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US Preorder chart = bullshit. But Titanfall has far more hype and a bigger budget than SS at the moment.



For a FPS that is as hyped as Titanfall and that is supposed to be a certified system seller available on THREE separate platforms, 130k more presales than a single player game that is on only ONE system. I don't find that very impressive TBH.

Not saying XB1 is DOOMED (it really isn't) but that information should not be taken as an overall positive in my book. It says to me that the are definitely issues with the enthusiasm of gamers for Titanfall and the XB1 in general.



Well, remember thats only in the US, also remember the digital preorders for Infamous SS (I have one jaja) and that in Europe and Japan the difference between the Ps4 and xbone is abysmal, So......



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Shadow1980 said:
I think Titanfall will be the rough equivalent of the original Gears of War: the first big post-launch shooter and first big post-launch exclusive. The main difference is that Titanfall launches this month while Gears came out in a November. Also, the XBO has a smaller install base than the 360 did when Gears launched (U.S. sales are about 2.23M so far for the XBO, while the 360 had sold about 2.9M when Gears launched. According to VGC, Gears sold 516k its first sales week. Gears also sold just shy of 1.8 million copies in 2006, and that was just from 8 weeks of sales.

I think Titanfall will do well — I think it can easily clear 500k its first week and maybe even hit 750k, and I think 2-2.5 million is likely for 2014 since it has 9-½ months instead of 2 months to rack up sales this year — but I doubt it will do anything to "save" the XBO. Nearly all system-sellers don't have any sort of lasting impact on hardware sales. Rather, the sales boost lasts a week or two at most. Some really big ones might boost sales for several weeks. However, no game has ever caused an increase in hardware sales lasting months. It just never happens. Titanfall may boost the XBO to beat the PS4 for March in NA (not in Europe, though), but by April the XBO will likely be back at its previous baseline or close to it. The only things that cause permanent increases to long-term baseline sales are price cuts. Individual software titles only help in the very short-term.

titanfall is doing something Gears didnt do, its also on another console the 360, see with Gears you had to either have a good pc or a 360 so people mostly went with a 360, with TF you can have 360 X1 and pc i dont see people with a 360 buying a X1 for TF. sure some will those who want a X1 and were waiting but i dont see it being a huge system seller or having huge sales past the 1st week.  i predict more 70% of its lifetime sales come in the first week the other 30% will come over the rest of its life.



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eric89074 said:
Zero chance Xbone wins in the US. PS4 will outsell it by a margin of 1.5:1 at least. There are bone thrones piled up all over retailers and you still can't find a PS4 anywhere.


So the zero chance prediction is based on the current and at least 1.5:1. Margin/ ratio within the first 3 or so months of sales and this prediction is rock solid and will stand firm considering there are another 8 or so years left for this console cycle; irrespective of so many unknowns going forward such as exclusives, title releases, price variation and existing millions of last gen owners who have not upgraded yet. You Sir are a highly informed Analyst. Love your work :).  Seriously though if all sales and marketing departments were as quick to resign to a prediction like this the business would just shut shop and not bother with innovation and competition at all.



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