riecsou said:
jlmurph2 said:
Panicnausia said:
roborad said
Those numbers ms released were numbers sold under 24 hours. They specifically mentioned that timeframe in their statement. You just have poor interpretation skills.
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Umm no, how do we know how accurate that is?? PS Sony launched in 2 countires and sold as much as 13 for MS, sony outsold x1 in MS strongest territory. Dem interpretation skills.
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My god you keep beating that drum don't you? Everyone knows Sony shipped 1 million consoles to North America first week, MS shipped the same to 13 countries first week. It does not mean that MS did worse than Sony, it means that they decided to take a straight forward approach rather than delay a WW launch for less traffic issues and more time to manufacture.
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If we look only at the numbers then you are right. But if we are looking at the whole story, it does not look to good for MS right now. Sony did well launching in Nort America one week before MS. And MS counter attack by going out 1 week earlier in Europe and in 13 countries. Microsoft targeted their best countries, while Sony focused it's launch on where it was being destroyed by the Xbox360. Sony's launch in the US was bigger than MS in the US. Even if numbers were 50-50 that would have been good news for Sony. But MS did say they are breaking even or minimal lost which is good for them while Sony requires one game and a Plus membership to start making money is the US, but breaking even in EU. Both console had phenomenal launch. So far Sony is winning, has price advantage, and launching at the same time than Xbox One. That is going to be an interesting battle to see.
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hmm not saying you are wrong, but that's pretty much where we disagree... not only do I not believe for a second that the PS4/XBox one gap will be as dramatic as some people make it out... and don't think it will ever be anywhere as big as the peak gap between PS3/XB360....
Second I have also my doubt that no matter what PSN sub will come close to XBL subs even with a larger install base... pretty sure more people will get XBL this gen still than PSN.... just because MP is not the only reason to get XBL (unfortunately for some) and a lot of XB360 owners are just used to it by now anyway... so the penetration rate will be higher on XBox one side than PS4 I think..
third and here too I have no Sony numbers.... but I'm pretty sure MS does generate more money outside of XBL subscription with monetization of content and services than Sony and this will hold true...
now like I said this is just a divergence of view.... you might be right....
