People like to compare X1 to PS4 sales and call it a relative failure, which it is. PS4 sales are much bigger due to low entry point. Adjusted for inflation the $500/$600(2006/7) price would be an equivalent of $610/$735 in todays dollars(imagine PS4 sales at that price point), the $400(2013/4) price point is an equivalent of a PS3 launched at $340(imagine PS3 sales at that price point.). XBox prices are closer to what they were at launch($400/$500 in 2014=$330/410 in 2005 dollars). Its selling better than its predecessor, but X360 had some supply issues in the first couple of months which may explain some of the +3 million difference.
People like to focus on the excellent PS4 sales compared to the lesser X1 sales. Thats not really the correct way to look at it. We have no hard numbers on people converting from one system to another and we dont know if gamers on x platform are going to buy more at one price point more than another. As of now the X1 is doing fantastic, but it could easily have lost a ton of marketshare, something we wont know til a few years out.
Getting an XBOX One for me is like being in a bad relationship but staying together because we have kids. XBone we have 20000+ achievement points, 2+ years of XBL Gold and 20000+ MS points. I think its best we stay together if only for the MS points.
Nintendo Treehouse is what happens when a publisher is confident and proud of its games and doesn't need to show CGI lies for five minutes.
-Jim Sterling
