Weekly hardware/software 23 August 2014

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jlmurph2 said:

wary-wallaroo said:

jlmurph2 said:

eva01beserk said:
Next week the x1 will probably finally see the light and smell the fresher air of second place for one week. Then drop again the following week, then rise again the next week due to destiny. But dont get to cocky x1, you wont be that far ahead.

Nope. Releasing in 28 countries first week of September, it may not be much of a boost but it will stay up throughout the rest of the year.

It's going to be DoA in those countries. You can already buy an X1 if you want one, it's not some hard task.

So there's going to be literally no boost?

There will be a boost for sure. The fact that Xb one can be had in those markets doesn't mean it's been doing brisk business. In fact given the sales of Xb one to date you'd have to say there's very few people in the Sept 28 markets who are importing Xb one, because if there are substantial numbers doing it, it means things are even more dire in the countries where it is officially on sale.

If we assume more or less 50K for the current markets, I think the boost for the Sept 28 markets could take Xb one over 100K for the week. But if PS4 has pretty much sucked all the oxygen out of those markets for Xb one it could be as low as only a 20K boost. Is Japan one of those markets or is Japan a bit later still? If Japan is part of those 28 then I can see Japan contributing 20K by itself. Well down on Xb360 but there are plenty of reasons why Xb one is unlikely to get close to 360 launch in Japan, and two of those reasons are PS4 and Wii U are already out there.