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Soundwave on 12 January 2017
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3sexty said:
Soundwave said:

What's wrong with that statement if that's true? MS has been dramatically more competetive since the XBox One S launched and even the much balley-hooed PS4 Pro and PS4 Slim have not stopped XBox One from having a very good holiday season apparently. December was their best month ever, meanwhile Sony is somewho down year over year despite having a new model and revision and a $250 promotion. 

Yeh I think this would suggest that the XBoxOne S has had a more positive impact on sales in th U.S than the PS4 Slim and PS4 pro. Add VR to the equation and we still have only a margin of defeat - virtual tie nearly. Quite incredible really. Still tho a win is a win.

Right now I would say no question, XBox One S has had an incredibly positive effect on the XBox One sales, meanwhile Sony is down YoY in December despite having a new model AND a new revision. 

To me that suggests the One S is taking away sales from Sony, because there is no way the PS4 should be down YoY for December. Even November should not have been close but from the leaked numbers we got November was extremely competetive with a razor thin difference. 

I call out PR spin as much as anyone on this board, but in this case MS does have the right to crow a bit. They definitely are doing *way* better and certainly overperformed expectations this year in the US market. Everyone and their grandma was saying once PS4 Pro + Slim came out that PS4 would go back to dominating the XBox One in the US ... that doesn't look like it's happening.