| NightDragon83 said: While that's somewhat true (except in PS1 and 2's case which both led North America in back to back gens), on the flip side of that the current gap is also where it is mainly due to M$ shooting themselves in the foot with all the negative PR and choosing to launch the X1 at $100 more than the PS4, not because of how much better the PS4 is perceived to be than the X1 in terms of hardware and software. Had M$ not tried to push the "always connected" aspect of the X1 and launched it at $399 sans-Kinect alongside the PS4, odds are it would have been in the lead in North America even before the holiday sales, especially when you consider the fact that despite the higher price point and PR controversy, the X1 was still neck and neck with the PS4 just after launch at the beginning of 2014. M$ has done a pretty good job of weathering the PR storm and making the X1 more competitive, and going forward both the X1 and PS4's sales will be very even in North America on a week to week basis, with the difference being whenever a high profile exclusive is released on either console, and only then the difference will be moderate. You won't see a difference of more than 20k-30k or so between the two consoles in the NA region. Even for the first two weeks of January so far in the dead of winter, the X1 has still been either even or ahead of the PS4 in weekly sales, and since then M$ went back and dropped the X1's price back to $350 permanently, so it will have a perpetual $50 price advantage over PS4 for the forseeable future. |
We'll get much bigger gaps than that and I think you'll find that when NPD is released, the XB1 won't have won any week this January. Amazon (with a 100% record) has shown this clearly.
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