Did Microsoft totally mess up their holiday strategy?

[barneystinson69]

Mr Puggsly said:

barneystinson69 said:

Mr Puggsly said:
I think we can nit pick Sony, MS, and Nintendo for how they handled the holidays.

Bottom line, MS had strong holiday sales and offered notable exclusives. I hope next holiday is at par.

 

No, we can't. Look, I'm an Xbox fanboy. But Sony played it out well, allowing to be profitable and be the best selling. There's nothing to nitpick. Nintendo could have something to it, but they did well for what they had. Microsoft could've done far better, and they blew it. I agree, I hope the next holiday is on par or better for the XB1 (in NA), but there's no denying Microsoft slacked it.

You could also argue if Sony had more notable content this holiday it would have had an even strong holiday. They had to cut down to $299 in fear of losing more sales to Xbox.

Sony is the market leader but people still buy Xbox because Sony lacks something MS is doing.

In a nutshell, you're arguing Sony had the best sales so they did everything right. I'm saying Xbox still managed to have a great holiday because of what Sony lacks. Wii U was basically forgotten because... obvious reasons.

 

There are many problems that I have with your statement, just to name a few.

 

 Sony cut the price to 299 for strategic reasons. They knew they could indefinently hold off Microsoft in December as well, and once they responded, they had Star Wars to do the rest. There was no need to cut it to 299, as Microsoft wouldn't have done it otherwise. 

As for what Sony lacks, well the XB1 had a better exclusive lineup, but that did nothing to help them. Microsoft was flat YOY, while the PS4 doubled its sales. The Gears bundle was the only thing that sold really well, the rest just absolutely flopped. You can say whatever you like, but in my opinion, Microsoft lost due to poor planning of the future. And with 2016, they need to perfect everything, or they lose their home base for good (this generation).