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pokoko on 19 October 2016
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SweetTalia said:
pokoko said:
I wish we didn't need to have this conversation so often.

"Best Selling" is present tense. It means right now. It's really that simple. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Microsoft using "Best Selling in the US" in an advertisement at this time. If Sony beats them in an upcoming NPD then that'll have to stop. Also nothing wrong with Sony using "Best Selling in the World". Same exact thing.

It's only when you expand the criteria--for example, "Best Selling of All Time"--that they would be wrong.

People need to stop complaining about this. It's not false advertising and it's not inherently misleading.

didn't you know anything good MS does have to be scrutinize beyond belief here? Not sure why you are surprise by this.  There is nothing wrong with the Ad for now. X1 is the best selling right now according to npd.

Uh, yeah, except both sides do this.  Some Xbox fans were doing the exact same thing not long ago.  I think it has more to do with some people just not understanding that "best selling" is not the same thing as "best selling of all time".