

 



S.T.A.G.E. on 13 December 2014
akuseru said:
SweetTalia said:


Because the rules of the game changed.

One company basically went all in to make sure they would win the hand, while the other company was ok with just folding and wait for the next round.

And IMO, considering all the measures MS has taken this year, from free Forza, free Titanfall, small price cut, and the unbundling of Kinect, to this major price cut and heavy bundling, I think they have been selling pretty badly all year in their strongest market where they dominated with the 360.


Microsoft is selling amazing numbers. Problem is when Sony does things right MS cannot hang. MS knows it...its just that some of the fans refuse to accept it. When Sony's library builds up pulling away just isnt the word. I remember the PS2 generation like it was yesterday. The only people who can hold down Sony is Sony.



S.T.A.G.E. on 13 December 2014
GTAexpert said:
Ka-pi96 said:

eh? China is bigger than the US...

Not in terms of geographic area.


China's purchasing power just surpassed the US. Its going to be interesting to see how their sales play out throughout the generation.



Nicklesbe on 13 December 2014
theword said:

I read somewhere that it probably cost MS in the hundreds of millions with the cuts.   Sony's lead is substantial enough that they don't need to react yet.  If MS continue to lead sales for the next six months. You bet Sony will be more agressive coming into holiday 2015.  But again maybe not.  They are not in the financial position to take such large hit.

 

at least 385 mil. It costs $471 to make the console and they made 1.2 mil sales selling each console at $150 each. Yeah, big losses on those sales. 



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KLAMarine on 13 December 2014
Nate4Drake said:
KLAMarine said:
Pretty sure Sony doesn't care: the ps4 is still selling big numbers. Some people on the internet care though, for whatever reason.

Zealots at the highest level ? I say yes.

Sony are doing all great, sell numbers are insane, dominating in the Global, and competing with MS in their own territory, forced to 'pay' you to buy an X1...

I would say MS is in deep sh.. if they won't be able to compete without crazy deals and price.  The answer will be from Gen 2015 to Nov 2015. 

This is not Sony arrogance, this is Sony winning this generation with a smile on their face.

Let's not count our chickens before they hatch.