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xenogears1234 on 17 April 2014
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DélioPT said:
xenogears1234 said:
DélioPT said:
I don`t know why so many people are calling XB1 doomed.
It`s a 500$ console with less hype than PS4 but it still sold 311K. It`s selling above the 360.
Just because PS4 is outselling it doesn`t mean XB1 isn`t doing really well, because it is. Wish Wii U could pull half those numbers.


You have to understand the reason people think the xbone is doomed is cause america is what traditonally was the equalizer vs sony's total global sales although that too was only true in the beganning of the last console war, and if sony wins or even competes to a draw this gen in the us that means over time a ww slaughter cause of sony's massive lead in europe/japan.


I think that right from the start it was obvious that PS4 was going to put one heck of a fight in the US. And given the hype before it was only natural for it to start above the XB1.
People are also very quick to forget what history has taught us. In 2007/8 people already claimed PS3 to be dead last and Wii to overcome everyone with ease. Look how things turned out.

We are 6 months into this cycle and people are already calling XB1 doomed. Even in the States, it`s too early to see how things will pan out.
With XB1 doing so well at 500$, it`s got a great future ahead of it.
And let`s not forget, MS is in a better condition to decrease the price gap and keep it competitive.


Microsoft is not sony they dont have the track record  with studios/indy support in terms of titles.  Nor do they have the fanbase built up to take this kind of a hit like sony did last gen and recover from it.  Also sony could justify the price of the ps3 cause of blu ray, microsoft can not do the same cause of kinect, and trust me if sony launched the ps3 and was losing head to head to the 360 in europe and japan the way xbox is losing america sony fans would have been rightfully just as panicked.