Dark Chaos said:
DonFerrari said:
DD_Bwest said: im just retagging this as its at the bottom of my buddy. I dont wanna loose track of it |
You are also keeping a look at it to see how long it will take for the OP realize his mistake? You may need to stay looking here for the next couple years. Maybe even following a X2 will overtake PS5 thread rebranding.
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Its only 500K back and now with the price reduction and better holiday lineup than the PS4 for USA gamers it could happen as early as next year.
I don't know how you can be so confident when its only been 6months into the generation
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The people that think the XB1 holiday lineup is better than the PS4 are the exact same people that think the XB1 lineup so far is better than the PS4 lineup so far. Hence, the exact same people that predicted XB1 would overtake in March, that the $399 SKU would even things out or put XB1 ahead, etc.
None of that has happened or will happen. XB1 is already confined to a niche status in global sales, and defined as the 2nd place in the US. The best they can hope for is to not fall massively behind.
The holiday season is actually horrible for XB1 if you think about it. Most of the large game releases are multiplatform, and like clockwork each will be superior on PS4. Worse, Destiny launches well ahead of the XB1 exclusives, and that will be a massive swing in PS4's favor.
The Amazon method has accurately reflected the best selling console in the US every month this year XBO vs. PS4, and the $399 SKU barely notched a couple of days of reasonable rankings before plummeting back to the depths. Same story with Best Buy and Gamestop. The XBO's next major release isn't until Sunset and Halo MCC. So for many months to then the best they can hope for is to not fall behind to an even more massive degree than is already underway. If they lose each month in the US by similar margins as April and May, and with increasing sales heading into fall, the gap could easily be 1M+ by November. At that point the network effect (positive word of mouth and a much wider next-gen userbase, plus the incessant reports of almost every multiplat being superior on PS4, or at worst equal due to dev laziness/game simplicity), and you have a recipe for the XBO losing out in the holidays just as much as during all of 2014 so far.
The ONLY dark horse is if Microsoft will really make things interesting and drop to $299. I don't think $349, even with a game, is enough to even come tied for monthly sales.