kowenicki said:
Hang on... now I have seen this logic in the NPD thread. "Great tracking"..... I dont get it. The 'tracking' is NOW only accurate because they did a massive adjustment. So, two weeks ago the tracking was absolutely terrible... correct? They HAD to adjust down. And I love how your final paragraph is a list of back handed compliments and qaulifications. lol. I do realise it is becoming difficult for some posters here these days. "Surface will never be a success", "Phone will never be a success", "Xbox loses money", yet the segment containign all 3 continues to make money. |
Whatever therecent adjustments, the current LTD for Xb one is likely to be reasonably accurate, because independant information suggest Xb one numbers as we have them now is not far from actual. And while VGC had hard infomation on which to adjust PS4. VGC had no special information on Xb one prior to publishing its 3 January hardware sales, so you can scoff at VGCs post-facto accuracy for PS4 in the NPD, but the accuracy for Xb one is worth acknowledging. You complained about the Xb one adjustment in the USA "for lack of evidence and logic" or words to that effect, but it seems VGC got it right, based on their re-evaluation of data prior to independant corroborating information in the form of NPD being available and absent MS sales PR.
Seems like you're putting words in my mouth. I said there would be postive PR for Surface, WP and Xbox. Xb one gets a back hander from me of course, because I think Xb one will be contributing negatively to profitability this quarter, and probably for a few quarters to come. So it deserves a back hander. But Surface and WP I just leave at positive PR. To me they are neither successes or failures. But they are strategically important to MS, both in the enterprise and consumer space. As I just mentioned in my previous post, from a corporate strategic perspective I think Xbox is a waste of space. Although I must admit there is one strategic reason for Xbox to continue to exist, and that's if WP and Surface actually are failing in the consumer space and only gaining market penetration in enterprise. If Surface and WP are actually failing with consumers, then Xbox retains importance for occupation of the home. But for reasons I've mentioned, consoles have lost, or are losing there anyway. Xbox needs to pivot away from consoles in that case or it will be left behind fighting over increasing irrelevant gamer scraps.
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