Not bad for having a not so strong review of about most of the launch exclusives. Maybe it's that extra power for less monies.
Wow, I'm actually really surprised.
How many are waiting in total I wonder.
| kowenicki said: lmao... and the rest of the article says...
They also anticipate a large waiting list for Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Xbox One, suggesting a prolonged industry sales slump is ending. Sony said on Nov. 17 it sold more than 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the U.S. and Canada within 24 hours of the $399 machine going on sale. The figure included some of the 1 million units Tokyo-based Sony presold on a global basis, said Dan Race, a PlayStation spokesman. Microsoft’s $499 Xbox One goes on sale tomorrow in 13 countries and also is expected to be in high demand after a seven-year drought on new home consoles from the two companies. Nintendo Co. (7974)’s Wii U is entering its second year of sales. GameStop fell 6.5 percent to $49.04 at 11:50 a.m. in New York after dropping as much as 11 percent, the biggest intraday decline since May. The company forecast fourth-quarter profit of $1.97 to $2.14 a share, less than the $2.16 average of 20 analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The retailer, which accounts for more than half of Sony and Microsoft’s video-game software sales, will benefit from the console transition based on its ability to lure gamers who trade in older titles and hardware for discounts on new gear, said Colin Sebastian, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co. in San Francisco. He recommends buying the stock.
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This thread is about the PS4, not the Xbox One.
Stop trying to steer it off-topic.
Soundwave said:
Fact is they have the best marketing team in the business, they have the highest brand appeal in the US, they are very smart in tying their brand to the NFL (Sony may attract more "nerd" gamers, but they are outnumbered by the "jocks" in the US). The battle in the West will be more like the SNES vs. the Genesis, this is not going to be a cakewalk for Sony, MS will make them sweat and if they decide to start opening their wallet, possibly bleed too. It's going to be a very competetive generation ... which is just fine IMO ... that's good for consumers. |
lol are you serious?
the US and NFL alone are going to get them no-where. pretty much rest of the world is sony dominated, and Sony have champions league in europe.
I know a lot of american people prefer buying american brands, but a lot of people are also price sensitive and do their research and will switch to PS.
the share of xbox/ps is going to be a lot closer in the US next gen than it currently is.
Stock is clearly very limited then. I wonder what sales will be like next year.
fps_d0minat0r said:
the US and NFL alone are going to get them no-where. pretty much rest of the world is sony dominated, and Sony have champions league in europe. I know a lot of american people prefer buying american brands, but a lot of people are also price sensitive and do their research and will switch to PS. the share of xbox/ps is going to be a lot closer in the US next gen than it currently is. |
I expect it to be a fairly even split in the US. NFL is huge in the US, MS also has Forza or FIFA bundled in Europe which was very smart.
Long term too, I suspect MS simply has far more money than Sony and can outspend them on deals like the Titanfall one and the free Forza for Europe one and the NFL alliance in the US.
That will take its toll.
Surely if Sony can make more than 5m by March, they are going to smash their projections?
Soundwave said:
Long term too, I suspect MS simply has far more money than Sony and can outspend them on deals like the Titanfall one and the free Forza for Europe one and the NFL alliance in the US. That will take its toll. |
I think it will take its toll on MS because if that Elop dude takes over from nokia, hes will just cut the xbox division if all MS is doing is splashing cash to match sony in their own back yard.
XOne for the win microdomination!
| kowenicki said: lmao... and the rest of the article says...
They also anticipate a large waiting list for Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Xbox One, suggesting a prolonged industry sales slump is ending. Sony said on Nov. 17 it sold more than 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the U.S. and Canada within 24 hours of the $399 machine going on sale. The figure included some of the 1 million units Tokyo-based Sony presold on a global basis, said Dan Race, a PlayStation spokesman. Microsoft’s $499 Xbox One goes on sale tomorrow in 13 countries and also is expected to be in high demand after a seven-year drought on new home consoles from the two companies. Nintendo Co. (7974)’s Wii U is entering its second year of sales. GameStop fell 6.5 percent to $49.04 at 11:50 a.m. in New York after dropping as much as 11 percent, the biggest intraday decline since May. The company forecast fourth-quarter profit of $1.97 to $2.14 a share, less than the $2.16 average of 20 analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The retailer, which accounts for more than half of Sony and Microsoft’s video-game software sales, will benefit from the console transition based on its ability to lure gamers who trade in older titles and hardware for discounts on new gear, said Colin Sebastian, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co. in San Francisco. He recommends buying the stock.
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And? He quoted the interesting part of the article. We already know that there's a large waiting list for both consoles. The number they provided however is very interesting.
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