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teigaga on 23 November 2014
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eva01beserk said:
teigaga said:
eva01beserk said:

Momentum. Its the same reason Wii U still hasn't dropped to pre MK8 levels. Its the same reason PS4 went without major release in between march and june yet still sustained a very strong baseline. The Xbox is in a superior position to what it was in the summer, Year 2 sales are always higher- theres no reason to think Xbox is in risk of falling off the map with sub 50k sales. 

Jan: Dying Light+ post holiday momentum.

Feb: WItcher 3/Evolve- 2 potentially huge release, both likely to be pushed by MS based on previous E3's. The biggest releases of that month and none are available on 360/PS3. That will push hardware no doubt

March: Battlefield Hardline- obviously a big release

Q2 is quite an unknown quantity but is looking like it will Arkham Dark Knight, Fable Legends, Mortal Kombat X. Obviously theres only so much we can know this far in advance but its looking strong.  

Momentum is achived when a company like sony or nintendo did, they did something good lie release the supirior console or some good games, and have something good or better coming like more exclusive games, pricecut, adquisitions, new product and more. MS has no momentum, they are riding on a desperate temporary pricecut, new releases all pushhed for the same month, bundle games and holliday boost. Most those things end this very month and jsut the pricecut is left untill dec. As soon as jan is here they hae zero momentum, and coming foward they offer nothing that its not available on a supririor console like the ps4, the price will go up, no exclusive games, while the competition will be fightinhard and release new exclusives, amibos, possible pricecut and more.

So no, the x1 has no momentum, just a temporary spike like its had before, just that this time it will last a litle longer and like before it will completlty banish as soon as whats beiing ofered stops.


I don't mean to offend but I think you're quite bias in regards to the issue. I remember in the summer you were suggesting that Major 3rd party releases would have no signifcant effect on MS hardware sales because its inferior to the PS4, I think your perception the Xbox One and its brand is unrealistically low. A 50 dollar price cut is not gonna give you 440k week of unit sales unless there is underlying demand for the product you're selling. Microsoft have had the biggest exclusive releases of the fall so far, they've been the most price competitive and probably will remain so next. There should be momentum for all platforms in the new year but we shall wait it out and see...