Xbox One is making a comeback homies!

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mjk45 on 01 December 2014

RenCutypoison said:

mjk45 said:

RenCutypoison said:
360 always had better holydays even on its "loosing" years, so I would not get carried right away.

More competition is always good for consumers though, so go X1 =D

Exacly you have pointed out that this isn't a sudden spike leading to a comeback , but something that happens every year .

The difference this time is the NA sales lead PS4 has accumulated from the rest of the year is far greater than anything the PS3 did and the XBone's Holiday lead margin looks like it will be smaller than the 360 versus PS3 .

If it continues on from here in the same vain PS4 should win NA simply by virtue of it's sales being a bit more consistent across the year without losing to many sales during holiday , having said that it wiould be by a small margin and nowhere near 360's NA lead.

It really boils down to the fact that you can't make a definitive statement on yearly console sales to the year ends simply because of the backended nature of those sales.

^That. We won't be able to confirm wether or not it's a constant before at least holyday 2015 or 2016.

Though even if PS4 continues to dominate Europe and RoW, and keeps even in US, devs will tend to choose ps4 and thus it will take the advantage is US.

The only case in which Xbone stays relevant in US till the end of the gen is if UK changes, X1 sales baseline in US grows AND RoW doesn't grow even bigger than it is now.

I agree but I think Xbox will stay relevant in US it would take a large and prolonged downturn in sales to make it irrelevant , even if it grows at a lesser rate than Sony in the US it still would be relevant.

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Mike_L on 01 December 2014

*Sound Of Rain said:

As many of you know by now, reports are coming in that the XBox had great sales this Black Friday. Not only were they selling out all over in the U.S but sales in the U.K have doubled!!!

XBox is making a comeback and will take the lead in the U.S & possibly U.K homies!

Agree homies?

XB1 has done great in November and that's good for the industry. I'm not trying to downplay for the sake of downplaying but this thread might be a bit premature.

Bolded 1: PS4 sales doubled too with XB1 only just edging ahead of PS4 during black friday in the UK. XB1 only won the UK black friday by a small number of units despite being cheaper. We don't even know if it won the whole month of November.

Bolded 2: Again it definitely shows that MS wants to stay relevant in the US at all costs. As an average American consumer perceiving PS4 and XB1 as very similar next gen consoles not knowing/caring about any of the fuck ups or hardware differences you would have to be insane to choose the $399 PS4 instead of the $329 ($279 with gift cards) XB1.. Throw Halo 1-4 HD or AC Unity + Black Flag in the bargain for free and you've got yourself a winner. What I'm saying is that with those crazy good deals XB1 is destined to win November in the US (I'm predicting that as well) but what happens when the XB1 price goes up to $399 or the PS4 down to $299/$349?

In order for it to make a worthwhile comeback it will have to keep doing similar numbers to the PS4 at least in the US and I think it will be a difficult task going into Q1+Q2+Q3 of 2015. But what are your thoughts OP? It could be interesting to discuss cause I'm not saying any of this is bound to happen, just that I can see some of it happen and in that case I think the PS4 is likely to outsell Xbox One during most of 2015. Not wishful thinking, just thoughts/predictions based on past observations.

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iTechHeads on 01 December 2014

Goatseye said:

iTechHeads said:

Goatseye said:
Just by your reply...

Go to Xbox official mediums to see what is the official price cut and bundles.

Mediums? As in psychics? LOL

I think you mean retailers, and no I already know the bundles that are out there. There are some retailer that sold XB1 for $329 w/ 2 AC games and 1 game of your choice. There was also one with 2 AC games and 2 random games no one cares about. Feel free to check the "mediums" yourself. I'm pretty sure these promos aren't running anymore.

Yeah MS communicates though brain waves.

MS revealed the holiday price cuts through Xbox website and Youtube channel (that's their official mediums for you). And the games bundled were just Ass Creed, nothing else. Anything else added, were done by stores individually.

Microsoft Store is the one who did these deals I was talking about. So yeah, Microsfot had something to do with it.

Here's the link http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/list/categoryID.64724200

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RenCutypoison on 01 December 2014

mjk45 said:

RenCutypoison said:

^That. We won't be able to confirm wether or not it's a constant before at least holyday 2015 or 2016.

Though even if PS4 continues to dominate Europe and RoW, and keeps even in US, devs will tend to choose ps4 and thus it will take the advantage is US.

The only case in which Xbone stays relevant in US till the end of the gen is if UK changes, X1 sales baseline in US grows AND RoW doesn't grow even bigger than it is now.

I agree but I think Xbox will stay relevant in US it would take a large and prolonged downturn in sales to make it irrelevant , even if it grows at a lesser rate than Sony in the US it still would be relevant.

Of course a brand can't become irrelevant overnight, N64 was a good example. But they will definitely loose ground compared to previous gen if above stated conditions are not met.

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NobleTeam360 said:
I'd like to see them do well WW not just the UK and US.

They only focus on those two markets for some reason. They could do better if they tried harder everywhere else, especially Europe.

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Goatseye said:

theprof00 said:
SPecial thanks to the day one purchasers, who bought for nearly double only a year ago

All of us are satisfied as a gamer and happy to see the community expand. I bet that's unfortunate for some people.

Some people have a difficult time with simple math. "Nearly double" would mean the x1 is selling for like 275. I got mine for 330. So, by the guys excellent mathematics skills above you, it used to cost 600? Lol. I'm happy to be back in the Xbox community, my friend. Unfortunately, my wife is making me wait for Christmas. Lol

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thepurplewalrus on 01 December 2014

Please write "homies" a few more times.

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lilwingman on 02 December 2014

Puppyroach said:
Don't be in such a hurry. MS have played their cards really well but they need to keep the momentum going into the new year, and also grow in the rest of Europe as well. But yes, its great to see X1 pulling these numbers :).

Really?

I feel like their insanely discounted Black Friday bundle was only necessary because they have made a large number of errors in judgement with the Xbox One...