Hate to break it to you, but just because Microsoft has a lot of money, doesn't mean that it all goes towards the Xbox brand. If that were true, then they would've lowered the price of the Xox to $399 & still have Kinect bundled with it. Plus they would've made the hardware much more powerful than the PS4.

The Xbox brand is actually at stake here, & their investors want Microsoft to make a profit off of Xbox One. They can't easily take big pricecuts like they could before with the OG Xbox & Xbox 360.

I can't believe you just said the Wii U has no games...

Somebody get Padib, Spemanig, or Nintentacle in here.

The PS3 barely tied the 360 with Japan and the International support.

Sony went from 155mill with PS2 to 82mill with the PS3, that isn't considered well, multiplat inferiority lasted for only half the generation while the disparity between the PS4 and X1 is not only bigger but permanent.

Meanwhile the Xbox went from 24~mil to 82 mill with the X360.

PS3 lost the US its only because of international support that it was pulled up to tie for second.

The XB1 is losing everywhere, its best region is still 1:(1.5-2) in favor of PS4, its going to have to decimate the PS4 in the US just to catch up, and Halo is not flappy bird.

Assuming a huge boost from the kinectless SKU it'll have a month, same as December, and that will be it, the consoles are virtually identical, for every Exclusive on one side, I can name another on the competiton's, and there are more multiplats than exclusives.

IF it is about the games as you claim, 25 games, 5 of them exclusives for either platform, 20 of them multiplats, every game cost 60$, the average consumer is not going to get 20 inferior versions for the same price as 20 superior versions just because of 5 exclusives.

Both consoles play the game exactly the same, so why in the hell would it matter when you are choosing between 2 400$ pieces of black plastic.

nice flip floping.

I said it had none clearly talking about current times, now you are just spining BS casue you have no facts or points.  Just feelings and wishes that X1 will magically sale well.  

And nintendo managed to sell 6.3m wiiu despite no demand / dead console, too.

all have their fanboys that will buy anything their corperate master overloards sale em.  But such devotion is limited and quickly exhausted.  

Never fear, those devoted few do sometimes stick around to persistantly praise their chosen masters..  as we can clearly see on these forums

Nothing that is the point, they are stcuk on the wron side and will suffer subpar sales the whole gen.  

Nothing can be done to overcome certain X1 weaknesses.

There is demand, people who actually want the Kinect are still buying the X1. I believe sales over the past few weeks show people are waiting for the $399 sku.

Honestly, I don't give a shit. As long as the X1 sells around 40 million units it'll have great support. But I feel the potential to sell 70-80 million is there if MS makes some good decisions. Making Kinect optional is a good start.

MS made some bad decisions this gen and they're paying for it. But MS has the resources and following to keep Xbox relevant.

Are you talking about the exodus of fans from Playstation 2 to Xbox 360?

Not enough to out sale the 360 there is not, which the whole demand debate started with.  

Ms has the resources to have launched the X1 at 399 but didnt.  Should tell you plenty.