Nice try, but with PS4 outselling XB1 in USA your anecdote doesn't represent much.

German's don't really care about consoles they are all about PC's and piracy.

That is not true.  Xbox had a really good launch in the usa. After the initial sales it did terribly for 10 months of last year.  So bad they needed a firesale at Xmas to shift their stock. If they dont return to the insane deals soon the same fate likely awaits them in 2015. 

Well, unlike the Genesis, the XBO doesn't seem to be poised to win in the US.  As soon as the XBO went back up to $399, the PS4 has been outselling it on every site's online Bestsellers list.  Actually, Amazon is the only place the XBO is cheaper than $399 (the price has been jumping around a lot, from ~$369-$389, and is currently $384), yet the PS4 is a full 19 spots ahead of it for the past hour, and the XBO seems to be continuing its drop in the charts.  Basically, the only way the XBO is possibly going to win the US or UK, is if it is $50/£35 cheaper than the PS4 AND has a game or three thrown in.  And MS is just not prepared to throw that much money at it, just for it to win by a few million in those two terroritories.

Hmm, according to sales numbers, they seem to care quite a bit about the PS4.  Almost as much as the UK does.

Still its much more a PC market then anything else and it been that way ever since the early 80s I'm pretty sure the C64 sold more in Germany then it did anywhere else in Europe.

Are you questioning the German's ability to differentiate between good and bad quality?

The ps4 is still ahead of xbone in the states. The only reasons it sold better in the states during the holidays is because of bundles and price cuts. With the xbone going back up to $400, it will fall behind the ps4 in weekly sales again. I sincerely hope that you and your friends enjoy your xbone.

All you have to do is look at the PC sofware numbers in Germany compared to the UK to see that the PC is much more popular in Germany then in the UK on top of that Germans love to pirate stuff more then any other western European country that also goes back to the early 80s and the C64.

That seems to be the big mistake of some on here.  They look at the total sales, not the trends.  When you look at the monthly sales for this last year aligned with the 360's corresponding months, the XBO was starting to fall behind by quite a bit.  Which is not great at all considering that the 360 had a slow start.  If this trend continues, the XBO is going to fall greatly behind the 360 in 2016, as the corresponding year for the 360 (2008) is when it really started to take off.

Of course, I can see it also coming up short for this year, too, seeing as many who were going to buy it when it was $349 already jumped at the chance before it rose back up to $399.  This means that when they permenantly drop it to $349, the bump won't be nearly as nice as it would have been.  AND this time Sony will answer with a cut of their own, which will also take some of the wind out of their sales (.)

I guess I should have mentioned Xbox in the title when I posted this hours beforehand