I'm just saying it barely outsold a supply constrained PS4, so that shouldn't really be a talking point.  It certainly didn't do bad in December, but that just comes with the territory of it being Christmas. Even WiiU sold a half million, almost as much as the 360's first Christmas with no current gen competition, and that's the "doomed" console. But there's a difference between "readily available" and "stacks of the product". Let's just say that if the PS4 had those amounts of stockpiles available, its December sales would have been through the roof.

But now we're at a time where there isn't a holiday rush, so retailers aren't ordering a bunch of product to be prepared for expected demand. Meaning, at least according to Arkaign, 10 days later, what the stores ordered hasn't sold. I could be wrong about my assumption about ordering a bunch to meet expected demand, and a bunch sold and the guy saw the remaining products. But it's June, so I doubt Walmart, Gamestop, Target, etc. is ordering a crap ton of consoles, since these are the dead months for video games. 

When you say the XBone did "so good" in December, it's only "good" because it won. But it only won because its competition wasn't able to produce enough product in that region. In that regard, I see no contradicting points. There should be an asteriks next to "XB1 did so good in December because it was readily available" since PS4 wasn't. It didn't do "so good" by virtue of it being so available. It did "so good" because it sold more than its direct competitor, which wasn't as available to be sold. If I had 10 Zunes and 5 iPods, then sold out of my iPods and sold 7 Zunes, it looks like Zune did better, right? But if I had 10 iPods, I would have sold out of iPods. Compare it to now, though, where inventory levels are about equal. You see less PS4s in stores than XBones and we can agree, right now, that XBone sales are bad. So when you see so much stock of Xbones, that should tell you something.

Look, I'm not denying that there won't be a boost in sales. But just looking at recent history, when you see a bunch of XBones everywhere, the result is XB1 < PS4 WW, when all things are otherwise equal. Sorry for small novel

People are still placing a premium on price and are under the impression that a $399 XBO SKU somehow equals value parity with the PS4 for the average consumer. 

I don't agree with this either. Maybe if the SKU had been available at launch, but 7 months later? This is no magic bullet to change the status quo. 

It would have taken a $399 Titan Fall bundle to have the kind of effect some are expecting; a major, highly anticipated title launch paired with a lower price SKU. 

Gamestop has more than just US retailers. Its also where a good amount of video gaming traffic comes and goes.

You keep forgetting that my point is not that Xbox One is beating PS4, its that you keep saying it should be 45k for the week of the 14th, which is crazy. Its E3 week and a $399 SKU, how could it POSSIBLY be that low?

There you go, BX1 did 64.5k, which is much closer to 45/50k then 100k. Thus <50k should have been a poll option.

Either way, it sold 1,024 more units then PS4 in USA (which means your Gamestop's friend data was correct). 70% increase in sales after 4 weeks of pre-orders, yet still 3,974 units behind the WiiU.

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What's your prediction for week 2 sales? Will XB1 sales hold strong or will it slowly dwindle back to 40,000 weekly?

P.S. YAY for WiiU

There you go, BX1 did 64.5k, which is much closer to 45/50k then 100k. Thus <50k should have been a poll option.

Either way, it sold 1,024 more units then PS4 in USA (which means your Gamestop's friend data was correct). 70% increase in sales after 4 weeks of pre-orders, yet still 3,974 units behind the WiiU.

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What's your prediction for week 2 sales? Will XB1 sales hold strong or will it slowly dwindle back to 40,000 weekly?

P.S. YAY for WiiU

I never said it would do 100k did I? I said there's no way it would be 45k. Thats how this whole thing started.