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mornelithe on 20 September 2015
Teeqoz said:
mornelithe said:

I'm still curious as to how much of a system seller H5 will be.  I had thought the vast majority of those interested in Halo, probably would've bought an XB1 long before H5 launched, and of course you'd see a upswing in XB1 sales because of it....but would it be sustained?  Would it fall off a cliff after a short period?

But, I'm not entirely suprised to see a SW Darth Vader themed PS4 lighting it up...I mean, SW love is pretty universal.


Well it's not like Halo 5 will sell 3 million XBOs, but it'll certainly give a 100k+ boost in october. I'm not sure how sustained the boost will be, and honestly there's not really a way to tell.

Oh yeah, that's why you don't see me making predictions, I'm curious is all.  I find situations like this intriguing.



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Bryank75 on 20 September 2015
mornelithe said:
Teeqoz said:

I'm just shocked that the Darth Vader PS4 seems to be outperforming the Halo 5 bundle. But then again, it's 50$ cheaper so maybe I should expect that.

I'm still curious as to how much of a system seller H5 will be.  I had thought the vast majority of those interested in Halo, probably would've bought an XB1 long before H5 launched, and of course you'd see a upswing in XB1 sales because of it....but would it be sustained?  Would it fall off a cliff after a short period?

But, I'm not entirely suprised to see a SW Darth Vader themed PS4 lighting it up...I mean, SW love is pretty universal.


I really didn't think much of the Vader PS4 at first. I thought it was a bit odd... even ugly. But then I keep hearing so many people say they will get one (even the manager of local Gamestop). 

I would have loved if they did a force lightening PS4 where instead of one line of light on the top it had lines of lightening spread out on top.  But thematically it wouldn't fit with the new films. 

Personally I played up to Halo ODST and I wouldn't really play another, I just got burned out... I don't see how others are not at this point.  

If Playstation are beating xbox by more than they are in January, I will probably get an xbox given the right price.



mornelithe on 20 September 2015
Bryank75 said:
mornelithe said:

I'm still curious as to how much of a system seller H5 will be.  I had thought the vast majority of those interested in Halo, probably would've bought an XB1 long before H5 launched, and of course you'd see a upswing in XB1 sales because of it....but would it be sustained?  Would it fall off a cliff after a short period?

But, I'm not entirely suprised to see a SW Darth Vader themed PS4 lighting it up...I mean, SW love is pretty universal.


I really didn't think much of the Vader PS4 at first. I thought it was a bit odd... even ugly. But then I keep hearing so many people say they will get one (even the manager of local Gamestop). 

I would have loved if they did a force lightening PS4 where instead of one line of light on the top it had lines of lightening spread out on top.  But thematically it wouldn't fit with the new films. 

Personally I played up to Halo ODST and I wouldn't really play another, I just got burned out... I don't see how others are not at this point.  

If Playstation are beating xbox by more than they are in January, I will probably get an xbox given the right price.

I actually agree with you, I was never keen on the Vader image, I thought the multiple shades of color threw the whole design off myself.



eva01beserk on 20 September 2015
BraLoD said:
eva01beserk said:

Holy F**k-balls is right, everithing you said is right, I could not resist and actually bought ir right now. I dont like dstiny, but that white ps4 and the docor was calling me for a while and now that MGSV was added, its a no brainer. Bloodbourne ill buy at a later time.


Kudos on getting a PS4!

Thank you. 

Wii U, you are next. If they lower that dam price or bundle a few good games in this holiday. 



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riecsou on 20 September 2015

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Madword on 20 September 2015

No wonder Phil was telling everyone that the PS4 is getting a price cut soon please hold off.... looks like they are killing it this month.



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thismeintiel on 20 September 2015
Madword said:
No wonder Phil was telling everyone that the PS4 is getting a price cut soon please hold off.... looks like they are killing it this month.

That definitely was the goal.  Doesn't seem like many listend, though. 

I'm guessing Sony is going to announce a $50 price cut at the beginning of Oct, or at Paris Week.  Of course, if someone preordered one of the bundles, I'm sure they'll knock off $50 from the price before it ships.



 

riecsou on 20 September 2015
thismeintiel said:
Madword said:
No wonder Phil was telling everyone that the PS4 is getting a price cut soon please hold off.... looks like they are killing it this month.

That definitely was the goal.  Doesn't seem like many listend, though. 

I'm guessing Sony is going to announce a $50 price cut at the beginning of Oct, or at Paris Week.  Of course, if someone preordered one of the bundles, I'm sure they'll knock off $50 from the price before it ships.

I am expecting  $100 price cut. Just a $50 price cut would put Xbox One at $300. For some reason consumers see a $50 difference from X00 to X50 (400 to 450)  more valuabe than a $50 difference from Y50 to (Y+1)00 (350 to 400). I have absolutely no idea why the human mind works like that, but I remember reading something like that.



eva01beserk on 20 September 2015
Teeqoz said:
Shadow1980 said:
OP updated.

Looks like Destiny might possibly end up being a system-seller on two separate months a year apart, which would be a first, though I imagine most of the boost would be from people getting the LE system than from first-timers just now getting a standard PS4 to play the the game.

Also, that Star Wars bundle is doing great for the preorders. Combined with a now almost certainly imminent price cut in the West as well as other PS4-exclusive marketing deals (it's now COD's flagship platform, and COD is still huge), November and possibly also December are Sony's to lose.

And here's the current hourlies:

PS4 Destiny bundle: #14
PS4 LE Star Wars bundle: #21
PS4 TLoU bundle: #28
XBO 1TB Forza bundle: #46
Wii U: #71
XBO Madden bundle: #81
XBO Gears bundle: #91


I'm just shocked that the Darth Vader PS4 seems to be outperforming the Halo 5 bundle. But then again, it's 50$ cheaper so maybe I should expect that.

What I dont get is why the halo 5 bundle is $500. Its just a bigger hdd and a skin. this should be $400. $450 at the absolute max. The game dont count since the x1 had always one game included wiith it and this is a first party game. 



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eva01beserk on 20 September 2015
thismeintiel said:
Madword said:
No wonder Phil was telling everyone that the PS4 is getting a price cut soon please hold off.... looks like they are killing it this month.

That definitely was the goal.  Doesn't seem like many listend, though. 

I'm guessing Sony is going to announce a $50 price cut at the beginning of Oct, or at Paris Week.  Of course, if someone preordered one of the bundles, I'm sure they'll knock off $50 from the price before it ships.

Maybe it did and thats why they added MGSV to the destiny bundle. Wich Im asuming its going to sell ganbuster. Is this an amazon only thing?



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