How Long Before The Xbox One Sells 1 Million Units In The US?

[gergroy]

Shadow1980 said:

gergroy said:

Shadow1980 said:

Americans are a mercenary bunch. Collectively, we've swapped preferences so many times it's ridiculous. Nintendo dominated the 8-bit era, and while Nintendo also ended up winning the 16-bit era in the first big console war, it was close, and America wavered back and forth between the two. Then the PlayStation arrived and outsold the N64 two-to-one, and America stuck with Sony when the PS2 arrived. Then we went back to Nintendo with the Wii, then to the 360, thus ending Sony's decade-long reign at the top. Americans will go where the best value for their dollar is. Price and games are what really matter. There is no reason to think that just because the 360 dominated over the PS3 in the U.S. that the XBO will also outsell the PS4. Each generation starts with a blank slate here.

Ok, but we are talking about this point in time, not the future, not the past, right now.  Currently, xbox is a bigger brand.

as for your second paragraph, this thread is about the US, so not sure why you brought it up. 

Ahem! *points at bolded sentence* History shows that, in America at least, just because one brand dominated a generation doesn't mean that it has some built-in advantage going into the next. Circa 1995 you would have said "Currently, Nintendo is a bigger brand." In 2005, you would have said "PlayStation is a bigger brand." In either case, it didn't matter, because Americans collectively have no brand loyalty in the long term. That the 360 dominated the last 3-4 years in America and is on the verge of passing the Wii means nothing in regards to this new generation, because in America we hit the "Reset" button whenever a new generation starts. I really don't know how to make that any clearer.

And I mentioned Europe and Japan because I felt like it, and because I thought it'd be an interesting comparison to make.

ok, lets trace this comment back to the original source, shall we?  because you are argueing something that has nothing to do with what I responded to.  

The first comment was this

"MS will have far more demand from non pre order customers though, more advertising, xbox is a bigger brand name, and more popular with casuals."

This comment wasn't even mine, but you repsonded to it with the question

"bigger than who?"

I then responded with in america that would be playstation in the US

Notice how I didn't say it was bigger than nintendo?  Now you are arguing about how none of that matters, and you can make that argument but I was never argueing against that.  I was just responding to your initial question of which is the bigger brand.  Right now, in the US, that would be Nintendo as number 1, followed by xbox, followed by playstation.  As far as the last generation is concerned.  That will change shortly with Microsoft taking the top spot.