alabtrosMyster said:
BMaker11 said:
J_Allard said:
Of course it's not as high as portrayed here. Most people here are Playstation enthusiasts.
Demand for both consoles is high and supplies are not meeting it. Console launch 101. But the lengths some go on here regarding demand, lol. Isn't there a thread about a waiting list at almost 2 million for PS4 versus like half a million for Xbone? lol.
I don't understand why anyone would sell on Ebay. Not only is it risky as Ebay bends over backwards for buyers, but after Ebay/Paypal fees and shipping, you barely break even on your sale. One of my friends sold one for $560 including shipping. That's $56 gone to Ebay and another $20 for Paypal. After shipping all the way across the country, he made $450. He made less than $20 on the sale. Just slap it on Craigslist for $500. People will pay and you still make a decent profit.
We'll never really know what the demand for either console is right now, simply because there aren't enough consoles to go around. If you wanna buy bundles, you can buy either console online right now and have been able to for awhile. But most don't wanna buy bundles, and most don't shop online. And at retail it's a crap shoot to find either console. As I said in another thread, someone posted a link to search local Walmart stores and something like 10 of the 14 local stores were in stock but I bet if I called, maybe a couple would actually have one. And I have seen exactly 0 Xbox Ones since a couple days after launch. But if I called around enough? Would be just like the PS4, would probably eventually find one.
Instead of a constant dick measuring contest, lets just be happy that both consoles are having great launches and the industry isn't dying like many people believe/believed it will/would. We could always have more Wii U situations. I am glad the consoles are selling well. |
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/09/us/indiana-iraq-vet-ipad-slaying/
on a high profile item like this, I don't think so. This is just an isolated incident, but I'd like to point out that even "being smart with a Craigslist purchase" can be dangerous. This happened to someone in broad daylight in a parking lot in the middle of a neighborhood. And to a freaking Marine, no less.
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Who cares about craig's list or ebay, if I wanted an xb1 I could have gotten one from 3 different places this week (Walmart, Futureshop. Best Buy....) Now either MS are making tons of them, or it's headed in the same direction as the Wii U... I hope for them it's not the case, but at the same time as a PS4 owner I feel like there is a better chance of multi platform games taking full advantage of the extra humph the PS4 has demonstrated so far!
In all these places PS4s were nowhere to be seen... (I was looking to pickup one for a friend...)
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