Xbox One Dev: ‘We Have Just As Many Pre-order Numbers As PS4, Details Snapping Feature

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the-pi-guy said:

Kane1389 said:

J_Allard said:
Why would MS make an official announcement on how they are doing preorder wise versus the PS4? Do they just call up Sony and ask the receptionist how many preorders Sony currently has for the PS4? They don't get that information.

In the end, who cares. Preorders are meaningless. How many in this thread have already written the Xbone off next gen, and yet, according to preorders, it's on pace to outsell the 80+ million selling 360? I do find it funny that so many people need to downplay it though.

What?

Not as crazy as it sounds, pre-orders are a lot more prevalent right now than they were in 2005.  Xbox One has higher pre-orders [apparently] than the Xbox 360 did.  Not unbelievable in any way.  Only reason I put apparently in brackets is because I haven't heard anything aside from this. 

Really, I highly doubt that pre-orders will make any real difference 3 years from now.  Both consoles will be on the market for a long time and when all is said and done, who knows how things might shape up.  The only people that really care about preorders are fanboys who will wave that corporate banner jump up and down and proclaim some type of win for themselves and make pure ass out of themselves.  Its a constant process that never ends.