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Forums - Sales Discussion - Xbox sales seem way too low, 5:1 is crazy.

Carl2291 said:
You have to look at the market itself and see what the competition is offering.

PlayStation 4 has had a string of high profile and "exclusive" releases since the turn of the year. Kingdom Hearts, MLB 17, Nioh, Persona 5, Nier Automata, Crash Bandicoot and Horizon. They're offering great bundles, great pricepoints and with the 1-2 punch of VR and Pro, they're still riding the wave from late 2016. There's a lot of attention on the machine and it's consistently getting good games releasing which you wont find on Xbox.

While they're already the platform of choice for the mass market, the continued support from developers and Sony themselves just solidifies this position.

Nintendo Switch launched to huge fanfare with one of the greatest games of all time. It's new, it's exciting and it's got a plethora of exclusive content already planned. It's essentially been sold out since release and it's stealing any real "2nd console" consumers who would have looked at an Xbox One as the companion to a PS4 purchase.

Now when you compare those two platforms to Xbox One in 2017, you basically see that Microsoft have offered nothing worthwhile on the platform that can't be played on rival platforms since what, Gears 4? In October? They released Halo Wars 2 this year and that's all I can think of. When the competition is making moves on an informed and motivated consumer and Xbox is sat with nothing to appeal to those consumers, you'll start to see numbers like the ones we're seeing right now.

I completely agree, MS 1st party situation is terrible imo 



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im buying an xbox one S this week need one for BCC and some exclusives. shame xbox has gone down but there is literally no reason to pick xbox over playstation now



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LivingMetal said:
SuperBudgie1582 said:

I assume VGchartz wont differentiate the two. 

And Sony's been "hiding" PS4 Pro numbers.  I predict the same with the X from Microsoft.

no they haven't. They've kept us up to date with overall sales and given us a ratio of Pro to regular PS4

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/06/06/ps4-pro-represents-nearly-one-in-every-five-ps4s-sold



AngryLittleAlchemist said:
People say Playstation take forever to release games, but look at Xbox. I mean Crackdown has been talked about since 2014.

I'm convinced it's the brand and the features. Microsoft has never developed ips outside of forza on sonys level. They deliver mid tier exclusives outside of halo and gears and this year has been dismal. They blame Sony for revealing games too early but it Sony was developing the same games they would come out sooner and better based on development level.



Xbox one X can't come soon enough. MS is expecting to sell a console to the same fan base again. Let see how much of that fanbase go to the more powerful console.



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JRPGfan said:
Ganoncrotch said:

When it doubt... there's always cuphead to be excited for I guess. That is the one piece of software on the platform I'm hoping gets a ps4 or switch release, but I really can't see it happening.

It looks good, but its a run & gunner platformer... not everyones cup of tea.

Anyways it doesnt look very demanding, so if you have a PC you could always get the steam version.

Holy shit.



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Well, the PS4 is undertracked, so these extra "sales" could be simply compensating. Though I have no doubt the gap is less than 5:1. 



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

RJ_Sizzle said:
The_BlackHeart__ said:

If the XBox One is doing this bad before the XBoxOneX releases.

Imagine how low the numbers will be after the XBoxOneX is out.

Is there any console seller game coming to XBox this year?

The annual Forza release I suppose. This holiday is really all about the hardware. It's after the holiday that's going to be the most telling.

Aren't there already like 3 to 5 Forza's already on Xbox One anyways? I feel like if your a Forza fan then there is a 99.9% chance you already own an Xbox One. 



Xbox 360 had alot of advantages over PS3.

1. 1 year headstart
2. much cheaper
3. big exclusives/timed exclusives
4. superior version of multiplats
5. superior online service
6. casual hit with Kinect


All of these advantages have disappeared for Xbox One and basically the only reason to choose it over PS4 at this point would be if you're a big Halo/Gears/Forza fan.



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Xbone is doing fine in the US, for being technically inferior in its offerings compared to both its rivals.

Its dping horribly anywhere else though. I mean look at japan selling a couple hundred lol.