MS had the internal tracking numbers right. They anticipated demand this whole year - people kept laughing at them when every month on their NPD release they said "We expect to be number one overall for 2011" or something similar, no? They knew what deals were going to be run, and they seem to have had the stock in place to back it up. It'll be interesting to see if the 2+:1 ratio over PS3 keeps up the entire holiday.
And as MS likes to point out, the overall spend on the console is much bigger. All those Kinects on top of it. Crazy. Virtually every gamble MS has made has worked in the U.S. Most have worked everywhere else. (None have worked in Japan. LOL )
Love em or hate em, you have to give them credit. Huge market share and mind share gains this gen. Bigger than anyone could've predicted, especially the way the Wii took off. Just think what they could've done had the consoles been more reliable the first two/three years.
Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?
