Thanks, i thought I saw something about a retail copy but wasn't 100%, Hopefully I can fit in with the storm of other Q1 games we got heading our way.

We will probably see $249 500GB bundles for both Xbox and the Uncharted 4 slim along side the new Cod $299 and Pro in November so that is on lockdown no doubt.

I still really don't understand the stratagy of MS offering 1TB and 2TB LE Gears 4 bundles, Should of been getting a cheap as possible 500 GB bundle out there as a big system seller, Also Amazon no longer has Halo 500 GB bundle listed so that must of been discontinued and Battlefield 1 not out yet leaving the only 500 GB Minecraft  bundle on Amazon at the moment for well over a week now.

Maybe Xbox One S sold quite a lot faster than they expected and demolished the Halo stock they thought would last until battlefield replaces it as the lead bundle.

MS had Madden/Halo 500GB bundles and offered FH3 with many console purchases.
Gears 4 2TB bundle was a well played and capitalized on the game hype and demand for the customized console.

Sony "killed" the Slim with the PRO releasing so close after it. Pretty much what everyone in forums said MS did with the Slim and Scorpio. It just doesn't feel great to buy a Slim knowing that something more than twice as strong will release soon for only 100 bucks more. I would never buy a PS4 Slim. 

But yeah, the PS4 PRO will sell like crazy to a lot of people already owning a PS4 and some new people. November will be huge for the console market.

MS has been making the right moves and it's been paying of sales wise.

3 months in a row for Xbox One and October will be it's 4th :)

The cost of 500GB and 1TB is almost exactly the same for them yet they charge $50 more for it. It is possible that they are taking a small hit with the $299 price. They want to get as much money as possible from Gears. Profit wise, selling 50k 1TB is a lot more than selling 100k 500GB consoles, in the short term.

Saying that Forza Horizon is the best selling Microsoft IP in the month isn't adding any value really. Anyway, I'm sure it did more than FH2 especially on Xbox One alone. They should be happy with that.

Friday the 13th game is getting a singleplayer mode:

http://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-25367-Friday-The-13th--The-Game-Delayed-Into-Next-Year--Adding-Single-Player-Mode.html

probably still not going to get it, but nice that they added some bots. That way you can still play it in a few years when no one else cares anymore.

I thought the pro wasn't twice as powerful? Doesn't it have the same ram an CPUs while its gpu is a more than double. People are in love with the thing but it's a minor upgrade really. Scorpio which is much closer to a next gen machine would destroy it if not for old games being held back by the slim. I'd honestly say the power difference between scorpio and pro will be bigger than Scorpio and ps5.

I SAID 2-3 weeks ago Microsoft had a chance to take 4 npd's in a row and people didn't believe me, now it seams sure. Gears, gears bundle, and battlefield bundle vs psvr and the slowing of playstion sales in anticipation of pro. Obviously taking November is a huge task for Microsoft but the holidays are big for them and the slim is hot. I know they will try to take it so I'm sure they will have some killer deals out there.