Sony on the other hand claims that the PS4 sold close to 4,500 units within two weeks of going on sale, and continues to sell well. Atindriya Bose, Sony Computer Entertainment's Country Manager for India said in an interview that the company is en route to selling 50,000 PS4s by the end of the current financial year - a milestone that took Sony three years with the PlayStation 3. And Sony has accomplished this without an official price drop or incentives. Both consoles are similarly priced, sporting an MRP of Rs. 39,990. But with the Xbox One, you get a free game (FIFA 15) while the PS4 bundles start at Rs. 40,990.
But perhaps the greatest indicator of how well the Xbox One is doing is Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V. Big franchises like GTA, Need For Speed, and FIFA all tend to do well in India, to the point where consoles are bought simply to play the game. We were at the midnight launch of the game in Mumbai at Games The Shop. While there was a huge crowd present to purchase it, very few bothered getting it on the Xbox One. We were told by the store's management that not more than five units of the game were available for the Xbox One, while 100 units were available for the PS4. And it's not just a problem at specialist game stores either because large format retailers such as Croma, Landmark, and Reliance Digital also are having problems moving Xbox One games.
"If GTA V did badly, what chance do we have with other games on the Xbox One?", said one buyer for a large format retailer who did not want to be named.
