Major Nelson confirms. Xbox One preorders trending ahead of 360 pre-orders.

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Carl2291 said:

kowenicki said:

Carl2291 said:
Wasnt this really bound to happen?

Cool to have confirmation I guess.

I'd say so yes.

But quite a lot here expected it to be almost DOA.

20m lifetime and all that crap.

Links to those predictions?

Ive always thought the general consensus was that it would have a great start, at least in America and the UK, but not sell nearly as well as the 360 worldwide lifetime?

There's a lot of naysayers on VGC. But they usually do these hit and run posts.

Most regulars here believe the console will do well. But that the PS4 will outperforms it from the get go.

It shall also be noted that pre-orders numbers don't indicate a sure success. Beating the original XBox 360 PO numbers isn't much of a feat. That console came after a console that didn't have that big a userbase. In XBO's case, the 360 managed to create a really big core base, and pre-orders are always mostly composed of those core fans.

Still, well done.