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Storeman67 on 27 November 2017
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hudsoniscool said:
ironmanDX said:

They both were announced at E3. If one was low key, so then must be the other. The X was announced as being part of the xbox one family. All games and accessories were compatible with the both X and S... So.. No. It was marketed as a premium xbox one with a premium price. It did have more time to drum up some hype though.


If many XBO gamers are tired of 720p-900p then the figures should be way higher than 600k. A mere 120k more than a supply constrained pro during the busiest shopping period of the year? No chance.

There's also 1 big difference as well on the other side. When pro launched it was 249-299 for a PS4 and only 399 for the pro. That's not a hard sell. Upgrading to a much stronger system for 100$. This year the difference between the xb1s and x is 250-300$. That's a hard sell no matter how big of a upgrade. The fact that it's on pace to "blow by" 600k in the US is very impressive to me when the pro only did 500k in the same time frame.

Storeman67 said:

In the UK One X sales are already grinding to a halt. It's been out of Amazon's top 100 for 2 weeks and has received its first price cut. It's difficult to see a path forward without major discounts or bundles. The past week Pro has been trending well above One X, no doubt due to a £100+ price difference and bundled games.

Before we start calling doom let's wait for some numbers because it did really well in its first week.

That first week is proving to be extremely front loaded. Even with  the launch of One X, Microsoft's UK Black Friday (week) sales where down on the previous year, PS4 was up again. The UK is a price sensitive market at the best of times. Microsoft cannot hold that £450 price tag when Sony are pushing Pro's out the door nearer to £299. Once we move into the New Year, price will be a far greater factor.