It's Pretty Much Official, The PS4 Has Sold More Than The Xbox One In The US (At Least Through Amazon and Gamestop)

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yo_john117 said:

thismeintiel said:

yo_john117 said:

007BondAgent said:

Really? i'm pretty sure price sells a system more then anything

Not true. A good marketing strategy is probably the biggest proponents of device sales. Price certainly helps but it is far from the deciding factor of a sale.

After all; if what you said was true then why was the average selling price of the 360 higher than the PS3 in 2011 (and assumably the years following that since the PS3 got price cuts whilst the 360 got none).

http://www.destructoid.com/npd-even-at-a-higher-price-xbox-360-outsells-ps3-213866.phtml

Speaking of average prices is really just ridiculous.  What matters is the entry price when people are really focusing on price.  Which is going to be a bigger factor when the gap is larger than $50, or the paltry $35 that article suggests.

No, you don't understand what I was getting at. He says that price is the deciding factor. That article that I referenced shows us that his assumption is certainly not always true. Average price point in the 360's case simply means that on average, the more expenive models were bought. Whereas if his assumption was correct the average price point would be below the PS3 since a far greater number of the cheapest versions would be selling.

Want more proof? Look at the iPad or any of the really nice, expensive, popular phones.

That article is completely skewed, though.  That was the same month that the $399 GeOW 3 bundle launched, so of course the average price would go up.  And most PS3's were probably going for the new $249 entry price that Sony announced the month before.  Given all that, it's amazing it was a mere $35 difference.  I would bet in a normal month, the PS3 has the higher average price, or at least on par.