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Mr Puggsly on 23 September 2014
wary-wallaroo said:
Mr Puggsly said:

And again, that isn't a solution for MS. "Europe doesn't like us, oh well lets give up!" Instead MS will make changes so the X1 is more desireable to Europe.

A small price cut won't have a significant impact, but it can't hurt either. The Fifa bundles will probably do more to move hardware. Hence, that's just one many things MS will do to stimulate sales throughout the life of the console.

It doesn't really matter if X1 is the leader in any region. The 360 wasn't the most popular platform in Europe, but it still moved a ton of units there.

Basically your stance is if you aren't the leader, you're a failure. That simply isn't how business works.

No, I mean that at the moment, that's their issue. The X1 is seen as an undesirable console, not much unlike the Wii U. Honestly, the only way I see them having any kind of comeback possibilty is if they blow it out of the water next E3. Announce a new, sleeker X1 for $299 with a slew of true exclusives (this is important, they have to fight the perception that all X1 "exclusives" end up elsewhere), as well as a whole new marketing angle (like what Sony did with "It Only Does Everything" and Kevin Butler). If they pull that off, maybe they can bounce back in Europe, maybe. But I still think the brand is pretty much dead, whatever gains they made with the 360 (which they worked hard to get) have been washed away by now.

Now obviously, they don't have to outsell the Ps4 to profitable but hey, this is a site dedicated entirely to sales so that's what I discuss. Whether or not they're profiting is entirely different (though getting outsold 3 to 1 by the PS4 isn't exactly good, tons of lost revenue).

The sleeker $299 X1 is inevitable and it does have a growing list of true exclusives. Even the 360 had a lot of exclusives that haven't gone to other platforms, but Sony fans inparticular like to pretend that isn't the case.

Discussing sales is fine, just clarifying not being the market leader isn't necessarily doom.

Revenue from console gaming seems to be shrinking for the big three. Sony is now irrelelvant in portable gaming, Wii U is doing poor and 3DS isn't as successful as DS, while MS is still getting X1 off the ground. Oh well, all three are still competing aggressively and I look forward to seeing more.



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prinz_valium on 24 September 2014

wow. now u can get an 329Pound Ps4 Fifa 15 Bundle on Amazon as well
destiny bundle is back at 369.

hard fight in the uk



AZWification on 24 September 2014
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

I'm not hungry, but I will take one anyway!



                
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BeElite on 24 September 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
BeElite said:

Actually the worst route would be if it got dreamcasted after its fails this xmas in wake of a massive PS4 sales. 

Its pretty clear to most X1 will never develop a huge audience, its hard to do that when you getiing beat in every market...

Vita and Dreamcast aren't that different. I mean Dreamcast had a longer life in Japan and it seems that's where Vita is still semi relevant.

Actually, PS3 and PSP developed a large audience while getting beat in every market. So lets wait and see what X1 can do. Vita won't develop an audience because Sony basically gave up on it.

 

We already seen long enough of what X1 can do and its not very much really, funny is vita already has an audience that makes it worth keeping alive.  

Hilarious Sony has turned the failure that is the vita in to more of a success then MS will ever manage with the X1.  



Mr Puggsly on 24 September 2014
BeElite said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Vita and Dreamcast aren't that different. I mean Dreamcast had a longer life in Japan and it seems that's where Vita is still semi relevant.

Actually, PS3 and PSP developed a large audience while getting beat in every market. So lets wait and see what X1 can do. Vita won't develop an audience because Sony basically gave up on it.

 

We already seen long enough of what X1 can do and its not very much really, funny is vita already has an audience that makes it worth keeping alive.  

Hilarious Sony has turned the failure that is the vita in to more of a success then MS will ever manage with the X1.  

This whole post is nonsense. Vita's lack of support proves it.



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BeElite on 24 September 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
BeElite said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Vita and Dreamcast aren't that different. I mean Dreamcast had a longer life in Japan and it seems that's where Vita is still semi relevant.

Actually, PS3 and PSP developed a large audience while getting beat in every market. So lets wait and see what X1 can do. Vita won't develop an audience because Sony basically gave up on it.

 

We already seen long enough of what X1 can do and its not very much really, funny is vita already has an audience that makes it worth keeping alive.  

Hilarious Sony has turned the failure that is the vita in to more of a success then MS will ever manage with the X1.  

This whole post is nonsense. Vita's lack of support proves it.


Its spot on, X1 sales failure proves it.  



prinz_valium on 24 September 2014
BeElite said:
Mr Puggsly said:
BeElite said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Vita and Dreamcast aren't that different. I mean Dreamcast had a longer life in Japan and it seems that's where Vita is still semi relevant.

Actually, PS3 and PSP developed a large audience while getting beat in every market. So lets wait and see what X1 can do. Vita won't develop an audience because Sony basically gave up on it.

 

We already seen long enough of what X1 can do and its not very much really, funny is vita already has an audience that makes it worth keeping alive.  

Hilarious Sony has turned the failure that is the vita in to more of a success then MS will ever manage with the X1.  

This whole post is nonsense. Vita's lack of support proves it.


Its spot on, X1 sales failure proves it.  


if x1 sales  are a failure

ps4 sales are bad

 

or how in any way can something, that is only selling the double amout of a total failure, be called good

 

 

ps4 is a poor selling console



BeElite on 24 September 2014
prinz_valium said:


if x1 sales  are a failure

ps4 sales are bad

 

or how in any way can something, that is only selling the double amout of a total failure, be called good

 

 

ps4 is a poor selling console

Only thing poor is every post you make, cant post in a normal format ?

PS3 is seling triple for the year buddy, X1 is a failure becasuse its only managing one third of the sale sof its main competitior.  Its not rocket science when a product sales 1/3rd of its main rival its looked on as a failure.  Especially when ist so similar and targets the exact same niche audience.



prinz_valium on 24 September 2014
BeElite said:
prinz_valium said:


if x1 sales  are a failure

ps4 sales are bad

 

or how in any way can something, that is only selling the double amout of a total failure, be called good

 

 

ps4 is a poor selling console

Only thing poor is every post you make, cant post in a normal format ?

PS3 is seling triple for the year buddy, X1 is a failure becasuse its only managing one third of the sale sof its main competitior.  Its not rocket science when a product sales 1/3rd of its main rival its looked on as a failure.  Especially when ist so similar and targets the exact same niche audience.


blame vgc. i dont know why they put 1 free line for every hit on enter

 

yeah. ps4 is stelling tipple for the first half of this year.

but it will  probably only sell 1.5 times the amount for the second half of the year.

 

ps4 losing ground

 



Mr Puggsly on 24 September 2014
BeElite said:
Mr Puggsly said:

This whole post is nonsense. Vita's lack of support proves it.


Its spot on, X1 sales failure proves it.  

Okay...

Well one platform is a failure with no support. The other platform is a failure with great support.

In fact, the X1 had a single game move over a million units in its first week. Not bad for a failure.



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