| Bladeforce said: the usual corporate BS nothing new here apart from hiding the true figure which Microsoft are very good at |
If you have less pre-orders, you are unlikely to be upfront and say you have less pre-orders. I wouldnt expect *any* company to do that. Because it's an image thing, hey look our competitor has a cheaper machine and has many more pre-orders than us... pretty silly thing for them to do :)
What i do find interesting is that they have obviously already conceded they have lost Christmas/Early-mid next year and are targeting further on next year (this may be because of the initial price/bad Pr/lack of availability of product).
They will probably launch a Halo at end of 2014 by the sounds of things and they would of course expect a rise in sales because of that (MS have a knack (pardon the pun) to do well at Christmas time, especially in the USA). *But* I do expect Sony to counter their Halo with an Uncharted 4. Which will also help Sony's console figures. The difference this time is that Sony do seem to be standing on two feet this time rather than wobbling a lot all over the place. I think it's going to be a harder battle for MS this time around.
Not to wish my life away, but the Christmas battle next year could be interesting :) - though i am more interested i getting a Uncharted 4 or Alan Wake 2 :|
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