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Can XB1 Catch Up With PS4 In The US?

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Maybe, but does it matter that much? Even if it takes a lead in the US, nothing will have changed in terms of their worldwide positioning. If the two were tied in the US right now, the ps4 would be ahead by only about 30 million instead of 32 million. 



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Seems unlikely, 3 million is a strong lead, and it seems that it's rare for a console to outsell another console by 100,000+ in any given month (post launch). I also don't expect the One X to be the best selling of the Xbox One options long term. So while it might give MS a little shot in the arm initially, or here or there, if the games and features of the Xbox One in general aren't attracting new buyers (especially at the sub $300 price point), I don't think the extra power of the One X will do much to change their overall appeal or market share, especially at the premium price. Unless the 4k and/or better performance comes to be seen as the essential experience in the coming year or two. In that case, the One X could be positioned as the "only"/ideal way to experience games. If that becomes a popular perception, particularly for multiplatform games, I could see MS closing the sales gap.

Other than that, they need to convince people that their games and features are superior. Although the Xbox gets the lion's share of play time in my house, we all know they've struggled to position themselves like that with the majority of gamers.



DroidKnight said:

I brought this up in another thread and was hammered, ridiculed, and was called "Drill" ( I don't know what that is).  Good luck with this.  I don't even own an Xbox One yet and was treated as a fan boy of this system.

Did you bring up Xbox One passing PS4 in sales globally in the U.S. ?



FIT_Gamer said:
DroidKnight said:

I brought this up in another thread and was hammered, ridiculed, and was called "Drill" ( I don't know what that is).  Good luck with this.  I don't even own an Xbox One yet and was treated as a fan boy of this system.

Did you bring up Xbox One passing PS4 in sales globally in the U.S. ?

I did not.



...to avoid getting banned for inactivity, I may have to resort to comments that are of a lower overall quality and or beneath my moral standards.

PS4 has exclusives... that ll probably keep that from happending:

The Last of Us - part 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Death Stranding
Days Gone
God of War
Spider-Man
Detroit: Become Human

2018-2020 wont be a bad time to own a PS4.



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Microsoft could start bundling an Xbox with every box of Kellogg's cereals... and even then Xbox would likely still lose.



Bandorr said:
DroidKnight said:

I did not.

You did write a strange fanfiction about the X1. Saying it will beat the ps4 by 2018.  Especially awkward now that we know player unknown is not going to be an xbox exclusive.

You apparently didn't read it.  Nice try though.



...to avoid getting banned for inactivity, I may have to resort to comments that are of a lower overall quality and or beneath my moral standards.

I'm like 95% sure that the Xbox won't be able to catch up, I think even with the boost that the Xbox One X will give it this holiday season it'll still fall short of PS4 sales.



I'm sure TheDrill would argue they can but in reality I don't think they can. This gen is lost for Xbox already even in their stongest markets the UK and USA.



it can beat ps4 easily if ms sell Xbox one for 50$ or even 100$ less than ps4.also US is Xbox strongest market and PlayStation weakest.in terms of popularity in the US nintendo and xbox is kinda equal but playstation way less popular.