Microsoft: Over 3 million Xbox One's Sold to Consumers in 2013

[kirby007]

superchunk said:

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.

 

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.

first few months from now on will be quite uneventfull, aside from launches in additional countries.

now slowly waiting till both can match demand