| tuscaniman99 said: @CGI-Quality I'm referring to the numbers JoetheBro posted that had PS4 @ 75,000 preorders and Xbox One @ 45,000 after E3 over two months ago. |
Early adopters. Like I explained in an earlier post about pre-order charts, there are many variables to consider. How many people who were going to pre-order, regardless of policies, did so? How many people went back to Xbox after the policy switch versus those who didn't? How many people in total want a PS4 over an XOne? At what rate were people pre-ordering these consoles at what periods of time? What would the numbers currently look like had Xbox One not changed? 6 to 1? 10 to 1? 20 to 1? If Xbox One had hit its ceiling of early adopters already but PlayStation 4 had more and many who have or had yet to pre-order then that number may start off close but then grow as time goes on. Especially if Sony is providing more launch units than Microsoft is. For example, if Microsoft only had 25,000 people who wanted the XOne on Day 1 and Sony had 100,000 with half of them pre-ordering the console at the same time as everyone who wanted the XOne, then the initial numbers would be 2 to 1 but Sony would still have another 50,000 people to order the PS4 while the pre-orders for the XOne dried up. Sooner or later those 100,000 people who wanted the PS4 will all order and a 4 to 1 ratio will be reached. Two cars moving at the same speed with the same fuel efficiency but one only had a quarter of a tank of gas while the other was full. Which one ends up on the side of the road first and how much sooner than the other?
