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Nem on 15 February 2014
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vivster said:
Nem said:
vivster said:
Way too early to call. There probably won't be a 2:1 at the end of the gen. Probably not even 1.5:1.


Are you sure? Cause its already above 2 to 1 on weekly sales, without japan. Actually, the PS4 is ramping up to a 2 million advantage in the next weeks. I imagine that even with titanfall, the PS4 will be more than doubling the X1 overall sales before E3.

 

I agree OP. It will be Playstation domination this gen. Europe and Japan are completely won over. The only battle left is the US. If Xbox starts losing the multiplats, it will be all over.

I think the difference wont be as big, because im expecting overall sales to be worse this gen.

You don't expect this to stay that way are you? What we are seeing now are not the regular sales for PS4 but still the pent up initial demand. When that is done the sales will be a lot closer. Also expect MS to bring the big guns to E3. A price cut and some big new featurs and games will do wonders for the X1.


Indeed things could change a bit if Microsoft was willing to take losses to stay competitive. But, if reports are accurate the new CEO is already under fire to kill the Xbox, Bing and Surface. The board wont be pleased with taking more losses on the Xbox business. And thats where the problem is for the Xbox. The console business just isnt as appealing to Microsoft as their B2B.

So, do i expect thing to stay the way they are? Yes, i do. Because the only chance for them in europe is to be priced below the PS4, and that would mean taking losses. The only i see on their hand is to unbundle the kinect and match the price of the PS4. Thats basically all they can do. But i dont think its enough to revert the situation.