Will Xbox One overtake PS4 lifetime consoles Sales in North America?

[fauzman]

yvanjean said:

fauzman said:
Yeah. I think the X1 will beat the ps4 in Titanfall's launch week. But I suspect the release of Infamous in the following week will see the ps4 take back the lead. At this stage both games have similar preorders and I guess with the ps4's slight advantage in numbers, this will help it more.

378k titan Fall pre-order compared to 250K pre-order of Infamous: SS.... let's not forget that PS4 also as a greater install based .... more of the preorder will simply buy the game.... I'm assuming more of the Titan Fall pre-order will pick up a console. 

 

I can see a increase in sales the weekend March 8th week before release of Titan Fall .... 50k-60k consoles...... if i'm Microsoft I'd ship 500k- 1million Titan Fall consoles on the week Titan Fall release world wide. (500K in North America) .... If you sell half of them you got 250K in North America.

Regarding the pre-orders, remember that Infamous launches a week later than Titanfall so after launch the gap will likely be closer than the figures you are quoting. I agree that more people will pick up a console for Titanfall than will pick up a ps4 for Infamous but I dont think the margin will be huge. Essentially due to MS diluting the effect of the exclusive by having it on X360 or PC. 

I agree that Titanfall will sell well in NA and your numbers make sense.