Did Microsoft totally mess up their holiday strategy?

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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.

 

Wrong, Xbox sells on brand vs anything else in the U.S, the 360 really erupted Xbox as a major gaming brand(almost the gaming brand for a while too)..... So lots of 360 guys are jumping to xone because of brand recognition.... Sony is doing everything, and I mean everything better than Microsoft this gen..... So it isn't because sony is missing something that Xbox continues to sell