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xenogears1234 on 21 November 2014
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Shinobi-san said:
xenogears1234 said:
Shinobi-san said:
Definitely going to be an interesting NPD :)

I think X1 should take November though.

Nothing trumps a price cut...except a price cut with a free game! The unity bundle is just too good of a value to ignore, people would need to think there's a massive difference between the PS4/X1 to not be swayed by the value proposition. That perception simply isn't there amongst the masses.

If these drastic steps didn't work though, then im not sure what else MS could have done. In my opinion, this was the best/right time to do it. The generation isn't too far in, and people are still in the process of migrating from last gen. If they had left this until last year, and the sales trends continued, i think it would have been too late for MS and X1 - even in the US/UK. At least by doing this, US/UK regions become a battleground again.

Given the numbers (VGC), regardless who wins the month, X1 is back in the battle and that's more important that winning NPD.


"back in the battle" Thats a nice thought,  but we all know that price cut is only a temporary boost that will be gone after the holidays, and when the numbers regress after said holiday season next qtr sony will go back to crushing it globally and building their lead back in the us per its trend this cycle.

I dont think that scenario is set in stone. Its quite possible that X1 could win non holiday weeks in the US, if the price differential stays. Momentum can changes especially this early in the gen.

Ummm you do know the price drop is only thru the holidays and only in the US as far as it being early on, microsoft is not sony.  Best case scenario they break even in the us overall and get annihilated in europe and japan not even taking into acct whats gonna happen when sony has a price cut or puts out more of their bigger AAA games as well as when it drops those consoles in china in the next little bit.  At the end of the day its all about marketshare/penetration and microsoft just cant at the global level no matter what stunt they try to pull.