The holidays are DEFINITELY going to be interesting, both in terms of how the Xbox One performs against the PS4 in the U.S., and how they choose to report it. Likely going to find the most appealing angle, which all companies obviously do, but the statement in the OP article does put them in a bit of a pickle, if they can't pull out a victory for the holidays. If they can't, then comments on the numbers will likely be vague, impressive sounding statements that don't actually mean much, "We've had an x percent increase compared to the summer months! =O '
The MOST interesting outcome would be if they won, say, November's NPD, proceeded to shout it from every rooftop, ("We're so darned close to the holidays, THESE are the months that count, pfffft to January through October, THESE TWO MONTHS ARE EVERYTHING.") and then lost the December NPD to Sony. There's actually a pretty good chance of it happening, the MCC drops on the 11th of November, so it should give a good solid boost, but one that might not keep them ahead of the PS4 into December. The more emphasis Microsoft puts on pushing their November win, the more a December silence is going to echo. o.o
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