| kowenicki said: I'm in bed with MS because I think the second or third biggest console launch ever is better than "just fine"? ok.
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You're also tossing out all other factors and how conditions have changed in 2013 than what they were in 2005 and previous generations.
Xbone sold ~3m in 2013... with plenty of stock still on shelves... with a massive pre-order campaign not heard of until this generation.
PS360 could have beat that had they been in stock for all of Nov/Dec. They weren't.
PS3 could have easily been at its 4m PS4 mark had it launched in Europe+NA vs Japan+NA... yet they knew they didn't have the stock to meet demand.
PS2, N64, ... and I could go on.. could all beat 3m easily had they had stock + the same type of marketing/pre-order platforms that now exist in the retail market which allow companies to better determine manufacturing levels vs being more cautious.
Its just not that big of a deal.
What's important is the next 12 months.
Will it keep a steady pace like PS360? Will it explode like Wii? Will it deflate and fall flat like WiiU?
That's what is exciting.
