Did Sony get too cocky not matching the Xbone's price drop this holiday season?

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withdreday said:

ethomaz said:

I don't know...

They sold more in September and October... already have a 300k+ lead in sales... so something right they did.

Nobody knows how November and December sales will be... if they win again the your thread will be pointless.

They already got damn near doubled up in the US all by it's self and It took a strong boost in the EU to bearly eek out a win worldwide, so I already feel the question is relevent.

Hardly outselling the competition overall means nothing as the only thing that matters now is keeping their hold on the US. And as someone else said in this thread, the nearly double in sales matter because most people won't buy both systems. Only hardcores do that, and their other console might be the Wii U rather than a PS4 seeing as the Bone and 4 are so similar.

I disagree I think it is indeed far too early to tell. I mean your first sentence can also be spun to say even with a stong boost in the US the XB1 still couldn't manage to outsell the PS4. See that can be twisted both ways IMO. Anyway.....MS basically just started their holiday sale early. So I personally felt that the XB1 would do AMAZING in the US with this deal. I am more interested in the numbers for the following 2-4 weeks to get a better idea of how the sales will pan out. Will the boost be sustained will they double the PS4 in the US again? Will the PS4 numbers decrease due to this deal my MS? Is the price going to be permanent?

Also the bolded statement makes no sense. So outselling the competition WW does not matter? The only thing that matters is holding on to the US? Really? Why is that? For Sony the most important thing is PROFIT. If they continously outsell the competition ALL year WW and only get beaten(MAYBE) two months out of the year ONLY in the US but still otusell it WW then why worry? I mean Sony will also get a very nice holiday boost and there will be some nice holiday deals s well. So there is no need for them to panic to what is seemingly a desperation move by MS. That's called smart business not being cocky. Anyway I am glad to see the healthy sales of the XB1 and am looking to some AMAZING numbers for the reaminder of the year for both the PS4 and the XB1!