Global HW/ USA SW Up 17th May 2014

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Mike_L said:

cpg716 said:
I am sure I will get flack for this but.. as far as Europe goes.. Xbox One is in just 8 European countries.. the PS4 is in over 20 of them.. Obviously Xbox One will track behind.

Again.. I am NOT saying the X1 would be tied if they are in equal.. the gap would be smaller. When September comes with a new price point for X1.. we could see some ground made up possibly.. But we all know that the PS4 will likely always be ahead in most of Europe with the UK being the one possible exception.

I get your point but Xbox One is in more than 8 European countries. Xbox One is sold both in retail and online stores all over Europe. What is sold here is actually skewing the US and UK numbers where I'm sure the PS4 would have an even larger lead without the inflation from the 26 countries.

 The pic below is from the Scandinavian retailer "Elgiganten" that only operates in Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

 

Xbox One 500 GB (Import)XBOXONE500EU

 

http://www.elgiganten.se/catalog/se_spel_konsoler/spel-konsoler

So there's this, along with drkohler's explanation that he's said more times than I have fingers and toes, and yet the "13 vs 72" argument keeps being parroted over and over as a reason why XBone sales aren't noticeably higher. It's getting old.

And the worst part is that many of these countries (like Costa Rica, Israel, UAE, and Belgium) have populations less than a single state in the US! Imagine how silly people would look if they said "I bet XBone sales are gonna go up 5K.....when it releases in Pennsylvania".

edit: I mean, wasn't there a thread that, albeit, was speculatory for this gen based on sales from last gen, showed that the countries the Xbone aren't in only accounted for like 15% of the 360s sales or something? Xbone isn't being as well received as 360, so chances are than percentage would be lower, but lets just roll with 15%. A 15% unit boost to this week is still only 56k total.